Sentence examples for a heightened style from inspiring English sources

It was dubbed autobiographical fiction and drew heavily on the gothic details of his upbringing, tying them together in a heightened style that made it an instant classic of transgressive fiction, garnering endless positive reviews.

"The whole story is told conversationally, but the letters are in a pompous, heightened style," Mr. Kitson said.

Combining contemporary technology with an archaically heightened style of acting, this duet between father and son crackles with a fraught Oedipal artistic struggle, while playing with the audience's perceptions of what defines compelling acting.

"Beautifully, wickedly designed and shot, it was a visual treat with a brave and successful heightened style that never took us out of the humanity and poignancy of the story.

It was during this period that he began painting packages in a heightened realist style.

Many were later colored by watercolor or acrylic paints, and most rendered scenes in a heightened, energetic style.

The result is a fascinating look at an important chapter in the author's life, even if the occasionally fusty oil paintings, done in a heightened realistic style, feel a bit dated.

The hooks combine with what Anthony Burgess calls "a heightened journalistic style" to produce "a speed of narrative, which hustles the reader past each danger point of mockery".

The hooks combine with what the novelist Anthony Burgess calls "a heightened journalistic style" to produce "a speed of narrative, which hustles the reader past each danger point of mockery".

"Fleming raised the standard of the popular story of espionage through good writing — a heightened journalistic style — and the creation of a government agent — James Bond, 007 — who is sufficiently complicated to compel our interest over a whole series of adventures.

A consummate filmmaker on a never-ending quest for increased intensity, ever-more tangible realism and heightened style, he is determined to take Miami cops Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs along with him on that particular ride.