Sentence examples for finest expressions from inspiring English sources

The finest expressions of maʿrifa can be found in the poetry of the Sufis Jalāl al-Dīn al-Rūmī (1207 73) and Ibn al-ʿArabī (1165 1240).

One of the finest expressions of post-1960s wastschmerz was Dick Lester's Robin and Marian (1976), featuring Audrey Hepburn and a suicidal, middle-aged Sean Connery.

Later critics appreciated her valuing of spiritual depth over technical perfection and now consider her portraits to be among the finest expressions of the artistic possibilities of the medium.

The lyrical landscapes of the French painter Claude Lorrain are among the finest expressions of High Baroque classicism; and they exerted a continual influence throughout the 18th century, particularly in Britain.

This discovered gothic quality within everyday life found one of its finest expressions in the American work of French-born director Jacques Tourneur, especially the brilliant Cat People (1943), Curse of the Cat People (1944) and Night of the Demon (1957).

This Saturday is the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech," a landmark event in the history of the civil rights movement that is also enshrined in the national mythology as one of the finest expressions of American ideals.

The lyric, elegant and supple, also reached its finest expression in the Persian language.

This style received its finest expression in Old Battersea Bridge: Nocturne Blue and Gold (1872 75).

The strangest and finest expression of Gass's listomania comes at the start of his book-length essay On Being Blue, first published in 1976 and recently reissued.

It was in this region, richly endowed with tremendous cedar and spruce forests, that the Native American sculptor achieved his finest expression.

The most popular of his history plays, If You Know Not Me, You Know Nobody (1605 06), is about Elizabeth I. Heywood's art found its finest expression in the field of domestic sentiment.