| 单词 | unctuous |
| 例句 | “I have, sir,” he said, and although his voice was very scared, Harry could still hear the familiar unctuous note in it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In fact, compared with Wal-Mart’s unctuous service ethic, Todd’s emphasis on the bottom line is positively refreshing. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He entertained it, his voice unctuous with pleasure and cruelty. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Baby Kochamma recognized at once the immense potential of the situation, but immediately anointed her thoughts with unctuous oils. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Crouch . Mr. Bagman,” said Karkaroff, his voice unctuous once more, “you are our — er — objective judges. Surely you will agree that this is most irregular?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The undertaker answered his questions in an oily, unctuous voice. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Varys slithered to his feet, smiling in that unctuous way he had. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z General Peckem roused himself after a moment with an unctuous and benignant smile. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Inside the shop, Borgin remained frozen; his unctuous smile had vanished; he looked worried. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He had dropped his unctuous tone and his smile now. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The usual sonic cliches of the “quiet-storm” sound aren’t much in evidence: the unctuous saxophones, the stacks of synthetic keyboard goo. Album review: Rhye, 'Woman' 2013-03-04T05:46:00Z Pompeo Batoni is best known for unctuous portraits of the great and the good in which great attention is given to costume. Fair Swamped by Second Raters 2010-03-12T12:30:00Z He grew from, in his own words, “an unctuous, repulsively good little boy” into such an urbane prodigy that Harvard never bothered to discriminate against him. Books of The Times: ‘Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center,’ by Ray Monk 2013-05-27T21:46:27Z Has he rehearsed this unctuous line in his head? My favourite Hitchcock: Psycho 2012-07-23T10:57:21Z Stephen Gadd, sporting a copy of Strauss's moustache, is equally insightful as complacent husband Robert, while Kennedy is marvellously unctuous and vapid. Intermezzo – review 2012-07-09T17:13:13Z When singing about searing indignities, that unctuous and unbothered voice of his makes it sound as if he’s just buttering up his adversary. New Music 2011-06-13T22:00:32Z The songs all glisten with an unctuous sheen, stuck in cheery mode even when the subject matter is slightly dark or troubled. Music Review: Aer, Hip-Hop and Reggae Duo, Plays Irving Plaza 2014-02-09T22:26:35Z Those who dislike Houston’s music inevitably focus on the slickness of the production, and “I Will Always Love You” is dressed up with unctuous saxophone and plush keyboards. Kot: Houston had a voice that served the song 2012-02-12T22:06:00Z For one thing, we learn that his first wife died in a mysterious fire; for another, he’s a born salesman, suave and unctuous, with an eye for other women. Murderous Husbands, Flapper-Era Gun Molls and Korean Assassins: The Best Winter Thrillers 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z For many of Little Richard’s gospel recordings, he transformed his voice into a devout but unctuous croon and sang over elaborately formal arrangements. Little Richard: An Ecstasy You Couldn’t Refuse 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z “But it’s the super-beefy flavor, that really unctuous, beefy thing that really sets it apart.” This little butcher shop in rural West Virginia is turning out world-class burgers 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The limber cast is ingratiating indeed, and James Newcomb is a crackup as the unctuous Bennet relation Rev. Collins. Oregon Shakespeare Festival celebrates 75th year with intriguing interpretations 2010-06-25T21:24:00Z They have a high bar to clear, what with Mark Hamill stepping into the role of The Scientist alongside Awkwafina’s brash The Collector and Simon Pegg nailing The Chamberlain’s unctuous whimper. "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance": A seductive fantasy very relevant to our reality 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Dessert was an unctuous fig parfait on a dark carob brownie. The Other Algarve 2013-07-19T16:35:02Z A comical figure emerges in the unctuous developer Joseph Sitt, who does his interview in front of a statue of a horse. Movie Review: Amy Nicholson’s ‘Zipper: Coney Island’s Last Wild Ride’ 2013-08-09T00:51:34Z Beebe, with his side-parted hair, his boxy suits and his unctuous grin, is the designated villain, with a special animus against Ken, who is evidently “not a Ford man.” ‘Ford v Ferrari’ Review: It’s a Gas 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z The new show starts on Monday, so brace yourself for all the old Nigella favourites such as licked fingers, obliviously amused dinner party guests and thousands of steaming, unctuous, overflowing, blisteringly unnecessary adjectives. Finger licking good: Nigella Lawson is back! 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z We were especially surprised by the quality of the unctuous, fully flavored foie gras. Three Courses, 20 Euros: The Affordable Dining Renaissance in Paris 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z As those models might suggest, it features lots of naked flesh, dangerous and/or unctuous villains galore and several hilariously unhinged supporting characters. "Middle Men": Heroes of the Internet-porn revolution 2010-08-05T15:01:00Z One could argue that this isn’t the most original narrative device, but I found it irresistible, right down to the attorney’s unctuous stage-managing of the proceedings. Your Mother Died. Now She Wants to Tell You Her Secrets. 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Served in a squat Mason jar, it was really like a thick white bean soup studded with bits of smoky bacon and a broth made with unctuous duck liver. Choice Tables : Dining in Dublin, From Boxty to Blaa 2014-01-29T20:03:25Z But on her patently austere new album, Gaga’s music has never sounded more conservative, lightweight, unctuous or uncentered — it’s as if she’s gotten lost inside her truer, blander self. Lady Gaga’s ‘Joanne’: Where the freaks have no game 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z One of them is perceived as trustworthy and sincere, the other as an unctuous hypocrite. Fox News is half-right about Jon Stewart: How the brilliant satirist of the Bush years has been undone by his BFF in the White House 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z If these were broadcast network shows, the weekly reunions would be accompanied by hordes of cheerleading family and friends and an unctuous, smarmy host telling everyone how they should feel. Television: ?Runaway Squad? and ?The Locator? Make Hiding Hard 2010-04-02T22:40:00Z “Jasmine” remains a stone-cold soul classic, with coy vocals and a bass line that’s sensual and unctuous. Jai Paul Emerges, Tentatively, for His First Headlining Concert 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Dylan Baker plays the unctuous executive who is sure he can control Walker and the narrative. ‘I’m Charlie Walker’ Review: More Wink Than Wallop 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Legend, typically unctuous, was immaculate here, exuding confident calm behind his piano in front of a crowd that had just been shrieking for Mr. West. Chance the Rapper Honors Chicago, His Hometown, With Magnificent Coloring Day 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Rich, unctuous aquavit with pronounced notes of star anise. Jump-Starting the Aquavit Renaissance 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Critics described him variously as pompous, sycophantic, unctuous, oleaginous and obsequious. James Lipton, ‘Inside the Actors Studio’ Host, Dies at 93 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z As a baritone-voiced host who could embellish a phrase, Cornelius was the unflappable ringleader, engaging but never unctuous or too excitable. 'Soul Train' concert to celebrate 40-year anniversary 2011-09-02T05:00:00Z “Insure that you experience this journey as thoroughly as possible,” the unctuous voice urges at the start. MOMA’s Embarrassing Björk Crush 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Its leaves smell rich and muddy, but with an unctuous trace of rose-flavored Turkish delight. In the English Countryside, a Library of Geraniums 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z There were palm trees wrapped with lights, ludicrously over-the-top decorations on shotgun houses, the smells of something deep and unctuous cooking in steamy pots, and block after block of pink and yellow flowers. Modern Love: Modern Love - Building Christmas on Presence, Not Presents 2012-12-20T17:50:57Z All of this would have been enough, but no: Soft-poached eggs are cradled on top and roughly quartered, their unctuous yolks mingling with the aioli-yogurt blend. The genius potato salad that converted a potato salad skeptic 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Simmered in white wine, olive oil, lemon, butter and parsley, their unctuous sweetness is a local treat not easily forgotten. Next Time You're in ... Rome 2010-03-04T05:35:00Z “Industrially speaking, you see, Unthank is no longer profitable, so it is going to be scrapped and swallowed,” a member of the unctuous ruling body called “the council,” says to Lanark. How Alasdair Gray Reimagined Glasgow 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Not a bad thing at all with fatty ribs, but the addition of coriander seeds and cilantro appearing in a number of ways offers a welcome contrast to a familiar unctuous sweetness. The Ingredients Yotam Ottolenghi Uses Most 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Underneath the Victorian cloak of unctuous morality, sex was everywhere—except in the marriage bed, Victoria Woodhull argued. Mike Huckabee’s worst nightmare: Meet the radical sisters who revolutionized 19th century America 2014-03-09T15:00:00Z In the lusher folds and hollows, we found angelica, a plant with a floral, almost verbena note and just a touch of bitterness — well suited to contain the broad flavors of the unctuous lamb. Why Cook Over an Icelandic Geyser? Because You Can 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z From an opening scene in which an unctuous Aleister tries to talk Annique into cooperating, it's difficult to tell who and what the latter and her confederates actually want. Review: Annex cyberpunk dramedy a little rough around the edges 2010-05-13T19:01:00Z It's a brilliant move that adds that silky, unctuous quality you'd expect from a restaurant, but is actually so easy to recreate at home. These infamous TikTok recipes are also taking over morning TV 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z The potatoes he prepared were not the roasties we know and love – slow-cooked in unctuous goose fat, crunchy on the outside and soft in the middle – but were fried in their skins. Jamie Oliver's 30-minute meals are an affront to cooking 2010-12-22T13:30:00Z Practice, and do not omit the unctuous smile. Perspective | Miss Manners: They’re on the wrong side of the street — or am I? 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z At Kin Kin, where I gobbled superb, unctuous chili pan mee, the bowls, tables and seats were plastic, and I drank Coca-Cola. Mementos from around the world remind this writer of what he loves most about travel: Food. 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The unctuous fattiness, the silky texture, the perfect, yielding bite. The best butter substitutes for baking (that actually work) 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z While the motel’s unctuous sleazeball manager insists to the authorities that his security footage is wiped every couple of days, Mia has captured evidence with her phone. Review: ‘Angels Wear White’ Is a Searing Tale of Moral Rot in China 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z “I want people to taste the pungent unctuous, real Filipino flavors,” she writes, which are confidently funky, highly acidic and coyly sweet. The 19 Best Cookbooks of Fall 2018 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z He could convey the swagger and haplessness of a two-bit crook, the authority of a hardened homicide detective, the unctuous ingratiations of a yes man — as well as a sense of vulnerability, desperation and weakness. Jon Polito, a Favorite in Coen Brothers Films, Dies at 65 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z I wanted something more unctuous: a side that was richer, more exciting and more deeply flavorful to elevate the basic roast chicken I was planning to serve alongside it. Need a vegetable side dish that tastes luxe? Ellie Krieger to the rescue. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z In scenes where an unctuous pair of bank managers interrogate an employee, and then, later, a loan applicant, it’s as if Eugène Ionesco were doing an adaptation of “Office Space” for an Amicus horror anthology. ‘In Fabric’ Review: The Dress Is Possessed. But It Was on Sale. 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z He played everything from a harried commuter to a frenzied rock ’n’ roller to an unctuous quiz-show host. Carl Reiner, Multifaceted Master of Comedy, Is Dead at 98 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Lobster was available, and we were in: two bowls of rich, unctuous lobster bisque with tubby Homarus chunks along with sweet, tender lobster in linguine Alfredo with plump shrimp in a full-fat sauce. Pursuits: A Lobster Crawl From Massachusetts to Maine 2012-10-27T00:00:22Z A lush yellow cream of pumpkin soup came topped with flying fish roe for an unctuous sweet-salty version of surf and turf. Choice Tables: Museum Restaurants: Where Art and Haute Cuisine Meet in Paris 2010-03-12T17:06:00Z As for William Guppy, the unctuous legal clerk who falls for her charms, she remains heroically firm in the face of his unexpected proposal. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 1: Bleak House 2012-02-07T09:59:35Z In this, our third pandemic year, the coziest, most unctuous dishes still reigned supreme. My year — and yours — of cooking Quick & Dirty 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Most self-help books are written by Americans of the most sentimental and unctuous sort. In defence of self-help books 2012-05-17T09:30:01Z And while Azaria has played all kinds of stock characters on “The Simpsons” — brash Southerners, unctuous Brits, frustratingly polite Canadians — he said they were permissible in a way that Apu is not. Why Hank Azaria Won’t Play Apu on ‘The Simpsons’ Anymore 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Kind forcefully imbues Hoff with unctuous, impassioned self-confidence and a callous disregard for humanity. Review: Fame cuts both ways in 'The Big Knife' 2013-04-17T03:16:04Z All the sticky, awkward cubes of ice floating together, tinkling, their frost thrown off to the side of the glass, and the vodka cold and unctuous in her mouth. Two Good Books: Elizabeth Hand's Available Dark and Edward St. Aubyn's At Last 2012-02-15T21:23:51Z As to “bold”: What was that unctuous sheet of meat supplementing the roast loin of lamb with pesto-topped eggplant, garlic purée, olives and buttery potatoes? A London Restaurant That’s ‘Simpler’, but Not Simple 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z He adds unctuous piano chords to a poem about Los Angeles that contrasts the seraphic innocence of its name with the oil-reek of the industry that helped make it rich. Review: Songs of Exile With Matthias Goerne 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z While catfishing an unctuous rightwing moneybags suspected of orchestrating race riots, Helen was captured and horrifically tortured – her hand, then face plunged into a grotty, hissing deep fat fryer. From ER to The Sopranos: what were the most shocking TV deaths? 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z For all its provocative bits Mr. Mueller’s book feels unctuous — oil coated — right from the start. Books of The Times: ?Extra Virginity? by Tom Mueller; a Word on Olive Oil - Review 2011-12-07T21:50:14Z It had gotten me through body aches so deep even my skin hurt, throats so inflamed only the hot, unctuous broth could soothe it. A nourishing soup to heal the cracks 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z He was vainglorious, unctuous, gullible, humorless, vulnerable, fascistic. ‘The Bassoon King’ review: There’s more to Rainn Wilson than Dwight Schrute 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Idiosyncratic and biased, obfuscatory and boastful, even unctuous and vain, the Hollywood memoir is not going to portray the past in a clear light. The guilty pleasure of reading Hollywood memoirs 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z The earthiness in the cheese meets the unctuous fruitiness of the wine in a way that enhances the flavors of both. With dessert wine, turn the end of your meal into a grand finale 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Nothing to be concerned about, the unctuous Downing explains, it’s just “a peaceful undertaking, an administrative review of the New England colonies.” Review | The timely message in Christopher Buckley’s historical novel 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Then there's the meltingly unctuous Po River eel, marinated in a syrup made from whole apples known as saba. The Jewel of Modena: Osteria Francescana 2010-08-26T08:35:00Z The black pudding is rich, soft and unctuous: “I chose best,” my companion says, rather childishly, but I can’t argue. You ate what?! A fearless foodie’s foray into the bouchons of Lyon 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Will Arnett is back, and game, as April’s unctuous former colleague. Review: With the Latest ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,’ an Existential Crisis 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The cellos were unctuous in the Scherzo, part of a kaleidoscope of sickness and sourness that never became grotesque; the violas seemed to feed off the heat of the brasses. Review: The Berlin Philharmonic Gives a Master Class at Carnegie 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Service veered from anxious to unctuous; some staff are still feeling their way. A bistro makeover for former Campagne 2011-12-23T01:36:07Z Once set, the filling was unctuous and barely solid, silky and magnificent on the tongue, but I’m still wondering about those last 10 degrees. Dorie Greenspan’s ‘Baking Chez Moi,’ reviewed: It’s no mere puff project Chosen to chart a suitable coronation date for Elizabeth I, he later throws his lot in with occultist Edward Kelley – played as an unctuous presence by countertenor Christopher Robson. Nicki Minaj; Dr Dee – review 2012-06-30T23:07:10Z One overlong passage saw Ms. Anderson’s speaking voice distorted and transformed into the unctuous bass of a cartoon priest. Kronos Quartet Plays Laurie Anderson’s ‘Landfall’ at BAM 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z And by incorporating a few tweaks, it can result in a bird that is easy to cook and thoroughly delicious — without any unctuous threats lurking. This Whole Duck Recipe Is Perfectly Imperfect 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Finkel includes satisfying evidence of this astounding loot in a color insert that shows a crammed jumble of “ethereal” ivory carvings, shining silver goblets, unctuous oil paintings and more. How Did a $2 Billion Trove of Art End Up in a Random Attic in France? 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z Spacey’s character was a fascinating fiction in the opening seasons, although the actor’s unctuous tone became rote and soporific over the course of the fourth season. Netflix drops a provocative “House of Cards” teaser as Donald Trump is sworn in 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z The unctuous Jonathan Ross comperes, the audience know their place, and at the end Penn and Teller perform a trick of their own. Trick questions: Dynamo and Penn and Teller have brought very different magic styles to our screens 2011-07-29T09:44:00Z As the unctuous, morally blank Oscar, Mr. Tufts is similarly restrained, to good effect, while Mr. Rhoads’s Count is a comical friend turned rival. Review: ‘Fashions for Men,’ a Revival at the Mint Theater 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z As an unctuous, has-been science-fiction writer in a sendup of a video-game company produced by several veterans of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” of course. The 50 TV Shows You Need to Watch This Winter 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z That extraordinary ability to cut through the unctuous uniformity of a béchamel or a pork pâté or pie made chard a particularly valuable green in provincial French cooking. This Gratin Lets Swiss Chard Do the Talking 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z The soft, unctuous, boiled chicken is served over rice, garnished with fresh cucumber and doused with a flavorful gravy made of soy sauce, chile, garlic, ginger and vinegar. A Food Crawl Down Sunset Boulevard 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z The comfort of that table, and the solicitous service tended to it, remain something accessible across France, as distinct as the unctuous yet mineral perfection of a Gillardeau oyster. Wes Anderson’s Dream of France, and the Paris I Remember 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The pork emerges tender, moist and flavorful, and the fennel-onion compote delightfully unctuous. The Irresistible Allure of Pork and Fennel 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z An unctuous singer of much Sinatra simulacra and little actual pleasure, Seth MacFarlane — creator of “Family Guy,” grating host of the 2013 Oscars — loves himself some Christmas. For New Holiday Albums, It Takes All Kinds 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Mix a little Jiminy Glick with “Between Two Ferns,” and you have this cringe comedy chat show, featuring the “Saturday Night Live” cast member Vanessa Bayer as an unctuous foil for straight-face musicians. Funny, Kooky and Short on the Net 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z How can a guy who, on paper, is such an unctuous operator be so personable? Andy Cohen: Oozing, desperate, likable 2012-06-07T00:00:00Z Leaving the figs as they are, assuming they are seriously ripe and unctuous, and simply slicing them and tossing with crisp bitter salad leaves and aniseedy herbs, such as basil or tarragon, is foolproof. The Fruit Yotam Ottolenghi Longs to Cook With 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z His unctuous pronouncements about "making wealth flow to you" contrast sharply with the harsh economic realities and rising unemployment referenced in the play. Review: America Ferrera stars in edgy 'Bethany' 2013-01-22T19:41:08Z Under the unctuous tutelage of local merchant Monsieur Lhereux, Emma, who has a weakness for personal vanity, discovers the joys of conspicuous consumption. 'Madame Bovary' lovely but as constrained as Flaubert's heroine 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z More romantic loneliness followed in the encore, the unctuous slow movement of Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata. The bar was set high for Austrian cellist Kian Soltani, and his latest recital delivered 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z His overconfident charm is the greasy, unctuous kind—to compare him to a snake is an insult to the snake. Review: Denial Takes on the Bullying Bluster of Liars 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z This candid glimpse into Gaetz’s world may come as something of an unctuous surprise to HBO’s typical documentary viewer, who is used to being served agreeable agenda items from the left side of the menu. Review | ‘The Swamp’ looks at political reform through the eyes of an unlikely hero: Rep. Matt Gaetz 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z This year, baking it for the first time, Ms. Ruzicka studied recipes and referenced the photos that bakers shared on Instagram of their unctuous, seething doughs. Panettone Has Become an Obsession for American Bakers 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z But her famous work in "August: Osage County" notwithstanding, Morton is just not the kind of divalike actress who delivers the bravura with unctuous relish. 'Woolf' driven by dangerous George 2010-12-13T00:23:32Z And good luck finding an unctuous Napa cabernet or chardonnay on the mad-hatter wine list. Houston’s Culinary Bragging Rights 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The only question then, Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post wrote, "is which of the contenders will be most unctuous and self-abasing in defense of Donald Trump?" Why do Republicans even bother with this whole farce? 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z In the midst of this public-relations nightmare, Zoom's response to its estimated 800 million customers wasn't an apology or course correction, but an unctuous "clarification" doubling down on the new ToS. Not so private room: Zoom’s AI privacy fiasco exposes how vulnerable we are to Big Tech's whims 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z He suspects he’s always the butt of a joke — from his snarky son, from the unctuous staffers at the Mayo, from the woman renting him an RV for the Rushmore trip. Novelist Richard Ford's Great American Gasbag takes a deflating road trip 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z As snow blew around in unctuous gusts, ten people heaved these cables through a drainpipe to the second story balcony of the computer building. Astrophysics and stale beer: What life is like working at the South Pole 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z That combination of pop from the tiny mustard seeds; the unctuous, melty fat of the salami; and the peppery hot flavors is, for 30 seconds, my idea of heaven. Perspective | How eating with others nourishes us in more ways than one 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Fortified wine: Ruby port’s unctuous texture and flavor suggest chocolate. Perspective | How to pair wine with chocolate, nevermind the wine snobs 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Yes, Wilson was his own worst enemy in many ways, with a personality that tilted toward unctuous. Russell Wilson gets a lifeline with Broncos’ hiring of Sean Payton 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Truth be told, the smoked or fatty meats give a lot of our food its deep, unctuous soul. How to make Hoppin’ John, a tradition that’s more than a meal 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z The mission was “pure of taste, ripe and unctuous,” with sweetness and “genuine alcohol” that contrasted with previous weak harvests in Germany. Perspective | Mission, the first European grape planted in U.S., is coming back 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Butter or cream of unique quality may be more essential to French cuisine, but many an unctuous sauce withers into insipidity without mustard. Mon Dieu! No Mustard. France Stews Without its Beloved Condiment. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Tubes “go so well with the concentrated, unctuous meat sauces of the south” of Italy, the kind where a rich cut of meat is braised in a tomato sauce it melts into, Parla says. A guide to pasta shapes and how to pair them with dishes and sauces 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z That mealy-mouthed comment was worthy of Rep. Kevin McCarthy at his most unctuous. 2022 GOP primaries prove that MAGA is now bigger than Donald Trump 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z For the meat menu, caramelle, a pasta shaped like a hard candy and stuffed with shredded lamb, drips with the unctuous juices in which the meat was braised. Your next best meal will be a tasting menu, says food critic Tan Vinh 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z While cooking the chicken breast, you create an unctuous broth, the flavor of which goes back into the chicken. These juicy pulled chicken nachos are the life of any Super Bowl party 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The oil adds an unctuous quality to every bite, without tamping down the dish’s inherent bouquet and spice. Review | Charga Grill in Arlington is a delicious world unto itself 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z After all, that’s what frogs’ legs demand — and not just any butter: the unctuous otherworldly thing of beauty that is French butter. A Tale of Culinary Reconciliation, Beside the Eiffel Tower 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z The last time the landmark Voting Rights Act was reauthorized, in 2006, it was approved by an overwhelming bipartisan majority in the House and unanimously in the Senate, with unctuous hosannas from Republicans. Opinion | On voting rights, Democratic senators need to face reality 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The crackling was so unctuous it made me salivate and left my lips stained with a spiced, fatty gloss. Perspective | Puerto Rican pernil is a standout Thanksgiving roast. Just guard that crispy skin. 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z To break down those connective tissues made of collagen, convert them to unctuous gelatin and coax the meat to become tender, you want to cook it low and slow. How to cook a holiday brisket that will be tender every time 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “It’s weirdly both heavy and delicate, rich and unctuous, but it can pretty easily be dominated by whatever else is in the bottle or glass with it.” Perspective | Coconut rum shouldn’t smell like sunscreen. These 3 distillers are showcasing its subtlety. 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The volunteers ate the unctuous foods, and nothing else, for five days and visited the lab for more tests. The Best Time of Day to Exercise for Metabolic Health 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z She has decided that, if the price of her job is being as unctuous to Trump as Kevin McCarthy is, it isn’t worth it, because McCarthy is totally disgracing himself. Opinion | Liz Cheney and the Big Lies 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z As Salon's Kaity Assaf reported last week, the unctuous Fox News host delivered more grotesque, racist commentary last week, this time explicitly endorsing the hardcore white supremacist "great replacement" theory on his top-rated TV show. Tucker Carlson's insecurity and the "great replacement" theory 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z The steak cuts are more odds and ends; they aren’t doctored with much, just a salty, unctuous bite with the grill flavor from the open flame. Here are food critic Tan Vinh’s 3 favorite family takeout meal deals in and around Seattle this month 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z While the French and organic butter were soft and unctuous, she said, most of the Canadian slabs were “firm like clay.” Canadians Try to Solve the Enigma of Hard Butter 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z What I mean is that "mainstream" Republicans will serve as sanctimonious, unctuous manipulators while the wild and crazy backbenchers keep the base in line. A new era of what-about-ism: Media already feeling pressure to cover Biden "corruption" 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z He told amazing Julia stories — about how she humbled arrogant men, loathed unctuous lobbyists and became fast friends with Lyndon B. Johnson, even though she admired the Kennedys. An inspiring life — in politics, in civil rights, in the garden — inspires a biography 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z It didn’t help that the dealers she met fit the stereotype—unctuous and inspiring zero trust. COVID and a crowd of startups are forever changing how Americans buy cars 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z The pork belly isn’t drowning in soy sauce, fish sauce or sugar — just a clean, unctuous bite sprinkled with enough pickled daikon, watery spears of cucumber and jalapeño peppers to cut into the richness. Food critic Tan Vinh ate at 100 banh mi spots in the Seattle area. Here are his 12 favorites 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Endless fried noodles dipped into vast bowls of unctuous orange duck sauce. Thanks for the memories, Bamboo Garden! — A cultural exploration of kosher food in Seattle 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z You dismiss heritage as “unctuous twaddle about ancestral bravery in war.” Readers on Spike Lee, Ivanka Trump, Confederate statues, racism and white complicity 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Bennet, the editorial page editor, also initially defended his decision on Wednesday, with a number of unctuous straw-man arguments. After Tom Cotton's "Send in the troops" op-ed, NYT staff stages internal rebellion 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Yet, even now, the website of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is a model of equivocation, filled with unctuous twaddle about ancestral bravery in war and not being judgmental now. Commentary: Confederate monuments institutionalize racism. Take them all down. Now 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Otherwise they sat, then returned the next day to down the unctuous breakfast shake. The 4-Second Workout 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z His nonstop praise for “the president’s leadership” and “decisive action” risks sounding unctuous. Pence’s Virus Role Enhances His Profile While Showing Limits of His Influence 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z The $1,200 that the U.S. is giving most adult citizens — complete with an unctuous letter from the psychopath-in-chief — will be gone, in most households, within a week or two. It's time to reject the gods of commerce: America is a society, not an "economy" 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z This plant-based “cheesecake” isn’t just for vegans, because the combination of coconut butter and blended cashew nuts is to die for: creamy, unctuous and satisfying. Cook clever: how to save time and energy in the kitchen | Waste not 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z So was the unctuous sectarianism of the leadership clique. Labour repelled voters. We must learn our lesson or risk the political graveyard | David Miliband 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Ms Bigham says that condiments like ketchup or mayonnaise, dressings and unctuous sauces poured in slow motion can all improve the likelihood that viewers will salivate over of the final video. The secrets of 'food porn' viral videos 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z In any other era Gove would be seen as a uniquely unctuous, unlikable and profoundly talentless figure. Frankie Boyle’s election countdown: 'You’ll be praying they prorogue the next parliament' 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z GUILTY: NBC political reporter Jonathan Allen, for this particularly unctuous and delusional tweet: Press Watch: Here's who treated the faux outrage over Barron Trump as if it were real news 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Apples are stewing gently on the stove, filling the room with unctuous aromatic promises. Inside the restaurant serving up second chances for ex-prisoners 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z That unctuous meat underneath tastes 10 times richer than any chicken thigh. Seattle area’s 10 best bites of 2019: Our restaurant critics share the dishes they loved the most 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z He further declined to distance himself from a reported comment by Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Tories’ parliamentary leader and an unctuous Brexiteer, that the Supreme Court decision was a “constitutional coup”—ur-Trumpian language. Donald Trump and Boris Johnson: A Tale of Two Crises 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Playing Jimmy/Saul in crook mode comes easily to Odenkirk, who cites his unctuous agent Stevie Grant in “The Larry Sanders Show” as a precursor cut from the same prevaricating cloth. For Bob Odenkirk, the 'Better Call Saul' flash-forwards don't inspire much hope 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z And when McDonald’s Frankie gave harried consent to Johnny’s strange, unctuous requests—to open her robe, to reinitiate sex—I wondered how these details would sound if you told them to a judge. Terrence McNally in the Age of #MeToo 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Even hours after their unctuous breakfast, they displayed high levels of triglycerides and blood sugar and low insulin sensitivity. Sitting for More Than 13 Hours a Day May Sabotage the Benefits of Exercise 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z The beef was soft with crisp edges, with a funkiness to it that matched the sweet, unctuous quality of the sauce. When a Meatloaf Is a Work of Art 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z I like to finish my caramel sauce with butter, to lock in the most unctuous, satiny texture. How to make the best caramel sauce? Give it a bitter edge. 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Barely softened by the heat, they served to offset the deep, unctuous quality of the short ribs, the chewiness of the rice cakes. A Secret Ingredient Makes This Chef’s Galbijjim Perfect. Just Don’t Tell Mom. 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z In 1990, Bill Clinton was the unctuous governor of Arkansas who had given an especially long and boring speech at the 1988 convention. First wave of 2020 panic: Is Biden vs. Bernie really the best Democrats can do? 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z This rich and unctuous dish demands you use your best olive oil to dress it, and extra parmesan, if you like. Thomasina Miers’ recipe for pork meatballs in tomato sauce | The Simple Fix 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z A cooked country ham offers loads of unctuous flavor. The Battle for Thanksgiving Heats Up 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z And if unctuous and satiny aren’t good Valentine’s Day words, I’m not sure which ones are. How to make the best caramel sauce? Give it a bitter edge. 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z As enraged as he is unctuous, he’s like a David Mamet character transposed to a network sitcom. Review: Eliza Clark's new comedy 'Quack' takes the temperature of the feverish wellness industry - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z He threw away his prepared opening statement and ranted and raved for more than 40 minutes, when he wasn't indulging in unctuous whining about the unfairness of it all or cloying sentimentality. Brett Kavanaugh’s grotesque carnival: Will Republicans put this petulant child on the Supreme C... 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z It is characteristic of hypocrites to be unctuous and judgmental. Opinion | The Kavanaugh hustle 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z Trump’s inexperience with governance, separation of powers, national security, social policy and other matters relevant to his job would seem to pose a challenge for anyone writing an unctuous account of this presidency. Review | I read six sycophantic pro-Trump books — and then I read Omarosa 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Seven days after his inauguration, Trump had his unctuous factotum Stephen Miller scratch out an executive order banning travelers and refugees from predominantly Muslim countries. Donald Trump’s staggering incompetence: Is this terrifying bumbler the GOP’s secret weapon? 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Trump's unctuous factotum Stephen Miller thinks being cruel to children is a winning electoral issue and Trump agrees. Love affair with evil: Is the border crisis all about Donald Trump trying to win back Ann Coulter? 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z He went to great lengths to ensure victory and appeared shell-shocked by the result, presumably because his unctuous courtiers did not make clear the jeopardy he was in. At last, a cause to unite all Malaysia’s ethnic groups 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Still, a darker pour often triggers memories of unctuous Guinness or big, strapping barrel-aged stouts. Come Over to the Dark (Beer) Side 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z One after another, Republican senators and representatives competed for the honor of offering the most unctuous praise for their Maximum Leader. Almost Everything Is Wrong With the New Tax Law 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Even in simple preparations like a dry-rubbed brisket the chord of punchy black pepper and unctuous fat resonates on the palate. An easy guide to pairing beer with barbecue 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z If the Sound goes off the air, I may never listen to radio again, except when I slip up and tune in to NPR, which is by turns wonderful and unctuous. I say bring on the rain, bring on the holiday feasts. A little change is good for us 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine Tillerson being willing to take much more of this, but other Cabinet members have made their peace with the Sun King’s demand for unctuous deference. Opinion | Loyalty to Trump isn’t enough 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The unctuous pork broth arrived swimming with chile oil and was so fatty it lingered on the slide down the throat. A two-story ramen shop just opened on 14th Street 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z The only good news is that unctuous Sen. Ted Cruz won’t be leading the opposition to relief funds this time around, since his constituents in Texas are the ones who need it. Steve Bannon's game of thrones: Jilted genius vows "bloody September" 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Some readers will be aghast that chapters end with bullet-point summaries and questions, evoking the worst of unctuous business tomes. What will business technology look like tomorrow? 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The result is fish bathing in an unctuous, salty brown sauce. JoyFish: Aurora on the outside, Vegas on the inside, and a whole fish to enjoy 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z A mercurial leader, unctuous one moment, bitingly critical the next, Sheriff Shoar didn’t countenance challenges to his authority. A Mother’s Death, a Botched Inquiry and a Sheriff at War 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z Their tasks, as usual, involve the most elementary and unctuous forms of marketing and public relations. ‘The New Celebrity Apprentice’ is missing something — and it isn’t just Trump 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z He’s a very unctuous, oily, truly horrific villain who the audience will enjoy despising. Martin Freeman: ‘Ricky will always make me laugh doing Brent’ 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z For 26 minutes he subjected the media, and through them the American people, to a succession of unctuous speeches by retired military leaders singing the candidate’s praises. Trump v the media: did his tactics mortally wound the fourth estate? 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z In that leaked video clip, he came off as unctuous and pathetic, but he didn’t break any laws. If Mel Gibson bounced back, why not Billy Bush? Five rules for celebrities weathering a scandal. 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The Republicans’ convention, and the Democrats’ next week, is drawing out two familiar satirists: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s unctuous commentator “Stephen Colbert.” Republican Convention, Hillary Clinton, Roger Ailes: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z “The longer you let it hang, the more volume you get in the mouth,” he says, “the more golden, bruised apple flavors, the more unctuous the texture.” Roussanne, a Rhône Valley white wine that's both maddening and majestic 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z “It was unctuous and rich without being heavy.” Sylvan Mishima Brackett’s Recipe for Sake-Simmered Branzino With Haricots Verts 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Hiddleston is the relatively calm eye of a swirling human hurricane, while Irons is unctuous perfection as a sort of corrupted father figure. 'High-Rise' is a towering display of destruction 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z “There is something wrong with the person who doesn’t like the unctuous sounding ‘moist,’ ” Dale, a Wisconsin resident, wrote. Everyday Words That Make You Go ‘Ew’ 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Chenin Blancs here range from dry and mineral to unctuous and intensely sweet. The Best-Value French Wines for Your Money 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Did Cruz crash and burn because his unctuous, slick, preacher shtick doesn't sell in the Northeast or because he spoke of "New York values" with leering contempt? Fickle Momentum Is Back With Trump 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Some trails are extravagantly well marked, the blazes ushering you around turns like a parade of unctuous footmen anticipating every tremor of uncertainty, but this one was marked only where strictly necessary. Alone in the Alps 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z The light-bodied and tart wheat beers are refreshing and provide a stark contrast to unctuous fried chicken. The best beers to drink with fried chicken: Chefs and beer pros offer their picks 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Critics offered respect, but scorn leaked through: “unctuous,” “milquetoast,” “white-bread.” 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Anthony Calf is perfectly unctuous as the leader of the Conservatives and Adam James plays the liberal prime minister increasingly angered by the king’s meddling. Review: Broadway’s ‘King Charles III’ ingenuous, intriguing 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z And finally, the unctuous Ted Cruz looked and sounded as if he were trying to sell me a reverse mortgage. Sorry, Republicans: It’s still Donald Trump’s world 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Hardly your unctuous TV weather guy, an umbrella peddler points to the darkening heavens above Fifth and 59th. Will It Rain? Umbrella Man Knows When 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z Individuals will work despite the greedy hand of the unctuous tax man. What Would Stimulate The Economy More? Tax Cuts Or Spending Reductions? 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z The maple-bourbon baby back ribs, too, were a miss: though smothered in an unctuous, overly sweet sauce, the meat was tough to tear from the bone. A Review of Walrus + Carpenter in Bridgeport 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z Charles Krauthammer got it right, as usual, in his Dec. 12 op-ed column, “A travesty of a report,” when he called the Senate’s CIA torture report “hypocritical nonsense” and “unctuous condescension.” The wrong view on torture 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Chin Han, who you may recognize from The Dark Knight, plays an unctuous Song advisor known colloquially as "the cricket minister," and you’re content to hate him about as much as Thrones’ Littlefinger. Marco Polo is Netflix's $90 million rip-off of Game of Thrones 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z This sense of disaffection is captured perfectly in the classic scene where Hoffman’s character is cornered by an unctuous older man at one of his parent’s cocktail parties and urged to get into “plastics.” Here's to you Mike Nichols, who ushered in a Hollywood revolution 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z What’s important to stress is that the right-wing manifestation of unctuous liberal guilt about the wealth gap is not only wrongheaded in its negative portrayal of inequality, it’s also a myth. The Comical Myth About The Fed's Zero Rate Boosting The Stock Market, And The 1 Percent 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z David Beach’s marvelously unctuous devil is too smarmy and smirking to be trusted. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Damn Yankees, the Red Sox Version’ in East Haddam 2014-05-09T22:27:53Z It's been an increasingly difficult endeavor, with slaughterhouses driving up their prices for brisket and navel, an extra fatty portion of the belly crucial for making unctuous pastrami. Beef prices hit all-time high in U.S. 2014-04-09T01:05:00Z Asked about the prospects of a gay player in the NBA, the unctuous Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said, "It would be a marketing goldmine for all involved." Is the hoopla over basketballer Jason Collins being gay really deserved? 2013-04-30T11:40:00Z "Assisted by Rio Tinto" reads the last line of an unctuous newspaper article on the boom's benefits to black Australians. Australia's boom is anything but for its Aboriginal people 2013-04-28T20:05:01Z He was a panderer, they said, an unctuous fake. Viewpoint: Only Empathy Can Transform the GOP 2013-04-03T10:50:20Z Mr. Kline is especially unctuous as the preening Curt, and Ms. Fowler deftly conveys the fragility beneath Bea’s bluster. | Westchester: A Review of ‘Don’t Talk to the Actors,’ at Penguin Rep Theater 2012-08-12T00:20:42Z September 11 next provided an unlikely opportunity for the most unctuous missile defense boosters to prey on the nation’s sense of vulnerability. Chicago braces for last day of large NATO protests 2012-05-21T17:27:00Z Then again in a moment comes up a shrewd meaning very distinctly expressed, and with a dash of humor and sarcasm gleaming fantastically amid the scriptural allusions and the rhapsody of unctuous words. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Almost any kind of grease, or unctuous matter, is also certain death to the vermin of domestic poultry. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Latin is the only thing I have been driven to, in this world, that I ever really loved; and the clear, mellow, unctuous pronunciation of 174 my dirty companion equally astonished and pleased me. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Sometimes the surface is covered with a peculiarly unctuous perspiration. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Examined the furniture—rickety table, ditto chairs, bare floor with knot-holes in it, unctuous mirror, two hair trunks, a clothes basket, and a hat-box. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z His humour is unctuous, but never coarse; he bubbles over with fun, but never descends to buffoonery; great in old comedies, to the manner born, and, perhaps because of that, a little out of date. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z "Well, if this doesn't beat all for luck!" said he in a tone of the extremest gratification, his visible features wreathed in an unctuous smile. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z The Alkoran saith," he read with unctuous devotion, "'the knot which hath been tied in the name of Allah the hand of Allah can unloose!' The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z For weeks I have been haunted perpetually by a voice—not a "still, small voice"—but a large voice, a considerable voice; a voice vociferous, unctuous, and ever-present, and withal insinuating, and not wholly distasteful. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z For garden purposes loam should be rather unctuous or soapy to the touch when moderately dry, not too clinging nor adhesive, and should readily crumble when a compressed handful is thrown on the ground. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z V. Langlois, “is learned, unctuous, ornate, florid, a mysticism which never indulges in dangerous temerities; it is the orthodox mysticism of a subtle and prudent rhetorician.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z His features were in themselves of an unctuous cast, smooth, flat, snub-nosed, clean-shaven as a rule, except for a straggling fringe of whisker. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z We recognize his unctuous speech, his unfailing appetite, and even his offensive and defensive alliance with the mother-in-law. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z The reign of George the Third was the culmination of smug and unctuous bourgeois respectability at Court, from whose weary routine the Prince’s surroundings were entirely different. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z The shape of the face was a long oval; many of the teeth remained; and the left ear, in consequence of the interposition of the unctuous matter, between it and the cere-cloth, was found entire. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z “Exactly!” and the sleek fellow smiled in unctuous fashion. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z Lanolin, lan′ō-lin, n. an unctuous substance, a mixture of the ethers of cholesterin with fatty acids, used as a basis for ointments, extracted from wool. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The Cardinal, waving his dismissal to the still agitated Gianni, gave a nod of assent, and assumed an unctuous expression, as the three women were ushered into his presence. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z He frowned at the unctuous bell boys and doorman. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Mr. Levi shook his head slowly, and all his white teeth showed dimly, as he answered with an unctuous significance that tempted Arden strongly to pitch him into the river. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The fruit, from six to ten inches in length, by three to five lines in width, of a dark brown colour, flexible, and somewhat unctuous to the touch, requires about five months to ripen. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Many dishes use locally sourced meat and poultry, including the roasted lamb chops, which were slightly unctuous, but savory, as was the roast duck with Bosc pear sauce. | Lakeville: Cafe Giulia Is Named for a Race Car and Owned by a Driver ? Review 2011-12-31T05:20:15Z Micaceous iron ore consists of delicate steel-grey scales of specular haematite, unctuous to the touch, used as a lubricant and also as a pigment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z A naive, unctuous lout of a Devil with straightforward Tempter's proclivities. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Sometimes he adopts the respectful, unctuous tone of those who cried out: "Hail, King of the Jews." The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z When peddled generically by unctuous politicians, it can seem the ultimate opiate, a cop-out and fallback when there’s nothing more substantive to sustain you. Op-Ed Columnist: Tim Tebow?s Gospel of Optimism 2011-12-10T21:47:12Z It was handsome, but not splendid,—orderly, but not stately,—succulent, but not unctuous. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z With a feeling of excitement he heard the rolling, unctuous announcement. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z There was also something unctuous and cowardly about him. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Mr. Jobbins, the youngest of the city fathers, blessed his sovereign with unctuous pride, and the toast was drunk amid acclamations whose echo was drowned in broken glass. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z To the unctuous juices belong these species: sulphur, bitumen, realgar and orpiment. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z A soft, unctuous form results on treating carbon with ash or silica in special furnaces, and this gives the so-called “deflocculated” variety when treated with gallotannic acid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z All were upwards of forty; the old maids did not trust to their youthfulness, but they had absolute confidence in the power of their shining shoulders and their fat and unctuous arms. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z I also loved rich, unctuous bone marrow topped with chunks of tiny octopus, and Vietnamese sausage wrapped around licorice root, with rice noodles, greens and pistachios. Restaurant Review: Rouge et Blanc ? NYC ? Restaurant Review 2011-11-09T03:00:15Z A small panel slid away from a grating and a voice of that peculiar unctuous hoarseness only heard in a prodigiously fat man or woman, inquired his name. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z But pompholyx is fatty, unctuous, white and light enough to fly in the air. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The woman, who was the mother of several children, and her husband, were both members of the same church as the preacher, and of unctuous piety. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z "Enter," said the prince to Marsyas, "into the unctuous hospitalities of Agrippa's palace." Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z But is he really the most unctuous Black man in America? Is Herman Cain the Most Unctuous Black Man Alive? 2011-10-20T09:00:28Z Thomas replied in accents of unctuous solemnity: "Better of her cold and quite recovered." The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Of this there are two kinds—the one inclines to sky blue and is unctuous; the other is exceedingly white, and is extremely light. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z It was as close to cheese as fowl, rich and unctuous and tangy, and it captivated my senses in such a way as to neatly encompass both art and vice, risk and reward. Critic?s Notebook: Highlights (and Lowlights) of Restaurant Reviewing - Critic?s Notebook 2011-10-19T03:37:24Z There was an unctuous satisfaction in this outburst, the exposure of a malicious heart's innermost feelings, an explorer's hallelujah of wildest delight. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z Cain is what I long imagined the first Black President would be like: a Republican who many Blacks find unctuous. Is Herman Cain the Most Unctuous Black Man Alive? 2011-10-20T09:00:28Z Hear his fierce outburst against the great Calvin himself: "That monster dread that from a poison-chalice Pours out the drug of hell in unctuous malice; And makes the gracious God a very fiend." Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z College girls are never profoundly impressed by unctuous platitudes, or by theological combat. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z An unctuous capitalist is talking with a group of Secessionists, seated on a rock called "State Rights." The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z These solemn unctuous debates were her detestation, in public even more so than in private. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z They have, or acquire, by keeping, an unctuous skin. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z "Pies?" he said, with an unctuous grin, as he peered down into her pail. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z Then he would confer on the neophyte the terrible sea-water baptism, accompanying it with a long unctuous harangue, interspersed with coarse sailor jests, to the great delight of the jolly tars. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z And now as the elections drew nearer, these clearer thinkers stood apart and watched the grotesque political spectacle, with its unctuous promises of "peace and prosperity," in the midst of world tragedy. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z He dismissed his words through his nose with the same unctuous solemnity, and amplified the ends of his periods just as the reverend gentleman was wont to do. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z They are very rarely inclined to be unctuous, but generally rough when handled. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z This little rounded man, the pilot, with his unctuous olive skin, tiny moustache of black silk, and impudent eyes, looked ripe in middle age, though actually he was but thirty. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z "By no manner of means, Mr. Runner," replied the guardian of these unctuous treasures, with dignity. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z At Chez Tweezers, where you are doted upon by an army of unctuous and servile functionaries, we understand that everything is supposed to be perfect, and we pay accordingly. Flagging Down the Waiter: A Modest Proposal 2011-08-24T07:30:00Z Under her cloak she has a pan, whose unctuous contents will some day assist in the enlightenment or purification of the world, in the form of candles or soap. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z They are almost always large apples, the skin of which is neither unctuous nor covered with bloom. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Fuller’s earth has a specific gravity of 1.7-2.4, and a shining streak; it is usually unctuous to the touch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The soil of England is mainly argillaceous, a soft and unctuous loam upon a substratum of clay. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z Oh, how they will torture the poor girl with their unctuous virtue and self-satisfied piety! The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z This was the temperament of all Roman religion, pagan and Christian, a persistent rejection of all that could be described as unctuous, a setting forth of worship as a great public piety which justified itself. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z Many of them acquire by keeping an oily or unctuous skin. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z ‘I wish for you the presence of God in the chapel,’ said the good doctor in his unctuous style. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z There was a piece of butter in a "shape" like a diminutive haystack, and with a cow sprawling on the top in unctuous plasticity. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z "Yassam!" was the unctuous answer, as Andy looked over his shoulder and bent to survey the hall below for any one who might possibly be passing. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z The vicar had taken off his hat, his bald forehead was beaded, his bristling grey whiskers drooped, his unctuous expression had faded away. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z "It is exceptionally unctuous, silky, almost with the consistency of single cream," said Simon Staples, sales director of BBR, of Mouton. Wine alcohol strength 'systematically' understated on labelling 2011-07-05T17:18:02Z Alban, a Tale of the New World, is a novel combining an unctuous melange of sensual description and religious discussion, by an enthusiastic neophyte of the Roman Catholic Church. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z For some minutes the two men listened to the burden of the man's unctuous periods, but at last an exclamation of disgust broke from the lumberman. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z His face was large, open, boldly featured, his smile genial, his laugh constant and unctuous. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Herbivorous animals, put upon a carnivorous diet, would not generally endure it, of course; but some of them rather incline to unctuous beverages, and even to cooked or raw meat. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z From the doorway an unctuous voice announced: "Dinner is served, madam." Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z In an unctuous and impassioned manner he fulminated against all sorts and conditions of transgressors. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z There would be some who would recognise him as the outcast clergyman, and who would consider it their unctuous duty to tell all they knew. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z Marbridge's unctuous and intimate smile accompanied his reply: "Yes to all—twice yes to your last question." Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z She never had friends who were not servile, or permitted herself to be contradicted, except by a few privileged ecclesiastics, and then only in unctuous and deprecatory tones. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z "My lady," Beppo's voice was soft and unctuous, "construes forbearance for fear." The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Petriquillo took off the dressing from the wound; he made two men rub the patient for four hours from the hip to the ankle, with an unctuous substance known only to himself. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z The water of the Liparis in Cilicia, according to Polyclitus, as quoted by Pliny, was of such an unctuous quality that it was used in place of oil. The River-Names of Europe 2011-04-20T02:00:18.983Z The King's unctuous words were still ringing unpleasantly in Lydie's ears, when he put out his hand, claiming hers for the dance. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z They are generally pervaded by an air of complacency and calm superiority, and converse in measured unctuous accents, checkered by beaming smiles when they are not contradicted. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z It also will be open season on any unctuous insistence that Notre Dame is "different" if Floyd plays as soon as possible this fall. Notre Dame's new- found leniency a nod to football's importance 2011-04-10T02:11:00Z The tone is not, indeed, so unctuous as that of Castellani. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z “Wrong in the last particular,—quite wrong, my dear viscount,” said a bland and unctuous voice behind de Mellay. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Louis the Well-beloved had risen; he was more than contented; an unctuous smile, a beaming graciousness of expression pervaded his entire countenance. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z His companion wore a subdued and unctuous appearance; his face was shaved; and the whites of his eyes were very bloodshot and yellow. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z Day in and day out, you'll see a teeming lineup of shouters, schmoozers, unctuous bullshitters and apologists, but never a serious writer. What price the wisdom of Snooki? 2011-04-06T13:00:01Z It is far from unlikely that the glories of a Peel may be disregarded, forgotten, and unsung, when the trophies of a Soyer, still odorous, and unctuous, and fresh, shall be in every body's mouth. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z It has spread its unctuous doctrines over every industrial land, and its representatives sit in every important parliament, including our Congress. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z And he cast up his eyes with unctuous solemnity, though there was no one in the dark road to be impressed by it. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z "Tiens, Adolphe!" exclaimed the lady to her son, after having listened to the entrancing tale told by the philosopher, "Heaven has heard my prayers," and she repeated the unctuous story. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z But he speedily hit on the assumption of an unctuous charity and toleration, as being the kind of demeanour best calculated for the circumstances. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z Porcelain of soft paste has the appearance of an unctuous white enamel like cream; it is also to the touch of a soft, warm, and soapy nature, something like the surface of fine fayence. The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods 2011-02-28T03:00:33.843Z Yet he concluded the 18th chapter of the second Book of Samuel with an unctuous force born of long familiarity with the text. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z It is unctuous and greasy to the touch. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z My copy of him is a little, fat, unctuous, parchment-bound book of 1534, bought upon a street stall under the walls of the University of Bologna. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Who is Merivale, that he shall burden my memory with even shreds of his unctuous imitations? In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z She spotted him at last, near the door of the ballroom, moodily listening to whatever it was that Courtney Barr was saying in his most unctuous, weighty manner. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z The voice beneath its severity of tone was softly unctuous and vaguely Latin. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z "If ye pour away any more o' that, Major," said an unctuous voice in my ear, "ye'll intoxicate the stones and they'll be getting up and knocking us down!" Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z About religion he speaks in his unctuous Puritan way, but in a tone far from savage. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z Out from the land rolled an unctuous smudge, which bore suggestions of the heinous impartiality of a great conflagration. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z From them is afterwards procured, by boiling, an unctuous substance, into which they dip their fishing-nets, having first dyed or tanned them with birch bark, in order to make them more durable. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z I can recall perhaps an empty, musty-smelling church, and the clerk, a solemn, unctuous man, with a graveyard cough. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z A pleasant old man, he had a brogue as Irish as the canavaun of the Bog of Allen, although he had quitted Ireland in early childhood—a mellow, musical, unctuous brogue. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z He spoke in a honeyed voice and assumed a false and unctuous air which exasperated me. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z And she said the audits offered up by big retailers as evidence of their unctuous supply chain management were virtually useless. Why we must own up to the human cost of our obsession with cheap clothes 2010-12-19T00:04:20Z Tony Blair won a prize, for "most unctuous demeanor." Wednesday link dump: Team Aardvark 2010-06-30T23:15:00Z At the time, my name was on the door of the agency, which made marketing seem like a self-anointing pageant with the unctuous sheen of too much hair product. Why Some Owners Are Shy About Marketing 2010-05-11T18:43:00Z The UK leader's debate is a weird new distraction -- British people do not directly elect the people arguing with each other on TV -- but it looks like unctuous Tory David Cameron won today. Thursday link dump: TV eye on you 2010-04-29T23:01:00Z “The world needs oil and there’s oil here,” he declared with unctuous conviction. The Law of Hemlock Mountain They are generally unctuous, and sometimes so small as not to weigh more than an ounce. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Originating from the viscid sediment of the sea, becoming harder and stiffer in the fire, their powder unctuous before exposure to fire; as serpentine, asbestus, mica. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History The conversation is of the true bourgeois tone, with all its emphasis on the obvious, its unctuous moralising, its platitudes consecrated by their antiquity. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius "I hope you'll like your dinner, my lord," he said with unctuous confidence as he waddled towards the door. A Poached Peerage There are many plethoric, unctuous priests and cowled monks, all mingling indiscriminately; while persistent, whining, half-clad beggars are present everywhere. The Story of Malta It is not precisely a palace, so to speak," said Jeremy, shaking his long snaky curls, and smiling his unctuous thin-lipped smile; "but in comparison wi' some—mercy me, but ye should be content. Deep Moat Grange Quiet—so God might hear the text; The sleek and unctuous prayers! Challenge These people are demonstrative and unctuous,—whereas the outer world is reticent and dry. Rachel Ray No, miss," Bisgood answered, and there might have been detected a slight, ever so slight, catch in the unctuous voice; "Mr. Gage did not get far. A Poached Peerage "What did I prophesy, Herr Baron?" asked old Merckel, with his unctuous smile. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The red-headed under-porter picked up Michael's bag, and Michael was preparing to follow him at once, when the unctuous man held up a warning hand. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Mr. Weston can best be described as unctuous, and belonged to that class of men who part their names and hair in the middle, but make no division in money matters, merely taking it all. Rockhaven And the unctuous reply was promptly and virtuously forthcoming: "Because police officers are ordered not to use no more force than what they have to." The Tempering Then the reverend gentleman resumed his hat, bowed to the bride, wished her joy with an unctuous smile, and slowly took himself out of the room. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir "No, dear friends," he replied, with his unctuous smirk. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The porter held up his hand in unctuous deprecation. Sinister Street, vol. 2 But the refractive Powers of these unctuous Substances are two or three Times greater in respect of their Densities than the refractive Powers of the former Substances in respect of theirs. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light Mr. Milbanke," he began in slow and unctuous tones, "I suppose you would like me to come to the point with as little delay as possible? The Gambler A Novel Although rarely beneficial in severe cutaneous diseases they are in much esteem for their unctuous qualities, which impart softness to the skin and allay superficial irritations. Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France The only way in which I could show my displeasure at this piece of unctuous barbarism, was to ignore his presence. On the Heights A Novel From the lodge came Shadbolt the unctuous head-porter to survey for a moment this mighty bonfire: conscious of their undergraduate dignity the freshmen chaffed him, until he retired with muttered protests to summon the Dean. Sinister Street, vol. 2 And thereupon there followed a somewhat lively altercation between those two sedate ladies,—in the course of which a good deal of stinging mockery was covered with unctuous compliment. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 A rock of a uniform texture, belonging to the unstratified and volcanic classes, which has an unctuous appearance like indurated pitch. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The unctuous manner he employs to arouse a sense of obligation in a patron, when stripped of disguises, is a plain hold-up game. The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America Others came from Mr. Blatchley—unctuous, consoling, full of the glad news that sales were leaping up as a result, and sending a big cheque as a polite advance. Helena Brett's Career Beulah erected himself with an unctuous groan and spoke his favorite jest: "Wa'al, le's go out an' see what the neighbors has brought in." Ewing\\'s Lady "Yes, majesty," the cloak said in a different but somehow unctuous voice. Quest of the Golden Ape Her father's voice was unctuous with welcome as he hastened to meet the ponderous bulk that loomed through the dusk. Where the Pavement Ends Look at its round, brown, honest, unctuous face, dotted with almonds and fragrant peel, surmounted with a sprig of holly, and radiant amid the flames of burning brandy! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 The long and unctuous rigmarole wherein the other set forth the painful—the extremely painful—discovery he had so unexpectedly made, was all thrown away. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance This was, first, the anointing of the child’s body with some unctuous substance that the old woman had brought, wrapped in a pawpaw leaf. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn The pale olive-trees twisting their perforated trunks on the slope of the hill gave me of their unctuous fruit. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Affable, unctuous, his mouth always full of pacific and gentle words, he na�vely preached moderation, concord, and fraternity in conversations which were like so many sermons. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty Indeed, his booming voice, his well rounded periods, his unctuous manner, his frock coat, and his entire physical and mental make-up seemed to dominate the dining-room. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks "This is a detonite pistol"—that voice was no longer unctuous and self-deprecating—"one move and I'll plant a charge inside you that will smash you to a jelly!" Brood of the Dark Moon But immediately recovering himself, he turned with an unctuous smile to Witichis. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) The copy consisted of torn and angular fragments of letters and notes, of covers of periodicals and shreds of curling papers, unctuous with pomatum and bear's grease. Methods of Authors They take the sebaceous or unctuous secretion from the coat. The Dog Long, black hair, parted in the middle, was soaped down until the oleaginous ends reposed upon the unctuous collar of his seedy coat. The History and Records of the Elephant Club Silverius cast a look at the youth, which, with all its unctuous repose, could not quite conceal his lively dissatisfaction at such bold independence. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 He has a big, unctuous voice, with the intonations and inflections of a showman at the fair. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things He delivered his repeated phrases with an unctuous indulgent roll that made Gwynne long to grind his teeth. Ancestors A Novel This state will not continue long before cracks and ulcers may be detected upon the borders of the opening, which ultimately is constantly moistened by an unctuous and peculiarly fetid discharge. The Dog It was beautiful, my boy,—touchingly beautiful, and withal unctuous, to observe with what a benignant smile the peaceful Conservative Kentucky Chap departed up the road. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 She anointed S�nnica's cheeks with this, and then the prominent breasts, the abdomen, the thighs, and knees, leaving nearly the whole body covered by a lustrous, unctuous coating. Sónnica They might whisper and backbite—they might point with unctuous hypocrisy at the terrible results of a marriage made solely to please herself, but none of them dared to speak before her face. Francezka She is an unctuous woman, with plenty of material in her—enough, in fact, for two or three. The Witches of New York “The King’s horse, my lord,” replied Tomkinson, with the unctuous conviction of a prelate laying down a dogma. Cynthia's Chauffeur He looked, and the salute came again, unctuous and obsequious. John March, Southerner The waiter brought heaping dishes of cream, there were nice cakes, and Tubby’s unctuous smile at one end of the table radiated cheer. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club They looked up at her with broad, complacent, unctuous faces, smiling, yet resolute. Cudjo's Cave His face was one wreath of unctuous smiles. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time Despite its tame ending, this unctuous discussion on social ethics led to wholly unforeseen results. Cynthia's Chauffeur With this unctuous gold of the dairy he overspreads his tough hard tack and shares his happiness with his messmates. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 His voice told its own story of bonhommie and unctuous Rhine wine. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day The guard, as he mounts up behind, watches with curious interest Pecksniff’s unctuous reception of the new pupil. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. But he considers most objectionable that self-asserting propensity to boast about it associated as it so often is with an unctuous piety. Jena or Sedan? "Stop, friend," came the unctuous tones of the Quaker, arresting the waiter as he was about to leave the room. His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts And this was the bland and unctuous voice of Dr. Lett. The Hate Disease Men of independent intellect must have been not a little shocked by that unctuous familiarity with God and the devil which is the characteristic of that class. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations Charles was getting smoother, more unctuous, more happy, all the time. Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings Well, Don Anastasio––” and he ended with a gesture that the poor trader saw even in his dreams, the unctuous rubbing of fingers on the thumb. The Missourian Hammer was kind, with an unctuous, patronizing gentleness. The Bondboy They secrete an oily, unctuous substance, which mixes with the transpiration, and lubricates the skin. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) The Alcalde’s mouth twitched, but finally extended in an unctuous grin. Carmen Ariza The sheath has a very small external opening, the mucous membrane of which is studded with sebaceous glands secreting a thick, unctuous matter of a strong, heavy odor. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle We expect to tread solid ground, or at least to find it not perilously soft; and lo! the soil is moist, and now and then we find ourselves up to the knees in unctuous mud. Arrows of Freethought He was unctuous and careful of his diction. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country The uses of the unctuous product of the oil-glands are twofold: 1st. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) The Alcalde continued his unctuous flattery, and the priest, in turn, cultivated him assiduously. Carmen Ariza “My young fellow!” he exclaimed in unctuous distress. The Camera Fiend Each separate hair separated itself from the next, and would not lie smooth—the natural unctuous essence which usually caused them to adhere was dried up. Amaryllis at the Fair Election, conversion, day of grace, coming to Christ, have been pawed and fingered by unctuous hands for now two hundred years. Bunyan In the ears, where the unctuous wax not only preserves the membrane of the drum and the passage of the ear moist, but also, by its bitterness, prevents the intrusion of small insects. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Much of this clay is remarkably fine and free from coarse particles, and is smooth and unctuous to the touch. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining "I haven't the slightest doubt of it," Bobby responded, with unctuous emphasis. The Dominant Strain During these long dark and dusky centuries charming goat herds had rested unctuous shocks of hair upon mysterious columns that, like young giant asparagus, stuck their magnificent heads out of the ground. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome His clothes were smeared with an unctuous liquid, which the host immediately recognized as his best olive oil. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 What is said of the retention of the unctuous matter in the oil-tubes? A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Then the "fat rogue" bursts into a jolly, unctuous laugh, and carries off the honors, after all: P. Henry. The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems The brains of nightingales, With unctuous fat of snails, Between two cockles stewed, Is meat that’s easily chewed; Tails of worms, and marrow of mice, Do make a dish that’s wondrous nice. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Promptly we lost this unctuous manuscript, as we feared we would; if not deciphered today, the book has long since been discarded as being a record of the ravings of a madman. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome The smooth, unctuous tones floated out upon the strained tension of the air. The Crevice The oil of the unctuous substance is the principal agent in effecting these purposes: 1st. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) The whaling ships were only permitted to procure supplies, or "recruit," as our unctuous brethren of Nantucket call it, at certain fixed and well-fortified ports. An Old Sailor's Yarns A new voice, bland and unctuous, spoke in the control cabin from behind the three men. The Affair of the Brains Gone was the smooth unctuous speech of former times. Pirates of the Gorm It is unctuous, elastic and moist, though not wet, and should not leave any moisture in the hand. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth When the materials have been sufficiently steeped, or fermented, an unctuous matter, which is the oil of the grain, will be seen swimming on the surface, having been thrown up by the fermentation. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Beguiled by a seeming absence of suspicion into the belief that Maggard had just then awakened to consciousness, Rowlett ensconced himself on the bedside and nodded an unctuous sympathy. The Roof Tree Mr. Beecham had unbounded fluency and an unctuous manner of treating his subjects. Phoebe, Junior He showed big yellow teeth in an unctuous grin. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel He quickly resumed his discourse, with a certain unctuous enjoyment, distinctly inconsistent with his love-lorn pose. Heart of the Blue Ridge The floor consists of the original lava-bed, and artificial puddles composed of slops and offal of divers unctuous kinds. The Land of Thor You dip your potato in the butter, and while you thus soften the deep-sea saltness of your herring, the rough flavour of the latter relishes and overcomes the unctuous dressing of your potato. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France "Fifty cents," was the reply of a personage whose florid countenance and well-oiled locks looked unctuous. Harper's Young People, January 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly And you will wonder why I place it so much nearer the broad end than the narrow—against the laws laid down by the unctuous law-makers of no matter what nationality? Violin Making 'The Strad' Library, No. IX. But somehow these priests, who pretend to lead such lives of self-denial, are wonderfully round and unctuous in personal appearance. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Hall grew unctuous, and had many a sly wink with Chaplain McDevitt. A Man of Two Countries The chronicle of this old Proven�al house has been written, in a style somewhat unctuous and flowery, by M. Jules Canonge. A Little Tour of France The slippery epidermis of the huge leviathan,—lubricated as it was with that unctuous fluid which the skin of the sperm-whale is known to secrete,—rendered footing upon it extremely insecure. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea For the metamorphosis they leave the unctuous regions of the centre and penetrate the hard wood, where they hollow out oval recesses, slightly flattened, measuring from twenty-five to thirty millimetres1 in length. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles And then, to French’s relief, Marble came and announced in his unctuous voice: “The tray is in the library, sir,” and all thought of Simeon was abandoned. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 He gesticulated freely and spoke in an unctuous, fawning tone. Fantômas He had reached the easel now and was standing with bent head, an unctuous smile playing about his lips. Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman She said to him, in an unctuous tone, while she drew forth from her purse three square slips of paper: "You will take these from me?" Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man The minister had a conspicuously well-fed paunch, his smooth face expressed placid self-approval, his tones never for a moment lost the unctuous echo of the pulpiteer. Mountain Blood A Novel "Welcome, monsieur!" said the Cardinal de Polignac, in the unctuous tone habitual to him, and which contrasted so strangely with the coldness of his countenance. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental Stretching themselves on their backs and seducing egoists with the unctuous lie of possession. Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath The shrill cackle was answered by a slow, unctuous chuckle, as of a fat and wheezy person; then a door was closed, and silence fell. "Some Say" Neighbours in Cyrus It means that primarily and intrinsically what Byron did for the world was to bring into prominence and render beautiful and appealing a certain fierce rebellion against unctuous domesticity and solemn puritanism. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations He had a fat, full voice, with unctuous modulations not entirely under his control, so that sometimes, unintentionally, he would utter the most commonplace remark in a tone fitted for a benediction. The Hero I am weary of retired colonels with port-stained faces, and vinegary old maids, and unctuous canons. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 2nd, 1914 Those pompous emblems of authority, the horsehair wigs—those musty robes of unctuous dignity—were full of dirt, and harboured the wandering bearer of typhus infection. More Science From an Easy Chair She spoke of the depravity of the natives in a voice which nothing could hush, but with a vehemently unctuous horror. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands He managed to swallow it with many pauses of invincible disgust—only to find it replaced by a solid slab of pale brown suet pudding, sparsely bedewed with unctuous black treacle. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers Brett heard the unctuous voice of the clerk as he offered the pen. It Could Be Anything On the entire body, birds have only one gland—the oil gland above the base of the tail, which supplies an unctuous dressing for the feathers. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Thus, with unctuous mockery and rough menace, the fellow followed the fury round the room, and forced the drunken crew to the wall. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea Apparently he could not quite control his voice, in which a sense of unctuous amusement revealed itself. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley Cacao butter is a white substance, slightly yellowish, unctuous to the touch, brittle; with the agreeable odor peculiar to cacao, and a sweet and pleasant taste. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines This is probably the case when the skin is not materially dirty, or its pores or surface obstructed or loaded with the residual solid matter of the perspiration or its own unctuous exudation and exuviæ. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources "Or even fight a big boy," cried the Squire, throwing himself back in his chair with the unctuous laughter of a man who is dining well, and knows it. Vixen, Volume I. He had always been anxious to try Collier's unctuous American humor on the British, so the American comedian swapped engagements with Miss Tempest. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Such peat is unctuous when moist, shrinks greatly on drying, and forms hard and heavy masses when dry. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel They are a strong, unctuous, moral, uncharitable people. The Bertrams Wax and rosin appear to have been commonly used before that period; and the Poles still substitute an unctuous clay for the same purpose for the vessels on their navigable rivers. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Reedy agreed with unctuous righteousness in his plump face. The Desert Fiddler He approached Wilhelmine, and bent before her in a salute so ceremonious that it was at once strangely appealing from a child, and yet unctuous and unnatural. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Long Jim had never before been so eloquent, and never before had his voice been so unctuous. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods The starling rolls his “r’s” with unctuous joy And, preening, wonders whom he may annoy, Then imitates a hen, a water-fowl And next the “Be quick” of a white barn-owl. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-19 "How do you do, sir?" he said in a fat, unctuous voice. In the Mayor's Parlour The taste of the liquor was sweet, unctuous and not agreeable. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland He exhibited a rebel’s front to the middle-classes, and held out a hand of unctuous fellowship to the toiler. The Goose Man A murmur of approval went round the assembly, and a few open "amens" broke forth as the unctuous old ecclesiastic sat down. The Uncalled A Novel On such the laud of man, like unctuous balms, Falls with sweet savor. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 For instance, the truly unctuous native Christian may ask a dollar for two fowls, but he will also lease out his wife for a similar amount. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 It is contained in two little bags about the size of a hen’s egg, and is of a brownish, unctuous consistency. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The man looked like a patchwork of qualmishness, tribulation, and unctuous piety, and his coat collar was badly frayed. The Goose Man The first that ascended was pure Phlegm, which dropt for about two Hours; a little white unctuous Matter swam on the top of it. The Natural History of Chocolate Being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-Tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Excellent Properties, and Medicinal Vertues of its Fruit "Mercy, you don't mean to say you think it's all victuals, do you?" inquired Sophronia, with her unctuous laugh. Country Neighbors He had not well learned orthoëpy, and held that u-n, un, was to be pronounced as in 'unctuous.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Twice he had spoken, twice or thrice he had laughed his soft unctuous chuckle as if his thoughts pleased him. The Justice of the King He used all manner of threats and unctuous fustian. The Goose Man Near the mouth of this river they found deposits of unctuous earth, having quite brilliantly the colors of red, purple, and violet. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago They stood before me; she through all the herd Proceeding, with an unctuous antidote Anointed each, and at the wholesome touch All shed the swinish bristles by the drug Dread Circe’s former magic gift, produced. The Odyssey of Homer This is just the point denied by the assimilation Jews, and the spiritless, unctuous, prating rabbis in their pay. Zionism and Anti-Semitism Zionism by Nordau; and Anti-Semitism by Gottheil Do you not smell the King's unctuous, perverted religiosity in that sentence, Monsieur d'Argenton? The Justice of the King A thin layer of unctuous clay between the beds has proved favourable to their separation; and it is upon this intervening substance that the marks are best preserved. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852 Failing this, anything sticky and unctuous was used, e.g., clay or lime. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) There grew luxuriant many a lofty tree, Pomegranate, pear, the apple blushing bright, The honied fig, and unctuous olive smooth. The Odyssey of Homer His freedom from scruples, combined with a natural gift for unctuous and persuasive rhetoric, commanded admiration. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914 “Capital sardines them air,” passing his hand over his mouth and beard in unctuous remembrance of the oily dainties. At Fault And then I should go to Penelope Blight, and a hundred urbane, unctuous uncles could not defraud me of my right in her. David Malcolm Meanwhile President Brand and Lord Kimberley held an unctuous telegraphic palaver, which may diplomatically be viewed as the beginning of the end. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Partly, no doubt, she shrank from discovering a fresh obligation to Mr. Sam, whose unctuous handshake she was learning to detest. Shining Ferry They may be regarded, however, as large weasels, distinguished from the others by their having a sort of pouch or gland under the tail, in which is secreted an unctuous and highly odorous substance. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys As he softly approached the door he heard voices within-one of them his little boy's voice, the other the deep, unctuous tones of a negro man. Mam' Lyddy's Recognition 1908 Mrs Fyne, with the fine ear of a woman, seemed to detect a jeering intention in his meanly unctuous tone, something more vile than mere cruelty. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Thorpe’s ‘kind of religious address’ on seeking Lord Pembroke’s patronage for Healey’s books was somewhat more unctuous than was customary or needful. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles The soil in his district was mostly a strong unctuous clay, free from stones. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles The air was vibrant in the unctuous swell of sound. Old Ebenezer The old man sat there, as solemn and unctuous as ever he had in his pew at church. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day Half a dozen tom-toms were struck with uncommon rapidity and vigor, while the unctuous women set up a chorus of melody that would not have disgraced a band of “Ethiopian Minstrels.” Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver The attendant, a bullet-headed fellow with Scandinavian cheek-bones, leaned down, looking flagrantly solicitous, and inquired in unctuous tones if there was "anything else at present." Sacrifice To-day I left my downy lair An hour before my wont; But do I consequently wear An unctuous smile? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 I can only hope that his rival, Pike-Sarpe, a horrible little unctuous cad of a solicitor, will shortly do something to attract the official attention of the Law Society. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 11, 1914 It had an earthy, insipid taste, and is described as "unctuous." The Book of the Damned The extent to which some men habitually interlard their talk with oaths is disgusting even to many who, on occasion, do not themselves hesitate to give expression to their feelings in oaths portly and unctuous. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. "The member is unduly excited," replied the chairman, in his most unctuous tones. A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day An archbishop in Spain offered to guarantee the harmlessness of every American bullet, and unctuous prayers were reported in the newspapers of last spring as emanating from Transatlantic pulpits. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles That face is wholly occupied by his official smile, a thing of oil and honey all compact, a balmy, unctuous illumination—the secret of his success in life. A Book of Burlesques Many unctuous things were said, but when one tyrant arose to speak his gratitude, Angus's face bore a look which boded ill. St. Cuthbert's For some not easily explained cause, the construction of this sentence gave it a peculiar unctuous force: “than which,” as Fred afterwards remarked, “would have bowled over any but the most hardened sinner.” The Daughters of Danaus "It's her figger fits," laughed the fat porter, with an unctuous chuckle. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls I was prostrated by a severe attack of camp dysentery, stagnant water and unctuous bean soup not being exactly the diet for a sick person to thrive on. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience French chalk, a variety of the mineral called talc, unctuous to the touch, of a greenish color, glossy, soft, and easily scratched, and leaving a silvery line, when drawn on paper. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School I suspected that as soon as I divulged the truth I would be forsaken by this troupe—this retinue of unctuous courtiers. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice Kathryn liked the novelist; he was such an unctuous, eager little man, so redolent of the elements that went into his careful grooming. The Brentons Tubers large, yellow, swollen at the middle, and tapering to the ends; flesh yellow, dry, unctuous, sweet, and well flavored. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. |
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