Sentence examples similar to a usual spectacle from inspiring English sources
But let's not let the true import of Trump's action today get lost in the usual spectacle of Trumpian lying and megalomania.
We saw the usual spectacle of the chancellor admitting he has failed with his deficit target, failed to meet his debt target and failed to grow the economy.
In June, the company staged Verdi's "Aida" in a barn at the Castello di Borghese winery but without the elephants, throngs of cheering Egyptians or any of the usual spectacle.
She sidestepped the usual spectacle that now seems required to appear on the show (Miley Cyrus went topless) and won the audience over the old-fashioned way — with her voice.
I opted for an indigo silken gown embellished with Bowie-esque thunderbolts and matching cape, teamed with an enormous grey beard and dreadlocked wig, my usual spectacles swapped for a pair of John Lennon-inspiroundound sunnies with skull holograms in the lenses.
As the 14th edition of AFI Docs gets underway in Washington and Silver Spring this weekend — kicking off yet another summer packed with documentaries to counterbalance the season's usual spectacles and sequels — contretemps have erupted over a number of nonfiction films, both inside and outside the festival.
Instead of the usual industrial spectacle what we get is a musical about people and life's missed opportunities.
Michael Billington gave the London production four stars when it opened last year, praising its "simplicity, charm and air of sweet melancholy... Instead of the usual industrial spectacle what we get is a musical about people and life's missed opportunities... an unusual musical in its stress on pure emotion and its apparent informality".
"Source Code" is a commercial thriller, but, given the realities of terrorism, the movie's exploding bombs, particularly the nuke, affect us more strongly than the usual movie spectacle does.
