Sentence examples for extravagant language from inspiring English sources
In that exalted state, the Ṣūfī is given to using extravagant language.
He went on to accuse us of using extravagant language: every problem's a crisis, policies don't run into difficulty, they end up in tatters.
Though his poetry became somewhat more colloquial, his extravagant language, overwrought style and inflation of reality continued to jar when the fashion was for detached, cool, ironic understatement.
In the House of Lords, Lane, in somewhat extravagant language, said: "Loss of freedom seldom happens overnight... oppression does not stand on the doorstep with a toothbrush and a swastika armband.
Later, the introductory part of the qaṣīdah often was taken up by a description of nature or given over to some words of wisdom, or the poet took the opportunity to demonstrate his skill in handling extravagant language and to show off his learning.
Mr. Enright's spartan language, his taste for understatement and his distrust of the exotic meant that he was often associated with the Movement, a school of British poets writing in the 1950's and 60's who self-consciously rebelled against the extravagant language of writers like Dylan Thomas and the early W. H. Auden.
(Anderson) STEPHEN PETRONIO COMPANY (Tonight through Sunday) What do you get when you mix the singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, the Young People's Chorus of New York City and Stephen Petronio's extravagant movement language?
Tickets: $15. (Dunning) * STEPHEN PETRONIO COMPANY (Tuesday through Sunday) What do you get when you mix the singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, the Young People's Chorus of New York City and Stephen Petronio's extravagant movement language?
A few trims and tucks would render it sleeker but part of Butterworth's point is to make the plot as extravagant as his language: Rickson brings that out.
His language is extravagant, but he makes an interesting point.
They dispensed with poetic language and extravagant diction, instead using action and dialogue that looked and sounded like everyday behaviour and speech.
