Sentence examples for underlying conceit of this from inspiring English sources

The underlying conceit of this picaresque series is to follow an English hunting party -- the Berrybenders, who come straight out of the dottier country reaches of Nancy Mitford -- as they cross the American West in the early 1830's.

The play's underlying conceit -- two wives in two ports, both of whom think they are the sole Mrs. F. -- takes flight early.

The conceit of this entrance — unchanged since the early seventies — is that Rickles is a matador come to do battle in the bullring.

So says the British intelligence double agent known as Kim Philby in "Spy Garbo," nailing the central conceit of this multidisciplinary mashup.

The conceit of this column is that: yes, it is.

Nevertheless, the conceit of this filmed concert, from the borough's big new Barclays Center, is that she's come home, the same simple girl as ever she was.

That sense of humor underlies the basic conceit of "The Blondes," in which blond women, so long objects of the male gaze, suddenly become fearsomely threatening.

A rejuvenated Marxism underlies much of this thinking.

Underlying all this is the involvement of the community charity.

Underlying all this, however, is a lot of stunning music.

This conceit of imperial echoes should not be stretched too far.