Sentence examples for confused backdrop from inspiring English sources
For the play's close-knit group of characters – the denizens of a Dublin tenement block – the Easter Rising of 1916 was the confused backdrop to their more pressing concerns of scraping a living amid illness, squalor and premature death.
The claims and counter-claims about the state of the nation are especially confusing against the backdrop of a mining boom that is coming to an end, and the need to transition to new sources of jobs and growth.
Pride highlighted the unlikely alliance between striking Welsh miners and gay rights activists while Billy Elliot used the miners' strike as a backdrop to its Cinderella story, though it confused matters by peppering the soundtrack with 1970s glam rock.
Verdure tapestry should not be confused with menues verdure, or millefleur tapestry, since the floral decoration of millefleur tapestries serves merely as a backdrop for the figurative elements of the design.
The secluded resort (not to be confused with the three-star Columbia Beach Hotel down the road) is a low-rise property in the style of a traditional village - all terracotta tiled roofs and coarse brickwork, with a mountainous backdrop.
