单词 | unexcitable |
例句 | He was an impartial and unexcitable umpire at all our bedlam sporting events, a master fire builder and extinguisher, and an expert, uncontemptuous first-aid man. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Reflecting his paper’s unexcitable manner, Corry’s dispatch in the Times stressed numbers that were almost unimaginable. The ’60s were “the decade of orgasmic preoccupation”: Even suburban housewives were emboldened by Masters and Johnson’s “Human Sexual Response” 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Self-possessed and unexcitable, Tennell handled the immense pressure of Olympic qualification with no outward sign of nervousness on her face or in her performances. Bradie Tennell Lands an Unlikely Spot on the Olympic Figure Skating Team 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z Male rivals struggle to position themselves against Ms. Merkel, whose unexcitable and deliberative style has made the fist-banging swagger of her predecessors a parody of the past. In Angela Merkel, German Women Find Symbol, but Not Savior 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z He’s a talker, but unexcitable, speaking in measured tones. Steve Bannon on Politics as War 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Franzen’s prose is deadpan, unexcitable, almost aggressively rational, made up of long, finely planed sentences that quiver with the sarcasm that is at the root of his comedy. Jonathan Franzen interview: ‘There is no way to make myself not male' 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z The man with the impressive shock of silver hair, unexcitable manner and odd personal history is prized by many veteran political operatives on the left for pushing the boundaries of modern campaigning. David Brock, a Clinton enemy from the '90s, is now integral to Hillary's run 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Still, Gioia casts a cold, unexcitable eye on matters that might better be seen with a warmer and more excitable one. Why Love Lyrics Last 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z "I would like to see the ivory trade stopped," he cried, in a sudden flood of anger, very rare in a man naturally prone to be unexcitable and mild. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z It was the deliberate, the unexcitable, who most excelled at trials of personal muscular skill; and neither of them were at home below certain latitudes. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z Contrary to what might be thought, he is an extremely placid, unexcitable individual, who, under ordinary circumstances, will probably live for many years to come. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z More than 2,000 were said to have attended a recent protest meeting in what is normally an unexcitable region. Wind expansion 2011-05-12T17:36:39Z If I murmured, Aunt Esther, whose temper was absolutely unexcitable, quelled it by her icy rigidity. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z It is a modest, likable place, part West Midlands sprawl, part proud Staffordshire: self-reliant, capable, unexcitable in a Midlands sort of way. Westminster theory meets anaesthetised local reality 2010-09-19T16:00:00Z Labour's second landslide election victory in a row, in 2001, was dubbed an "apathetic landslide" by the normally unexcitable Electoral Commission. Citizenship 2010-04-26T08:13:00Z Thompson, the purser, a quiet, unexcitable Englishman, met us as we came over the side, and for the moment we lost sight of our new-found friend, Wade. The Social Gangster ‘It is all right,’ Charley, who was of an unexcitable temperament, said. Out on the Pampas Or, The Young Settlers Truly the scene was beautiful, and one to breathe a warlike spirit into the most unexcitable. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 Such a profusion of “quiet,” “half asleep,” “peaceful,” “unruffled,” “unexcitable” words and phrases never “loitered” through forty pages of “dreamy” and “whispering” description. English: Composition and Literature His naturally calm and unexcitable temperament had been still further disciplined by early habits of self-command, first as a scholar and subsequently as a soldier. The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France Experience of races, as well as of individuals, does not show those of excitable temperament to be less fit, on the average, either for speculation or practice, than the more unexcitable. The Subjection of Women From his cool, unexcitable, matter-of-fact way, one would have supposed that he had always been inured to the excitement and bustle of the city. Twenty Years of Hus'ling Mr. Card was apparently the most stoical of men—of a clear, unexcitable temperament, with unorthodox and vague religious ideas. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Albert was a man of fifty or more, with a large head, square German face and forehead, a large hazel eye, fixed and unexcitable, hair closely cut, and beard upon his chin and lip. Edmond Dantès C. R. Laird, the red-haired, where he had any, unexcitable old doctor from Nebraska, who treated one hundred and fourteen wounded Russian soldiers in one night. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 When the spirit of animation is thus exhausted by useless exertions, the organ becomes torpid or unexcitable into action, and a second fit of quiescence succeeds that of abundant activity. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life I had trimmed his hair, and from such talk as I had had with him I judged him to be an easy-going, unexcitable sort of fellow. More Toasts Antonyms: unexcitable, imperturbable, calm. excite, v. stimulate, arouse, inflame, incite, provoke; perturb, agitate, disconcert, discompose, distract, unsettle. excited, a. perturbed, agitated, disconcerted. Putnam's Word Book Even the steady, unexcitable Major Wells showed his delight very plainly. Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche Fortunately his good sense, his even judgment, his unexcitable temperament had saved him from the appearance or the reality of partisanship and from any entangling or compromising personal commitments. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II Most such favoured persons whom I have known were steady, unimaginative, unexcitable people, with just one odd experience. The Making of Religion Ordinarily the commandant of the fort was of a calm and unexcitable temperament. The Great War Syndicate We've got the sunniest youngster here you ever saw; his mother and Aunt Ruth and Uncle Silas all died insane, but he is as placid and unexcitable as a cow. Dear Enemy It may well be called the Concord,—the river of peace and quietness; for it is certainly the most unexcitable and sluggish stream that ever loitered imperceptibly towards its eternity,—the sea. The Old Manse (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") He was ardently loyal, but an unexcitable, matter-of-fact sort of person. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 The naturally unexcitable temperament of the Indians served as an antidote to the defects of their rearing. The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation "It is all right," Charley, who was of an unexcitable temperament, said. On the Pampas As a pupil Bryce was not meteoric; he had his father's patient, unexcitable nature; and, like the old man, he possessed the glorious gift of imagination. The Valley of the Giants Her voice, low and musical, her poise, and the tranquil and unexcitable loveliness of her face had made him, at first, register her as a woman. The Flaming Forest I could not forbear giving him sly glances now and then, to see how he acted when he believed himself unobserved; but he was ever the same, a passive, diligent, unexcitable worker. The Leavenworth Case He took the new world with the same unfailing but also unexcitable curiosity with which he had taken the other, the world of squirrels, flowers, fawns. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Cool, unexcitable, he was capable of presence of mind. 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