Sentences with phrase «plaintive refrain»
Thus we sense within these exhibited works a plaintive refrain, a fragile humming of one's «right» to free expression.
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The kind that really makes you scratch your head after reading them, and inspire you to utter the poignantly plaintive refrain, «What the hell was that all about?»
The plaintive refrain echoes through the staff room: «If I could only get them to do their work!»
She's not the self - analytical sort, apparently; despite her plaintive refrain that she's «undatable,» she's not terribly interested in taking responsibility for her actions or even taking stock of her situation.
Not exact matches
Alternately wobbling and soaring, plaintive and ecstatic, the music's field of reference moves from the blues and spirituals to refrains of the French national anthem, all in a tangle of virtuosic soloing and collective improvisation.