Sentence examples for subtle homage from inspiring English sources

(Any subtle homage to "Buffy" is O.K. with me).

Kenzois celebrating its 40th anniversary this year — and the designer Antonio Marras made a subtle homage with painterly Japanese prints of watery flowers to its founder, Kenzo Takada.

But Groucho was so defensive in the presence of the "British poet from St . Louis that he seems to have missed Eliot's subtle homage to his intellect.

Fitted into an old warehouse, as modern as the day after tomorrow, it pays fond, subtle homage to regional culinary traditions.

It was hardly a subtle homage, given that these clothes will go on sale during the buzz of Hockney's new Royal Academy show, A Bigger Picture.

This cutaway appearance is called a chamfer, and it is intended as a subtle homage to the chamfered corners of the original twin towers.

Most of the changes would be subtle homages to esthetics; things like planters, better paving and more outdoor seating.

There are the cascading ruffles on dresses by Mr. Elbaz, who briefly designed for the Saint Laurent label, a not-so-subtle homage to Saint Laurent's gypsy looks of the mid-'70s.

Flavored and bottled like grape cough syrup, the purple drink is a not-so-subtle homage to sizzurp.

The music does what it needs to do to amplify and inflect the action, while also paying subtle sonic homage to the brassy Bond-style soundtracks of the past.

But "A Foreign Sound" is considerably more subtle: a homage to Mr. Veloso's formative years hearing imported songs, a comment on border-hopping, a token of kinship and a meditation on exoticism.