Sentence examples for a characteristic note from inspiring English sources

Each of these books ends on a characteristic note.

"He had wanted to be a writer and an artist," says his son, introducing a characteristic note of frosty candour into the conversation, "and he hadn't achieved that".

In it he strikes a characteristic note of delicately absurd artificiality, while a deliberate disproportion between language and subject pays comic dividends and sets a good-humoured and sympathetic tone.

Crystal did his usual routine: he had himself edited into film clips with the nominees, laughed regularly at his own jokes, and struck a characteristic note of insouciant insensitivity: "Nothing can take the sting out of our economic worries more than millionaires presenting themselves with little gold statues".

This new volume — her 14th, not counting a collection of selected stories that came out in 1996 — is further proof of her mastery, and also a reminder that unlike a lot of accomplished short-story writers — unlike William Trevor, say, her only living rival — Munro did not hit a characteristic note early on and then stick with it.

Menthofuran possessing a characteristic note is an important marker phytomolecule of peppermint oil.

Also, the age distribution of individuals infected with swine flu deviates from that of seasonal influenza - with more morbidity and mortality amongst young adults [ 5], again a characteristic noted in previous pandemics [ 6, 7].

In Australia, Riesling is often noted for a characteristic lime note that tends to emerge in examples from the Clare and Eden Valley in South Australia.

Decreased paranasal sinus development (hypoplasia) is also a distinguishing characteristic noted in CF patients.

His neighbors, the aborigines, had learned to blend with nature, and in turn it became part of them, an intrinsic characteristic noted in McCleary and his latest musical project, Panama.

Rye, horseradish and dill are delicately added to many dishes to add a characteristic Scandinavian note.