A performance of great elan and sophistication.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Same can be said about Afghanistan also! reply elan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama, Does It Take Winning A Nobel To Get An Email From You? What #Obamashould Do.] Reference

They may have had elan to spare, but they were still dead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thompson Cites Openly Pro-Imperialism Author Andrew Roberts] Reference

Sest see koht, kus ma juba elan, pakub mulle ka Teistsugust.    From Wordnik.com.  [tatsutahime Diary Entry] Reference

But there's not quite the elan of more youthful engagements.    From Wordnik.com.  [A literary career or a brilliant, successful one-off? Take your pick] Reference

I mean, he had such elan and style and such deep intelligence.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2005] Reference

Ma olen õnnelik, sest ma olen vaba ja elan reaalses maailmas.    From Wordnik.com.  [tatsutahime Diary Entry] Reference

Despite all its external show of elan, courtesy, and chivalry, 'the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy] Reference

All the same, Arkady had rarely seen the law broken with such elan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stalin's Ghost]

"It's the dash, it's the elan; it's the bravery; it's the spectacle.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Spain's Extraordinary Sports Ego] Reference

Maybe his Tom and Jerry shorts have an elan and cleverness the others lack.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Giltz: DVDs: "Mad Men Season 2" Gets Darker] Reference

He handles his office and his responsibilities with a certain amount of elan.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 11, 2006] Reference

The Republicans, with rhetorical elan, are turning this into a major outrage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Off the Grid: Politics and Power] Reference

That's no easy task and from a distance, she seems to be handling it with elan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steven Mesler: Eat, Drink, Buy Affordable Art] Reference

Ma elan läbi iga hetke, mille ma kirja panen - ning omandan palju uusi kogemusi.    From Wordnik.com.  [tatsutahime Diary Entry] Reference

The Senator stood gamely at the front of the room and greeted the faithful with elan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Baer: It's Party Time as Democrats Take the Hill!] Reference

The designers had clearly thrown themselves into it with enormous elan and commitment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marissa Bronfman: Toronto Fashion Week Wrap Up: Jeanne Beker, Robin Kay and Stephen Lewis Talk Passions for Fashion] Reference

Blair lied with elan and a sort of grinning panache which fooled many for far too long.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Flinx marveled at the man's elan, considering that they might all be dead the next night.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End of the Matter]

Behave yourself, that is not -- that is not the British elan that your country is known for.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 3, 2007] Reference

She is versatile in style, singing jazz, soft-rock, pop, blues, and ballads with equal elan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jan Shapiro.] Reference

'The Soul Cages' doesn't have the innovative excitement of 'Turtles' or the creative elan of 'Sun'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soul Cages] Reference

That's exactly what McCain did last Friday night with the Iraq War, and did it with skill and elan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric Margolis: Senator McCain: One More Such 'Victory' and We're Ruined] Reference

They were young, confident and hardworking, and they went about their business with poise and elan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Military's New Image] Reference

They will likely be much smaller and have none of the elan that the present porched house possesses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kevin Walsh: Razin' Hell] Reference

The elan with which Ter-eza flung herself into her new Prague existence was both fren-zied and precarious.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Unbearable Lightness of Being]

These people are much given to bleed, and therefore stop their noses with deer hair or the hair of an elan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The North-West Passage] Reference

But if there was one PRO a few years back who managed this with elan, it was Deputy Superintendent of Police.    From Wordnik.com.  [Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press] Reference