Sentence examples for distinctly minor from inspiring English sources

"Lost Bohemia" plays in a distinctly minor key.

"Have You Seen Us?," a world-premiere production at the Long Wharf Theater here, is a distinctly minor addition to his renowned and influential canon.

"Midday Thoughts," a tasteful realization of a Copland sketch by David Del Tredici, given its New York premiere here, proved a pleasant but distinctly minor lyrical effusion.

Accordingly, the railroad, the busiest commuter line in the country, has been relegated to a distinctly minor role in the emerging Metropolitan Transportation Authority plan that will reshape the region's transit systems in an attempt to relieve roadway congestion.

Frank Baum, excellent fellow, gave a distinctly minor role to the dog: it kept Dorothy happy, and when she wasn't it had a tendency to "whine dismally"—not an endearing trait.

Up to now, though, internal security and domestic Communism have been distinctly minor themes in the campaign, and this, too, has been a surprise to Goldwaterologists, who were certain that in due time a generous amount of McCarthyism would be stirred into the Goldwater brew.

However, "Tigers in the Snow" is distinctly minor-key Matthiessen -- always lucid, often sad and affecting, but less frequently poetic.

A refreshing but distinctly minority view.

It was waged by Bush's infamous "coalition of the willing" - the US, Britain and a distinctly unimpressive gaggle of minor allies - in defiance of the only body entitled to speak for any international community worthy of the name.

The comparison of mid-1980s with mid-1970s nqx-values (Fig. 5) shows, with minor exceptions, distinctly lower probabilities of death at ages below 55 (males) and 50 (females), and essentially unchanged probabilities at older ages.

It's right there in the show's signature hit, "September Song," which oscillates between major and minor in a distinctly Weillian way.