Sentence examples for superb ear from inspiring English sources

It had been picked for its "superb ear for dialogue and fantastically assured control of a panoramic plot".

He has a superb ear for speech rhythms, a generally astute sense of selective detail, and a natural storyteller's command of narrative pacing.

Though Smiley too often uses dialogue to tutor readers on the historical background, she has a superb ear for down-home understatement, as when a shattering death is summed up as "Just over a year ago.

Because "Revolutionary Road" became the decade's great, terrifying indictment of suburban surrender, Yates's stories are often likened to John Cheever's, but they are closer to J. F. Powers's: the same richly restrained prose, luxuriously lined but plain to the touch; the same anxious comedy; the same very cold, appraising eye; and the same superb ear for the foolish histrionics of speech.

On a more serious note, I have nothing but admiration for John, a man who doesn't get out much but who has a superb ear for the meaningless drivel many of us use when pretending to communicate.

With the publication of "Money Wanders," Mr. Dezenhall became the publishing world's equivalent of a "made man". Time magazine said his "superb eye and ear at times call to mind such masters of the journalistic novel as Tom Wolfe". Janet Evanovich, who also writes offbeat Jersey thrillers, gave the novel a thumbs-up in a book jacket blurb.

He also has a superb eye and ear for emotional complexity, for the little details of couplehood (preparing to go out, Jay wants to tie Stuart's tie for him) and for the inner lives of human beings trying to work through major life challenges.

Oyelowo's delivery of the speeches is superb, with an ear for their music, rhetoric, and cadences.

No member of the Philharmonic will argue with the proposition that Mr. Maazel is a master of conducting technique, that he is a maestro with a tremendous grasp of the score and a superb set of ears.

When I'm on the move, I have some superb studio in-ears which completely block out all extraneous noise, allowing me to listen and study in peace - even on aeroplanes.

Hansen has superb timing and an ear trained to the nuances of nonstop workplace abrasion.