Sentence examples for rather contemporary from inspiring English sources

His papers represent a rather contemporary collection.

Still, beneath their greatcoats, Perry's Victorians are rather contemporary — chatty, lusting, and preoccupied with the virtual intimacy of messages.

This seemed like rather contemporary behavior to Juliet — it cast a modern light on the maenads' carrying-on.

Hurt by his affair during their mother's terminal illness, they've acted out in rather contemporary ways, Maggie renouncing success, Ethan quitting consultancy and racking up debts.

The first cited use of "Orbed," according to the O.E.D, is in 1598, rather contemporary with the period in which Shakespeare is writing.

Rather, contemporary readers and television audiences gearing up for next year's 100th anniversary are like the poor souls attending séances in an attempt to commune with the dead: "we lack the means to imagine what they thought they were doing".

"The Japanese public still loves Impressionist rather than contemporary art," Mr. Mori said.

It is for this reason that museums tend to collect prints that are vintage, rather than contemporary.

You'd imagine European painters capable of emulating old masters might go into forgery rather than contemporary art.

But McEwen was Eton and Oxbridge, just like a rather more contemporary prime minister you may know.

Rather, complex contemporary issues require "system thinking," he says, "to better prepare students for whatever they do".