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No Mo. The books stood ranged tidily on their shelves, except in one place where there was a wide, dark gap. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
The shelves were jammed full of books and stacks of scrolls, but tidily—a neat kind of clutter. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
When she didn’t want to bother worrying about clothes or how they looked on her, the shoulder-to-floor Islamic dress solved the problem, and tidily. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
It isn’t that every atom in the sample will exist for exactly 30 seconds or 60 seconds or 90 seconds or some other tidily ordained period. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
“And in all fairness, I am duly impressed with your skill. The lamp is tidily made. The sygaldry is quite cunning. The engraving precise. It is clever work.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Once he’d got the cord stowed away tidily in a big paper bag, he peered out the window, looking left and right, as he’d been doing for the previous quarter of an hour. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
They were laid there tidily but yet untidily, as if a very tidy person had taken them to the place, but had forgotten the reason when he got there. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
“And such lovely weather, I’m so glad of that,” added Beth, tidily sorting neck and hair ribbons in her best box, lent for the great occasion. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
Today, the timber is tidily stacked, floor to ceiling, in Grade's studio, drying. Art of decay: John Grade's fascinating sculptures crave disintegration 2011-05-29T01:58:15Z
And so, blood runs, investigation ensues and a lurid double-murder trial fails to tidily tie up the tale. Lifetime’s ‘Lizzie Borden’ is surprisingly layered 2014-01-25T00:18:55Z
The billowing cloud of spray contrasts dramatically with the regimented firs below and the even more tidily arrayed parking lots at the base of the cliff. Take a plunge with Seattle photographer Peter de Lory in 'The Falls' at Lisa Harris Gallery 2011-01-20T22:26:09Z
The drag personae emerge tidily, one after the other, and the scenes take on a kind of sameness. ‘Notes on Killing’ Review: For These Puerto Ricans, Promises Never Kept 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z
Under the direction of Lucie Tiberghien, the second act proves livelier than the first, even though my interest tended to flag once Kim’s erratic behavior has been tidily explained in that monologue. Review: In ‘The Other Thing,’ a Ghostly Vigil Turns Ominous 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z
In fact, you might even remark on how clean it is, how easily you can find the labeled leftovers, the condiments, and how tidily the herbs are stored. 13 organizing hacks for your tidiest fridge yet 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z
Women — lonesome, scarred, wobbling — lead each of the nine stories, which are tidily sorted into three sections: past, present and future. Shrewd Short Stories That Merge the Hopeless and the Hopeful 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z
The grassy emptiness that’s visible is tidily scenic but suggests a sort of upscale quarantine. In the galleries: Gunpowder and teddy bears 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z
Historians have had a long tradition of sitting down in a reading room, looking through tidily packaged print material, he said. Meet Your Meme Lords 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z
It tidily stacks the deck of its central thesis, which concerns the nature of grace as it is visited on inhabitants of this earth. Theater Review: ‘Grace,’ With Paul Rudd and Michael Shannon, at Cort Theater 2012-10-05T02:00:00Z
I think that we omnivores do need to understand and acknowledge that however tidily they are packaged at the supermarket, animals die to make our dinner. Turns out our stereotypes of hunting are really about our own fear of death 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z
These themes might have fit tidily into a play, but life is rarely tidy. Review: In ‘Billy & Billie,’ a Step-Sibling Romance Tests Taboos 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z
This appeared to owe at least partly to the fact that her style was a singular amalgam of fiery Russian emotionalism and cool French rationalism, which left American concert presenters unable to pigeonhole her tidily. Brigitte Engerer, French Pianist, Dies at 59 2012-06-30T03:39:20Z
Whether Western or Eastern, such touches always are applied tidily. In the galleries: In ‘Gilded,’ artist Takefumi Hori applies Midas touch
Mr. Yahel, who shifted core allegiance from the piano to the Hammond B-3 organ 20 years ago, has never seemed like this sort of musician, so tidily proficient, so stoic. Playlist: A Confection of Pop, and Newport Chops 2011-08-20T19:45:06Z
Why are our little girls playing safely and tidily indoors? Motherlode Blog: Less Outdoor Playtime for Preschool Girls 2012-04-02T19:29:41Z
Mr. Blanc’s “Mothership,” tidily set to a score of that name by Mason Bates, will be worth seeing again for the breaks it gives to its dancers, who are all at corps or apprentice level. New York City Ballet Opens a Spring Gala, and Some Umbrellas 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z
Alfred's syrup fits tidily inside my refrigerator door. This ingredient makes my homemade lattes taste barista-made 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z
The perfunctory dead mother — which is by far the majority of the tribe — is swept away tidily in the first few pages, leaving her oddly unmoved but handily pathetic child on the road to adventure. There’s a glut of bunnies and dead moms in children’s books 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z
The dialogue in “Difficult Women” occasionally falters, tending toward telegraphic language that broadcasts too tidily a character’s interiority. No Shrinking Violets: A Short Story Collection From Roxane Gay 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z
And his novel is so readable and tidily constructed that, initially, you barely notice its increasingly improbable plot contrivances. Books of The Times: ‘Say Nice Things About Detroit,’ Scott Lasser’s New Novel 2012-08-28T21:15:58Z
Her clothes are folded and her books stacked tidily above her desk. The teenage bedroom: a place to call your own 2013-04-18T11:30:00Z
The novel doesn’t end tidily like an after-school special. A Different Kind of California Dreaming 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z
This episode, ferociously written by Semi Chellas and thankfully low on Stanley Kubrick references, is less tidily parallel and more gritty, from blond Bonnie’s filthy New York City toes to Bob’s bloody-nosed friend. 'Mad Men' Watch: Welcome Back; We Missed You 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z
Here, Glass doesn’t tidily package his “portraits” trilogy as much as acknowledge it. Review: The Met’s ‘Akhnaten’ Takes a Post-Grammys Victory Lap 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z
“This is a really sweet time,” he said, as he tidily sipped a bowl of chicken soup. Sam Waterston Is Still the Face of ‘Law & Order’ 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z
The difference is that they don’t do things in a way that allows the action to progress tidily, because that’s not how life works. "What is happy?" Salon talks to the cast and creator of FXX's "You're the Worst" 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z
It’s the kind of wall without mortar once built in New England, only these rocks were perfectly matched and even more tidily piled — as precise as Legos. In Argentina, Wine, Art and Altitude 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z
At 74, Mr. McCartney is still winsome, tossing off dozens of memorable, brilliantly constructed, tidily performed songs with a grin, a shrug and a wave to the crowd. Review: Paul McCartney and Neil Young Share a Bill, and Some Songs 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z
It was once believed that Solange and Beyoncé represented yin and yang, but the shared political streak on “A Seat at the Table” and “Lemonade” has muddied their tidily opposing narratives. Solange Knowles’s Album of Black Life in America 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z
The paradox of the financially beleaguered Steve losing his religion while everybody else finds theirs is laid out as tidily as a PowerPoint presentation. Theater Review: ‘Grace,’ With Paul Rudd and Michael Shannon, at Cort Theater 2012-10-05T02:00:00Z
On either side were the colorfully painted townhouses with their French doors leading out to small yards, some tidily kept, some growing wild. What Do Anna Wintour and Bob Dylan Have in Common? This Secret Garden 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z
Introduced by antiquarian bookseller Rebecca Romney, “Projections” reprints a dozen science-fiction stories, each as a separate booklet tidily packaged together in a handsome box. Review | Why read what everyone else is reading? A guide to this season’s hidden gems. 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z
This point, incidentally, was recently made quite tidily by the New York Times’ own former food critic Sam Sifton, who sang of breakfast’s charms in a piece called Seize the Morning. The New York Times should eat its words: breakfast is for champions 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z
“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” tidily wraps serial murder into an operetta packet with a big ribbon of farce. Tony winner ‘Gentleman’s Guide’ is good but not a killer 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z
While inner and outer are elsewhere tidily juxtaposed, the graphite’s intricate textures are intriguingly in-between. Review | In the galleries: The grid is the primary motif but subject to subtle change 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z
Benjamin Black makes pointed asides about the dullness of Agatha Christie, and about the patness of mystery stories that resolve their loose ends too tidily. Books Of the Times: ‘Vengeance,’ a New Novel by Benjamin Black 2012-08-13T21:47:45Z
The cakes are available whole or by the slice, each wedge tidily encased in cellophane. Baked goods take center stage at Regent Bakery & Café on Capitol Hill 2012-08-02T20:10:04Z
The 18th-century writer’s formulation about the sublime versus the beautiful had been formative for me, dividing the aesthetic world into the tidily pleasing and the compellingly terrifying — think cheerful daisy versus boundless and stormy sea. In California Desert, Father and Daughter Find the Sublime 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z
Under the direction of Jake Nemmers, the executive chef, it comes out of the kitchen in a series of tidily formal circles and squares. The Art of Flavor at Flora Bar in the Met Breuer 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z
And yet Serpell is too much the realist — the skeptical social novelist — to believe the fate of a nation can be resolved so tidily. Review | ‘The Old Drift’ is a brilliant literary response to generations of bad politics 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z
Matisse not only tidily arranged objects within a frame, but also provided a subsidiary rectangle within that frame: the window. In the galleries: Out of nothingness — art 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z
David Woodhead's set, tidily crammed with office supplies and multiple desks, is oddly familiar to any modern cubicle worker. Review: The wolf is at the door in 'Cornelius' 2013-06-12T22:22:08Z
Inspired by seismic Cuban and global events, “Celia and Fidel” features characters who often tidily explain geopolitical realities to each other — when they’re not analyzing situations with pat succinctness or pithily summarizing past shared experiences. Review | She might get top billing, but ‘Celia and Fidel’ at Arena Stage shortchanges the female revolutionary 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z
The whole of humanity doesn’t fit tidily into three acts, even assuming as much frame-breaking foolery as Wilder allows. ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ Review: A Party for the End of the World 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z
These are complex questions that Brooker’s script, to its credit, does not seek to answer tidily. Queer fears: the problem with Black Mirror's 'no homo' episode 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z
The majority of the album’s 10 tracks are tidily packaged dance motivationals that stay well beneath the five-minute mark and wear the band’s influences like a freshly pressed Oxford. A Right Dance-Worthy Album from Franz Ferdinand 2013-08-30T09:45:31Z
With a set mouth and hands tidily folded in her lap, Day delivers a vicious yet contained performance as Mary reflecting on her husband’s relationship with her niece. ‘How I Learned to Drive’ Review: Many Miles to Go Before a Reckoning 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z
Most of them were settled subjects, like those that preceded “Baseball,” and fit tidily into Burnsian packages. Baseball Continued: Between Rebirth and Calamity 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z
Now there’s so much television, there’s no reason for harassment and abuse to be tidily sewn into a single installment. The Only Hollywood Abuser I Want to Hear From Is a Horse 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z
That line rather tidily sums up the frustrations felt by many of the play’s characters. A Revival of A. R. Gurney’s ‘Wayside Motor Inn’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z
Much of his oeuvre appears to abide tidily by Flaubert’s dictum that “an author … must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.” Walker Evans’s Typology of the American Worker 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z
Readers’ suggestions for getting there, tidily tucked into a nice neat list for what may not be such an ordered endeavor, follow. Motherlode Blog: Navigating Relationships With Grandparents in a Divorce 2012-05-17T19:30:51Z
And I love that the dream songs are not tidy little poems following each other tidily into silence, like so many poems published today. My John Berryman: A Poet of Deep Unease 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z
In an era of tidily packaged, overly test-screened products, how are some studios still getting it so wrong? Welcome to the flophouse! This year's films that no one wanted to see 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z
Aizuri tidily braided the melodies in the Adagio yet allowed the passages to remain lithe. In Aizuri Quartet, a natural bond and a captivating performance 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z
It was the sort of place that had baize green croquet lawns, deep porches that seemed miles long, a tidily lettered sign at the foot of a drive making clear to interlopers its exclusionary nature. My Life in Hotels 2011-12-02T14:36:36Z
Most of them are arranged tidily in boxes, but some are piled into a bathtub filled with several inches of brownish water. In the galleries: The fleeting beauty of birds, making their final flights 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z
As the film tidily illuminates, ever since the Reagan era of corporate philanthropy, “cause marketing” has become a massive growth industry. The tyranny of pink 2012-05-30T11:45:00Z
These comedies from the 1980s of plucky, sassy working-class women – tidily shaped, efficient exercises in sentimental button-pushing — have never been personal favorites of mine. London Theater Journal: A Double Double Bill 2010-07-28T15:51:00Z
Just after the movers departed, I tidily separated the fiction from the nonfiction, dutifully arranging the fiction alphabetically by author. Perspective | Why bother organizing your books? A messy personal library is proof of life. 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z
A short puffer jacket, in other words, was layered over a tidily tailored suit. Fashion Review: Italian Men?s Fashion Week Shows in Milan Go Conservative 2012-01-18T23:53:35Z
“It sort of straddles the boundaries between a mental disorder and a physical disorder. It doesn’t fit tidily into one or the other category.” ‘My oestrogen levels were all over the place’: when men have ‘sympathy pregnancies’ 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z
She seems so unremarkable, this woman with her white hats, tidily arranged scarves and vanity. | 'Poetry': Consider an Apple, Consider the World 2011-02-10T22:31:06Z
But it’s ultimately kind to its characters; not wrapping up their problems tidily, but reminding them and us that when you’re 18, you have time to figure things out. ‘The Spectacular Now’: A convincing drama of teenage love 2013-08-15T22:31:16Z
Caulk that’s 100 percent silicone doesn’t shrink and stays flexible, but it is so sticky that it’s tough to install tidily. Grout vs. caulk: One will crack at the edge of the shower, and one won’t 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z
Walker showed a clear head in an unfamiliar situation to finish tidily. 'Dreary England cannot spoil Ukraine's special night' 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z
The tidily arrayed magnets on the front and side of the refrigerator clue visitors in to her heroes in the most compact way possible. A Tony Nominee Shows Off Her Snug Upper West Side Rental 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z
Now he is the new mayor of Ostelsheim, a village of 2,700 people and tidily kept streets nestled in the rolling hills near the Black Forest in southwestern Germany. Meet the New Mayor: How a Refugee Won Over a Conservative German Town 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z
It’s a classically motley team of misfits, whose disparate backgrounds fit perhaps a little too tidily into the filmmakers’ aim to illustrate the long reach of climate change. Review | ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’: A rational if desperate pragmatism 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z
And yet tidily packaged preparation and stylish follow-through is Josephine’s brand as we’re first introduced to this influencer star of her own food, travel and fashion site for the modern woman. Review: Postpartum terror besets Noémie Merlant in nightmarish 'Baby Ruby' 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z
As it is tidily explained: “We haunt someone, change them into a better person and then we sing about it.” Review: Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds bring holiday bromance to musical-comedy 'Spirited' 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z
Arranged tidily in groupings of various numbers, and separated by disparate expanses of white wall, the triangular blocks stretch approximately 7 feet high and 14 feet wide. Review | In the galleries: Exploring connections in the Black experience 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z
And on it goes, until a climactic family dinner when all is exposed and the drama is tidily wrapped up. Take a trip to Meg Mitchell Moore’s ‘Vacationland’ for a family drama 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z
Earl’s home is an airless, tidily ordered sanctum of records and movies fussily cataloged on index cards. Review: Andrew Holleran should be a giant of queer literature. His new novel on aging proves it 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z
The hosts bowled tidily enough late in the day that England were not able to make a fast start in building their advantage. England hold slim chance of Test win 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z
In the foreground, besides some scattered dead leaves, are two pairs of tidily aligned shoes. Perspective | So much depends upon sunlight and vines on a white wall
The physics of international politics sometimes tidily illustrate Newton’s third law of motion: When two bodies interact, their forces on each other are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. Opinion | The West gives Putin a refresher course in physics — and judo 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z
But it is difficult to predict how the justices will rule, they say, because the issues do not fit tidily into liberal and conservative boxes. Were These Doctors Treating Pain or Dealing Drugs? 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z
In Putin’s plan to dismember Ukraine by embracing self-determination for ethnic Russian separatists, he, like Hitler in 1938, is exploiting careless rhetoric that ignores the fact that ethnicities do not tidily coincide with national boundaries. Opinion | Putin, in his feral cunning, is Bismarckian, with a dash of Lord Nelson 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z
Fourteen years later, in her late 30s, Mann’s “Save Me,” which closes “Magnolia,” became her masterpiece: a spare, tidily strummed ballad and maybe the most unassumingly beautiful song ever written about connection among damaged people. Aimee Mann: 'I have an enormous amount of compassion for people who are struggling' 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z
The latter won’t lie as tidily in your Dutch oven, nor will it slice as beautifully as a flat cut, but where it gives up on looks it delivers on flavor. How to cook a holiday brisket that will be tender every time 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z
But this time around it was more helpfully succinct, more tidily packaged, more honed. Opinion | The New Trump? Easy. It’s Tucker. 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z
And watching it all pay off as the business ended each semester tidily in the black. ‘Way of the dodo’: Campus bookstore’s end sparks firing feud 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z
It is tumultuously emotive, barely under control at times and certainly not as tidily polished as was expected from a young violinist of that era making a New York debut. Ivry Gitlis, Israeli violinist who mesmerized global audiences, dies at 98 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z
Granted, my father was by nature not the most imaginative guy: He was a bookkeeper whose job was to keep numbers lining up tidily. My Father Leaned on Routine to Create Stability. Now I Do, Too. 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z
My time in quizzing has overlapped tidily with the web’s renovation of the sport. Question time: my life as a quiz obsessive 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z
Satellite pictures showed more than 100 sitting tidily around the perimeter of the pitch. Women’s tennis takes victory lap in China despite troubling backdrop | Tumaini Carayol 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z
One by one, these essays are tidily structured; and together they form a loose web, circling each other while flung to distant points. Esmé Weijun Wang’s ‘The Collected Schizophrenias’ belongs alongside the best writing on illness 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z
Instead of a sitcom that tidily wraps things up in tidy half-hour, these games are full-length Wagnerian operas, complete with plot twists, shocking reversals and meaty roles for even the minor characters. Operatic struggle offers chess on a grand scale 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z
Pessimism emanates most strongly from bodies that are ageing faster and suffering more – further evidence that we cannot tidily separate how things appear to our minds from how they feel to our bodies. How feelings took over the world 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z
This bag also fits tidily under airplane seats. Diaper bags are losing cutesy looks, gaining serious style | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z
With quiet-close zippers, no extraneous buckles or flaps, a waterproof bottom, a clever stay-open design structure, and handy cards to list contact, medicine and allergy info, this bag also fits tidily under airplane seats. RIGHT AT HOME: Diaper bags get a stylish update 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z
With that in mind, Vavic was able to tidily frame his ejection from the Stanford game as a "good omen." USC, UCLA advance to semifinal meeting at NCAA water polo championships 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z
Because it proves that life’s stories are not so tidily wrapped up with a pretty bow, “Where The Water Tastes Like Wine” is a game that propels the form forward. Review | ‘Where The Water Tastes Like Wine’ is a giant leap forward for video game storytelling 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z
For the most part, the academy continued its long tradition of squeezing powerfully intimate, urgent moments into a tidily entertaining and relentlessly self-flattering package. Capping an exhausting awards season, the Oscars offered relief but little satisfaction
The Winter Olympics: Arriving with less fanfare than their summer counterparts with their tidily marketed narratives of American dominance, the Winter Olympics deserve equal notice for the opposite reason. Overrated/Underrated: A forward-looking Monk tribute, and the limited appeal of going 'Solo' 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z
In Bernstein, stylistic opposites and theatrical opposites may attract but not tidily. L.A. Opera and a 'Candide' for all 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z
That tidily encapsulates one of the challenges for “Saturday Night Live,” which last season enjoyed its most robust ratings in years on the strength of timely political material. With Alec Baldwin's Trump in hand, 'Saturday Night Live' returns with Ryan Gosling and uneven timing 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z
In a way, far from tidily solving the puzzle of our origins, the Jebel Irhoud discoveries add to mounting evidence that the dawning of our kind was a very complicated affair.  Ancient Fossils from Morocco Mess Up Modern Human Origins 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z
What I see as this year’s lack of Cleveland drama is partly a function of last year’s bounty of it, with James tidily completing his championship arc. Sorry, Cavaliers. It’s Warriors (in Four, Five, Six or Seven). 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z
It was the numbers and sheer youth of these peaceful demonstrators, umbrellas held aloft to ward off teargas and pepper spray, as they confronted – peacefully, tidily and very, very politely – the wrath of Beijing. Joshua Wong, the student who risked the wrath of Beijing: ‘It’s about turning the impossible into the possible’ 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z
The first things you notice are the beds, arranged like Tetris pieces in the narrow space, with tidily folded piles of clothes peeking from weekend bags resting on them. Israel’s Invisible Filipino Work Force 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z
Progressives resolved this contradiction when, like most Americans, they eschewed racialism — the belief that the races are tidily distinct, each created independent of all others, each with fixed traits and capacities. Opinion | The liberals who loved eugenics 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z
While Sunderland continued to play tidily after going a goal down, they also continued to offer little in the way of a goal threat. David Moyes suffers miserable return to Everton with Sunderland defeat 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z
The images, titled “Nickel Tailings #34” and “Nickel Tailings #35,” were pristinely focussed, tidily composed, semi-abstract. Edward Burtynsky’s Epic Landscapes 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z
A pair of clean, gray suede desert boots, size 9.5 and not belonging to Grant, were tidily placed on a rocking chair in the bedroom. Forsyth County homicide remains a secret 47 years later 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z
Today the family’s former estate is a tidily groomed government historic site open to the public. Castro Town: Fidel grew up here, but he came back to destroy it 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z
It is precisely because the digital devices tidily tune out small errors that they create the opportunities for large ones. Crash: how computers are setting us up for disaster | Tim Harford 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z
The bike mechanic works diligently, tools hung tidily on the wall behind him, just steps away from the barista/counter-service person. 3 new cheap-eats spots you should definitely try 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z
For a movie that traffics in the messiness of life, “Bad Moms” wraps up a little too tidily. ‘Bad Moms’ mines laughs from the demands of motherhood 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z
The lawns were tidily landscaped with hedges of lavender, succulents, cactuses and kumquat trees. The Invisible Catastrophe 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z
My dad was lying in a bed in the guest room - his breathing was laboured, his hair, usually tidily combed, was messy. That Dragon, Cancer and the weird complexities of grief 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z
The article, tidily entitled ‘The advantage of short paper titles,’ is in the Royal Society journal Open Science. Terse Titles Cited 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z
A severed pig’s head with its loose blood and tissue is far more disgusting than some tidily bagged collection of trash.  MLS fans may brawl but Americans will always be second-class hooligans 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z
The player, whose finishing is the area most in end of improvement, kept his cool and slotted tidily past the advancing goalkeeper from 20 yards to open his account for his new club. Roma v Manchester City: pre-season friendly – live! 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z
Tiny town buildings, spare and replacement parts, decades-old schedules and trains of all sizes sat tidily amid the display at Illinois Central College. EXCHANGE: Train fair gives nod to Peoria’s rail history 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z
That road to Hell tidily was summed up in a recent piece in The Economist, Breaking the Rules: “The short-lived interwar gold standard … was a mess.” The Eichengreen Fallacy Misleads Some "Market Monetarists," Part Two 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z
More obvious advice that Gardner says students routinely fail to heed: Guys don’t need to wear a suit and tie but they do need to dress tidily. The Industries Hiring The Most College Grads In 2015 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z
The idea of widespread exploitation feels unexpected amid these pretty streets, with painted wooden fences, autumn roses and pansies, and tidily trimmed hedges, but Gove has become familiar with it. Wisbech: the end of the road for migrant workers 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z
The player, whose finishing is the area most in end of improvement, kept his cool and slotted tidily past the advancing goalkeeper from 20 yards to open his account for his new club. Roma v Manchester City: pre-season friendly – live! 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z
The tidily dressed, silver-haired Murphree’s battle over the diminutive flag dates to 2012, when he filed a federal lawsuit over the matter. Tiny flag creates big stir for Florida retiree 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z
At another stop, an elderly woman wearing black stockings and black sneakers, her hair tidily pulled back beneath her head covering, stood holding the screen door. What Happens When the Amish Get Rich 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
The rooms are in impeccable order, with the belongings of each child tidily arranged. China's tough lessons in resilience 2014-02-11T21:48:03Z
And scary, as it is filled with a myriad of uncertainties and things that don’t fit tidily into a spreadsheet. 5 Ways To Get the Most From Your Ad Agency 2013-05-23T13:15:14Z
The apps claim to offer more privacy than text messaging, and they tidily archive a couple’s exchanges. Apps for couples and yoga for flat abs 2012-08-27T18:00:18Z
Scientists merely perform authority and objectivity through their conventions, and the result is that experiments seem to unfold tidily and timelessly, making the scientific process appear foreordained – and boring. Scientists as writers 2012-08-15T19:15:00.177Z
Whether you agree or disagree, he tidily answers the most common personal finance questions with refreshing clarity. With your personal finances, do this — not that 2012-07-07T23:51:00Z
Most peaceable quiet men and women tidily dressed came up to receive them, and it was hardly possible to believe that these were the demoniac warriors who had thrilled us the night before. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z
Sitting on her living room sofa, her knees together, her hands clasped tidily on her lap, Maria Ortiz was the picture of professionalism. A Credit Nightmare, but Coming Out Better in the End 2012-01-12T03:30:33Z
“Well, Bob Cooper, I think you’ve told your story pretty tidily, with Harry’s assistance; and I don’t wonder now that you’ve only got one purse between you.” From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z
"Who should enjoy them if not you?" asked Meg heartily, quickly clearing away the papers and things, and placing the hamper tidily in a corner. Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z
It was a small, tidily furnished 137 bedroom, and the prevalence of feminine touches hinted that it had been occupied by the housekeeper. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z
After a sterile first half, Chelsea turned up the pressure, getting the ball down and passing tidily. Sterile Chelsea lack killer instinct in goalless draw at Stoke City 2011-08-14T18:47:09Z
One attractive feature of the new hypothesis is that it tidily explains why the near and far sides of the moon are not only topographically but compositionally different. E Pluribus Lunum: Did Earth Once Have Two Moons? 2011-08-03T20:15:00.243Z
But what the airport observation suggests, alongside volumes of other evidence, is that the blame cannot so tidily be placed on the “them.” Currents: In Fight for Better India, Best to Look Within 2011-07-01T11:01:02Z
The N.B.A.’s draft gets rolling Thursday night, and bucking the trend of the way it draws out everything else, the league will wrap up the draft tidily in one night. Leading Off: Night of Hope in the N.B.A. 2011-06-23T16:07:26Z
He notes, as does every writer who approaches this country, the impossibility of tidily summing it up. Books of The Times: An Intimate Biography of Millions 2011-06-08T22:28:00Z
If the children scatter their toys about, we can make them put them tidily away, and that is more than we can manage with their fathers! A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z
"But this is the way of paying calls," she thought, pulling the quilt up tidily under her chin and waiting for what would be done to her next. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z
The boys and girls cut willow shoots, and reeds, and grasses that were good for this work, at the proper time, and bound them together in bundles tidily, for use later on. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z
The deal, one of the largest in Australia's forestry estate business, fit tidily into the fund manager's investment strategy of seeking assets related to food, energy and raw materials. CVCA-AimCo eyes up to C$700 mln in private equity deals 2011-05-26T04:30:06Z
The most absurd thing was, that he was dressed like any one else, neither worse nor better, tidily, even with a certain elaborateness, and actually had pretentions to respectability and personal dignity. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z
I advise you to make some sort of a beginning, even if you don't put things away tidily. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z
He's all whirling arms and legs in his run-up, but bowls tidily and yields only two singles. World Cup day 29 as it happened 2011-03-19T03:08:21Z
The coals were piled in a neat heap; the dross was swept tidily into a corner; the briquettes were built in an accurate pile. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z
Edith soon tumbled into bed, but Sarah folded her things tidily up on a chair, and then opened her Bible to read her chapter. Sarah's First Start in Life. 2011-01-26T03:00:24.470Z
He simply looks a class apart to his three rivals on hurdling form and has jumped tidily in his starts to date as a steeplechaser. Talking Horses: Latest news and best bets in our daily racing blog 2011-01-11T11:32:26Z
Many of the prevailing trends in high tech—often tidily summarized by the word "convergence"—are now mature enough to start changing the way regular people interact with technology. At CES: Peeking into the Future of Tablets 2011-01-06T04:01:00Z
He bowled tidily, but pointlessly, a potential wicket-taker reduced to plugging up an end. The Ashes 2010-11: England take a leaf out of the German football book 2011-01-05T10:00:01Z
It was a bright, frosty morning, and the trim villas with their newly cleaned doorsteps and tidily brushed-up gardens looked pleasant, homely places as they regarded them from the top of a car. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z
Oh, Lucy, how much better it would be if your shoes were tidily side by side! The Cat and Fiddle Book Eight Dramatised Nursery Rhymes for Nursery Performers 2010-12-29T03:00:28.543Z
He is sleek and fat, tidily dressed, free from every kind of worry; he never passes his evenings by the tank gazing at the stars and sighing. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z
For example, bacteria can’t be tidily arranged into “good” and “bad” groups where one is toxin-producing and the other is not. Infection, Kill Thyself 2010-04-29T22:08:00Z
“Like the shiny parquet floors of their apartment houses,” she added, “Mr. Auchincloss’s people are just a little too finely polished, a little too tidily assembled.” 2010-01-28T04:18:00Z
It was tidily furnished; but everything in it was strange to me, and wore a look of desolation and loneliness. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10
Why must their lost gloves be found for them, and their wardrobes tidily arranged for them to throw into confusion in their hurry? Household Organization
Always after they had eaten their food Jack washed up the things in a bucket, and put them tidily by in their places in the waggon, while the men lounged by the fire and smoked. Left on the Prairie
When the tea-drinking was over, and the cups and spoons had been tidily put away, Rachel prepared herself for her walk. Rachel Ray
The room was full of healthy-looking workmen, tidily dressed and busily doing honour to the porridge and other items on the menu. Friend Mac Donald
When all was complete and the cabin arranged tidily, Wilfrid looked in at the next cabin. Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War
The latter was plainly though tidily dressed, and did not look like an educated person. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days
She perched her old horn spectacles on the tip of her little nose, and peeped in, suggesting improvements here and there, and she cut out the carpets quite tidily. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves
The unmade road here was always swept neatly and tidily; during the rainy seasons the mud was washed carefully away and in the winter it was kept free from snow. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel
An Oriental nation that can fill a cupboard tidily is a nation to bow down to. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel
It was the rule that all boarders were to be up and have their bedding tidily folded by sunrise. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches
He lit his small lantern, ate his supper, and then curled up as tidily as any four-footed tenant and fell asleep. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North
I'll just coil myself tidily around one of those spare logs. Collector's Item
And then I felt I knew the place pretty tidily for a beginning. The Girls and I A Veracious History
Some of these machines were half buried in the sand; others were tidily laid up on stones as though just landed. Gold
She always curtseyed politely, was always tidily dressed, had even plaited the blue ribbon into her fair hair with a certain taste. The Son of His Mother
And the table-cloth, which was wrapped up tidily and put in the dresser drawer, came out as clean as ever, with not a single black footmark upon it. The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock
Order forbids details in a picture—she puts them tidily away; but details give charm. Shirley
But he hadn't finished even then, for little Fay, aided and abetted by Meg, insisted that every single thing should be tidily put back exactly where it was before. Jan and Her Job
"Would you like a bottle of Guinness's porter with your dinners, gen'lmen?" asked a very pretty and tidily dressed young woman, who waited upon them. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846
His high, broad brow was covered by heavy, rough, tufty hair that was brushed cleanly from his forehead and cut tidily about the neck so that he did not look unkempt. Changing Winds A Novel
"You want somewhere where they'll put you up tidily for a few days—just for a breath of country air." Great Uncle Hoot-Toot
She is very tidily dressed; there is a clean white holland pinafore under the scarlet cloak, and although her shoes are old, they are well patched and mended. Poppy's Presents
I understand that these boys always like to go tidily dressed and to keep themselves neat; and that a good many of them carry canes. A Boy's Town
Every thing here," he continued, glancing his eye around the tidily furnished little room—"every thing here looks clean and comfortable. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846
If it makes your head ache to stoop, I will just hand you the things; but no one else can put them away so tidily.” Our Bessie
She was clean and tidily dressed, as were also her dear little children, and appeared glad to see us. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals
Her hair is tidily brushed, and her nice white collar hangs over the edge of her dress. Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young
She hid among the fern while her clothes were drying, put them on tidily, and went back with her filled water-bucket to the hotel. The Dop Doctor
Don’t you think we might drop down with the stream now, seeing as we’re tidily strong like?” Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop
But, never mind, if they were put up neatly and tidily they were always “excellent,” or “quite slap-up” as he used to say.  My Father as I Recall Him
Soon after, I found Rhoda, with her dress tidily pinned out of harm's way, standing at a barrel, and poking vigorously with a stick longer than herself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866
By this method there is no occasion for wiping superfluous glue from underneath the over-lapping edge, as there will not be any perceptible, or, indeed, present, when tidily done. The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII.
The fourth is a modification of this for pamphlets and other books of little value, that need to be kept together tidily for occasional reference. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians
She saw the sunlight streaming in through the closed window-curtains, but August though it was, this early hour of the morning was chilly, and Marjorie shivered as she tumbled not too tidily into her clothes. The Children of Wilton Chase
She looked at her skirts instead and smoothed them very tidily. Fairy Prince and Other Stories
A thick-set middle-aged man, tidily dressed in a blue serge suit of nautical cut, the sort of thing that they sell, ready-made, in sea-ports and naval stations. Ravensdene Court
You might put your work tidily away, Miss Patty. Girls of the Forest
He buried his last meal between two bricks in the kitchen floor, and covered it very tidily with a bit of newspaper. Last Words A Final Collection of Stories
The hollow was lined tidily and softly with dried grass, and made a comfortable place to sit, no doubt. Bird Stories
We have seen young women on the street, dressed tidily and smartly, and we have gone into the homes of these women and have been disgusted and nauseated with their general appearance. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies
Then, putting the remainder of the cartridges away tidily, he closed the box, shut the drawer and went back to his room. Jack O' Judgment
And I can organise, and can speak fairly well, and manage business affairs tidily. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
In a manuscript of 1316, a country-woman is engaged in churning, dressed in a comfortable gown and apron, the gown tidily pinned up, and her head and neck in a coverchief. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866
She rose from her seat, and put them all tidily away on a side-table. How It All Came Round
And so it did, for Marjorie was methodical in details, and she arranged the little reels of silk, and put the needles tidily in their cushion, until the basket was in fine order. Marjorie's Busy Days
When the old man got home to his house in the wood he hung the bag up tidily on a nail. The Old Man's Bag
Eloquent bustled about putting the remains of Miss Buttermish tidily into his suit-case while the grey eyes followed his movements with amused interest. The Ffolliots of Redmarley
He smoothed them out, flattening them upon his knee one by one, and, having counted them over, rolled them up tidily, and thrust them to the bottom of the brown bag. Despair's Last Journey
When she paused, he replaced the pen tidily in its rack. The Grell Mystery
It was between six and seven o'clock when Agnes, neatly and tidily dressed, came downstairs, accompanied by Irene, who led her straight into the drawing room. A Modern Tomboy A Story for Girls
No, no; you and I will stay comfortably here by the fire, and I'll give you your tea and put you tidily to bed. Kate Coventry An Autobiography
She collected the papers tidily, put them in a little portfolio and tucked them under her arm. The Angel of Terror
“I have done nought to vex him that I know of,” replied Pandora, rising from her knees before a drawer wherein she was putting some lace tidily away. All's Well Alice's Victory
About five children, more tidily dressed than the others, had a whole and sound form to themselves near the fire and the mistress. The Carbonels
"Well, I'm glad he's got home, anyway," she remarked, aloud, to herself as she hung her dish-cloth tidily over the upturned dish-pan and took up her broom. A Voice in the Wilderness
Inside the cabin there was a little wood-pile, and with a few well-chosen logs and dried sticks she soon had the stove roaring, and then began to bestow their possessions tidily. A Mating in the Wilds
He did not move when she took his handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the knife, closed and slipped it into her bag, before she replaced the handkerchief tidily. The Angel of Terror
We should be surprised if one of the spinsters in Cranford, after tidily sweeping the room with a broom, were to fly away on a broomstick. A Short History of England
They need dry, warm, well-lighted, and tidily kept houses. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition
The "best chamber" was tidily kept, the little girl well looked after to see that she troubled no one. A Little Girl in Old Salem
He undressed quietly and got into bed, after laying his clothes tidily on one of the chairs. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories
She put the cover on her machine, locked up her desk, and then retired into a corner, where she changed her shoes, putting her slippers away tidily in a cupboard. Mary Gray
He musses up what had been so tidily arranged. A Preface to Politics
As she turned into Drury Lane, to her great surprise there stood Sally Grimes, looking strangely75 shy, but tidily and, above all, neatly dressed. Little Pollie Or a Bunch of Violets
But, the family comfortably and tidily, although humbly provided in their habitation and domestic arrangements, have usually a corresponding character in their personal relations. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings
Here we fastened up little fragments of cinder in pieces of writing-paper, and having secured them tidily with string, we dropped these parcels through the iron bars as into a post-office. A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son
Here, tucked away among the mountains as tidily as some Eastern village, lies the county seat of Sierra County. Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California
They wore clean pinafores and began to behave tidily at table. Robin
The luminous tresses had had their way since then; that is, with certain comfortable bounds prescribed; and rippled themselves backward from a clear, contented face, into the net that held them tidily. Faith Gartney's Girlhood
And we need not go far, or look sharp, to see the best men and the best women in our state and nation graduating from the wholesome farm house thus tidily and amply provided. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings
A clean ribbon bound back her hair, an untorn frock of some white stuff clothed her tidily; even her shoes were neat. The Four Feathers
So having seen the children put their lesson-books tidily away, Margaret ran lightly downstairs to look for some of the others. The Rebellion of Margaret
Paterfamilias comes down to breakfast—his newspaper fresh, clean, and tidily folded, lies invitingly on the table—he eagerly seizes it, and is forthwith furnished with topics of conversation with his family. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864
Round another tub—a shallow oak one, tidily hooped with cooper—which served as spittoon, a solemn circle of smokers was already assembled. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys
Edmund sat down wearily at a table as near the window as possible, and at which several people had been dining, perhaps well, but certainly not tidily. Great Possessions
Annie was up and tidily dressed long before the hour for school. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3
The lines I also drew in and coiled tidily away, leaving the long one till the last, which, to my great surprise, when I hauled in, still had the monstrous eel in tow. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles
She simply arranged her hair and neck-gear tidily and went her way. By the Light of the Soul A Novel
He was clean, and neat, and tidily dressed, but evidently in a state of perfect unconsciousness of everything around him. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432 Volume 17, New Series, April 10, 1852
Then she swept up the spare roots into a corner of the hearth, and put the little stool tidily away under the table. Miscellanea
He buried his last meal between two bricks in the kitchen floor, and covered it very tidily with a bit of newspaper.The poker is vacant. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men
She made a sound of annoyance, then began gathering her sketching things tidily together. The Palace of Darkened Windows
She is tidily and even, for a woman of her age, tastefully dressed, but still with a sober decency that showed her good sense. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One
He will borrow a wheelbarrow, and all the things can be stacked away tidily into it, and he will take them straight off to Aunt Church's house with you immediately after dinner. The Rebel of the School
Smoothing his pillow, and arranging the bedclothes tidily about him, Marian turned to meet the eyes of both Mr. Cameron and Bell fixed curiously upon her. Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering
He was brushing up tidily, when Mr. Knight, to whose face the colour was returning, spoke. The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man
Seen from behind, our dolls are really very dainty, with their back hair so tidily done up, their tortoiseshell pins so coquettishly arranged. Madame Chrysantheme
Others are neat and tidily arranged, but this decidedly bears off the palm. With the Harmony to Labrador Notes of a Visit to the Moravian Mission Stations on the North-East Coast of Labrador
A room so furnished would, as Dove expressed it, look solid, and mean a heavy purse, and perhaps a nice little nest-egg laid by tidily in one of the drawers or bureaus. The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls
But this meant living less tidily by having less washing done, or going hungrier. Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls
And here the books are arranged tidily in proper order on the shelves. The Dangerous Age
They are tidily dressed in their coarse working clothes, and wear kerchiefs tied over their heads, with the edge projecting a little over the forehead to shade the eyes. Jean Francois Millet
The nests are very similar, but one is rather larger and less tidily finished-off than the other. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
When he came into the room tidily dressed, and highly polished as to his boots, he blushed even redder than he used to. Round the Block
He was looking about the room, and when the others turned away from the dead man he pointed to Gilverthwaite's clothes, that were laid tidily folded on a chair. Dead Men's Money
Her hair was not done as tidily, her lace cuffs were less fresh than they had used to be. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919
"Now, not a step do you go, my fine young blood, until you pick up every jolly lemon and put them away tidily, or I'll tell the missus on you as sure as eggs." My Brilliant Career
He then shot Bill's best man much less tidily in the head, and then shot at and winged the third man as he fled. The War in the Air
The only circumstance in connection with them that at all struck me was that the seal lay tidily in the tray with the pencils and the wax. The Woman in White
"And such lovely weather, I'm so glad of that," added Beth, tidily sorting neck and hair ribbons in her best box, lent for the great occasion. Little Women
The people are tidily pious nowadays, those that are left of them, and the living is consequently easy. The Lost Continent
It had a small garden in front and a larger one at the back; but neither at front nor back were the gardens tidily kept. Wild Kitty
She is a handsome, tidily dressed woman in her thirty-fifth year. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I
It was for this that she had exchanged the virginal integrity of her life at Mrs. McKee's—for this wind-swept little house, tidily ugly, infinitely lonely. K
They were tidily dressed in Sunday clothes, for their work was done, and they were ready for the afternoon's holiday. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I
The moment was rather awkward, for the Honourable George, to my great embarrassment, pressed upon me his dispatch-case, one that we had carried during all our travels and into which tidily fitted a quart flask. Ruggles of Red Gap
Then seating herself in a large chair near by, she began to sing, while tidily rolling up the fresh bandages which had been left for the morning. Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power
The children were tidily dressed and respectful in manner, the women bright and cheerful, and the solitary alehouse remaining had but few customers, and those few were never allowed to transgress the bounds of moderation. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret
We bite them off tidily before we push them into our mouths with our fore-paws, as you will see if you watch us one day. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories
On the table were little figures of musical cats—a whole orchestra—one playing a violin, another the violoncello—a little pocket-mirror, toilet things and writing things, tidily arranged. Jean-Christophe, Volume I
They let us see only a few cupboards tidily and properly arranged. Jean-Christophe Journey's End
Annoyed at the mother's negligence, Kate hung the trousers on the door, placed the slippers tidily by his bedside, and put away the soiled linen. A Mummer's Wife
Before the party leaves, blankets should be folded, shutters should be shut, snow swept out and debris buried outside, or what can be used as fuel put away tidily in the kitchen. Ski-running
He was a pretty boy with light hair and blue eyes, and was tidily dressed in a bright red cap and clean white-pinafore. Christie, the King's Servant
He learnt to plait the foliage of faded crocuses, and pin them tidily to the ground with little wooden forks. Hyacinth
After a time he came to where the pleasanter subject, on her knees, was weeding among the flowers that grew tidily round Moccasin Spring. The Heart of the Range
Mr. Neelands as he walked filed away tidily in his mind the information received. Purple Springs
Different nationalities travelling together add considerably to the confusion and the railway officials are usually thankful to anyone who will take charge and get a line formed and the Skis handed out tidily. Ski-running
Some plates, knives, and other articles of the table lay strewn, none too tidily, about it. The Secret of the Tower
Mollie asked rather dreamily, as she tried in vain to spread her scone tidily. The Happy Adventurers
"Oh, you needn't think I'm forgetting," grumbled Swing Tunstall, sliding out of his trousers and folding them tidily beside his boots. The Heart of the Range
The child was instantly followed by an old woman, a regular Frenchwoman, upright, straight as a dart, with coal-black eyes and snowy hair tidily put away under a tall peasant's cap. The Children's Pilgrimage
When she entered the rooms she found them all arranged tidily by the neat hands of Sally, who since the death of poor Ailsie had had the care of them. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths
The journeys can be varied indefinitely, provided that the owner of the storehouse has been careful to keep its shelves tidily arranged. Here, There and Everywhere
They gathered up their orange peel and buried it tidily, and then stepped out of the cool grove into the hot sunshine with some reluctance. The Happy Adventurers
She rose, brushed out her hair, plaited it, and wound it in a great coronet round her beautiful head, washed her face and hands, wrapped her mother's shawl tidily round her, and ran downstairs. A Girl of the People
How pleasant to see rosy, English faces tidily got up! The Two Sides of the Shield
Hammer, tongs, bellows and other belongings not at the moment in use were hung tidily on the walls. Masters of the Guild
The other child was feeding herself very tidily and independently, and Aurelia asked her if she were the eldest. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume
All the passengers had been packed tidily into the boats and shoved clear of the ship, when Bob sheered alongside again and scrambled back on deck to fetch that girl. Lord Jim
Her two or three dresses and jackets were hung tidily away behind the curtain which formed her wardrobe. A Sweet Girl Graduate
They were tidily piled in lines side by side at the forward end of the waggon. Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War
The west end was evidently the study, and here Christie took a good look as she dusted tidily. Work: a Story of Experience
And they were dressed so tidily, looked so cheerful, and gave such expressions of their exuberant feelings, that Mr. Scranton seemed quite at a loss how to account for it. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
I had very much rather be shockingly poor, living in a garret and half starved, than just keep myself tidily going in lodgings such as these were before I made the little changes. Will Warburton
Rodriguez gazed then through the deep blue window, forgetful of all around, on battles that had not all the elegance or neatness of which our histories so tidily tell. Don Rodriguez; chronicles of Shadow Valley
Seen from behind, our dolls are really very dainty, with their back hair so tidily arranged, their tortoiseshell pins so coquettishly placed. Madame Chrysantheme — Complete
Here he spent five minutes in spreading his exceptionally dirty blanket, and another five in tidily folding his ragged coat for a pillow. Such Is Life
Acting on this hint, Mr. Plomacy did let in many an eager urchin and a few tidily dressed girls with their swains who in no way belonged to the property. Barchester Towers
Such is the nature of the country all the way to Urondogani, except in some favoured spots, kept as tidily as in any part of Uganda, where plantains grow in the utmost luxuriance. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile
"He has got it prettily tidily," said Harry; "I think that will perhaps do for the present." Doctor Thorne
The curtain was drawn back, very tidily, being fastened in its place clear of the little alcove by means of a thin brass chain. The Ivory Child
Stuffy displeased her because he did not eat tidily, and George tried hard not to gobble, that he might not disgust the dainty little lady opposite. Little Men
She might have to replace the matting and it was necessary she should do her work tidily. The Clue of the Twisted Candle
Unfortunately, the chief district officer, Mlondo, was from home, but we took possession of his huts—clean, extensive, and tidily kept—facing the river, and felt as if a residence here would do one good. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile
"She's a wonder, she is," they sighed when at every weekend they found their forlorn and scanty washing resting tidily on their bed. T. Tembarom
Acting on this hint, Mr Plomacy did let in many an eager urchin, and a few tidily dressed girls with their swains, who in no way belonged to the property. Barchester Towers
He opened his bed, tidily, as was his wont. The Copy-Cat and Other Stories
Her grandfather came to her assistance, and when they had got it tidily spread over the bed, it all looked so nice and warm and comfortable that Heidi stood gazing at it in delight. Heidi
On the table stood medicine bottles and decanters tidily arranged, and the linen needed was folded up there, and Kitty's broderie anglaise. Anna Karenina
Genestas came into a little yard, which was sufficiently clean and tidily kept, and saw before him a lad of fifteen, who looked as delicate as a woman. The Country Doctor
No, it is clearly necessary that we master the gentle art of eating eggs tidily and daintily from the shell. Penelope's English Experiences
His only actions were, first, to assure himself that both doors were locked again, and then at intervals tidily to place a little cone of ash in the tray provided for the purpose. Fire-Tongue
There was no light there; but he could feel the disorder of that place where he used to live tidily. Typhoon
But about this time my handkerchiefs and collars disappeared from the room and turned up washed and ironed and laid tidily on my table. Joe Wilson and His Mates
She had a clean cloth, and set the table tidily. Joe Wilson and His Mates
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