It is, to some extent, a shopkeeper's season, characterized by conversations over the counter and individualistic goods chosen by the people who own and run the shops.
Whereas previous gatherings were characterized by conversations reflecting the diversity of religious perspectives and commitments among the participants, this year's theme seemed to be the shared experience--regardless of tradition--of being almost entirely sidelined by the political discourse of this peculiar election year.
And so we are about to enter a fractured, chaotic world of news, characterized by superior community conversation but a decidedly diminished level of first-rate journalism.
GoPro shots are often characterized by one-sided conversation, the rattle of straps, or the beatbox fusillade of water and wind.
Video enables learning through reflection, while a face-to-face setting or the traditional classroom setting is characterized by more collaboration and conversation which may be difficult to achieve (South et al. 2008).
Augustine's The Teacher and Samuel Beckett's Endgame both depict father-son conversations characterized by similarly strange and self-conscious uses of language.
The early years of Twitter were characterized by hashtags, memes and conversations centered on black culture.
But in an interview that was otherwise characterized by hearty laughs and easy conversation, it was on the subject of the international drug trade that Mr. Pastrana expressed the most caution.
Characterized by an amplified volume of conversation discussing "gapers," "gnar" and various levels of "wasted," these particular ski resort denizens may claim to be native, but they are most often recent transplants from other locales.
To Giridharadas, Davos amounts to a week of "rich-splaining," characterized by terms that shift the conversation away from actual social change: "Win-win" replaces a debate about social justice.
And they study "high-context cultures," such as those throughout Asia, where conversations are characterized by more quiet and deference.
