Example sentences for: pfeiffer

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

  • The WP 's TV column notes that earlier this week, the Los Angeles City Council passed a motion condemning the new sitcom "The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer," a show about a black butler and personal advisor to President Lincoln that includes cavalier references to slavery.

  • Paltrow certainly doesn't appear to have suffered for her art: Unlike other screen beauties--Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Madeleine Stowe--she doesn't seem to have any interesting neuroses to ply.

  • Both had to have at least a sixth grade education, be able to read and understand English, and pass cognitive screening with the Short Portable Mini-mental Status Exam [ 13 ] (Pfeiffer, 1974).

  • The subtlety of the direction is breathtaking, with three moments standing out for me: the bursts of color exploding onto the screen during the opera sequence; the steadicam shot of Daniel Day Lewis entering the post-opera ball (with Joanne Woodward's sublime voice-over); and my favorite, one quick external shot of Pfeiffer's house, showing it seemingly in the middle of nowhere and saying more in a single shot about her social exclusion than other directors could achieve in three pages of dialogue.

  • When an actress such as Patricia Arquette presents a blank face to the camera, it's really blank, but Pfeiffer's blankness can make you seasick with its sloshing, stormy underpinnings.


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