Sentence examples for and the conceit of from inspiring English sources
He loved the idea of an interpreter at the United Nations and the conceit of an overheard conversation.
But that felt too posh, and the conceit of a cat keeping a diary felt like a push too far.
The adverb "sometimes" makes us wait, and the conceit of the winds whistling of "joy or pain" makes us wait longer.
"This one is shorter, frankly," said Josh Kendall, Mr. O'Nan's editor, "and the conceit of the novel with the political overtones of blue-collar downsizing felt apt and somewhat fresh".
I have to say I find it unpleasantly acidic and gassy, and the conceit of serving it over ice is perhaps the most affected thing to happen to alcohol since Anthony Blanche's brandy alexanders.
And, while the tone here is still playful, already there are premonitions of darker things to come: the sound of distant thunder is noted, and the conceit of Ned-as-explorer suggests a slight condescension on his part towards his neighbours.
In retrospect, 30 years later, Donald wrote of his time with Brown that "striving day after day and night after night to contain the aggression and tolerate the conceit of an unstable successor to Bevin was not agreeable".
According to Darius Rejali, a professor of political science at Reed College and the author of the forthcoming book "Torture and Democracy," the conceit of the ticking time bomb first appeared in Jean Lartéguy's 1960 novel "Les Centurions," written during the brutal French occupation of Algeria.
One does need to make allowances, however: for supporting characters that drop suddenly and permanently from the novel, as through trapdoors, and for the conceit of Barry's deepening destitution on the road, the self-imposed nature of which keeps the stakes low.
And indeed, the conceit of "Funny Games" is that it offers a harsh, exacting critique of vulgar, violent amusements, a kind of homeopathic treatment for a public numbed and besotted by the casual consumption of images of suffering.
Filled with feel-good classic hits by David Bowie, 10cc, Blue Swede and Marvin Gaye, the conceit of Guardians' Awesome Mix Vol 1 is that it is a prized possession of movie hero Peter Quill, played by Chris Pratt.
