The sonatas which he wrote for them have astonishing power, and are a mixture of littering elegance and deep profundity. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
The profundity of the mine was almost a mile. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
To a person with a more objective stance, of course, the profundity is easily recognized. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Pi Day] Reference
Well, I like to juxtapose that with the gaga-profundity from the Matrix, where the little Buddha-nature kid bending the spoons with mind power says to Neo, "There is no spoon.". From Wordnik.com. [intertribal: comprehensive review of way too many movies] Reference
What do you get when you combine Josh Groban's multi-platinum vocals with the "profundity" of Kanye West's Twitter feed?. From Wordnik.com. [VIDEO: Josh Groban Makes Music with Kanye's Tweets] Reference
It is this mental profundity which is the main thing to remember about the Duke of Devonshire. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography] Reference
It is a clumsy and crude speculation, easy to be grasped by the superficial mind, and with an air of profundity which is entirely deceptive. From Wordnik.com. [The Complex Vision] Reference
The "profundity" of Browning, so dear a claim in the eyes of the poet's fanatical admirers, exists, in their sense, only in his inferior work. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Robert Browning] Reference
That kind of profundity is mostly the province of 9-year-olds, and the response from a couple of pros has caused you to stamp your little foot. From Wordnik.com. [AMERICAN DIGEST] Reference
That's not at all a decision based on perceived quality, or vision - all the Ballard work I have read has been full of profundity, meaning, and most of all - entertainment. From Wordnik.com. [Comments for Ballardian] Reference
From worlds before and after -- "there is more" profundity "in any of these than in libraries of" Sludge the Medium "literature. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Robert Browning] Reference
His life was a horror unexampled in its profundity. From Wordnik.com. [Drolls From Shadowland] Reference
But we have not arrived at the profundity of the maxim. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
In the Clinton Chronicles, parody and profundity exist side by side. From Wordnik.com. [The Longest Goodbye] Reference
Bakahenzie grunted his acknowledgment of the profundity of the statement. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
Because it invites a kind of self-reflection and profundity that makes me squirm. From Wordnik.com. [Pi in the Sky] Reference
There was a profundity of feeling in them, wistful, acknowledging, deeply speculative. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of a Star] Reference
Satire, adventure, sadness and profundity — and a bizarrely modern 400-year-old book. 4. From Wordnik.com. [Books: Kurt Andersen] Reference
But one day Akiba gave him his first answer and R. Eliezer was astounded at its profundity. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
And listening to her breathe fire and profundity into these songs, I'm grateful for that, too. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Return' of Soul Singer Bettye LaVette] Reference
She hasn't tried to turn the Disney cartooniverse into a Serious Symphony of mythic profundity. From Wordnik.com. [A Magic Kingdom] Reference
Mostly, however, the press releases simply attempt to endow the art with undeserved profundity. From Wordnik.com. [Bad Publicity] Reference
But in any large quantity the Nutmeg may produce sleep of such a profundity as to prove really dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
And each book gains in profundity, I think, in relation to what's around it and what you gather around it. From Wordnik.com. [The Joys Of Reading Many Books At Once] Reference
This response of the schoolboy lies at the bottom of all the spurious profundity which has been attributed to. From Wordnik.com. [The Short-story] Reference
The physician, waiting until the rest had turned away, stood for a few minutes alone, gazing into that profundity. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
The immensity and profundity of the universe and the mysterious growth of its hidden life held and enthralled him. From Wordnik.com. [When Dreams Come True] Reference
Besides his humour and acuteness, besides even his profundity, I find in him an exceptional power of individualizing. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
Above them all the sky was almost incredibly blue -- an intense ultramarine of extraordinary clearness and profundity. From Wordnik.com. [The Furnace of Gold] Reference
That's a lot of profundity for some very small shoulders (and some might say it has the ring of a greeting-card platitude). From Wordnik.com. [New and noteworthy paperbacks] Reference
There is one very distinguishing mark set on Earle's characters, the profundity of the analysis that accompanies the sketch. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
He thinks on an international scale and with a profundity that often dwarfs associates who are by no means pygmies themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The United States Since the Civil War] Reference
The modern stuff, unarmored with the profundity of passing centuries, is thought to be baffling at best, downright ugly at worst. From Wordnik.com. [In Defense Of High Art] Reference
It had all the power and profundity of the male voice, but it was as subdued, as flawless and sympathetic as a distant, deep-toned bell. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
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