Sentence examples for touching at the from inspiring English sources

Inside the front door there were two real whale bones, seven feet tall and touching at the top.

Nor is all the cynicism redeemed by an ending which tries to be bathetic and touching at the same time.

A (wholly innocent) fantasy about Phil Tufnell, featuring the mafia, Atherton and winning back the Ashes, manages to be both funny and quietly touching at the same time.

It was also touching at the end to see Humphries, having shed his multiple disguises, appearing in his own persona, which is that of an unusually robust Edwardian dandy.

Frears himself says that Jenkins "reminded me of Margaret Dumont… just preposterous, but touching at the same time", an assessment that perfectly sums up both Streep's performance and the overall tone of Frears's film.

The gift, somehow managing to be both a little tacky and touching at the same time, was but the first in a series of "Donald & Shinzo" moments over the next few days.

Goldman seemed quite touched at the discovery.

Italy, immediately, boot the ball to touch at the half-way line.

On arriving in the city for the first time, "I was so touched at the accomplishments of humanity," Tagaq said.

HIGHLIGHTS The event was referred to as a "people's inaugural," and at times the festivities touched at the grandeur of presidential inaugurations.

When I stand up straight with my feet together, my thighs touch at the top.