marvelous - use in sentences

Infinitive complement

  • see: How marvelous to see any live views of my mother's home city.
  • behold: The stoop of the falcon is marvelous to behold.

Modifies a noun

  • creature: Cooper thinks they are marvelous creatures for noticing, but he was almost always in error about his Indians.
  • discovery: This Caithness site is a marvelous discovery for me and I hope it leads to helpful information.
  • job: Twain does a marvelous job of keeping the reader interested in the story.
  • thing: O sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things!
  • view: Facilities include marvelous views of Havana, a top floor dance hall with live Cuban bands.
  • piece: Tim Jones Dear Christis, May I just say what a marvelous piece of writing the article " Where next with evolution?

Modifying Another Word

  • absolutely: At the end of his flight, Andrew said: " It was absolutely marvelous.
  • truly: The fact is Wild Bill's escape was truly marvelous.
  • simply: P.S. I think you have a simply marvelous website!
  • quite: In a word, the transfer looks quite marvelous.
  • so: What is so marvelous is how Bourne makes the story of the 1990 Tim Burton film is own.
  • really: A beautiful spot with a really marvelous view of the mountain tops.

Used with adjective complement

  • look: In a word, the transfer looks quite marvelous.

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