Sentence examples for a man of subtle from inspiring English sources

As for Kinglake himself, he was clearly a man of subtle irony, comfortable circumstances, and well-disguised ambition.

He moreover developed into a man of letters and wrote subtle prose and elegant verse.

We are left wondering what the Australian authorities thought they were bringing about when they devised this regulation did they expect musicals still to flourish, presenting Woman at the time of life when she is said to appeal most to the experienced man of subtle taste?

Ditching the tie was a subtle statement that he was ready for Washington, but not of Washington – that he was a man of the people.

But he individualizes each of the eight portraits here with precision and economy, becoming a new man by a subtle adjustment of posture that alters his physical presence, evoking a new personality through the coloring of his voice.

It occasions a day of subtle misrule.

A mixture of subtle (and not-so-subtle) humour scattered among gloriously tongue-in-cheek tales from a northern working men's club, Phoenix Nights struck a chord with audiences, snaffling awards along the way.

A combination of subtle and not-so-subtle conditions typically accompanies this largesse.

It's there in a lot of subtle and some not-so-subtle ways.

That triggers a trickle of subtle flourishes.

We have to unlearn a lifetime of subtle and not so subtle social cues and behaviors.