6. (4:21)—Sweet, straightforward see-saw violin melody.
He appeared to be a sweet, straightforward young man.
He said that he based the character on his own father, a barrel-maker and a school caretaker, whom he described as "an extraordinary man... simple, unaffected, sweet, straightforward".
Despite all the media attention she has been receiving, she was sweet and straightforward.
The Ataris, from California, found a less hectic way to deliver plaintive lyrics: their style is sweet and straightforward, and their breakthrough hit is a not-exactly-sarcastic version of "The Boys of Summer" by Don Henley, arguably the least punk-rock singer of all time.
Finally, at the centre of 2010's Greenberg, was Ben Stiller in possibly the most alienating role of his career, playing a self-absorbed misanthrope teetering on the edge of the psychological abyss, who treated his sweet and straightforward love interest (Gerwig, again) with an almost unbearable contempt.
And that's not considering challenging content, like Brazilian artist Tunga's recent video of a bizarre, alchemy-fueled sexual encounter that makes David Lynch movies seem sweet and straightforward by comparison.
Colin Jacobsen was given a straightforward, sweet-toned line, and Carla Kihlstedt, the other violinist, often shadowed him.
(The first record the band made without Cale, "The Velvet Underground," is easily its sweetest and most straightforward).
(Board book; ages 2 to 4) As simple, straightforward and sweet as an applesauce squeezer, this tidy little board version of a classic picture book follows what looks like a one-girl farm operation.
In the same down-to-earth, low-cost category are a smoky, spicy, penne Amatriciana, loaded with triple smoked bacon and sweet Vidalia onions; a straightforward marriage of rustic, broad pappardelle noodles, thick with wild mushrooms, herbs and ripe plum tomatoes.
