Sentence examples for scraps of matter from inspiring English sources

Scraps of matter pop up in strangely symmetric pairs, as if they were tiny Tweedledums and Tweedledees.

Relics — bits of holy bodies or sanctified materials — were ubiquitous in medieval Europe, valued as radioactive scraps of spiritual matter and as negotiable forms of earthly wealth.

In her "Places" series, Ms. Marashian uses scraps of printed matter, including snapshots, book pages and stamps, to construct intimate vignettes no bigger than the pages of a journal.

In that year a young Russian, Alexandra Exter, produced a still life (in this show) in which painting is combined with scraps of printed matter from both French and German advertisements.

He was one of those people with nonstop eyes and hands: every scrap of stray matter was a candidate for transformation.

And having spent so much time in the homes of families desperate for any scrap of information no matter how grim about the fate of their loved ones, I have to believe that there must be a better way.

Do not waste a single scrap of organic matter in the garden or the house.

In 1997, the opera was ready for its premiere with Dicapo Opera and the 92nd Street Y, only to be scrapped a matter of days before the opening because of a labor dispute.

After is a more shadowy matter, and the scraps of detail about it that have emerged so far make up a puzzling and incomplete picture.

They include, for example, wall scrawlings of the graffiti type and casual records that were kept on cheap writing matter such as potsherds (ostraca) and scraps of papyrus.

Animals are often Beatrice's subject matter of choice, as she enjoys using lifeless scraps of metal to make everything from magical dragons and fairies to delicate seahorses and little mice eating cheese.