Sentence examples for a delicate backdrop from inspiring English sources
The political stalemate is playing out against a delicate backdrop: the country is still plagued by persistent violence that claims the lives of hundreds of Iraqis a month, and the United States military is in the process of sharply reducing the number of forces in the country.
The Tokyo-born composer Jo Kondo was associated with John Cage during the 1970's, and his "Three Songs of the Elderberry Tree" for violin (Katie Lansdale) and percussion (William Trigg) had a Cage-like quality, with its meandering, microtonal melodies against a delicate backdrop of bell sounds and tapped drums.
Made in China, the bowl is decorated with Western sailing ships under construction, probably taken from technical drawings, but with a delicate, inescapably Chinese landscape backdrop.
In "The Stranger," a Sean Lennon and The Pyramids' score provides the backdrop for the Italian catwalker's acting foray — a delicate portrait of three lives, intertwined in identity and intimacy.
Theirs is a delicate task.
That is a delicate balance.
A delicate and difficult interview.
I keep a delicate distance".
"It's a delicate balance".
