Sentence examples for a backdrop and the from inspiring English sources

All the scene settings were displayed simultaneously on a backdrop, and the costumes and makeup were deliberately grotesque, as was the acting style, an amalgam of buffoonery, the horror of Grand Guignol, and extravagant mock-tragedy.

Coming to the principality on the Mediterranean coast — with the luxurious highrises, the yacht-filled harbor, the cliffs as a backdrop and the heat, sun and sea — never fails to make me feel that I am at the most special race in the world.

The story described by Rowland as an "assured, graceful comedy of manners"—used Hornung's knowledge of Australia as a backdrop, and the device of an Australian bride to examine British social behaviour; the novel was well received by critics.

Originally, the screenplay was written with New York as a backdrop, and again the rationale of the producers set in by moving it to New Orleans, since shooting there would mean a substantial tax benefit.

These fishermen are performers using Inle Lake as a backdrop, and thus the decisive moment is a moment of grace, when the light is right, the circles are in harmony, the legs upraised just so.

On Dec. 9 they will create a backdrop and adapt the book into a play, which they will perform on Dec. 16.

"We are sat with the Atlantic as a backdrop and one of the most picturesque bays in the whole of the UK," he said.

For Mr. Szyk, the tumultuous events of the 20th century served as a backdrop and catalyst against the rise of Communism, fascism and the Nazi movement.

Families love the TriangleXRanch, with the Tetons as a backdrop and run by the Turner family since 1926.

Like Hornung's first novel, Tiny Luttrell had Australia as a backdrop and also used the plot device of an Australian woman in a culturally alien environment.

They exchanged disappointed glances, and moved to the bridesmaid rack, where it became clear, the main job of a bridesmaid dress is to look like a backdrop and not upstage the bride.