Sentence examples for stretch the possibilities from inspiring English sources

Humphries was the Melbourne comedy festival's first patron, and the Barry award seeks to celebrate originality and performers that stretch the possibilities of comedy as an art-form.

McBride is not interested in giving readers an easy ride; the task she sets herself, with this Goldsmiths prize-winning book, is to stretch the possibilities of language.

It may seem crazy to spend so much energy, and €310m (£220m), on a bridge that relieves one small town of traffic and takes little more than a minute to cross - but a truly magnificent bridge has the power to thrill 99% of us, and to stretch the possibilities of structural engineering and, in turn, the design of the most ambitious future buildings.

My own favourites stretch the possibilities of the language in unexpected ways: "She had more curves than a scenic railway"; "I turned him down like a bedspread"; and the much-quoted "if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled".

"We took certain liberties [where] we would stretch the possibilities of certain things," he said.

In doing so, they stretch the possibilities of the digital space itself.

Some experimental yo-yoers, like Mark McBride, Jon Gates and Steve Brown, now in their 30s, stretched the possibilities.

The festival comprises "two days of worship" of the "weird and warped", with "mind-expanding visual delights" and music from guitar-bass-drums outfits stretching the possibilities of the standard rock band set-up to electronic artists.

The voice of Tupac from beyond the grave, being "interviewed" by his devotee Kendrick Lamar in Mortal Man stretches the possibilities of using speech in song, at the conclusion of Kendrick's mighty album To Pimp a Butterfly, as the music fades away.

About 20 years after their first collaboration, all these musicians -- on drums, guitar and saxophones, respectively -- have worked on one interesting project after another, both doing jazz proud and stretching the possibilities (especially in Mr. Frisell's case) of where a jazz musician can take his career.

About 20 years after their first collaboration, all these musicians -- on drums, saxophones and guitar, respectively -- have worked on one interesting project after another, both doing jazz proud and stretching the possibilities (in Mr. Frisell's case especially) of where a jazz musician can take his career.