| 单词 | unedifying |
| 例句 | What remains is urban disaffection writ large in prose both unedited and unedifying. First fiction 2010-10-01T23:15:00Z "This musical is tawdry, lazy and unedifying," he said, awarding the show one star. Critics savage Spice Girls stage musical 2012-12-12T11:58:09Z The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial was, from gavel to gavel, a singularly baffling, unedifying and sad spectacle. The Actual Malice of the Johnny Depp Trial 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z "I write my curses in cursive," he snarls, thus offering up the fairly unedifying sound of a grown man boasting about being able to do joined-up writing. Jay-Z & Kanye West: Watch the Throne - review 2011-08-11T14:30:01Z It has been a year in which two men in search of a single brain have Twitter-jerked each other towards mutually assured destruction with often caps-locked exchanges along the unedifying lines of “You’re fat!” Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein and all: have we reached ‘peak asshole’? 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The unedifying clarification was the latest salvo in the “cleavage row” between the paper and a huge Bollywood star, in which it seems that nothing is off-limits. Boobs aren’t news, but try telling that to the Times of India 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z But elsewhere his analysis was both reductive and unedifying. Edinburgh fringe hecklers should exit stage left and right 2010-09-03T16:03:00Z Exactly why this couture-handbags-at-dawn spat has so captured the imagination is still something of a mystery – and a potentially unedifying one. Caped crusader: who is the real target of Natalie Portman's reply to Rose McGowan? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Performed here by two violinists and two violists, the piece seemed unedifying at first: An unsynchonized microtonal scale, produced deliberately, will inevitably sound similar to what an ensemble of beginning string students might accomplish accidentally. Music Review: Georges Aperghis Compositions at Miller Theater 2012-05-27T21:59:43Z The contrast with the modest aims of today is, at the very least, unedifying. Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan by Rajiv Chandrasekaran – review 2012-07-06T10:00:02Z It's a grisly and unedifying tale in which a somewhat typecast Michael Shannon gives a stolid, unsmiling performance as the psycho killer himself – truly, the guy who put the "dead" in "deadpan". The Iceman – review 2012-08-30T14:22:32Z The Independent newspaper's Paul Taylor called the show "lacking in any truly original or challenging spark," while the Daily Telegraph's Charles Spencer found it "tawdry, lazy and unedifying." Spice Girls musical 'Viva Forever' closing in June 2013-05-02T12:28:10Z It's an unedifying trend among our politicians to appeal to the side of human nature that congratulates itself but finds fault in others. Alarm clock Britain, Mr Clegg? It's about time you woke up to reality 2011-01-16T00:05:47Z We know much less about Wilson — and what we know suggests his career was rickety, his personal life unedifying, his writing awful and his plan insane. An Englishman’s Ill-Fated Quest to Climb the World’s Highest Mountain 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z "He has taken unedifying to a whole new level," said another figure who has known him closely for years. Chris Mason: The ghost of Boris Johnson haunts Rishi Sunak 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Having worked in Congress myself, I saw that it was frequently an unedifying spectacle — and that was before the current crop of lunatics with election certificates descended on the premises. No, dictatorships are not more "efficient": See how Putin and Xi have wrecked their countries 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z In a few short days in Birmingham, the Conservatives put on one of the most unedifying displays of political breakdown ever seen. Laura Kuenssberg: Glastonbury for weirdos, yes, but party conferences matter 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Parliamentary debate in Australia often degenerates into heated and unedifying personal abuse, particularly during Question Time, when lawmakers interrogate ministers about issues of the day. Australian PM defends ban on Parliament due to royal’s death 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z We see this unedifying spectacle every year about, you know, Pontypridd should have a professional team, or that valley should be a professional team, and it goes nowhere and it affects Welsh rugby really badly. 'Laughing stock' Wales must form three clubs 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z It was an unedifying spectacle, but let's not get too pious about it: It was also TV gold. NI election 2022: Dull campaign could still produce a seismic result 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z "This is one of the most unedifying episodes I have seen in my 16 years as a Member of Parliament," said Mark Harper, a Conservative lawmaker who rebelled against his party to oppose the plans. UK government backs down on plans to rip up corruption rules after sleaze claims 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z They have banned politicians from the pulpit, accusing them of making "divisive and unedifying" remarks that "desecrate the church". Why Kenyan churches are banning politicians from pulpits 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said, in an article in the Mail on Sunday, the West's exit from Afghanistan was "unedifying" and would have "consequences for us all for years to come". Afghanistan: Blair calls US withdrawal 'imbecilic' 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z Japanese viewers watching the U.S. presidential debate endured not one unedifying fracas, but two. Lost in translation: The U.S. presidential debate in Japan 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Even as the German prosecutor referred to “concrete evidence” that Madeleine was dead, a saga seen by some as one of the most unedifying in the history of the British media has reverted to type. Madeleine McCann case: tabloids and trolls fill vacuum as wait goes on 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z For all the unedifying behaviour by some clubs, the top of the game – never mind the lower leagues – faces a financial crisis if the suspended season does not resume. Premier League players and pay cuts: the key questions answered 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z The Times says Boris Johnson is sticking by Ms Patel, but the row over her conduct is "an unedifying debacle" that leaves him "with a political headache". In a hurry? Here's what you need to know this morning 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z It would provide a spectacular ending to what is turning into an impressively unedifying process. Buzz of expectation as Bernie Sanders looks to blow away rivals on Super Tuesday 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z The judge wrote that his review of hundreds of pages of Slack messages was “generally an unedifying exercise, except as a cautionary tale about ill-considered use of instant messaging.” Oracle presses ahead with Pentagon cloud lawsuit despite Amazon’s contract-bid loss 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z In what looks certain to resemble the world’s most unedifying stag party, an estimated 6,000 England fans will descend on Prague to watch Gareth Southgate’s team take on the Czech Republic. Euro 2020 qualifiers: 10 things to look out for this week 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Labour's Meg Hillier said: "I think it was one of the most unedifying moments in our parliamentary history to have all that singing, shouting. It was very uncomfortable." Nine MPs make pitch for Bercow's job 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Is there no one to call a halt to this unedifying distortion of faith? If there’s a cardinal sin to be made, count on the Catholic church | Kevin McKenna 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z As in their prolonged hearings into the attack on an American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, they are likely to twist any useful threads into an unedifying tangle. Robert Mueller’s Testimony and the Garbled Language of Politics 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z Ms Greening, education secretary until the Cabinet reshuffle of January 2018, criticised the funding dispute as an "unedifying spectacle all round". Greening attacks school cash 'horse-trading' 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z “But the failure to do that and this focus on holding the party together, in my view is an unedifying spectacle.” said one former aide. Brexit puts end in sight for Britain's Theresa May 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z There is room for debate on whether the two main protagonists are fully grown-up in any meaningful sense, though Berbatov is right about the spectacle being unedifying. Why is no one at Manchester United stopping this unedifying spectacle? 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z From the moment the bridge collapsed we’ve seen an unedifying political clash, which advanced like a steamroller over the entire nation’s mourning. Roberto Saviano: ‘I saw my first corpse in secondary school. It didn’t shock me’ 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z This is not a new slogan, carrying as it does unedifying echoes of ultra-nationalistic, isolationist episodes in past American life. America must deal with Donald Trump, the first rogue president | Simon Tisdall 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z It was an unedifying yet strangely fitting end to a glorious yet bumpy marriage between one of the sport’s greatest ever players and one of its most storied clubs. Ronaldo Real's best since Di Stefano but was never satisfied 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Mickelson’s exit was at great pace; an unedifying episode which rather summed up his week. Phil Mickelson’s mad moment suggests the US Open has him beaten 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z In a further unedifying turn, Cat is compelled to use the threat of “going public” as leverage in a plagiarism dispute, enmeshing her with Bernard in a legal tangle of mutually assured destruction. “Mood Music” lays bare the exploitative side of the music industry 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Some Indian fans accused the Sri Lankan side of being melodramatic but the cricket writer Ayaz Memon said the episode sent an “unedifying message” about pollution in the city. Pollution stops play at Delhi Test match as bowlers struggle to breathe 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z Divorce is rarely pretty and the final chapter of the McLaren-Honda partnership was a torturous and unedifying spectacle. F1 2017: from Hamilton versus Vettel to McLaren; the season’s best and worst | Giles Richards 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: ""What an unedifying spectacle to see a former first minister who fancies himself as the Michael Parkinson of Putin's propaganda channel. Salmond hosts show on broadcaster RT 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Over the past nine months, Donald Trump’s cage match with the Washington press corps has turned into an unedifying national spectacle. John Kelly’s Heroes 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z “The British people are sick and tired of the navel-gazing that has dominated the news headlines, all of which has been deeply unedifying to behold.” Theresa May suggests she is prepared to demote Boris Johnson 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z And most here believe it will be the actions of the latter that will determine how this unedifying stand-off ultimately plays out. What's life like on the border with North Korea? 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z The judge described the conspiracy as "unattractive and unedifying". Gordon Ramsay's father-in-law jailed over hacking plot - BBC News 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z The result: an unedifying episode that rated cloying and overly sentimental. John Terry’s 26th-minute guard of honour send-off at Chelsea: fair or farce? 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z But if the Tories’ leadership race was unedifying, Labour MPs could only look on with envy. So long, 2016: the year of the political earthquake 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z For the rest of us, however, it has been a singularly unedifying spectacle, and for none is this truer than for those not yet old enough to vote. Did Trump and Clinton Get a Pass on Education? 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z It was one of the highlights of an unedifying US presidential race. As Donald Trump made clear, smart businesses know only idiots pay tax 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z An unedifying spectacle if ever I saw one. Garth Crooks' team of the week: Grant, Willian, Payet, Son, Costa 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Thanks to Trump, it promises instead to be an unedifying brawl with kicking, biting and gouging allowed. This campaign could get worse — a lot worse. Here’s why. 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z However, Mr McCuskley said it was "unhelpful" for ex-Labour leaders who had lost previous elections to be "dragged out to be part of an unedifying coup". Trade unions 'can broker Labour peace' - Len McCluskey - BBC News 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z No one bears more responsibility for this whole unedifying event than David Cameron, it is true. The Guardian view on the EU referendum: keep connected and inclusive, not angry and isolated | Editorial 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z As more and more people sought fewer available government and university positions, we witnessed the unedifying spectacle of castes fighting with each other to be declared backward. India caste unrest: Jat protesters ease Haryana roads blockade - BBC News 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z With so many candidates and such an iconoclastic frontrunner, the Republicans’ race has been fragmented, fractious, unedifying and at times unhinged – a circular firing squad in which the gunmen episodically shoot themselves in the foot. Iowa caucus results are as unpredictable as this bizarre election season 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z An unedifying spectacle, England hardly the most gracious of winners. Shirt swapping: new to NFL, but long part of soccer's rich tradition 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z It is a familiar, though unedifying sight for many politicians and observers. Dilma Rousseff's fate as Brazil president could hinge on her political enemies 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The short version: back-to-back relegations from La Liga in 2001 led to the local government withdrawing their support for the club on the back of an unedifying political wrangling. The Joy of Six: hipsters' favourite football clubs | Barry Glendenning 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Journalists have been accused of treason; a chief prosecutor fired; and we have witnessed the unedifying spectacle of government ministers scrambling to get out of the firing line after popular outrage. Freedom of speech case outrages Germany - BBC News 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Caroline Lucas, the Green Party's only MP, said she was not surprised women were put off politics, describing the Commons chamber as "unedifying". Women 'to lead' coalition talks, Lib Dem president says - BBC News 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z The Senate debate over the Keystone XL pipeline, as predictable as it is unedifying, exemplifies two of the most disturbing aspects of political discourse today. Keystone XL and the politics of symbolism over substance 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z “Fairly unedifying but conversation kept on the economy” was one senior Tory’s assessment of the party’s campaign launch. Refighting old battles 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z A small but unedifying part of it remained after being heavily condensed by Simmons and his team. Bill Simmons Discusses Suspension From ESPN, Until He Doesn’t 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z So the club was apoplectic, and Gerrard would go on to develop his signature interview technique, both highly economical and reliably unedifying. Joey Barton and Moeen Ali yet to learn easiest option is to play dumb 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z It is an unedifying experience but an illuminating one – for this once glamorous thoroughfare, a few blocks from Miami Beach's art deco waterfront and its white beaches, has taken on an unexpected role. Miami, the great world city, is drowning while the powers that be look away 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z As unedifying was his failure to condemn the murders of over 40 people in Assam last week. In the scion’s den 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z "The spectacle that lies ahead will likely be as chaotic, unedifying and unproductive," predicts The Times of India in an editorial. Indian media: Delhi threatened by power cuts 2014-02-07T07:41:58Z "The party is saddened by this turn of events and has only chosen to correct some of the main inaccuracies. A running commentary is unedifying." DUP denies ordering Paisley to quit 2014-01-21T08:32:37Z But it was Mr. Bloomberg, not Mr. Clinton, who played the role of teething biscuit for the de Blasio chorus, and it was an unedifying spectacle. About New York: Rewriting the City’s Record on Prisons 2014-01-03T01:50:50Z Bo Xilai called his wife "crazy", and his former police chief a "liar" For the Communist Party it was an unedifying, damaging spectacle. Admiration lingers for Bo Xilai in China's Chongqing 2013-09-20T21:09:28Z Mrs Hodge, who questioned senior BBC figures at the hearing, said it was an "unedifying experience" watching them "try to avoid responsibility". offs 2013-09-10T12:13:47Z Mr Justice Haddon-Cave said he would grant the review "on all grounds" but warned the parties against beginning an "unseemly, undignified and unedifying" legal tussle. Court to rule on Richard III burial 2013-08-16T10:39:17Z "I thought it was a very unedifying spectacle," he said. Speaker warns after 'noisiest' PMQs 2013-07-10T14:22:08Z But regardless of the ins and outs of it, obliging finely-tuned, supremely fit sportsmen to endure heat and humidity on this scale made for a largely unedifying spectacle. 'It was nothing like I have experienced before' 2013-06-01T21:52:06Z Similarly unedifying was the report of one leading professional remarking to journalists that "you didn't hear that" at the end of the dinner. How can Sergio García explain his comments about Tiger Woods? 2013-05-22T12:32:35Z Despite the unedifying nature of this episode, City believe they acted correctly because they took the time to sit Hughes down and relieve him of his position in the proper manner, face-to-face. Mancini limps on as City manager 2013-05-13T19:51:06Z While most football fans find the sacking of managers unedifying, Mancini has his critics. Should Manchester City sack Roberto Mancini for Manuel Pellegrini? 2013-05-13T14:18:23Z Regardless of the truths of the matter, the whole episode felt like a deeply unedifying one for the league in general. Hernanes the decisive factor as violence surrounds Rome derby again 2013-04-09T10:06:17Z The case prompted a sometimes unedifying debate about the part played by our welfare system in the appalling events, amid claims that taxpayers had funded the chaotic lifestyles that nurtured tragedy. From welfare to banks, fairness is the key 2013-04-06T23:06:13Z If the banshee send-off the bowler gave the batsman was unedifying, and gained the attention of the umpires, then at least it showed the level of passion in him. First Test: Hamish Rutherford's 171 on debut is highlight of day three 2013-03-08T05:45:22Z But that doesn't mean the debate will go beyond a cosy consensus that something really must be done, especially given parliament's unedifying record on the subject. Sex education is in crisis 2013-02-04T07:00:11Z This was Detroit's seventh straight defeat, and there was something unedifying about the contented manner in which many Lions players seemed to accept it. Andy Dalton's Bengals find a way to win but Seattle slam 49ers to steal the show 2012-12-24T15:10:51Z The effect on the EU's public image among its 500 million citizens is unedifying. Forget Nobel Peace Prize, EU launches summit warfare 2012-11-22T10:17:01Z Monstergate appeared unedifying and not the kind of behaviour you would expect in an ordinary workplace. Row shines light on Stormont corridors 2012-11-19T17:33:36Z Behind the genteel nostalgia, however, the last two years have placed Claridge's at the centre of one of the most poisonous and unedifying scrambles for control of a London landmark in modern times. Barclay brothers close in on control of Claridge's hotel 2012-10-27T23:07:56Z Had they intervened and investigated at the earliest possible stage, there may even have been no need for police proceedings and unedifying courtroom revelations. Ashley Cole may be a Twitter but he didn't hang about like the FA 2012-10-06T21:50:01Z But while the US media has largely focused on this unedifying internal battle, Mitt Romney has laid out his all-important energy plans for the country. US election 2012: Romney and Obama avoid the climate change elephant 2012-08-24T13:39:42Z Meanwhile, the Home Office will continue to deal with the unedifying fallout of G4S's basic failure to supply enough security guards for the London Olympics. Olympics: will Theresa May pay for choosing politics over pragmatism? 2012-07-14T20:36:31Z "It has been an unedifying process and the game has been damaged as a result of the dirty linen being washed in public," said Taylor. FA will consider Terry sanction 2012-07-14T12:37:15Z I think they were trying to get a rise out of me because they thought I would embarrass myself by biting back in an unedifying way. Milo Yiannopoulos - meet the 'pit bull' of tech media 2012-07-07T23:05:01Z Finally, I would like to reiterate the need to learn the lessons from this unedifying episode. SFA to carry out Rangers inquiry 2012-02-17T17:10:15Z They might scream, and rail, and wax obstreperous, point out the cases of flagrant injustice too often to be observed among their ranks, and become unedifying texts and examples. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The unedifying picture which German Social Democracy presents today is at bottom the result of German sham democracy, of the poverty and backwardness of German political life. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z It seems to us an unedifying performance, though a woman, if insulted, has undoubtedly the right to chastise her offender physically, if she is able. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z No. Men naked and filthy, lying about, using very unedifying language, and totally unaccustomed to the presence of Lady-visitors. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z "The Bible," says Dr. Farrar, "is assailed on the ground that it contains coarse and unedifying stories." The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z Their conduct, according to contemporary accounts, was most unedifying and in shocking contrast to the unrelenting rigour and formality of colonial piety. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z Seeing the IOC cast around for excuses when the bet didn't pay off was unedifying. London Games will outdo Beijing because of freedom 2011-07-27T01:08:08Z But as unedifying and distasteful this whole melodrama is to virtually everyone watching, the stalemate, practically speaking, has also been inevitable. Boehner to Obama: Put up or shut up 2011-07-25T00:11:00Z For a club of such stature in the Scottish game, this has been an unedifying affair. Time for Neil Lennon to deliver on his promising start at Celtic 2011-07-23T11:00:00Z Thus we have been faced with the unedifying spectacle of some of the very worst newspapers in the world constantly attacking one of the most nationally and internationally respected broadcasting organisations. Letters: The public interest and the press 2011-07-22T19:59:01Z Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images It would seem almost unedifying if Tom Lewis, whose first 18 holes of Championship offered fairytale material, spends Sunday scrapping for a less salubrious prize than the Claret Jug. The Open 2011: Tom Lewis must guard against silver medal hijack 2011-07-16T18:33:00Z To see the hierarchy of English rugby fighting like rats in a sack has been deeply unedifying if you happen to care about the sport. Reputation in tatters 2011-07-15T18:55:10Z How miserable, how barren were your services on last Sunday; how cold your worship, how utterly unedifying and farcical your preaching. The City of the Mormons or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842 2011-06-23T02:00:26.503Z Religious extremists, whether they be Protestants or Catholics, always present an unedifying caricature of human nature and human sense. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z Hush, Antoinette; I will have no more of this very unedifying conversation. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z "This sprint to sainthood is to deflect examinations into JPII's unedifying record on clerical child abuse - and, with it, Benedict's own role," said Keith Porteous Wood of Britain's National Secular Society. John Paul II beatified in Vatican 2011-05-01T09:20:18Z What ensued was of a very unedifying character: from being simply a state of contented indifference, the marriage became a decidedly irksome bond. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z He married a number of wives in his declining years, and his life on the whole was by modern standards unedifying. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Nearly a year has passed since that unedifying conversation with my uncle. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Apart from the unedifying confessions of the hero, the book contains curious anecdotes concerning prominent contemporaries, and the episodical stories are told with great spirit; the style is extremely correct, though somewhat diffuse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Oh, but the Levy results in an unedifying annual acrimonious impasse, you cry. Our old dames of the Turf, the Levy and Tote, need care and attention 2011-02-22T00:06:00Z In the pauses of this edifying occupation he roused himself to an unedifying activity; that is to say, he scolded all the servants, without assigning any grounds for his displeasure. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z If this is going to be the pattern for the future it is an unedifying way for football to go about its business. January madness is making football sleazier 2011-02-05T22:00:00Z Lato took part in the unedifying pastime, and at first fortune befriended him; then he lost. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Those of us who see Anfield as a bulwark against the more unedifying features of the modern game hope the anger will soon subside and the humour return. Liverpool selling Fernando Torres would be a sign of self-confidence 2011-01-30T00:09:02Z The unedifying spectacle we were invited to witness on Saturday evening was nothing less than a live sacking. Keegle is noble but good taste takes a tumbril 2011-01-17T00:06:02Z Their vocabularies were much on a par and highly unedifying. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z It would be surprising, after such an unedifying spat – in front of more than 50,000 eye witnesses and millions of television viewers – if the umpires did not report the matter. Ponting loses temper as England ram home advantage 2010-12-27T07:31:48Z This is merely the latest unedifying Scottish football scene. Ewan Murray: Self-interest hastens Scotland's decline 2010-12-23T17:20:43Z With the England bid team burrowing up the Blatter colon and the travelling press pack burrowing up theirs, it made for a seemingly endless and unedifying human centipede soundtracked by sycophantic, squelchy slurping. The Fiver 2010-12-02T16:58:00Z It's worked over the years, but it's so unedifying for the senior statesman of a game that needs statesmen to behave like this. Saturday clockwatch - live! 2010-10-02T12:51:00Z His first international goal, a signature set-piece, came in the 1998 World Cup against Colombia, but it was a tournament that ended in unedifying fashion. Beckham's best bits, the greatest comeback and the death of chivalry 2010-08-12T08:02:00Z Calculated attempts at self-preservation are rarely a good look and the whole unedifying charade is tarnishing reputations. Trial by technology sows seeds of doubt and distrust 2010-08-02T23:06:00Z Best banner The manner in which Lazio rolled over for Inter, with their fans threatening violence if they didn't, earlier this month to help keep Roma from winning the Scudetto, was deeply unedifying. It's the Bandinis 2010! The complete review of the past Serie A season 2010-05-26T08:35:00Z Italy and France, who contested an unedifying final in Berlin in 2006, appear to be preparing some of the same old cast, with more bad odor along the way. Global Soccer: For French and Italian Soccer, Dark Days Could Lie Ahead 2010-04-20T13:50:00Z There is not an MP or a journalist who has not been wined and dined in this unedifying process, with a liberal scattering of coveted Premier cards. Not so magnificent man and his lobbying machine | Simon Jenkins 2010-03-16T20:00:00Z The games threaten to involve us all in one thoroughly unedifying event not on the programme. Wembley's secret 2010-03-15T06:01:00Z She has also had to accept that the infamous "0300 call" election advertisement was an empty, and unedifying, threat, which diminished her. 2010-01-17T12:09:00Z He did not come, and a most respectable insurance agent now dwelt where Mr. Powers had played his unedifying game. The Great Miss Driver The method would be plainly laborious, unintelligent and unedifying, and in drawing the most complicated foreshortened forms of the human body it would seem still more illogical. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" St. Paul may seem to be making the difficulties of believing in the Bible only more obvious, by calling attention to its 'harsh and unedifying' elements. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition The months that followed make an unedifying close to five glorious years of progress and reform. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) With what Face can they preach against Luxury, and Sensuality, when they themselves wallow in the Fat of the Land, and loll about in their Leathern Conveniencies, in sadly unedifying Pomp, Pride, and Vanity? Modest Remarks upon the Bishop of London's Letter Concerning the Late Earthquakes A more unedifying page of history has not been written. Henry VIII and His Court 6th edition The lecture-room of a scholastic doctor was sometimes under the same roof with establishments of a very different and peculiarly unedifying order. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) The worship may be mixed up with all sorts of folly, all sorts of unedifying practice. Five Stages of Greek Religion Such unedifying farce has nothing to do with history, which is a serious, instructive, and all-embracing study. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland I remember scenes, not without an element of comedy in them, but singularly unedifying. A Padre in France The composition of an average auction-room, where the property is miscellaneous, is a curious and not unedifying study. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time All I can do is to prevent unedifying scenes between us by showing you such courtesy and consideration as is possible. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius It is not entirely unedifying to note why this man was martyred. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution She was alone in a strange, unedifying town; in a strange, vast, commonplace hotel. The Rough Road I have accordingly endeavoured to avoid such jangling, and such debates as are unprofitable and unedifying, making choice of such purposes as may edify, and not abuse the reader. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) I wish I could see them; but you have no loss, you know how unedifying I am. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster If he didn't outlive his nephew—and he was older, though, as would appear, so much more virtuous—his inherited property, she being dead, would accrue to that unedifying person. A Small Boy and Others I venture to hope that by these means I may manage to compile a not unedifying or uninteresting narrative, though our subject be withal somewhat a ponderous one. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis He would wipe out at one stroke the whole of his unedifying history. The Rough Road Mixed with all that now haunted her was her consciousness of what his own absence at such an hour represented in the way of the unedifying. A London Life and Other Tales We must exclude a long list of most unedifying passages on this score. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Not a few of the intimates of the H�tel de Rambouillet found a relief from their fatigue of fine manners and high-pitched emotions in the unedifying jests and merry tales of the tavern. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. The situations and intrigue are generally very unedifying. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals On the morrow he heard, to his relief, that Oliver had returned to London with the unedifying Chipmunk. The Rough Road All these substantial we let go, that we may get hold of some empty unedifying notions. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Many an hour have I spent at his saw-pit, listening to recitals of his fifty-year-old adventures, some of which were most unedifying. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer In a discussion of this question we are almost certain to be invited to take part in an unedifying wrangle between Church and Chapel, between religion and secularism. The Task of Social Hygiene Labours in connection with Russia and Roumania were by that time, however, virtually at an end, the importance of the branch had to a great extent lapsed, and it was afforded a not unedifying experience. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 The situation was unedifying and nonsensical, but the Queen was not yet twenty, and Lord Melbourne had for once failed to teach a prudent lesson. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 Still, whatever elements of a generous public spirit sharply baffled may have entered into this extraordinary moral breakdown, it must be pronounced a painfully unmanly and unedifying exhibition. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 5: On Pattison's Memoirs Therefore it is a great pity that we have turned from its winsome wealth to give ourselves to the unedifying task of measuring the size of a fish's throat. Sermons on Biblical Characters It's scandalous that the precious time of a whole family should be frittered away in these unedifying and—ah—idiotic competitions. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 24, 1892 They were silent and unacting witnesses of the unedifying spectacle of white men ready to fly at each other's throats. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom A situation so precarious and so unedifying was sure to lead to strange results in the relations of parties and leaders. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 What a contrast does such a scene as this exhibit, when compared with the dull, formal, unedifying, and often indecent manner, in which funeral parties assemble in the house of death! The Annals of the Poor What a contrast does such a scene as this exhibit, when compared with the dull, formal, unedifying, and often indecent manner in which funeral parties assemble in the house of death! The Dairyman's Daughter It is probable that the author's professions of fairness are sincere, though at times the temptation to omit recording unedifying facts, such as the sacramentarian schism, is too strong for him. The Age of the Reformation And again there were different levels of awareness in his mind—one consciously and defensively cynical, and one frightened at the revelation of his unimportance, and the third finding the others an unedifying spectacle. Operation: Outer Space It was a long and painful journey, often unedifying, not seldom squalid, with crooked turns not a few, and before it was over, casting men into strange companionship upon bleak and hazardous shores. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 He confesses he was often obliged "to pen unedifying toys for gentlemen." The Choise of Valentines Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo I remember it was a continuous stream of unedifying gossip, varied by small boastings about her own family. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances The conversation you hear around you, and perforce engage in, is equally unedifying, both religiously and intellectually, a sort of réchauffé of Murray’s handbook, flavoured with discussions on last Sunday’s sermon. Rome in 1860 It may be believed that unedifying scenes arose—especially on two or three occasions when an agent had almost reached one of the four gates before he was intercepted. About Orchids A Chat Another writer observes, in similar language, that 'the greater part of our churches, particularly in the metropolis, present a most unedifying and afflicting spectacle to the eyes of the sincere, unenthusiastic Christian.' The English Church in the Eighteenth Century As an example of these "unedifying toys" the present poem may, without much doubt, be cited, and an instance in penning which his "hope of gain" was realised. The Choise of Valentines Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo The first is insignificant; and the second even Professor Masson pronounces, "as a digest of logic, disorderly and unedifying." Life of John Milton Scene 3.3 shows a further unedifying side of Balthazar when he bursts in on the King and stabs a servant and refuses to express remorse as the servant is a mere groom. The Noble Spanish Soldier He sees a good deal of this poor middle-class in his inspecting tours, and decides elsewhere about the same time that “of all dull, stagnant, unedifying entourages, that of middle-class Dissent is the stupidest.” Matthew Arnold But there was generally one preservative at least to keep the rite from degenerating into a mere unedifying ceremony. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century His language I will not repeat—but canting knave, hypocrite, rascal attor—no, it is useless and unedifying to repeat it. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Yet so fine a game as this was held by his mother to be unedifying. Bunker Bean From such unedifying episodes in the career of a rising politician, public attention was diverted by the excitement of a State election. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics It is the darkest and most unedifying part of the mystery. London River It was an unedifying state of things; and public opinion was not long in expressing its discontent with such an exhibition of widespread venality and greed. History of Holland Indeed it is from a purely religious motive that I come, as well as to give them the benefit of a frail, but not, I would hope, altogether unedifying example. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two A few minutes later the strange and unedifying sight of Lady Claudia Territon and Mr. Lane, mounted on a very rickety old "sociable," presented itself to the gaping gaze of several laborers in the park. Father Stafford In fact if you "can see a church by daylight" you certainly want no piercing vision, and no artificial assistance of light or lens, to discover the faults of this very unedifying churchman. The English Novel We have avoided controversy on that head, because it comprehends questions not more doubtful than unedifying. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft In this traditional view there is nothing unedifying, nothing injurious to the Christian life. John Knox and the Reformation Unnoted by Baedeker, unsung by poets, unrhapsodied by press agents—there lurks the little town of Strychnine in that far and untravelled corner where France, Russia, and Liberia meet in an unedifying Zollverein. Shandygaff Punch's unedifying life was fostering languor within their breasts. A Love Episode Nevertheless we may well suppose that the popular religion of ancient Israel had much to say of superhuman beings other than Yahweh, but that the inspired writers have mostly suppressed references to them as unedifying. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 To discourse of Poets and Poetry in the Hazlitt style, or talk stuff about the Spirit of the Age, were most unedifying: one knows not what to call himself. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I The essay is devoted chiefly to contrasting Bishop Colenso's unedifying methods with those of the philosopher Spinoza. Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold In the diocese of Rouen St. Mello is honored with particular veneration; and the history of the prelates of the see contains many curious, and not unedifying stories of the miracles he performed. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1 He lived an adventurous and often an unedifying life, and seems to have been a jovial sensualist caring little what kind of reputation he might obtain in the eyes of the world about him. The Troubadours Next, It will be objected, Though we might wait thus, yet how unedifying are we unto others, when there appeareth no fruit of the spirit of grace in us. Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life There is no resource but to say: Brother, thou surely art not hateful; thou art lovable, at lowest pitiable;— alas! in my case, thou art dreadfully wearisome, unedifying: go thy ways, with my blessing. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I But we will not follow this unedifying conversation further. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories Also many of the Lessons are quite unedifying. The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) Indeed, we confess that, notwithstanding his somewhat unedifying end, Tulliver is the only person in "The Mill on the Floss" for whom we can bring ourselves to care much. Famous Reviews He gives us discoloured paintings of life; helpless, repining, unprofitable, unedifying distress. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits The lecture room of a scholastic doctor was sometimes under the same roof with establishments of a very different and peculiarly unedifying order. Familiar Studies of Men and Books In the course of this process he fell into adventures, some of them, perhaps, unedifying. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation He treated me to a learned discourse concerning them, and was furious when one journal, slightly puritanical in tone, perhaps, said that they were generally unedifying, and in one case, at any rate, immodest. The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles She must have been an unedifying abbess at Ambresbury, though not devoid of kindness of heart. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II No. Men, naked and filthy, lying about, using very unedifying language, and totally unaccustomed to the presence of lady-visitors. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 Their weakness had ever been to serve a profusion of neutral dishes, pleasing enough to the eye, but unedifying except as a spectacle. Ruggles of Red Gap This unedifying pressure from aggressive Europeans seemed for a time to awaken China. Outline of Universal History Tell me, thou wicked honest cozening Beauty, Why didst thou draw me in, with such a fair Pretence, Why such a tempting Preface to invite, And the whole Piece so useless and unedifying? The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II His end may have been unedifying; it must at least have been very pitiful. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Let us not be too particular in narrating his father's unedifying frolics of a quarter of a century ago. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family The reason of this diversity lies in the furious competition between the various monastic orders of the time—in those unedifying squabbles which led to never-ending litigation and complaints to head-quarters in Rome. Old Calabria The story of a removal from office is usually unedifying, and there is no occasion to go into all the details. Nathaniel Hawthorne Mary was studious, neat, and religious; Matilda was tomboyish, impatient of restraint, and fond of unedifying associates. Young Lives Let us, however, not conceal from ourselves the fact that this first impression is for the most part extremely unedifying. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Religion, a Dialogue, Etc. There was a great outcry at this unedifying candour. A History of Freedom of Thought November 26th.—Noon.—We have just had another sample of this very unedifying Chinese warfare. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin He once saw two philosophers engaged in a very unedifying game of cross questions and crooked answers. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 A great clock, chiming one, warned her to repair to the sitting-room, where she met Eugene, full of the unedifying spectacle of a fight between two street lads. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume But she was caught in the act by Gungadhura's much neglected queen, and sent to another part of the palace with a string of unedifying titles ringing in her ears. Guns of the Gods I'm glad you didn't amuse her with that unedifying bit of fiction.' The Odd Women Finally, one Sunday afternoon, a policeman wandering through some waste ground, a deserted brickfield behind Flowery End, came upon an unedifying spectacle. The Red Planet He allowed his mind to linger by preference on the many graceless and unedifying pleasures which his position placed at his command. A Group of Noble Dames It would not be an unedifying experiment to make a collection of the titles of works published in the course of the year by Members of the Universities. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners One of the most unedifying scenes in English history is that of George making a purchase in a shop at Windsor and because of this patronage asking for the shopkeeper's support in a local election. Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence He opened the little wicket gate and went through the plantation to the house, doing his best to shake off the recollection of the remarkable and unedifying discussion he had had with the moneylender. The Clue of the Twisted Candle If you feel in any way surprised that I should know these petty and unedifying details, the reason is that I had them from a relative of mine who, later that evening, drove Mlle. The Gambler She is always reading foolish and unedifying books. Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) Although the feelings thus aroused by religious observances in England and other parts of Europe were frequently unedifying, there was one happy exception to the rule. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 Yet, in comparison with unpremeditated outbursts of Nature, such as an Insurrection of Women, how foisonless, unedifying, undelightful; like small ale palled, like an effervescence that has effervesced! The French Revolution |
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