Sentence examples for symbolic setting from inspiring English sources

Still, the symbolic setting and the regret expressed is certainly notable.

It seems no coincidence that Penn's mother, glimpsed briefly at home, is in a sky-blue dress and a white apron, as if this symbolic setting were indeed part of the clouds.

In the symbolic setting of Battersea power station, which is being renovated, the Tory leader cast himself as a unifying national figure as he outlined his "Big Society" plan to preside over the greatest devolution of power in a generation.

Mr. Bush signed the airport security bill in a symbolic setting, Ronald Reagan National Airport, which because of its proximity to the White House and other national monuments stayed closed longer than any other airport after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The painting, The Coronation Theatre, which depicts the Queen in the symbolic setting of the abbey's sacrarium, was a rare acquisition by the abbey and went on display in the Chapter House on 23 May.

But U.S.G.A. officials decided that Shinnecock Hills would be a magnificent and symbolic setting for their most prestigious tournament, and so it is that the 86th United States Open will begin Thursday at this links-type course in the summer resort town of Southampton.

A young art historian called Ingi Friedlander (the names in this novel are often loudly symbolic) sets out from Cape Town for a tiny settlement called Years-onend, in the remote, arid Karoo.

Anka Lupes's stark, subtly symbolic set borders a gaping pit of dirt with a wooden walkway and two houselike frames on either end.

The climax, set inside an abandoned fairground complete with a heavy-handedly symbolic set of giant monster jaws, is perfectly staged.

The symbolic set-piece battle would have been an embarrassment had it been staged before 200 people on a village green, rather than in front of a TV audience in excess of 200 million.

In his first novel (following the much-noticed short-story collection "Kissing in Manhattan"), Mr. Schickler does adopt a hard, clear voice; not for nothing does this book involve a symbolic set of diamonds.