Sentence examples for serving as a backdrop from inspiring English sources

It separated and also exalted him, serving as a backdrop to decades of absolute authority and to his many defiant and manic speeches.

But this is Comerica Park, with its wide dugouts, massive foul territory, huge outfield, and the looming and ragged skyline of Detroit serving as a backdrop.

While New York has a rich history of serving as a backdrop for directors who would then shoot the rest of the film on soundstages in Los Angeles, directors today use Brooklyn soundstages rather than fly west.

On an unusually clear day in West Hollywood last week, Janice Min took a seat at the Soho House, the full expanse of the Hollywood Hills serving as a backdrop for lunch.

Outside the tent, with the music from the nearby Vaisakhi festival, celebrating the Sikh new year, serving as a backdrop, the sweet smell of Alphonso mangoes enveloped the square.

This is not exactly a staging of the cycle, but Pears sings the songs dressed as a distraught traveler in a heavy winter coat with abstract designs by David MyerservingJones serving as a backdrop.

Music served as a backdrop on Monday.

A video-screen serves as a backdrop.

Dark brown, undulating hills served as a backdrop.

The property served as a backdrop for the documentary "Dave Chappelle's Block Party," from 2005.

One of its primary functions was to serve as a backdrop for imperial appearances and proclamations.