But his face was beautifully controlled, giving nothing away.
It was a calm, beautifully controlled collection that attracted its own corps of admirers.
Publishers Weekly called the novel "inventive", "steeped with specific details" and "beautifully controlled".
It is so beautifully controlled that even the love scenes, though steamily photographed, have a kind of innocence about them.
It was all beautifully controlled by Honeck, who also brought a clarity to the rather galumphing finale, but one inevitably wanted more.
The contrasts were beautifully controlled, moving from high climax through floating melody to humorous dance.
There was an air of beautifully controlled sexuality about it, like a very formal seduction.
Her sound was beautifully controlled and modulated right up to, if just not quite into, the conclusive high note of each long section.
The tension up to this point is beautifully controlled by the writer.
Quicksilver dynamic shifts were beautifully controlled, and intonation remained rock-solid.