Sentence examples for subtle vein from inspiring English sources

Her techno style embodies new wave, electro and EBM, with a subtle vein of acid throughout.

It has a black-green color with subtle veining that is more subdued and warmer than granite.

Epidermal cells of both lower and upper epidermis are polygonal, and stomata are located parallel to the subtle veins.

But here he mines a subtler vein, letting you glimpse the genuine, self-questioning weariness beneath Bobby's macho bravado.

Will the answer be a bug-eyed monster or something more subtle in the Solaris vein?

The veteran synth-pop duo's first Christmas album, a collection of original compositions and classics, is another subtle gem in the vein of Thorn's album – a more subdued approach to the season.

(p. 137) A singular inward laboratory, which I possess, will dissolve a certain portion of the modified protoplasm; the solution so formed will pass into my veins; and the subtle influences to which it will then be subjected will convert the dead protoplasm into living protoplasm, and transubstantiate sheep into man.

I had to delicately measure the diameter of each vein and artery, the subtle tapering of the ventricles, and every centimeter of its beating surface.

Humor was actually abundant, if subtle, in his work, along with a prominent vein of spirituality and, especially later in his life, a penetrating social and political eye.

The flesh tones are also beautifully subtle, even containing unexpected delights such as minute veins visible in the exposed left breast of the woman in the middle.

His deceptively simple forms have an uncanny ability to bring forth the singular beauty of a vein in a marble tray or the subtle patina of a bronze vase.