Sentence examples for dramatic portrait of a from inspiring English sources
"Lust is no excuse for thoughtlessness," snaps Mr. Lane, as Ben Butley, the suicidally clever title character of Mr. Gray's fine dramatic portrait of a man drowning in bad faith.
Alain Gomis's "Félicité" (October 4th and 5th) is a dramatic portrait of a fierce, intrepid woman — a single mother and a powerfully expressive cabaret singer (Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu) in Kinshasa who is wrenched from her routine and discovers newfound purpose when her teen-age son, Samo (Gaetan Claudia), suffers a motorbike accident and is at risk of losing a leg.
The moppy-haired, scruffy-bearded, soulfully bedraggled yet fiercely proud and discerning musician is a straightforward, dramatic portrait of an artist.
In the catalog for the antiquities auction, Christie's devoted four pages to the dramatic portrait of Trajan, a general who ruled over the Roman Empire between A.D. 98 and 117 during the height of its power.
The room has now been "brought to life" with numerous horse and sporting paintings and portraits, including a dramatic portrait of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria hunting, and a full-sized billiard table moved from the stables in the 1990s.
Imaginatively invoking sources neglected by other scholars — wartime songs, patriotic images on mailing envelopes and in illustrated publications, and regimental histories written during and immediately after the conflict — Gallagher gives a dramatic portrait of the power of wartime nationalism.
Morris, who has illustrated more than two dozen books, paints a dramatic portrait of the snow leopard and her environment; the big cat glides from flatness to depth across a landscape dressed in stark blue-whites and blue-blacks.
Taking what she knows of the art form and the way rheumatoid arthritis inhibits movement, Binoche creates a dramatic portrait of artistic expression and physical pain.
LA MAGNANI Theresa Gambacorta wrote and performs this dramatic portrait of the Italian film star Anna Magnani.
