How to Use brilliance in a Sentence

brilliance

noun
  • The professor was known for his brilliance.
  • Has to take a back seat to the man’s brilliance.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • That said, there are a few flaws dulling this bauble’s brilliance.
    — Courtney Howard, Variety, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Not to say there weren’t hints of brilliance the rest of the way.
    — TIME, 14 July 2024
  • Sanders said of Ohtani's brilliance.
    — Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • My mind was blown by the brilliance of the tracking.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 May 2026
  • The thing that hits you is the brilliance of the drama of it.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
  • That is the brilliance of how both of these sides work in episodic.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Speak up, speak out and don’t let your brilliance stay inward.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Young has shown true flashes of brilliance.
    — Mike Kaye september 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Rodgers had moments of brilliance last year.
    — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • So much of success isn’t about brilliance.
    — Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Rather, these plays are about in-the-moment brilliance.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The sheer brilliance of her work went over the heads of the panel of judges.
    — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2021
  • For all its brilliance, AI cannot dream.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2025
  • On the flip side, the wrong glass can dull a stellar wine’s brilliance.
    — Susan Choung, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2023
  • But Jackson has his own kind of brilliance.
    — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
  • This is the brilliance and the genius of working on a show like this.
    — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • It was designed for brilliance.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Most other Porsches live in the glow of this car's brilliance.
    — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 5 July 2023
  • That had been their brilliance to do that for many years prior to meeting us.
    — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Freeland’s rocky first inning gave no hint of the brilliance to come.
    — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Three days that would have been captured with brilliance by the right camera.
    — Outdoor Life, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Davis had flashes of brilliance through the first two quarters.
    — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The man has made a film or two, and a lot of his brilliance still shines through the sheer plotlines.
    — Ian Stokes, Space.com, 12 June 2026
  • Şengün could achieve such heights on the back of his sheer basketball brilliance.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Gabriel did show flashes of brilliance, but his downfall was the two turnovers.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • These sculptural snacks are a moment of brief brilliance.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Music, of course, added its own layer of brilliance.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Thank you for sharing your brilliance, your heart, and your unmatched wit with us.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2026

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