subtlety
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They’re just executed here with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Everyone indulged in prodigious scenery-chewing, eschewing any subtlety that Puccini built into this tear-jerking piece in favor of all-around bludgeoning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
But there is a subtlety here: measurements in quantum physics inevitably disturb the system being measured.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
"When he performs, you can see there's an emotional intelligence and subtlety to what he's bringing to screen," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
I was very much impressed, and not for the first time, by my guardian’s subtlety.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
“Scarborn” is so Polish, so involved with the subtleties of history and class, that things might get by an American viewer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
By simply telling us that compassion is possible without depicting the subtleties of human growth, “I Swear” functions more like an educational drama than a portrait of how to make real-life change.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
Because his commentary revolved around the subtleties of their texts, the discussion only began to make sense if you had read them with greater attention than seemed necessary in any other course.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
It’s funny because it’s not a broad stroke; they write in such subtleties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
“To maintain the stability of the nation, boy. You do not understand the subtleties of business.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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