Sentence examples for affecting portrayal from inspiring English sources

Ms. Baker gives an affecting portrayal, her dialogue consisting of sentence fragments and nonsense syllables.

In his affecting portrayal of the boy, Tyrone Brooks managed to be pitiful, wild, ardent and spoiled in quick succession and sometimes simultaneously.

More than that, she fashioned a rounded, affecting portrayal of the Ethiopian princess, transcending the array of bravura gestures that have characterized much of her past work.

The vocal honors of the afternoon went to the soprano Oksana Krovytska for her affecting portrayal of Liu, the slave devoted to Timur, the blind exiled Tartar king.

Despite rough patches and bellowing moments, the veteran baritone Hartmut Welker gave an affecting portrayal of Tristan's loyal and fatherly servant, Kurwenal.

Her sublime singing and affecting portrayal immediately placed her in the ranks of the greatest Marschallins, including Lotte Lehmann, Eleanor Steber and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

Mr. Sellars elicits affecting portrayals from all three, who fearlessly inhabit their roles.

In the late 1970s Duvall received two additional Oscar nominations for affecting portrayals of military men.

The Dark Horse put Cliff Curtis's talents to work in one of the most affecting portrayals of working-class New Zealand since Once Were Warriors.

With the help of James F. Ingalls' precise yet restrained lighting, which captured the smallest subtleties of expression, O'Connor reminded me of Renée Jeanne Falconetti in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 silent film, "The Passion of Joan of Arc," one of the most affecting portrayals of human suffering in all art.

Commercial radio has been slow to tackle under-representation in the workforce, which the BBC's Lorna Clarke reckons affects portrayal on air.