Examples of shadow play in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That movie, or some imaginary version of it, is still unfurling as a shadow play in the megaplex of my mind. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2021 Was that whole parade of new-city fantasies just a shadow play, distracting us from the inexorable forces of mediocrity? — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2021 The South African polymath — whose skills include drawing, painting, filmmaking, theater, opera, shadow play, and puppetry — is surely accustomed to grander scale. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2020 The shadow play of the concrete sunscreen of 3525 Turtle Creek. — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 15 May 2020 Through shadow play in the solo shots of the members, the video offers a visual representation of the track’s ruminative narrative and the Jungian shadow concept, which is a recurring metaphor on the album. — Sara Delgado, Teen Vogue, 4 Mar. 2020 The khachkar would have shimmered as light and shadow played on its lace-like surface, making the deep-carved stone appear as opulent as the woodwork and stucco of great palaces. — Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books, 17 Jan. 2019 The visual material is culled from comic strips, street demonstrations, Cuban movie posters and filmed be-ins; the technique encompasses collages, stick figure animations, shadow plays and kaleidoscopic special effects. — New York Times, 24 May 2018 Particularly lovely is the shadow play (by lighting designer Jacob Snodgrass) which turns her solo into a beautiful trio. — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2018

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