Sentence examples for backdrop of space from inspiring English sources

The kitschy cartoon image of suburban families enjoying their vacation against the inky backdrop of space wasn't that far removed from popular expectations.

As part of Einstein's theory of special relativity, Johnson writes, this principle helped make clear that "there is no fixed backdrop of space, or even of time".

The stage design includes a "colorful, crayon-colored backdrop of space age-like, semi-circular set pieces".

In the Oscar-nominated movie Gravity, Dr. Ryan Stone Sandra Bullockk) floats, alone, drifting, against the vast backdrop of space.

This is first and foremost an epic love story set against that most epic of backdrop of outer space.

By far his finest moments take place on the brightly lighted deck of the Enterprise, where against the backdrop of limitless space, Kirk, Spock and the rest of the young crew fumble with roles that — much like the young actors playing them, including Anton Yelchin as Chekov and John Cho as Sulu — they ultimately and rather wonderfully make their own.

In November 2013, Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide snapped a selfie against a backdrop of empty space (see below).

Arms outstretched, eyes closed, he appears vulnerable and unaware against the snowy backdrop of the space around him.

Officials with Virgin Galactic have said that the spaceflyers will get the chance to look down on Earth against the backdrop of black space.

Those above make sense in terms of assumptions about street lighting being a taken for granted backdrop of urban space, reassuring for city dwellers: I'm always relieved when I've been driving along country roads to get back to the bright lights of the city (F19 Southwark).

The systematic excavation of prehistoric sites has contributed to the understanding of typo-technological evolution in the backdrop of time and space.