Sentence examples for tricky device from inspiring English sources

If the movie is a tragedy, a couple must reunite through shared disaster (sick children are always convenient); if a comedy, some tricky device is called for.

The novel's point of view slips like a minnow from one character to the next, often several times in the course of a single scene, a tricky device expertly executed -- and reflecting the growing discombobulation of the villa's guests.

It's a tricky device in tracking weight loss.

Roger Ebert has remarked that "Alien uses a tricky device to keep the alien fresh throughout the movie: It evolves the nature and appearance of the creature, so we never know quite what it looks like or what it can do...The first time we get a good look at the alien, as it bursts from the chest of poor Kane (John Hurt).

Making an invisibility cloak would be tricky because the device would work only at certain wavelengths.

This is tricky: giving the device the evil eye or shushing it, for instance, will not work.

Lauck's total adherence to a childish voice makes evaluating the plausibility of her story especially tricky, because the device allows her to evade such basic authorial duties as describing events clearly and suggesting motivations for her characters.

Many customers are subscribed to family plans or corporate accounts, making it tricky to switch devices to a different carrier.

Apple is finally launching HomePod in China, but the timing is tricky as the premium device will have to wrestle with local competitors and a slowing economy.

Web advertising is embroiled in a tricky transition to mobile devices where ads on small screens are always an unwelcome irritant for device users.

But the details of any "shared appreciation" devices are tricky.