Sentence examples for pretty effect from inspiring English sources

It was a pretty effect, but this Xanadu made some squeamish local politicians very unhappy all the same, because it seemed to them an unnecessary flaunting of wealth.

When Mr. Hallberg runs on for his first entrance in Act I, he trails his cloak in the air behind him as if solely for the pretty effect it makes, then lets it drop.

The lightness of the chiffon pleats and the airy openness that filtered through the sequins and patterns made a pretty effect, while black, for jackets or pants, was used as a calming influence among the vivid shades.

It's a pretty effect with an even prettier explanation: By putting the common gut bacterium Escherichia coli in just the right place, physicists have found they can make it swim in counterclockwise loop-the-loops.

The Spider Woman section began with a pretty effect of aerialists twirling up and down bolts of cloth.

Add them to glass jars for a pretty effect.

"It" himself, the sand-fairy, or psammead, with his mean temper and witty asides and peculiar looks, is part of that style - his character is drawn like a character in a realist novel, all contrasting angles rather than pretty effects.

(Will choreographers never tire of smoke machines?) Mr. Parsons, who was a standout Paul Taylor dancer, achieves some pretty effects through a Taylor-esque selection of buoyant traveling leaps, insouciant yet muscular partnering and spiraling turns.

So... a pretty big effect, then.

So yeah, it's had a pretty devastating effect on our workers and on our company.

"Robert is a stable guy who had a pretty calming effect.