Sentence examples for incisive words from inspiring English sources

The headlong tonal swings and crushing musical contrasts that characterise his work are prised from the score with just a few, low-key, incisive words or a typically elliptical comment: "This opera is unplayable, unshapeable and unsingable," he told the Rotterdam Philharmonic during rehearsals for Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini, "right, I'll see you all at 7 o' clock".

But capable of moving people with words — eloquent, funny or incisive words?

I would remind you once again of the incisive words of Luther Standing Bear: 'Thought comes before speech.' I pray that this Committee will, in a non-partisan way, rise to its highest potential of statesmanship by giving this issue its calm and insightful thought before speaking and casting a vote that will affect America's rendezvous with destiny".

A "gay voice" is often the only obvious way of figuring out if a man is gay, (though it is also used to consciously communicate it) and consequently, "for many gay men, hating our voices is the last vestige of internalized homophobia," in the incisive words of Dan Savage.

Mr. Parrott's speech conveys vibrant energy and urgency in its rapid pace, as syllables, words and ideas tumble over one another, and incisive intelligence in its articulateness.

There's comfort, I find, in the methods employed in the world of Chandler's detective, Philip Marlowe -- careful observation, an incisive way with words, quiet restraint in the face of deceitful and irredeemable acts.

These are men and women who would have been much more famous a hundred years ago, when poetry mattered, but whose works are essential for anyone who not only needs respite from the chaotic flurries of modern life, but desires incisive and thoughtful words to help them more fully understand it.

Yamada is basic, as opposed to the often lyrical, incisive, forthright and intimate words in "Humans".

Criticism centered on the concept of the record; BBC's Chris Jones said that it is "griping vaguely against 'authority and that "too many buzz words obscure incisive meaning".

The actors in the Royal Shakespeare Company spoke the language with a clarity and incisive thrust that made every word tell.

So I ask him about the words (he prefers short, incisive ones).