Example sentences for: backdrops

How can you use “backdrops” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • While the backdrops vary--the magnate's house is utilitarian and spare, the musician's full of antiques--the spiritual decor is as cold as a corporate headquarters.

  • Many visitors who seek beach time in Mallorca — a pretty reasonable desire, after all — beeline for the northeast coast and its two great sandy bays, which have picturesque mountainous backdrops and are within easy striking distance of the historic towns Pollença and Alcúdia, as well as the protected wetlands s’Albufera.

  • In South Park , the round-headed cutouts in their parkas who hop along in front of flat backdrops have more impact: Parker and company have boiled their movement down to the essential gesture.

  • James and Hemingway give way to the shabby backdrops of John Le Carré's novels.

  • Architects and sculptors treat the myriad parks and gardens as set designs, and nature turns the landscapes, replete with statuesque cypresses, tortuous olive and fig trees, and rows of vineyards, into so many artful backdrops for the daily brio and histrionics of la vita italiana.


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