resplendent

• He didn't even want to look at the beautiful sunrise across Lake Superior Ham was resplendent, as usual, even in his fishing togs. —  095 - The Devil's Playground
• Mohock!' shrieks the sentimental author of Pamela ; and all the ladies of his court cackle out an affrighted chorus Looking back on the incident it seems matter for yet more Homeric laughter that Richardson should have called the resplendent genius of Fielding “low.” But the feud, it may be surmised, led to much of the odium that seems to have attached to Fielding's name amongst some of his contemporaries. —  Henry Fielding: A Memoir
• The irony of all this was resplendent, as Jacobs had been something of a Mbeki battering ram for many years, providing the presidency with intelligence on contentious topics. —  IOL: News
• The city looked resplendent, a golden hive of activity, and I found myself wondering what the G20 leaders will be feeling as they touch down in the capital. —  Telegraph Blogs
• Helen was resplendent--strings of seed pearls twisted in her honey-coloured hair, a clear red in her cheeks and hard brilliance in her eyes, bred of eager jealous excitement. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance

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