Sentence examples for a perceptive but from inspiring English sources

His wife, quick to learn German, played her cards shrewdly, too, steering clear of trouble and patiently observing with a perceptive but not unsympathetic eye.

In one early version, Cosby played a chauffeur, an idea that he liked until he heard objections from Camille, who is a perceptive but resolutely unfunny presence in Whitaker's account.

The first is given over to Mary Love, a perceptive but anxious young librarian; the second belongs to Byron Kasson, a stubborn and confused aspiring writer, whose brief love affair with Mary provides a hinge between the two halves.

But the sprawl of both pieces and the overwrought male performing in "Lambarena" suggest that he has reached that crucial point in a choreographic career when a perceptive but demanding mentor could make all the difference.

When Naipaul turns on the enthusiasm, he is a perceptive critic; but too often he seems to have his eyes shut.

Stanley himself occupied a unique place in musical life: he was a distinguished scholar and a perceptive critic, but he also possessed that rare gift of being able to communicate his deep love and knowledge of music to the general reader or listener.

It's a perceptive statement, but I realize he's thinking about my reaction to everything before he says it, that this whole conversation is tailored to me.

I think this is a perceptive remark but it has to be made somewhat more clearly.

"Rachel Getting Married" showed her to be a perceptive writer — fierce but also in a way modest.

That's already a risk in an opera that draws from commedia dell'arte, but a perceptive production can quickly delve beyond those stereotypes.

What follows is not only a complex, affecting and surprising love story, but a perceptive critique of a society mired in addictive technology and celebrity status.