Sentences with phrase «mere receptacle»

We are, of course, but there's a sense that Daniela Vega's Marina exists as a tabula rasa — a mere receptacle for the monstrousness of others — so as to ensure that this message is delivered to us as loudly and as clearly as possible.

Labour still need to appeal beyond being the mere receptacle of the already existing anti-tory sentiment.

Neither are «audiences» mere receptacles for sermonic soliloquys, they too become «speakers» and co-creators of messages through the performance of liturgy.