Sentence examples for contemporary variations from inspiring English sources

The overblown implication is that all these performers are somehow contemporary variations on minstrelsy.

West Coast style setters like Kirsten Dunst and Mischa Barton have been sighted wearing contemporary variations under floor-sweeping gowns and miniskirts.

Contemporary variations have surfaced in movies like "Bridget Jones's Diary," in which Colin Firth plays a character modeled on Darcy, the smooth and virtuous hero of "Pride and Prejudice," and, more unexpectedly, in "Spy Games".

In contrast to the '70s originals, which made people seem aloof or anonymous, contemporary variations often feature gradient lenses that are tinted on top and clear below — a more approachable look.

Without creating a theme restaurant on the motif of the International Style, the new Brasserie restaurant, two floors below, offers a set of contemporary variations on these Miesian ideas.

But the sober blue or black necktie, with only minor bows to contemporary variations in length and width (no tie-dye versions in the '60s), has been a constant since at least the early 20th century.

The other is performed by Chinese actors in a contemporary variation on traditional Chinese opera.

Ms. Sossamon shoots down this contemporary variation on the sipping-a-soda-at-Schwab's scenario.

The popular television sitcom "Friends," for example, is a contemporary variation on Shakespeare's melodramatic comedy "Much Ado About Nothing".

The literal-minded will call the movie derivative; I think of it as a grateful homage, a brilliant contemporary variation.

A grown-up, contemporary variation was seen at Stella McCartney, who plays with an asymmetric print in bold primary colours.