| 单词 | supinely |
| 例句 | We've offered up every detail of our lives to advertiser manipulation, voluntarily embraced a panopticonic existence of constant surveillance, and supinely allowed a bunch of techno-utopian Silicon Valley companies to guide and shape our behavior. 'Terms of Service' a critique of modern life built on social media 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z It needs to assert the value to British society of membership of the EU instead of supinely abdicating all responsibility for the issue. Michael Gove's history wars 2013-07-13T07:00:05Z In the broadest sense, this is another example of a business enterprise reacting supinely to the extreme right wing. Column: A spineless Walgreens bows down to antiabortion crusaders 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Congress, supinely pandering, extended the deadline — but only for states that had not already ratified it. Opinion | 50 years later, the bell-bottomed zombie Equal Rights Amendment staggers on 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Our media and elected officials have been setting a bad example, either by actively participating in messaging and behavior that divides us or by supinely acquiescing to it. Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Hewitt didn’t explain why a teacher shouldn’t retire with as much as a colonel; he just counted on McConnell agreeing supinely. Column: As coronavirus devastates state budgets, conservatives target public worker pensions 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Are Congress’s constitutional powers regarding war so atrophied that it supinely hopes for mere post facto notification? Opinion | Will Trump lower the nuclear bar? 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z But supinely accepting his silence threatens to normalize the distinctly abnormal. Opinion | Authoritarianism creeps up on you. This is how. 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z What is most notable in all the comment is the absence of protest over the censorship imposed by the White House on the TV-radio networks—a censorship which the networks have supinely accepted. Donald Trump Wouldn't Be the First President to Rethink Press Briefings 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z The changes link back to an expansive open-carry law passed in 2013 by state lawmakers who supinely do the will of the National Rifle Association, no matter how the organization’s dictates might imperil the public. Alabama editorial roundup 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Overwhelmingly, the signal from the markets is that cable’s dominance of fast broadband is less under threat today than it was the day before the Federal Communications Commission supinely aligned itself with the Obama diktat. Obama’s Cable Monopoly Boom 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z That does not mean supinely going with the flow of multilateral opinion, the lowest common denominator approach to democracy, as we've seen in the past. PM: UK must be at EU top table 2013-06-10T10:44:03Z The rage of the river, under the influence of the evil demon, unlooses this cross, dashing the body supinely away, and rolling it over and over by bank and bottom. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z It isn't the supinely contented who face the frost and snow there, and the Crown mining regulations don't seem to appeal to the men who stake their lives on finding a little gold. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z Shaughnessy, unruffled, bent to pick up his property, stepped for a moment to the door, then seated himself on a chair, facing Micky, who sprawled supinely on a sofa. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z However, it was not the nature of the cowboys to remain supinely inactive and permit the Indians to work havoc on the herds at will. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z Could I rest supinely and see a body of men prevail by artifice, who hate the very name of liberty, without resisting them as far as in me lay, I should be acting criminally. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Can it then be, that you, the priests—the teachers of the people, unlike them, can choose supinely to remain in circumstances of blind surrender of your judgment? John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch 2011-10-12T02:00:44.710Z It shows France in the figure of a woman going supinely over the rapids, to be hurled into the whirlpool below. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z The man sunk to his knees—then supinely to the deck, lying across the threshold of the room. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z But to be compelled to sit supinely when the liberties of the country are in danger——Ah! that is what takes the heart out of a man. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z Challoner lay supinely where he had thrown himself, sleeping as does the beast that has crept back to his lair after days of hunting by the man pack. The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z Weakly, supinely, slavishly, America was submitting to British insolence. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z And he rushed forward and commenced kicking old Tim, who was lying supinely on his back in a condition of somnolency. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Never under any circumstances will the honest pennyroyal be found lolling supinely in the low, shady, wet haunts of the mint. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z But I didn’t float supinely down that Cimmerian stream. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery “She looks to me for help and protection, and I supinely sit and grieve when I should be up and doing!” The Sapphire Cross Beneath the horrific masquerade there was a human being, a man similar to the one kneeling supinely on the floor. Red Nails "Old Grizzly and M. T. Pate seem to prefer the floor," said Toney, pointing to the two individuals named, who were lying supinely on their backs by the side of a sea-chest under the hammock. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z The Adjutant T—— had my compass, and was, I trusted, quite free from danger as I remained supinely within hail of men who would be delighted to shoot me. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 Beast of a bird! supinely, when he might Lie snug and sleep, to rise before the light! English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Women of Kansas, all is lost if you sit down and supinely listen to politicians and candidates. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years That may have been; but it is improbable that the dauntless old pathfinder would have succumbed so supinely. The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada) Here some wretched being, baffled and hopeless, drops supinely into the raging flood; there a stronger and stouter heart struggles to the last. Bible Romances First Series Is it remarkable that the liberty-loving Belgian peasant who saw his home destroyed or his family abused, knew no sufficient reason why he should stand supinely by and welcome the destroyer? The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone That in discussing References, Appeals and Bills, They take care to purge out all, who upon due Tryal shall be found to be Insufficient, supinely Negligent, Scandalous or Erroneous.” The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland Instead of making your purchases, you are only listening supinely to our friend! Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance She began to fear lest madness seize her if she remained longer thus supinely crouching amid the terrors of this place. Heart of the Blue Ridge Let woman no longer supinely endure the evils she may escape, but with her own right hand carve out for herself a higher, nobler destiny than has heretofore been hers. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I In idle wishes fools supinely stay; Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature It was not in the man to yield supinely to this new danger. The Free Range “A great many miles,” he replied, “and it was on your account more than any other that I was hurrying to get to the—” “Jail,” she answered supinely, as he hesitated. Penny of Top Hill Trail But the honest and zealous critic loses all patience, when he sees first talents supinely contenting themselves with less than first honours. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 Without his people Paoli was still a philosopher; without him they became in succeeding years a byword, and fell supinely into the arms of a less noble subjection. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) But when he reached the Exchange doors he drifted in as silently and supinely as any drift-log would float into the new crevasse. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana Buchanan's term was on the point of expiring, and he sat supinely looking on while the disruption of the Union proceeded apace. History of the United States, Volume 3 The braid of hair, freed entirely, continued to lie supinely across my open palm. The Thing from the Lake He sat supinely for a few minutes, simply staring at a nothingness beneath the surface of the panel. The Best Made Plans Don't sit supinely on your roost, but come along and help us boost, for better things of every kind, and leave your kicking clothes behind. Rippling Rhymes At the same time I would not have you sit supinely down and wait for the millennium. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time You don't find him maundering supinely about his latter end. The Brentons Those upon whom this dignity and advantage were conferred were, for the most part, content somewhat supinely to allow the new condition to be established for them. Benjamin Franklin But do not suppose that all this while I was supinely and tamely acquiescing in the fate that awaited me. A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story In the arm-chair sat an old, white-haired man, with a fat, swollen face, with staring eyes, bent frame, and arms supinely hanging down. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Yet now, impassively and ignominiously, he was surrendering them to the conqueror, supinely, meanly, without even the solace of some supreme if vain resistance! Phantom Wires A Novel Why forget so supinely His failures to remedy the easily remediable? Damn! A Book of Calumny Bides thy will? with a sudden haste command me; 10 Full and wistful, at ease reclin'd, a lover Here I languish alone, supinely dreaming. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Not folded arms, and slackness of the mind, Can promise for the safety of mankind: None are supinely good: thro' care and pain And various arts, the steep ascent we gain. The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 For he does not merely supinely enjoy the picture before him: some definite wish accompanies every glance, some resolve every impression. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag His fantastic body could heal itself against whatever they did to him, and his mind refused to accept the torture supinely. The Sky Is Falling Had he a right to desert her in her trouble, to yield supinely to a conventional prejudice? The Mayor of Warwick Wherever the claws moved there were Germans, who were too wise soldiers to fall back supinely on new lines of fortifications and await the next general attack. My Second Year of the War Those who submit supinely will attempt to repeat in their schools the sort of teaching that obtains in his classes, and their schools will suffer accordingly. The Vitalized School But to his utter amazement the creature did not fall supinely back into watery world from which it had emerged. Plague Ship In idle wishes fools supinely stay; Be there a will, then wisdom finds a way. Familiar Quotations He was ashamed to lie supinely enduring, to seem helpless before another man's eyes. Burned Bridges And yet, hopelessly caught as they were, neither could give up supinely. The Boy Scouts In Russia Besides, his goodly fabrick fills the eye, And seems design'd for thoughtless majesty: Thoughtless as monarch oaks, that shade the plain And, spread in solemn state, supinely reign. English Satires She was willing even to put off this reaction for a while, willing to remain passive and dizzied and stupefied, resigning herself helplessly and supinely to the swift current of events. A Man's Woman I knew how supinely Appleboro lay in the hollow of a hard hand. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man The station was not reached, practically no supplies were Page 216landed, the "Proteus" was nipped by the ice and sunk, and the remnant of the expedition came supinely home, reporting utter failure. American Merchant Ships and Sailors We can no longer lay supinely down upon our backs and let oppression dig his iron heel in our upturned pleading face until, perchance, the pity of a bystander may meekly request him to desist. Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem A Novel Again it refused, reared high into the air, stood for an instant upon its hind wheels and then fell supinely on its side, shedding its blankets, its pillows, and Theodora upon the cold, hard stones. New Faces If she supinely resigned herself to the current of circumstance, where would she be carried? A Man's Woman The pack-camel lay supinely as its master with strong deft fingers unbound and unknotted the various ropes until everything desired was found. Desert Love He had not the energy of character which rises superior to every ill, and had bent himself supinely to the fate which awaited him. Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue While he generally acted with the party of which Lord Russell and Lord Landsdowne were the chiefs, he did not place himself supinely under the dictation of the caucus-room. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Yet the nation stands supinely in the presence of a system of factory labor which tolerates the inhuman employment of children. The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin It would seem to be of little use preaching up an extension of rights to a people who are so supinely indifferent to their own well-being,—who are really unconcerned about their own elevation. Thrift The wreckage, like a great lump, lay supinely on the surface of the water; he could not hope to move it. Half A Chance The "Monks of Magdalen," as he calls the fellows, "decent, easy men," "supinely enjoyed the gifts of the founder." The Charm of Oxford Do not listen to these declarations and promises of God supinely; but arise and earnestly plead them. Sermons to the Natural Man II Underneath this myrtle shade, On flowery beds supinely laid, With odorous oils my head o'erflowing, And around it roses growing, What should I do but drink away The heat and troubles of the day? Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 She lay supinely in his arms, and he held her close. Dorian The authors stood supinely by, not contributing a farthing towards the expenses. In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays Intelligent as she unquestionably was, she nevertheless seemed to have given herself over supinely to a current of emotions which was sweeping her along. The Precipice And does he snore out supinely with the Poet? The Scornful Lady Wot you how she came to him, While he supinely dreamt of no ills? The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays He stood trembling for a moment, tottered, almost it seemed would have fallen, but presently steadied himself and sank supinely into a chair, where he sat in impotent suffering. Within the Law The arts of navigation, by which they acquired the empire of Britain and of the sea, were soon neglected by the indolent Barbarians, who supinely renounced all the commercial advantages of their insular situation. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 In the jungle one would scarcely stand supinely aside while another took his mate. Return of Tarzan There was no alternative except to sit supinely by and see the fear-crazed horse carry its rider into eternity, and Barney Custer was not the sort for that role. The Mad King The dog slunk back, his tail shut down close, his ears drooping, but instead of running away, he lay down and rolled supinely upon his back, the very image of submission, tame, abject, disgusting. The Octopus : A story of California She rested supinely against him, as if bereft of any strength of body or of soul. Within the Law Backward he fell; and, as his fate design'd, The ruins of an altar were behind: There, pitching on his shoulders and his head, Amid the scatt'ring fires he lay supinely spread. The Aeneid English The tumuli these had left behind, dun and shagged with heather, jutted roundly into the sky from the uplands, as though they were the full breasts of Diana Multimammia supinely extended there. The Mayor of Casterbridge Will you sit supinely by and see another rob you of your kingdom, and then continue to rob and throttle your subjects as he has been doing for the past ten years? The Mad King His eye is sated with the road and the coach; his hands become stationary on his lap; his feet supinely rested on the opposite seat; his head instinctively motions to the corner—and he dozes! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 266, July 28, 1827 "He seems in a very weak state," I remarked supinely. The Great Secret Shall we supinely submit, or do all in our power to oppose, check and suppress so pernicious a theory? The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments Let no one fold his hands supinely, and say, I have no Imagination; and therefore, if this doctrine be true, my life must be a failure. The Elements of Character She did not wait supinely for things to happen, but instinctively looked round to see what she could herself accomplish. The Vision of Desire And should she deign to show her face, To smile on us benignly, Let's give to her a chaste embrace, By no means most supinely. The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects The Greek schism places strikingly before our eyes the fate of such churches as supinely yield their rights and independence, and submit willingly to State tyranny. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) When he released her she wavered and half fell on a chair across the low back of which her arm hung supinely. Cytherea Can he supinely see His kingdom's peril and his cities' fall? Maid of Orleans He had sought revenge on his own cowardly countrymen who had yielded supinely and permitted the Americans to occupy the fairest districts of Germany. Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs Will they stand idly and supinely, and witness the consummation of such an infamous conspiracy? Bricks Without Straw Admiral Vancouver in 1793 visited Monterey harbor, and failed to raise the Union Jack, as supinely as the later British commanders in 1846. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance Or was it, again, only youth that he lamented, conscious of its slipping supinely from his grasp? Cytherea Then he led me with him to one of the rocks, and there, resting supinely against it, sat the Khan, still living but unable to move hand or foot. Ayesha, the Return of She All this time the Dervishes watched supinely from their position at Fuket, and although they were within a single march of Akasha they remained inactive and made no attempt to disturb the operations. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan I don't doubt but Whigs and Protestants will be alert enough in trying to recover what they lose so supinely. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 And can she rest supinely dependent on man for reason, when she ought to mount with him the arduous steeps of knowledge? Vindication of the Rights of Woman It was a dreadful thing for us to sit supinely and watch her death agony. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography I gazed supinely at other students as they went up to be examined, and even allowed myself to chaff some of them. Youth For a long time we gave up supinely to the most intense agony and despair, such as cannot be adequately imagined by those who have never been in a similar position. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 Thus far I had succumbed supinely to this imperious domination. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 Shall we vociferously curse England one day and the next supinely depend upon her representatives to help us out when our citizens are endangered? New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening |
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