Sentence examples for downbeat narrative from inspiring English sources

Lohan's has been a sluggishly downbeat narrative, peppered with occasional, desultory attempts at a comeback — sometimes through acting, sometimes through fashion design, sometimes through humanitarian work.

And "Lostronaut", I think, is the Chronic City that might have been; everything Jonathan Lethem is capable of: compellingly odd beauty, a fresh turn of phrase (those "dry little feet") and a concise, downbeat narrative arc, all delivering insight and emotional impact.

Time magazine recognized the occasion with a downbeat cover story.

With its muted palette and close-quarters, hand-held cinematography, this deliberately subdued romp smartly counterbalances the arch theatricality of its narrative with a downbeat suburban pallor that lends credibility to the incredible, persuading us to suspend our disbelief just long enough to enjoy its ticklish visceral thrills and snaky narrative puzzles.

With its muted palette and close-quarters, hand-held cinematography, this deliberately subdued romp smartly counterbalances the arch theatricality of its narrative with a downbeat suburban pallor that lends credibility to the incredible, persuading us to suspend our disbelief just long enough to enjoy its ticklish visceral thrills and snaky narrative puzzles.

As we expected the numbers were dull and the operational narrative on Europe was downbeat - Sage talks about "considerable headwinds".

The second is a downbeat art film which deliberately eschews narrative excitement to undermine heroism and emphasize trauma and crass profiteering.

Polanski keeps the narrative engine ticking over with a downbeat but compelling throb.

It is depicted with vivid clarity, the downbeat note of memoir occupying the place of narrative drive ("I became a member of the British White Cattle Society when I turned 10").

He added his opinion that brutal violence does not guarantee narrative suspense, punning on the name Run Run Shaw in his downbeat conclusion that "Horror Planet is a film to run, run away from fast".

She avoids worn-out narratives about drug wars and violence, and her downbeat supernaturalism feels quite different from the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez.