单词 | titivate |
例句 | One of the formats in the BBC's titivated arts schedule is What Do Artists Do All Day?; the first subject is Jack Vettriano. The Review Show's move to BBC4 isn't a death sentence 2013-03-15T16:00:02Z There is something anxious, and very intriguing, in the degree of experimentation in this memoir, in its elaborately titivated sentences, its thicket of citations. ‘In the Dream House’ Recounts an Abusive Relationship Using Dozens of Genres 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z “The majority were content to titivate or embellish their past.” He Was a Prominent Holocaust Survivor. But His Story Was a Hoax. 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Plump cherubs and cheesecake shots of Marilyn Monroe further titivate the snug triangular dining room. Lakeside Bistro draws South End diners with its Vietnamese inspired cuisine 2010-03-18T20:53:00Z They titivate their short hair: "nothing fantastic, no hint of Merseybeat". Pop at the pictures: the Dave Clark Five 2012-12-17T16:25:00Z What lovely work “titivate” — “to preen” — does there, with its light aura of fussiness and futility. He Was a Prominent Holocaust Survivor. But His Story Was a Hoax. 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z "The sort of things that, dare I say, have been titivated up and had quite a bit of value added to them." Christmas dinner set to be 22% more expensive 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Sharp, salty and/or crunchy are the aims here, to titivate and offset the creamy avo. How to eat: avocado toast 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z "If there were new insights, the proper course would be for the relevant evidence to be submitted to the police, not titivated and presented to the public under the guise of entertainment." ITV's Lord Lucan drama criticised 2013-11-30T01:47:37Z Observe the dress is décolleté, the coiffure titivated to the last degree, the sleeves finished high up. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Cut away now and titivate, because Wagram was threatening to polish off all the strawberries if you weren’t soon in, and I want you to have some.” The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Miss Dolly B. Oh, lud! and the powder's all—the duchess's barber must titivate me up directly. Fontainbleau 2011-03-30T02:00:17.797Z I trust I shall be in time to titivate myself. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Dear me, there's a large amount of titivating going on! The Head Girl at the Gables But the vast majority of literary producers aim at pastry, or, worse yet, confectionery,—something especially delightful and titivating to the taste. Whitman A Study I declare to you, sisters, if that woman had been going to a worldly party, she couldn't have been titivated off more than she was. Phemie Frost's Experiences Gravely and calmly he draws brushes and so on from a receptacle under the box-seat, and commences to titivate himself. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand Then he washed and titivated himself and walked down to the Kiddlywink. Merry-Garden and Other Stories Chastened, he realised what his audience meant to him—these thousands of unknown people whose minds he titivated, whose reason he juggled with and whose heart-strings he yanked, his tongue in his cheek.” When Winter Comes to Main Street Darius had told him to ‘titivate himself,’ a most startling injunction from Darius, and thus the new costly suit had been, as it were, officially blessed and henceforth could not be condemned. Clayhanger It lay open, and anybody could use the things that wanted to; I didn't, but had a good look while E. E. was titivating in the crowd before the glass. Phemie Frost's Experiences The door was opened, and a dozen small beings came in, and began to search for an earthen pitcher with water; there they remained for some hours, washing and titivating themselves. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales But Cai—on his way upstairs to titivate— perceived that the lamp was lit and the cloth spread in his own parlour; and, as he noted this with a vague surprise, encountered Mrs Bowldler. Hocken and Hunken She only thinks of spending, and titivating herself. The Plain Man and His Wife You titivate yourself, and we'll dine at the Savoy, or anywhere you please. Tales of the Five Towns Three special gardeners who attended to their wants were grooming and massaging them, soothing and titivating them, for their temporary appearances in public. Kimono It would be five o'clock before he finished his work: at six he had an engagement, and it would take him some time to wash and titivate. True Tilda He was reluctantly taking his turn on the family egg while Mrs. Daisy stretched and titivated herself after her domestic labours. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919 And finally, in his reflections as an ill-used man tied for life to a woman who knows not tact, Mr. Omicron asserted further that Mrs. Omicron only thought of spending and titivating herself. The Plain Man and His Wife When she heard I was going to England she said: 'Why, then, my dear Kitty, you must titivate up. Wild Kitty Mac himself had been trimmed and titivated almost out of recognition. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Let me go down and settle whilst you call in your black man and titivate a bit. The Virginians While you were titivating yourself at the hotel at Carhaix, I was running round to see what information I could pick up. The Eight Strokes of the Clock To assert that she only thought of spending did not satisfy his spleen; he must add "titivating herself." The Plain Man and His Wife She titivated her little charge with her own brisk hands; then she brought out: "I'm going to divorce your father." What Maisie Knew They said that when he saw the shearers coming he'd say, "Run and titivate yourself, Mary; here comes the shearers!" Children of the Bush They would never dream of using such dubious words, but it was rather titivating to hear someone else use them—and a girl, at that. Rainbow Valley My dear Knowles, Here is the debonnaire animal finally titivated, and I quite agree, much improved, though I mourn the loss of some of the spice. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 The ball was a neat little matter of fifty-five miles away, across country, so she had to start tolerably early, of course, in order to have comfortable time to "titivate," as Pip expressed it. Seven Little Australians So she brushed up Andrew, tied his scarf, saw his boots and hands were clean, and titivated him generally till she had converted the ungainly hobbledehoy into a thoroughly "likely young mon." Bob, Son of Battle "What about all this stuff?" she asks, while titivating herself; "we'd better not leave it about, it looks so untidy." Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow |
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