Sentence examples for formalistic devices from inspiring English sources

The formalistic devices of Hermeticism were partly an outgrowth of Futurism, a short-lived but influential movement that encouraged innovation in literary language and content.

It became a little more formalistic".

A book of extraordinary intelligence, humanity and (formalistic) cunning.

But Pakistan declined to go beyond that formalistic undertaking.

Part of it is the formalistic courtesies of war.

She says he "prattles on" and dismisses some of his arguments as "pretentious and formalistic".

Judge Kaplan disagreed with this "formalistic" interpretation, musing instead that such swaps let activists "ambush" companies.

"It's a formalistic show," she said, "one that is both serene and contemplative".

But his formalistic approach serves mainly to perpetuate the intellectual confusion of our "post-ideological" age.

By contrast, British universities may plunk big donors on to a "formalistic and horrible" board, she says.

In religion the esoteric sects of Tendai and Shingon Buddhism practiced formalistic rites that paralleled elaborate court ritual.