Sentence examples for subtle demands from inspiring English sources

His less-than subtle demands for a backhander eventually led him to write $10 into the sand with a stick.

His graceful, carefully shaped accounts of the Ballade (1977) and Nocturne (1959) preserved the steady rhythmic flow that drives each work, without shortchanging the subtle demands that each makes on a pianist's technique and imagination.

These contrasting examples showed that people may choose to live their lives in a way that accommodates the (sometimes subtle) demands placed on them by chronic illness or disability – and, conversely, that their lifestyle choices may unintentionally exacerbate these illnesses.

This sums up Kentridge's "capital P" Political art: sharp and subtle, demanding that its audience unpack its mysterious, carefully layered symbols.

Like a top Nuits-St.-Georges, a good Oregon pinot, even a light one, can be nuanced and subtle, demanding some thought, even concentration on the drinker's part.

DUNNING * WORKS AND PROCESS: AMERICAN BALLET THEATER AND THE ART OF PARTNERING The company director, Kevin McKenzie, and its dancers will demonstrate and discuss the subtle, demanding art of classical ballet partnering.

But the idiom he has chosen, heavily reliant on pure Asian flavors and subtle effects, demands more clarity and definition than he delivers.

And this can be as mundane as that shopping spree we can do without, or as subtle as demanding for time from another who we know cannot give it.