Sentence examples for unfamiliar backdrop from inspiring English sources
But Lee intensifies her drama by setting it against an unfamiliar backdrop: the tightly knit social world of Korean immigrants, whose children strive to blend into their American foreground without clashing with their distinctive background.
Fred Nicolas' debut Max & Lenny, like Girlhood a story about female friendship, falls into the second camp – though sparkling Mediterranean azure and super-heated concrete of the Marseille projects give his film an unfamiliar backdrop.
As the players left the Lahaina Civic Center, they were greeted by a small number of fans and an unfamiliar backdrop: swaying palms, the cresting Pacific Ocean and an air-conditioned charter bus.
There were nonviolent rallies, acts of vandalism and sporadic confusion and disorder, all taking place against the unfamiliar backdrop of streets lined with tall metal fences and patrolled by officers from more than 100 agencies, including some in riot gear or on horseback.
But while the backdrop was unfamiliar, the figure stood in front of it was instantly recognisable.
The deeply religious, bible-bashing world of the south, which is the backdrop to Outcast, is not unfamiliar to Cathey, who was born in Alabama and still considers himself a southerner, though he admits his unusual childhood left him at odds with his own background.
A while back we were watching Engrenages (titled Spiral for BBC4 viewers), which – should you be unfamiliar – is a gritty cop show set against a backdrop formed by Paris's meaner and remoter streets, when something bizarre happened.
Against this backdrop, the concepts of consent and assent are likely to be both unfamiliar and difficult to grasp, particularly in situations where many patients will be used to leaving decisions about their medical care to their doctor, and unused to making medical-related decisions.
The average American, unfamiliar with the complexities of the issue, watches and listens as the demagogues project their outrage against a backdrop of brown faces speaking Spanish.
