It sounds abstract, yet it is anything but.

That this reality arose in the mind sounds too abstract and prosaic.

There is no way around the fact that it sounds abstract, yet this is the reality of how the soul operates.

Metallic cir- cuits or concentration made him sound abstract; too far away to be reached.

The muffling of his voice made him sound abstract.

Nick sounded abstract, think- ing about something else.

That sounds abstract; at the drop of a hat, Wheeler gets down to brass tacks.

Put like that, his theme may sound dauntingly abstract.

While that distinction may sound abstract, it lets physicists account for all known matter in the universe.

If this sounds forbiddingly abstract, rest assured that the actors here keep you grounded in a heartbreaking emotional reality.