Sentence examples for world of noir from inspiring English sources

In more than one sense Mr. Haynes's series frees "Mildred Pierce" from the black-and-white world of noir.

But the city still has a scabby underbelly that bristles with a jittery electricity that evokes the shadow world of noir: certain deserted subway stations after midnight; stygian bars without signs; waterfront piers gnawed by roiled rivers.

In this bitterly funny first novel -- a perverse morality tale set in Wichita, Kan., in 1979 -- a corrupt lawyer tries to skip town on Christmas Eve with the cash he's been skimming from the pornographic enterprises he operates for two mobsters but learns that holiday sentiment has no place in the bleak world of noir fiction.

As guests of last month's World of Pinot Noir — California's premier pinot noir conference — filed off the bus at Foxen Vineyards, the site of afternoon tastings and panel discussions, they were greeted with a surprising sight: a brand new winery complex, almost sparkling in the sun.

The corrupt and claustrophobic world of film noir embodied these fears.

The memories of those wines opened my mind to an expanded vision of the world of pinot noir.

The dream world of film noir suits the director because it is overheated in a similar, if more ominous, way.

In fact, I led the seminar, held at the World of Pinot Noir, an annual gathering of producers, people in the trade, enthusiasts and writers in Pismo Beach, Calif.

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun – was there ever a better title to sum up the world of the noir thriller?

When we see these guys on the screen, we know we're in the world of film noir, that most unmistakable of movie genres.

I need Chardonnay as the blank canvas on which I can paint my therapy for the crazy world of Pinot Noir and reduce my psychotherapy bills.