Sentence examples for subtle tensions from inspiring English sources

Subtle tensions run through the songs, lyrically as well as musically.

Her portraits are highly individualistic; the relationships they depict are psychologically distinctive, with all kinds of subtle tensions.

A final scene in which Mr. Gross looks up an old friend in Poland has subtle tensions that the rest of the film could sorely use.

From then on, however, more subtle tensions come into play, with scenes that could have been merely morose swerving into unhappy slapstick: Becca nearly spun off her feet by a revolving door, or slapping another mother, in the supermarket, for not treating her kid to some candy.

A couple weeks ago, following a particularly challenging incident of mutual upset between the kids, I suddenly recognized that we needed some new ways of collectively "repairing," and even possibly preventing the harmful escalation of subtle tensions in our home.

Kantor noted the "subtle tension I had felt in that room".

(Chinen) Tony Moreno Group (Friday) The drummer Tony Moreno seeks a supple flow in his music, but also a subtle tension.

(Chinen 20100211 TONY MORENO QUINTET (Thursday) The drummer Tony Moreno seeks a supple flow in his music, but also a subtle tension.

With a Richard Meier building there is always a subtle tension between functional expression and sculptural articulation.

Raf Simons, the designer who has re-modeled Jil Sander, called his collection "a reflection on contemporary masculinity — an exploration of the subtle tension between control and release".

But Muhly has found his own musical language, a lyricism underpinned by subtle tension, and it achieves uncanny alignment with the lights and shadows of Cavafy's poetry.