Sentence examples for murky backdrop from inspiring English sources

With his humble beret and thick coat, the artist is deeply drawn into a murky backdrop.

Reconstruction demand and a recovery in industrial output are likely to buoy the economy, said Cameron Umetsu, senior economist for Japan at UBS. "But the murky global backdrop still holds the potential to serve up nasty surprises for export-sensitive Japan," he said.

All fish that are not brightly colored look like they could be sharks, especially against a backdrop of murky water, which is terrifying.

Though Ms. Fleming got her production, John Conklin's sets were dreary: just scattered pillars, movable staircases and stiff, crumpled hanging curtains, with stormy seas and such suggested by framed pictures in the background, all placed against a backdrop of murky black.

And in the passage where the stormy first movement is interrupted twice by slow, painfully sad evocations of operatic recitative, Mr. Kissin allowed the poignant melodic lines to hover over a hushed backdrop of murky piano sonorities, created by some pretty fancy pedaling.

Unfortunately the murky layers, and the metropolis backdrop, came too close to Marc Jacobs's recent show, and the raw-looking fur recalled early Helmut Lang.

There is a Venus Grotto right out of "Tannhäuser," with artificial rocks, a murky pool and a painted backdrop depicting Tannhäuser, a medieval knight and minstrel, being attended to by Venus and her retinue.

All of this underscores the sensitivity of the American-Afghan dealings underlying the murky Azar case, and explains why--against the backdrop of a presidential election campaign in Afghanistan--the Americans are unwilling to identify who gave consent to seize Azar and the Afghans are unwilling to confirm that consent was given.

The costumes and backdrop (designed by Mr. Scarlett himself), mixing blues and yellows, and John Hall's part-murky lighting may suggest some kind of aquarium.

Backdrop: Nightmarish.

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