Sentence examples for feels studied from inspiring English sources

Ms. Lileas broods and mopes as the more grounded Tessa, although the Southern drawl feels studied.

But the performance feels studied in its effects and never fully coheres into an emotionally engaging portrait.

But even the most interesting contemporary painting feels studied and controlled, while the most interesting Ensor feels totally mad, even if he himself was quite sane.

Perhaps as a result, this carefully realistic production feels studied, rather than lived; it never quite shakes off its quaintness.

Both movies are peculiarly flat; they feel studied, dutiful.

While Benson treats his characters with care and respect, his depiction of grief can feel studied and not felt.

Compared with "Goats" and "Naked Pueblo," the five loosely related stories in "Unsung Heroes" feel studied and self-consciously quirky.

Their eccentricity and whimsicality begin to feel studied, then insistent, and finally a bit off-putting; what seemed to be transparent turns out to be opaque.

It felt studied instead of spontaneous, so we are not drawn into Billy's conflicts as fully as we might be.

Linda Emond's Linda felt studied and thoroughly thought through — I'd expect nothing less from this intelligent actress — but her elegant diction somehow seemed to put quotation marks around some of Linda's famous lines.

"Conversations in Tusculum," though, is most effective as a deeply felt study of the hopelessness that comes with inaction.