How to Use brilliant in a Sentence

brilliant

adjective

• She has a brilliant mind.
• He pitched a brilliant game.
• She gave a brilliant performance.
• The most brilliant minds put it together the first time.
  — Marcus J. Moore, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• And at the end of it all, the storm’s clouds bid adieu with an offering of a brilliant sunset.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
• To the most loving, giving, brilliant man on the planet.
  — Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
• Shout out to Saturno too for the freestyle reemergence, which was brilliant too.
  — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2024
• Inflation aside, the start of the year has been brilliant for stock investors.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
• While a few very high bands of feathery clouds could zip by, skies should be a brilliant blue.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• Here’s a brilliant fourth-quarter drive against the Packers. Didn’t think that was good enough?
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
• The opening scene is a brilliant feint of dislocation that sets the tone — and the din — of what follows.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
• The book follows Rex, who has a brilliant plan to help save his ex-boyfriend Aaron's struggling karaoke bar.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
• The brilliant aqua water below was as still and warm as a bubble bath.
  — Samantha Falewée, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2023
• Thankyou to all the brilliant people and creative minds who’ve helped us so far.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 5 June 2023
• Working from these samples, a skilled weaver used a Jacquard loom to replicate the brilliant red-and-white design.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2023
• Kopech struck out 10 and didn’t allow a walk in that brilliant eight-inning outing.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2023
• Dear Carolyn: My son and I are close, but my brilliant daughter has largely shut me out.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• Then, Clayton Kershaw has one last brilliant start in him and holds Arizona to one hit in six innings as the Dodgers win, 4-0.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• Sean Payton has done a brilliant job of turning the Broncos (6-5) season around.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• February 2024 is a great month for books, said a brilliant colleague.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
• But now the nonprofit Save the Children has come up with a brilliant idea on how to address the country’s growing child care deserts.
  — Sarah Cottrell, Parents, 7 Nov. 2023
• John has a brilliant sense of humor, second only to his wife [Emily Blunt].
  — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2023
• Set off this dip's brilliant color by serving it with blue corn tortilla chips.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• And Anthony Molinari, who was in the scene, is just brilliant and so talented.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2023
• South Carolina’s win also ends the brilliant college career of Caitlin Clark on a low note.
  — USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
• To cap off a brilliant night of both batting and pitching, the South Carroll defense did not commit any errors.
  — Joshua Davis, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2023
• The brilliant effect was greatly admired.
  — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
• The show lost its balance in the second half of season two but struck gold with a brilliant finale so season three is the make or break moment.
  — New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
• Comments on both videos range from commending this brilliant idea to admitting to leaving the anchor in and patching over it.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Jan. 2026
• That's what's so brilliant about him and his movies.
  — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026