Sentence examples for subtle phrase from inspiring English sources

The promise of his books is that they detour around emasculated, fussy artistry — "We're all tired of the turned subtle phrase and the riddle in the middle of the line," he declared to another interviewer — and plunge deep into life itself.

Again, the acoustics of Synod House let every subtle phrase Davies and Stone shared floated gently but defiantly around the wooden room.

But they were deftly negotiating the tune's tricky syncopations and subtle phrasing.

And in Tchaikovsky's "None but the Lonely Heart," through precise diction and subtle phrasing, she sang with intense emotion without ever distorting the musical line.

Cope's blank, skittering gaze and subtle phrasing present Rudolf as a succession of savage, manic and needy states, circling around a dead centre.

Ms. Kent's willful jumps and subtle phrasing were a pleasure, as were Mr. Malakhov's airy leaps and skimming traveling brisées.

His guitar is joined by a powerful tenor voice that is capable of everything from precise subtle phrasing to a yodel reminiscent of a coyote's mournful howl.

Delois Barrett Campbell, whose subtle phrasing and silvery soprano helped define the sound of the Barrett Sisters, a prominent Chicago gospel trio featured in the 1982 documentary "Say Amen, Somebody," died on Tuesday in Chicago.

Soloff threatened the glassware with his high notes, and his fiery up-tempo runs were little miracles of attack and subtle phrasing, while Steve Swallow's airy electric bass sound underpinned the show.

Mr. Boulez is working here with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Ensemble Intercontemporain: musicians who have a much fuller appreciation than anyone did three decades ago of Webern's flow, dependent on subtle phrasing and a chamber-musical responsiveness of one player or section to another.

Of course, some listeners will always prefer solo guitar to piano combos, and Charlie Patton's hoarse country shout to Carr's more subtle phrasing -- just as some prefer B. B. King to Little Richard, the Stones to the Beatles or Missy Elliott to Norah Jones.