How to Use sublime in a Sentence

sublime

adjective
  • He composed some of the most sublime symphonies in existence.
  • Seen in the metal, the 330 GTC is a thing of sublime beauty.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The setup may have been well-worn, but the punch line was sublime.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 13 May 2021
  • The fit of the earbuds is comfortable and the sound is sublime.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
  • There is the low end of this kind of American sublime, and there is the high.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Even though the main focus here is the wine, the food is also sublime.
    Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2018
  • The seafood is sublime, and so is its sauce, lit with lemongrass.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for a sublime dessert.
    Woman's Day, 1 Feb. 2012
  • For a brief moment, all is sublime: the slant of the sun’s rays through the pine boughs, the promise of the skinny trail.
    Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
  • And then, of course, City Lights, which has that sublime ending.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2023
  • This is the emotion Buddhism counts as among the most sublime.
    Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 20 Oct. 2020
  • And of course, the Lillard-Nurkic pick-and-roll game at times can be sublime.
    oregonlive, 14 May 2022
  • Letang’s go-ahead goal was a reminder of his sublime skill.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The game is, for the most part, a sublime seafaring sequel.
    Lewis Gordon, Wired, 15 May 2021
  • With a creamy body and dry finish, this rosé is sublime all year round.
    Rachel King, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2021
  • This isn’t how the sun’s supposed to set on Gore’s sublime career.
    Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Puskás had to settle for two goals, but the first was truly sublime.
    SI.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Hastings showed sublime touch to drift through a gap for the first, and then chase down his own kick ahead for the second.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2019
  • And their shape is - to a degree that's almost sublime - just right.
    Sebastian Smee, chicagotribune.com, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Blanchard’s graceful and evocative score and the sublime chemistry within the cast carried the opera the rest of the way.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2022
  • Kelly's book is sublime, a true paean to the power of good food and even better love.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The sublime Romanze is, like most of Mozart’s slow movements, mobile, and needs to be pushed.
    Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2022
  • Both the utterly sublime and the mundane were side by side.
    New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The storytelling is as vivid as the vocals are sublime.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2022
  • Guests stay in one of 31 chic and cozy cabins, many with sublime water views.
    Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Next came a sublime sunset dip off the almost two-mile sandy beach at Son Bou.
    Rebecca Rose, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2023
  • And Walsh is a sublime beauty who moves with supple grace.
    Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • And much of what can be sublime in theater goes beyond words.
    New York Times, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Bruno Guimarães bagged the winner with a sublime strike in the 66th minute; in what was his second goal from just his second shot.
    Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • In many ways, that’s a relief: the story and music owe obvious debts to Wagner, but, where the former, drawn from Danish legend, verges on the silly, the latter can be sublime.
    The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024

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