Sentence examples for touchstone here from inspiring English sources

Not that Sly is the only touchstone here.

Luck is a connecting thread and a personal touchstone here, symbolized by a witty combination of iconic and idiosyncratic imagery.

While the introductory sequence, with its rushing reflected lights and extreme iris close-ups, evokes the Stargate finale of Kubrick's 2001, the primary touchstone here is, of course, Nicolas Roeg.

Erich Von Stroheim's Greed remains the touchstone here, its eight-hour running time reduced by the studio to two, and the remaining footage lost to the sands of time.

On Sunday, the founders of the store, Humberto Leon and Carol Lim, both 36, will present their first collection for Kenzo, the label that became a cultural touchstone here in the 1970s when it was founded by Kenzo Takada, a young designer from Japan.

A dreamy, rootless character, Xiao Yu wears her long hair in a ponytail that brings to mind that of the heroine in King Hu's classic martial arts film "A Touch of Zen" — a touchstone here for Mr. Jia — and is having an affair with a married man.

More cleavage, more profanity and more explosions are the touchstones here.

The touchstones here are Checkers and his more magnificent predecessor, Murray the Outlaw of Falahill, better known as Fala.

Mr. Leslie has cited Kanye West, another producer cum rapper, as one of his touchstones here; another unavoidable comparison is to Drake, who has blurred the line between rapping and singing so easefully that it no longer seems exotic.

The touchstones here, such as Dusty in Memphis, are all records that revel in a particular kind of musicality, yet this is a record that never feels retro, just timeless.

The obvious touchstones here are Mad Men and Boardwalk Empire – macho period pieces about damaged men trying to work their way to redemption in rapidly changing worlds while all around them behave appallingly.