Sentence examples for absorb influences from inspiring English sources

These pictures indicate Iran's capacity to absorb influences, and demonstrate a cosmopolitan sophistication.

As he studied at Harvard and worked as an orchestral clarinettist on the east coast, he was able to absorb influences from a huge variety of sources.

Ward's provocative study argues that black music did not just absorb influences but that it profoundly shaped the movement – from the artists and the venues they played, to the music industry and the role of African American-oriented radio.

These writers and directors absorb influences from Iranian and Argentine cinema, from television sitcoms and avant-garde video, as well as from the new Hollywood and Off Hollywood canon of the 1970s.

The Beatles continued to absorb influences long after their initial success, often finding new musical and lyrical avenues by listening to their contemporaries, including Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, the Lovin' Spoonful, the Byrds and the Beach Boys, whose 1966 album Pet Sounds amazed and inspired McCartney.

The brain is far more impressionable in earlier life than in maturity, and the younger the human, the more impressionable the brain, the more open it is to learning, the more able it is to absorb influences; however, the more vulnerable it is to negative influences in the form of developmental problems, caused particularly by impoverishment or a lack of nurturing.

Giorgio de Mitri once described Bottura to me as "like a sponge, because he has that rare ability to absorb influence and at the same time to stay absolutely himself, absolutely original".

The region also traditionally absorbed influences from the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic Middle East.

It absorbs influences from all other forms, without losing its own language and identity.

The brothers traveled widely, absorbing influences from an array of artists.

Williams described himself as "a sponge" who effortlessly absorbed influences around him – which could aggrieve other comedians.