Sentence examples for a backdrop of drones from inspiring English sources

When the male chorus Cantus of Minnesota takes up "Simple Gifts" on its new CD, "That Eternal Day" (Cantus Recordings CTS-1210), in an arrangement by Stephen Caracciolo, tenors alternate lines, distending each sentimentally and pausing distractedly, over a backdrop of drones.

Starting against a backdrop of outrage, they droned on endlessly amid a mass of convoluted detail, before ending with the perpetrators sent to fairly nice jails for shortish periods.How different things have become was evident in the past week.

They emerge from a backdrop of his inked spiderweb prints.

Artist Madeleine Gallagher created a backdrop of kaleidoscopic visuals.

The match was played against a backdrop of contentious subplots.

But they take place against a backdrop of distrust.

The elections were held against a backdrop of considerable violence.

Grinding poverty set against a backdrop of soaring office towers.

Against a backdrop of full employment, this may seem acceptable.

They nuzzle against a backdrop of autumn leaves.

Onstage, they had a backdrop of elaborate lighting effects.