Sentences with phrase «pithy style»

Here, she gives us an account of her visit, in the pithy style of her diary, www.zabludowiczcollection.com:

Not exact matches

I would love to write some pithy comment to jab at Billy Graham, but sparing with a delusional sick old man is not my style.

The almost complete absence of parables is hard to account for, and while allowance must be made for the tendency of the fourth evangelist to introduce into the discourses of Jesus the fruit of his own reflections and meditations, there is a striking difference between the style in which Jesus speaks in this gospel and that of the short pithy utterances of Jesus in the synoptic gospels.

The Mas La Chevalière Vignoble Peryroli, albeit an Old World style Chardonnay, still gripped the judges with its «pithy and integrated» nature, while a «technically sound» Chardonnay from New Zealand's The King's Bastard equally garnered the judges» praise.

The upshot of this loopy masquerade is more predictable than it is progressive, but considerably pleasurable thanks to Morris's generous supply of pithy one - liners and the resourceful, ribald skills of Bell, as engaging and elastic a comic everywoman here as she was in her impressive directorial debut «In a World...» (Her styling, meanwhile, calls to mind Sally Hawkins, who could well have put a sweeter spin on the same role.)

The script of this dialogue - rich film sounds forced, with every second line intended as pithy high - brow banter, and many of the set - piece scenes are symmetrically framed to evoke the formalism of 19th century portraiture styles.

This novel - in - verse, the prequel to the Newbery Medal - winning The Crossover (2014), includes comic - style illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile that portray Charlie's hoop dreams, Granddaddy's pithy reflections on life and plenty of homespun philosophy drawn from basketball.

«(An) informative and delightful biography... Hannigan's style is pithy, but packed with facts.