Sentence examples for tableau at a from inspiring English sources

But Trump's brief appeal created a potentially awkward tableau at a commissioning event intended to be ceremonial — a commander in chief offering political remarks, and what could even be construed as an order, to the naval officers he commands.

The couple's journey culminated in an outdoor tableau at a designated place with the shepherds and the Magi then traveling the streets in parade fashion looking for the Christ child.

Eventually, the title — which translates as "Change Nothing" — comes to seem both a sly joke on Mr. Costa's one-tableau-at-a-time structure and a declaration of his artistic principles.

Stumbling upon a beachside tableau at dusk, a drunken man douses a bonfire around which a group of entitled, overly attractive youths have been carousing.

By Jake Tuck February 15 , 2016Stumbling upon a beachside tableau at dusk, a drunken man douses a bonfire around which a group of entitled, overly attractive youths have been carousing.

They all froze in tableau at the call of a crow, a distant siren, or the arrival of another dog.

He mentions Mr. Thurber as one of the guests in a tableau at the Algonquin.

This summer, in addition to being in another group show, "Le Tableau" at Cheim & Read, she has a substantial solo exhibition at Zürcher Studio.

In "Dogtooth," which was nominated for the best foreign-language Oscar this year, the director Yorgos Lanthimos presents a tableau at once minimalist and grotesque, with incest, weird dialogue and animal mutilation.

Instead, all the cards are dealt faceup to a tableau at the start, and play consists in transferring available cards (as defined by the rules of the particular game) from one place to another.

There was a debate about whether the color was "ruby" (Wu) or "persimmon" (the Times) and whether anyone could have seen that color coming, given the palette of purples and blues and silvers that Michelle Obama had costumed herself and her daughters in to present the family as a tableau at the swearing-in.