Sentence examples for elegant variation from inspiring English sources
noun
A form of journalese characterized by the overuse of synonyms for fear of repeating a word.
As an elegant variation, "these records of Britain's political history" fairly screamed "hideous polyester rags".
This rule of elegant variation has generally been ignored by Peace.
Joe Penhall's new play is an elegant variation on a familiar topic: the moral responsibility of the scientist.
This recipe is strictly for special occasions, as is another elegant variation, made with truffles, also fitting for Valentine's Day.
No wonder everyone who sees Min's elegant variation experiences an obvious jolt of delight, followed by an "about time".
Mark Sarvas is the author of "Harry, Revised," a novel, and he writes The Elegant Variation, a literary blog.
You can't blame him entirely: Elgar has the orchestra playing at extremes, with elegant, refined variations offset by others that draw on all the late-Romantic grandeur an orchestra can produce.
The Thai Lao Yeh Restaurant serves elegant variations of authentic dishes from around Thailand, especially from Issan.
Clearly Hare's aim is to offer more than a few elegant variations on the eternal triangle.
His themes devour the real; history seems invented to provide all those elegant variations on disappearance, on loss of identity.
Like most French dramatists, Anouilh was obsessed by classical myth: a way of giving the audience a familiar story while playing elegant variations upon it.
