Sentence examples for both backdrop from inspiring English sources

The house became both backdrop and symbol for what, under most circumstances, would be considered a typical American narrative of class and social aspiration.

Rather, they're allusive and semi-abstract; songs as collages of uneasy fragments, for which Michael Miles's heavy, elliptical percussion, Daniel Falvey's shimmering guitar and Dog in the Snow member Helen Brown's washes of synth are both backdrop and glue.

The deepening financial crisis in Greece provides both backdrop and foreground for this drama, which tracks two very different characters — an indolent teenage skateboarder and the weary middle-aged head of a struggling family — whose prospects have been dimmed by the implosion of the Greek economy.

Ireland's uneasy neutrality during World War II, the country's deep-rooted conflict with Britain and the divide between Catholics and Protestants serve as both backdrop and catalyst for one Irish family's personal struggles in a solid staging of Frank McGuinness' seriocomic, Chekhovian domestic drama, "Dolly West's Kitchen," running through Dec. 4 at Theatre Banshee in Burbank.

The aboriginal experience formed the backdrop both to Joseph Boyden's Giller Prize-winning Through Black Spruce and to David Bergen's The Retreat, a complicated tale of relations between and among white women and aboriginal men.

With Thad Matta leading Ohio State into the Final Four this weekend, the unpretentious wedding ceremony offers a sharp contrast to both the bacchanal backdrop of New Orleans and the size of the Superdome's stage.

As the setting for Ozark (Netflix), it also serves two purposes, as both scenic backdrop and extended metaphor.

The close of summer lends both a backdrop and a metaphor to Jason Aldean's new single, in strong rotation on country radio.

These are harsh words, but the cynicism is justified by both the backdrop to the poverty rethink, and by the Conservatives' changing political game.

The mural is both a backdrop for her life as an expatriate in India and an analogue to it, suggesting an openness to happy accidents as well as an ability to pragmatically maneuver around obstacles and limitations.

These pillow sculptures become both the backdrop for the imagery and the form that gives them shape.