leitmotif

Example Sentences

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While most analysts don’t think this means an imminent use of nuclear power, the hints are part of a leitmotif Putin has employed since the beginning of the war.

From Los Angeles Times

But he also made conscious decisions to distance himself from the master: He tends to avoid characteristically Wagnerian dense orchestration and that composer’s shifting thickets of leitmotifs — bits of music representing characters or concepts.

From New York Times

Control over one’s own body within a larger social matrix is a complicated leitmotif of the exhibition.

From Los Angeles Times

The same gesture was adopted after the putsch in Myanmar, the leitmotif of a protest movement millions strong.

From New York Times

Palace spats are a Jordanian leitmotif — but never this public.

From New York Times