Sentence examples for strong conceit from inspiring English sources

Annie's voice is pure Kewpie doll, all head and breath, so she needs a distinct style and a strong conceit.

The starting point is a strong theatrical conceit: Panti is the teacher of a class on how to do drag, and we are her pupils.

So strong is the conceit behind "The Lobster" that only gradually do you realize how much plot is being packed in.

As Lightning and his buddies start to grease up to one another, rubbing fenders of good will, you are forced to ask: How strong is the basic conceit?

Morrissey is a brilliant singer and lyricist, but too many of the new songs meander without tunes that are strong enough to match the conceits.

"Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works," the ghost says.

Europe has strong gun laws and a long-held conceit that its citizens, if not as law-abiding as those of Singapore, are at least not like gun-toting Americans.

What was strongest about the best dishes wasn't some fanciful conceit or adornment, but rather the quality and preparation of the centerpiece ingredient.

Yet notwithstanding generally strong reviews and tremendous coverage of the daring literary conceits of the works, only one made The New York Times's best-seller list, and that for but a week.

In the wrong hands this kind of thing might be annoying, and to Shakespeare purists it might be annoying just on principle, but the conceit is carried out ably by the cast, with strong performances from unexpected places.

This conceit gives the collection a gimmicky charm; the stronger stories use it to their advantage by letting Greenman inhabit a range of voices, cultures and locales (including a moon colony and a made-up country).