Sentence examples for edge of mainstream from inspiring English sources

"Mr. Phillips likes to push studio comedies to the edge of mainstream acceptability, retrofitting old ideas," Manohla Dargis wrote in The Times in November.

Mr. Stoiber, whose politics stand at the right edge of mainstream German conservatism, heads a sister party of the Christian Democrats called the Christian Social Union.

Mr. Phillips likes to push studio comedies to the edge of mainstream acceptability, retrofitting old ideas (here, "Planes, Trains and Automobiles") with new-school aggression and obscuring his social conservatism under the fig leaf of calculating comedy.

For all his contributions, though, Barlow may remain a figure on the edge of mainstream recognition, and perhaps understandably so: he's asking us to accept a treatment that does not consist of soothing medicine in a plastic cup.

The cross is a symbol of the university's commitment to Christian values, and nowhere is that more evident than at the Pepperdine School of Law, an institution that is proudly at the edge of mainstream legal thinking.

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), a research discipline that celebrates the 50th anniversary of its inaugural publication this week (see page 345), has always sat at the edge of mainstream astronomy.

Fucking hell, I have not!" Yet she felt that conventional medicine had failed her, and freely explored territory on the edges of mainstream science.

It's one of those inexplicable New York economies, the kind that seeps in — quietly, cleverly — around the edges of mainstream commerce, takes hold and thrives on all that excess fat.

"Desal has gone from out of the mainstream to the expensive edge of the mainstream," said Nelson, explaining that the technology was considered "boutique" as recently as 10 years ago.

"Our next big artists live at the edge of the mainstream," he said.

Making a living picking means living on "the edge of the mainstream".