Sentence examples for a striking mix from inspiring English sources

Last February, when Jeremy Lin emerged as a unique and unlikely N.B.A. star, he exuded a striking mix of confidence and composure.

Anne-Marie Slaughter's long Atlantic essay on work-life balance, "Why Women Still Can't Have It All," is a striking mix of important truth and wishful thinking.

Her first, solo UK show in 20 years was a striking mix of witchy black dress, LA ditziness and songs that retained their moonlit magic even in daylight.

Along with the tour de force of screenwriting, Michael Fassbender is a striking mix of technical wizardry, rage and omniscience in the lead role.

But reports from his two swearing-in ceremonies in 1861 and 1865 provide a striking mix of similarities and differences when compared with those planned for next week.

The pressures can mount for Muslims living in Western countries, and the Almontasers live the month with a striking mix of Islamic precepts and hectic 21st-century life in New York.

OutKast's "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" (Arista): We need four more nominees to round out the category, but this is the only other CD, besides "Elephant," with the ambition and imagination to truly deserve best-album consideration, and it is a striking enough mix of hip-hop, funk and R&B; to win most years.

In its striking mix of Russian, Koryo and Korean, the film shows the fragile cosmopolitanism of those always branded as second-class citizens - one of the central subjects of the ongoing Open City Project, of which the film is a part.

The show will permeate building and grounds with a panoply of the brothers' creations that reveal their ebullient way with color and striking mixes of art and fashion.

Once again, it's a striking, pared-down mix that reasserts the Stones' prowess as writers and players.

But, like Mr. Porter, she uses a striking command to project a mix of didacticism and sweetness.