Sentences with phrase «jeu d'esprits»

They may range from jeu d'esprits to condensed sonnets to tough little epigrams, but all are characterised by the reserved intelligence of their maker.

Writing as «B» in Heiberg's journal, Kierkegaard composed a stunning jeu d'esprit.

Actually, Phantom Thread encompasses all of the above, but it was at this point that I got the charming jeu d'esprit tucked into the yards and yards of fabric: When a domineering, workaholic tyrant of an artist is felled by illness, he becomes a whimpering boy who needs his wife's love and affection.

Coming after «No Country,» their Oscar - winning foray into Cormac McCarthy's metaphysical gloom, their latest mordant jeu d'esprit might seem minor, but I must confess I enjoyed just about every heartlessly jolly minute of it.

British artist Celia Hempton (at Southard Reid) has forgone her usual fascination with genitalia to produce a dashing oil sketch of the head and torso of a man called Jochen, while the Finnish artist Anna Tuori's exuberant painting It's All Now You See (on Galerie Anhava's stand) is a particularly captivating jeu d'esprit.

It's a jeu d'esprit rather than a moment caught.

While the first half is peculiar — I assume it's a jeu d'esprit (aside from dissing women, which I find wrong)-- I'd love to hear from anyone who understands the rest.