Democrats said the budget failure was a vivid sign of Republican disarray.

It shakes your sense of youth with vivid signs of aging - little wrinkles around the eyes or lips, age spots, maybe some sagging skin.

A Student of Prices One particularly vivid sign of the times was the wooden-faced woman looking through handbags.

The incident is perhaps the most vivid sign yet of how Hollywood studios are trying to reform their history of free spending.

Perhaps the most vivid sign that Aeroflot is becoming more of a Western-style airline is the attitude of its regular customers.

Voter apathy has been one of the most vivid signs of public disengagement and discontent with what has become virtually a one-party state.

Casualty rates were the most vivid sign of this disaster.

The decision was a vivid sign of Russia's confidence in its ability to stabilize the economy.

Perhaps the most vivid sign of Duncan's resurgence was with 4 minutes 46 seconds to play in regulation.

That change is a vivid sign of progress and also an occasion for gnawing regret.