purple patch

noun

1. Also calledpurple passage a section in a piece of writing characterized by rich, fanciful, or ornate language
2. slang.
   a period of success, good fortune, etc

Example Sentences

Isak scored 25 goals for the Magpies last season, but made a slower start to the new campaign and scored only once in his first seven appearances, before his current purple patch.

From BBC

Beyond that, the race in this purple patch of a deep-blue state will address two broader questions.

From Los Angeles Times

During Joshua's purple patch he seemed unstoppable.

From BBC

"I remember he had a real purple patch after he'd done pre-season with the first team then came back to play with the Under-21s," says Jenkins, who is now assistant head coach at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

From BBC

“To see the chaos of suffering shaped into something beautiful is one of the main reasons we turn to art. There is not a banal sentence or purple patch to be found in this book, which only a poet could have written.”

From New York Times