subtlety
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Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival production isn’t going to win awards for subtlety, but the storytelling is crisp and vivid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The set’s high degree of subtlety means it might need a couple of listens before it reveals itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Sir Anthony Seldon, historian and biographer of prime ministers, praised the subtlety of what the King seemed to have pulled off.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
The pope will arrive by helicopter, a diplomatic subtlety that spares him from landing on French soil without actually visiting France.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
In Egypt, where low-relief carving attained unsurpassed subtlety, many reliefs were originally painted and included elaborate settings.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
The Polish nobility, for instance, is portrayed as not so noble, which blurs the line between invaders and oppressors; any subtleties to be discerned between the languages spoken were probably swallowed up in the subtitles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
In a chat with his brother Graeme for the Football Association before he left United in 2018, Carrick himself explained the subtleties of a "great pass".
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 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
The sound stage was too loud for vocal subtleties and too flat for careful instrumental and electronic music balance.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
It had helped him, in turn, to feel the subtleties of the silver blade.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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