realism

Example Sentences

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Indeed, the retreat of climate catastrophism has made room for a less strident but more sustainable climate realism, focused on innovation and the commercialization of low-carbon technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal

While it’s Ephron’s characteristically strong dialogue and flair for realism that so many viewers fall head over heels for, Reiner’s blissfully simplistic direction is what captures the spark of two people slowly falling in love.

From Salon

In the “Post-World War II” gallery, we read that Abstract Expressionism was “a movement shaped by the work of many Jewish artists” who left realism behind partly because of the war’s trauma.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms. Iturbide is a master of magical realism of the photographic kind.

From The Wall Street Journal

As these books show, good storytelling need never leave the precincts of realism.

From The Wall Street Journal