Sentence examples for quiet backdrop from inspiring English sources

Some pieces, in simple materials like linen and cotton, formed a quiet backdrop for the dazzle of gilded snake that looked like a tribal trophy.

But Damon also expressed a sentiment that is a quiet backdrop to this camp: confidence in the starting pitchers since the free-agent acquisitions of C. C. Sabathia and A. J. Burnett.

All of this happened against a relatively quiet backdrop.

The continuing slides of the dollar and oil were the quiet backdrop to a week dominated by the hullabaloo of big mergers and acquisitions.

The flurries of flowers were accompanied by the warmth of the springy air, the wafting scents of outdoor cafe meals and the sounds of voices against a surprisingly quiet backdrop, their collective dialects reminding me of the lyrics to that Johnny Cash song... where everything is done with a southern accent.

He favors quiet backdrops, so that his subjects stand out.

Aluko was guilty, but criminal court cases have been played out against a quieter backdrop.

A fifth athlete, British race walker Tom Bosworth, chose the night after his 20km race to propose to his boyfriend to against the quieter backdrop of Rio's Copacabana beach and later tweeted a photo of it happening.

It was a snapshot from Kovarsky's eye, perhaps a combination of snapshots, with what appeared to be a throng of pedestrians on Broadway, above them a collage of bright signage, and an elevated train above the signage, and then the quiet grey backdrop of the city sky.

The area is now full of hotels and beach bars, but Dahab retains elements of its past: the bays are still sandy and quiet, the desert backdrop still pristine, the seascapes still unspoilt.

The meeting's cancellation comes against the backdrop of quiet contacts between the Israeli government and the Obama administration over the Iranian issue.