1.   And the sense of life ebbing away in the lush string writing of the finale could hardly have been made more palpable.

2.   The focus is on tasteful arrangements, with lush strings, tinkling bells and celestial female choruses backing the crooning of Perry Como and Eddie Fisher.

3.   The Lutoslawski, with its lush string textures interrupted by solid, dissonant bursts, follows as a reluctant balm.

4.   The Vaughan Williams, for example, might on its surface seem a foolproof bath of lush string writing in which antiquity and romanticism mingle.

5.   An orchestra of lush strings is augmented by traditional Chinese instruments, including snakeskin fiddle, bamboo flute and hand drum.

6.   But his style was relaxed enough that when the Nashville Sound era of lush strings and background vocalists came along, he was one of the first to adapt.

7.   For example, the clock-like section of the funeral-march movement was too wound down following a wonderfully flowing fugue of lush string playing.