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September 02, 2008

Nuance

nuance (noun) - a slight difference that is important but difficult to notice

a nuanced approach - an approach that pays special attention to small important details

sensitive to the slightest nuances

delicate nuances
fine nuances
slight nuances
slight nuances
may not understand all the nuances

get a more nuanced picture of the situation
more nuanced reports

more nuanced
a more nuanced understanding
a more nuanced understanding requires the command of historical detail
a subtle and nuanced assessment of the effects of government on their own lives and on national prestige

a nuanced depiction
a nuanced reading
a nuanced reading of racism's multiple forms
with each edition they have tended to become more detailed, more finely nuanced, more subtle

social nuances
a nuance of intimacy in the tone of her voice
a happy hunting-ground for observers of social nuance

the Karaoke computer runs through the song while the singer adds nuance and expression

catch every nuance of the expression on her face
not meaning to miss any nuance of an expression that came over her face
with her command of the withering imperious glance and trenchant vocal nuance
the nuances of beauty as a form of communication
each mote of light shaded with one nuance of meaning and each meaning had a colour

put down every nuance of every argument in my lecture notes

he only contributed a further nuance to the policy confusion under way
seeks to introduce a sense of nuance

nuance of the spirit

been in the business long enough to convey commands by a subtle nuance of tone

reveal the secret by a nuance of tone in his voice
there is often such a nuance

slightly more nuanced
interestingly nuanced the question of what it actually means to be a woman film-maker
the balance has decisively changed from a simple No to a nuanced maybe Yes and maybe No

nuanced scrutiny
a nuanced matter
a nuanced matter which suggests that facts and interpretations cannot be kept apart

a lot of what he does involves gesture, expression and nuance of voice

leftist academics queue up to deliver their twenty thousand words worth on the latest nuance of postmodernism
a peerless accompaniment weaving a magical halo of subtle nuance and understatement

suddenly Alexei found that there was insufficient subtlety in it to convey precise nuance

a subtle nuance
every piece of art ripped from the walls and studied out of context, every subtle nuance of space filled with metal and plastic, neural net cabinets, stores, machinery, even people

eyes hooded and attentive to the slightest nuance of response.
every nuance of verbal rhythm

rapid changes in nuance and connotation
a double nuance

embarrassed that the others might instantly pick up any nuance of their changed relationship

following every nuance in her gestures
every nuance of every lyric

without nuance
gestures and speech crude, without nuance

she represents the possibility of expressing every nuance of the ebb and flow of feminine life
makes Bela Lugosi [Dracula] seem a master of nuance

nuance a message
nuance this message ever so slightly

he picked up the slightest nuance

offered in ranges containing almost every nuance of colour and tone

miss a nuance
miss an analogical nuance

transcribed into notation, with the nuances missing, non-literate music-making tends to look banal

shifting and refining nuance while involving the change of a single word in Russian, and enabling the artist to get at last the effect he had been working towards

her work is nuanced in ways oft ignored not only by her critics but by those who appropriate it

the partial and still nuanced defiance of their respective Alliance masters


Example sentences:

* Beauty was communication, each mote of light shaded with one nuance of meaning and each meaning had a colour.

* His black eyes glittered over her face to catch every nuance of expression.

* I was insufficiently consistent to put down every nuance of every argument in my lecture notes.

* Conscious of her troubled state of mind, Delaney gave her a quick, comforting smile, embarrassed that the others might instantly pick up any nuance of their changed relationship.

* Most humiliating of all when he did intervene on the record he only contributed a further nuance to the policy confusion under way.

* And when he too sat down again, he was that much nearer, this time as though not meaning to miss any nuance of an expression that came over her face.

* Dixon had been in the business long enough to convey by a subtle nuance of tone that the Chief Constable was not in an amiable mood.

* Not by a shadow of expression, a nuance of tone, was Luke going to reveal his true involvement with Elise.

* It is true enough that there is often such a nuance, but the proposal will not turn out to be satisfactory.

* His eyes were hooded, attentive to the slightest nuance of response.

* Sinead has really pulled it off in a big, bold way here; her honesty and emotional intensity permeate every bar, every nuance of every lyric.

* It is possible to nuance this message view slightly as regards the Edinburgh union leadership.

* Because they are offered in ranges containing almost every nuance of colour and tone they are also useful for visualising ideas in considerable detail.

* A later air force manual (US, Department of the Air Force, 1976, 6-;5) is at least slightly more nuanced than this.

* But it clearly is much more difficult and heroic for any group of people who are on the front line of discrimination to adopt a nuanced reading of racism's multiple forms than for those who are or want to be distanced from its processes and effects.

* Successive new syntheses have been published both of the history of the party and of the revolution, and with each edition they have tended to become more detailed, more finely nuanced, more subtle.

* Gregory's depiction of Cato and Cautinus is nuanced.

* The party was also a happy hunting-ground for observers of social nuance.

* While left academics queue up to deliver their twenty thousand words worth on the latest nuance of postmodernism, we look in vain for two hundred words on a new film or television programme.

* Both Ameling and Souzay are completely captivating in matters of style, with Dalton Baldwin's peerless accompaniment weaving a magical halo of subtle nuance and understatement.

* H.J. McCloskey, whose writings in this area have been influential, misses this analogical nuance, whilst otherwise arguing towards a similar conclusion in his article The right to life (1975).

* Non-literate music making almost demands repetitive or traditional frameworks, and --; as counter-balance? --; these stimulate improvised nuance and inflection, yet transcribed into notation, with the nuances missing, it tends to look banal.

* The Queen of Beauty encompasses the ebb and flow of feminine life, and she represents the possibility of expressing each nuance of this.

* There was one which came to me from America which said, Alan Bates plays his part in a style which makes Bela Lugosi seem a master of nuance.

* In which he seeks to introduce a sense of nuance, and in which he sometimes offers three or four possible different explanations of one particular human action, without adjudicating between them.

* There was some nuance of intimacy in her tone that made Richard look up in surprise and then look at Frank.

* The computer runs through the song while the singer adds nuance and expression, straight from his own aching heart.

* Kathleen had never been one for jewellery and the amethyst picked up the heather mauve of Isabel's new dress and even, she thought, gave something of a fresh nuance to her mist-blue eyes.

* The great model for the role was Mayr; every nuance and inflection of the role was marvellously explored by him and it was a constant source of fascination for us to study.

* Ian McKellen is better suited to small spaces than large ones, because a lot of what he does involves gesture, expression and nuance of voice.

* They must have been such wonderful beings, and now even the legacy of their environment was being rewritten by the humans, changed with every curved floor covered by a flat grille, every piece of art ripped from the walls and studied out of context, every subtle nuance of space filled with metal and plastic, neural net cabinets, stores, machinery, even people.

* There may even be a double nuance in the assurance of ownership that is mentioned here.

* Naming groups of people is an extremely complex issue, which is dependent on the political orientations of the people involved and on rapid changes in nuance and connotation.

* With David Robertson conducting, and certainly helping Kenny G [the saxophone player] at every nuance, the solo line sounded shaky, not always cleanly pitched, and lacking in confidence, in contrast to the bold trumpet sounds which mirrored its music.


* But in 1877, the last text overseen by the novelist, as if spoken to himself becomes as if meant for himself, shifting and refining nuance while involving the change of a single word in Russian, and enabling the artist to get at last the effect he had been working towards.

* To admit that much is not to foreclose the question of defining that relationship since a nuanced understanding requires the command of historical detail that Kemp provides.

* Go down to the Kreuzberg district of Berlin now and you get a more nuanced picture.

* The conclusion that the speeches largely appealed to long-standing victims of the `;Führer myth'; also seems justified on the basis of an examination of the more nuanced reports from local SD agencies, which, while generally positive, provide a somewhat more varied picture of reactions.

* These are major restrictions but the balance has decisively changed from a simple No to a nuanced maybe Yes and maybe No.

* But unlike her nuanced scrutiny of Noguchi's links to Japan, this broad characterisation misses many fine details of Noguchi's later years in the West, complete with difficult corporate patrons and endless commissions.

* The explanations are not flatly in conflict but neither are they compatible, a nuanced matter which suggests that facts and interpretations cannot be kept apart.

* Irigaray's work is nuanced in ways oft ignored not only by her critics but by those who appropriate it, especially those who consider her to have demonstrated that homosexuality represents the true nature of patriarchy; who believes that, as a sexual practice between the same, homosexuality becomes indicative of patriarchy's fundamental refusal or fear of difference.

* Here was the partial and still nuanced defiance of their respective Alliance masters that indicated both a German refusal of the role of victims in the superpower struggle and a sense in both German states that the room for manoeuvre was growing.

* At first sight they seemed distinct: voting patterns were not related to policy issues; people spoke of their voting intentions in terms of fraternal solidarities, while they conducted a subtle and nuanced assessment of the effects of government on their own lives and on national prestige.

* Jocelyne Saab, the Lebanese director, interestingly nuanced the question of what it actually means to be a woman film-maker by pointing to the need, for her, to make connections with other Oriental women.


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