Sentence examples for a subtle edge from inspiring English sources

It is a subtle edge, but it makes all the difference.

Pippa recalls the past in a detached, mild-mannered voice with a subtle edge of bitterness that seems to belie her inner turmoil.

Your eye goes mainly to the books, which are arranged now by colour, but then it picks up a subtle edge of oak or a line of birch ply in-between the yellows, whites, blues, greens and blacks.

When Chow amiably rejects the advances of a pretty young prostitute (Ziyi Zhang) who's fallen for him, Mr. Leung puts a subtle edge of boredom on the rebuff, which makes it cut like a knife.

Ms. Farmiga, fragile looking but with pale blue eyes that bore a hole in whatever they're focused on, brings a subtle, edge-of-sanity determination to a role that easily could have been a cartoon.

That looking-glass effect underscored the lobster-orange color that appeared as a subtle edging on a jacket or as a full suit.

There was a compellingly subtle edge of despair to the all-out, urgent dancing of Clifton Brown, Mr. Rushing and Troy O'Neil Powell in the "Sinner Man" trio.

There's a definite, though subtle, edge to the food.

Vertical Horizon is a modern rock band with a subtle progressive edge.

And roasted sea scallops perched atop a bed of risotto in a soupy buttery sauce had bits of speck, a brilliant addition, contributing a subtle smoky edge.

For those seeking such a subtle fitness edge, perhaps for the next Olympics, Station Fitness is set to expand this year, with two new locations in New York — one on the Upper East Side and one in TriBeCa — and its first West Coast studio, in Beverly Hills, Calif.