Sentence examples for uses the backdrop of from inspiring English sources
Allende uses the backdrop of constant violence to weigh in on the politics of domination and intimidation.
The offerings at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville include music and creative writing programs and a program called Summer in the City, which uses the backdrop of Manhattan to study the history, literature and theater of New York.
Nirvana's Kurt Cobain uses the backdrop of a lobotomised movie star's difficulties with film companies to highlight his own sense of martyrdom at the hands of his record company.
"Chance for Change in Israel" (editorial, Oct. 31) uses the backdrop of the Israeli political struggle to criticize what most Israelis, irrespective of political party, understand about the Mideast conflict.
Subsequent books in the series include Total Recall (2001), in which Warshawski investigates a man claiming to be a Holocaust survivor, and Blacklist (2003), which is set in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks and uses the backdrop of a murder mystery to criticize the U.S. government's expanded policing powers.
Udall is overly given to virtuosic description, but he uses the backdrop of Cold War atomic testing to fine effect, capturing the paranoia and nihilism engendered by the prospect of vast destruction, and has produced a wry, sympathetic portrait of a spectacularly dysfunctional family.
Maybe I'm using the backdrop of death to give the piece an eerie quality.
Still, Mrs. Bachman used the backdrop of young faces to reinforce her message.
He was using the backdrop of a successful small business, Middlesex Trucking & Coach, to hammer Mr. Obama on the economy.
"Constitutional purists will tut and say using the backdrop of No 10 to slag off your opponents is inappropriate, but actually it works".
Like "Mad Men," this new "X-Men" indulges in period nostalgia as it gazes into the future, using the backdrop of the cold war (and its turtlenecks) to explore how the past informs the present (while also blowing stuff up).
