theme
Example Sentences
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For the 1990s theme of their rhythm dance, they chose Depeche Mode, and their first official performance was promising.
From Barron's
“It takes a lot to build a bridge where one has not existed. One of the themes we talk about is meeting the partner where they are,” said Heather.
From MarketWatch
Not that Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff’s doomed-by-their-own-hands love affair ever needed the exposure; Brontë’s themes of obsession, revenge, social class and the supernatural are still analyzed in high school English classes.
From Los Angeles Times
The theme for the opening ceremonies was armonia, or harmony, and many credit Kirsty Coventry, the International Olympic Committee president who is presiding over her first Games, with helping create the change in tone.
From Los Angeles Times
She said that she had noticed "family and intimacy under pressure, questions of care, power, belonging, and the experience of living between worlds" as themes running through this year's selection.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.