Sentence examples for crisp tight from inspiring English sources
When a character tells Madame Ranevskaya (the vulnerable and resolute Dianne Wiest), who is as sensationally blind to her predicament as she is to herself, that he saw "a very funny show at the theatre last night," she snaps, in John Christopher Jones's crisp, tight translation, "People shouldn't be going to plays.
(Elizabeth's style is crisp, tight and severe, while Mary's is expansive and passionate, but they're both major grandstanders.) And, ah, the ultimate rub: They are "female kings," as Peter Oswald's juicy new adaptation of Schiller's German text has it, in a land where men are used to being governed only by men.
They have very crisp tight bass and a nice separation as well.
Why the name change? A. Edens is a shorter, crisper, tighter name.
On Saturday it was given a riveting performance not just by the violinist, Kurt Nikkanen, and the principals (Maria Kowroski, Sébastien Marcovici, Sterling Hyltin, Ask la Cour), but also by the 16-member corps de ballet, looking crisper, tighter and more energized than in any performance of the ballet in recent memory.
The flag that McLaughlin carried to Iraq lay on the bed, folded in the military manner, crisp and tight.
The crisp narrative, tight control of mood, and behavioral precision are Procrustean measures that reduce the movie to its story and reduce its characters to their statements and actions.
The show is a commentary on existentialism and loneliness, packed in between crisp and tight action sequences, detailed and imaginative shots of an intergalactic universe, and scenes of some of the tastiest-looking Instant Ramen you'll ever see.
The tacos dorados — dull, seemingly unseasoned filling of pork, onion and cheese in an overly tight, crisp tortilla — were the only disappointment among the appetizers.
Aside from a few from Asia and the Mediterranean, which feel like dangling participles in otherwise tight, crisp prose, most of them come from northern parts, including Russia and Scandinavia.
