Sentence examples for against sincerity from inspiring English sources

There's no prejudice against sincerity but a terrible one against stylization (which explains why a mediocre, naturalistic melodrama such as "I Am Love," which is merely adorned with snazzy clothing and homes, wins wide praise — it features styles, as if in a store window, but its direction and narrative aren't stylized at all).

Any one-man crusade is likely to fail, but a rom-com character's war against sincerity is doomed from the start.

This show, which chafes against the sincerity of the musical theatre art form, has returned to Sydney to play in our most prestigious venue: the Sydney Opera House.

Sam has no evidence for or against the sincerity and reliability of aliens as testifiers, so he lacks both positive reasons for trusting the diary's contents and negative reasons against trusting them.

Erasmus' integrity, even his self-respect, had been challenged by Luther's charges against his competence but especially against his religious sincerity.

He is, by consensus, a genius, and he seems to be protecting his own sincerity against the force of popular adulation.

The Daily Mail praised Cameron's style, calling him "a commanding figure" who "spoke with passionate sincerity against what he called the 'passive tolerance' of segregation in our society".

He delivered that first-act aria, L'espoir renait dans mon âme, with easy mastery of its coloratura, and balanced that against his unadorned sincerity in the most famous number of all, J'ai perdu mon Eurydice.

Here, I think, we run up against the question of sincerity and authenticity.

In Visconti's "White Nights" (1957), one of his earliest successes, this dialectic is embodied in the rivalry between the timid young suitor played by Mastroianni, who represents down-to-earth sincerity, as against the ephemeral beauty of Jean Marais as the absent sailor for whom Maria Schell yearns.

Her full, beautiful tone, unimpeachable intonation and restrained sincerity worked perfectly against the music around her.