Sentence examples for trace of sentiment from inspiring English sources

To Van Steen's credit, he avoided any trace of sentiment, seeking instead a more elemental, almost mystical aura.

What distinguishes Oakeshott from organic folk conservatives is that he has not a trace of sentiment or nostalgia for an old, authentic order.

But reminders of humanity come, with little trace of sentiment, in surprising ways: a 10-year-old girl offers a man her apple, a snatched moment of eroticism happens with running water as the only soundtrack.

He could force hard deals and millions of dollars out of Motown, CBS and Sony in face-to-face confrontations; he could fire his manager and his lawyer, after years of service, without a trace of sentiment, for letting down the brand; he could beat Paul McCartney to the Beatles' back catalogue and exploit it ruthlessly, despite their friendship.

Especially as Gyllenhaal plays her wiry, physically powerful feminist without a trace of sentiment.

The choice and treatment of subject matter imply optimism, hedonism, intelligence, a fastidious sensuality, and, in spite of the many studies of both clothed and unclothed women, scarcely a trace of conventional sentiment.

Traces of that sentiment have since been heard in speeches by Mr Blair and the health secretary, Alan Milburn.

Over the months and the miles, she notes how she leaves traces of her sentiments around the city, building up a sort of bespoke, emotional A-Z, so that "the unlikeliest street corners will have some tattered threads of memory fluttering from them like a flag".

For almost 20 years, back to his beginnings in the band Pavement, Stephen Malkmus has been famous for writing lyrics that carried no trace of rock 'n' roll sentiment.

Robinson writes about a peculiar quality of "lyrical happiness" in the film, and states that Pather Panchali is "about unsophisticated people shot through with great sophistication, and without a trace of condescension or inflated sentiment".

Though Mizoguchi worked in Japan's mainstream movie industry, his work bears no trace of commercial compromise or populist sentiment; it reaches the purest realms of tragedy — and this accounts for his relative neglect.