Sentence examples for rigid notion from inspiring English sources

But nowadays, the equally rigid notion that cheese does not go with red wine makes as little sense.

Naturally he cites Nabokov's increasingly quirky and rigid notion of translation, embodied in his literal word-for-word and unreadable version of "Eugene Onegin".

The rather harsh entry on Spike Lee is a good example of a well-meaning but rigid notion Thomson has that it's almost impossible to be a black artist in America.

Ballet dancers with rigid notions of order and form would have had trouble handling these movements.

"Rigid notions of identity isn't good for anybody – men, women, gay, straight, transgender, or otherwise," he wrote.

Today Vaché's lyrical, unwaveringly melodic playing has transcended rigid notions of style and itself become classic.

In fact, as is revealed by the recrudescence of the clash of civilisations discourse, we are far from transcending obsolete and increasingly rigid notions of belonging and identity.

In "Beau Travail", this elision occurs when the arrival of a gentle, almost effeminate new recruit throws Denis Lavant's rigid notions of masculinity into confusion.

These comments inveigh against the rigid notions of decorum upheld by critics, such as Voltaire, who would not allow kings to be drunkards or senators to be buffoons.

From the beginning, faith was intertwined with rigid notions of masculinity: Muhammad's disciple Ibn Abbas reported that the prophet "cursed those men who assume the manners of women and those women who assume those of men".

Years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, his Others are still obsessed with bureaucracy and rigid notions of tradition: When is the most appropriate time in a young man's life for him to become a vampire?