| 单词 | style |
| 例句 | ‘None of it is in the classic style,’ he whispered, ‘but it will have to do.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t think about the hair style or the clothes or anything. Just think about the face.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He was one of those young men who affected a style of dress that mimicked the well- tailored gangsters in American movies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It is cut short, in the same block style as the rest of the eighty girls, and makes her look like a young boy. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “His stage presence is awful, and he has no sense of style.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Her style, it swept before her like conviction. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Hair textures range from loose curls to needle-straight to corkscrew curls to waves to zigzag coils, and the styles showcase each new hair-tower trend. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They had reached a large house, built in the style people called Queen Anne. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Her thinning, curly white hair was styled into a kind of old lady Jew-fro. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Another is to use the guiding metaphor behind classic style, vision. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I took one big triangle of cake on my fork and ate it real slow, but Jay ate his half of the slice like it was going out of style. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Her hair is deep black and perfectly styled. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z They chose a uniform style, neoclassical, meaning the buildings would have columns and pediments and evoke the glories of ancient Rome. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “You want to see a photo? I have that style in my album.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Harry thought he recognized Luna’s style: The effect, in such an enclosed space, was slightly overwhelming. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Antidepressants will go out of style, and filthy jokes will enjoy a much-deserved comeback. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z His hair was the same color, cut military style. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "Maybe 'old-fashioned' refers to her fashion style," Ranee says. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Despite my size, I drive to Minneapolis and walk around the large department stores, taking notes about how they create their window displays, trends in colors and styles that haven’t filtered up to us yet. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The goal of classic style is to make it seem as if the writer’s thoughts were fully formed before he clothed them in words. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “I was hoping I could find a similar style of ‘treasure map,’ one that was all words.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She had a trident in one hand and a weighted net in the other—classic gladiator style. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In classic style, the writer credits the reader with enough intelligence to realize that many concepts aren’t easy to define and that many controversies aren’t easy to resolve. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z We sit in the styling chairs and watch it when business is slow, which isn't really that often. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The same stereo that Uncle Darnell played the Coasters and the Orlons on even when those records went out of style. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The owner of the house, Mr. Gitney, or as he styled himself, 03-01, had a large head and little hair and a dollop of a nose. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Fadi read that Clive’s trademark photography style was “capturing the essence of human diversity, cultures, struggles, and joy.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Mine is covered with peacock feathers and rhinestones, which is not really my style, but I’ll go with it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Tal’s style was filled with wild, inspired combinations, intuitive sacrifices, and pyrotechnics. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The fact that the same joke, the same style, has no effect in France or England or Italy makes this contention valid. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z While I abhorred the notion of British imperialism, I never rejected the trappings of British style and manners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bobby really didn’t need Lombardy since their styles were so dissimilar. Lombardy was an enormously gifted, intuitive positional player but not a well-prepared player like Bobby. Bobby’s strength was the inexorability of his tactics.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Our Father forgot, for fishing in the style of modern redneck Georgia you need your ice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z These are the ones that repeatedly turn up in style guides, pet-peeve lists, newspaper language columns, irate letters to the editor, and inventories of common errors in student papers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And their styles on the board were just as divergent. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The style of teaching was Socratic in nature; ideas and theories were elucidated through the leaders asking and answering questions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Luce even analyzed my prose style to see if I wrote in a linear, masculine way, or in a circular, feminine one. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The set was styled after a New England farmhouse, with mock Shaker furniture and antique farm equipment, pitchforks and so forth, hanging from the clapboard backdrop. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The July 6 memo was written in a style that her colleagues think of as quintessential Terryl: deeply passionate but somehow dispassionate enough, and just to the point. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Oh, me too. I think that’s my favorite hair. A drag queen out in Odessa styled that wig for me. Took him a week to get it just right.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And Miss Love just about died as Aunt Carrie said, “Rucker, is it the style in New York these days for a lady to dance by herself?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The grandeur of the ornate glass structure, built in the Beaux Arts style in the early twentieth century, makes one think it must have at one point been a playground for royalty. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Edward helped me into his car, being very careful of the wisps of silk and chiffon, the. flowers he’d just pinned into my elaborately styled curls, and my bulky walking cast. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I like the style, but it's not as good of a buffer as my curls used to be. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Inside are bags of clothing, in various sizes and American styles, to outfit clients so they no longer stand out. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z There’s Rose, one of the other black girls here, who I thought I’d become friends with because on my first day we talked about our braids and swapped ideas for styles. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z That is a hallmark of classic style, or for that matter any good style. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “You can’t teach a rhinoceros tricks,” he had explained in his brief and vigorous style. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z A succession of heretical readings o/Paradise Lost, television chocolate ads, and styling decisions for emporia of “adult toys” indicates, Milton wasn’t the only one of whom Blake’s remark could have been made. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Classic style is confident about its own voice. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z So not all of decorum comes under the heading of style. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I sat on a bench overlooking the court, mesmerized by their impeccable styles. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then, for the first time since he had lain down, Zooey, with his eyes still shut, compressed his lips—very much, as a matter of parenthetical fact, in the habitual style of his mother. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Finally he did shake hands, but in a cool way, American style. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He took to kicking a football, soccer style, into a small net that he set up in our backyard. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I thought he was making it that way on purpose, just to go with his whole style. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He didn’t, of course, because that wouldn’t be subtle at all, and not Miles Richter’s style. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She is starkly attractive, with brown hair cut extremely short, the sort of style that would have looked disastrous on most women. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As I watched, it became clear to me that everyone had their own styles and techniques. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I’m surprised by Dr. Cooke’s paintings, though; judging from her elegant style, I thought she’d have better taste in art. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z You’re not allowed to style down in the school but he kept at it and the hallway teachers got on his case. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z What there was was hot dogs, Coney Island style, as that term was used in Detroit, meaning they were served with chili sauce and onions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Now I do not doubt that Mr Neighbours had good organizational skills; he did, I understand, mastermind a number of large occasions with conspicuous style. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z If the same song, the same joke, the same style sweeps through all parts of the country at once, it must be that all Americans are alike in something. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked at him, puzzled, and he explained, checking on his fingers in his lecture style. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z "It was supposed to be a surprise. I was searching for vintage styles to present to you," I lie. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Now, moving through the crowds along 125th Street, I was painfully aware of other men dressed like the boys, and of girls in dark exotic-colored stockings, their costumes surreal variations of downtown styles. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Some style guides, such as Joseph Williams’s excellent Style: Toward Clarity and Grace, provide a formula. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It was crafted in an older style, not as sophisticated as he was used to, but he instantly felt a deep attachment to it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Many years later, Bobby indicated that during those speed games Petrosian’s style of play had bored him “to death,” and that was why he’d wound up losing more than he won. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s interesting, actually, sort of a military style with bold black buttons. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z They seem to be a matter of perspective: the more remote or alien the period, the more clear-cut the period style—and the more limited our knowledge and understanding. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Fleming and Smith withstood the onslaught in good style, particularly Fleming, who, wearing a bold red tie and an abiding smile, endured Shultz with gentlemanly resignation. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Classic style also differs subtly from plain style, where everything is in full view and the reader needs no help in seeing anything. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He grabbed Bri and lifted her over his shoulder, firefighter style. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “It’s just that the two styles don’t fit together.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The New England states use a terse form of instruction, a tight-lipped, laconic style sheet, wasting no words and few letters. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She finishes braiding my hair into an elaborate style that makes me look as though I have horns. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His coat was black and white, penguin style. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They had chosen well, she had to admit, at least as far as style and fit went. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In the same self-consciously jocular style he soon began to refer to his Quincy estate as “Montezillo,” which he claimed meant “very little mountain,” in deference to Jefferson’s Monticello, which meant “little mountain.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Instead they were ominously dressed in military style, black boots with black pants and vests. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She was pretty, mature for her age, and even the straight silhouette styles couldn’t hide her figure. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Second, the quotation above gives a true flavour of Galileo’s style and personality. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Clothes from five years ago, a braid long out of style. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was barely furnished with odd things, which seemed to have never been used; the furniture was something the same style as that in the south rooms, and was covered with dust. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Peeta withdraws from Caesar, pulling back his hands, running them through his hair, mussing his carefully styled blond curls. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When Helgi Olafsson, a grandmaster, asked him how he liked living in the country, Bobby answered in his typical Calvin Coolidge style: “Good.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She took great pride in her hair, changing its style and color to fit her mood. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was hard not to be dazzled by his style. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z According to them, I was too enthusiastic, too preppy, and my teaching style was too unorthodox. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He was learning how to match the feeling he had about an object with what was formally understood about its style and background and value. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Two more had their heads clapped together, cartoon style. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Her hair had come loose and fallen out of its elaborate style. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z His place seemed to me a small palace; his women really kept him in style. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z With thousands of spectators appraising each player’s sartorial—as well as strategic—style, the match moved from Bled to Zagreb and ended in Belgrade. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Museum signs explain how the shard in the showcase fits into a classification of pottery styles rather than who made it or what it was used for. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Conventional racing wisdom holds that a horse’s natural running style cannot be altered. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z That would slow their time and perhaps cramp their style. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The Jefferson style was to evade, maintain pretenses, then convince himself that all was well. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I was jarred and shocked by the style, the clear, clean, sweeping sentences. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His clothes had gone out of style, so that he looked like an extra in a gangster movie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Percy looked better, except he was carrying a tie-dyed man satchel from R.O.F.L.—definitely not his style. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He participated enthusiastically in their demonstrations, wearing a uniform with the swastika emblem and marching with his knees unbent in the goose-step style, like the Nazis that he fully supported. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The enormous white-columned hotel, built in the classical revival style, sprawled on a manicured estate in the middle of White Sulphur. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She had raven hair, styled Joan-of-Arc short, and appeared to be in her late teens or early twenties. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Like most advice on style that is couched as a commandment rather than an explanation, the flat directive to avoid negations is almost useless. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I swing my hand into the air, holding up my thumb hitchhiker style, and shout out, “Can I get a ride?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Throwing a punch—or a few, if Tyler’s face was evidence—wasn’t Toby’s style. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Now, that has some style and flair to it!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The advent of ffee-to-air music for the world's grateful millions would change the value, purpose and style of music more dramatically than any other development in its history. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Croy’s board wasn’t as fast as hers, and it didn’t know her style. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “People don’t have fortunes left them in that style nowadays, men have to work and women marry for money. It’s a dreadfully unjust world,” said Meg bitterly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Ultimately, though, the match wouldn’t be rendering a judgment on which player’s style was the best. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Theon's father numbered among his titles the style of Lord Reaper, and the Greyjoy words boasted that We Do Not Sow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A small red number—a zero—printed in the same style as the ones I'd seen underneath the porch of our house and under the banks of our sector's lake. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Instrument, gender and musical style associations in young children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It was only in the Seniors, really, we’d started to appreciate her brisk style. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Good articulation comes naturally to the musician who has mastered the instrument and the style of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The other problem, in addition to the less-than-nurturing management style, is that this job shows no sign of being financially viable. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She spoke to an audience of about fifteen in a quick, nervous style that suited the unornamented old lecture hall in which we were seated. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z It was a day of great celebration and dancing, in American and Dinka style. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair is styled in two braids and her gaze is distant. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Newton’s style of differentiation was based upon fluxions—the flows—of mathematical expressions that he called fluents. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I think we all sort of wanted to go out in style. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Every single hair on my neck stands in military style. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z But he added something of his own—and it was this that helped tether his high style to something more conversational. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Develop a style for indicating that it is your turn to sing or their turn to sing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Margaret's handwriting was the smooth, round style used by the older generation of schoolteachers, which is exactly what Margaret was before she became an elementary school principal, which is what she was before she retired. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He was a little disappointed that the car was not so expensive as he had hoped, but what it lacked in price was more than made up for in color and style. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Okay, the first week of school Mrs. Henry, our English teacher, said we had to write poems in the style of some famous poet. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the style of each varied in crudity, the subjects of the paintings were relatively similar: camellias floating in bowls of water, azaleas tortured into ambitious flower arrangements, magnolias that looked like white windmills. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The prison had been built in 1805—in Napoleon’s day— and was even styled after the Bastille. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I celebrate myself and sing myself....He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z After receiving his doctorate at Berkeley, Wilson fled to Princeton, which then was more accommodating to solitary inquiry in the old style. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The style of a Hodges was different from that of a Wallace, but the result was the same. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z We practiced bowing, and then we were all sitting down Native American style, and then Sensei Mark asked me to go over to him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z A guide on the right-hand side of the page recommended various styles based on body type. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I memorized the Gothic style of the writing the hue of the ink, traced the stamp, and made note of the terms used. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The groups also differed in leadership style and philosophy. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z At the Goupil gallery he's also trying to persuade his bosses to see the value of this new Impressionist style: the use of color, light, brushstrokes, the freedom, the originality. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I note what the girls my age are wearing and the style of their hair and the subject of their conversations, and I work hard to banish my foreignness, to make friends, to fit in. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps the oldest and most widely popular of these styles are the ones that join European and African musical traditions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z My third selection, also related to death, showcases yet another tone and style, and stands as further proof that good writing does not fit into a single formula. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Much advice on style is stern and censorious. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The Gillian addressing the crowd was styled and polished like a TV pundit. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z And that, we shall see, is a key ingredient in the sense of style. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Her hair was half up, still styled for prom, and her legs were tan. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z To make Good Boys work—and to get it to Nebraska—Volpe is going to have to coax performances from actors of vastly different abilities and styles. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z What classic style does is explain them as if they were objects and forces that would be recognizable to anyone standing in a position to see them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Accordingly, we speak of “period styles” if we are concerned with those features which distinguish, let us say, Egyptian art as a whole from Greek art. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z If you want to get more out of life, Ron, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew their music; I didn't know their styles. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Level of style won’t help you here: unlike the alternatives set apart by other pseudo-rules in the oral tradition, neither which nor that is more formal than the other. verbing and other neologisms. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z When he was wrestling, he had this look, the intense stare of somebody who wants to beat you, sure, but more than that he wants to eat you, caveman style. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Shorter works, even in classical style, are less likely to have complete modulations. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The school itself consisted of a cluster of two dozen or so graceful, colonial- style buildings, which included individual homes as well as dormitories, the library, and various instructional halls. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It may not be amiss to mention that a good judge of style could often recognize a knight in armour, even if be was disguised and bearing the vergescu. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Darwin called the book one long argument, and that’s what it was, but the style was accessible and readable. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Within these broad period styles we in turn distinguish the styles of particular phases, such as the Old Kingdom. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Very much Alexander’s style, overly complicated and covert.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She brushed her hair back to its usual style and headed to her room to flop on her bed. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The bathroom, as was the style in very wealthy houses of those days, was a large room with a separate screened dressing area. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I was copying it again, trying at different writing styles, when he came back. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She said this touching her hand to her chest, as if she were referring to her style. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When he finally was able to scrutinize the draft, he found that it bore all the flaws of Teller’s oratorical style: it was too long, too argumentative, and too emotional. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Be careful,” said Missus Nedraw in the same ventriloquist style as the other frozen Fry residents. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There’s no reply He’s far too busy carrying out his casual, investigative style of sniffing. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z A few days before we left Manzanar Papa decided that since we had to go, we might as well leave in style, and by our own volition. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He has this style of drawing that’s all movement and sharp angles and bold pencil lines. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Only his suit has changed, updated to fit the current style. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the visual arts, style means the particular way in which the forms that make up any given work of art are chosen and fitted together. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Cool in that he had his own rockery style, procured from thrift stores and garage sales, not from Urban Outfitters knockoffs. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The style was made famous in Harlem by the pianistic wizard James P. Johnson, a quintessential stride performance of his being ‘Harlem Strut’ of 1921. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He had a breezy highway driving style, but when making any kind of maneuver he snapped into military action, pummeling the wheel with strong hands. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then he moved from rack to rack, grabbing any extra-small items for Felix and larges for himself: hoodies, sweatpants, tanks, T-shirts in every style and every color. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Her usual style was ignoring the haters, pretending they didn’t exist. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It was not the style of teenage West Virginia boys to wear a hat, except the black-felt kind with a feather in it, and then only at dances. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Reinforcing that interpretation of a single invention of pottery in the south and a spread from that one source, the style of the earliest Jomon pottery is fairly uniform over the whole of Japan. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He uses some of his drawing techniques in his painting, too—dashes and strokes, working to find the painting style that he likes best. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Gray-faced and fiftyish, she must be the apotheosis of “servant leadership” or, in more secular terms, the vaunted “feminine” style of management. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought it would be a distraction from my forehead, but the style bugs me now. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Steve would speak to the warders in a condescending and grandiloquent style that they probably did not understand. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We exchanged thrusts and parries, getting a feel for each other’s fighting style. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The portrait, in the style of Gainsborough, showed an aristocratic family—parents, two teenage girls and an infant, all thin-lipped, and pale as ghouls—posed before a vaguely Tuscan landscape. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “We gave him Wallace as a name. That’s a solid man’s style. This ‘Lolly’ sounds like you’re talking to your daughter.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The descriptions have to be vague, because articulation, besides depending on the instrument, also depends on the style of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z At first glance this style of numbering might not seem so bad, but it guaranteed trouble. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The simple but meandering melodic lines of plainsong were to exert a considerable influence on his composing style as he matured. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In the centuries before the Dragonlords came over the sea, they had sworn allegiance to no man, styling themselves the Kings in the North. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was tough to tell whether Diego had dressed up like a surfer for Halloween—wearing board shorts and a tank top—or if he was just trying on another style. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z To me it was like some moron jumping off a big building and styling for the camera on the way down. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The endeavour of these pioneers was a noble and timely one, and much of what they heard found itself reintegrated into new musical works and styles. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It had a lot more style than walking or being in a wagon pulled by a mule. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Incidentally I’ve taken your advice and resorted to the dictionary a lot lately, so if it cramps my style your to blame. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He had grown a little toothbrush mustache in the military style. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Our magazines always arrive so late that we are one or two months out of style. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The interceptors came up with descriptions of the fists and styles of the operators they were following. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z You can’t just sashay into the jungle aiming to change it all over to the Christian style, without expecting the jungle to change you right back. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There was one Ruth who was always trying to impress the veterans, who wouldn’t hesitate to ignore me, Tommy, any of the others, if she thought we’d cramp her style. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I do not know whether he influenced my prose style, but I could hope he did. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I dressed up for our New York date, putting on a black cocktail dress and lipstick, styling my hair in an elegant updo. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Some states use a turgid style which can get you lost with the greatest ease. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In this unfamiliar setting Vincent has to learn about art and how to sell it—prints, paintings, reproductions, old art, newer art, art of different styles. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Have you ever thought to tell your parents how you feel and ask them to change your room? You’re older, and the style might not suit your current maturity level.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z They look like the originals, but different in a way that is so clearly my grandfather’s style. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He had bathing suits he had bought when long skirts and black stockings and head bandanas were in style. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In a photo I have of the day our new president came to visit the monument, I’m standing in front of the house, all made up, my hair in a bouffant style. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Oddly enough, it was furnished in exactly the same sort of style as Mrs. Figg’s house: There were crocheted covers on the mismatched chairs and a strong smell of cats. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The new musical style was already well under way by the time Mozart was a young composer, and he grew up in a Europe experiencing a sea change in cultural attitudes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “No one has trouble reading it. I really do not care to change my style.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to cramp your style, but maybe you could just humor us? Keep us in the loop about stuff where you can, and we’ll try not to be weird and obsessed.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z That title was held by another Eastern invention: the Babylonian style of counting. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Chicks dig a dude who’s sporting the latest eggplant turtleneck styles. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She was adept in creating any number of hair styles, but each one left her with a pinched and harassed look. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He had his own furniture there, brought out from the country house, but he’d chosen it carelessly and it was an atrocious mix of styles, upholstery, light and dark woods. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Partly it was my reputation, and partly Laura’s ballet style of dancing that helped to turn the spotlight—and the crowd’s attention—to us. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “What can possess him to come home in that style?” said Miss Ingram. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z What evolved was a style of building, known as “Chicago School,” that was not just handsome, but truly fire-resistant. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z If I couldn’t wear O’Dell’s suit, I was still going to show the National Science Fair at least a little Big Creek Missile Agency style. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He could leave office in the knowledge that his discredited policies and singular style had worked. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I have to admit, I prefer Elizabeth’s style. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Inside was a miniature painted in the vivid Myr- ish style, of a lovely young girl with doe's eyes and a cascade of soft brown hair. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the market, Lazlo bought himself a shirt and jacket in the local style, neither of them gray. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Even with his beeper which let him know who was trying to contact him, and his wheels which let him style around, he was in a kind of grave. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “It took me nearly an hour to do a style she liked,” Mama murmured. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The airy, oblique style in which it was written did little to dispel my feeling that there was more in it than met the eye. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Leo put his sandwich between his teeth, pirate style, and ran for the helm. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Grandfather found a small bag of roasted coffee beans the thieves had overlooked, and he cooked a pot for us, army style. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The other centre of operatic style in the nineteenth century was Paris, though French opera at that time was essentially a grander version of Italian opera. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The difference is just one of style: than I is more suited to formal writing, than me to writing that is closer to speech. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He borrowed old and new styles wherever he felt it appropriate and requisitioned the St Mark’s-style choral music for the big moments. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z New and regal houses were springing up all over town, each following strict style regulations and a color code, and bound by a ninety-nine-year covenant forbidding resale to anyone not approved by the neighborhood. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her black hair is cut chin-length and square, the same style as the rest of us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The neighborhood is older than ours, with aging ranch style homes, but a strip mall on the corner looks no different here than in my neighborhood. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Though he settled in France, the quality that most pervades Chopin’s style is homesickness for his native Poland. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Very soon, in any case, a new Italian sound was to dominate European music once again, leaving both the French opera and ballet styles in its wake. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “We could follow the tour. Keep our babies in little sacks. Papoose style. And sell weed.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Whoa. Put away the big words, bro. I’m not trying to get militant. Not my style. But new things are happening out there. It’s exciting.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Hadn't the prince run away in royal style! The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Sophia has her hair wrapped in a kerchief to protect her style from the wind. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The trained ear, he believed, could pick up the softness and flexibility of the female style. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Penelope knew little about fashion, but even she could see that Lady Constance’s tiered silk gown was of the most extravagant style. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z His tough and authoritarian leadership style was necessary in the wild where disease, Indian attacks, and the inhospitable environment relentlessly threatened everyone’s lives. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The Chief Rabbit’s name and style was Threarah, meaning “Lord Rowan Tree.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Napoleon read out the orders for the week in a gruff soldierly style, and after a single singing ot Beasts of England, all the animals dispersed. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Many musical styles have been invented that mix Western and Non-Western traditions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She never wore a kerchief, instead preferring to style her graying hair in a braid around the crown of her head. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z And suddenly he readjusted his style to what it once had been. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She seemed to buy not for color or style but for designer label size. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The talks were about the latest advances in electronics and Jobs, exercising a style that was a trademark of his personality, collared Hewlett-Packard engineers and drew additional information from them. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The challenge with older children is their desire to vocally imitate the pop singing style. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z She is a stately woman, the grace of a dancer still visible through her advanced age, along with her impeccable sense of style. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His punctuation began to improve, and he was careful to use his spell-checker, plus various online dictionaries and style guides. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The difficulty posed by negations has long been noted in style manuals. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The nuns would praise student papers for being neat—the handwritten letters easy for others to read; they promised that my writing style would improve as I read more and more. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor was it long and droopy in the walrus style. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z In some of his portraits he imitates the Japanese style he loves: framing the head in surprising ways, using strong colors. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I am amused that I know the styles. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Her style was rough; her people had heads too big for their bodies, but Jennifer liked the feel of drawing the same way some people enjoyed singing in their showers. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I’m feeling victorious so I humor her, even letting her redo my hijab in the latest style. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z From what Theo tells him, he’s beginning to grasp that the style is “something different from what I thought it was, but it’s still not entirely clear to me what one should understand by it.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I have mountains of style. I define style. I—I—” “My brother oozes style,” Otis suggested. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z On October 12, 1937, after a month’s rest, Seabiscuit resumed his winning ways in smashing style, bounding home first under 130 pounds in the rich Continental Handicap at New York’s Jamaica Race Track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The result was that the original hymn style became the purview of the shape note singing schools, mostly in the South, where they flourished for many years. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He dressed conservatively in the styles of the day: tailcoat, fine linen shirt with standing collar, and tall hat. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Composers of the mid- to late-eighteenth century limited themselves to a small choice of chords partly as a reaction to the harmonic style of their predecessors, but also to emphasise the primacy of the melody. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z "Perhaps the fabrics can transform the length and style of the dress throughout the ceremony," I say. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The newer ones—the latest additions the men put up now that the corn was picked—followed an identical style, with more spacious rooms, and were distributed on the property with more care. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But as much as I disliked Clarisse, spying for the Titans didn’t seem like her style. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Not a bad idea, Dad. Maybe we could get you some clothes with a little style. You look like you shop in the old-man department. I can drive you to the mall,” my mom offers. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Hammered into the bronze were pictures in Ancient Greek style, scenes from our adventures this summer. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z What I set down here is true until someone else passes that way and rearranges the world in his own style. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The hybrid keening-singing- declaiming style Stravinsky adopted was like no sound ever before heard in a concert hall or theatre. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The academy has chosen to ignore several independent artists who paint in a different style. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z His style, in effect, was not to have one. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He watched my facial expressions; he noted my style of argument. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z General Peckem laid great, fastidious stress on small matters of taste and style. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Figure 1.83: The performance of an accent depends on the style of music, but in general, sforzando and fortepiano accents involve a loud beginning to a longer note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I’ve had it cut in the fashionable style—fashionable for our town, at least—right above my shoulders. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z There was no arguing with the fact that even with his challenged sense of style, Barack was a catch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “So, like this, shake, a hand tap, and then you clutch my hand, let go, and high-five, then finger tap with style, and point. You’ll get it, sir, you’ll get it!” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z If not, he might have been remembered as a self-aggrandizing windbag with an old-fashioned speaking style and a love of the sound of his own voice. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z You have to hand it to the guy, he has style, even if he has the personality of a doorstop. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “Alright, ten. Copy’s due on Thursdays. And if I don’t like your style, I’m not printing it or paying you squat.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I choose mannequins out of a catalog that look like these girls, with pencil- thin eyebrows and rosebud lips and soft, wavy hairstyles, and dress them in the latest styles and colors. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Fingers crossed those road barriers our car flipped over, freak-accident style, have been repaired by now, but who knows. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Their delicate, showy hopefulness shooting from forsythia and lilac bushes meant only a change in whipping style. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z That idiotic Zen-hippie style of his turned out to be just right for a driving instructor. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He wore an old-fashioned suit—Abraham Lincoln style—with a bow tie and long coattails and stuff. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Two hundred on the runt! I like his style.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She had scribbled the words in her notebook at least twelve different times in various handwriting styles, from bubbly to elegant. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Lawrence, perfecting his style of Big Science, already was involved less in performing experiments than in managing his interdisciplinary staff. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Sweeney fought without style, without science, with nothing but enthusiasm for the fight itself: huge, barreling roundhouse blows that missed as often as they connected. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z For the last little shirt she was making for Muff’s baby, she’d cut a bit of muslin out in the traditional Mexican style. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But it’s better to keep in mind the guiding metaphor of classic style: a writer, in conversation with a reader, directs the reader’s gaze to something in the world. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z His tunes were firmly rooted in an easy-to-grasp, enchanting-to-sing Italian vocal style, so that ordinary folk really could leave the theatre humming. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It has nothing to do with how you wear your pants or how you style your hair. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The songs and sounds they’ve absorbed are part of western musical style, and are now part of the musical lingua franca or the music that is “normal” for them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z What kind of structures did he envision, and in what style? The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He still wore his hair in that funny style, his mustache seeming to curl up into his sideburns. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And then, to make matters worse, I heard my mother saying to Waverly: “True, cannot teach style. June not sophisticate like you. Must be born this way.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Sister Gladys had styled her hair and given her clear polish for her fingernails. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not the fashion, but it’s becoming, and I can’t afford to make a fright of myself,” she used to say, when advised to frizzle, puff, or braid, as the latest style commanded. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Karen said it showed a good understanding of Kandinsky’s style, but that I went overboard in composition. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Their other engagements were few, as the style of living in the neighbourhood in general was beyond Mr. Collins’s reach. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z His style was brassy and his temperament was bold. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Sure. I was just admiring your style. I guess you’ve had lessons.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “And how did that come to be your film style?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I was starting to realize that if I truly wanted to move to the next level, I was going to have to get used to this intensive style of training. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I resisted the urge to throw my arms out and spin in a wide circle, Sound of Music style. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Dunstaple was a composer with a new and enchanting style that everyone wanted to emulate, and musicians fell over themselves praising the startling new sound of English triads. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Perhaps you’re right, Judith. When I ride down Hartford way tomorrow I’ll take a good look at that house. Of course, you never know whether to risk a new style like that.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The campers dined Roman style, sitting on couches around low tables. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Every Thursday Art mounts a carefully planned military- style operation. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Pablo Picasso, another famous painter, who created a modem style that no one had ever seen before. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Fadi thought the new style looked nice on her but hadn’t had the nerve to tell her. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z If we imagine parallel organum as a train track winding across the landscape, the drone style looked more like a graph in which one line moves and the other stays constant. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But he is polite and has cleaned up his style. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pokers wrapped in pillowcases's more your style, weren't it?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The style of the clothing and the vintage leather boots suggested that the victim was European and that the corpse had lain on the mountain at least ten or fifteen years. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But what was it about Corelli’s ‘concerto’ style that so caught the imaginations of other musicians? The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Whereas bebop took from Christian’s playing style the inspiration of his free-flowing solos, rock and roll took the sound of his accompanying - ‘rhythm’ - guitar grooves. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It is not the woman herself they know, but her style of dress and something else. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Picture a four-foot-eleven praying mantis suffering from extreme malnutrition, with a long nose and glasses that were last in style when President Truman wore them. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z But aboard Old Nero, Roger quickly found that his freewheeling rowing style was more hindrance than help when it came to mastering the racing stroke that Tom Bolles and Al Ulbrickson taught in the 1930s. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A 1926 photograph shows him dressed in the same style as Hale, with a sharp suit and a hat—an itinerant farmer’s son transformed into a respectable businessman. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Had anyone paid real attention to her subject—and not the styling of her hair—he might have noticed that she was circling a monumental conceptual advance, albeit with deliberate caginess. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z With time, a few dozen regional styles developed over the 1,500-mile length of the Japanese archipelago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to Theo’s influence, to the artists he’s met, and to his own tenacious work, Vincent’s paintings are better than ever: they are imbued with color and light and Vincent’s own particular style. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Although styled professor of mathematics, his brief included what we would now call physics and was then called natural philosophy. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Durham’s tight housing market, combined with Oldham’s well-known dictatorial style, gave teeth to the threat. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z You don’t notice it as much when cops dress like soldiers because real soldiers carry themselves kind of like cops—the buttoned-up style, that righteous sort of edge. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned the next page and saw a second map, this one similar in style, but the focus was different. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Her style seemed to be stealth rather than an intimidating windup. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Also, she had a pattern book of the newest styles and would order patterns for anybody who wanted her to, and she showed the ladies how to fix their hair fashionable. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Despite differences in style, the three men worked well together and even shared an overlapping membership, with some of the milder members of C.P.'s organization forming the radical wing of High’s and Keith’s groups. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot was a good judge of style, because of his long practice. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Vincent is experimenting with different styles: aspects of pointillism, mixed with the more graphic approach of the Japanese paintings he loves. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Did you use that styling custard I suggested?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Her avatar’s dark hair was styled in a pageboy cut, perfectly framing her gorgeous face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She had read in a handwriting analysis book that this was the style of the self-assured. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z But something else is implied, which comes to the fore if we ask ourselves what we mean when we say that something “has no style.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z This usually meant, when I was younger, copying an author’s style. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It was more a hobby than a moneymaker, but the work satisfied her dual interests in art and in a certain, listlike style of writing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Any such attempt to define stages of any evolutionary or developmental continuum—whether of musical styles, human life stages, or human societies—is doubly doomed to imperfection. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Each part of Lkossa, it seemed, had its own style and character. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “At least were getting a fancy, Greek mythology-style death. They could have just given us quick bullets to the head. Now we get to die in style,” Tane said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Meanwhile the percussion instruments layer on another set of patterns, African style. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He wore his hair long, tied back with white cotton string in the old style the men used to wear. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “She has a very unique style. And she’s exceptionally smart,” he added with a wink. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He was wearing white linen trousers with a blue jacket styled like a sailor’s, which went beautifully with the blue skirt and white jacket of his wife’s tailored suit. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A helpful chart from the city categorized every home as a Tudor, English, or French style and laid out the appropriate colors for architects and homeowners alike. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Well. Various reasons. I remember he wanted to grow his hair out, keep it styled in long braids and ponytails. But his parents forced him to keep it buzzed. Stuff like that.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “They won’t dance for coins, they don’t care how you style yourself or what that chain of office means or who your grandsire was. They follow strength. They follow the man.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The advice to bring zombie nouns back to life as verbs and to convert passives into actives is ubiquitous in style guides and plain language laws. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She peeled down her cigarette Army style, and then started toward the pier. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z In any case, Ernest Lawrence, a man normally not given to introspection in the Oppenheimer style, struggled to set down his emotions on paper. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Keisha whispers to him, “Is that why you style your hair after him?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Emma was delighted, and only wanted him to go on in the same style; but his mind was the next moment in his own concerns and with his own Jane, and his next words were, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Arthur did so; he sent a full refund to each customer who canceled, and a personal note written in a cordial style. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Classic style overlaps with plain and practical styles. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She’d always pull back enough in her interactions with her classmates to give herself room to quietly observe them, so that when she got home she could practice imitating their accents, their idiosyncrasies, their style. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “This unassuming style promotes study, that’s why we adopt it,” returned Laurie, who certainly could not be accused of vanity, having voluntarily sacrificed a handsome curly crop to the demand for quarter-inch-long stubble. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually the dance elements of the Chaconne were abandoned altogether and the chord sequence alone remained in music of all styles and rhythms. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A trick rider had claimed that he could jump a car while riding two horses simultaneously, “Roman” style—a foot in one stirrup of each. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it's because her biceps are covered with colorful tattoos and her white-blond hair is cut short—a perfect style for her square face. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Classic style minimizes abstractions, which cannot be seen with the naked eye. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They have such varying degrees of color and shape and style. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z In 1936 Hubble produced a popular book called The Realm of the Nebulae, which explained in flattering style his own considerable achievements. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It took us even longer to get used to the Southern style of talking. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He made his name with ragtime but this style, as we saw in the previous chapter, was in the early 1920s being superseded all over America by jazz. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The regional variation in pottery styles suggests little progress toward political centralization and unification. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It is the most extreme example in his catalogue of another striking hallmark of his style. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “It’s just boring not being able to gossip with anyone. The boys were cute, but the girls there had no sense of style. Most of them were wearing the ugly brigaduita uniforms. Ugh.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z A perfect bedroom decorated throughout in the modern style. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “She’s the best! She wears bright colors and funky jewelry and her hair is all spiky. Mom says I get my sense of style from her.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Sometime around the fifth century AD, Indian mathematicians changed their style of numbering; they moved from a Greek-like system to a Babylonian-style one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Luis started walking, in his limping style, through the gate and down the sideline. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He breaks the pose and begins pacing the small room, trial lawyer style. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I wore it everywhere, emulating in my own way my father's prewar flair for style. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Anyway, Victoria is great at styling her hair and she promised she could style it to look like a rat’s nest to suit the character’s chaotic mind. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We know that in Jomon times it supported great regional diversity of subsistence techniques and of pottery styles and was never unified politically. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The other thing the eighteenth century saw, of course, was some radical shifts in the style of government. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The smell of weed lingers in the air and most of the people around drink 40s like it’s going out of style. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z This was the difficult part, because the Book expressed itself in such an enigmatic style. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Posters of beautiful women with hair in all sorts of styles cover the walls. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Roughly: the more “rhetorical” it sounds—the more stuffed with extended metaphors, elaborate verbal patterning, and five-dollar words—the higher the style. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The thematic coherence in Mueller’s exposition is a happy consequence of his use of classic style, particularly the imperative to show rather than tell. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A formal style that is appropriate for the inscription on a genocide memorial will differ from a casual style that is appropriate for an email to a close friend. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Burnham, obsessing as always over details, sought to decree the style and location of a fence for the wheel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “How devastating. How delightful. Chic cruelty never goes out of style.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In classic style the writer has worked hard to find something worth showing and the perfect vantage point from which to see it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Whereas the buildings of Sumer and Assyria were covered with brilliant mosaics and splendid pictorial murals, the Inka style was severe, abstract, stripped down to geometric forms—startlingly contemporary, in fact. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He was dressed in his usual Henry Huggins style, like a 1950s paperboy. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Carriages came in a wide variety of models, styles, and price ranges for commercial and private use. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “An Yi, you use facial cream every day. That is bourgeois ideology. And your long hair is, too. Shame on you. Why don’t you get your hair cut short in a revolutionary style?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Dressed in harlequin style with a grey mask, he juggles shiny silver balls that correspond to each hour. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Tally blinked through menus quickly, picking a style at random. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I outlined my speech, she listened, nodded, and rubbed her chin in true mayoral style. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Ragtime’s syncopation fed directly into an energetic, driving piano style of the 1920s known as ‘stride’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He teetered, in the name of style, on dandyism; he always wore primary colors, and his belt buckles were always large and prominent, like buckteeth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But best of all, I think, is the simple advice given by the style book of a national newspaper: that punctuation is “a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling”. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z We lived in a less grand style in Qunu, but it was in that village near Umtata that I spent the happiest years of my boyhood and whence I trace my earliest memories. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z China’s size and ecological diversity spawned many separate local cultures, distinguishable archaeologically by their differing styles of pottery and artifacts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I yawned and folded my legs, Indian style, as we put in the first blinds and Chas shuffled the non-Betch cards. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And like the tights, Dill thought she pulled them off in style. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I whirled my hand around helicopter style at all the groups talking and said, “They didn’t look up anything. They’re having discussions.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She didn’t have any particular style; some of her paintings were what she called primitive, some were impressionistic and abstract, some were realistic. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z That’s why guidelines on how to avoid legalese and other turbid professional styles call for using first- and second-person pronouns, inverting passives into actives, and letting verbs be verbs rather than zombie nouns. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A walled adobe compound styled after the historical missions. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It had been years since I had seen my mother and I was going to make it home in style! Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot had changed since the beginning of high school, including Sasha’s name, pronouns, and style of dress. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They were, after all, two of the most accomplished letter writers of the era, men who had fashioned over long careers at the writing desk distinctive prose styles that expressed their different personalities perfectly. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z This both reflected and gave rise to new styles of thinking. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Lincoln set a new standard for political oratory, but he didn’t abolish what went before—and the high style is still visible in Lincoln’s successors. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Today Zeitgeist, as the glue that holds period' styles together and accounts for their inner unity, is rarely invoked. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d often spend hours making sure the designers, colors, and styles we chose paid proper respect to the people and countries we visited. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Hilly’s wearing a red wool A-line dress with a cape coat over it, Sherlock Holmes—style, even though it’s hot as fire in here. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I had to read several of the letters he’d received first to pick up the stilted formal style of the day. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the story is told best by two Roman poets, Virgil and Ovid, in very much the same style. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond questions of appearance or language or personal style, the larger problem was imbedded within the political culture of postrevolutionary America itself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She wore a red-and-white-checkered skirt that stopped above her knees, slip-on shoes with a square wooden heel, and a close-fitting blouse styled like a man’s undershirt. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z By the end of the first millennium a.d., agriculture was spreading rapidly and the region was becoming an unusual patchwork of communities, each with its preferred terrain, way of subsistence, and cultural style. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Running away has never been my style, but it doesn’t seem so bad, now. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In addition to the creative songs Mom wrote, she had an inherent sense of style, and she bought me the snazziest outfits. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It’s a cheap dress and several years out of style, yet she makes it look like the newest fashion plate from Paris. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He was practically matter-of-fact about it—a reflection of disbelief or, perhaps, the communication style of the engineering culture. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z An important difference between the new Indian number system and the Babylonian style was that Indian numbers were base-10 instead of base-60. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It’s of white almond blossoms against a blue sky, an echo of the Japanese style Vincent loves so much. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Kaira sang, “I like your style/and the way you smile/just drives me wild.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Are you kidding? I had this pretty yellow and white dress that matched my purse perfectly. No one says you can’t rebel in style.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Anyway, as she danced up, down, under my arm, flinging out, while I felt her out and examined her style, I glimpsed her footwork. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Time and again in the rich tradition of fusing musical genres we have seen composers draw on little-known folk styles - as Paul Simon did on Graceland - or trawl through music’s attic in search of inspiration. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z "There are latch points all over the hull. I'll move my tether along, mountain climber style." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But if you were to produce something using this inlay style, and bring it to me in Songdo, I would guarantee a careful consideration of the work.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z But I pursued the sport for exercise, not style; it was the best and only replacement for the walks to and from the quarry. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the year 525, at the start of the Dark Ages, all Westerners clung to the clunky Roman style of numbers, and there was no zero in that counting system. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Experts expected that Petrosian would follow his conservative style and try to achieve a draw, to break Fischer’s winning streak. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the kitchen where he fed me rice and fish, kamayan style—with his hands, no utensils. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “Yes I do. It’s really pretty. And you know, I actually think it will look perfect once we style your hair. I’m serious.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Because of the styling, though it’s nothing you could plainly describe. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Ail the boxes feature broadly smiling women with the most perfectly colored and styled hair. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She was very beautiful, with dark eyes and long, shiny black hair, which she arranged in the latest styles from Paris. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I felt disloyal for wanting to learn English, for liking pizza, for studying the girls with big hair and trying out their styles at home, locked in the bathroom where no one could watch. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As I began reading it, the style reminded me of someone whose work I am quite familiar with. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I like your style, that’s all,” he says, extending his arm out to me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z And it wasn’t that their rowing styles were similar. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Double beat, high and sweet, round dance style. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A hairdresser waited to style me; my gown hung on a rack. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Well, I still think it would be a good style. She's so pretty—she kind of looks the way I did when I was your age. We have that all-American girl look.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A few blocks from the center of town, it is a simple, two-story Victorian in the Queen Anne style, with a big cottonwood towering over the front yard. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Greeks also had a base-10 style of counting, and there was very little difference in the ways the two cultures wrote down their numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This is the elusive “ear” of a skilled writer—the tacit sense of style which every honest stylebook, echoing Wilde, confesses cannot be explicitly taught. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Blake Grunwald’s parents’ home was what real estate agents in California called seventies ranch style—which meant it was long and narrow, dark on the interior, and built on one level. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z An English Tudor right next door, then a large Old Mission style estate, next a sprawling Craftsman, and last, the white house that Mr. Bender paired with the word careful. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She and I usually celebrate numbers winnings, and if this is going to be my last ride, I’ll at least go out in style. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z My style of play was slow and deliberate; my strategy conservative. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please come back again. I can do another style for you next time.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Over cakes Francis was ready to talk about trivial things, while I quietly thought how splendid it would be if I could someday live in the style of a Magdalen don. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The clearing was used for family reunions until they went out of style, which was well within Jean Louise’s recollection. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z By the time she slips back into the driver’s seat, grinning at him like it’s going out of style, all Scoob’s questions have condensed into one: Who even is my G’ma? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Karen tells us to look through the new art book and pick an artist whose style we want to imitate. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I would not have thought such a style of waiting a great stimulant to appetite.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She says we’ll learn a lot about our own style by studying others. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The other communities he had seen on visits were essentially the same as his own, the only differences were slightly altered styles of dwellings, slightly different schedules in the schools. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z In those early days, Pollard and Woolf found common ground in their quick minds, cerebral riding styles, and keen senses of humor. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was designed in the Western style, a long strand, each bead the same size and of an identical pinkish tone, with a heavy brooch of ornate silver to clasp the ends together. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z You have written your story with sound grammar and interesting style. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I’d taken it all as just part of her style, but apparently it wasn’t. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bridge table is set up in Hilly’s antebellum- style parlor with its deafening grandfather clock and gold swag curtains. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "It is customary to grant a king the style Your Grace," announced Lord Florent. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The handwriting throughout was shaky and hurried, but the style resembled her husband’s and the melancholy, self-pitying tone was familiar, although more dreary than usual. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Three hundred years afterward the rising Toltec styled themselves its heirs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She looked over Immie’s writing style in emails and on Instagram: the way she signed off, the way she wrote paragraphs, the expressions she used. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Lareau stresses that one style isn’t morally better than the other. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They paint in a realistic style using somber colors—browns, greys, dark greens, colors typical of the Netherlands. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Drawing style can be as personal as handwriting. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not the Van Gogh style to hug and kiss, but Dorus and Anna are generous, compassionate people. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Don was an excellent draughts player, but his style contrasted with mine. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Many cultures have their own styles of arrangement, but adding piano chords or vocal harmony particularly for Asian music, is not typical. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The last of these quotations is a pastiche, but the other two are real, and all are typical of the inward-looking style that makes academic writing so tedious. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Whereas Bach undoubtedly absorbed Italian and French flavours of style, he was nevertheless inescapably a north German composer whose music would take a century to be reintroduced into the mainstream. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The assignment was to design an outdoor shopping/dining center in my favorite style. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The main difference between Haydn’s style and Mozart’s is really quite simple: if you can instantly remember the tune, it’s by Mozart. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The only thing I was sure of was that it was written with style. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Getting to the top of any given mountain was considered much less important than how one got there: prestige was earned by tackling the most unforgiving routes with minimal equipment, in the boldest style imaginable. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes Keeth would give me scenarios to try in practice that he thought would work against certain fencers based on their style of fencing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “You can bet he sucked blood. He hurt people in a big way. He had a cruel and brutal style.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The singulars—kind of, sort of, type of, and style of—are preceded by this or that, and are followed by singular nouns: Dagtvood wears this kind of hat. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But knowing the hallmarks of classic style will make anyone a better writer, and it is the strongest cure I know for the disease that enfeebles academic, bureaucratic, corporate, legal, and official prose. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Anyway, whenever he sees me with my shirt hanging over my pants—this being a favored style of chunky people everywhere—he goes, “Bobby, you look like a shlub.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z That was how the other traders styled Adventure's master, back at the Merchant’s House. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Pindar'ic, after the style and manner of Pindar—a lyric poet of Greece. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike Burr’s distinguished bloodline, which gave his aristocratic bearing its roots and biological rationale, Hamilton’s more dashing and consistently audacious style developed as a willful personal wager against the odds of his impoverished origins. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There was not a piece of armour proofed in Europe but what Unde Dap had a theory about it He was furious with the new Gothic style, with its ridges and scallop-patterns and fluting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If she would ask help from-the man, she would need to grant him the style he had claimed for himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When Hamilton showed a late draft of this passage to John Jay for his commentary, Jay expressed admiration for the style but slight discomfort with the argument. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Wes’s athletic physique and laid-back style, combined with the obvious trappings of a kid with disposable income—a new pair of sneakers every day, brand-name clothes—made him very popular with the girls around town. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z His hat, a different one, but the same style, hid his fuzzy hair. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Right this moment, I hold it awkwardly, without style or grace. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Even in classes with some of the brightest students in the world, “Oppie,” as friends called him, never lost his know-it-all style. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the most individualistic, interesting, and yes, gloomy subcultures, Goth is a style—of music, dress, state of mind. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Berkeley and its remarkable style of scientific inquiry was on the rise, and that was Ernest Lawrence’s doing—mostly. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z No leftover style rice for us this time. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I all but check under the bed, even though I know it wouldn’t be the style of what’s been happening. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Nowadays, however, style is used loosely to mean the distinctive way a thing is done in any field of human endeavor. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “As for Moss’s shirt,” they began, “I declare that school is now in session for Moss’s sense of style.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There I see students of remarkable style and physical grace. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A high official and wealthy man, he lived in a style that has no equivalent in Karhide, even among lords of a great Domain. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I knew I had a loose-jointed style of running, but I had never heard it suggested about my walk before. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And we ‘short-horns’ are the only ones who play our music in the violin style, using a bow. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The things she could afford to buy did not last, had no beauty or style, and were absorbed by the dingy storefront. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Still others bought little paper horses and carts so he could ride up to heaven in style. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The new paradigm of collaborative research pursued in the ramshackle Rad Lab surprised visitors bred in the insular working style still prevalent in academia. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She slipped it over her shoulders, Captain America style. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They reject Roman training and try to follow the older Greek style—like being solo heroes instead of working as a team the way the legion does. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A girl about her age, and a woman in a lavender garment—clearly in the style of a scythe’s robe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Just about all the black girls at school have some type of hair style. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z His voice would lift way higher than necessary and he’d fling his arms all over the place temper-tantrum style, pointing to the walls and windows and pretty much everything else in my room. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He seemed more enthusiastic, more vital than his imperturbable adversary, who possessed a style that was obviously more professional, but at the same time less emotional for the large crowd that filled the house. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He didn’t pick up on styles or trends. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Magic always leaves traces,” said Dumbledore, as the boat hit the bank with a gentle bump, “sometimes very distinctive traces. I taught Tom Riddle. I know his style.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It is simply a term of praise in most cases: “to have style” means to have distinction, to stand out. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Indian Health Service also funded eyeglass purchases only once a year and offered one style: those ugly, thick, black plastic ones. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Over the next forty years, giving as many as 250 speeches a year, speaking to more than one million people, he did just that, holding his audiences spellbound with his fire-and-brimstone style of preaching. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Anyway, at least I can pick a style and stick with it.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But Cockcroft was a thoughtful physicist in the style treasured by Rutherford, especially in his resourcefulness with equipment, the Cavendish’s hallmark. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Looks up, Kwang- style, the face wholly open, as if he’s about to smile, but he sees me and bounces up from the seat. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought that by a more restrained and moderate use of the voice and a diligent way of speaking I could both avoid the danger and acquire more variety in my style. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z But everything there is to say about style has to do with decorum. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z By a strange quirk of fate, this ambitious choral composer found himself working in the one building in the world which, by dint of its architecture, was responsible for a new style of choral music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Kat has just told me that this is not in Aunt Gloria’s style. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Pilots who gathered together wearing the old style flight jacket looked like a well-bred motorcycle gang. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Moron received the girls in high style, attended by a staff composed of students from the school’s Home Economics Department. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “It’s just not . . . sophisticated. I’m sure what you write for your other clients is wonderful. But we’re a big firm. We need somebody who understands that . . . our style.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, while he made up a possessions ticket, he fed down the time of arrest and other information to the dispatcher, who typed it out rapidly, one-finger style. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The teacher had the students complete some Punnett squares and then began lecturing again in a straightforward, no-nonsense style. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Before you leave your room in the morning, fold up your pajamas and blankets and leave them in a neat pile on the bed, what they called “open-air style.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z One very real possibility is that these are the educational consequences of the differences in parenting styles that we talked about in the Chris Langan chapter. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I began to find the flaws in the lich’s playing style, the holes in his programming. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z "You mock me with a king's style, yet what am I king of? Dragonstone and a few rocks in the narrow sea, there is my kingdom." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In a fit of daring, she had had her hair cut short and curled all over in the latest style — the poodle, this was called. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Coach absolutely changes his game plan depending on the opposing team’s skin color, because black and white teams usually play different styles of basketball, and that’s just a fact. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Bernstein’s The Careful Writer, an informal style manual, takes five pages to explain fourteen rules, exceptions, and exceptions to the exceptions. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It was the centerpiece of Mrs. Atanabi’s whole dance number, what she used to transition from one dance style to the next. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Half a mile downstream, Lord Nugent’s boat slammed into the landing at the foot of a great lawn leading up to a white building in the classical style. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I got to the thirteenth chapter and decided that I needed to develop my own writing style. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The handwriting itself was manuscript style, such as is currently being taught in American schools, instead of the old, Palmer method. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z This furniture is a clunky imitation of the early Scandinavian furniture of ten or fifteen years ago, now drastically out of style. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I baked me a maple syrup bread pudding in the Rhode Island style. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Fifteen minutes was enough dme for the day’s dirt to fall to the bottom of the tub, while Vonetta and Fern styled bubble beehive hairdos on their heads and beards on each other. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z With a rigor mortis—style grin, Agent Jones put a finger to his lips to remind MoMo of the need for secrecy. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I plan to decline her coffee offer, but she's laid out two cups and her good china, blue and white, the famous style from the city of Delft. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I took my pencil, and for the first time broke away from Aaron Douglas’s signature style. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I must apologize, Kitty, since my style is not up to my usual standard today. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Gauguin writes back, asking Vincent for one of his paintings—sunflowers on a yellow background, “which I regard as a perfect page of an essential ‘Vincent' style.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He laughed — haw haw — a man pitting style against horror. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z As always, the best way to perform such notes depends on the instrument and the style of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The Olympic Village was like an athlete’s fantasyland, with a pool and workout studios and a huge twenty-four-hour cafeteria with every style of food imaginable. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In one is a World War Two airplane, in the style of a cigarette card; in the other is a large pale-green luna moth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We in Europe are only dwarfs and no nation, ancient or modern, has conceived the art of architecture on such a sublime, great, and imposing style, as the ancient Egyptians. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The style he developed soon proved to be in many ways superior to the traditional longer stroke taught at Eton. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The confident presentation of an idea in classic style should not be confused with an arrogant insistence that it is correct. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Aravis immediately began, sitting quite still and using a rather different tone and style from her usual one. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z All these guys had hair they had to style. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He turned the fourth chair at their table around and slumped down, straddling it with his arms folded over the top of the back, cowboy style. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She had made up her face in a style she thought of as college girl. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They are painted in another style: smooth, finely modulated, realistic as a snapshot. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t think the bagginess was a style like with Pachucos; they were probably wearing whatever was available. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z All doormen, for example, and all policemen have by now, for me, become exactly the same, and my style with them is designed simply to intimidate them before they can intimidate me. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Most discussions of style over the years have followed Cicero in identifying, at least roughly, three kinds—the high or grand style, the low or plain style, and the middle style.* Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Randolphs unfortunate utterances were not truly treasonable, as he spent the remainder of his life trying vainly and in his foggy style to explain. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Uh, yeah. It’s just kind of his style, I guess,” I say. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z "Are you liking this style of hair, Anu?" she asks. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Eventually he towed me out to where his family was twirling elegantly — if in a style totally unsuitable to the present time and music. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Its vocal ranges were operatic, its naturalistic acting style more like that of a play, its structure of spoken plot-carrying scenes interspersed with verse-chorus- designed songs akin to those in musicals. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In its purest form, the symphonic poem style is what orchestral film music grew out of in the 1920s and ’30s, its job to support and describe something outside music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He was dressed in a black suit, old-fashioned in style but neat, not ragged. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Unlike Moushumi, who is having her hair and make-up professionally styled and applied, Gogol is ready in a matter of minutes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The best breakdancers had their own signature styles, and my moves were still generic. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I thought that this style of conversation might not be pleasant to Mrs. Harker, any more than it was to me, so I joined in:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Swedish style, it was made of logs, chinked with decaying clay, and clogged with clods of moss. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes she looked at encyclopedia pages showing “native dress” styles from around the world. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z There were other pictures, too, that Nathan felt didn’t quite fit the style of the rest of the petroglyphs. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z When I polled some accomplished writers about which style manuals they had con- sulted during their apprenticeships, the most common answer I got was “none.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He tries it in various styles, his hand unaccustomed to the angles of the N, the dotting of the two i’s. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The word style is derived from stilus, the writing instrument of the ancient Romans. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His lean jaw bulges slightly, as if holding a small plug of tobacco, in the manner of Ty Cobb, whose style was the one to imitate about that time. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, our faith in the very existence of period styles has been severely shaken, even though we continue to refer to them as a convenient shorthand in discussing the past. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no more “new and improved,” there was just the trick of different—new styles, and advertisements to convince that stylishness was all the rage—but the basic technology remained exactly the same. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He’s painted himself in the style of a bonze, looking a little bit Japanese. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There were dozens of children in the neighborhood; boys and girls of every size and style and color, some of whom could speak more than one language when they wanted to. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The writing can be bloated, self-conscious, academic; these are habits that classic style, which treats prose as a window onto the world, is designed to break. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z At last!’” continued Kate, who had read French novels, and admired the style. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence, whose machine and research style gave birth to the new paradigm, hoped to stave off its negative effects as long as he could. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Unlike the frivolous goings-on in Paris or New York, though, the cabaret style of Weimar Berlin had a deadly serious undertow. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Her golden hair was gathered into a high-set ponytail, Ancient Greek style. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Though there are similarities in their idioms, particularly when it came to sacred music, they chose quite different career paths, which inevitably transformed their styles. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Nobody can resist this style of music, with its hypnotizing beats and poetic rhymes. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It is the signature style of a Truman Drama boy, a point of pride. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Classic style is not the only way to write. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But his paintings become a guide for Vincent as he works to develop his own style of painting. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I stare at her face, wondering if her parents actually named her Tigris, inspiring her mutilation, or if she chose the style and changed her name to match her stripes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They planned events featuring Henrietta Lacks look-alikes —a few Turner Station women who’d style their hair like Henrietta’s and wear suits identical to the one she wore in her iconic photo. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Now I feel like she’s mind reading all my secrets, Professor X style. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He asks for a short crop, military style. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She looked about twenty-one, also dressed in an old-fashioned style. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And since those decades were back in style during the nineties, we had a bevy of bell-bottoms, embroidered hippie tops, and flowing floral dresses to share between us. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Kojo was kind of skinny and always wore the style of thick-rimmed glasses that couldn’t get broken when you played sports. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z He was a thinker and philosopher more in the style of the Ancient Greeks than a modern scientist. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Summing it up for their children, she wrote that they both stayed home and “loafed,” then celebrated their anniversary in style. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He has a brand-new position in the security division of the gold-mining industry, near the northern suburbs, where supposedly we are soon to be living in high style. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Gabourey’s father is from Senegal, and she said she loves it when black women wear their hair in traditional African styles. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Mark Antony traded his Roman clothes for the Greek style of dress that Alexandrians favored, and he was soon taking full advantage of the wealth and privilege Cleopatra enjoyed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z My hair has been brushed out and then braided down my back in my usual style. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Now that I’m in this pageant, maybe I have a real shot at wearing something in style. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Every student has a learning style that is unique,” says Debrot. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The jewelry had disappeared years ago, but the closets still held Miss Lilian’s clothing—skirts, blouses, and dresses long out of style but of fine quality except for moth holes. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The different prose styles are not sharply demarcated, and many kinds of writing blend the different styles or alternate between them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z When she taught it to us, she said we needed to learn other styles of music outside of rap. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z As Adams explained it, the French philosophes had invented the word, which became a central part of their utopian style of thinking and a major tenet in their school of folly.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The conductor probably just did that for style and not because Texarkana was both in Arkansas and Texas. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They never had seen the feather-lightness that she gave to Undying, a completely fresh style—and they were connoisseurs of styles. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The owners of the gallery want him to sell paintings in the traditional style because they re popular and bring in money. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We weren’t concerned about her cramping our style. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Her long flowing dresses, fifty years out of style. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Finally, tiring of his unending battles with Teller over research policy, in September 1951 Bradbury appointed Marshall G. Holloway, a Los Alamos veteran with a no-nonsense administrative style, as head of the thermonuclear division. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He seems to change personalities the way he changes styles, and that makes it difficult to figure out who he is. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z His hair had gone from close-cropped Roman style to longer and shaggier. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I knew my parents wouldn’t appreciate Munch or his style. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z On one occasion, he slapped a Livermore staff member who had questioned his instructions, an unprecedented breach of the Lawrence style and Radiation Laboratory protocol. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She wears full business attire, too, and makeup and earrings and has her hair perfectly styled, even though nobody ever sees her. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z She had always kept her hair neatly styled. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z And this change of attitude and mood is audible in the musical style of the period, particularly within the harmony that supported melody. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z At dinner, which begins promptly at midnight, each course is styled in black or white but bursts with color once pierced with forks or spoons, revealing layer upon layer of flavors. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Their hair had once been piled in curls, arranged with jewels in the style of Roman noblewomen, but now their locks were disheveled and dry as straw. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Either way, it is most definitely a style that works for him, judging from the way Miss Duncan lights up. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z If the style of dress is an absurdity, it is pain and sorrow to a child not to wear that absurdity. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally, by the middle of December, he finds some models, and he paints a head of a “splendid old man” in profile, filling up most of the canvas, a different style for him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The elongated forms, eerie moonlight, and expressive colors—all hallmarks of El Greco’s style—help to heighten our sense of identification with Christ’s suffering. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore each style for three months, even four months, until her scalp itched unbearably and the braids sprouted fuzzily from a bed of new growth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I like your style,” the driver told her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z That was definitely not true: Bennie and Sierra had almost opposite styles, and they never got tired of letting each other know their opinions. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He was sallow and overweight and had a style of kvetching that got under the skin of many officers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Vanished states tended to leave visible archaeological hallmarks, such as ruins of temples with standardized designs, at least four levels of settlement sizes, and pottery styles covering tens of thousands of square miles. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His hair, cropped close to his skull in the Abnegation style, does not help this impression. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z In the 1700's, Western Europeans became very interested in the ancient classical style, which was imitated by many artists, sculptors, and architects. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z "I'm desperate to see your different styles in action." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Is that a new style with the air holes?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “This might be new for you, but they never go out of style. Trust me, I’ve got some stories.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He needed to “get out from under his debts...and proportion his style and life to his Revenue.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Tacky, cheap, and boring. Honestly, Ephialtes. You have no sense of style.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "I must speak with you, Your Grace," she said, granting him a king's style for once, anything to make him heed her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He also found a rucksack and a dark brown winter coat, which was military in style and much warmer than any coat he had ever worn. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It was a breathtaking statue, carved in the old style by people who had lived here before the village, maybe even before the temple. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He has darkish tan skin and longish dark hair that’s not styled with goop like some of the other boys’. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The Adams style was to confront, shout, rant, and then to embrace. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “I’m not saying you have to be academic or boring. Keep your style but add more depth.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z As my sole means of communication with NASA, Pathfinder gets to ride on the roof, Granny Clampett style. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Root found this old style decor strangely comforting. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He wore a blue suit and yellow tie, his hair close-cut, the sideburns slightly long as had become the style. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “You know what? I always thought I wanted one of these beds when I was young, but I know what you mean. It’s not really my style either! I’ll take them off for you today.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z It might not be the most popular parenting style, but they really believed if they trusted our judgment, then we wouldn't have the urge to rebel. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It was the trickiest, sneakiest, most evil combat style she knew. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z These are the qualities we admire in things that have style, for style has a way of impressing itself upon us even if we do not know what particular kind of style is involved. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Stravinsky's style - the jerky jigsaw of adjacent, unrelated musical segments - was also abandoned. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In most styles of music, modulation is accomplished gradually, using a progression of chords that seems to move naturally towards the new key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z They learn the names of the different architectural styles: cape, saltbox, raised ranch, garrison. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Jet talked about the importance of maintaining a good hair style and about having confidence. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A narration might ask for the clarity and emotional temper of the plain style, for example, whereas the peroration— where you typically seek to stir your audience—gives the opportunity for a higher style. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z For a good part of the eighteenth and all of the nineteenth century, the populist, light, tuneful Italian style of opera was what most people went to an opera house for. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Colorful beads capped the braided tips of her hair, a style she shared with my mother, and large, blackframed eyeglasses covered half of her face. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z When her uncle appeared, Jean Louise thought styles may come and styles may go, but he and Atticus will cling to their vests forever. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z In his mid-thirties, he still looked like a coarse peasant, although it had become more a matter of style since success and his knowledge of the world had softened his roughness and refined his ideas. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was dressed in Roman style—his dark hair close-cropped, his pale, angular face clean-shaven. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Even though Gauguin has been trying to push Vincent into doing things his way, Vincent has held on to his own ideas, his own style. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She must have let Wynn fix her hair, because the style looked a little too similar to his own. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Maybe you could have your hair up in curlers for extra style points? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Nye, whose normal voice is cuttingly nasal and naturally intimidating, was attempting a subdued timbre, a disarming, throwaway style. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Women are expected to wear just the one style of garment and no other. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Housing Authority was headed by a former cotton mill executive named Carvie Oldham, who ran public housing with the same autocratic and ruthless style that had marked his tenure in the mill. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps a romantic poem I wrote ‘in the human style’ will help you understand,” says the vuvv. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “No need. I see you’re up to something interesting. And I’m curious. And I like your style. Here.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Back when he was young with a face full of dimples and danced the Watusi even when that dance had been long out of style. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “It hasn’t come back into style. Punk has come into style, so I think this is your son’s way of rebelling all over again,” Mom said with a smirk. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The three of us sit there while Mami styles her hair and puts on her makeup in the bathroom. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z And so, if he thinks one of his friends would like a version in a more Japanese style, for example, that’s what he makes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The crowd loved any way-out lindying style that made a colorful show like that. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Mama gave each of them a pair of long woolen drawers, drop-seat style, and a woolen shirt with long sleeves and itchy insides. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Many style experts warn against the compulsion to name things with different words when they are mentioned multiple times. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But the looming threat of possible injury and perhaps even death did tend to focus his mind on the downside of his swashbuckling style. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Their hair was woven into an intricate pattern, more like the scales of fish than like any style Nhamo had seen. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her long brown hair was curled and piled on her head in long ringlets, the style of some past time. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Nor was it a weapon, a style of cooking, or something to keep one’s head dry in foul weather. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Mr. Darcy’s letter to Lady Catherine was in a different style; and still different from either was what Mr. Bennet sent to Mr. Collins, in reply to his last. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z As a result, the contrast between musical styles in around 1500 and those of fifty years later, at the height of the European religious reforms, is dramatic. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Other nations, he wrote, had mounted exhibits of dignity and style, while American exhibitors erected a mélange of pavilions and kiosks with no artistic guidance and no uniform plan. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A walking model of all the various styles of fine hand sewing and it didn’t worry me that I was only twelve years old and merely graduating from the eighth grade. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t have to pretend to like them. I like them, and I don’t care that they’re not in style or whatever. So. Are you who I think you are?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Classic style is not the same as the common but unhelpful advice to “avoid abstraction.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Over time, as inherited wealth smoothed the rough edges, their descendants morphed into American high society and evolved a signature style of living based on understatement and old- fashioned patrician values. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The young Cicero overcame some of that shyness by taking lessons from the theater, going on to model his style on Clodius Aesopus. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z She also didn’t style her hair in a flapper bob, but instead let her long, black hair flow over her back, revealing her striking face, with its high cheekbones and big brown eyes. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Jeans and a flowery blouse that wasn’t her style, but the clothes were adequate. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z After a while he switched to more of a Spanish- style, fingerpicking type of playing. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess some of these go out of style and they think it’d be too hard to sell the old ones.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I have always favored a more active, militant style of protest such as work strikes, go-slow strikes, or refusing to clean up; actions that punished the authorities, not ourselves. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The big house on the corner was sadder and older than I had remembered, and looked absurd, with its architectural eccentricities, its pretensions to French style, its facade covered with diseased ivy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the way I looked and my style of talk, I made her so nervous and uncomfortable that we were both glad when I left. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And, of course, there were a lot of silent ones out there hunting rabbits in their dogged, loping style. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother stacked the pages, folded them in thirds, business style, and slipped them back into the envelope. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z This frantic, somersaulting style turned within a few years into bebop, the elite modern jazz of the late 1940s and ’50s. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Even tonight, one of the dads with a kid on the team was raving about Mustafa and his coaching style to Baba, who was bursting with pride. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z We’re on the other side of the road, in typical messenger style. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I’m not sure my dad will ever learn that; it’s not his style. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z While the Adams style generated a host of memorable epigrammatic flashes, it was the worst-possible vehicle for sustaining the diplomatic niceties. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The rivers flood in the rainy season, enriching the land, Nile Delta style. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The Jefferson style was fluid, lyrical, cadenced, and melodious. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was the style of column, or the pediment, or the proportions of the windows. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I’d lined my eyes in the same dark cat-eye style, applied a dark lipstick, and gelled my hair so that it was kind of spiky on top with bangs over one eye. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Malcolm delivered his talk in his unique style of eloquent fury. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The first leg of the trip took Winnie and me to Paris, where we were treated in very grand style by Francois Mitterrand and his charming wife, Danielle, a longtime ANC supporter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z While students and teachers hoped their desks and basements would stand up to the power of a nuclear blast, the country’s leaders also prepared for a possible attack—in high style. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He wore his pants low in hip-hop style with about four inches of his shorts showing. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I always thought hospital people would be real health nuts, but these guys eat junk food like it’s going out of style. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, good lord," says the woman in my styling chair. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Laura is raising her girls American style, reading all the new literature, so she knows she shouldn't have beaten Yoyo that time the girl gave them such a scare. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They simulate a conversation, as classic style recommends, and they are gifts to the memory-challenged reader. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But pure mathematics had a higher status, with the result that there was a constant hankering after the language and argumentative style of pure mathematics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He simply carried on where Dufay left off, thickening and embellishing the polyphonic choral style that you would have heard almost anywhere across Europe in the later fifteenth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And yet her burbly style does not ring true. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The unique style of scythes’ robes, regardless of the fabric and color, made them easy to spot in public, which made them easy to avoid—if avoidance was what a person wanted. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She arrived exalted, rejuvenated, with new clothes in a style that was unknown in the village. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z His was a low-key style, the sort certain people can sustain indefinitely. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby’s style was one of relentless aggression—usually. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This consideration will happen regardless of which teaching style—rote, rote-note, or note—is used. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “It’s isn’t a full corset; it’s a half corset. It’s the newest style. Besides Jane, the day I cannot take down a few shamblers wearing something fashionable is the day I turn in my rifle.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Part of the satisfaction of the Corelli style is that there is a predictability about its internal movement, and yet it is never tedious. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z All because of the modern style of fishing Our Father dreamed up. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They had plenty of style, but did nothing all day but cat around. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He doesn’t want to lose his own style, or his way of working. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The Office/Camp Shop was the sturdiest of the structures we had passed so far, built in a more permanent style than the smaller log cabins with their dark green doors. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I sit on the futon Indian style and can feel the weight of the day on my head, my eyes drifty. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Moss appreciated his teacher’s style, yet her enthusiasm and humor still couldn’t reach a group of kids who didn’t want to face the coming school year. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The only style of singing where the tune is still consistently buried within the texture is in the Barbershop close-harmony tradition, where it is generally placed in the second-highest line. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Killjoy style manuals tell writers to avoid alliteration, but good prose is enlivened with moments of poetry, like this line with its pleasing meter and its impish pairing of marital and medical. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I looked at the larger one, which seemed to have once been a mansion constructed in the demon style. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In comparison, Roosevelt's leadership style was much more approachable. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z After seeing it, Michelangelo is said to have praised Titian’s coloring and style but criticized his sense of design. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He watches a lot of Chinese martial arts movies and annoys us with his imitations of the movies’ monkey style. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The food was spread out behind a counter, cafeteria style, and he simply pointed to what he wanted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His hair is gelled in his messy style, and he’s freshly shaved. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Indeed, bracketing decorum under the heading of style is, to some extent, to put the cart before the horse. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z In general, Ralph did not have to talk to people for as long as he used to, unless they had dogs; and then, as the dogs socialized, he could chat dog-owner style. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the South Carolina solution achieved in the Virginia style. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Instead, style need only be appropriate to the intent of the work. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And the way be sometimes spoke, with unfamiliar cadences and phrases that better fit the style of a turn-of-the-century novel than that of a twenty-first-century classroom. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But it had old-school style and had attracted a lot of famous demigods over the years, like the Beatles and Alfred Hitchcock, so I figured we were in good company. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Then I saw the same style in lime-green cotton with tiny white polka dots. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I understood his particular style of greeting, by now: He’d buzz me into the Cave, leaving the door ajar. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the showers were in a row, locker-room style, but I found one full bathroom with a door that locked. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And after a while, I got better at drawing and started making my own family cartoons in the same style. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They swear by a certain bakery on Sullivan Street, a certain butcher on Mott, a certain style of coffeemaker, a certain Florentine designer of sheets for their bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But if he let it get his goat now that would be even less his style, and so he forced it to the back of his mind and had some more coffee. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And with all the new hair styles that the kids are coming up with, there’s no telling what he’s planning to do with his hair next week. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Each month, Keav would travel with Ma to a beauty salon to have her hair styled and her nails painted. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They were funny and unusual, carefully crafted, all different styles. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z With their remarkable good looks, the style with which they carried themselves, they could have worn dishrags and pulled it off. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Silky blond hair styled in two symmetrical curls above her shoulders. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Right now nothing in here matches, since our old rooms had completely different styles. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The so-called cootie garages, which Anne and Ernestine now detested, had been the style several years before, and still were worn by girls who hadn’t bobbed their hair. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Stevie Wonder, surely one of the greatest of all twentieth- century musicians in any field, was one such gatherer of styles. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z With his cool, logical style he could demolish an opponent’s argument — precisely the sort of intelligence that is useful in a courtroom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The rule is a product of the usual three confusions: English with Latin, informal style with incorrect grammar, and syntax with semantics. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Note, too, his use of the plain style—establishing an ethos connection with Dud. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He did so in style, wearing his spotless new corporal’s uniform as he spoke on street corners and in chapter houses. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting Indian style, the Object leaned forward, holding the cigarette in her mouth over a green ceramic lighter shaped like an artichoke. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I held my arms out and pranced, Olga Korbut style. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Impressed, one representative said Woodhull presented her case “in as good style as any congressman could have done.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The Adams style was excited, jumpy, exclamatory, naughty. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “I really don’t like all the fabric hanging down. It isn’t my style.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He was therefore well practiced in subordinating his own inclinations and style to Washington’s larger purposes. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She’d care about others With a little bit of style And she’d go to her church Every once in a while. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To me, a thirteen-year-old Black girl, stalled by the South and Southern Black life style, the city was a state of beauty and a state of freedom. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In deciding which style to use in a given circumstance, it is decorum that shapes your choice. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z At first she simply stands relaxed and calm, while the diners regard her curiously, and then it becomes immediately clear what her style of entertainment is. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We all ate fried chicken that Mother had cooked, southern style, starting from scratch with killing them and lopping off their heads. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Without a change of clothing, his garments quickly became dirty, ruining a key element of Booth’s trademark, winning style—his beautifully dressed, well-groomed appearance. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A subdued style could be a sign that you were in a state of mourning. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z This had nothing to do with fashion or style; it was a political issue that went to the heart of his identity, something he’d never compromised about. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke at length on the contradiction between the style of the sculpture and the fact that the marble from which it was carved came from Thasos. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z One afternoon I was in his garage sorting through new styles when he asked, "You ever smoke weed?" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z But until that factory got going and packages from friends outside began to fill out our wardrobes, warmth was more important than style. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I instantly developed respect for the author because of his unique style of writing, not to mention the fact that he didn’t throw in some stupid preachy message. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The plurals—kinds of, sorts of, types of, and styles of—are preceded by these or those, and are usually followed by plural nouns: Mr. Dithers hates those kinds of hats. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well—the general air, the style, the self-possession, the—the—illusion—you know”, laughed Laurie, breaking down and helping himself out of his quandary with the new word. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z My hair soft and shiny but not styled. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I would never find someone who would understand my peculiar mix of Catholicism and agnosticism, Hispanic and American styles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A Langley engineer in the old style, Pearson had graduated from Worcester Polytechnic in Massachusetts and started work at the lab in 1930. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As Gosling recalled, “Rosalind let rip in her best pedagogical style: ‘you’re wrong for the following reasons’...which she proceeded to enumerate as she demolished their proposal.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z His portable oxygen is slung over his shoulder in that classic, trendy CFer-exercising style. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I simply wrote textbook examples of our workaday narrative, veritable style sheets that Hoagland even used to remind the other analysts of how it ought to be done. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z If rhythms are not written as triplets, the tempo marking usually includes an indication to 11swing11, or it may simply be implied by the style and genre of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Petrosian’s style was closed and defensive, like a motionless but watchful snake, ready to strike the moment his opponent made the slightest mistake. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Now he feels part of a larger group of painters, a community that includes people from different countries, who paint in all different styles. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Where one style maven saw UFO’s, another saw UFOs. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “The very model of modern-day, space-saving efficiency. The height of style and comfort, of convenience and practicality. I give you the Murphy bed.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m just tired of the style,” the kid answered. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In perfect Martha style, she wears a green sweater with a huge Santa face on it, red leggings, and fluffy boots. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Some psychological math always goes into styling photos like these. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Some books on salesmanship recommend that persuaders try to mirror the posture or talking styles of their clients in order to establish rapport. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was no accident that kings and prophets styled themselves as shepherds and likened the way they and the gods cared for their people to a shepherd’s care for his flock. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The two drastically different music styles fight to the last note. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Thus art, like language, requires that we learn the style and outlook of a country, period, and artist if we are to understand it properly. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z For years he’d been studying the nuances of their games: their styles, opening preferences, strengths and weaknesses. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He has his hat pulled down low, mute-mode style, and slowly plods forward. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z He had a point: from the very beginning, jazz as a style thwarted definition, so various were its manifestations in different places. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This apparatus displayed Rutherford’s hallmark simplicity and style, but the procedure was unspeakably onerous. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She wrote in a plain style and folded the page a moment afterward. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Its style was lively and direct; he presented the fever in all its hideousness and did not spare any details. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z One of these girls will wear a new color or style of belt or a button-plate hat tilted to one side, and that afternoon I’ll pore through our vendors’ catalogs to find similar designs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Some also wrote new songs in a "folk" style that enjoyed some popularity, particularly in the 1960's. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And as we walked down the walkway and got closer to the house, I saw this house had been built in the Western style. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The class cracked up, part from his country style of talking and part from laughing at me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Impoverished mountain-dwelling Mexicans, who usually got around on wormy little burros, were soon cantering through town in high style, straddling blue-blooded Thoroughbreds worth a lifetime of their income. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore black hose and a doublet of black velvet in the latest style, its breast and sleeves slashed to reveal a bright red fabric beneath. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z This chapter is about the sense of style in passages longer than a sentence—a paragraph, a blog post, a review, an article, an essay, or a book. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She flipped through more styles, settling on basic hair, dark and short. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z We sat side by side, lotus style, facing west. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z It’s funny to see how the styles have changed from the 1920s to now. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z But it is in non-Catholic countries that a mid-sixteenth-century change in style, according to the mood of the ruling religious elite, is most clearly demonstrated. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Or dashes can be used in pairs instead of parentheses to enclose an aside or an explanation: Her new shoes had loads of style—they were Ferragamos—but not much arch support. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there were those who strove for an education, and when they got it, enjoyed the financial fruits of it in the style of their bourgeois oppressors. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And it can be intrusive in classic style, which simulates a conversation. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And all three differ from self-conscious, relativistic, ironic, or postmodern styles, in which “the writer’s chief, if unstated, concern is to escape being convicted of philosophical naivete about his own enterprise.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Lily went off somewhere but returned just as the lady was combing my newly straightened and curled hair into a style. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The House of Commons gives itself to a dialogic style—to, at its best, a deft pattern of call-and-response across the despatch box. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z She takes a deep breath, and pushes her crown into her perfectly styled hair. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She was tall and lanky with short brown hair and thin eyebrows, and she had a very patient style of teaching. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Lace doilies covered everything, and the furniture was handmade in a style that favored curving lines and dark woods. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Dr. Cooke lets it go for now, but I already know her style. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In this picture, my chin-length hair is swept back and artfully styled. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It kind of blended more into my own fantasy style so that by the time the structure reached my city section, it was made up of everything straight out of my head and all dream-kissed. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The music of Mozart, Haydn, and the early works of Beethoven are in this style, which we call classical rather than neoclassical, because the original classical music of ancient Greece and Rome is lost. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z There is nothing wrong about any of these three ways of using the arts, and sometimes it is quite appropriate to use one style over another for various curricular or other reasons. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Q. Who are your style icons/role models? The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “As far as finishing and doing an elegant job . . . that wasn’t Oppie’s style.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He was tall and elegant, with chocolate-colored skin and bleached-blond hair shaved military style. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The older boys—the ones who’d stayed with the men—had styled their hair into puffy ducktails, and they wore expressions like they were not afraid of anything in the world, and never would be. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Having studied Byrne’s past games in chess books and magazines, Bobby knew something of his opponent’s style and the strategies he frequently used. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Akhi’s style of coaching was brand-new to me, allowing me to discover an entirely new approach to fencing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She was already white, that was bad enough, but to go out and ride an old bike that went out of style a hundred years ago? The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the piece carried no byline, the style was Owen’s and no one in the world of the natural sciences doubted the authorship. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The meaning, or content, of art is inseparable from its formal qualities, its style. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Mikayla’s obsessed with braids and knows how to do all different styles. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Her manners were pronounced to be very bad indeed, a mixture of pride and impertinence; she had no conversation, no style, no taste, no beauty. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z It wasn’t his style to make a goof like that. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I have picked four passages of twenty-first-century prose, diverse in style and content, and will think aloud as I try to understand what makes them work. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She led me, not to the stiff chair set up, interrogative style, in front of her desk, but to the plush crimson cushion of her window seat. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I used to copy his clothes style and how he did his hair. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He created more than two thousand pieces of artwork in the Postimpressionist style. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The image staring back at me is a gorgeous little bronze-skinned black girl dressed in a pretty-in-pink outfit, with her hair styled in two soft afro puffs with pink bows. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It is clearly time for me to step boldly into our society, not in the boring, passive manner of the Myrna Minkoff school of social action, but with great style and zest. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I would not have written this book if I did not believe, contra Wilde, that many principles of style really can be taught. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Or they’ll wear a bolt of it draped over one shoulder in the style of Hercules. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Classic style ignores the hired help and looks directly at what they are being paid to study: All children acquire the ability to speak a language without explicit lessons. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Handel, though, not only represented a musical amalgam of European styles during his lifetime; he also bequeathed to the next generation of composers a non-parochial, universal idiom that was venerated and built upon. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Using a new style of attack known as blitzkrieg, German for “lightning war,” Hitler’s planes, tanks, and soldiers slashed deep into Polish territory. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of teaching me his style of play, which would have been easy for him to do, he let me acquire my own. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There are piles of food on the table, served buffet style, just like at the Kweilin feasts. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My father had been a Lutheran in Wisconsin, but they were out of style in New England, so he had become a lapsed Lutheran and then, my mother said, a bitter atheist. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z So we walked over to the Eagle’s house, told him we were going to eat turkey trailer- park style, and sped away in the hatchback. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z But here, for starters, is Quintilian: “The whole art of oratory, as the most and greatest writers have taught, consists of five parts: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He removed the green cap and revealed thick black hair plastered to his skull with Vaseline in the style of the 1920s. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the best histrionic village style, Sourmelina unleashed soaring arias in which she lamented the death of her husband and castigated him for dying. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was Farmer’s style not to openly argue with authority, but he usually found ways to get what he wanted. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Auburn Prison, meanwhile, had been built in the style of Newgate Prison in New York City, with inmates housed in “apartments” holding two to twenty inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The different ways to teach a song are related to children’s different learning styles, such as aural and visual learning, and the child’s appropriate cognitive development; e.g., age and grade development. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In these violent breaks in routine that were themselves routine, sJre could display the style and imagination of what she believed to be her own true self. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached over the side of the wagon and held out his hand, demon style, to the others. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Momma started talking Southern- style when she got worried. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A few caught her attention, but when she tried to recommend specific styles that flattered her, she received only the wave of a hand and a curl of the lip. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But a knight turned up and knocked him off his hackney—I’m afraid our family was never exactly in the heroic style—and there he was on foot again, with Galahad no nearer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not the right style for what I do in the long run. But there’s some small-time stuff….You could just blow it out,” he says. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z My kinky, reddish hair was cut hick style, and I didn’t even use grease in it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “It says, ‘I wanna be here, I mean business, but I still got some style, and I may cut you if you cross me.’” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He’d gotten pretty good at keeping his characters consistent, at developing their unique characteristics and his own style. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In front there were still the same heroic columns and the Versaillesesque garden, but in the back the style gradually disappeared. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Critics claimed the fair extinguished the Chicago School of architecture, an indigenous vernacular, and replaced it with a renewed devotion to obsolete classical styles. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z At first glance classic style sounds naive and philistine, suited only to a world of concrete goings-on. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It’s not my style, but I’ll give it a go if it gets him to come with me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The trademark Adams style might be described as “enlightened perversity,” which actually sought out occasions to display, often in conspicuous fashion, his capacity for self-sacrifice. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Once I felt the coast was clear, I began, first drawing the connected Ks and finishing with a wide circle around them, my custom style. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I wondered if this was yet another attempt by Myron to bring up my father, but no, that didn’t seem to be Myron’s style. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z As I began reading it, the style reminded me of someone whose work I am quite familiar with. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The man’s facial hair was delicately styled around his lips and chin. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z So he would just go wild, cussing and screaming, over and over again, rapid-fire style. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Obviously, dream girl didn’t know that doing nothing was way more my style. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Carmine Nigro was a professional musician, and taught music in a number of styles. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z So Maria and I walk through the streets, our fists raised in the air Angela Davis style. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z During the night the nameplate of each new Twelve had been removed by the Maintenance Crew and replaced with the style that indicated citizen-in-training. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z It was, in a way, his style: swift, painless, efficient. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The things we like about email—its speed and its breezy style—can lead to misunderstandings. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There are lights hanging from the ceiling, and ornaments in all different styles and colors. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Though all three seemed to feel they were actually women, they had very different styles. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The curse of knowledge, in combination with chunking and functional fixity, helps make sense of the paradox that classic style is difficult to master. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He was a thin man who wore polyester suits and styled his hair in the old slicked-back conk, combed to the back in rippling waves. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But what she didn’t realize was that I’d left Bannon's because it was her coaching style that made the difference for me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Before when Ophie had seen her she’d been dressed like a fine lady about to go out on the town, her bob curled and styled, bright red lipstick covering her lips. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z That was pretty much his whole generation’s style. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z With the salesman urging me on, I got another shirt, and a hat, and new shoes— the kind that were just coming into hipster style; dark orange colored, with paper-thin soles and knob style toes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z To be sure, the Ptolemies did commission massive new temples in the ancient style, largely to help the Macedonian rulers ingratiate themselves with their native subjects. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z They mocked my style of dress and called me “Mrs. Gumbo.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But now for the first time I became aware that each state had also its individual prose style, made sharply evident in its highway signs. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In speaking they rolled their “r’s” in Continental style, pronouncing “party” as “parrrtee,” stressing the last syllable, having picked up the habit from white Communists. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Mason was highly critical of both the singing schools of the day and the compositional style. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “They could all run around naked as far as I’m concerned, but when Daddy comes to market, he likes to arrive with his driver dressed with style,” he explained. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z And wherever it seems appropriate, we differentiate national or local styles within a period, until we arrive at the personal styles of individual artists. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The composer was Claudio Monteverdi and the new style of singing gave birth to opera. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This morning I went to see the Envoy, in proper Orgota style. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I was dying to get started on my posters and had already envisioned the perfect hand-lettered style. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Their hair was sculpted into a wide variety of shapes and styles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It is an absolute masterpiece of the plain style. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He found that the hypnotic, seemingly repetitive and endless patterns of these drum- and mallet- based styles did not in fact stay the same: instead they changed subtly with each reiteration of the phrase. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But it is not just his pan-European style that make Mahler such a paradigm for twentieth-century composers; he is also notable for the directness of his musical expression. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Both bands were playing “Dixie,” but not in the same style. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Her style didn't come from her clothes—leather boots, cracked all over the toes, a fraying shawl and faded sweater she hid under—but rather from the way she stared ahead with resolve. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Some of the principles of style that apply within a sentence, such as building an orderly tree and placing given before new information, apply to extended passages as well. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z We definitely looked different: I was thin and wore my hair cropped very short, practically shaved, per the style for kids back home. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z If one was dying, it had to be done in style if the dying took place in whitefolks’ part of town. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The style of his own hair is altogether different—thick Beatle-like bangs that conceal his brows. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She wears a gown fashioned from a pink kimono, her hair piled in an elaborate knotted style and her eyes rimmed in a striking red. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “We can bring you some style rice,” I said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “About the dress,” Tommie said after a moment longer, “maybe we could go look at some styles in person, like you said might help.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z To art historians the study of styles is of central importance. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the next seven years, Milton traded up almost every year, so it’s possible for me to chart my life in relation to the styling features of his long line of Cadillacs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then, out of this run-of-the-mill swing exuberance, something emerges that is new in its sound, new in its execution and new in its improvisatory style. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Her sense of style is the primary reason she is invited this evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Yeah, and when you do make it to Miss America, you already know who’s doing all of your styling! I won’t even charge you full price!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Nevertheless the somber grandeur of the stories comes through in spite of the style. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Though academic prose is often stuffed with needless words, there is also a suffocating style of technical writing in which the little words like the, are, and that have been squeezed out. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z For a time, the meshing of these two diametrically different styles worked. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Fischer was growing more self-assured, but his style was strikingly different: lucid, crystal-clear, economical, concrete, rational. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She examined the skin above and below her blouse, cut in a style no longer sold in shops. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z This new style of painting was called still life. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But, to make them stand out, I’d have to switch up my scarf style. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z But mine falls halfway down my back, the style similar to what I wore in elementary school. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Why weren’t we close, ‘more in the Mexican style’? Everyone is so private, she added. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “My style of writing is very different from yours.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He puts up my hair first, in the braided style my mother introduced him to, then proceeds with my makeup. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z What his sons and their contemporaries undertook, instead, was a massive spring clean of musical style and a project to celebrate not earnestness but wit, not inventiveness but elegance, not piety but beauty. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I would attend services on Sunday, and I enjoyed the old-fashioned, Bible-thumping style of these Zionist Christian ministers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she parts and rolls and twists her hair into a fancy style. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z My style is too precise for a simple street beggar. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Next to the sink sat a price board: Cut and style ten dollars. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z My mother told me the other bag contained the most ridiculous clothes, all new: bright California- style beachwear, baseball caps, cotton pants with elastic waists, bomber jackets, Stanford sweatshirts, crew socks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, individual teachers may prefer one gender to another, but the entire educational system in general, favors girls’ learning styles and behaviors over that of boys. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z With a sharp sense of style, they stripped Joel Moskowitz’s shoe store of its higher- priced and more fashionable models, leaving only some orthopedic offerings and a few Florsheims. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I quickly started to pick up on their lingo and style, the swagger of my new teammates and neighborhood friends. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Despite the fact that Wagner had learnt his trade writing pseudo- Italian operas, by the time he reached his maturity, he had moved decisively and deliberately away from an Italian style. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z European- style agriculture would not only fall victim to mega-Ninos, it would permanently ruin the forest soils. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She was beyond crying, nearly hysterical, which was not at all Terryl’s style. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z On the continent, a much more deductive style of science was preferred, science conducted in the style of Descartes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When we got tired of plain falling, we tried different styles of falling. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Hitler’s followers sang Nazi songs as they marched straight-legged, goose-stepping in military style. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I'm not sure about Foxface since direct confrontation isn't her style or her forte. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z |
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