Sentence examples for compelling observer from inspiring English sources

The familiar dystopian milieu is made vivid by the narrative frame: a woman attempting to evade detention writes a letter to her unborn child and emerges a compelling "observer of the great mystery" unfolding around her. Shadowless, by Hasan Ali Toptaş, translated from the Turkish by Maureen Freely and John Angliss (Bloomsbury).

It wasn't this fun house he lived in now -- distorted images, trapdoors, a lurching car". The narrative voice is beguiling -- a distant, bleak but compelling observer who will suddenly confront the reader or Myers with direct questions.

Manet's evasive, uncertain brushstrokes and jarringly beautiful colours make him a compelling, cool observer – the embodiment of modern attitude.

Here children like her, who were forced to fight on the front line in the final stages of the war in Sri Lanka, gave the Observer compelling evidence of war crimes committed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTEE).

The dominance of this laissez-faire approach to architecture and urbanism produced, over the following decades, a flamboyant, unapologetic, gambling- and entertainment-driven pseudo-city that observers found compelling and repulsive in equal measure.

This analysis of the historical formation of the observer is a compelling account of the prehistory of the society of the spectacle.

In practice, a decisive majority for any candidate from the people who produce the Guardian and Observer creates a compelling momentum for appointment.

"Sally is a very compelling presenter," Fisher told the Observer, "and – absolutely – it's great to have the positive images of people [with Down's] who are already here.

"The evidence in the record, viewed from the standpoint of the reasonable observer, creates a compelling case that [the executive order's] primary purpose is religious," the 10-3 rulissuedsued by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in May reads.

Dark Nebulae, Dark Lanes, and Dust Lanes looks out into the deep sky at those apparent dark regions in space, which are among the most compelling telescopic destinations for amateur observers.

And even if van der Leun is less interesting as an ingénue or as a historian — there is too much detached exposition — she is deeply compelling as a sleuth and social observer.