| 单词 | wicked |
| 例句 | It seemed wicked to don my Sunday garb on an ordinary day, but it was all I had. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “See how you do, repaying the wicked? That’s not right, Ma.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “I am determined to be a silent spectator of the silly and wicked game,” Adams explained to Abigail, “and to enjoy it as a comedy, a farce, or as a gymnastic exhibition at Sadler’s Wells.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I watched him without making a sound as he chanted something vile and wicked, something that made my heart flinch in my chest. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z All of them were wicked, so much that Rengen was among the best of them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Livid with rage he clawed the foul mess from his eyes and saw Constance leaning over the parapet with a wicked grin of delight on her striped muzzle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She was the good girl, the obedient girl, but she had felt as wicked as Arya that morning, sneaking away from Septa Mordane, defying her lord father. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Are you kidding? Tina's a monster. She's what would happen if the devil married the wicked witch, and they rolled their baby in a bowl of chopped evil." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z When men themselves became wicked they took refuge there, outlaws cunning and bloody as the gore-crow, and as persecuted. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Once there, he'd troll the streets with me in our big Buick and point to guys he knew and tell me something wicked, or weird, or secret about them. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I had never liked him or trusted him, but if what he said was true, she was really wicked. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t ever forget your history,” she sang, “or any wicked soul can lie to you and get away with it.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “She is fearless. She ha; a face like a wicked moon.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, Jane, this is bitter! This—this is wicked. It would not be wicked to love me.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Though her palm had given the first tap, she would not rob me of the thunder of the first wicked drumstick drumroll. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z That the witch was far more wicked than he could have imagined. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Or else their moms have died and left them with a wicked stepmother, like in Cinderella. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The wicked people burned our castle on the hill. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It had horns thick as arms, tapering to wicked points, and it pawed at the ground and tossed its head, a roar rumbling up its metal throat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Now here she was, a woman getting along in years, forced to make her living among all the black scum of this wicked city. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Besides avoiding one another in limited space, they had to dodge the wicked claws of the rats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The nasty, small, gloating smile with which she glanced back at the laboring old woman was both wicked and apprehensive. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We can be really good, or we can be really wicked. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll cut their wicked heads from their wicked necks. Just give me a sword. Or an axe. Anything. I’m not afraid!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He danced out of her reach easily as she swiped at him again, his lips splitting into a wicked smile. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He told us that anything he did other than being a journalist could upset some wicked balance. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He snarled faintly with pain and hatred when his shoulder was raked by the wicked claws of the excited cub, and made an attempt to struggle to his feet. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “And do you also believe that I am so very, very wicked? Do you also join with my enemies to crush me, to condemn me as a murderer?” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet somehow the wicked eraser managed to stay alive, managed even to crawl through the front lines, only to be greeted by the backup platoon. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The kind of skinny, wicked long harpoon used for giant tuna, like my dad used to catch before he switched to TV and beer. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The wicked little snoop must know this was the way up to the Whispering Gallery, she thought. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z In the tombwalk that day, it had been very clear to him: Here was a story of greedy queens and wicked fathers and war on the horizon, and...it wasn’t his story. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He got wicked drunk at a party and passed out in a bowl of bean dip. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He was the wicked bully of the village. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “And sad, too. I remember when the mayor was first starting out. He has always been foolish, but not always wicked. I’m sorry to know that the worst side of him has won out.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Like the first bull, he came blaring out into the clearing, then stopped, to snort and sling his wicked horns and paw up clouds of dust. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z But his head stuck to the girl too, and it was at this point that the animals all came back and saw the wicked hare stuck to the girl. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The Lemures or Larvae were the spirits of the wicked dead and were greatly feared. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “You wicked, wicked girl! I never can write it again, and I’ll never forgive you as long as I live.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘King Darzin,’ he sniffled, ‘that wicked thief El-ahrairah has said he will steal your lettuces and he is coming to trick you and get into the garden.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Lounging in the chair, Cardan looks every bit the wicked prince. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He knew they were wicked people who had done wicked things. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You are the same Jo still, dropping tears about one minute, and laughing the next. You look a little wicked now. What is it, Grandma?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Eric smiles, and in the blue light, his smile looks wicked, like it was cut into his face with a knife. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Oh, you don’t believe me? Well. The woman who made them is a wicked thing. And broken. She sorrowed until she could sorrow no more, and now she is quite mad.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, his vicious cruelty and inhumanity, along with numerous wicked deeds, do not permit us to honour him among the most excellent of men. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Blood wicked into his shirt and smeared over his neck and jaw. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Bessie supplied the hiatus by a homily of an hour’s length, in which she proved beyond a doubt that I was the most wicked and abandoned child ever reared under a roof. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It had come to his knowledge, he said, that a foolish and wicked rumour had been circulated at the time of Boxer’s removal. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Everyone in the village was wicked but her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But though Tehlu listened to her wise words with his ears, he told her that mankind was wicked, and the wicked should be punished. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The wicked skates refused to obey and dumped her on the ground once more. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, you wicked man!” she howled, in a voice just a little shriller than normal. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was the look that all wicked Magicians have, the “Mark” which Jadis had said she could not find in Digory’s face. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “Can it be blasphemy to hate what’s wicked and cruel? It’s not only Julius. It’s everything. It’s the circus. It’s the animals. It’s the Christians!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z By the light of the torches, we saw the black Hulk lying out a little way from the mud of the shore, like a wicked Noah’s ark. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z We had never actually seen the ant lions themselves, only their wicked handiwork. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You needn’t feel wicked, my child! You had no winter things and got the simplest with your own hard earnings,” said Mrs. March with a look that warmed Jo’s heart. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “N-nine, Magnificence. Foul work it was, and wicked. A dreadful night, dreadful.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But as her experiences multiplied she realized that not only was it not wicked, it was not necessary for her to conjure up the idea of wickedness in order to participate fully. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z "No, but it disturbs me to read that the woman's wrongdoing led her husband to kill her. She was more weak than wicked," I said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The smile on Mai's face is both kind and wicked at the same time. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Who say this word?” she asked without a trace of knowing how wicked I was being. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go to his master. Hubert’s wisdom and piety are famous across Christendom. I’m bringing some books to him anyway. Come with me, and we’ll tell him all about the crimes of the wicked Michelangelo.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I watched her fall convincingly into poverty and despair, once abandoned by the wicked count—who was the prologue speaker in his black cloak. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I didn’t ask any questions, of course, but I felt so sorry for them and was rather glad I hadn’t any wild brothers to do wicked things and disgrace the family.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z When night came, we balanced our rocket, looking wicked and sleek, on top of my mother’s rose-garden fence. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “You young blaggard! So this is how you repay our kindness. You are far worse than your wicked mother!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But since men are a wicked lot and will not keep their promises to you, you likewise need not keep yours to them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Agent Fiona cracks a wicked smile and opens her arms wide. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z They had strong castles and wicked retainers, who found more opportunity for wickedness under their leadership than they would have found in a settled state of society. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, I was suffering from a wicked case of otherworldliness and there was a preacher dude present. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It comes from peig, a crawling, wicked Indo-European word meaning evil and hostile, the sure makings of a curse. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined visiting the wicked country of Italy, where the men are taught to overcome virgins and the women know many freedoms. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He was always eager for news of Caroline, who was prospering in Baltimore as the Prophet Jeremiah claimed only the wicked do. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, you are too wicked, you Old Man in Heaven!” he would cry recklessly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Here’s a scrape! Do let me bring that wicked boy over to explain and be lectured. I can’t rest till I get hold of him.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he says, “He must be wicked to deserve such pain.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Some were certain it was a wicked rumor and were afraid to repeat it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z After the door closed, I felt this wicked, dark sense of spite and anger building up inside me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And Father, this is sure one bad, wicked place. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z There was a wicked point to all the sewing and cooking that they were trying to impress upon me, the tedious lessons I had been spurning and ducking. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don’t let it spoil you, for it’s wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can’t have the one you want. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The eloko was standing a few feet away, its wicked smile falling away. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Pa should tell the mosquitoes to watch what they eat for they are the wicked things that make us sick. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a pop, and a little man with wicked, dark eyes and a wide mouth appeared, floating cross-legged in the air, clutching the walking sticks. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z This was the image that haunted the guilty dreams of the wicked. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “St. John,” I said, “I think you are almost wicked to talk so. I am disposed to be as content as a queen, and you try to stir me up to restlessness! To what end?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The monster smiled again, looking even more wicked. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z She was the wicked stepmother of Phrixus, the boy who was saved from death by the ram of the Golden Fleece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it the wicked leaders who led innocent populations to slaughter, or was it wicked populations who chose leaders after their own hearts? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Back I went, and made the Primroses as interesting as ever I could. Once I was wicked enough to stop in a thrilling place, and say meekly, ‘I’m afraid it tires you, ma’am. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave her a wicked smile, as if he knew something she didn’t. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The iron gates opened, and she glimpsed the wicked name of the mine before it split in two and swung wide. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Men and women flaunted wicked tattoos and piercings in crazy places, and most wore comfortable rather than trendy clothing. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z ‘Nice hobbits! Brave hobbits! Very very weary, of course; so we are, my precious, all of us. But we must take master away from the wicked lights, yes, yes, we must.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Gawaine,” said Mordred to the air, “is such a preux chevalier that nobody must say anything wicked, or there will be trouble. You see, he is strong—and be apes the great Sir Lancelot.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was actually a wicked dew from an unwholesome fen, but I'm a lot smarter than Romeo, and I know when to shut up. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Let me tell you of the end of a wicked queen and how I made sure she was never seen again. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly I felt like the wicked stepmother in Snow White. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He considered it ridiculous to suppose that he was not wicked, but he was grateful for their love. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “But tell me, Ophelia, how is it that you, a lady of great virtue, understand Claudius’s wicked heart?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I—I was only thinking of those wicked ones we saw hanging there that day. Ancient, how was their crime found out?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was a big, wicked- looking weapon that made the M-16’s look almost fragile in comparison. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “And why do they have the word wicked written on their backs?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z And the supposedly harmless gas I took a few lungfuls of gives me a wicked headache for the rest of the day. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Well, what if it is? You are not afraid of anything, you know,” returned the boy, looking wicked. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Can’t? Your mother signed the paper—and you’re a wicked girl to stand in the way of your sister’s good fortune.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat back in his leather aviator jacket, his black T-shirt and jeans, that wicked silver skull ring on his finger, and the Stygian sword at his side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “It’s horrible she said to Theodora, “it’s wicked wanting to cry. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “You would not call me a wicked man?* he asked in surprise. “ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think you could be wicked if you tried, Mrs. Hurd.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The good come here as well as the wicked, and all of us languish in this gloom forever, with no hope of freedom, or joy, or sleep, or rest, or peace. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I mean, you'd open a closet door, and there, in the corner behind your shoes, would sit a jar of something wicked that you weren't supposed to touch. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Through prayer. I pray to the Lord for my half sister’s wicked soul.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z For instance, at different times, his wicked tricks included everything from atomic ray guns to sulfur and brimstone. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z "Only someone wicked could eat witch's apples and come to no harm," he insinuated darkly. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z There were, I remembered now, some wicked briar patches, but I was feeling no pain. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z She had assumed such people would be self-serving and wicked, low-class criminals. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had two wicked hunting knives, each as long as her arm, and she slashed wildly at the Titan, dodging and leaping with unbelievable grace. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “It’s wicked to cause pain, but if I share it, God may forgive me.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As though this was just what Anatsou had hoped to hear, his face split into a wicked grin. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Then a wide, wicked grin spread across his face and he bent to tuck his lute safely away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The mad and wicked animals were not the only inhabitants of the crowded gloom. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When she saw one photo taken at an unflattering angle, she examined it for a while and found in it a small and wicked pleasure. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Like the wicked King Herod, he would seek the innocent babe’s destruction. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Agent Burger then confronted Joe, who, in the agent’s words, was “very self-contained, sullen and wicked appearing.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But even now he could tell that there was something wicked planned, and he took with him two very important fly whisks that were good for all sorts of tasks. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “I’ve heard such strange things about you, Brother Michelangelo. Red, fat, and wicked. Don’t they say that?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z We moved from cool math right into wicked science. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “However, strong drink sometimes tempts men to wicked actions.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A potter’s son, this man lived a wicked life at every stage of his career. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Their magic elixir might have ended my quivers and shakes, but a wicked sadness was brewing inside. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The wicked often found favor, not the virtuous and humble. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His father said that all white people were wicked, and that God was going to bring them low. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z By the end of November, it looked like my father was right: we were in for a wicked winter. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Towering at least thirty-five feet in the air and topped with wicked coils of barbed wire, it makes ours back in District 12 look childish. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I suffer something wicked from my feet, and my bladder’s jest terrible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Their conversation is like a gently wicked dance: sound meets sound, curtsies, shimmies, and retires. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t look like the wicked villain from a story. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He brushed his thumbs across them in a way that was remarkably obscene and smiled a wicked smile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Rip Cain’s head off,” he whispered with a wicked grin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Another story about Pandora is that the source of all misfortune was not her wicked nature, but only her curiosity. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “You sure now, Mr. Randolph? I don’t want your son thinking I’m some kinda wicked influence on his good Baptist father.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “Lavalas, wash us like beans. Help us find the wicked and throw them out” She scooped the rotten beans off the surface where they floated, and pitched them out the door. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z "If the wicked do not fear the King's Justice, you have put the wrong man in the office." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If the wicked ones had harmed his mummy, then even his ba was dead, for a man’s soul could not live if his former body were destroyed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Chamberlain heard the wicked hum of shrapnel in leaves. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Children can be just as wicked as old ladies.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It was wicked cold and would have cost too much to heat the school. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Above my head, in the wicked black claws of an elm, a marooned kite rattled convulsively, then was still. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes she thought about swimming the river, but the Blackwater Rush was wide and deep, and everyone agreed that its currents were wicked and treacherous. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She’s wicked throwing an ax but about average with a gun. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The later poets define the world of the dead more and more clearly as the place where the wicked are punished and the good rewarded. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She had the wickedest smile he'd ever seen on a woman. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Spokane Powwow is wicked hot during the day and freezing cold at night. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He was loved for his wicked humor, delivered with a Buster Keaton straight face, and boundless generosity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But even those were wicked, so when they called on Lord Tehlu for help he felt no desire to aid them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Huge gears lay exposed under the floor, wicked teeth intertwined, gleaming with oily coatings. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z These creatures were more than wicked—they were downright malevolent! Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It refers to something vastly wicked, monstrous, or outrageous. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing a bright orange party hat, a revolving bow tie, and a broad grin on his wide, wicked face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z It was wicked to steal—she knew that—but worse to disobey an elder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He repented a thousand sins no more wicked than another’s and despaired of ever attaining salvation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Frannie Thompson had been wicked cruel about my being an orphan, and one day I couldn’t let it go. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Blessed Love! Am I wicked to be glad you are missing me? But if I hadn’t come away, I couldn’t have known you’d write me such darling letters, could I?” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Dark and deep as the mud of the Nile, Set brooded lumpily through a mist of sandalwood incense—ninety-nine cents at Schmitt’s—over all kinds of mystic ceremonies, weird rites and wicked plots. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Hear his wicked laugh, so mean and dirty it makes my stomach freeze up and my knees feel squishy. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to believe that after all these months, his wicked scheme was minutes away from fruition. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The man’s lips twisted into a wicked grin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But as time passed and the game progressed, Set’s face hardened and cracked into a wicked leer, and it became clear that his strange, sunken, formless body was the very shape of evil. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no one to fret, no one to condemn, no one to bless me for being a good girl, no one to punish me for being wicked. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “And what’s more, when your father gets back I don't want you telling him I’ve been starving you. Like the wicked stepmother in the fairy tale, you know.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Of course, Viper never let his wicked side show in front of Gran. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Alexander’s stories on the tapes were fascinating because he’d lived his life as a wicked, dangerous man. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z With a wicked grin, he pivoted on his heel and rushed through the open door, calling over his shoulder, “You’re going to have to catch me.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “We could have some wicked cool workshops — writing, film, science, music, consciousness-raising. “ Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “A wicked dream, no doubt. You are a wicked man. Will you pray with me and ask forgiveness for your sins?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was a broad- chested guy of twenty with long, black, wavy hair, devilish sideburns, and a wicked smile that had charmed its way through many a port. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Watch the sauce on the stove. I want to wash my hands upstairs,” she said, and I caught a bit of a wicked smile on her face. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z To other he say, ‘You wicked man—die soon. Goodbye.’ The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The lights of the chamber flashed off the silvery surface—a wicked- looking dagger, gripped tightly in his fingers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Dragons, if you must know, are wicked creatures—full of violence and duplicity and deceit. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The cause of all the misfortunes was held to be an ancestor, a King of Lydia named Tantalus, who brought upon himself a most terrible punishment by a most wicked deed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought, If the world will not stir itself to punish the wicked. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And in combination with a couple of wicked blue pills, it stole the energy I needed to get myself out of the den. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Her accuser recanted after he was struck with mysterious boils. Some said these proved his charges, while others said they were God’s punishment for his wicked lies.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And there’s Tyler on his father’s boat, loading the long harpoons aboard and acting wicked cool while his dad, Jack Croft, dumps buckets of ice in the ice hold, getting the boat ready. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “No sight so sad as that of a naughty child,” he began, “especially a naughty little girl. Do you know where the wicked go after death?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z His wicked curveball attracted the major- league scouts, and the Washington Senators were interested in signing him but changed their minds. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In his hands, he held a snapped glass pillar with a wicked point. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He came at her with a wicked grin. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z On the grounds were the ruins of a castle where the wicked king, Henry VIII, had shut up one of his wives. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z A poxie launched himself at us, mouth frothing and a wicked meat cleaver raised high for some skull splitting. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The ancestors were as much a part of the family as the children, and to abandon them would have been wicked beyond belief. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After school, I’d go out to the woodpile next to the basement and practice karate chops and droplocks on the kindling while laying down some pretty wicked curse words. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Even the titles of their plays were strangely seductive, trapdoors to something beautiful and wicked that trickled beneath the surface of mortality: The Malcontent. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Theft is a wicked thing,” he went on, careful to avoid the hornets. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes! He always finds what is lost! He has found piggies, and now he finds a great cauldron of wicked doings and brewings! Kind master will honor humble Gurgi!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z With a wicked smile, she aims at Zeke, hitting his leg, and then at me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then she demonstrated a wicked ability to murder. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I am learning he has a wicked sense of humor and think this is an admirable trait. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “He will follow! Too many wicked enemies are smirking and lurking to jab him with pointy spears!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Delsa looked at me with a wicked grin, and without a word, we looped around the bush again then switched and went in the opposite direction. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Beneath it is a jagged gang of rocks and a wicked whirlpool that pulls your dead bones down to the underworld. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She leaned into him, curling her lips into a wicked, slightly guilty smile, and hoping she looked eager for excitement rather than information. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The wicked brother, through trickery, coached the blind brother to kill the beloved one with an enchanted dagger of mistletoe.’” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Well, even wicked bugs have to eat,” I pointed out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All over the earth men grew so wicked that finally Zeus determined to destroy them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Leon said again, a wicked whisper that spilled into Archie’s face the foul aftertaste of Leon’s breakfast—the smell of stale bacon and eggs. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The closer we got to the Badlands, the more wicked were the whispers in the air: Slow down, slow, slow, slow. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He yielded as before, and very soon the two wicked women arrived, with their plot carefully worked out. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Since she had lost her savings, then she could not possibly lose her sister too; the custodians of fate were not that wicked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Neither my new long reach nor Chapter Eleven’s beetle-browed concentration was sufficient to counter Milton’s wicked spin or his “killer shot” which left red marks on our chests, through our clothes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z ‘You soon broke down. Anyone would have thought you had a guilty conscience. I hope it was nothing worse than a wicked plot to steal one of my blankets.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time for every purpose and every work.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He was slight and short, with the kind of wicked face that made people quickly look away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Mrs. Stewart had a wicked sense of humor and a big infectious laugh, which drew my mother to her. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Freak's head pops out of the box and he's got this wicked know-it-all grin. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He taught us how to play poker, which I had to be persuaded to do, but once I began it made me feel deliciously wicked. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I have heard, Monsieur. It was abominable—wicked. The good God should not allow such things. We are not so wicked as that in Germany.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly his face softened with an idea, and he curled his lips with wicked pleasure. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Three brothers: one beloved, one blind, and one wicked. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Z seemed mean, X wicked; and W always made her yawn. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Nately reacted on sight with bristling enmity to this wicked, depraved and unpatriotic old man who was old enough to remind him of his father and who made disparaging jokes about America. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Sometimes, the wicked will tell us things just to confuse us—to haunt our thoughts long after we’ve faced them. He would be delighted to know you’re still fretting over whatever nonsense he said.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In the blackness of the eternal night, all the wickedest creatures—the trolls and banshees and ogres—have driven the good creatures into hiding. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The regions to the left, she said, were ruled over by stern Rhadamanthus, also a son of Europa, who punished the wicked for their misdeeds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They had been halfway through their three-week voyage home when they sailed into the path of a wicked storm. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps his life had been wicked, but he had been very good to her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He shed tears for the red, fat, wicked monk and tears that he had yet to shed for his parents, like one river flowing into another. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Not that the thought of something wicked dwelling in the castle scared her or anything. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The children, too, were peering at the black-robed, hooded men praying or carrying books—hoping that if the wicked monk himself were here, at least we would see him before he saw us. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He was a small, skinny boy, his chin pointed, and his eyes so bright they had deceived Ralph into thinking him delightfully gay and wicked. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, as she fussed and fumed about my wicked desires, I kept my expression pleasant, the same as 1 did in the halls of Central High in order to avoid expulsion. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “From now on,” Nately declared sternly to his girl friend, “I forbid you to have anything to do with that wicked old man.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Hmm, yes. It’s one thing to snarl and bark orders, quite another to steer that wicked contraption. However, I do think I would have got the hang of it with just a bit of practice.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Through her tears, she sang a sad song, about how a girl who lived in a cave was captured by a wicked cannibal. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z She sighs, and I feel a wicked smile creep across my face. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Each musket ended with a wicked round eye—watching him so it seemed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Trotter said, “My sister has done many a wicked thing against me out of envy. Many a wicked thing.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It was wicked of me, but I let them believe I fancied Horatio, for his good reputation put him above all reproach. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A wicked knife was fixed to the figure’s hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Its title is Inkheart because it's about a man whose wicked heart is as black as ink, filled with darkness and evil. I still like the title.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When I finally got all the story out, she said, “How can such wicked people be?” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z As they rode toward the smoke, the sunsets inspired Jasper to share a suite of hymns whose central theme was the wrath of God and the mortifications awaiting the wicked. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z At home Toño rinses our mysterious meal, grinning grinning with wicked glee all the while. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Can’t keep her eyes off that wicked man. I see it. ’ Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For her father ran what her aunt called a “house”;—not the house where they lived, but another house, to which, as Elizabeth gathered, wicked people often came. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Is that an elf?” roared one of the older goblins, pointing a wicked, curved sword at Spurge. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He had her arm twisted up behind her back, and a large, wicked, boning-knife at her neck. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “No. Cruel is a good word for her. But I think you are say- tg cruel and thinking something else. Denna is not wicked, or lean, or spiteful. She is cruel.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “In fact, something wicked this way will probably come. Do you want to do a deal?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z "And this change, O most learned Prince, has doubtless been brought to pass by the powerful incantations of those wicked persons who now call themselves kings and queens of Narnia." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Only the unclean and wicked would be interested in such pests, they believed. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The reckless passion of the heroine, Arabella, for a wicked foreign count is punished by ill fortune when she contracts cholera during an impetuous dash toward a seaside town with her intended. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Even when Regulus made laws forbidding the pagan religion and compelling people to be Christian for their own good, they kept to the old wicked ways. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Because of the wicked way they had treated Cassandra, Athena had been angry at all the Greeks indiscriminately, but before that, during the Trojan War, she had especially favored Odysseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “That it’s possible to be against the circus, not because you’re afraid to die there, but because it’s wicked and wrong.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Well, the law which gives the father the sole ownership of the children is just as wicked and I’ll break it just as quickly,” Anthony said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Camilla falls after giving a very good account of herself; the wicked Mezentius meets the fate he so richly deserves, but only after his brave young son is killed defending him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A slow, wicked smile spread across her lips. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There is much news of the war, of course, and those wicked Huns. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She had often wished for adventure, for old spells and wicked kings. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I don’t know what pagan is, but it sounds wicked. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Even wicked people, thieves and robbers have children, love them and are loved by them, except me. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I doubted whether, in the years he had left, I would be able to prove to him that I was not what my father said I was, that I was not a wicked thing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They were fat, ugly men with wicked faces, like the one in the picture on the opposite page. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Instinctively, I swung at the hairless boy, catching him on the jaw with a wicked, unexpected left. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it’s an older white guy attacking “this wicked city” for its heretically inadequate contribution of souls to the revival—which costs money, you know, this tent didn’t just put itself up. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They chalk talk or pump iron when the weather gets wicked. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z So feel I. Living in the Congo shakes open the prison house of my disposition and lets all the wicked hoodoo Adahs run forth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A part of the night it moved through, its wicked heart was darker than the darkest place in that night. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, they were rescued by a Titan janitor named Bob who had Einstein hair, silver eyes, and wicked broom skills. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The child might have grown to be wicked or goodness itself but almost surely ordinary. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Jim Button was motherless, too—and all you found in fairy tales were wicked stepmothers; heartless, jealous stepmothers...the list could go on forever. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There was something wonderfully wicked about the thought of peeling the septa out of those chaste white robes and spreading her legs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “No. It isn’t a trap. The best thing you can do is see her. Teresita won’t hurt you. She works only for good. It is her wisdom that finds the lost and turns the wicked.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “I still don’t think it was wicked of you, Arthur. After all, you didn’t know she was your sister.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He gives me a wicked slap that sprawls me to the ground. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z But the old man always thought of her as feminine and as something that gave or withheld great favours, and if she did wild or wicked things it was because she could not help them. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t bring out a wicked cackle, as I’d meant to do. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but listen, it’s still true. Those six guys, they heard wicked sound out there. They heard sound you just plain won’t believe. “ The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When the wicked witch was done with her wicked spell, she blinked, and Ivy found herself able to move once more. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Hesiod says that only when men have finally become completely wicked will Nemesis and Aidos, their beautiful faces veiled in white raiment, leave the wide-wayed earth and depart to the company of the immortals. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped at last before a gigantic, colored poster that represented a wicked woman, half undressed, leaning in a doorway, apparently quarreling with a blond man who stared wretchedly into the street. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Partridge laughed a wicked laugh that sounded as if it were bouncing off jagged rocks. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z They think, ‘I wicked man—now everyone know how wicked I am.’ The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “I may not give you back, though,” he said with a wicked glint in his eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I wffl not” “Meg, you wicked girl, you are not to run away, do you hear?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maddie and I were best friends in 5th grade, and our moms have known each other forever. She’s also wicked smart.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z A spider ran over and drove its wicked fangs into the bug. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “The river is used to punish the wicked. But also...some legends call it the River of Healing.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She was the most confusing person he had ever met, and surely as wicked as everyone else in the castle—although he could not quite bring himself to believe it completely. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He could hear a wicked snigger followed by a cry of despair. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “God will punish the wicked. And before He does, we will.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Opposite the altar of the wicked god stood the birdbath throne of the goddess of goodness. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not an abstraction who punished you if you were wicked or rewarded you if you were good, but a real person like Guenever, or fike Arthur, or Him anybody else. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was engagingly well-written, with a sense of irony and a nearly wicked wit, and it was strikingly self-aware for a nineteen year old. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, in a voice of despair, “Oh, Linda, forgive me. Forgive me, God. I’m bad. I’m wicked. I’m . . . No, no, you strumpet, you strumpet!” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They ate it on the tower steps, giggling and gossiping and sharing secrets, and Sansa went to bed that night feeling almost as wicked as Arya. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Blind mole, a wicked dew from unwholesome fen drop you,” I said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “The Phlegethon keeps the wicked in one piece so that they can endure the torments of the Fields of Punishment. I think...it might be the Underworld equivalent of ambrosia and nectar.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z ‘I wouldn’t trust it,’ said Sam, ‘not till I was dying of thirst. There’s a wicked feeling about this place.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z All said I was wicked, and perhaps I might be so; what thought had I been but just conceiving of starving myself to death? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He didn’t even count this one, really—a tidy, wicked little blade. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z You know something wicked is going on in a room with a closed door. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Crafty-eyed, wicked as an elderly wolf, I would scheme with or stalk my imaginary friends, projecting the self I meant to become into every dark corner of the cave and the woods above. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z But the stories she told them of moral decay, of the wicked who preyed on the good, were made more poignant by this clutch of arm to breast. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d barely gotten his hands wrapped in the reins when she was off, tearing a furious path through the darkness as if something wicked was nipping at her heels. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But I'm so scared of getting cut by Tony D., so scared he might bite me with those wicked teeth, I just keep going. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z She stands in front of her sink, her wicked paring knife in one hand, a half-peeled potato in the other. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z You laugh, rap my woody shell with wicked whispers shaped like knuckles, then toss me aside. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You wicked, wicked boy! Oh, I declare, you are going to bring disgrace on us all.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “We will go south! There are everywhere in this great land people who starve. Heaven, however wicked, will not at once wipe out the sons of Han.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She twirled her club in her left hand, and my eyes followed the wicked head of the weapon. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A baby cried half-heartedly and a drunken man in one of the downstairs flats synopsized the wicked life he claimed his wife had led. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z These two methods are when one becomes prince through some wicked and nefarious means; or when a private citizen becomes prince of his native city through the favour of his fellow citizens. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Fayette’s makes wicked good jelly doughnuts and I have lunch money in my pocket. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z No wonder these poor pre-moderns were mad and wicked and miserable. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z All the other animals now said that they were wicked and that they should not have caused so much sadness to the growers of the crops. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “You see, Turner III, you’re as wicked as I am. You hardly have to practice at all.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The Mud Hens had a roster slot, and the scout had a notion to fill it with the pitcher with the wicked curveball, name of Earl Grayson. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Does your wicked stepmother hate you and want to kill you?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Did you find that wicked cinder? Has the intruder been removed?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z His lips flared, showing wicked teeth that have some trouble with a dog biscuit. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And that punishment you made me suffer because your wicked boy struck me—knocked me down for nothing. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z All of his wonderful neighbors—they looked wicked as monsters. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Bronn had done well enough; she was doe-eyed and slim, with small firm breasts and a smile that was by turns shy, insolent, and wicked. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Something evil dwells in this castle, something wicked enough to make the stars quake. Its malice echoes into all worlds,” the queen went on. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Oh, we do have a daughter, and a wicked one she is! Wicked like her father! She ran away this morning, the wicked devil!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “You have been hosts to gods,” they said, “and you shall have your reward. This wicked country which despises the poor stranger will be bitterly punished, but not you.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s this wicked glint in her eye that gives me the willies. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z When we got to the cafeteria where the saber fencers practiced, Coach Mustilli turned to me and said with a wicked grin, “Welcome to the dark side.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z My mind saw a clean and pressed uniform, with a nest of wicked snakes sprouting out of his neck, or a skull with hollow black eyes, smoking a cigarette. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Jackson flashes me that wicked grin of his again before his eyes shift to something over my shoulder. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Good steel it was, with a wicked gleam to both blades; Ebben was never a man to neglect his weapons. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You have a wicked mind, little Nhamo,” said the dry, old voice. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” he answered, rising, and turning away, “Satan tempted me and I fell. I ain’t the first man been made to fall on account of a wicked woman.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Oh, the wicked liar, oh, the shameless untruths she was telling! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “You still called me a blind mole and hoped—let me see if I can get this right—you hoped that an unwholesome dew from a wicked fen would drop on me.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She’d been alone since she was ten, when she begged her mom to stop sending her to stay with Grandma Huberman, the religious nut, who told her God could see into her wicked, wicked heart. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Tyson, do one of your name jokes for Travis,” Lydia said with a wicked grin. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z JB sets a wicked pick for me just like Coach showed us in practice, And I get double-teamed on the roll just like we expect. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z A toothless old man came ambling up to them, pointing, with a rather wicked grin, at an old rowboat bobbing in the iron-gray water below them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Baba says only wicked things happen after midnight, but I know better. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His eyes were magnified and wicked behind his pince-nez. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z "Don't let the wicked city get you down." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z His tongue lolled out as he panted with exhaustion, and his teeth still looked wicked and sharp. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z If only she had a gourd to ward off the wicked spirits that delight in displacing everyday things. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Out in the world, the wicked escaped comeuppance and the decent stood in their stead at the whipping tree. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As he passed me, the policeman who had been standing by the window gave me a wicked look and grinned. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Preachers used the word iniquity when talking about the strange and wicked. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The yacht had been sold to MoMo B. ChaCha through various channels because it was a symbol of wicked American excess, which The Peacock publicly disdained. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Can you believe that Julian phoned Channing Williams, my wicked predecessor, and threatened to quit unless she was moved?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Polly saw Clay look at his stepmother with a wicked grin. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is sad not to fight at side of kindly master. He would have struck down wicked warriors, oh, yes!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “You still waiting to see my downfall. You just as wicked now as you was when you was young.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I wanted to be the person who wrote poems that moved the hearts of wicked men and made beautiful women swoon at my feet. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Dreaming about the wicked sister at the gates of Hill House.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Nothing wrong with that—you can bet I’d have a wicked big boat if I were rich, and a new hat, too!—but it gets my goat when rich people steal from me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “The Ewe people finally found a means to escape from the wicked ruler,” Komla recounted. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z These are a wicked lot you work with. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And besides, she thought as she snuggled into the grass, this place must belong to supernatural beings who wouldn’t allow wicked things to stay. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Either he arose from this theater, never to return, putting behind him the world and its pleasures, its honors, and its glories, or he remained here with the wicked and partook of their certain punishment. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z ‘I do not think you should go with this creature. It is wicked.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then it is captured by wicked men and thrown into tiny jails. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “She ate the souls of those who had been wicked in life. Plus, there are superpowers to consider. She was immortal and could be in two places at one time.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Well,” he said, “in any case I don’t propose to be wicked any longer. It is a king's business to prevent bloodshed if be can, not to provoke it.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And Lord Furnival protected us from the Scots, the French, the Danes, and the wicked infidels. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z They could not believe that Leopard would be wicked enough to do such a thing, but now they saw it all before their very eyes. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I feel wicked sleeping in a warm bed, while somewhere out there my dearest friends are dropping from exhaustion or being knocked to the ground. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z A time will come when they have grown so wicked that they will worship power, might will be right to them, and reverence for the good will cease to be. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nico drew his sword—three feet of wicked sharp Stygian iron, black as a nightmare. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The next ball he threw was higher than the first, with a wicked spin he put on with his fingertips just before he released it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z When we get to the house, Holly lets me look at the ankle, and while I’m bent over it—not that there’s anything to see— she whispers that the pain is really wicked now. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “That wicked boy. I hate him! But he is no match for me,” I said with a feigned bravado. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A black rooster strutted by, its blood-red comb draped forward like a wicked brow. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A wicked king’s wooden wives languishing under an evil wooden spell. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The arched eyebrows, the wicked grin, the flames in the eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Everywhere one looked the boundary between the moral and the wicked seemed to be degrading. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Big statues with huge wicked swords and—” “All right!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “You also called him wicked, as I recall.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Erysichthon had the wicked audacity to cut down the tallest oak in a grove sacred to Ceres. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed into the front of the car, turned around, and, with a wicked grin, held up a stack of bills and riffled them with his thumb. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When he did declare himself, his letters were indeed laughable – the prose stylist turned gusher: "You saucy – wicked – witching – malicious – merciless mischief-loving – torturing – martyrising … mountain nymph that you are." John Ruskin's marriage: what really happened 2013-03-29T16:00:01Z “But it’s a wicked world and you play the cards you’re dealt. And so on.” Imagining the World of Nazi Hunters 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Talk about a wicked case of the Mondays. In Office Horror, the Companies Operate in the Red 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Following a wicked trust-building exercise, he sent the audience merrily marching through a series of small basement rooms, counting off the illusions, a few of them loosely inspired by “Alice in Wonderland.” Sleights of Hand With Cards, Coins and a Colander 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z The world, according to Dad, is divided into sheep, wolves and sheepdogs, those rare, righteous souls called to protect the innocent from the wicked. ‘American Sniper,’ a Clint Eastwood Film Starring Bradley Cooper 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Both their plan to open a roller disco overnight and their forbidden love are threatened by Clio’s wicked sisters and further complications, which send them all up to Mount Olympus for a showdown with Zeus. | New Jersey: Greek Gods Under Disco Lights 2011-07-17T03:00:27Z A room given over to dozens of his suavely wicked drawings of cultural celebrities, including Stieglitz, is one of the exhibition’s peak moments. Art Review: Alfred Stieglitz at the Metropolitan Museum - Review 2011-10-13T22:23:17Z "You chop up and zest a couple things and people think you're a wicked cook out of nowhere," he said. Garlic scape gremolata is the perfect garnish to brighten up your favorite spring recipes 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Her life is violently upended when a wicked version of her family shows up to hatch plans that, according to Peele, imagine “the dark side of Hands Across America.” ‘Us’ Took Hands Across America and Made It a Death Grip 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z A wicked work of satire, “Submission” imagines a fictional Islamist finding broad popular consensus to defeat Marine Le Pen, who is the real-life leader of the right-wing National Front party in France. Houellebecq Speaks Out About Novel on Heels of Charlie Hebdo Attack 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z The scene ferociously and swiftly shifts “Parasite” from a dark social-status comedy to a macabre social-status horror movie, and sets in motion the rest of its wicked twists. I’m a Grown Man, and ‘The Invisible Man’ Made Me Scream 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Ms. Groff takes a wicked view of Lotto’s circle of friends, climbers and sycophants, and she skewers them intermittently throughout the early parts of the book. Review: Lauren Groff’s ‘Fates and Furies’ Features a Wife Who’s Full of Surprises 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z It may be, if Grisham is being cleverly subversive, that both the title and the denouement of “The Reckoning” address the state’s racial mores with a wicked, devastating twist. Review | John Grisham’s new novel wades into Mississippi’s racist past 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z I thought of the Psalm we recited, week after week, and knew I was no longer one of the righteous but one of the wicked, one of the workers of iniquity. The wedding I almost ruined 2012-06-13T00:01:00Z Let’s have this odyssey of history, economics and gastro-economics start where it begins, in New Orleans, city of the curious and the wicked. The American Queen Paddle-Wheeler Cruises on the Mississippi 2012-06-01T19:22:58Z He is the cast member who is obsessed with social codes and clichés, who covers hurt and hard feelings with a wicked wit. Whit Stillman and the Song of the Preppy 2012-03-18T05:30:57Z At one point, Aaron looked and sounded like a beggar, his voice sounded like a screechy plea, not unlike Jimmy Swaggart when he was begging for forgiveness for his transgressions with those wicked temptress hookers. "American Idol" recap: Crystal Bowersox saves 2010-04-21T13:22:00Z Her “Jurassic Park” co-star, Sam Neill, noted her “wicked and subversive sense of humor.” Laura Dern is at the peak of her powers 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Max Blumenthal, author of Republican Gomorrah, argues that this is a “lying for Jesus” strategy that fundamentalists often adopt when dealing with the snares of a wicked and Godless world. GOP insider: Religion destroyed my party 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z Among them was a quiet, longhaired teenager with a wry smile and wicked sense of humor, once you got to know him. Remembering Chris Cornell: The quiet cook at Ray’s Boathouse who became a rock god 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Standouts include "The Echo of Neighborly Bones," about a newcomer overstepping a boundary, and "Uncle," a wicked tale about a woman caring for an unusual baby. New crime fiction by Penny, Woodrell and Mayor 2011-10-05T22:49:03Z There’s a wicked irony in trying to ban this feminist dystopia while Republicans are conniving to make it come true. Perspective | For Banned Books Week, I read the country’s 10 most challenged books. The gay penguins did not corrupt me. 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z Patrick Carman has gone a step further with his wicked creepy "Skeleton Creek" series from Scholastic. Boys trail girls in reading; can fart jokes help? 2010-07-20T22:22:00Z Not to mention that poorly written novels provide material for wicked book reviews. Perspective | Mr. President, you don’t know a poorly written novel 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z “I know lots of British newspapers tried to circle the various family members, including the rather dark uncle, wicked Uncle Gary, but there wasn’t a cigarette paper they could put between them.” A Star Turn for a Lady-in-Waiting 2011-05-06T17:23:51Z Lucky for me, people can be reliably wicked, so there are always plenty of these true-crime chronicles of violence, madness and appalling misbehavior. Diamond Doris, the Bourbon King and Other Stars of True Crime 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Their romance feels wicked from the start, but once Julien gets arrested, their lives intertwine in dark, unexpected ways. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘O.G.’ and the Film Independent Spirit Awards 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z In Patchett’s luminous new novel, an orphaned brother and sister grapple with love, loss and family history after their wicked stepmother banishes them from the family home. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z For Rand, the good Samaritan was not simply a chump: he was in fact doing something wicked. Paul Ryan's faith in Ayn Rand is a political problem for Romney 2012-08-13T15:46:04Z Nourabad: You have both been / Extremely wicked / So I am going / To kill you. Digested opera: The Pearl Fishers 2010-06-18T09:56:00Z No, it's last season's most addictive new drama, now back in full nighttime soap mode, with beautiful people doing wicked, wicked things in the Hamptons. Sunday TV Picks: 'Revenge' on ABC 2012-10-17T18:33:05Z "He was articulate beyond belief, fertile, with a mercurial, wicked sense of humour and limitless imagination," Vick says. Helicopter opera set for take off 2012-08-17T16:48:16Z He has a wicked, twisted smile suggesting there will always be more exotic pleasures to be discovered as long as the sun hasn’t come up yet. Critic?s Notebook: ?Idiot? Welcomes Back a Bad Influence 2011-01-09T23:47:39Z Our hero duels the wicked communist Le Chiffre across the baccarat table. James Bond – a ticket to distant joys 2012-09-28T21:55:09Z In fact, he has a bull’s eye on her anyway because she’s “wicked,” and needs to be “culled,” but this will inevitably cause a wrinkle in his budding relationship with Ichabbie. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: Angels and demons 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z All that fussing, for what looks wicked and doesn’t even smell oniony? My favorite place to learn? A chef’s kitchen. 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Hadreas has a charmingly wicked sense of humor and likes to tell self-deprecating anecdotes, like the time he accidentally bleached his eyebrows white with acne cream. An Aggressive New Album From Perfume Genius 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z And she saves her wickedest material for condescending Southern liberals determined to help their unfortunate neighbors. ‘Mislaid’: Nell Zink’s subversive novel takes on racism and sexuality 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z The soprano Anna Dugan sang the wicked Madame de Merteuil with haughty relish, and was powerful in her final scene of defiance. Review: ‘The Dangerous Liaisons,’ Lush Music of Malice 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z In the original, Lambert Strether is sent to Paris to rescue the young American Chad Newsome from a wicked woman, but finds him living an enviable lifestyle. Ten of the best 2011-02-05T00:14:00Z Yet, there was something wicked and wonderful about being The Girlfriend. Modern Love: How I Got to Here 2013-06-20T19:01:38Z But this is what is so wicked about music. Meet the female MCs bringing 'gyal power' to dancehall 2013-07-18T17:32:26Z “This,” Eleanor Nairne wrote in her review of the show in The New York Times, “is painting with the subversive edge of a contemporary fable, fresh from the imaginative depths of a wicked national treasure.” Paula Rego, Artist Known for Unsettling Images, Dies at 87 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z I agree with my father in valuing a Yankee sensibility in Massachusetts writers, but he would also have agreed that, in the Commonwealth, all writing must be regarded in its own affirming phrase — “wicked local.” Read Your Way Through Boston 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The Tom Sharpe I knew was generous, acerbic, engaging, and full of wicked fun. Tom Sharpe remembered 2013-06-06T16:15:01Z Harry then says "Boom!" with a wicked grin. It helps to have friends in high places when you're promoting an athletic event 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z "Aha!" you say, astutely — and in unison with some of the crazier elements of Russian intelligence, wicked men who still long to bring America to its knees. NBC's 'Allegiance' places its trust in Hope Davis 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z In the first act, a fond and foolish old king divides his kingdom in favour of pretty daughter Rose, unleashing vengeance from her wicked sister Epine. Royal Ballet: The Prince of the Pagodas – review 2012-06-06T12:15:12Z Variety described it as “‘Hostel’ with a wicked glow up and a lot more likes.” In These Women’s Hands, Dating Is Truly the Stuff of Horror 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Toss technology in with their newfound freedom and independence and it’s a wicked brew. Interview With My Bully: The bully who asked me out 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z The plucky orphan, “whose only friend was a cat,” gets bossed around by “two lazy and homely step sisters” — but no wicked stepmother. Cinderella Review: Disney Rekindles Old Magic 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z They've got their own issues and when they see me their issues are gone, so it's like: 'Just jam and chill and just tell us about all that wicked stuff that's going on.' Dizzee Rascal: 'The music just got bigger and better' 2012-06-21T22:00:01Z Barber gives one of her wicked, throaty laughs. Can an all-women Julius Caesar work? 2012-11-19T19:18:27Z Even worse off is April Bowlby of “Drop Dead Diva” as the evil Caucasian sister-in-law — the wicked witch of el Norte. | 'From Prada to Nada': Jane Austen, Transmigrated To Modern-Day East L.A. 2011-01-28T18:53:00Z Crisp white linens line the bed, which is wicked comfortable, and the air conditioning is controlled in the room, allowing you to set the temperature to your liking. Banchan, vegan fried chicken and caviar: A size-inclusive travel writer's guide to eating NYC 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Swirling and swarming, darting onstage and off, the ensemble does resemble schools of fish, distressed if not wicked. Dance Review: Cloud Gate 2 at the Joyce Theater 2012-02-11T01:06:45Z “He’s got a wicked sense of humor, but you don’t know it at first,” said Dustin Lance Black, the creator of “Under the Banner of Heaven,” from his London home. Gil Birmingham Took the Road Less Traveled 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z “The Tyger” proved a bit too fearsome for my juvenile sensibilities, but I commiserated with “The Sick Rose” and felt deliciously wicked reading “A Poison Tree” — so much gleeful unrepentance! The Icelandic Saga That Keeps Rita Dove Coming Back for More 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.” Exodus 23:1: The Bible Verse Inspiring Rap Lyrics—and a Rap Feud 2012-05-25T10:45:25Z Her lightning-quick wit, strong opinions and wicked humor are among the reasons for her hire, "The View" executive producer Bill Wolff said in a statement. Comedian Michelle Collins to join 'The View,' replacing Rosie Perez 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z It was named by my grandfather, who was possessed of a wicked sense of humour that tended towards the scatological. Family life 2011-01-15T00:05:55Z How Chevalier renders Iago’s scheme into the terms of a modern-day playground provides some wicked delight. Tracy Chevalier’s ‘New Boy’ illuminates the peculiar trials of our era 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Kenny comes across as feisty and brash, with a wicked sense of humor that helps pull her through, and keeps "Sick" from being a massively bleak downer. Review: 'Sick' is a scary plunge into a tale of misdiagnosis and recovery 2011-04-15T00:33:49Z If they were ever to discuss the infamous psychopath Caligula, his wicked uncle Tiberius and the pivotal significance of his father Germanicus's death in Antioch. Caligula with Mary Beard – TV review 2013-07-30T06:01:00Z It was a wicked place, small and large, unimportant and critical. King of the banana republic 2012-06-03T21:00:00Z “Michael was particularly good at look-alike shoots, which were wicked and brilliant,” Ms. Brown said. Why Michael Roberts Mattered 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z He delivered wicked political satire by pretending to be a right-wing, monomaniacal cable talk-show host. ‘Stephen Colbert’ Says Goodbye as Stephen Colbert Heads to CBS 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Beneath Christ, the souls are judged, the righteous on one side, and the wicked, who are thrown into the fiery jaws of hell, on the other. Chartres Cathedral: The age of faith in stone and stained glass 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z To me, it’s like the wicked sister to “A Star Is Born.” Jude Law Comes Out as the Young Dumbledore 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The calm, terrifying stories in “Thunderstruck” have the jittery emotional valence of fairy tales, where to name dangers — the wicked witch, the hungry wolf — is somehow to subdue them. The top 50 fiction books for 2014 First, when they plot how to guard the baby against the wicked fairy's curse. Family life 2012-12-29T00:05:54Z Nine years on, the recovering Spencer thought Hare's play "not just bad" but "wicked", and gave it zero stars. Lyn Gardner on critics changing their minds 2010-03-17T22:00:00Z With its wicked eyes and gaping mouth it’s absolutely hypnotic, and on the attack. Art Review: ‘Samurai!’ at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2013-05-02T21:35:50Z How can you get fired up about wicked whispers in a smoke-filled room when there aren’t enough rooms left in Los Angeles where you can actually smoke? Oscar’s White Night 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z To tear them asunder was inherently wicked, and the proprietors of the state-sponsored workhouse are as evil in Dickens’ mind as the lowlife London criminals who take over Oliver’s upbringing from them. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 10: Oliver Twist 2012-01-27T18:23:43Z He's been dispatched on his quest for the vanished creature by a wicked corporation that wants to exploit the animal's rare DNA. 'The Hunter': Trapped in a slow-moving but pretty tale 2012-04-19T20:23:07Z Keep in mind that there’s often a price for such wicked manipulations. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 9 Recap: Bye Bye Love 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z He passionately defended movies he loved, and launched wicked, hilarious, legendarily unhinged rants against those he found insulting garbage. Movie critics: Shut up already! 2010-04-15T19:55:00Z I felt like I was getting away with something wicked. Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible: Fast Fall Driving 2011-09-13T16:41:26Z To illustrate her point, she said that while making "The Tourist" the actors discussed Maleficent, the wicked fairy godmother character in the film version of "Sleeping Beauty." Johnny Depp driven "nuts" by French language 2010-12-01T20:23:00Z She became co-leader of the National Youth Orchestra and quickly became well known around campus for her fearless and bubbly personality and wicked sense of humour. Frances Andrade: 'a force of creativity' 2013-02-08T16:21:53Z The first of the year's two Snow White movies out of the gate, with sumptuous visuals and Julia Roberts as the wicked queen getting all the good lines. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2012-07-27T23:05:00Z Directed by Joe Hill-Gibbons, this sharply drawn interpretation is a gleaming showcase for a young playwright’s precociously careful craftsmanship, a wicked delight in twisted narratives and a cool but genuine empathy for his self-imprisoned characters. London Theater Journal: Screams! Thrills! Chills! 2010-08-04T20:31:00Z Unsurprisingly, she is surrounded by friends accept her anxieties; that she has a wicked sense of humor helps a lot in that department. "The L Word: Generation Q" wants us back, but we'd rather hang with "Work in Progress" 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z The first thing one notices about them is their humor; there’s some Flann O’Brien here, so much wicked sense alongside the sensibility. Review: ‘The Love Object’ by Edna O’Brien 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z They pored over his “Black Archive,” shot clandestinely in Kharkiv between 1968 and 1979, in which young women smoke, grandmothers dance, and Mikhailov poses nude in a chintzy living room, flashing a wicked grin. The Life’s Work of Photography’s Great Trickster, and Ukraine’s Greatest Artist 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z "You obviously weren't expecting to see the wicked, insensitive daughter-in-law," she says bitterly. "In Treatment" recap: Have Sunil's sessions come to an end? 2010-11-30T13:30:00Z But even this wicked character eventually finds himself transformed by the moral alchemy of the Ojibwe community. Louise Erdrich’s ‘LaRose’: A gun accident sets off a masterly tale of grief and love 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Although the plot keeps building, it’s safe to predict that the good will prevail and the wicked will get their comeuppance. Book review: ‘The Secret Wisdom of the Earth’ 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, her wicked half brother has overspent, so has to sell Belgrave Castle, which she secretly buys … and so forth. A Roundup of the Season’s Romance Novels 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Goode, 36, who was enjoying steak frites at a restaurant on the Lower East Side during this discussion, took a sip of his rosé and let a wicked smile cross his face. Matthew Goode Makes Mark in ‘The Good Wife’ 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z And I don’t mean “killer” as in “wicked cool”. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z But the wicked cabal only throws into relief the wayward desires already pulsing within him. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Like Lear, he has been betrayed by family, though here we have not a pair of wicked daughters, but one morally compromised brother. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 Episode 9: The Brothers McGill 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z The range of potential sins meant we were banned from dancing, the cinema, music, Guides, Scouts, sport and youth clubs as practically anything was considered potentially wicked. Sunday blues: Growing up in an ultra-strict church 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z In “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” she warns about the devil, repeating “Something wicked, mighty wicked” as the band builds a darkly swaggering gospel shuffle. New Albums From Lucinda Williams and Christopher Owens 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z It was the most wicked of hangovers without a remedy. My terrifying Kilimanjaro climb: How I expanded my limits, but almost lost my mind 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Although Cleary never shied away from issues such as unemployment and divorce, she will be remembered for her sly, intelligent wit, which managed to be wicked and kind at the same time. Beverly Cleary Wrote About Real Life, and Her Readers Loved Her for It 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The many corgis owned by Queen Elizabeth II over her seven-decade reign were furry little monarchs in their own right, as iconic as her flamboyant hats and her wicked sense of humor. The queen’s beloved corgis were always near. What happens to them now? 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z The writing relies on wicked twists: the sickly infant, saved, who grows up to be Adolf Hitler; the visitor to a taxidermist’s bed-and-breakfast who discovers, too late, the taste of bitter almonds in his tea. Roald Dahl’s Twisted, Overlooked Stories for Adults 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z They all played a game called, 'Wicked Witch' and Winifred was the wicked witch. Your stories: Nina, the nice witch by Sugar 2013-07-19T08:01:00Z When it’s revealed that Amy has framed Nick, we get a classic tale about a manipulative, wicked woman who traps a hapless man in her web. What “Gone Girl” Is Really About 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z In “Improvisation Is the Heart of Music,” a wicked little tale about marriage and monotony, a husband repeats the same elaborate anecdote verbatim, over and over. Mining the Madness of Pure Logic in Stories That Dazzle and Discomfit 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z By presenting them as gutsy and smart if sometimes wicked, instead of as forlorn fodder for hand-wringers, he's done his bit to earn them some. Ill Manors just wants a little respect for our gangsters 2012-06-06T11:07:56Z Barnes is a wicked observer of the fastidiousness and pedantry of the suburban male. Pulse by Julian Barnes ? review 2011-01-02T00:03:03Z The air was spinsterish but funny, wicked, and several of the ladies typed in their carpet slippers. Once upon a life 2010-05-01T23:35:00Z For such a cerebral documentary, “The New Radical” packs a wicked punch. Review: ‘The New Radical’ Asks, Is It O.K. to Build Your Own Gun? 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z “It is evil. It’s wicked. It’s sinful. … We have to run this bunch out of Washington, D.C. We have to rid the earth of them. Get them out of there.” Phil Robertson’s hate speech continues: Why won’t A&E take a stand against its “Duck Dynasty” star? 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Here are magic rings, caves of wonder, jinn, astrologers, flying horses, deadly automatons and wicked viziers. In these medieval Arab tales, a heavy dollop of spice 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z An exuberantly nasty Sean Penn is the wicked warlock of the east. Gangster Squad reflects the west coast's fear of the east 2013-01-07T17:25:58Z Imagine going outside on a winter day, packing a wicked snowball, and then pegging some random stranger in the back as he passes by. Follow ‘The Tao of Bill Murray’ to a better life 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z A similar sentiment underscores Trinity's declamatory Pope Paul Dead and Gone as wells as Big Youth and the Ark Angels Pope Paul Feel It – "The wicked run leave their bed – cos Pope Paul dead." Smoke signals from the Vatican spell hellfire from reggae's stars 2013-03-14T17:20:45Z In second grade, I was cast as Cinderella’s wicked stepmother in my school’s medley of fairy-tale skits. Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Forced Cinderella to Scrub the Stage Floor’ 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The new film, which made $504m, starred Emma Watson as the demure French beauty who falls for a wicked monster who was once a handsome prince. Women-fronted films are top three highest-grossing movies of 2017 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z A classic tale of revenge – Paul turns to clowning after a wicked baron steals his life’s work and his wife – what else is a man to do? Scary toddlers and super creeps – helicopter parenting and the rise of 'kindergarten horror' 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Machado was a gentle romantic who blossomed into a wicked ironist. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Only Mr. Cunningham’s title story has an actual wicked stepmother. Review: ‘A Wild Swan,’ Michael Cunningham’s Scabrous Antidote to Happily Ever After 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z Of course, no wicked stepmother worth her salt is all sentimental mush. Review: ‘Ever After,’ a Slipperless Cinderella Tale, at the Paper Mill Playhouse 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z I stayed because it reminded me of “A Room of One’s Own” with a few wicked twists. A Novel That Will Get People Talking 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Painting just when the feminist movement was taking off, Lichtenstein made a wicked satire of the blame-the-victim mentality still prevalent today. 5 pieces in the Broad collection that highlight Pop art history 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z This dude is bad news for Liv and the rest of the townsfolk, but he’s a wicked good villain for us as viewers. 'iZombie' recap: It's double trouble for Liv in 'The Exterminator' 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Or might it be a wildly postmodern, turning-convention-on-its-head rollercoaster ride with a kickass heroine, a wisecracking dude of a hero, and a crone who is scared of ageing, in place of the "wicked enchantress"? Tangled: ironically ever after 2011-01-14T15:00:18Z The letter writers essentially say that I am a wicked man, who deserves to be punished in hell. Philip Pullman's book on life of Jesus prompts letters condemning him to 'eternal hell' 2010-03-22T11:59:00Z But it didn’t quite capture or find an equivalent for Gorey’s deliciously wicked wit, the play between the neat form of rhymes and an acidic viewpoint. Trey McIntyre Puts His Company to Rest at Jacob’s Pillow 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z As in her TV show, Schumer is at her wicked best when she eviscerates double standards put on women, particularly in Hollywood. Amy Schumer’s new book has hilarious moments, but it’s dark, too 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Whatever rehabilitation wicked stepmothers have undergone of late encounters a setback in “White as Snow.” ‘White as Snow’ Review: The Fairest of Them All 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The film’s meanspirited tone picks on both creatures and humans, like construction workers for being illiterate, animals almost too dumb to survive and the wicked rich. Review: ‘The Nut Job 2’ Squirrels Away the Laughs for Itself 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Alas, Letterman’s mind was made up, and considering the months of wicked ribbing he gave Leno when he decided to return to “The Tonight Show,” there was no chance of him changing it. Farewell to David Letterman, 'a force of nature' 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Bulawayo isn’t painting by numbers, but doing something more wicked and knowing. ‘We Need New Names’: harsh vision of the African Diaspora 2013-08-24T15:12:52Z In Jenufa, for example, the wicked stepmother throws the baby in the lake. Composer Thomas Adès: 'Wagner is a fungus' 2012-09-28T21:48:01Z Bloomsbury's Alexandra Pringle said the new novel combined "the powerful irony of The Handmaid's Tale with the wicked playfulness of The Edible Woman". Atwood novel due out in September 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The rhyming text is also a kind of wicked homage to Seuss: Michael Ian Black says his Trump kids’ book was inspired by Hillary Clinton 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z And she is a wicked observer, a woman who relishes the cracks in mundane reality through which all kinds of bizarre madness can flourish. Lorrie Moore 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z Now he has an even more wicked idea: sending Bryant and May across the Atlantic, where their aghast reactions to American life should prove an endless source of amusement. Books of The Times: ‘The Invisible Code’ by Christopher Fowler 2013-12-18T21:56:32Z In Streep's good hands she crackles with rage, resentment and revenge, but she also has a wicked sense of humor and never, ever forgets this is a fable. The trip 'Into the Woods' is spooky, thoughtful, delightful 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z The young woman loses her parents and is tormented by a wicked stepmother–a phrase that in these fables is virtually a redundancy–until she meets her Prince Charming. A Cinderella for Forever 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z “Atrocious,” Taylor went on, in the spirit of completism, was “wicked in a high degree; enormous; horribly criminal.” “Arrogate” and Other Pesky Impeachment Words 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The Snow Queen Stuart Patterson's play is bursting with adventure and frosted with sadness as the wicked Snow Queen freezes hearts and tries to turn the whole world into winter. The best theatre for Christmas 2010 2010-11-22T08:00:00Z In his book, he sought to salvage the peace-and-love counterculture from the wicked taint of the Family, so it isn’t surprising that he glossed over the appeal of Manson’s music. Charles Manson’s Musical Ambitions 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Roth encouraged Hare to “stick to the wicked,” and that wicked bent comes out as Hare delightedly describes the current Broadway smash musical “Hamilton.” David Hare’s political stages 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Gareth Gates is deliciously wicked as the bullying class idol determined to steal Mike's computer code and his girl, Holly. Loserville – review 2012-06-30T23:05:40Z Colbert: “You’ve been called a ‘most specially greedy, strong and wicked worm.’ ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ review: Lots of fighting, not much hobbit 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z "Abnormal Fan" is a wicked, harrowing track that harnesses Faye Dunaway's classic "No wire hangers!" tantrum from "Mommy Dearest," wrapping around it scattered, pointillist beats with shrieking aggression. Jlin's strange sounds beguile; Shelby Lynne produces fantastic country 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z Maybe it was fate, maybe it was the meddling of a higher power with a wicked sense of humor. ‘Hi, This Is Oprah Winfrey. I Read Your Novel and Loved It So Much.’ 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The sensibility is more grindhouse gore than spaghetti western, perhaps hoping to mine the same vein as Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight,” but lacking Mr. Tarantino’s lively dialogue and wicked sense of humor. Review: ‘Outlaws and Angels,’ a Cross Between Western and Home-Invasion Horror 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The world is a wicked place, and no one likes the thought of their only daughter swallowing fear and vulnerability on a daily basis. Every woman should travel alone 2012-07-24T00:00:00Z Also wicked witches, soldier monkeys and poisonous poppies. Oz Revisited – Part 3: A Parable of Empowerment 2013-09-18T15:30:10Z Catherine Zeta-Jones munches the scenery like Skittles as a politician's wife determined to close down the wicked club district. 'Rock of Ages': A great gig for character actors 2012-06-13T22:51:04Z Exuding the bored hauteur of wicked Uncle Scar in “The Lion King,” Everett responded in flat monosyllables, until, traumatized, I had to give up. T Magazine: Rupert Everett Is So Not An American Movie Star 2013-05-10T13:00:54Z Better shows than “Insatiable” depict the struggles of being fat in a culture bent on punishing obese people with compassion, honesty and even wicked humor. The idiotic crimes of “Insatiable”: Netflix’s fat-shaming series lives up to the negative hype 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z It's the journey that Elphaba has to make her become wicked. "I don't toot glitter": Kristin Chenoweth on embracing her failure, anger and questions for God 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Both of them are a little bit evil, a little bit wicked, and a little bit good. "I don't toot glitter": Kristin Chenoweth on embracing her failure, anger and questions for God 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z “That horn fugue was wicked,” he wrote to Mr. Roth at 12:30 a.m. With Wounded Spirits, the Frightnrs Rally Around Their Frontman 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z On the other side are the Volturi, a sinister collection of unreconstructed black-cowled vampires from wicked old Europe, led by a grinning Martin Sheen, looking more than ever like Tony Blair. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 – review 2012-11-18T00:06:03Z Maybe the wicked witches and phony wizards made home seem like such a terrible place that she might actually have felt safer in Oz. Review: ‘Whitney,’ a Pop Music Tragedy, Is Sad, Strange and Dismaying 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z South Korea’s conflicted attitudes toward North Korea are the subject of Jang Cheol-Soo’s “Secretly Greatly,” a wicked satire that, like “Drug War,” eventually takes a wrong turn, ending on a maudlin note. Critic’s Notebook: New York Asian Film Festival Offers Sturdy Hollywood Themes 2013-06-28T22:13:41Z But in the long history of Christmas figures who are more wicked than winking, there are far worse Santas. A ranking of bad Santas, from naughty to vice 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Tradition relates that the wicked child asks on Passover, “What does all this mean to you?,” distancing himself from what should be utterly personal. Music Review: In a Tale of Deliverance, It?s Moses to the Rescue 2011-04-22T22:56:01Z By turns earnest and wicked, sweet and sarcastic and unsparing, Mr. Richards, now 66, writes with uncommon candor and immediacy. Books of The Times: A Writing Stone: Chapter and Verse 2010-10-25T18:28:00Z "It is witty, it is wicked smart, it is irreverent," said Sanders. Frozen creators plan stage musical 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Despite his affection for fairy-tale motifs, his ex-wife is not a wicked witch holding him hostage in a castle tower. I Love My Boyfriend. But Why Does He Live With His Ex-Wife? 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Zelda Fitzgerald, famously the inspiration for her husband F Scott's fictional flapper heroines, was also a wicked exponent of the decade's jazz dances. When flappers ruled the Earth: how dance helped women's liberation 2013-04-29T06:00:22Z “She had that shine in her eyes and the sparkle about her personality. She’s wicked smart. But at the same time, she doesn’t believe the hype. She’s the exception to the Hollywood rule.” Rachael Leigh Cook Was Always Worth the Bet 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z With his new V-shaped torso and flab-free frame, it’s hard to think of Gervais as an underdog anymore, and as such, his wickedly funny humor can seem, well, just plain wicked. Are comedians funnier when they're fat? 2011-09-23T16:24:00Z Beyond the wicked prices for the real thing, all that leather is a lot of look. Shopping Snapshots: August 9 2012-08-07T17:22:17Z Simpson beams at the camera crew and says: “That’s going to be wicked! Make it look good, please!” The Wild Inspirations for ‘Killing Eve’ 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z The other half comes from Heller’s sense of humor, which is wicked without being unkind. At This Book Club, the Truth Is About to Come Out. It’s Not Pretty. 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Who turned me, a European, no, a citizen of the world, an Esperantist, a cosmopolitan, an agent of universalism, who turned me, as in some wicked fairytale, into a stubborn, ignorant, furious Pole? Tadeusz Konwicki: A Polish Writer and the Scars of the Past 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z But really, she’s not entirely nice — such wicked wisecracks about her mother-in-law! Review | First ladies on the edge in two plays and a musical 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z And then, with a voice that was at once sugared and wicked, added: please. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z Or do the wicked ultimately suffer for their sins? Magazine Preview: The Dark Art of ?Breaking Bad? 2011-07-06T12:20:00Z Scott Thomas, dolled up in a blond hairdo and slinky clothes, has wicked fun with her role, spitting obscenities at her son, his girlfriend and a hapless hotel clerk. Only God Forgives: A Red Light for Ryan Gosling 2013-05-22T18:15:59Z The bedroom pop queen had become the wicked witch of the Top 40, “an embarrassing form of career suicide,” as the New York Times put it. Perspective | Liz Phair is back, and she’s setting the record — and the record business — straight 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z A smartly rendered show focusing on Samantha could correct that view, and in the same way it could vivaciously trade in wicked farce that reminds us of why she's the character everyone wants to be. Kim Cattrall deserves her own "Sex and the City spinoff," as her time on "Glamorous" proves 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z It contains paintings by Mr. Ruscha, Chicano posters and mural drawings, one of Mr. Outterbridge’s wicked dolls and just about every artist, it sometimes seems, in the “State of Mind” show. Arts & Leisure: ?Pacific Standard Time? Art Exhibitions in L.A. ? Review 2011-11-10T16:57:42Z In Oz, Baum offers a similarly corrective vision: When Dorothy first meets a witch, the Witch of the North, she says, ‘I thought all witches were wicked.’ Oz Revisited – Part 3: A Parable of Empowerment 2013-09-18T15:30:10Z It was Matt’s idea to protest an all-white production of “Oklahoma!” by writing a sendup with Klansmen and hoods, putting a wicked “KKK” in the musical’s title song. ‘Straight White Men’ hits a sweet spot — and a nerve — at Studio Theatre 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Because the Fleetwood on the cover has a wicked gleam in his eye, as he peers out from under a rakish hat, hair down around his shoulders. Mick Fleetwood on “Rumours”-era excess: “I’m damn lucky I never killed anyone!” 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z With a wicked flash in her eyes, she later tells Don about the incident, to induce some jealousy. Mad Men: season one, episode 11 2010-06-04T20:40:00Z In The City — it could be wicked Wichita, or up-to-later-date Kansas City — most folks must beg for food on streets strewn with junkyard-reject cars. Looper: (500) Days of The Terminator 2012-09-27T12:00:49Z To my mind, there's a wicked expectation that literary work can be created by some kind of committee. The lost art of editing 2011-02-11T14:05:33Z Rosanne Cash: The former country star survived a wicked game of Nashville commercial roulette and is now thriving as a singer-songwriter unbound by category. Top weekend shows: Earth, OM, Rosanne Cash 2012-11-16T15:29:00Z “It was almost,” Huck says, “like there was something wicked about growing up.” Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are back — and all growed up 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z It occurs in a scene in which the wicked witch is trying to persuade Dorothy, the little girl from Kansas, to part with a pair of magic slippers.” Sunday Reading: Nights at the Cinema 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Fairly benign song titles — "Flies," "Owls," "Woodpecker" — are merely doorways into worlds shaped by dreams, folk tales, science fiction and the couple's wicked imaginations. The Handsome Family crafts a gem 2013-07-13T05:00:00Z “How could we communicate Hillary’s ‘funny, wicked and wacky’ side to voters,” she asks, “if we never saw it for ourselves?” The Walls That Hillary Clinton Created 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Even true believers would have to admit that, by now, the show has lost nearly all of the metal-edged wicked humor that once made it such devilish fun. “House of Cards” Season 4 Is Less Vulgar Than Real Politics 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Ding dong, the wicked witch is dead – just as she was really beginning to grow on us. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: 'Tempus Fugit' 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The buyer, Ms. Wang, seems to be a particular fan of Givenchy, which is putting out some remarkably wicked footwear these days. 2010-02-11T06:20:00Z Part of the wicked fun of Hannibal's character is watching how he uses a version of the truth to get away with his actions. Have you been watching ... Hannibal? 2013-07-09T13:20:20Z "I hope they have, as the British say, a rattling good time. There's a lot of wicked fun in it," Moravec said. An adaptation of Stephen King's "The Shining" by composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell opens Saturday at the Minnesota Opera 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z British actor Tom Hiddleston first played Loki, wicked younger son of Norse king of the gods Odin, in last summer's "Thor," scheming to banish brother Thor and take his place as heir to the throne. 'Avengers' bad boy Hiddleston wreaks wicked fun 2012-05-01T14:07:08Z “It wasn’t just the criminal war in Southeast Asia that he was waging but his vile character that aroused the wicked impulse to satire.” Philip Guston and His Barbed-Pen Nixon Years 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Her work often mixes the pleasurable with a political bite and wicked wit. Ars Longa, Except When MoMA Throws It Out 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Stephen Hawking had a wonderfully wicked sense of humor at the very same time. "Silly is healthy": "Animaniacs" star on laughing through throat cancer & finding a whole new fandom 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z The first two definitely lean more toward horror than the third, but a wicked sense of humor courses through all. 10 classic horror comedies 2013-08-24T21:16:42Z Extra helpings feel wicked and enticing and good. "Big Little Lies" is back to stare at the sea 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z But he had a wicked sense of humor and could take delight in a juicy, ginned-up contretemps — whether taking on a fashion editor whose opinion he disagreed with, or another designer. Robin Givhan on Oscar de la Renta: With style, he wooed women of all stripes Ursula’s “Poor Unfortunate Souls” is the production’s showbiz-iest number, and Migliaccio — flaunting a big black octopus gown and a splendid hairpiece that looks like frozen sea foam — romps through it with wicked glee. Disney musical ‘Little Mermaid’ bobs along at Olney Pazcoguin plays the witch, and Martins wants her to project her wicked joy at James’s suffering so that even those in the upper balconies can feel the sting. Peter Martins, dipping into his past while bounding into the future 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Joel teaches Ellie how to siphon gas from parked cars — though when he fumblingly tries to explain the physics behind it, she flashes a wicked smile and says, “You don’t know.” ‘The Last of Us’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: Truck Stop 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z “He wrote some of the most classic songs in all of pop music history, he was a wicked guitarist, and he wasn’t a bad singer either.” The triumph of Chuck Berry: At 90, the rock pioneer has a new album on the horizon 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Rail thin with a wicked sense of humor and the tendency to sprinkle her one-liners with a forceful four-letter word, Ms. Parkinson was known as George. dance: Ballet Theater?s Ballet Mistresses and Coaches 2010-07-03T17:17:00Z This food talk is a reminder that “American Psycho” has yet to receive its full due as the most wicked and sustained mockery of the late-80s restaurant scene that we have in our literature. In Hindsight, an ‘American Psycho’ Looks a Lot Like Us 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The star of this dry and wicked black comedy is a building: The Curutchet House in La Plata, south of Buenos Aires—the only residence designed by Le Corbusier in the Americas. New Directors/New Films Series Sets Lineup 2010-02-25T17:48:00Z But Eve is simply a pitiful woman and Sylphid is a pampered, wicked fat girl with a bison hump. Man of letters 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z A big black strapless bra seemed tacit confirmation of a wicked new direction. Once upon a life: Rhoda Janzen 2010-12-26T00:04:01Z Each character is a playing piece in his wicked little game, though Elle is more than just a sly amusement. Elle’s Belle: Huppert Resounds In Verhoeven's Latest 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z In a room full of funny people, he was routinely the funniest — but his wicked humor was always tempered with a profoundly compassionate undercurrent. ‘Showgirls’ the movie is terrible but ‘Showgirls with David Schmader’ is transcendent 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z The wicked Sheriff holds a stuffed carrot to Marian's throat; there's an Olympic archery contest, with Kaler on a spinning target, and – of course – a Gangnam Style spoof. The Borrowers; The Mouse and His Child; Robin and His Merry Mam!; Dial M for Murgatroyd 2012-12-23T00:04:15Z Even when the wily or wicked mar Austen’s universe, they do not prevail. In Trying Times, the Balm of Jane Austen 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z In the late 1960s he and Mr. Komar, influenced by Pop Art and Dada, turned the visual language of Socialist Realism into a series of wicked commentaries on the absurdities of Communism. Alexander Melamid Begins Artenol, an Art Magazine 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z But it can only express itself through wicked steering maneuvers, fisticuffs and placid TV-watching with Mulligan's son. Drive, He Said!: Ryan Gosling's Latest Star Turn 2011-09-15T20:10:00Z And Ben Affleck plays a mathematics savant with a wicked skill set in “The Accountant.” What’s on TV Saturday: The Last Season of ‘Orphan Black’ Debuts 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z Sanders' version of the Brothers Grimm fairytale reinvents Snow White as an action heroine who goes into battle against the wicked Queen Ravenna, played by Charlize Theron. Snow White film 'used real blood' 2012-05-17T08:24:37Z She still makes big studio entertainment such as next year's "Maleficent," a twist on "Sleeping Beauty" in which she stars as the wicked sorceress who puts a curse on the fairy-tale princess. Jolie: From girl with tattoo to woman with a cause 2013-05-15T15:08:25Z Geoffrey Chaucer wrote that it was "the bilge-hold of all wicked thoughts and of all trifles, jests, and filth." "Doing nothing" is all the rage — is it a form of resistance or just an indulgence for the lucky few 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z Because musicals always justify their main characters, even their wicked ones, just by letting them sing, “The Boy Who Danced on Air” was doomed by a paradox built into its premise. Review: Tackling a Major Taboo in ‘The Boy Who Danced on Air’ 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Jim Crow must count as the most bitter, resentful and wicked response to defeat by the losing side in any civil war. The American Past: A History of Contradictions 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Set in Bath, there's a wicked aunt, a beast of a father and a real political background to this book - and not a trace of the sedate Jane. If you like books like these: historical fiction for teens 2013-05-14T08:00:00Z Human beings are multifaceted and a wonderfully wicked erotic sensibility can lurk behind the most wholesome personality. Am I watching too much porn? 2011-07-21T20:00:08Z He’s a great stylist, he’s funny, he’s interesting, he’s a bit wicked, he’s rude. Who was Nietzsche? 2012-10-01T11:45:00Z “Dietland,” on the other hand, doesn’t merely embrace the wicked witch of fashion editorial trope personified by Kitty. “The Bold Type,” “Dietland” and fashion: The feminist army is assembling (literally) in t... 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z The result is wicked, in every sense of that word. ‘Devil House,’ a Confident, Creepy Novel About a Wicked Unsolved Crime 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z A study published by DJ Williams of Idaho State University raised alarm that individuals from the community rarely reveal their practices to clinicians, fearing they be labeled psychopathological in some way, or even wicked. Interview with a real-life vampire: why drinking blood isn't like in Hollywood 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z He soon realizes that every member of the wicked family could be a suspect. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Sex & Love Around the World’ and ‘The Beguiled’ 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Linda bolts into a serious of wildly unsuitable liaisons before falling at last for the endearingly wicked Fabrice, a French duke. The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford | Book review 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z Texas gave the world the repellently wicked J. R. Ewing in “Dallas” and, more recently, the endearingly decent high school football coach of “Friday Night Lights.” Television Review: Two Lives, Two Loves, One Con Man 2010-09-19T17:08:00Z A group of regional organisations against normalising ties with Israel circulated a poster on social media urging viewers to boycott “the wicked drama”, which was produced by Kuwait- and United Arab Emirates-based companies. Ramadan period drama with Jewish characters stirs debate in Middle East 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z He looks like a member of a related species from elsewhere in the galaxy, or perhaps an Afghan hound who's been changed into a person by a wicked sorcerer. "Arthur": Russell Brand as Dudley Moore, from Mars 2011-04-08T01:01:00Z On a Christmas Eve heist of his neighbors, the Whos, he’s joyously wicked and funny and crass. Dr. Seuss’s Grinch at the Theater at Madison Square Garden 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z In the TV movie, the wicked offspring — Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos — leave the rough-and-tumble streets of the island prison they call home to attend a fancy prep school with abundant opportunities to wreak havoc. Watch the Teenage Spawn of Disney Villains in the Trailer for "Descendants" 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z His colleagues say one of his studio tools is a wicked, self-deprecating sense of humor, which he uses to break tension. Pop: Benny Blanco, Hit Maker for Rihanna and Maroon 5 2013-01-05T05:03:03Z This is a story packed with such wicked and wickedly funny confessions about a host of hallowed subjects. The trouble with the bad mother memoir 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z I am going to type with ill intent, use all the wicked prepositions and strident punctuation I know, and give these people a piece of my mind. Southern Journal: The Impossible Turkey 2011-10-06T19:20:01.660Z Macbeth: If Friar Lawrence’s methods are questionable, Lady Macbeth’s are unquestionably wicked. Shakespeare on drugs: The secret narcotic history of the world’s greatest playwright 2014-04-23T15:15:00Z Cate Blanchett is wonderfully wicked as the evil Stepmother — though more turned dark by bitterness and bad breaks than cruel intentions. In 'Cinderella,' goodness and fairy tale innocence rule 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z While some portions of this one-woman show register as delectably wicked satire, other parts are more naturalistic and wistful in tone, making for a concoction that’s less choice pastry than uneasy stew. Review | A first lady and a diva show their vulnerability in two productions 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z These illustrated jokes from the segment on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” confessions are quick hits for the wicked. Cocktails, crafts, rap, Bob Ross, yoga and cats: Great stocking stuffer books 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z She and Robin must help the niece and nephew of the sheriff escape his wicked clutches as he plots to dispose of them so he can get his grubby hands on their fortune. This week's new theatre 2012-12-22T00:04:01Z Ripe plantains were deep fried, producing a wicked crispy exterior and a super ripe, super sweet interior. Ackee and saltfish bites, lamb tarts and custom-made sneakers: A travel writer's guide to Toronto 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Their imbalance turned an ambitious television rendering of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical into a Noël Coward triangle in which audiences root for the witty, wicked older woman: “The Sound of Money.” Television Review: Carrie Underwood Stars in NBC’s Live ‘Sound of Music’ 2013-12-06T17:45:01Z Mostly, though, Nichols films threw a wicked curve at couples who thought they were attending a date-night movie: At least one of you is cheating. The Sublime Mike Nichols 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z “What a wicked way to treat the girl who loves you,” Beyoncé says, as she walks through the street smashing car windows with a baseball bat, wearing a fluffy canary-yellow dress. Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” Is a Revelation of Spirit 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z The personality trait that most reliably predicts relationship satisfaction is not a wicked sense of humour or a fondness for grand romantic gestures, but conscientiousness. Find out how good you are at being in a relationship 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z “Something raw. Something otherworldly. Something wicked this way comes.” 'From the man who gave you "Hamlet" and "Lear"': Why live theater needs movie-style trailers 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z His most remarkable stories were written and illustrated by Jim Steranko, who brought a wicked design sense to comics that is finally being matched in a new Fury series. Nick Fury’s journey from World War II hero, to ’60s spy, to black movie star 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z The idea of of a Caesar bar really appeals to me but I don't know if i could handle all that salt -must give a wicked hangover. It Came, It Quenched, It Conquered Canada: The Caesar 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Her longest quotation is taken from a speech delivered by Pope Urban II in 1095 urging a crusade to wrest Jerusalem from the “wicked race” of the Seljuk Turks. ‘Know Thyself’ Review: The Evolution of a Culture 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Scott Thomas, that aristocratic icon of English and French cinema, has wicked fun with her role. Only God Forgives: No Absolution for Ryan Gosling 2013-07-18T09:45:42Z "No doubt," he writes, "the evil growth is derived from Eve, who certainly did or thought something wicked beyond words." DH Lawrence manuscript reveals attitude towards women 2013-04-11T15:58:00Z Ummm ... he felt enough of one for Zelena to now be pregnant, so Regina thinks it's impossible now that her wicked sister is pregnant with Robin's child. 'Once Upon a Time': Maternal instincts aren't all alike 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z I opened up Death in the Clouds, in which Poirot investigates the death of a wicked Paris money lender, in an aeroplane, by poison-tipped dart. Buying books is fun, with a glass in your hand 2010-10-01T23:08:00Z "Somebody scrape them off the floor," Byrd says with wicked glee as he walks past them to turn off the music. Spectrum's Donald Byrd asks everything of his dancers, and his audience 2012-11-28T23:59:27Z A story about a wicked stepmother and her daughters. Paperback Q&A: Helen Oyeyemi on Mr Fox 2012-06-12T11:21:19Z "We want to be clear that this extreme and wicked act is nothing less than rebellion against our Holy God and His Word," it said. How Evangelicalism's racist roots and purity culture teachings catalyzed the Atlanta killings 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z “She takes a wicked stance, purses her mouth thoughtfully and waits long enough to devastate the landscape.” Elaine Stritch, Tart-Tongued Broadway Actress and Singer, Is Dead at 89 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The glib banter that accompanies “The Great’s” torture scenes even carry a wicked whiff of Monty Python. Review | ‘The Great’ has problems balancing its extravagant snark with its dramatic impulses 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z She delivers wicked one-liners with deadpan aplomb and does witty impressions. Cheers to Maya Erskine, flawless life of the "Plus One" party 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z "Well, it was never a documentary but what it does capture is the essence of the north – colourful characters, a wicked sense of fun and a spirit that simply doesn't exist in the home counties." Coronation Street: 50 years on and still the pride of the north-west 2010-12-09T15:34:00Z She doesn’t think we are wicked or evil or going to hell. She’s afraid of sex 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z So here are deviled eggs, made wickeder by breading and deep-frying the whites, crunchy veneer giving way to wobble. Butterfunk Kitchen Is Driven by Soul Food and Built on Memories 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z The Greek-myth action sequel would attract young males; the revisionist fairy tale, starring Julia Roberts as Snow White’s wicked Queen, would lure women and kids. The Hunger Games Kills Off Two New Combatants: Perseus and Snow White 2012-04-01T22:35:54Z Angel Face is “as beautiful and as wicked as Satan.” Stories of Then That Still Hold Up Now 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z The something wicked that comes creeping like night in “Vanishing on 7th Street,” turning down the sun and seemingly sucking people right out of their homes, offices, cars and clothes, arrives without warning. | 'Vanishing on 7th Street': Disappearing People, Leaving a Lot of Clothes Behind 2011-02-17T23:09:46Z A kooky girl with a big heart and wicked turn of phrase. Doctor Who: The Vampires Of Venice - series 31, episode six 2010-05-08T17:45:00Z Hahn spoke further about playing the wicked witch of “WandaVision,” the experience of making a Marvel-size television series and the perspective it has given her on her career. Kathryn Hahn Talks About Her Insidious, Perfidious Role on ‘WandaVision’ 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z “Nearly Lear” boils Shakespeare’s plot down to its basic bones, concentrating on the conflict between Lear and his wicked daughters, Regan and Goneril. | 'Nearly Lear': An Answer to a Crying Need: ?King Lear? for Children 2011-01-10T23:30:23Z The wicked oil tycoons of ’80s TV soaps were different from you and me in the way of Ernest Hemingway’s rejoinder to Fitzgerald: They had more money. ‘Succession’ Returns, With No Real People Involved 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z “For the general public, it’s a wicked problem that they’re trying to tame. “The first thing to do is get into a routine. 'Start a daily routine – and make the weekends different': the isolation experts' guide to lockdown living 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Even Ms. Streep’s vindictive hag is not entirely wicked. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z The switchbacks tell you that, the way they slowly twist, wicked and ceaseless, the packed summer dirt of the trail kicking small clouds of dust off the back of your father’s boots. Facing death on the mountain: What my father taught me on his last great climb 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Perhaps fittingly, it doesn’t fire up until Bathug gets his wicked way. | 'Order': Inner Demons Win in Horror Comedy at Kirk Theater 2010-06-24T21:35:00Z Yet it has 10 times the thrills, plus unexpectedly rich characterizations, sharp performances and a wicked sense of humor. Cut-rate budget, first-rate frights 2011-08-05T23:30:00Z Hailey is that figure familiar to stories of the wicked stage, the wide-eyed naif come to find fortune and creative fulfillment in the big city. 'Mozart in the Jungle' on Amazon gets good after woeful pilot 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z In the comedian’s wicked reimagining, Mr. Ohlmeyer was upset when the O. J. jokes stopped, leaving him without material for teasing his buddy. Norm Macdonald’s Often Funny, Always Fabulist ‘Based on a True Story’ 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z I knew he was half joking, but I could also see, and for the first time, something wicked in Benjamin’s smile. I love my dog as much as my child 2012-11-10T17:00:00Z The plot revolved around a wicked father, a crippled son and a teacher. Still photos from Hitchcock's "Mountain Eagle" film up for auction 2012-11-09T01:23:59Z Your wicked sense of humor and just maternal nature kept everyone’s spirits buoyant and that’s not to mention your acting ability. Matt Damon lobbies for Ridley Scott's first directing Oscar at Palm Springs gala 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z The circus riding shown them at Hamburg was wicked witchcraft. From the archive, 25 June 1889: Berlin leaves African visitors cold 2012-06-25T06:30:00Z “I can make a facial tissue dance,” Said the magician, with a wicked glance. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Corny jokes for preteen folks inspired this edition of ‘Rhymes Against Humanity’ 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The passages concerning the U-20 knife along with a clean and wicked élan. Erik Larson’s ‘Dead Wake,’ About the Lusitania 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Nor, in fact, was there much evidence in all of the clips shown Sunday night of the wicked, often scathing social commentary that burns through Fey's work. What was Tina Fey's humor prize really about? 2010-11-15T21:01:00Z “Ronnie lived her life with a twinkle in her eye, a spunky attitude, a wicked sense of humor and a smile on her face. She was filled with love and gratitude,” a statement said. ‘60s icon Ronnie Spector, who sang ‘Be My Baby,’ dies at 78 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Murphy, a wicked mimic, performs most of the offstage characters’ voices himself, interpreting them through Thomas’s own “demented prism,” as Mr. Murphy put it. Theater: Cillian Murphy in ?Misterman? at St. Ann?s Warehouse 2011-11-27T05:30:08Z Greg has been a member of the Comedy Central family for years, injecting his energy and wicked sense of humor into countless projects. 'The Daily Show' Honors Greg Giraldo 2010-09-30T12:32:00Z Perhaps it's the shock of such un-British directness that makes us reach deep into our pockets, or maybe it's the wicked glint in her eye. BAC at Summerhall ? review 2011-08-25T16:59:54Z "What I would do was every time my mother looked away, I'd put handfuls of peas in my pocket," he said with a wicked grin. Gives peas a chance? It's time for their turn in the "it vegetable" spotlight 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z The fast start may put "Maleficent," which pivots its lens on the wicked villain of the Disney classic to explain her evil ways, in reach of Disney’s 2013 live-action feature “Oz the Great and Powerful.” 'Maleficent' has wickedly good $70-million debut; 'West' goes south 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Queen Elizabeth II famously had a wicked sense of humor, so one can only imagine how she felt about the many “Saturday Night Live” parodies of the royal family over the years. How SNL turned prim Queen Elizabeth II into a punk brawler 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z But Interview remains Rice's most popular story, and the wicked Lestat her most enduring character. How AMC’s "Interview with the Vampire" will expand on Lestat 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z "The Lion King" remains one of the great animated sagas as a wrongly exiled cub returns to triumph over his wicked uncle. 'Dolphin' deposes 'Lion' with $14.2M to grab No. 1 2011-10-02T19:46:03Z Middle-aged men would call with hopes of buying sports cars or motorcycles, and Suze would get this gleefully wicked look on her face once it was revealed that they lacked any liquid savings. So long, ‘Suze Orman Show,’ TV’s only sane space in a money-crazed culture 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Killebrew, with her honeyed voice and wicked grin, is particularly fine. Theater Review: In ‘Family Play (1979 to Present),’ Intimate Moments Unfold 2014-05-04T21:42:46Z Think of this book as a typical English-village mystery with a wickeder sting. New in crime fiction: Benjamin Black and Jacqueline Winspear 2010-04-07T23:22:00Z Her tales featured a poor little girl identical to Lulu who picked beebleberries and sold them, but frequently ran afoul of a wicked witch called Hazel. The Life Lessons of “Little Lulu” 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z When she laughs, she tends to “squinch up her face like a wicked little monkey.” Books of The Times: ‘Carthage,’ by Joyce Carol Oates 2014-02-05T21:32:23Z Religious zealots regard the plague as God’s punishment on the wicked. Body Parts and Missing Bodies: Another Spree of Crime Fiction 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Alice, played by Ruth Wilson, really is wicked; I'm not surprised she failed the yawn test. Luther and The Boats That Built Britain 2010-05-05T07:00:00Z And wicked, too, like her favorite fashion role models, Maleficent, in “Sleeping Beauty” and Cruella, of course. Young Trendsetters Streak Their Hair With Gray 2010-04-01T18:37:00Z Theron is all limbs, standing tall in a wicked assortment of stilettos and narrow, svelte trousers. Review: 'Atomic Blonde' Kicks You Where It Hurts 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z But Vorderman is also a candidate after her performance as the wicked witch of the witless on Question Time. The mystery of Robina Hood 2010-04-05T18:30:00Z Far from being a wicked, fallen woman, Modesty embodied many strengths. Peter O'Donnell obituary 2010-05-05T18:09:00Z It is confident in its voice, in its beliefs, in its artistry, in its wicked humor and angry pain — or pain-laden anger. ‘Ain’t No Mo’’ Review: After Great Tribulation, an Exodus of Black Citizens 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z He was, however, a man who lived his whole life with disadvantages, some of them self-wrought, and he viewed the world through a dark and wicked lens. John Callahan, Cartoonist, Dies at 59 2010-07-28T04:18:00Z Ostensibly, the script is about Giselle trying on a different storybook archetype: the wicked stepmother, which allows Adams to don peacock feathers and flare her nostrils just so. ‘Disenchanted’ Review: Middlingly Ever After 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z I loved the glancing acknowledgment of Henry Carr having been “a wonderful Goneril” — one of King Lear’s wicked daughters — at Eton, and the characters’ sartorial tastes also land a laugh or two. Review: ‘Travesties’ and Finding New Depth in Stoppard 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z He recounts all this in writing shorn of excess, sentences short to the point of abruptness, and he has a wicked way with syntax. The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief by VS Naipaul 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z It grows lovelier, grainier, more confident, more wicked. Books of The Times: In His Own Words, a Singular Man?s Double Life 2011-02-17T22:58:45Z Just enjoy the notion — sometimes lost amid all of TV’s male murderers — that women too can be wicked. Review: ‘The Lizzie Borden Chronicles,’ a Lifetime Series Starring Christina Ricci 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Ms. Craigie is elegant and blithe, Ms. Hanna incisive and wry, Ms. Watson just a bit wicked. Broadway’s ‘Aunties’ Enjoy Their Downtime 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Its plot revolved around a wicked father, a crippled son and a teacher. Austrian village holds out hope for lost Hitchcock film 2012-12-28T15:17:25Z There was a time — it started at the end of Season 5, to be precise — when Kim was the more wicked of this duo. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 12 Recap: Hit the Road 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Just as the younger woman is diminished, the older woman finds herself exaggerated, cast as the wicked queen, a plotter and a schemer, for whatever reasons can be procured or fabricated. Why does Judy Murray have to take these punches? 2013-07-13T23:06:05Z There are meandering odysseys captained by storytellers with a wicked sense of humor. Tripping up the King's Jester: How is Hasan Minhaj still in the running to host "The Daily Show"? 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Kipling saw it as a city of dreadful night and "one of the most wicked places in the universe". Calcutta: Two Years in the City by Amit Chaudhuri – review 2013-04-06T06:01:32Z Sadie Jones exploits that deep-seated apprehension in her deliciously wicked fifth novel, “The Snakes.” Review | In Sadie Jones’s “The Snakes,” parents are more venomous than reptiles 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z The strands of my journey came together one frozen January night, when I went to visit “the wickedest bar in New York,” a title bestowed by an 1890 guidebook called “Vices of a Big City.” Regilding the Gilded Age in New York 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Today, scholars relish the anti-Whig references in “Gulliver’s Travels,” but the rest of us can still enjoy its wicked critique of hubris, vanity and illogic. Perspective | Ghosthunters, grabbers and grifters: What would Jonathan Swift say of our times? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Its sober concerns notwithstanding, Mr. Burden’s work was not lacking in wicked humor. Chris Burden, a Conceptualist With Scars, Dies at 69 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z I don’t read mysteries, or romances, or even wicked, wised-up social satires. Michael Cunningham Thinks Most People Misunderstand ‘Lolita’ 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Rather, in making the most extreme argument possible, he is consigning everyone, with a wicked sneer, to the same mire. Review: In Scathing ‘Downstate,’ Sympathy for the Devils 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z “These are complicated, wicked problems that require very complicated, multi-actor solutions,” says Christopher Jones, senior lecturer in environmental psychology at the University of Surrey in the UK. 'We just didn’t think about it': how did we let plastic bags get everywhere? 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z She remembers her first encounter with Mr. Geisel, a tall, imposing figure with a wicked sense of humor. Dr. Seuss Book: A Discovery in a Box, and Then a Reconstruction 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z “Nope” starts with a cautionary text, drawn from the Old Testament Book of Nahum, which describes God’s threatened punishment on the wicked city of Nineveh: “I will make a spectacle of you.” ‘Nope’ Review: Hell Yes 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The wicked are punished, which is only fair, but without giving too much away, I can say that a requiem Mass would make an appropriate encore. Review: ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ at Paper Mill Playhouse 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Rowling's seven Potter books - and the eight films adapted from them - set orphaned Harry on a collision course with Voldemort, the wicked warlock who killed Harry's parents and seeks to control the wizarding world. Malfoy actors talk good, evil as Potter saga ends 2011-07-07T11:55:08Z Yet he retains the open, delighted mien of a provincial schoolboy newly arrived in the wicked big city. The Importance of Being Astonished 2011-01-09T02:00:58Z They see him as a messiah figure despite his obvious and gross personal behavior — behavior that as viewed by most of the world's "great" religions would be considered wicked and sinful. Has Trump wrecked our sex life? "Post-Trump Sex Disorder" is real, says sex therapist 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z The kaftan, constant cigarettes, tinted glasses and perfect blonde hair were much in evidence; so too the deliciously wicked wit and stevedore language. Bette Midler heading back to Broadway after 30 years 2013-01-08T14:35:56Z Like kids everywhere, she learned that good people are beautiful or, after some hardship, become beautiful, while wicked people are mad, scarred or disabled. Review | In ‘Disfigured,’ a writer explores the damaging ways fairy tales shape our view of the world — and ourselves 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Elizabeth Hillman from the Discovery Channel said the team would miss his "straightforward honesty, wicked sense of humour and enormous heart". 2010-02-10T17:42:00Z There's something sublimely wicked about cramming the narrow bar top with dishes sized for a dining room table rather than a slab of wood or formica. The spontaneous joy of eating at the bar, the last bastion of walk-in dining 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z In a 1918 issue, an interview cheekily titled “Does Theda Bara believe her own press agent?” allowed the actor to sidestep the crucial question of whether she was really wicked, or just photographed that way. Photoplay magazine: the birth of celebrity culture 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z She got the gig: “I went from a wicked witch to a Disney princess. Can’t complain.” Actors of Indian descent proud to lead Broadway’s ‘Aladdin’ 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z That supposed crime will be revisited, and the closets of this wicked little hamlet will disgorge their skeletons. Review: In ‘The Dressmaker,’ a Femme Fatale Wants Vengeance 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Months of hearing this over and over in my head produced a wicked case of insomnia. Novelists Sara Gruen and Sarah McCoy in conversation: “I study history through a kind of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ looking-glass” 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Driver has wicked fun as the diva who throws her support behind the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck when the position as head of the Paris Opera opens. ‘Chevalier’ Review: A Black Virtuoso Rocks the Court of Marie Antoinette 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The beautiful and savvy stepdaughter in Mirror Mirror entreats the peasantry to rise up, UK Uncut-style, against the crippling taxes of Julia Roberts's wicked queen. Why 2012 was the year of the fairytale 2012-12-24T08:30:01Z Also, nice to see our "Mad Men" friend Jared Harris turning up, as the wicked Moriarty. New "Sherlock Holmes" trailer -- now with Noomi Rapace 2011-07-13T17:20:05Z In “Boston Adventure,” a retelling of Cinderella, a poor girl finds in a patron the figure of a fairy godmother and wicked witch combined. Jean Stafford’s Novels Frankly Survey the Kingdom of Childhood 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z He's had enough with the wicked taunts – "Your mother's in here with us, Karras" – and the projectile puke and mind games and puts Regan in a headlock and proceeds to punch and throttle her. Why I'd like to be … Jason Miller in The Exorcist 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z We squint at the image for a good while, pinch-zooming, admiring her dad’s good looks, his incredible hair, that wicked glee on his face. Naomi Watts: ‘My soul was being destroyed’ 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z A few of the wackiest episodes concern a devilish robot vacuum cleaner, a wicked optometrist, a demon child named Kageboshi and an extraterrestrial bestie. From "Los Espookys" to "Paper Girls," here are 8 spooky streaming shows you may have missed 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z With a wicked drawl, she asks, "Have I mentioned the name?" Puerto Rico enthralled by cheeky newscaster puppet 2012-10-19T12:38:09Z It was an audacious, almost wicked beginning to a piece — described in the program as an “ongoing work in progress” — that touches on issues of mortality and aging. Review: Yvonne Rainer’s ‘The Concept of Dust’ Keeps Viewers on Their Toes 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Few among us consciously believe we are wicked. Dictator-lit: Saddam Hussein tortured metaphors, too 2011-03-31T15:17:36Z It has rather stunned performances as the goody-goody brother and sister from Dylan Kennedy and Ruby Bentall, and a lively turn from Amit Shah as the wicked stepmother. The House Where Winter Lives; Hansel and Gretel; Pinocchio – review 2012-12-30T00:06:25Z Ms. Lind — who has appeared as a docile Shakespearean heroine in Public Theater productions — shows a wicked comic wit here as a badge-toting femme fatale. Review: Great Pretenders Pocket Laughs in ‘The Nap’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z One of the best rappers ever, the late, great Notorious B.I.G., said it best: “The streets is short stop / either you slinging crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot.” The plight of young hoop stars who don't go pro 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z “Firstly, they’re both wicked smart, two of the most intelligent and insightful people I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing,” he said. There Was Something Funny About Them 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z They speak like middle Americans too, and they inhabit a realm of moral ambiguities that’s overseen by a man with both a wicked sense of humor and a highly refined sense of right and wrong. Magazine Preview: The Dark Art of ?Breaking Bad? 2011-07-06T12:20:00Z With his wicked delivery, Pegg is always going to be funny, but his characterization of this guy who peaked in high school is almost too good. The World’s End: Sly, Wry Sci-Fi 2013-08-23T09:45:49Z But work is just work, even when it’s backbreaking and wicked. Arts & Leisure Preview: Grab a Brew While They Face Death 2011-03-24T16:56:52Z But rather than kill him in one strike, Soo-hyun tortures him with a wicked game of catch and release. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘The Degenerates’ and ‘Busy Tonight’ 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Even before impeachment, Douglass was explaining to audiences how Johnson exploited the “defects” in the Constitution that allowed a “bad and wicked president” to assume “kingly powers.” When Frederick Douglass Met Andrew Johnson 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Was she, in point of fairytale fact, quite as wicked as all that? Maleficent review – Angelina Jolie adds vinegar to salty Sleeping Beauty spin-off 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z You’ll find no yellow brick road or wicked witch in this new PBS program. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ and the Real Oz 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z These powers revolved around an unwavering faith in saturated color laid on thickly, and a slightly wicked gift for caricature. Landscapes and Still Lifes of New Territories 2010-12-30T23:01:02Z But since Mr. Taylor is famous for wicked remarks, it’s also reasonable to assume he meant a dig at Balanchine, whose ballet “Donizetti Variations” treats the same music as if it were mint-fresh. Dance: How Shall We Know the Choreographer? By His Dances and More 2010-03-12T00:29:00Z But Jodi Arias displays wicked knife technique in a new Lifetime movie that could have just as well been titled, "Fatal Attraction for Cable News." Jodi Arias film: a new case of fatal attraction 2013-06-19T17:00:15Z A wicked calumny against the Washington media is that we live and work in a liberal echo chamber, never interacting with persons of alternative political viewpoints. Gene Weingarten: Schlepping with the enemy 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z One photo shows me with my arm pulled back, hand gripping an American football, for all the world looking like I’m about to throw a wicked spiral. Hulu's Casual exposes the deception inherent in online dating 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories by Angela Carter A treasure chest of wonderfully wicked stories from the late grand-dame of the modern English gothic. Carlos Ruiz Zaf?n's top 10 20th-century gothic novels 2010-06-02T09:17:00Z Another focused on the wicked King Noah who drank wine and flirted with concubines from beneath an elaborate hat. Lights. Camera. Prayer. A Mini-Hollywood Grows in Utah. 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Smith backed him with wicked feints, fragmenting the groove. 2010-01-08T03:49:00Z For this delightful novel about the governess from hell, maybe only the word “wicked” will do. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Wehn mugged up the wide-eyed astonishment at Brits' supposed foibles, while his wicked grin signalled that none of this was to be taken seriously. Henning Wehn ? review 2011-03-04T18:06:05Z Each couplet in Proverbs 12 contrasts good with evil: A good man does this, while a wicked man does that. My day at Westboro Baptist: “Yes, Jesus hates you” 2013-03-24T11:00:00Z I also liked Rebecca West's wicked description of Ford's ample frame later in life. Radio review: Ford Madox Ford and France 2010-08-25T06:59:00Z It helped that Manet painted like an angel and had a wicked sense of humor. Manet?s Reflections of Paris at a Cultural Peak 2011-05-16T13:33:21Z But Shteyngart's characters are heartbreakingly real, their plights sympathetic, and his wicked social satire is dead-on. 27 best books of 2010: The Seattle Times looks back at a year of great reading 2010-12-18T01:15:33Z "What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you." Sheltering in place with classic albums: Beyoncé's "Lemonade" 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z But the real Hwang, the one with the wicked sense of humor, the soaring emotionalism of an opera diva and the pounding anger of a neglected child, is glimpsed almost exclusively onstage. David Henry Hwang, the Man Who Can Make Bruce Lee Talk 2012-11-10T14:39:45Z Ask the weary, wicked characters “Succession,” who are never more than a moment away from suffering or celebrating. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Chien-Pott, all contrasting tautness and curves with a hint of a wicked smile, revealed those emotional extremes as she slithered through the space wreaking havoc at every turn. Review: Martha Graham Dance Company in an Intimate Performance 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z He sees God as just but also notices that he has a wicked sense of humor. Craig Finn of the Hold Steady on ?Clear Hearts, Full Eyes? 2012-01-22T02:23:06Z "It's been wicked! It's been so much fun. Zelena is a complete psychopath," said Mader. Comic-Con 2015: Merida is coming to 'Once Upon a Time' 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z There was a wicked long line 20 minutes before the tour started. A travel writer's guide to eating your way through Las Vegas 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Now, playing the wicked roué, Mr. Lewis recalled: “We did a scene with Claire in bed. We had such fun.” At 90, Jerry Lewis’s Mouth Runneth Over 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z He laughs a lot, he does a wicked impression of Brendel's mannerisms, and is full of self-deprecating modesty. Five difficult pieces 2010-04-22T22:00:00Z Less genuinely wicked than seriously mercenary, this Stepmother can’t help but steal the show. Review: In ‘Cinderella,’ Disney Polishes Its Glass Slippers 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z What wicked symptom of our times is this? The violence of Ladybirds | Jonathan Jones 2010-03-31T11:50:00Z Self-assured to the point of cockiness, a wicked sense of humor, scary-ambitious yet charmingly eager to please, fashion-forward: it’s an intoxicating brew. Film: Ryan Murphy Directs Julia Roberts in ?Eat Pray Love? 2010-08-06T03:38:00Z Pym has been called heir to Jane Austen, her observations possessing a similar undercurrent of wicked irony. Best audiobooks of 2016 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Could the real "wicked" in Christian teen camps actually be their effects on teens' emotional wellbeing? Christian teen camps are wicked, innit 2011-08-10T18:14:02Z Fairly benign song titles – “Flies,” “Owls,” “Woodpecker” – are merely doorways into worlds shaped by dreams, folk tales, science fiction and the couple’s wicked imaginations. Handsome Family sing 'language of dreams' 2013-07-12T16:06:00Z In sentimental contexts, she generates lines of wicked ambition. Sweet or Hardcore, Nothing Is Quite What It Seems 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Slashing wicked upstrokes on a white electric guitar, the singer’s voice was rich and breathless against the house band’s bluesy echo. All-star tribute to David Lynch lights up the Ace Hotel 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Both the judges on the panel for the Elysian Prize and the hopeful authors of submitted books are sent up here with a light, wicked hand reminiscent at once of Evelyn Waugh and Muriel Spark. Edward St. Aubyn’s ‘Lost for Words’ 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Matthew Goode has always exuded a whiff of danger: the slyly wicked smile. Matthew Goode Knows How to Charm. Just Ask Lady Mary and Princess Margaret. 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z But it can express itself only through wicked steering maneuvers, fisticuffs and placid TV-watching with Mulligan's son. Refn's 'Drive' Review: Ryan Gosling a Silent Stuntman 2011-10-10T19:50:00Z On the horizon is Hahn's return as the wonderfully wicked witch, and the big cheese, in Marvel's "Agatha: House of Harkness." These MVPs of television delivered greatness in a year that almost broke us 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z The Republican 2016 candidates know their public quite well as they conjured up images of wicked Muslim refugees who are all human bombs in waiting. Fine, just call him the N-word: All the Republicans want to do is say it. Would be more honest if they did 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Or maybe Eve is a wicked spin on Genesis. Stephen King and Son Team Up for a Novel About Women Whose Sleep Should Not Be Disturbed 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Yeah, they need help — help getting wicked high, you mean. Male grooming: The movie 2012-05-18T23:15:00Z Maria Kowroski, a celebrated former principal with the company, returned for a reprisal of role of the evil Carabosse, which she played with wicked, glamorous glee. The Return of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Isn’t City Ballet’s Reawakening 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Windsor’s bubbly manner and wicked laugh were an essential part of the “Carry On” formula, and she appeared in nine of the comedies between 1964 and 1974. ‘Carry On’ and ‘EastEnders’ star Barbara Windsor dies at 83 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z The dialogue was stilted, the flashbacks were crude, and the characters were two dimensional – the women who "owned" Malia, in Sudan and in Britain, were almost pantomime wicked witches. Miss Marple 2010-08-31T06:00:00Z In “Eat, Pray, Love,” Elizabeth Gilbert presented herself as a seeker of solace, whereas Ms. Chua eagerly overacts the role of wicked witch. Books of The Times: But Will It All Make Mommy Happy? 2011-01-19T19:28:18Z And Richard III – the proverbial wicked uncle, murdering his way to the top; except he wasn't and didn't. Letters: Cinematic myths and historical facts 2011-02-05T00:05:50Z But it's easy to forgive these flaws in a young writer who can bring such atmosphere to the page, along with frequent, wicked humor. 'Swamplandia!': Teenager confronts gators, ghosts and a World of Darkness 2011-02-10T00:27:04Z A scandalized relative of Kipling’s called it “the wickedest story ever written.” When Rudyard Kipling’s Son Went Missing 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z The wicked and the innocent – even the saintly – alike fall victim to his slashings. Summertime of the Dead by Gregory Hughes – review 2012-09-28T21:55:03Z For two whole minutes, while an entire nation looked on in wonder and wicked amusement. Perspective | Even the fly on Pence’s head knows that the TV debate is a broken format. So let’s fix it. 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z For all of its darker themes, the movie never loses its wicked sense of humor. 'Inherent Vice' a trippy beach noir set in '70s L.A. 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z The sound design was unnerving — I’m afraid the wicked septa’s “SHAME!” might become a prominent feature of my mental soundtrack. 'Game of Thrones' Finale Recap: Shocking Deaths and a Walk of Shame 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Dahl gave them a sly pastiche of a Bond movie, full of straight-faced camp, moments of wicked humour and overblown events that must have looked unfilmable when presented on the page. My favourite Bond film: You Only Live Twice 2012-10-04T15:29:14Z A wicked concoction Richard Holmes and I have titled the Norfolk Slammer. Who do you think you are? 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z She had a fighting spirit and a wicked sense of humour. Natalie Rothstein obituary 2010-04-20T18:10:00Z But Daddy dies, and her wicked half brother, the new duke, who hates her, exiles her from Belgrave to work as a nursery maid somewhere far away. A Roundup of the Season’s Romance Novels 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Is this a comment on the frailty and nearness of death, or does the lady represent a wicked witch? How Plagues Shape the Landscape 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z She has a wicked smile and a butt my hand never leaves. I was arrested for harassment, and that was the good part 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Granted, to rebels, Kasem’s preaching felt more like some wicked indoctrination. Casey Kasem: A critic's take on why he mattered, for so long 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Set in turn-of-the-century New York, the musical tells the story of a wicked stepmother who tries to steal the fortune her late husband left to his daughter. Production of 'Sisterella' to be staged in L.A. 2010-10-01T19:31:00Z My boots were small tubs; water wicked up my legs. Slow Travel: Walking in Wales 2013-05-24T17:03:36Z To make Rashad less terrible, Ms. Webb has saddled him with not one but two back stories about wicked women, one eye-rollingly tragic. Review: ‘The Light,’ an Unexpected Mix of #MeToo and Rom-Com 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The bad ones provide fodder for guiltless slaughter; the good ones shame us into remorse for our wicked ways. Tales of the unexplained: why these Monsters are entirely alien 2010-12-06T11:57:00Z The Blacksonian reveals a wicked, poetic sense of humor about this history. Visiting the African-American Museum: Waiting, Reading, Thinking, Connecting, Feeling 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z A Les was one of the funniest guys I have ever met, with a wicked sense of humor. Jeff Beck's mission to 'blow people away' 2011-03-31T15:37:05Z In a cast of characters who are corrupt and wicked in various shades of gray, this humble upholsterer is here to remind viewers what uncompromising goodness actually looks like. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 9 Recap: Bye Bye Love 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z “As I walk through this wicked world, searching for light in the darkness of insanity,” Costello sang, “I ask myself, is all hope lost? Is there only pain and hatred and misery?” Elvis Costello at the Beacon: Misery and Splendor 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z But how did that witch get to be so wicked? Maleficent review – Angelina Jolie adds vinegar to salty Sleeping Beauty spin-off 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z “Karl was brilliant, he was wicked, he was funny, he was generous beyond measure, and he was deeply kind.” Chanel names Karl Lagerfeld’s successor: Virginie Viard 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z “He radiated a wicked joy; it was impossible to watch him without instantly sharing his giddy delight,” wrote playwright Paul Rudnick. Robert Morse, two-time Tony-winning actor, dies at 90 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Not that there's anything wicked – or indeed interesting – about Lewis. The weekend's TV: Spiral 2011-04-04T07:00:05Z And, ding dong, the wicked sound system is dead. Critic?s Notebook: A Citadel of Culture Shows a Friendlier Face 2010-12-31T22:50:05Z Armida is a complex creation - part wicked sorceress, part woman deeply in love. Review: Fleming, 6 tenors lead rare Rossini at Met 2010-04-13T14:31:00Z Or wicked in the more modern sense, and more of a friend? TV review: Danielle Lineker: My New Stepfamily 2010-07-21T07:00:00Z After a brief intermission, Part Two brought out a suddenly engaged performer, shimmying with a wicked smile. Concert review: Bryan Ferry at the Civic Opera House 2011-10-12T06:03:00Z These add G-rated fun to the exhibition — a wan facsimile of the after-hours debauchery for which downtown was famous and in which nostalgia has replaced a wicked hangover, or worse. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The play was “Macbeth,” Shakespeare’s bloody feast of slaughtered kings and children, of witches and ghosts and “something wicked this way comes.” In London, a Bloody ?Macbeth,? for Children 2010-07-16T22:40:00Z Kind Hearts is a wicked tale, one that keeps a real sting for the end. Kind Hearts and Coronets: No 9 2010-10-18T10:45:00Z Crammed with wicked observations and keen memories — especially what and whom she was wearing throughout her fashion-obsessed life — Albertine's book is sharp and quick-witted. Punk, punk, memoir, memoir: Viv Albertine takes center stage 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The wicked overlord of the dinosaur toys, the Cleric embodies traits from several classic movie villains. Meet the New Toys From This Year's Toy Story Christmas Special 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Unruly on the surface yet deeply structured, Dancenoise’s performances skewered, even eviscerated popular and media culture, with feminist fury, wicked humor and a good measure of gore. The Whitney Embraces Dancenoise, a Brash ’80s Performance Duo 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z But the Rude Mechs’ wicked sense of humor tempers a sincere streak that the company wears like a badge of honor. Many Methods to Collaborative Madness 2011-02-23T00:23:36Z Her arm and leg span can seem to encompass the stage, and her mime, counteracting the wicked fairy Carabosse’s curse, was thrilling in its dramatic clarity and timing. Dance Review: ?The Sleeping Beauty? From American Ballet Theater 2010-06-15T22:47:00Z “I’m writing the keynote,” she said with a wicked grin, “and of course I’m not going to talk about women.” A Soprano Finds a New Voice: Conducting 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Otherwise, you might find yourself thinking, uneasily, of the play’s prescient moral, spoken by Sganarelle: “To have power and a wicked soul — that’s a terrible thing.” ‘Dom Juan’ Review: The Perks of Being a Professional Hypocrite 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z With gorgeous Southern California scenery, wicked humor and relentless action, "Savages" may have more commercial appeal than anything Stone has done in decades. 'Savages' boss Oliver Stone knows good weed 2012-07-05T18:14:09Z “But I know I enjoy playing them,” she said of her wicked characters. Ann Dowd Sails Around New York Harbor 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Now imagine you’re Sam Goldwyn sitting on top of his liability with half a movie in the can and one of the stars is suddenly famously wicked. Woody Allen Reviews a Graphic Tale of a Scandalous Starlet 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Hagman, now 80, is putting on his boots, his wicked grin and 10-gallon cowboy hat for a new version of the TV series, starting June 13 on cable channel TNT. Playing J.R. "like coming home," says Larry Hagman 2012-06-12T12:06:18Z No one brought more panache to wised-up crime, crime with a wicked sense of humor, than the late Elmore Leonard. 'Life of Crime' is true to mayhem and humor of Elmore Leonard 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z She retained her wicked humor to the end. Lauren Bacall, always the life of the party She was a wicked sorceress, she was not the wicked sister of “Melissa,” the good enchantress who restored the knights to their proper form. Fantasy, Fights and Love: 500 Years of ‘Orlando Furioso’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Other than some wicked renderings of certain politicians, his portraits are meant to be a tribute. Bradley Craft turns literary characters into caricatures 2012-02-18T00:26:31Z To get the attention of her older siblings, Ms. Handler developed a wicked, sarcastic sense of humor. I?m Chelsea Handler. And You?re Not. 2010-04-09T20:20:00Z And with that wicked little self-aware greeting, the only two black women on “Mad Men” set the tone. ArtsBeat: ‘Mad Men’ Watch: The (Madison Avenue) Gods Must Be Crazy 2014-04-21T15:12:21Z Mr. Twist, the wizard puppeteer who was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship last week, has a numinous touch that transforms the material — cloth, wire, plastic — into the fantastical, summoning otherworldly creations spiced with wicked worldliness. Review: In ‘Sisters’ Follies,’ Basil Twist Conjures Two Avant-Garde 1915 Benefactors 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Behind his shoulder, just beneath her unblinking plastic eyes, Narcissister’s mouth curled into a wicked, knowing smile. Up Close: The Mannequin Also Speaks: Up Close With Narcissister 2013-01-16T15:54:06Z But the show isn’t about wicked stepmothers or evil teens — everyone mostly gets along. What You Should Watch This Labor Day Weekend 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z It is impossible to say exactly how many of those cars first stopped at New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlet No. 76, but a bit of regional vernacular — “hella wicked many” — will suffice for an estimate. A Popular Vacation Stop? This New Hampshire Liquor Store Beckons 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z “But nothing was as good as beer. The fizz. The left hook of it. That wicked ka-pow.” Review: Sarah Hepola’s ‘Blackout,’ on the Darkness That Took Over Her Life 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z A talking snake, a forbidden apple and a curious woman did not cause children to be wicked or sinful. No God in our house: Challenges of an atheist parent 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z The marble show, a wicked romp through a couple of millennia of objects, figures and portrait busts, is riddled with alternating intimations of decadence and purity, the Classical and the grotesque. Art Review: Portraits From 16th Century and Sculpture at Sperone Westwater 2012-01-26T23:39:20Z The authors see Ahab’s determination as “the wicked core of his monomaniacal monotheism,” and they understand the novel as a stirring critique of the modern search for an existential foundation. Books of The Times: The Classics as the Antidote to Modern Malaise 2011-01-04T01:18:40Z Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters Though he has attracted countless eulogies in the two millenniums subsequent to his expiry, "phat", "sorted", and "wicked" are not adulatory terms traditionally associated with Jesus Christ. Christian teen camps are wicked, innit 2011-08-10T18:14:02Z The rooms offer an excellent view of Manhattan through the floor-to-ceiling window and high ceilings, and the beds are wicked comfortable! From matzo ball ramen to cacio e pepe orzo, here's how a travel writer eats through Brooklyn 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z How can such a mild-mannered, nice woman have such a wicked imagination that keeps inventing these fantastical characters over and over again?” Arts & Leisure: MoMA to Showcase Cindy Sherman?s New and Old Characters 2012-02-16T12:00:00Z I don't know if he is even able to be friends with me, he plays too many wicked games. Thomas Vinterberg – back in The Hunt 2012-11-22T20:00:01Z With a wicked sense of humor that reminds me of Scheier’s, Sidibe takes readers behind the scenes of another New York City childhood. What Is Your Obligation to a Difficult, Deceptive Parent? 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z After intermission, the play attempts to negotiate a wicked curve: the rapid-fire vignettes of Act 1 are replaced in Act 2 by a longer scene in the offices of a pharmaceutical company. What’s so funny about lettuce? 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Is she a wicked satirist, a social critic, a writer of rom-coms? Keeping Up With New Delhi’s 1 Percent in ‘The Windfall’ 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z While Yamashita's buoyant sense of humor and wicked wordplay are fully on display with these Austen tributes, it's a treat that is made sweeter by first traipsing through the first half of the collection. The best and boldest new must-read books for May 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z As for the wicked going unpunished, well, we keep our fingers crossed. Call House Of Cards artifice, but don't call it art 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z There are wicked music moguls cynically manipulating the hearts and minds of young teenagers so as to get them to part with their pocket money.” Long Live the Monkees! (or, Why “Honest” Music is Overrated) 2013-06-28T09:45:41Z That should assure that the young man never again uses the term “stepmother” without the prefix “wicked.” Social Q’s: Weight Off Your Mind 2013-09-05T22:48:20Z This referential incestuousness is one of the slightly wicked pleasures of Mr. Shakespeare’s book “Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France.” Books of The Times: In ‘Priscilla,’ Nicholas Shakespeare Looks at Family Mystery 2013-12-26T19:35:00Z The idea of the great film that embeds false, even wicked ideas goes at least back to D.W. The Zero Dark Thirty Argument: Why Deceptive Art Can Be Great 2012-12-11T16:10:11Z The two wicked stepsisters, both Seattle Opera Young Artists, certainly are great arguments for the worth of that program. A fast and funny ‘Cinderella’ at Seattle Opera | Review 2013-01-14T07:10:25Z As a rule, all actions on the big screen – wicked or otherwise – receive their appropriate reaction. Was Stephen King right to hate Stanley Kubrick's Shining? 2013-04-06T07:03:01Z This used to be the province of rock stars, of course, who once helped rally an entire generation around songs aimed at the nation’s most wicked anxieties and injustices. Perspective | Can protest rock still make noise in Trump’s America? 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z By today’s standards, unfortunately, the wicked fun and games Faustus and friends get up to don’t appear particularly naughty or even enjoyable. Review: ‘Doctor Faustus,’ All That Heaven Won’t Allow 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z With wicked humor and trashy but insistent rhythms, Riley keeps a lid on the preachiness. Album review: The Coup, 'Sorry to Bother You' 2012-11-05T17:11:00Z Such cleverness is in evidence throughout, along with a wicked sense of humor. Paul La Farge’s ‘The Night Ocean’ will suck you into the vortex of H.P. Lovecraft 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z That’s no longer the case, she says, partly out of economic necessity, and because young women “didn’t grow up with the sense that there was something inherently wicked about women participating in public life.” But I’m a good Mormon wife 2012-06-01T23:00:00Z In this horror noir, there are also ancient monsters, wicked whispers, and even ... tentacles. Proposing TV Adaptations of Comic Books 2014-02-07T21:31:53Z The fact that my nan lived to 91, retaining her marbles and wicked sense of humour, meant that we formed a bond that transcended the normal grandma-grandchild relationship. Why I’m tempted to contact my late nan on Facebook 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z I realized that the postwar Korean construct of the orphan was one that was kind of wicked, mischievous or rather shameful, someone who acted like they didn’t get a good family education. Patricia Park talks about her Korean American spin on Jane Eyre 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Through Tony, Gandolfini wrote the blueprint for the modern, complicated TV antihero; he took the wall between stand-up TV good guys and wicked bad guys and bashed it down with a baseball bat. James Gandolfini (1961-2013): As a Made Man, He Made TV Great 2013-06-20T03:07:05Z If a production gets this transformation scene right, the audience should be sold, and more than happy to follow Clara in her dream battle with the Nutcracker against the army of wicked mice. Cracking the Nutcracker 2012-12-18T15:42:00Z Morgan was evil, wicked and vile, the prosecutor said at trial. Death row teens: He’d committed a vicious murder at 16, but was he really incapable of change? 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z The men fall under her wicked spell without much protest, quickly becoming animalistic caricatures of masculinity. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger’ and ‘The Four: Battle for Stardom’ 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Put simply, though, attraction happens and shouldn't be dismissed as wicked. Pecs v performance: the flaws of attraction in theatre 2010-09-22T15:36:00Z It is a wicked untreatable condition that all too many people are suffering from. Jack Osbourne diagnosed with MS 2012-06-18T00:27:40Z The wicked magician Rothbart is transformed into the Queen of the Night, who has possibly had a liaison with the Prince’s father and is thus possibly the father of the black swan. Jean-Christophe Maillot Brings ‘Lac’ to City Center 2014-03-13T22:17:53Z For the first time, delighted at his own rare linguistic lapse, he bursts into a roar of infectious laughter, betraying a sense of wicked fun. Andris Nelsons 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z In the back a man brandishing a wicked little knife carves fish fillets. My European Ritual 2014-04-18T19:59:27Z That said, it would not be surprising if this film empowers women to take more responsibility and control like Cassie does rather than prompt men to reform their wicked ways. Revenge never tasted so deliciously venomous in the slick and twisty "Promising Young Woman" 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z I comforted myself with the sound of Gardner’s wicked laugh. How a trip to Mexico with a 1972 travel guide helped ease my broken heart 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z This is painting with the subversive edge of a contemporary fable, fresh from the imaginative depths of a wicked national treasure. At Tate Britain, Celebrating a Mischievous, Subversive Talent 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Handel was lucky to get, in Vincenzo Grimani’s gleefully wicked text, that rarity in opera history: a libretto with dramatic focus, ambivalent characters and worldly humor. Review: The Met Opera Is Handel’s House in ‘Agrippina’ 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z ABC said Tuesday she'll play a "wicked new housewife" as the series enters its seventh season. Vanessa Williams headed to 'Desperate Housewives' 2010-05-18T23:31:00Z It's a Lord of the Flies for our time, set in a west London tense with Muslim/Hindu/Sikh tensions, wicked mobile phones and the purest of friendships poisoned by the lure of money. Nikesh Shukla's top 10 Anglo-Asian books 2010-12-22T11:17:38Z This beautiful woman used to be married to which wicked and domineering husband, and has tried to cover the traces of which illegitimate baby? Pick of the week: Rapturous 19th-century soap "Mysteries of Lisbon" 2011-08-05T01:01:00Z I found it wicked satire, but some thought the shot at Obama went out of bounds. Lonnae O’Neal: Want to hear what blacks say when whites aren’t around? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z From Twain’s spare ur-text, the Steads created a 152-page illustrated story featuring talking animals, giants, dragons, a kidnapped prince and a wicked king. A Rediscovered Mark Twain Fairy Tale Is Coming Soon 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z It’s such a short time; there weren’t any wicked strong feelings. Date Lab has an adventure: A group date! 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z That the humor can be wicked and transgressive only makes the tragedy all the more touching in the end. L.A. Opera goes cutting edge in double bill of Purcell, Bartók 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z He's a Garde from a planet called Lorien, a planet that was destroyed by a wicked alien race called the Mogdorians, who ruined their own planet through their lack of care and ignorance. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore - review 2012-07-27T08:00:00Z It didn't take long for the story to snowball -- a tale of a wicked public figure too wrapped up in herself to spend a few moments with a sick child. The Barefoot Contessa's Make-a-Wish fiasco 2011-03-29T15:15:00Z And that frisson of danger is amplified by the sometimes wicked surrealism of the design. Scottish Ballet Alice ? review 2011-04-13T18:01:01Z With “Lone Star,” Fox offers a little of both: a con man who is wicked but endearing. Television Review: Two Lives, Two Loves, One Con Man 2010-09-19T17:08:00Z Something wicked does come, of course, slowly and at times with unsettling effectiveness. Movie Review: ?The Woman in Black? Starring Daniel Radcliffe 2012-02-02T17:15:11Z In her own destabilizing way, Headley vacillates between a wicked parody of privileged families and a tragic tale of their forgotten counterparts. Review | The most surprising novel this year is a modern-day ‘Beowulf’ minus the macho hero 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z It has a wicked gaiety but sorrow comes easily, too. Anne-Marie Duff: 'I wondered if I should lie about my background' 2013-05-19T05:00:03Z This frightening sounding garment, involving much bone, lace, elastic, metal and a heavy-duty zip, was advertised with the slogan: "It's simply wicked what it does for you". The Merry Widow; Britten Sinfonia 2010-10-23T23:06:00Z “Wait for me, I’m coming, in my garters and pearls/With what melody did you barter me from the wicked underworld?” After 16 Years in ‘Hadestown,’ Anaïs Mitchell Emerges With a New Album 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Mac is performing the full 24-hour version around the country; now that a toe has dipped into the water, someone should take the plunge and bring D.C. the entire wicked, beatific adventure. Review | The fabulous Taylor Mac gives D.C. a sample of his reinvented Americana 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z He is a bit wicked, this Professor X. His book-length expansion of the article, “In the Basement of the Ivory Tower,” is rippled with mellow sarcasm. Books of The Times: An Academic Hit Man Brings More Bad News 2011-04-05T21:12:11Z It’s not an attractive doll, and its menacing presence turns nice girls into wicked ones. The Uneasy Verse of Stevie Smith 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Everyone else, that is, with a wicked mind and an agile tongue. Remembering Joan Rivers: As If She'd Let Us Forget Her 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Frankly, I didn't give a tinker's same if Hillary was ‘funny, wicked and wacky’. The Walls That Hillary Clinton Created 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Turns out she's the captain's daughter; he brings her along for the crew to enjoy, have their wicked way with; it keeps them from fighting. TV Review: Call the Midwife 2013-01-20T21:00:01Z It's funny, with a wicked spirit about it, and in places quite anarchic. Eleanor Birne's top 10 books on motherhood 2011-03-30T15:44:16Z Just like a great dancefloor banger, the whole of “Friend of Mine” has its own macro-break two-thirds of the way through, a wicked bit of ambiance called “Sit Down, Satan.” DJ Dodger Stadium: House music and 'the hypnotic loneliness of L.A.' 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Characters are utterly generic and one-dimensional — the golden-haired princess, the wicked stepmother, the lucky third son. A newly discovered trove of unknown fairy tales: ‘The Turnip Princess’ 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Like much else in the show it is formally ingenious and a little wicked. Art Review | '185th Annual': Academy Gives Art Some Wiggle Room 2010-02-19T05:57:00Z These are the places where comedians “say wicked, crazy, silly, wrongful, delightful, upside-down, careless, offensive, disgusting, whimsical things.” Half-Truths, Non-Truths, and Louis C.K. 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z "Macavity" was a wicked irritating piece of music, despite the devilish fun of Billy's cat burglar Broadway number. Dancers, minus Alex Wong, mix things up on "SYTYCD" 2010-07-08T11:40:00Z The church believes that society has never been more wicked or more ignorant of what God requires of us and who He is. My day at Westboro Baptist: “Yes, Jesus hates you” 2013-03-24T11:00:00Z After gently suggesting that Comedy Central shouldn’t be “making a brother work today” on Martin Luther King Day, “Nightly Show” host Larry Wilmore persevered through a wicked cold to recap the “top-secret” Democratic Debate. Hillary Clinton “black friends” Obama: Larry Wilmore explains the Democratic debate strategy 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z While he is gone seven wicked sisters break into his apartment, see the myrtle and ring the bell. Old wives' tales 2010-05-14T23:00:00Z As voices of intolerance once again grow more shrill and confident, such tangible efforts are needed just as much as Dahl’s delightfully wicked stories. Perspective | Roald Dahl was anti-Semitic. Do we need his family’s apology now? 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z His Act 3 solo is in this version a wicked test of across-the-floor beats and in place high jumps, rivaling that of the Blue Bird solo. ABT's 'Sleeping Beauty' at Segerstrom a lush return to tradition 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Disney cleverly exploited Jolie’s otherworldly qualities – ethereally satanic probably best describes them – in this revisionist fairytale, in which Jolie plays the wicked witch from Sleeping Beauty with a considerably more sympathetic backstory. Every Angelina Jolie film performance – ranked! 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z She may have been playing a wicked witch, but Stickler’s effort was all good. As Broadway fights virus surge, unsung heroes find spotlight 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Milo, who went to L.A. to be an actor but had to settle for waiter gigs, has mastered the wicked banter of his kind. REVIEW: The Skeleton Twins: Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader Play Saturday Night Dead 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z As Aksenov notes: "Twenty evil and wicked men cruelly humiliate 40 women and torment them without being punished." Sovremennik and the gates of hell 2011-01-04T21:31:00Z He smiles his wicked smile and says, “Hello, Mr. Punch. And goodbye, Mr. Punch.” “Citizen Punch” 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z He needs Katrina to do some wicked magic on that big bell downtown, calling all sorcerers to the fold. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: 'Awakening' of Katrina 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Sheol is a place where all souls convene after death, whether they are righteous or wicked. Heinous history as potent muse in Underground Museum's 'Non-fiction' 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z In this cozy mystery with a wicked sting, 11-year-old Flavia de Luce — smart as the dickens and bracingly iconoclastic — investigates an itinerant puppeteer's murder in 1950s England. 14 best crime novels of 2010: Tana French, John le Carr? and more 2010-12-08T23:57:00Z Graham aces the film’s most wicked stabs of comedy, at no cost to his character’s seamy undercurrent of danger. For your consideration: this season's most overlooked film performances 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z With them go small brother Dicky, George from across the street and Alice, a maid with a wicked temper. When William Faulkner and Langston Hughes Wrote Children’s Books 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z One key challenge of the series is to bring Robinson's often wicked comedy vibe to a network family show. 'Mr. Robinson' is a mix of music and laughs for Craig Robinson 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z He cried for an hour, and my mom stomped through the house calling me wicked. I grew callaloo to spite my mom: How cooking a Jamaican dish healed old wounds, plus how to make it 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z He also plays a wicked cowbell solo, and enjoys wading into the crowd to connect with “the people.” Lollapalooza Day 2: Rain, retro and Eminem 2011-08-07T06:50:00Z His portrayal of a cranky, crafty former police officer with a great apartment and a wicked secret was one for the ages. Best and Worst Moments of the 76th Tony Awards 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Among the lower legions of the wicked were directors. The Young Vic hits middle age ? and discovers some grey areas 2010-10-20T12:04:00Z Continuing to be wicked, even in the face of a rewritten life, Zelena tells Regina that she's just like their mom, spiriting her away. 'Once Upon a Time': Maternal instincts aren't all alike 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z With wicked delight, Ms. Thede continued, “Unless they don’t do their jobs. I rule with an iron fist.” On ‘The Rundown,’ Robin Thede Is Filling a Void in Late-Night Talk 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z Wheatley's wonky account of contract killing and pagan curses looked like a film washed in from the underground; clammy, unstable and wicked to the core. Ben Wheatley's Sightseers brings English tourist trail to Cannes 2012-05-17T19:00:03Z Up ahead there are giant scorpions and the wicked Medusa, whose gaze can turn grown men to stone. Film review: Clash of the Titans 2010-04-01T22:15:00Z The premise has potential as a bit of wicked comeuppance. ‘Life Upside Down’ Review: Lotharios, Unmasked 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z But he may have expressed his personality, and wicked humor, best on the catwalk. Paris Fashion Week: John Galliano Exits the Way That He Entered 2011-03-02T22:09:23Z A scene is being reset and a prominent actor fills the waiting with wicked chat. Behind the scenes of Comic Relief’s Love Actually: Andrew Lincoln’s creepy cards return 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z “I imagined dark and moody — and wicked,” Mr. Ackerman said, adding that he had rejected both Blade and Atlas, “nice, but traditional,” florists. An ?Outsider? Blossom Upends the Flowerpot 2011-03-30T22:41:16Z You have done something wicked, but if society uses that to define you for the rest of your life, then society, too, is doing something wicked. A letter to … the friend who raped me 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z The leaders of Europe did something wicked and foolish, and ten million men died as a result. 'Fall of Giants': Ken Follett's suspenseful epic of five families in the 20th century 2010-09-24T20:21:00Z By the end of the film, surrendering to a wicked tune is no longer enough to release all the pent-up pressure. What “Babylon” Captured About Racism and Reggae 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Ms. Talese said she recognized her office colleague’s “wicked sense of humor.” Once an Editor, Now the Subject 2010-12-01T20:37:00Z The lovable curmudgeon pours his literary talents into vituperative letters of recommendation, which may not be appreciated by their fictional recipients, but provide wicked fun for readers. Dear Match Book: What Should I Read on My Summer Vacation? 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z At intervals, Vanessa would look over at me and smile this absolutely wicked smile, illuminating a sense of both mastery and farce. Dominatrix for a day 2012-11-04T01:00:00Z "You look at her and you think she's so poised and then something wicked comes out of her mouth." Actress Patricia Morison reminisces as 100th birthday nears 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z This time round, the chances of serious injury in any given show seemed greatly reduced, but Hoyle's biting satire, bravura costumes, wicked comic timing and compelling charisma remained intact. David Hoyle: divine director 2010-03-24T15:39:00Z If you’re wondering where all of this could be headed next, ask a young person who’s weathering the chaos with a wicked sense of humor. Review: In ‘Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!,’ He’s Too Hot to Live 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z All English novelists, it seems, have a deliciously wicked sense of humor, including Elizabeth Gaskell and Charlotte Brontë. Sylvia Nasar: By the Book 2012-08-10T14:14:08Z And former Oscar nominee Hathaway isn't just jaw-droppingly glamorous, she just happens to be a great little song and dance gal with a wicked sense of comic timing. Can Franco and Hathaway save the Oscars? 2010-11-30T16:12:00Z That Mueller guy is on a wicked “witch hunt,” though he’s been GOP his whole career … In short, there’s simply not a ripe-for-plucking spot to con the dumb and gullible like here in Trumpalot. Style Invitational Week 1287: Oldies for newsies — a song parody contest 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Here are these two Coopers: one wicked, one sweet; and one all-powerful while the other’s barely conscious of anything happening around him. ‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3, Episode 13: Starting Position 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z |
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