Starrier

Last night at the Brixton Academy, she picked up a gong for best solo artist, seeing off challenges from starrier names, such as Kanye West. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The contestants are generally a more eclectic and appealing group, the judges are upbeat and engaged and have some real chemistry — although it's weird when Randy Jackson becomes the voice of cold truth when his starrier panelists let a flop performance slide. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A general rule is the starrier the cast the more expensive the seats. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The new version begins Sept. 20 (10-11 p. m EDT) and stars Alex O'Laughlin along with the old show's theme song, an even starrier presence. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I saw the 2005 Off-Broadway premiere, and while it had a starrier cast, this revival wrings as much laughter out of Mr. Moses 'one-two jokes, many of which suggest Abbott and Costello rewritten by Tom Stoppard. ❋ Unknown (2008)

His bride embarked on the usual charitable activities associated with royal consorts, but with the benefit of a much livelier Rolodex: old chums like Sinatra and Bob Hope turned Monégasque fundraising galas into the touring version of the starrier Friars 'Club roasts. ❋ Unknown (2005)

In comparison, judging from the screenplay, Have You Heard? augurs to be starrier, more bustling and playful, and yet equally serious in its mortal examination. ❋ Wolcott, James (2005)

Anne had a brighter face, and bigger, starrier eyes, and more delicate features than the other; even shy, unobservant Matthew had learned to take note of these things; but the difference that disturbed him did not consist in any of these respects. ❋ Unknown (1908)

Anne had a brighter face, and bigger, starrier eyes, and more delicate features than the others; even shy, unobservant Matthew had learned to take note of these things; but the difference that disturbed him did not consist in any of these respects. ❋ Unknown (1908)

Shines more fair in the starrier air whose glory lightens the dusk of death. ❋ Algernon Charles Swinburne (1873)

A wild, desperate, half-savage air had supplanted that ingenuous mien, diffident in its grace, earnest in its diffidence, which had once characterised the young worshipper of Art, the dreaming aspirant after some starrier lore. ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)

Torontonians get juiced queuing for some 300 films from such distant lands as Cambodia and Cuba, Norway and South Africa, but TIFF's purest heroine is Hollywood stardom - the red-carpet parade of celestial glamour - and they don't come much starrier than Mr. C. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Goody, who died of cervical cancer last year aged 27, was single-handedly responsible for a host of highs and lows on both Big Brother and its starrier sister show, Celebrity Big ❋ Unknown (2010)

The night sky may be a lot starrier than we thought. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It tells you more about war at grunt level than many a starrier project. ❋ Unknown (2010)

WASHINGTON - The night sky may be a lot starrier than we thought. ❋ Unknown (2010)