Sentence examples for fierce precision from inspiring English sources

Janine Jansen was the impressively controlled soloist in Shostakovich's dark, unsmiling Second Violin Concerto, with Jurowski marshalling the orchestra around her with fierce precision.

Born in India and reared in Paris, Ms. Shivalingappa works in the classical Southern Indian tradition of Kuchipudi, which dates to the third century B.C. and marries a fierce precision with sensual flowing lines and deft, intricate footwork.

Later Ms. Dench's fierce precision suggests the joy of refining her sensibility, particularly in the fussy wrestling match she has with her husband, the dotty and much softer critic John Bayley Jim Broadbentt).

Sullivan rode these hobbyhorses, and many more, hard on the Dish, often with fierce indignation and precision, sometimes with loopy monomania (Palin), often for fun.

A memory from childhood floods back: the fierce insistence on precision, in tempo and in visual detail, known to any passionate player of make-believe.

With its intense chiaroscuro and meticulous manipulation of color that ranges from stark black and white to richer, shifting hues in scenes set in a metaphorical orchard, the film surpasses even Michael Haneke's "White Ribbon" in the fierce beauty and precision of its cinematography (by Martin Gschlacht).

This last one perfectly captures the current Seattle zeitgeist: good riddance to stats-obsessed behemoths Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr. and Boeing; nervous optimism about the continued health of Microsoft and Amazon; and a rapturous embrace of Ichiro's Pacific Rim virtues -- modesty and understatement masking a fierce devotion to precision and success.

The band play fierce, dark post-punk with lethal precision and throat-grabbing intensity.

(I'd prefer Cate Blanchett, in "Carol," to either, for her gestural precision, sculpted diction, and fierce stillness in the title role of Todd Haynes's film).

The Olympics may be over, but racing fans still have an opportunity to watch fierce competitors slice through the water like precision machines.

Imagine the lush tonal colors of Gil Evans combined with the fierce rhythms of Charles Mingus and the dissonant precision of Thelonious Monk, and you get some idea of this music's odd pleasures.