Sentence examples for subtle backdrop from inspiring English sources

The décor in the dining room is but a subtle backdrop for the huge windows, which reveal water vistas and an inviting deck with umbrella tables.

The only nonconventional element of the presentation was a screen behind the piano on which projected colors and slowly shifting images provided a subtle backdrop.

Most of the salvias, which love cold weather, can be put outside around the same time, and will grow into stocky plants, their slender leaves providing a subtle backdrop for other flowers.

It was the often-not-so subtle backdrop for the state Republican convention that year, with Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno saying, for example, "I was never prouder to be a Republican than when I stood at ground zero shortly after that horrific act with Gov. George Pataki".

It was a not so subtle backdrop that dominated the campaign, later rehashed in nearly every article written about the two female candidates.

It shows: "The Amateur Spy" offers a gritty verisimilitude against a subtle political backdrop.

During long passages the solo instruments have ruminative, intimate exchanges over a subtle orchestra backdrop, and it is difficult to maintain balances.

The best one can say is that it looked magnificent in Malika Chauveau's designs: Mediterranean colours, a sense of oppressive heat and subtle, filmed backdrops in which the ship cleverly sails into harbour to carry the errant lovers away then disappears, a speck on the horizon, the ultimate visual cliche brought to witty life.

"We wanted a pleasant backdrop, something subtle," Mr. Wilensky said.

In others, the devices are subtle details in the backdrop, charging in the corner or hiding under the covers.

Some nice essentials for background scents are: Clary sage, a slightly smoky herbal scent to help creativity and concentration orange or ginger to provide a warming sensation ylang-ylang - a floral that isn't too sweet or feminine for guys, but is a happy smell and subtle enough for a backdrop cedar to repel insects.