Word: glorious
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...canvas of the Rocky Mountains. Almost Wagnerian in scope-soaring peaks, resounding cataracts, blazing shafts of sunlight-it shows nature completely overwhelming insignificant man. On a lesser note, such painters as Jasper Francis Cropsey saw nature as a metaphor for God and respectfully depicted people as tiny objects in glorious settings...
...have had my "liberation" and the victory is hollow. I find at times I yearn to feel again the exotic pleasure of hurrying home to prepare a man's meal, to iron and clean-not for me-but for him. My inner self is somewhat incomplete in its "glorious" independence...
Colonialism was a heritage of a more glorious age in which the Portugese nation was not so moribund. Moreover, the exploitation of the colony, if not so efficient as British or French methods, eased the financial burdens at home...
Before this glorious election year is over there may be several other strong contenders for that title...
...delinquency and fatal car crash. What Kahn does is rekindle for a younger, less patient generation the pride of a remarkable athlete who wanted to be recognized and paid as such. That Robinson eventually be came a prosperous, overweight Republican has a perfect and glorious consistency...