Sentence examples for while touching on from inspiring English sources

"The Known World" begins with Henry Townsend's death, circles back into his varied and confounding life, and returns periodically to his death again, all the while touching on the lives of a dozen or so other characters, past and future, free and enslaved — every one of them painted with exquisite care, no matter how grievous their deeds or bankrupt their souls.

As Brian, Cooper gets the chance to prolong both the rowdy and mournful moods of "American Sniper" while touching on little that connects them.

For weeks, Romney has played down the scale of Salt Lake City's opening ceremony in comparison to Sydney's, while touching on a message of substance over style.

Why you should listen: Stevens digs into the deeply personal wound of his mother's death, mostly paring down to an acoustic guitar and whispery vocals while touching on his tumultuous childhood.

Even without all 189 titular heads, the day's program is running late; a few presidents overstayed their five-minute limit while touching on the summit's themes: poverty, the environment, education, ending AIDS.

While touching on many important biological considerations in the debate over permitting the sale of salvage timber from burned National Forest lands, one thorny political-economic issue is overlooked.

To some, Austria's national anthem is the perfect celebration of the Alpine country, paying tribute to the mountains and streams Julie Andrews extolled in the Sound of Music, while touching on the "feuds" and "fights" that marred its tumultuous past.

Upstairs more objects, photographs of objects and mirrors that reflect both join the fray in a series of pieces that continue the absence-presence theme, while touching on the rites of confession, marriage by proxy and chickens confronted by their reflections.