Sentence examples for a broader stroke from inspiring English sources

Idiom

Broad strokes.

If something is described or defined with broad stokes, then only an outline is given, without fine details.

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The drawings of Eugène Delacroix, while preserving plastic qualities, show a broader stroke and are thus more pictorial.

The term 'cellular bridges' in particular might apply to a number of variations of open-ended actin-based extensions which facilitate intercellular communication, but might paint a broader stroke than intended.

Finally, all included studies recruited patients from fairly homogeneous sources such as two general practiceclinics, 8 hospitals 9 12 and a single stroke clinic, 11 which may not be generalisable to a broader stroke population in other settings.

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The article's few anecdotes paint dermatologists unfairly with a broad stroke.

"What bothers me about it is that you paint with such a broad stroke of the brush.

The fact that Hunt co-wrote a book about how to dismantle the NHS makes him feel like a broad stroke in a heavy-handed satire.

"I think President Obama painted everyone with a broad stroke," said Brian McCaffrey, 55, a Wall Street lawyer who was on his way to see a client.

e360: Can you paint a broad stroke of the African people and what the general tone there is on elephant poaching?

He dismisses Mr Spitzer with a broad stroke of his brush and makes a brief case in defence of Franklin Raines, the ousted boss of Fannie Mae, a mortgage company.

"Anybody who wants to look at all those groups with a broad stroke should think again," said Matt Moore, the chairman of the state's Republican Party.

As a child, she said, she preferred fine point nibs, but through college and medical school she graduated to medium, and now, as a practicing obstetrician and gynecologist, she prefers a broad stroke.

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