Sentence examples for their milieus from inspiring English sources

Yet they always contained more than enough compositional brilliance and atmospheric intensity to transcend their milieus.

Instead of a steady narrative, characters and their milieus are conjured in quick, sepia-tinted tableaus.

Directors from Danny Boyle to Alfonso Cuarón chose to take the back-alley route through their milieus, shooting in the shaky, handheld idiom that seemed more appropriate for capturing the on-the-fly dynamism of globalisation.

"One Hour Photo" and "The Good Girl," unlike "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," cast a jaundiced clinical eye on their milieus, portrayed as stagnant petri dishes of ennui devoid of beauty and joy, and "The Good Girl" goes so far as to take a swipe at evangelical Christianity as a panacea for that boredom.

Trevor has said that "big house" stories appeal because their milieu is one of doom.

This walk, especially combined with a visit to the Brontë Parsonage Museum, really brings their milieu to life.

But some former jihadis and others in their milieu seem embarrassed by his views.

I am very happy to have someone who is not at all from their milieu working alongside them.

Dan leaders Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were fellow New Yorkers, though their milieu was typically more highbrow, less blue-collar than Joel's.

Siblings can be confederates just as easily as rivals, particularly when they feel at odds with their milieu.

"Most of these characters, no matter what their milieu, have no real concept of the world," he said.