Sentence examples for melancholy effect from inspiring English sources

It was a perfectly crafted setup for Simon's themes: how inner-city life could be replete with both casual cruelty and unexpected comedy; how the police and the policed could, at moments, share the same jaundiced view of the world; how some dollar-store, off-brand version of American capitalism could trickle down, with melancholy effect, into the most forsaken corners of American society.

Almost all Victorian stained glass is terrible: dull in colour, mawkish in mood, grey and melancholy in effect.

Numerous De la Mare poems are simple and delightful nonsense: "Three jolly farmers / Once bet a pound / Each dance the others would / Off the ground", but many are tinged with subtle melancholy, the effect of a sensitivity attuned to high-pitched notes of grief even at times of contentment.

Tracy Morgan plays Tray in "The Last O.G.," a sitcom that indulges and evokes melancholy to curious effect.

By Troy Patterson April 3, 2018 Tracy Morgan plays Tray in "The Last O.G.," a sitcom that indulges and evokes melancholy to curious effect.

Watching the first six episodes of "The Last O.G.," which was created by John Carcieri and Jordan Peele, I had occasion to feel much the same about the show, which indulges and evokes melancholy to curious effect.

It's not just that the melody and lyrics of Carousel are really moving; it's that the shift from the preceding track's dancefloor euphoria to this song's epic melancholy amplifies its effect.

His melancholy is a musical effect, an expression of the baritone art.

And a Minnesotan reading Wilson, a North Carolinian, on the tonic effect of melancholy winter has to smile.

A particular strength of Mr. Langella's performance and Mr. Pendleton's script is that they are able to suggest both Junius's uncontrollable compulsions and an abiding melancholy awareness of their effects.

The expression is melancholy and resolute, the general effect curiously touching.