Sentence examples for compelling tension from inspiring English sources

Here Mr. Magloire's meticulous, deliberate vocabulary sets up an odd and compelling tension with the passionate discordance of the music.

He constructed his solos with broken phrases and asymmetric accents and formed melodic lines with rare, compelling tension.

This generates a compelling tension as you watch the actors moving through space: are they "real" or manifestations of O'Neill's mind?

The premise, a calamitous sexual encounter between a bereaved middle-aged woman, Julia, and her teenage stepson, Lionel, is a bit tabloid, but it gives the rest of the story – basically what happens to each of them over the next few decades – a compelling tension and torque.

This sense of synthetic decomposition combined with dancefloor utility the tune is certainly designed for effectiveness in DJ sets creates a compelling tension: on the one hand there's the addictiveness of tightly compressed subbass, but on the other, the palate feels kind of uncomfortable holding itself together, like it might just fall to dust.

Dan Slott has written quite the compelling, tension-filled tale of Spider-Man's last days.

Finding a compelling dramatic tension in Brecht, whose goal even then was to keep his audiences at a thoughtful distance, is never easy.

But what makes Jagger truly compelling is the tension generated by the opposing facets of his persona.

The book's constantly shifting tone — poetic, surreal, philosophical, funny — imparts a compelling sense of tension and intimacy.

What makes his paintings so original, and so frequently compelling, is the tension he brings to his works – between man and nature, between flesh and form, colour and shape.

What is more immediately compelling is the tension between recognizable mystical imagery and painterly obfuscation, which might be read as a metaphor for the artist's struggle to transcend his own psychic chaos.