Sentence examples similar to wry sadness from inspiring English sources
Mr. Noyce's moody, sensitive screen adaptation of Graham Greene's 1955 novel gives Mr. Caine what may be the juiciest role of his career as Thomas Fowler, a detached British journalist reporting on the Vietnamese fight for independence from French colonial rule, and he brilliantly imbues the role with a wry, sleepy-eyed sadness.
After hearing on Thursday that there was an insider trading investigation coming out of Los Angeles, the wry Judge Rakoff feigned sadness.
In the wrong hands, the wry humor undercutting the sadness is lost, and all the tension melts away, leaving a stagnant puddle.
He turns despair into sadness and softens bitter into wry.
The masters of the wry middle style, Lionel Trilling and Randall Jarrell, were mired in sadness and confusion.
The stiffness and formality of the poses, the dusty old backdrops, the faded precision of the photographs, even the women's makeup and inexpressiveness lend the images a kind of stilted and touching sadness as well as a wry humour.
And, thankfully, the overwhelming sadness of these testimonies is softened by mild doses of humor — the wry acknowledgment that children can endure even the most unendurable suffering — and by the soothing sounds of the songs that are woven through all the stories.
