Sentence examples for wry style from inspiring English sources

He prides himself on speed and a sleek, wry style.

These gave rein to his wry style; Africa observed by a modern William Boot (the deceptively bumbling hero of Evelyn Waugh's Scoop).

Mr. Segal is a wonderful comic actor in films — if you've seen him only on television, track down "Blume in Love" or "California Split" on DVD — but his subtle, wry style isn't suited to carry a sitcom.

But not all of his subjects, to whom Roth showed drafts, appreciated his wry style or some of the snippets of gossip and press clippings he gathered in their name.

While the subject — Fashion Week — might seem a departure from the street photography most think of when they hear his name, it is merely an extension of the terrain in which Mermelstein espouses his witty and often wry style of photography.

As in his previous novel Chile by Night, in this novel his approach to horror and the sense of guilt felt by those who survive it is full of irony and artifice, and it is this oblique, wry style which has appealed to many Hispanic writers unhappy with the lazy, indulgent fantasies of magical realism.

The masters of the wry middle style, Lionel Trilling and Randall Jarrell, were mired in sadness and confusion.

The horror of the murders fades behind the novel's wry, noir style.

Also, I do love the dynamic duo's wry presentation style.

One of the drawbacks of Burton's wry, detached style is that not much seems to be at stake.

Known for a wry naïf style, he enjoyed using snappy colors and playful cut-and-paste imagery.