subtlety
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“Bridgerton” is set in a fictionalized version of Regency England, filled with grand balls and regal social dances, and its movement is all about subtlety.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
Both displayed robust instruments with exceptional clarity, agility in florid passages, and moving sincerity in the many laments, which were ornamented with elegant subtlety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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
They used harmony as an additional layer of subtlety and effect, even by using discords to intensify the meaning of texts conveying suffering, loss or anguish.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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
Few 20th-century writers bred as many imitators as Ernest Hemingway, but his followers rarely matched the subtleties of his deceptively simple style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Throughout the museum, scholarship was diminished and subtleties disappeared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
It’s funny because it’s not a broad stroke; they write in such subtleties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
My mom isn’t always the best at picking up on my subtleties, but she knows that “mother” equals annoyed.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Vocabulary lists containing subtlety
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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