How to Use splendid in a Sentence

splendid

adjective

• I have some splendid news.
• We have a splendid opportunity to do something really useful.
• Those are the elite of the elite, either of whom would be a splendid lineup fit.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 July 2022
• Now after its run of a little more than 90 days, the splendid time of the 14-hour day is over for the year.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2022
• But off the catwalk, there were even more splendid outfits to take in.
  — Vogue, 14 Sep. 2023
• Tony was one of the most splendid people who ever lived.
  — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• There are many splendid grain whiskies, and many people love them.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
• And a day at the old ball orchard will be a most splendid thing, no matter the place in which the home team resides.
  — Mike Bass Special To The Cincinnati Enquirer Usa Today Network, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2023
• The cause of this disaster, and what can be done about it, is the focus of Juli Berwald’s splendid new book, Life on the Rocks.
  — Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 4 Nov. 2021
• With the naval ensign of Italy flag waving rapidly at the boat's bow, the couple take in the splendid views of the Mediterranean coast.
  — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2023
• Cowboys lost in the Wild-Card round of the playoffs Sunday to the 49ers, ending a splendid season for their first-round pick.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2022
• The second half of the week does look rather splendid, so just have a little patience until then.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2022
• The walls around the portrait are covered in splendid rivals, but no one bothers.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 2 June 2023
• What’s next for the Nintendo Switch The Switch launched in 2017 and the following four years saw splendid sales figures.
  — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 9 May 2023
• Urbino was, and is, a smug and splendid place, well-known, with a ducal palace and magnificent views and great cuisine.
  — Paul Theroux, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2021
• The playoffs were dramatic and the Cup Final was splendid.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022
• The 33-year-old McIlroy broke the birdie seal with a pair of circles on the card at Nos. 5 and 6 and tacked on another at the ninth for a splendid outward nine.
  — Adam Schupak, USA TODAY, 16 July 2022
• Unlike Aziza and Shokry, Nour lives a life of splendid comfort.
  — Yasmine Alsayyad, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
• As an even conductor of heat, the bowl would encourage a splendid rise.
  — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 9 June 2022
• Napa is renowned for its Cabernet Sauvignon and Freemark Abbey makes a splendid one.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 18 Nov. 2022
• Here, the singers, especially the two splendid leads, really seem to be singing for their lives.
  — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2022
• All six of those fellows are playing at the absolute tops of their games, and all were splendid Sunday.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2023
• The building stands in splendid isolation in a landscaped circle at the west end of the National Mall.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 30 May 2022
• Book the Suite Alicante and you’ll be rewarded with the best views in town from its splendid stone facades to cathedral spires.
  — Stephanie Orma, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
• So, the Aztecs keep marching through a splendid season on relative mute.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2021
• The blossoms are opening & putting on a splendid spring spectacle.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2024
• All of the 8s provide a splendid ride and playful handling responses.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 12 June 2023
• Not only is the nightly rate affordable, but the hotel has a splendid rooftop restaurant and bar for grabbing drinks as the sun sets.
  — Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping, 21 Dec. 2022
• John Edgar Wideman is that splendid thing, a black intellectual—full of grandeur and agony, rage and poise.
  — Tobi Haslett, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022
• Given this is the thick of a hot summer, this may be a splendid time to enjoy the great outdoors — pools, beaches, and lakes are beckoning.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 21 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024