Almost across the board the wines lacked panache and came across as fairly staid: correct, technically acceptable but lacking expected depth.

The rear wheels were partly hidden, the sides were bulky, and the car lacked panache.

O'Dell's lacked panache, but he had proved to be no slouch.

But he lacks panache and a killer instinct.

He lacks the flamboyance and panache of Ricardo Brunelli, for instance.

There is a consensus in the City that the Ranks Hovis management lacks both panache and strategic direction.

No, Prynn felt the Cheka starship lacked panache.

Mary Joe Fernandez, still lacking panache and creativity, chose Harold Solomon.

So much of the show lacked élan and panache that it became very difficult to stop switching the bloody thing off".

Companies can rarely charge more than $200 or so, because unlike stereo or television equipment, an answering machine lacks panache.