subject matter

Example Sentences

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“The subject matter of the play exists before the story and it is always something abstract,” Stoppard told the Paris Review in 1988.

From The Wall Street Journal

He also stressed that he was "acutely aware of the sensitivity of the subject matter of the request" and some of the withheld information.

From BBC

I fear touch football has become the last nonradioactive subject matter at Thanksgiving.

From The Wall Street Journal

These days, art emphasizing subject matter often shunts form to the side, as if the visual analysis that form demands is irrelevant.

From Los Angeles Times

Kahlo’s “Dream” may have triumphed for several reasons, including its size and subject matter.

From The Wall Street Journal