Sentence examples for the din of work from inspiring English sources

The din of work is subdued:.

By W. H. Auden The New Yorker, August 6, 1973 P. 32 The din of work is subdued: View Article By Rivka Galchen By Malcolm Gladwell By David Remnick By Ceridwen Dovey.

His last books of verse, Epistle to a Godson (1972) and the unfinished Thank You, Fog (published posthumously, 1974) include reflective poems about language ("Natural Linguistics") and about his own ageing ("A New Year Greeting", "Talking to Myself", "A Lullaby" ["The din of work is subdued"]).

Inner voices are another casualty of the din of war.

We met Massey and Barker in the ever-changing "Student Corridor" of Manchester, where, above the din of widespread construction work in a city where the only constant is flux, they explained why their music has always been about progress.

There is considerable joy in their Ed Sullivan and Washington performances, but in the two and a half years that followed, that quality would slowly be drained from their stage work as the din of their screaming audiences and the hassles of traveling made touring untenable.

During the din of their playtimes I always stop working to have a cup of tea.

The pity is, I'll never enjoy football as much while working in the din of the press box.

What separates all of these works from the din of opinion, from the impassioned amateur review, from the grouchy blogged snark or the Facebook status posting, is the beauty in the sentence, the craft itself.

Back at La Quercia on salting day, a boom box blasted "Don Giovanni" into the din of the chilly center room, the fresh-meat work area.

"We have to work hard to rise above the din of New York," Ms. Rosenthal said, sitting at lunch at Megu in TriBeCa on Monday.