Sentence examples for token scene from inspiring English sources

Fine character actors, such as James Cromwell and Theresa Russell, are handed a token scene and then flicked aside like chewed gum.

The one female character who wears an expensive suit and hangs with the boys is given a token scene to offer sobbing admiration of Belfort after he pats himself on the back announcing how he helped her out financially.

This summer's new Pixar flick "Inside Out" addressed the problem when protagonist Riley's former fictitious friend struggled against becoming obsolete, (spoiler) ultimately sacrificing himself for her happiness, marking the production company's token tear-jerking scene.

Using scene tokens, the topological structure of the environment can be composed into sequences of tokens.

A token found at the crime scene appeared to be among several items stolen from a car that same night, items that Mr. Manning was later found to have been trying to sell.

Bower had previously promised that it would not be "sensationalist or token" and the low-key scene earned praise from viewers on social networking sites.

The police discovered at the scene a gold-colored token used to open restroom doors.

The same night, someone had broken into a car at Mr. Steckler's fraternity house, where the couple had been earlier, and stolen several items — including a token very similar to the one at the scene of the killings.

Jones brings her usual class and professionalism to a token role, and I only imagine that her big scene remains on the cutting-room floor.

During learning, the scene quantization module clusters the visual images set into scene tokens.

So maybe that's why it's important that Netflix has continued to greenlight more diverse shows not just as a token gesture, but as a commitment to real representation across genres and behind the scenes.