Sentences with phrase «hushed tones of»

In the hushed tones of a woman who's been at the top of her game so long that she doesn't need to shout about it, Lévy describes the performance as «exceptional and a pleasure.»

When I view them, despite the hushed tones of the gallery and the meditative state they tend to elicit, their function is decidedly neither didactic nor sacramental.

And Jack Gibbs tells in hushed tones of a certain baseball game he remembers: «Mike was playing center field and a guy hit a terrific smash out toward center and Mike started running.

Some might miss the white tablecloths, bone china, and hushed tones of the country's finest restaurants.

Gourmet coffeehouses are credited with starting the revolution in American coffee tastes from a bottomless «cup of Joe» endlessly refilled by waitresses who called patrons «honey» to specialized varieties of coffee beans meticulously roasted, blended and brewed at just the right water temperature in the hushed tones of a library.

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But that all changed when he started attending the Bronx High School of Science, where kids spoke in «hushed tones in the hallways about the real heroes» — students who had won what was then known as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search.

Through a series of impossible coincidences and comedic mistakes by some bumbling white - collar criminals (including Tone Loc's seminal portrayal of «Juice» [pictured above]-RRB-, Preston becomes a victim of a minor hit - and - run and is suddenly in possession of some hush money in the form of a blank check.

We have in town a store where clerks in hushed and reverent tones sell breviaries and Bibles, Holy Cards and St. Christopher medals, rosaries and coffee - table books of photographic scenes of Rome, Assisi, and the Holy Land.

It's sort of like talking in a hushed tone when you order your coffee.

But in church it is so sad to see the furtive worried looks of men saying in hushed tones that they are taken, as if I was automatically interested in seducing them just because I'm not married!

It's a good bet that he would have had contempt for the strident, breathless shouting of today's announcers, for Husing knew that hushed tones were the best accompaniment for drama:

Originally, they were places where the two players jotted down reminders of tactics and keys to their swings, but the diaries evolved into extremely personal documents that Navratilova and Mayotte both refer to in hushed tones as «my book.»

Once born, your little one suddenly found himself in a disconcerting world of hushed tones and measured steps.

You may have heard it talked about in hushed, awed tones at play group, or caught wind of it by the water cooler at work.

«The manager closes the door and in hushed tones says «are you the son of Lord Clement - Jones»?»

The source who spoke in hush tones also disclosed that leaders of the All Progressives Congress leaders have arrived at the residence from all the way from Abuja.

Sources say the contract which is being spoken of in hushed tones at the Ministry, is most likely to have been awarded on sole - sourcing basis which would run contrary to the campaign rhetoric of President Akufo Addo and the establishment of a largely superfluous portfolio of Minister of State in charge of procurement.

All of this is asked in hushed tones.

With autumn in mind, and I am the kind of person who always has autumn in mind, the long - sweatshirt dress from UK brand Hush, the Two Tone Sloppy Joe dress — which I've been eying for a good year, and don't think the liking is going to go away — was (is!)

Against the subtle storytelling, the generally hushed tone, the soft colors of the cinematography, the smooth flow of the editing and the delicate score, the sharp angles and rough edges of Nicole Kidman's performance appear all the more vividly.

And it's a message made all the more powerful by the absence of any overt social soapboxing; this is a film of hushed tones and enigmatic encounters.

Structured around scripted, fictional conversations designed to look and sound like real - life therapy sessions, complete with hushed tones and teary confessions, the film attempts to co-opt the emotional power of real - life therapy without caring about what is actually being said.

Appropriately titled To the Wonder, the film has Malick's stamp written all over it: Philosophical voice - overs uttered in hushed tones to a haunting orchestral soundtrack, panoramic displays of the physical beauty of nature, a story that features little dialogue, and an untranslatable feeling for the spiritual.

Appropriately titled To the Wonder, the film has Malick's stamp written all over it: Philosophical voice - overs uttered in hushed tones to a haunting orchestral soundtrack, panoramic displays of the physical beauty of nature, a story that...

When the soundtrack isn't jingling with the cell - phone synth of Cliff Martinez's tangerine nightmare score, a cavernous hush envelops the characters: no walla, no street sounds, no room tone — just robotic, unaffected dialogue («I think you're perfect.

Spoken in hushed tones, there's not a lot to the conversation beyond the very technical generalities of the script and special effects, but the constant admiration for Neeson yields the occasional intriguing anecdote about his method and collaboration with the crew.

Acting-wise it's a powerful cast, but some of them seem to be phoning it in, speaking in hushed tones which lack the emotion which the original - albeit slightly re-written - script demands.

In hushed tones, people speak of the «Engineers of the Urug».

When this car is brought up in conversation among muscle car lovers, it is spoken of in hushed tones.

It is a mythical creature, spoken of in hushed tones, more monster than automobile.

Your namasté had that tone I've come to know, a hushed respect as if you were speaking a prayer, like you were in the presence of the lord of death.

Stevenson's rich, hushed tones evoke the magical atmosphere of this novel, in which Peter's discovery that an elephant will lead him to his sister, who he believed was dead, sets off a string of developments and consequences.

Our reviewer writes, «In episodic prose that shimmers with cinematic quality, Lightman recalls a time when aunts and uncles, cousins and siblings, parents and friends gathered in the Memphis moonlight to drink, talk in hushed tones about neighbors, sort out perplexing and slowly evolving attitudes about race and ponder the ragged ways people fall in love and out of it.»

Whenever its name is mentioned, it is usually in hushed tones during a first - page takedown in a critique group, or on a panel of editors warning anxious wannabes about the sins of the plodders.

(At which point the husband in the selling couple leaned over and reassured Jody in hushed tones: «There's a lot of single women in the building.»)

The previous VIP reward tier plus... our only remaining copy of The Great Giana Sisters on Atari ST, to be presented to you in hushed tones at the launch party.

Although Bomberman remained the multiplayer party game of choice throughout the first half of the «90s, tales of the fabled Hi - Ten games from Hudson's caravan events continued to be shared in hushed tones among those who never got the chance to experience them.

Honestly, all snark aside, I know / teach some youngsters who grew up in a «post-piracy» world (to the extent that they've grown up with things like the VC, Steam, and Netflix in the 00s, so downloading ROMs or TV shows or whatever doesn't hold enough allure / necessity to overcome wariness of getting in trouble or guilt about breaking copyright laws), but who have engaged with the fandom, talk of the game in hushed tones, and have been waiting with bated breath to play it.

In the end, there are only hushed reverberations of any prior noise, silenced by his neutrally - toned, textured surfaces.

Sellers will include the press - shy industrialist Mitchell P. Rales (whose invitation - only private collection, Glenstone, is spoken of in hushed tones by art professionals), Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, and Robert Rauschenberg's ex-wife, the artist Susan Weil.

Between it and the felt reams of narrative unfold in hushed tones.

Such is the insipid brainwashing that has taken place via television, newspapers and exalted talking heads - global warming skeptics are forced to wear the metaphoric yellow star and only discuss their doubts in hushed tones and conciliatory frameworks, or be cat - called, harangued and jeered by an army of do - gooders who righteously believe they are rescuing mother earth by recycling a wine bottle or putting their paper in a separate trash can.

In hushed tones, they admit they have to skew the wording of papers and proposals to not appear to be one of those «denier» types.

After years of being relegated to the sidelines or talked about only in hushed tones the idea of adaptation strategies for climate change is increasingly being talked about on equal footing with the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Why, they're going to ask in hushed tones, would an otherwise advanced civilisation with superior tool handling skills, why would they need to employ a yellow piece of plastic to slice such an innocently soft fruit as the banana?

In other words, the HuffPo reports, «nobody goes there looking for the «Triple Advantage» credit monitoring service, which is mentioned in a hushed, rushed tone at the end of the ads as a condition of a previous FTC settlement.»

But sitting there in the audience, it wasn't just words on paper, a segment on the news or something people spoke of in hushed tones over a cup of tea after dinner.

With its hint of grey, this hushed tone can be used as a wall colour for a neutral contemporary space or on ceilings and woodwork when combined with cooler greys.