Sentence examples for acute perceptions from inspiring English sources

It will take Guarnaccia's acute perceptions of the ethical distinctions among Sardinian bandits and upper-class Florentines alike to determine who among them has remained true to his code of honor and who has so "lost sight of his origins and traditions" that he will betray his own humanity.

To appreciate "December," which offers the pleasures of beautifully composed scenes and, when it shifts to Isabelle's point of view, an exact rendering of a child's acute perceptions, the reader must accept that Isabelle has fallen under a sort of existential spell.

Although her Earthsea series A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), The Tombs of Atuan (1971), The Farthest Shore (1972), Tehanu (1990), Tales from Earthsea (2001), and The Other Wind (2001)—was written for children, Le Guin's skillful writing and acute perceptions attracted a large adult readership.

"I was so amazed by the acute perceptions that a kid right in the middle of it had," she said.

Díaz says he chose Gomez because of his acute perception of people's character.

The strong-arm hosts, with their usual acute perception of the outside world, take the expression for conviviality.

These stories are indeed classical, powerful, with the intellect confining itself to memorable description and acute perception.

As an older woman she was possessed of an acute perception of the undertones in people and was not afraid to respond to them head-on.

But, as he says, if he's specifically addressing a work of art, a photograph or a book, he has an acute perception of what he sees.

Low powers of reasoning, however, are compatible, as we see with mankind, with strong affections, acute perception, and a taste for the beautiful.

Shakespeare famously customised existing plots when writing his plays, and added to them an acute perception of human experience which gave them universal significance.