Sentence examples for achieve an effect from inspiring English sources

One of the things I've been taking from Orwell is how little you have to say to achieve an effect.

Reinhardt's matte, powderlike surface was designed to achieve an effect he described as "formless, directionless, pure, transcendental, timeless".

Artists have similarly often preferred older fashions, but this is usually because they wish to achieve an effect of timelessness.

Above all, he was a master colorist, able to mix green, blue, rose and yellow in one outfit to achieve an effect that was artistic and never garish.

It's fairly difficult to achieve an effect of coziness in such vast, echoing spaces, although we were given a glimpse of the Presidential slippers under the Presidential bed.

But there's a problem in departing from the literal truth to achieve an effect - in the worst case, melodrama, where you make someone cry.

It was as if their interest lay solely in achieving an effect with an object.

I use the word "dreamed" advisedly, because Brave New World - gulped down whole - achieves an effect not unlike a controlled hallucination.

As with Mr. Richards's meltdown, hecklers have in some cases achieved an effect that goes beyond the disturbance of one night's show.

But if the attacks aimed to disrupt life and sow mistrust and confusion, they achieved an effect.

The bassline in "Airbag" stops and starts unexpectedly, achieving an effect similar to 1970s dub.