Sample Sentences for
nuance
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  • In cities you build a language of circumspection and tact, a thousand little intimations, the nuance that has a shimmer of rubbed bronze.  (source)
    nuance = subtle difference
  • ...with stunning battlefield scenes, and all the nuances of characterization left out  (source)
    nuances = a subtle characteristics
  • Her mom always neglected the nuances, of course.  (source)
    nuances = subtle differences
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  • Nuance, strategy, and anything beyond the rudimentaries of technique were wasted on Chris.†  (source)
  • Every time I overheard her going on in such detail about stuff like this, the nuances of different brands of flip-flops, or the pros and cons of boy shorts versus bikini bottoms, it seemed like such a waste.  (source)
    nuances = subtle differences (minor differences not obvious or important to most people)
  • In order to give a vivid, nuanced account, I knew I would have to travel with child migrants through Mexico on top of freight trains.  (source)
    nuanced = showing subtle (non-obvious) aspects
  • That's just the sort of nuance that has brought me begging to your door.†  (source)
  • The nuances of Paul's greeting were not lost on the Reverend Mother.†  (source)
  • Even a light "How are you" was a nuanced question, with out it seeming to be; and my invariable answer ("Fine") he could read easily enough without my having to spell anything out.†  (source)
  • —and parsing every word for tone and nuance, as if his sentences are a code I can crack.†  (source)
  • And the nuances of languages—slang and colloquialisms—would take years beyond that.†  (source)
  • When I told Ben and Ringer all this—minus the part about Evan being inside me, a bit too nuanced for Parish—there was a lot of dubious staring and significant looks from which I was painfully excluded.†  (source)
  • To condense fact from the vapor of nuance.†  (source)
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