Sentence examples for get at the thing from inspiring English sources

Stritch is a first-rank wit, and the movie bristles with her exuberant yet vulnerable inventiveness, but the best lines in the film belongs to George C. Wolfe, who directed her one-woman show "Elaine Stritch at Liberty," from 2002: I think there's that pursuit to get at the thing that is underneath the thing that will illuminate a moment.

But he frequently manages to get at the thing about jazz that transcends the matter of influences: though he might raid past players for their musical grammar, swing is personal, and Mr. Pelt wants to reveal its mystical properties, its feeling of floating.

This will save you from having to dig through a bunch of boxes right away to get at the things you need most.

And then there's the feeling I get at those things where the conversation feels a little too privileged and removed from the daily challenges of a career.

The interviews you get at these things are sorta worthless because everyone's struggling to get a question in.

I just get at the soul of things, like that sculpture".

Three questions to get at the heart of things: What am I ashamed of?

In the chart, I've listed what looks to be a number of different columns for each model, but really they're all getting at the same thing: How close was the model to the actual result?

The better you get at those two things, the more you'll be able to enjoy the actual music you're playing.

Why shouldn't philosophy be in the business of getting at the truth of things?

But with writers, getting at the inside of things feels like a process of reduction.