Sentence examples for picture of refinement from inspiring English sources

She's the picture of refinement, even wrestling with the after-effects of a hangover savage enough to last the length of the band's transcontinental journey.

At the start of his recital at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday evening, the pianist Lars Vogt produced a quiet, controlled sound that at first seemed the picture of refinement but eventually grew unnerving.

Finely arched brows and a halo of streaky blond hair frame his wide, angelic face; despite his large frame, he is a picture of graceful refinement.

Deciding to concentrate instead on easel pictures of increasing subtlety and refinement, Poussin devoted much of his art of the late 1620s to romantic mythologies inspired by Titian and his fellow Venetians.

Of course, the picture needs refinement: on the tablet market, Apple still dwarfs Android by 100 to two but in the smartphone business, Android enjoys a 38% penetration (according to Nielsen), vs 27% for the iPhone and 21% for RIM.

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Further genomic characterization of MHCs from a broader diversity of birds, as well as further refinement of the zebra finch MHC assembly, will continue to refine our picture of MHC evolution in birds.

He became the archetypal crooner of a period when the advent of radio broadcasting and talking pictures and the refinement of sound-recording techniques made the climate ideal for the rise of such a figure.

Stemmed glassware is a sign of refinement.

Digested read, digested: In need of refinement.

What Khan was describing was a process of refinement.