Sentence examples for touching rather than from inspiring English sources

The Madeleine McCann requests are touching, rather than provincial.

Actually, what makes "Shallow Hal" touching rather than icky is that it mocks and celebrates at the same time.

Richard Dreyfuss makes Mr. Holland touching rather than saccharine (well, except during that unfortunate rendition of John Lennon's "Beautiful Boy").

It can be done, but given the temptation to write something beautiful or touching rather than comic, composers can rarely resist.

And the Artie/Tina storyline managed to be touching, rather than mawkish, and may have made some viewers cry every single time I – sorry, ahem THEY – watched it.

It turned out to be a showdown – me and the boyfriend versus the nimble-fingered young voyeur who was intent on touching rather than just looking at us.

You leave feeling genuinely touched, rather than debated with.

After Botica's second penalty had restored his side's lead, George Kruis suffered the indignity of losing a lineout after Saracens had opted to kick to touch rather than go for goal.

Three times in quick succession Australia opted to kick penalties to touch rather than at goal, each time with no reward.

Winning a penalty at the first scrum, the hosts appeared to want to make a statement by kicking to touch rather than at goal, only to lose the ball in contact.

After dominating the opening 20 minutes, the Lions were forced to twice defend line-outs close to their own line after Western Force broke out, and - to the hosts' credit - opted to kick penalties to touch rather than at goal.