Sentence examples for subtle air from inspiring English sources

For the ether is a very subtle air.

But the prospect of more hotel rooms and short-stay apartments — and, inevitably, increased tourism — threatens the town's subtle air of exclusivity, making some residents uneasy.

He says many clients seek activities with "increased levels of perceived risk, a subtle air of exclusivity and aggressive, yet friendly, competition".

Because real guitar strings are plucked or strummed slightly differently each time, this lends a subtle air of authenticity to the sound.

And though a subtle air of exclusivity pervades the lounge-like space, admission to this frolicking carnival for the taste buds is simple and democratic: advance reservations are required and can be made only through the restaurant's Web site.

Ash, meanwhile, is nothing but elephant-coloured skeleton and gnarled twig-ends, and, as the trees rise, the topmost branches tend to droop, giving to them a subtle air of melancholy.

So your eye-roll becomes more of a subtle air-punch.

The shoes were an emblem of thuggish anarchy, a subtle air-raid to your peers that you were "doing well" off the street.

Because Martin, in whatever he does, is a joyful performer of the highest quality, a 69-year-old still doing work that he finds challenging, still pushing himself as much as he can, still funny, still making stuff with increasingly sharper points, with subtler air quotes.

It's still hard to say, but the evidence of custodial neglect, incompetence and officials' spurious assumptions about Bland — coupled with her life as a frequent poster of civic-minded, call-to-activism video monologues about race relations — gives the movie's depiction of the case a not-so-subtle air of racially charged malfeasance.

Whisking in some cinnamon and a touch more lemon would give my cake a subtle Galician air.