Sentence examples for subtle and a from inspiring English sources

He is methodical, dignified, subdued, subtle and a smidgen humorous.

These distinctions can be awfully subtle, and a single era can be hard to characterize, even by the executive producers themselves.

The flavors were subtle and a trifle subdued; I was concerned that it might not stand up to the more assertive dishes on the table.

"All this stuff about Christmas splurges is just newspaper talk for something much more subtle, and a tabloid understanding of the measure frankly.

Still, at times the performance seemed too subtle and a little placid, at least until the final Allegretto, taken at a brisk tempo and dispatched with impishness.

Less subtle and a bit clunky, "You're Not My Real Mother!," by Molly Friedrich, was inspired by the author's experience of having those difficult words thrown at her by P-Quy, her adopted Vietnamese daughter.

The wonderful thing about the bowl, Andrea thought, was that it was both subtle and noticeable-a paradox.

The sweetness of the beets is subtle, and an improvement on the high-fructose corn syrup used in conventional varieties.

At this time, too, he underwent a long interview by Nigel Williams on BBC television, in the course of which he made a subtle and, surely, a key admission.

Pick small subtle earrings and a subtle necklace and let the headband do most of the work.

Nevertheless, Ishiguro is too subtle and complex a novelist to rest content with such a message.