Sentence examples for detail as when from inspiring English sources

Parts of the book are funny, and Leith has a nice eye for apt detail, as when Alex eats at a greasy spoon in Tupelo, Miss.: "A baked potato... came soggy-skinned, waxy-fleshed, wearing a tinfoil leisure suit and a pompadour of whipped butter".

And his account is enlivened by telling, if sometimes disturbing, detail, as when he describes a sharia-court amputation: "The police, Bebao recalled, bound him to a chair with bicycle inner tubes".

Caesar has the extraordinary ability to bring a complex battle to life with a single tactical detail, as when, in the expedition to Britain, the standardbearer of the 10th Legion rallies the army by jumping into the water.

He has a brilliant eye for the quietly poignant domestic detail, as when he has Theo notice, from the labels on his grandmother's homemade jam, that she has not prepared any that year: "We were already living on her reserve supplies," he says, "just as she was".

Sometimes he piles on a bit too much detail, as, for example, when he describes the blood bank system as it evolved in a half-dozen countries.

The production's poetry is in the details, as when the women bow handsaws that represent Japanese violins.

"A History" is mired in inconsequential details, as when Mr. Jones recalls the time when Ms. Miller told him to disconnect "the forearm to touch the spine".

"The Struggle for Egypt" is at its best when delivering finely honed details, as when Cook explains the relationship among Egypt, America and Israel.

There are agonizing details, as when the prince thinks, after Anna rejects his sexual advances, "What a strange and incomprehensible woman...

It's important, for example, for clubs entering negotiations to know such details as when players of comparable ability signed with their respective teams.

There are exhilarating details, as when the choir's female voices mirror the violins in an upward scale in the "Beatus vir".