| The situation may savour a little of the Gilbertian, but it is sufficiently serious for the families involved. |
| The whole position was Gilbertian beyond the wildest dreams of that genius. |
| There is a Gilbertian humour in the go-as-you-please style in which prisoners are treated. |
| The question of toasts, too, and the light in which the university held them, was Gilbertian. |
| In the dialogue, however, one comes across an occasional passage which strikes one as quite Gilbertian in its cynicism. |
| Evelyn Sharp's libretto crackles with snappy wordplay, Gilbertian patter and Broadway-worthy couplets. |
