How to Use magnificent in a Sentence

magnificent

adjective
  • He gave a magnificent performance.
  • What a magnificent way to eat a bunch of foods at the same time!
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appétit, 3 July 2019
  • At the heart of it all is a magnificent, decades-old banyan tree.
    — Sandals Resorts, AFAR Media, 4 June 2025
  • His around-the-green game has been magnificent, and that has helped him here.
    — Dennis Esser, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • But the city is magnificent as far as that brand of easy anonymity.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Eirik just pulled up this magnificent sauce.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • If there’s a magnificent tree in the yard next door, rejoice in it.
    — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 12 Feb. 2022
  • James and Davis have both been magnificent through two games.
    — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2020
  • The most magnificent time of the summer has come again.
    — Lisa Stardust, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • What a magnificent piece of work.
    — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The result is magnificent, with a crust that’s thick enough to hold things but still crispy.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 18 June 2025
  • All of them have been magnificent.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Her brain is just so weird and magnificent and wondrous.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Thank you for the magnificent view!
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Kestrels are magnificent birds of prey.
    — Joe Murphy, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Bowie was too big, and too magnificent, for any of us to fully grasp, and his loss still hurts.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Sep. 2022
  • This magnificent fruit can be candied, bobbed, picked and pied.
    — Lorenza Medley, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
  • And Bryce did a magnificent job of getting the ball out in rhythm.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Today seemed like the perfect end to a magnificent month of nice days.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
  • The opera is the magnificent capstone of one of the all-time great jazz careers.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2022
  • You guys have had a most magnificent season.
    — Nicole Kraft, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Check out the photo gallery above for a peek at the magnificent sights around the cemetery.
    — David Petkiewicz, cleveland, 13 Apr. 2021
  • But the rest of this magnificent record features glimpses of how deep her lifelong love of rock goes.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026
  • And so just think about it, all of a sudden, thousands of kids learn these magnificent tools.
    — Joe Locascio, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Yet, in spite of all the damp, there was something magnificent about the moment.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Now hunters can call, text or video chat all over the world, from the slopes of the world’s most magnificent mountains.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Here are those magnificent words, words that still echo in the hearts of human beings around the world.
    — Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
  • If anyone knows of a source for this most magnificent of foul-smelling plants, please advise.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The Spurs are a magnificent team.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 June 2026
  • But the team had a magnificent unity and work ethic.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 1 May 2026

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