Sentence examples for aiming at something from inspiring English sources

"This hypothetical book is aiming at something more implacable than that...

The piece seemed to be aiming at something midway between Pilobolus and Cirque du Soleil.

But in aiming at something of the grandeur and ferocity of Cormac McCarthy, Robinson overreaches and falls flat.

The menu, which changes monthly, curbs the stodgy, dumpling-prone proclivities of Czech fare, aiming at something sleekly international, albeit with one foot still in Central Europe.

Mr. McQueen, aiming at something both more explicit and more subtle, built his show around the idea of a dance contest in which hope and happiness quickly evaporate.

Peter Sellars was aiming at something of the sort when he cast Eugene Perry as Don Giovanni opposite the Leporello of Herbert Perry, Eugene's twin brother.

Like other playwrights, I aim at Something Else.

The filmmakers aimed at something both startling and hilarious.

Drinking horses don't sip, so presumably the image aimed at something impressively copious.

"We are proud to aim at something -- to earn a degree, buy a house.

Swearing always aims at something intimate, something usually hidden, which is why the words are often so explicitly and violently sexual.