Later, anticipating his talk about Jason Robards (it involved a cop, a bar and a drunken horse), Mr. Plummer started fussing with his hair; his wife subtly passed him a giant comb.
He kicked 17 points and it was his subtly delayed pass that created the space for Henson to exploit and score, but there was also worrying inaccuracy coupled with indecision.
After Stalin's death in 1953, the government loosened artistic control, and filmmakers, using irony, metaphor and humor, could criticize the Soviet system subtly enough to pass censors.
Choose to read up on the crap that seems like opinion (blogs) but in many cases is knowledge passed subtly from a source to someone with an eagle eye.
Kleberson's pass curled subtly, catching Ronaldo perfectly in stride.
Gravitational waves stretch and compress spacetime, subtly distorting objects they pass through.
On closer inspection you can of course see the airbrushing that's gone on but the polish is applied with enough subtly that it can pass as naturally pleasing.
"Just clear the 'do," said Meredith Stead, demonstrating now to subtly pirouette so that her head passed just under her fellow instructor's arm.
But, frankly, I think a stony-faced Gandalf, subtly whispering "you shall not pass" to a demon made of fire, may have detracted from the impact of the scene.
Slight and precocious, the symphony was notable mainly for its passing instances of subtly contrasted dynamics, keenly represented here with precise, lively playing.
