1.   She learned from the popular female impersonator Bert Savoy but made his grand flourishes sly and neat.

2.   That was it, Williams said, with a grand flourish.

3.   The bartender shakes up a pitcher of orbitinis -- martinis made with vermouth and sake -- with a grand flourish.

4.   The white-jacketed Austrian waiter brought out china trays, and with a grand flourish set them down on the table amid stemmed crystal and English china.

5.   Thomas has provided just that, operating without grand flourishes and public pronouncements.

6.   UCLA chancellor Charles Young took a turn directing the band, doing some grand flourishes and finishing with a little jump in the air.

7.   With a robust and versatile voice, Baroudi twists his way gracefully through everything from hard disco beats to grand orchestral flourishes.