1.   Motifs Composers have sometimes used a recurring motif or melodic phrase to establish the atmosphere of a piece.

2.   Aisha Benjamin and Kevin Ormsby are part of the first ensemble, which has a recurring motif of bending down with one heel extended, toes up.

3.   I was interested in seeing what could be seen, especially recurring decorative motifs, shapes and techniques.

4.   Other recurring motifs are shoes, lovers, loss, family, slaves and masters, home, water and chickens.

5.   Since the row also happens to be a recurring motif associated with Dorian Gray and his portrait, it acts as both a large- and small-scale unifying device.

6.   The distinctive hat-like steeple of the medieval village church of Gelmeroda is a recurring motif.

7.   The wink is a recurring motif.

8.   This is a philosophical biography whose intuitive musings embrace gardening as the recurring motif.

9.   To investigators who have spent years staring at this maddening puzzle, the recurring wood motif suggested its own swarm of possibilities.

10.   Water is a recurring motif, and hardly a cleansing agent.