leitmotiv
- a variation of leitmotif.
Example Sentences
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Williams recalls the question, frivolous Millicent Dillon and terror-stricken, as her leitmotiv.
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Indeed, not only Thong Nhat was the leitmotiv of the long-winded harangues, but it was visible every day in Hanoi on newly renamed hotels, cafes, streets and the capital's largest park.
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Therefore I trust that the defense of that freedom will become a leitmotiv of the European Security Conference.
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Hallucination again, the decade's leitmotiv of illusion: now you see it, now you don't.
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It is necessary to discuss as briefly as may be the leitmotiv, because with Lohengrin Wagner first began to use it with serious purpose.
From Richard Wagner Composer of Operas by Runciman, John F.
