Sentence examples for works were set from inspiring English sources

His early works were set in the mythical Spanish town of Obaba, where birds, squirrels and snakes could speak.

Many of these works were set in the world of crime and detection, but this was a genuine interest which won Prior two Crime Writers Associationn dagger awards.

The works were set in the sprawling U.S. Southwest (Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico) and focused on the motivation of the suspect.

Many of Capote's earlier works were set in the South, while the bulk of Gaines's novels were cast specifically in Louisiana.

Major features of his works were set debates, and the stock characters, such as the parasite and the rustic, were later characteristic of Middle and New Comedy.

Volumes of Shakespeare's works were set on the tables alongside bar slips for ordering more drinks, though anyone wishing to follow along in the text would have been confounded by the high proportion of spontaneously improvised interpolation.

All three works are set to musical collages, reflecting diverse heritages and histories.

Most of his works are set in Jalisco, his native state.

The works are set amid 17th-century Dutch and Flemish decorative arts.

The new works are set to music by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn and Gyorgy Kurtag.

(He has also moved away from classical scores; all the new works are set to minimal compositions by Dirk Haubrich).