Sentence examples for otherwise realistic from inspiring English sources

Dramatic as he is, this fantasy who resists being driven out of Diana's thoughts feels like an exaggerated contrivance in an otherwise realistic show.

A coda concerns his funeral in a rather garish temple and is otherwise realistic, except that two characters sitting in a hotel room casually get up and leave for dinner while simultaneously remaining to watch TV.

You can see the same basic technique in Charles Ray's larger-than-life (but otherwise realistic) 1992 sculpture of a woman in a fuchsia skirt suit, which stands near Magritte's famous pipe in the Los Angeles show.

Few writers reject the usual elements of the novel with the same abstemious rigor as Beckett, and so the lack of names in many of these books meshes awkwardly with their otherwise realistic depictions of the world.

In truth it's a pretty theatrical device that doesn't always sit that well in such an otherwise realistic setting, though it does provide a way to make sense of the mindset of someone who otherwise would be portrayed as simply silent or aberrant.

Talk of witches and spirits is woven into the fabric of the otherwise realistic world, which, like the plays of Annie Baker, whose "Circle Mirror Transformation" starred Ms. Schreck in a breakout role, includes lingering pauses between lovely bursts of offhand dialogue.

In an otherwise scrupulously realistic movie, Mr. Broderick's Brian borders uncomfortably on caricature.

It's a random moment of fantasy in an otherwise completely realistic film, a concept perfectly suited to Allison's whimsical humor and strong sense of narrative.

There is plenty of time to spot and stew over inconsistencies of all sizes, from the unlikely presence of two copies of a book visibly and intriguingly called "Wild Animus" on the shelves of David Swayze's otherwise photo-realistic set to the peculiar aversion to cellphones evinced by these well-heeled youngsters.

Otherwise, it's realistic.

Critically, however, those aspirations have to be realistic, otherwise parents run the risk of damaging their children's academic outcomes.