"classic" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- McKinty uses the classic noir tropes of revenge and betrayal to explore his characters' existential quest for meaning in an often bleak but lyrically intense universe.
- Whithouse further developed the theme, including classic Western tropes and a sympathetic villain.
- The story combines the classic Gothic tropes of mystery, betrayal and a heroine in peril in suitably imposing surroundings and has been praised in modern times for its proto-feminist sensibility.
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Teleportation is, I hope, a classic trope of science fiction, and not a cliché.
- The premise is a classic trope of post-apocalyptic science fiction, but Mr. Cuarón is inflecting it with contradictory shades of dark and light, not to mention his own buoyant spirit.
- His story "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839) explores these 'terrors of the soul' while revisiting classic Gothic tropes of aristocratic decay, death, and madness.
- But just such inverted riddle-solving is a classic mythological trope for men as well: Jason, for one, fights Medusa by using his shield as a mirror.
- Locus Onlines Lois Tilton reviewed the short story as "an entertaining story, a neat and original take on a classic SFnal trope."
- In its simplest incarnation, mistaken identity is a classic trope used in literature, from Twelfth Night to A Tale of Two Cities.
- The AV Club's Donna Bowman graded the episode at B+, stating that it had the show's "classic trope of flash-forwards and backs," mixed with fantasy predictions.
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