Sentence examples for elusive depiction from inspiring English sources

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The lines come from WB Yeats's Easter 1916, an elusive depiction of the Irish rebellion against British rule that in six days left 485 people dead, paved the way for independence and sent shockwaves through the British empire (as well as making the front page of the New York Times for 14 consecutive days).

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Much of it took place, however, in stillness, in plainsong, and in civilized debate; and, in the person of Michael Lonsdale, who played a monastic medic, we saw a magnificent actor engaged upon one of the most elusive of dramatic tasks — the depiction, with touches of saintliness but no sanctimony, of a thoroughly good man.

More recently, the self-consciously elusive quality of much of Degas's depiction has been increasingly acknowledged, as well as his underestimated shift away from topicality in later years.

Leng paraphrases this self-depiction as meaning "a loner" and "an elusive, cheeky maverick".

The elusive possibility of freedom is the central theme here, and it plays out in the depiction of a racist justice system, as well as in the more universal struggle to break away from the limits of family.

The depiction was uplifting.

A rather lovely little depiction.

"Elusive fellow".

Powerful, elusive.

The depiction of what Cmdr.

There is no depiction of actual sex.

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