Example Sentences

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The jigsaw came together brilliantly, with opposition teams struggling to adapt to City's build-up.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Moments later PSG were able to celebrate reaching a second successive final - and the chance to retain the crown they won so brilliantly by beating Inter Milan 5-0 last season.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

“When you can give them a good movie, as long as the movie plays well and I think this one plays brilliantly, there’s a big audience out there.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Essential to a wilderness is its capacity to bewilder, and though certain of Church’s colleagues in the Hudson River group, notably Worthington Whittredge, brilliantly captured this dense, enfolding quality, Church seldom did.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

It had turned suddenly cold; the sky was brilliantly sunny but the wind was up.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt