Sentence examples for gritty character from inspiring English sources

Some public schools are now altering their curricula to teach grit and other gritty character traits.

"On the other hand, one of the reasons we moved here is for the gritty character," he said.

It certainly seems premature, given the still gritty character of the community, to say that the border between Clinton Hill and Bed-Stuy has gone upscale.

In these commissions, Koolhaas refused to refer to past styles (he called for an "end to sentimentality"), choosing instead to engage directly with the true gritty character of the modern world.

This chaotic film, Mr. Callahan's directing debut, works best as a tribute to the gritty character actor mojo represented not only by Mr. Walken but also by Chazz Palminteri and Rod Steiger in one of his last film roles.

To name a few: bittersweet claymation Mary and Max (2009), gritty character study Boxing Day (2007), sex slave exposé The Jammed (2007), cancer-related dramas Look Both Ways (2005) and Burning Man (2011), war pics Lore (2012) and Balibo (2009), and Australian anthology The Turning (2013).

Networks love crime procedurals but have all but ceded gritty, character-driven cop shows to cable, where complex serials like "The Shield" (FX) and especially "The Wire" redefined audience expectations.

The gritty characters on "Law & Order" are forever linked with their real-world muses in criminal justice: What helps one helps the other.

"The Sopranos" is well written, original, funny, smart, peopled with lively, gritty characters so multilayered, recognizably and mysteriously human that their audience gossips about them as they would about mutual friends.

Many writers go for a theme of particularly gritty characters and situations.

" 'Confessions' is a classic Cinderella story turned on its head," said Ms. Skye, 20, who has played much grittier characters, like Sandra Bullock's suicidal, drug-addicted roommate in "28 Days".