Sentence examples for cold readings from inspiring English sources
noun
Plural of cold reading
Cosmic ordering can be understood as a form of what the critical theorist Theodor Adorno called "occultism" – his term for the dull, suburban, petty irrationality also exhibited by cold readings and past-life flashbacks, tarot-reading and newspaper horoscope sections.
There would be cold readings and some minor rehearsals.
He emphasizes that their "cold readings" of enthusiastic believers seeking solace are questionable on many levels.
And her delivery of dialogue sometimes has a flatness that I associate with cold readings of scripts.
About a dozen students have been meeting for scene studies, cold readings, improvisational exercises, on-camera techniques and other acting drills, but with a concentration on sexual identity.
According to Mr. Randi, mediums who do cold readings like Mr. Edward "fish, suggest possibilities, make educated guesses and give options".
The magician Ian Rowland, in his classic "The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading," itemizes them one by one, in what could easily serve as a manual for the beginner profiler.
It plays host to a range of Vancouver film events, like the Cold Reading Series, in which actors perform amateur screenplays, and Bloodshots, a horror-film festival held in October.
In "Getting the Part," he shows a group of students at a cold reading--a form of audition so-called because the actor is handed a script and expected to perform it on the spot.
"There really is a cold-reading, horoscope kinda thing going on.
After Alison had analyzed the rooftop-killer profile, he decided to play a version of the cold-reading game.
