Sentence examples for rather than pounding from inspiring English sources

In fact, he gets a warm, mellow tone out of the piano, caressing rather than pounding the keys.

Booka Shade devises sounds that are rounded but not bland — often slightly detuned — and the duo builds tracks that emphasize pulsations and blipping midrange counterpoint rather than pounding bass.

The profound need for momentum in anniversary week drove the government to make peace with Labor on $6bn worth of budget savings by actually having a negotiation rather than pounding the gavel.

It may take its time, but Helmut Kohl's government is wary of trying a new mount.Two giants of the Ruhr, Thyssen and Krupp, were this week negotiating a steel merger, rather than pounding each other in a takeover war (see page), because the appeal for consensus had calmed things down.

Rather than pounding the country with "I have a plan" — a rebuilding stimulus plus Simpson-Bowles — which would be an Obama-like message of hope, leadership and unity that would put him on higher ground that Romney can't reach because of the radical G.O.P. base, Obama is selling poll-tested wedge issues.

He developed a rhythmic concept that, rather than pounding or foot-tapping, swirled and spiralled, undulated with a kind of inner, organic motion, a musical rising and buffeting that laid shifting rhythms on top of each other and freed the entire group to pursue, simultaneously, elaborate and impassioned improvisations.

The cast-iron posts of his piers were revolutionary, being screwed, rather than pounded, into seabeds for greater, more enduring strength.

Only you know how many you'll need to make your eyes water while your tongue begs for more, but Thompson also decrees they should be added late in the day, and barely crushed, rather than pounded into fiery smithereens as in some of the other recipes; observing the rule that "the more they are pounded, the hotter the dish – and how hot you want it is up to you".

"We started with a blank sheet of paper and asked, ‘How do people interact with a machine?'" A hint: They want to talk to it rather than pound on a keyboard, and they demand undivided attention.

But, on the whole, his speech will be about promises, rather than pounds".

Passengers buying the carnet will receive a 10 per cent discount, getting 10 tickets valid for Tube travel in the central zone for pounds 10 rather than pounds 1.10 each.