How To Use Subtle In A Sentence

For a few odd and unsettling moments, the song hovers on its own, left virtually untouched except for the subtle fuzz of static in the background.
There were subtle lines on the forehead - just making it all a bit worse! The Sun
Melancholic melody, harmony, subtle dissonance, throat vibrato and asymmetric rhythms make up their choral, ‘a cappella’ style.
High-frequency waves broadcast by the radar bounce off a person, scanning the in-and-out movement of the chest and more subtle, but also detectable, motion of the heartbeat against the chest wall.
They could rove at will among the stars, and sink like a subtle mist through the very interstices of space.

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It gave the dish a very subtle flavour, that Port-Salut.
He also has a deft touch with desserts: The baklava and kadayif are subtle, less sweet and honey-drenched than most.
An early season bloomer, about 18-inches tall, its subtle fragrance has been described as elegant, sweet, and tartly fruity.
I think that while full-on female displays will evoke an easy and instinctual hormone rush -- which, as I said, might be a good complement to a melee brawl -- most intelligent people will agree that some sort of subtlety in sexuality is appealing on more levels simultaneously. Archive 2008-02-01
Thus, this festival brings together the richness of the Indian kitchen with its spices and subtle shades of taste and texture.
But this subtlety is swept aside in performances that are simply too hard-driven.
Finally, the actual meal-ender: a tender, subtle Chinese snow pear deep-fried in a beignet-like crust. Magic.
He believes many "psychics" are frauds who rely on perception and subtle deception.
In ways often too subtle to be conscious but sometimes overt, I believe, blacks remain devalued in American schools, where, for example, a recent national survey shows that through high school they are still more than twice as likely as white children to receive corporal punishment, be suspended from school, or be labeled mentally retarded. Race and the Schooling of Black Americans
Classic poetry and rhetoric give kids a language, at once subtle and copious, in which to articulate their own thoughts, perceptions, and inchoate feelings.
Chemical photography can capture many more subtleties and gradations of colour and shade than digital.
Some parenting patterns inadvertently support aggressive behavior in more subtle ways.
And always, the bay is a place of subtle, but incomparable beauty.
Through oversubtle and even fraudulent construction of law, he said, much wrong was committed (De officiis I. EQUITY IN LAW AND ETHICS
New 3D imaging techniques enabled the scientists to look for subtle similarities and differences in brain structure.
So we set about assembling a team of cross-disciplinary professionals including Dr. Patricia Muehsam, on the faculty of Mount Sinai Medical School; Dr. Peter Roche de Coppens, professor of sociology, anthropology, and psychotherapy at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania and the Sorbonne in Paris; Dr. Beverly Rubik, a biophysicist who had conducted scientific research in mind-body, subtle energies, and complementary medicine; Dr. J. Manifesting Michelangelo
Lenero balances tonal subtleties with his right-angled shapes.
That was not an impossible ideal but it did require a subtle mind to grasp it.
The subtle colour palette is another layer in the creation of a calm and relaxing area for catching up with work or with after party guests. The Hill House
The delicate delineations of each square of metal leaf create subtle patterns.
Perhaps he went for his speed and energy as it can't be for his subtlety. The Sun
What subtle blend of criteria were on their dad checklist? Times, Sunday Times
Ballack set him free with subtle chip over the top, and Klose skinned the out-rushing keeper before slotting it home with ease.
Luckily it had short sleeves, and she knew that the subtle shade of pale aquamarine suited her colouring.
Are there effluvia analogous to what we call odour: effluvia of extreme subtlety, absolutely imperceptible to us, yet capable of stimulating a sense-organ far more sensitive than our own? Social Life in the Insect World
Holiness answers audience questions addressing the situation of Tibet, goal of bodhicitta, nature of enlightened mind, future of the Dalai Lama institution, compatibility of Buddhist practices with theistic faith, universal purpose of human life, practice of patience towards harm-doers, subtle energy and mind, and the Heart Sutra mantra. Nagarjuna's Bodhichitta Commentary
Her methods of seduction are subtle.
Learners at the advanced stage use their own creativity and seek delicate discriminations of meaning, stylistic niceties, subtleties of culture and discourse, and greater acquaintance with the language.
Colours were good, if none too subtle, but poor contrast made for murky dark scenes with objects lacking depth. Times, Sunday Times
Tasteful decor, melodious songs and shafts of sunlight from the ample windows provide the perfect ambience for appreciating the subtleties and splendours of curry cuisine.
Watching the boy toss, turn and slip in and out of a light doze, Laras wondered if he wasn't somehow picking up on his father's tension and frustration in some subtle way.
Hannah's remembrances of things past, however, are sometimes skewed by subtle dissonances and a sense of anxiety that disturb the apparent placidity of his picture-perfect world.
He saw him gather five of the soldiers into a huddle and with his subtle, sinister voice began to speak again.
The subtlety of the fragmentary relics of ancient hominid fossil evidence was astonishing.
They can exercise a subtle, unseen influence, somewhat like a magnetic field or centripetal force, compelling us inexorably back on ourselves.
Introspective interiorization and psychological subtlety are the inevitable by-products. The Times Literary Supplement
Personally, I think it is very fortuitous that this kind of hankering back and forth and subtle "adjustments" of positions this earrly is good for th candidates. McCain And Obama Battle It Out Over Supreme Court Handgun Decision
There's a subtle hint of garlic in the sauce.
But the new working class of former rural folk did not make the transition to industrial wage labor easily or without protesting in subtle and indirect ways. America Past and Present
The afternoon sunset had tinted the white clouds and blue sky into subtle, mellow shades and the fresh, wet winds brushed our faces as we were transported to the tideland in an ox cart.
You had used only a subtle taupe pencil, which I would have thought would wash out my fair complexion.
As an example of the kinds of subtle relationships that exist among different explanatory factors, the Appendix reconsiders the 1976 data.
While examining your irises, both in-person, and later when reviewing the photographs, the iridologist will look for subtle signs of developing illness, such as symptoms of stress or a build-up of toxins. BellaOnline - The Voice of Women
And that's another difference: Kate's e-mail "entrapped" Kinsella; Warman's e-mails aren't as subtle -- he doesn't entrap people into uttering racist remarks, he outright plants those racist remarks himself. Kate McMillan's prank - Ezra Levant
The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder. Jim Morrison
Histories make men wise ; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
These normally nuanced characters briefly became vessels for issue-based polemic rather than wry, subtle dialogue - and even to unequivocal admirers, this is a serious wobble.
In Tansley as in Brennan you will find descriptions of a hierarchy of subtle energy sheaths or bodies called the etheric, emotional, mental and higher bodies that surround the physical body. The epiphenomenal view of mind
If you are single, that changes fast when your most intuitive friend does some subtle matchmaking. The Sun
A peculiarly subtle expression haunts the lower part, sensual and incredulous, like that of a man tasting good Bordeaux with half a fancy it has been somewhat too long uncorked. Virginibus Puerisque and other papers
The choreographer's problem is how to make subtle or vigorous gesture visible to those on the other side of the footlights.
At the very least, a VS store is a few steps above the Indian "hosiery" store where storekeeprs would shout "Ei namaa to opor theke ekta aath-threesh boudir jonne" (Ei throw down a 38 for "boudi" here) with all the subtlety of Shatabdi Express and where Gopal ganjee Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind
He was a subtle and effective reactionary.
A new way of imagining the song glimmers and vanishes before the chorus, as the subdued arrangement loses its subtlety and its way.
He again applied his eye to the glass, and turning his ear to the partition, listened attentively: with a subtle and eager look upon his face, that might have appertained to some old goblin. Oliver Twist
Indeed, scientists are coming to realize that subtle changes in our genetic material -- technically known as epigenetic changes -- can alter the way that genes are turned on and off, in ways that affect the body's functioning. Www.startribune.com
At least there was now some quality in the hitting, even if subtlety remained notably absent.
The script lacks any such subtleties and none of the cast is skillful enough to be able to suggest any depth beyond the script's superficial characterizations.
This understatedly remarkable feat of writing and performance is set with only subtle suggestions of place. Times, Sunday Times
I leaned over him and caught a whiff of his subtle cologne.
Though not slapstick or of the knee-slapping variety, Hamer is droll and often wickedly subtle in his deadly strain of humour.
They provide perhaps a clue to the subtle working of his mind in extracting a formal imagery from instantaneous photographs.
Responding correctly to a mirror image requires the creation of a rather peculari form of dual representation or 'mental diplopia', and this subtle ability may be compromised by the right parietal lesion. I Can't Reach It; It's Inside the Mirror.
The numerous space and controlled organisations of poetic colours lend subtlety to his part collage-part paintings.
My skin was left soft with a subtle sheen - and the price is brilliant. Times, Sunday Times
They had obviously been hoping to approach the topic with more subtlety.
This subtle citrusy scent is not overpowering but is strong enough to attract a summer romance. The Sun
The immediate force which works this change, the life principle of things, is, in the case of organic beings, a subtle something which we call spontaneous variation. The Soul of the Far East
This not-so-subtle slam at the dangers of genetic engineering depicts a Grant-Wood-Iowa country-fair display of square tomatoes, a multiteated cow and other oddities in an unmodified soybean field, plus a pathetically overbred Chinese Crested dog, presented on an oval insert like a blue-ribbon prize. An Illustrative Career Depicting Dystopias
In the laboratory of time, subtle essences of disenchantment and pessimism are distilled.
It is too subtle and not easily found, clearly listed in the letter of credit terms, there is no forgery or hide, and therefore did not constitute fraud.
Histories make men wise ; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
Sometimes the shift between panels is as subtle as fog rolling through, so that one looks closely to identify the change.
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, sing with subtlety as well as grace, in a CD well worth investigating.
Subtle connections between episodes are often lost in syndication because the shows are broadcast in random order.
Beyond political and practical concerns, there lies a more subtle moral risk.
To create his trademark pale golds, Van Gogh mixed the bright yellow lead chromate pigment with the white lead sulphate, creating a combination that was subtler than the pure yellow but susceptible to a reaction that creates viridian, a darker shade of spring green. Chemists Called in as Van Gogh's Pigments Darken
Greaves achieves considerable intensity on this tiny scale through his mastery of infinitely subtle tonal gradations, often in black and brown or gray hues that evoke the palette of old photographs.
The tailoring is classic and structured and the subtle pinstripes and tonal coloured checks feature soft detailing.
Pictorial representations of women can carry all kinds of subtle hints and messages, can indeed convey a whole world-view of meaning.
Love spells are on the whole rather unsubtle, heavy handed pieces of work and they're usually born out of desperation.
Omi crooked a finger for the waitress who offered the bill with subtle deference, and Omi paid it with subtle superiority.
The subtleness of colors fascinates Paul Koloszar, a horticulturist at the Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati, a not-for-profit horticulture resource center in an urban setting. Fall in the Midwest: Colors are subtle but lasting
Industrial buildings tend to be large, monolithic, brown, bulky, and not subtle.
Many of these ancient practices were not just for the sake of it, but were meant to be subtle reminders of the need for mutual give and take, besides sacrifices and adjustments, to ensure wedded bliss.
Acknowledging the necessity to work with others; getting the guts to ask for help in order to preclude slamming one's head against the wall for extended amounts of time; finding two, three or even more ways to tackle a problem, whether it be literally in homework or otherwise in managing life and time; learning many, _many_ subtle things that you certainly won't regret learning as you tackle challenges in the future. Failing Students
Surely, they were capable of enacting toward women, and toward one another, the terms of Martin Buber's I-It relation — Stevenson's "tripper" and the intimidating husbands offer the most intense expressions of that capacity, and no doubt, there were many subtle expressions of it at The Farm as well. Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583
I live next to a taxi driver, who uses the current subtle removable roof rack system.
But I will say, as you shall see, that he matched their subtlety with equal subtlety; and from what I saw of him I have little doubt but what he would have confounded many a disputant in the synagogues. Chapter 17
Capes, big brass buttons, skinny knits belted over print dresses, together with marvellously subtle colour combinations made for one of the most beautiful collections in Milan.
Poluski's quip; but that fleeting glimpse had thrilled her with subtle recognition of something grasped yet elusive, of a knowledge that trembled on the lip of discovery, like a half remembered word murmuring in the brain but unable to make itself heard. A Son of the Immortals
It retained water and yet had subtle membranes which permitted air to penetrate and facilitated waste disposal of the embryo.
Detail, focus, dimensionality, transparency, dynamic expression and subtlety all improved significantly.
Sometimes the need to change course or make a detour is more subtle. Christianity Today
Maybe, even, he was using the V-ing form to indicate a semantic subtlety - perhaps the continuative sense associated with progressive V-ing forms - that I didn't get.
The whole show was precise and mathematical, but full of subtle light, warmth and feeling.
It can be anything from a rich and succulent casserole to a stir fry recipe with a subtle hint of the Orient.
Music-lovers will be further shafted by this theft in a more subtle way, as well.
But it is all within the basic framework of that creature's subtle and physical structure, within the bounds of instinct.
These were the new readers the Irish Times had to attract in order to survive, and Gageby set out on a subtle course to achieve it.
Not that its mysteries will readily reveal themselves: one finds oneself rereading passages to crack its subtle enigmas, tantalised by the missing puzzle piece that lies just beyond all that is visible.
The spelling is only half the problem - Must we now say "pointe" speaking through our nose with a subtle hint of a "w"’ when referring to the new complex. North Pointe Development Under Study at cvillenews.com
The reason is not clear, but must be the result of some subtle change in the genetic information in the nucleus.
For all that written correspondence can manage, a subtle undertone and feeling is probably the hardest to achieve.
But through Kanafani's literary output, Gaon says, he found a man of more subtlety than is revealed in the words of a propagandist. 'Return to Haifa' crosses borders of war
They alleviate the difficulties of observing subtle changes that are difficult to observe with more established methods such as superimposition.
Use grey-blues, taupes, khakis, subtle grey-browns, smokey subtle grey-purples.
The film's direction is subtle and stylish.
There are subtle inclines and subtler downhill slopes.
Paul wrote to warn about the subtle arguments and false teachings that threatened to undermine the Colossian 's faith.
Avoiding the temptation to simply coast on her powerful voice, Case eschews the obvious and instead imbues her music with subtlety and atmosphere.
The room was painted a subtle shade of pink.
They have taken the technical demands and passion from the past and recast them with subtle chicano influences - the cumbia and conjunto music that they grew up listening to - so they sound fresh.
He exaggerated the hips with panniered silk skirts, and skirts were stiffened into subtle bell shapes.
Tie an oversize scarf (about forty-five inches wide by fifty or sixty inches long) or pareo around your lower waist (just below your natural waistline) and do a loop square knot tie above the center of one leg. Push the knot lower on your body, forming a subtle angle. “I Don’t Have a Thing to Wear”
So our old natures rebel and we let them know in subtle little ways that they are a bother.
A new liberty will arise, so the monitory promise goes, not in any freedom from constraints too subtle for the hungry to perceive, but in class consciousness.
This starkly produced single combines a sultry female vocal with hypnotic electronics and shows Tricky at his subtle best. The Sun
Who can deny Stephen Lang was one fantastic bad ass however 'cliched' he might have been and I loved Sam Worthington's gentle, subtle style of acting. Avatar: The Good and The Bad
None of the artists or pictures has caught the deep, though subtle and indirect expression of this man's face.
Some people aren’t comfortable displaying their affection in screamingly obvious ways, but this doesn’t mean that they don’t care – they simply prefer to be more subtle. Hopeless Romantic « Happy Healthy Hip Parenting
Kennedy's trademark fascination with violence, both physical and psychological, animates these stories in alternately bold and subtle guises: the literal bloodshed in "What Becomes" and "Story of My Life" complements the romantic heartbreak in "Edinburgh" and "Sympathy. Review of What Becomes by A.L. Kennedy
I can safely say this: the English-speaking voice actors are bad, laying it on thick and heavy, without an ounce of subtlety.
It's been bruited about by well-known theologians, sharp-tongued satirists and social critics (Mark Twain among others), but it's not really a very subtle point: The life of eternal blessedness sounds boring.
My Munchurian Chicken was mild, the chicken complemented by a subtle sauce flavoured with onions, garlic, ginger, finely chopped herbs and plenty of pepper.
Angela delivers a dressing-down that is fierce but remarkably subtle.
The result is a vodka with silken, subtle flavors that, unlike most, can be served at room temperature rather than chilled and can be drunk as a digestive as well as in a martini or a mixer.
Subtle and understated, he acts and shouts his way through scenes with inimitable style.
Los Angeles To conservator Sue Ann Chui at the Getty Museum, the 518-year-old wooden panel painting on her easel is a study in the subtle science of art. As Art Ages, So Do the Skills to Preserve It
The depersonalization was his subtle way of expressing his low opinion of the individual. The Alibi
There seems to be a subtle hint that Edwards is an ambitious showboater who just wants to be president. Compare And Contrast: Hillary Camp's Approach To Obama Vs. Approach To Edwards
You need to be subtle and sensitive in family situations and personal relationships, as people tend to get hurt easily and misunderstand you.
I would point to Francis Fukuyama's insightful "The End of History", which was only been flawed by assuming that the US was a real democracy --- and not a very subtle, guileful ruling-elite 'corporate financial Empire' disguising itself behind the facade of this two-party 'Vichy' sham of democracy. Coming Soon-- Riots in America?
And not just pregnant - she even tracks down a back-alley abortionist (played with lip-smacking subtlety by singer Macy Gray) who nearly kills her. Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: For Colored Girls
It left a subtle, glossy sheen. Times, Sunday Times
Lumpy Yukon gold mash goes underneath, as does subtle roasted garlic bordelaise.
While likely futile, the effort to stop showrooming is an understandable if sometimes unsubtle reaction to fears of death by a billion clicks.
You put things out in the world hoping that it might be relevant to someone, but these things are subtle, imperceptible.
Gillian Anderson is supremely self-contained, demonstrating a subtlety in her performance that mirrors the style of the film.
Again, just read his posts: There is nothing subtle aboutthem. The Volokh Conspiracy » Andrew McCarthy Sticks to His Guns (And He May Be Pointing Them at You Next)
The final mechanism of inequality, distantiation, is the most subtle of all: the mechanism or channel most difficult to pin down morally and politically. Open Democracy News Analysis - Comments
Perhaps it was a subtle way of keeping travelling women safe from that eternal danger, The Attentions of Foreign Men.
A subtle mix of freshly squeezed lemons and just-picked pineapples are ready to pleasure the tastebuds.
The novel has a compelling though unsubtle eloquence.
Comfortable and durable, these smart sneakers are made from subtle leather and feature fine stitching, with matching rubber toecap and midsole.
subtle, multivalent allegory
Histories make men wise ; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
Linear simplicity, naive spontaneity, subtlety of tones and interesting techniques mark his abstracts.
Suddenly the writer remembers the nameless malady of the poor — that mysterious disease which the rich share but cannot alleviate, which is too subtle for doctors, too incurable for Parliaments, too unpicturesque for philanthropy, too common even for sympathy. The Greatest Thing in the World And Other Addresses
Honest-to-goodness maraschino liqueur, by contrast, is subtle and elusive, and a sly way to add just a hint of sweetness to an otherwise unsugared drink. Hemingway's Daiquiri
Broccoli's subtle equation of masculinity with violence is the dark side of machismo.
Subtle it ain't, dark and humorous it often is. Times, Sunday Times
And aside from an overwrought moment or two, all four actors turn in gracefully subtle and passively implosive performances.
Smooth and very drinkable, this delivers subtle notes of aniseed, liquorice, spice and lemon peel.
The barrels' subtle blue-grey colors result from charcoal bluing.
The work conveys a subtle depth and a play of light worthy of a Morandi still life.
I miss subtle changes in language over a magazine's course.
When researchers controlled for socioeconomic factors, the differences were more subtle but still there.
In order to understand the subtle emptiness, one must understand the subtle dependent origination, that is, the dependent designation. Shantideva's Compendium of Precepts (Laptu) and A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (Chod-j
The choreographer's problem is how to make subtle or vigorous gesture visible to those on the other side of the footlights.
My very favorite skirt has a subtle ruffle along the hem, it's not ultra-girly but it gives it a little something extra.
Jillie leads me through an opening in the brush, a path lined with white knotweed and purple morning glories that opens up, just beyond the briers of blackberry vines that have long been picked clean by quail and finches, into a meadow lighted with goldenrod and sunlight against the rusty tops of tall grasses, striving against the subtle blues of the lobelia and the aggressive reds of jack-in-the-pulpits. Taxonomies
I am really talking about two intertwined strands--which I referred to as the subtle/subversive body earlier. Archive 2007-08-01
If she were such an abyss of insincerity as to dissemble distrust under such frankness, she must at least be more subtle than to bring her doubts to her rival for solution.
These are cooler climes and produce more subtle flavors than there counterparts from the Barossa. The state of Australian wine – and Landmark Australia | Dr Vino's wine blog
All the texture and subtlety of the script are brought out by a magnificent cast.
The smoky flavour adds a subtle but beautiful twist to this delicious dish. The Sun
The subtle veining and white of the stone make the panels look extremely delicate, parchment-like, with an aura of fragility much like stained glass.
And the perfumed balm inside does feel silky to the touch, giving a subtle sheen. Times, Sunday Times
More modern laser techniques allow much more subtle experiments to be applied to both small and large unstable molecules in flow systems.
Despite the company's effortlessly dramatic and often vivid characterizations under the astute direction of Mr. Ratmansky—not least the riveting yet often subtle portrayal by Diana Vishneva as the title figure—this "Anna Karenina" lacks the musical, motor energy to suggest depth beneath the pantomimed surface. Forgoing the Classics, but Still Nothing New
Certainly in Paris one sees very conspicuously the absence of the love of flowers; or, rather, one may say that for the subtle and inventive children of the Ile de France the flower is artificial, and what we call flowers are merely an insipid and subordinate variety, "natural flowers," having their market in a remote and deserted corner of the city, whereas in Barcelona the busiest and central part of the city is the Rambla de las Flores. Impressions and Comments
Fourthly, there is a subtle, but powerful alliteration in the fourth line of the second strophe, ‘Amidst an ocean full of flying fishes’.
Rather, it is all part of a slow and subtle revolution in the mentality of owners and riders. Times, Sunday Times
The gravelly whir of wheels on pavement is subtle, while motorcycle engines throb and roar.
Subtle tonal variations are evident in bands of pavers that form a grid pattern.
At daybreak the sun rose, bringing with it all the mutable, fierce, subtle colors of the world, restored, brought back to life, reborn. THE BIRTHDAY OF THE WORLD
It never occurred to that subtle, devious mind that an outward display of frankness might be more mendacious than any evasion. THE THORN BIRDS
You may know me as an exactingly subtle novelist who peels away the artifices of European civilization to expose the twitching nerves of the human animal.
It is like that subtle something which we call electricity; we can play with it, command it, lead it, neutralise it and die of it, make light and heat with it, or language and sound, kill with it and cure with it, while absolutely ignorant of its nature. The Witch of Prague
The most effective combinations offer variety and subtlety; one makes inroads, the other exploits them. Times, Sunday Times
He teaches that essential oils can also be used to balance the subtle energy forces in the body similar to acupuncture.
Perhaps change in molar structure reflects subtle changes in food habits to softer, more easily masticated foods, but with no significant shift in other niche requirements as might be reflected in changing tooth and hence body size.
This raises a subtle but essential point.
It's more the kind of book you want to go back and read again in more detail taking notes and picking up on the subtleties and connections you know you missed.
Such heartening gestures are subtle but meaningful tokens of unity.
Airy, instantly accessible but surprisingly subtle music covering ground between modem mainstream and bebop and featuring Barnes alongside trumpeter Adams.
Negative thinking is subtle and deceptive. It wears many faces and hides behind the mask of excuses. It is important to strip away the mask and discover the real, root emotion. Robert H. Schuller
Like its counterpart on the other side of the platter, this audio track is very weak and also seems to have a subtle hum in the background.
Brown conjectured that sharks use their supersensitive gel to detect these subtle boundaries.
The subtle interactions between magnetohydrodynamics and high-frequency plasma waves involving transverse and longitudinal modes are investigated.
Requiring drug tests of this discrete group of citizens is an intrusion, a humiliation and a subtle deterrent to prospective candidates.
Nor, I think is it anything to do with the boobook, as the subtle brown owl we called the mopoke is more properly known. The Kookaburra II
For the girls, the colours are subtle with rainbow blocks, patchwork, topstitching, embroidery and prints in a variety of style.
‘White Moon’ is a slow piano paean, stinging with maracas, moonlight-sonata piano, and subtle drums.

How To Use Subtle In A Sentence

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