purple patch

noun

1. Also called: purple passage. a section in a piece of writing characterized by rich, fanciful, or ornate language

2. slang,  a period of success, good fortune, etc

Example Sentences

Most of the set was drawn from the 1970s purple patch when he won the Grammy Award for best album three times in a row, for Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale and Songs In The Key Of Life.

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"We've seen it from them before," said Ireland skipper Caelan Doris of facing Les Bleus during such a purple patch.

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Dembele's purple patch has also been aided by the team of young talents around him suddenly clicking into gear.

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But that prompted a purple patch of eight goals in eight games, with an injury-interrupted first season at the club ending with 16 goals in 43 matches.

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With a hamstring injury ruling out Calvert-Lewin for the rest of the season, Beto could hardly have picked a better time to hit a purple patch.

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