To The Shadow, however, there were subtle, hidden threads in the fabric of evidence that had been woven against Donald Powlden.

A feature of their compositions is the subtle thread of humour which underpins most of their work.

He heard the subtle underlying thread of pain in her voice and touched her arm.

Wolff also praised the track, "The Awareness of Nothing" for its "subtle threads of feminism".

The memory is the subtle thread of this set of objects, and also of the museum.

But there are subtler threads in my writing, many times things that I am not aware of, that are pointed out by critics or friends.

It was like turning a leaf of the past and finding the subtle thread which connects it with the present.

One could feel subtle threads of complicity, ambivalence, suppressed love and hate between Rhys's characters even as they spoke casual words apparently without importance.

Mr. Geisel also wove subtle threads of social consciousness into his work.

"You know where we're going," Silence said, almost gently, weaving a subtle thread of compulsion into her words.