Sentence examples for and direct in a from inspiring English sources

His taste crystallizes his playing, making it centered and direct in a casual, unassuming way.

Early on, Robbins made narrative ballets, such as "Fancy Free" and "The Cage," that are confident and direct in a way that his later work is not.

So, what kind of leader are you now? A. I think that I'm fair, because I try to be honest and direct in a helpful way.

She is warm, watchful, sharp-witted, restless, often serious, seldom solemn, innocent but never naïve, honest and direct in a way that invites confidences, shockingly easy to talk to on almost any subject but herself.

He would take virtually any film or TV role, however bad, as long as it would help finance his true passion: to perform and direct in a traveling Shakespearean troupe.

There is no substitute for being assertive (i.e. honest and direct, in an appropriate way), when asking for a raise.

Disastrously opened out, it was played and directed in a leaden manner.

Almost every actor is cast and directed in a way calculated to bring out his or her worst traits.

The works have to be planned and directed in a critical manner through assessment of the risks and uncertainties.

Ashes of Time," written and directed in a surreal style by Wong Kar Wai, came out of the Beijing Film Studio to compete at the Venice Film Festival in 1994.

Presidential campaigns are all a kind of theater, carefully produced and directed in a frantic effort to seem as if they are not, but Mr. Bush's appearances were particularly stage-managed, and voters chafed at that.