单词 | yarn-spinning |
例句 | Fishing was surely a better way of passing the time than yarn-spinning or playing I Spy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In his lectures to students, Nabokov insisted that novels contain story, lesson and magic, and that the great writer isn’t just a yarn-spinning entertainer or a moral educator but an enchanter. ‘The Shadow of the Crescent Moon,’ by Fatima Bhutto 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z The paper was a big fan of the novel at No. 8, Charles Portis’s “True Grit,” calling it “a western in a yarn-spinning tradition that goes back at least to Mark Twain.” What Did the Fiction Best-Seller List Look Like 25, 50, 75 Years Ago? 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z But Arney's staging preserves the essential yarn-spinning pleasure of the work. Reaching toward the light in 'The Night Alive' 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Such is the attire of Hoffmann, the mesmerizing raconteur whose fanciful yarn-spinning is at the center of Seattle Opera’s revival of composer Jacques Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffmann.” Costumes help tell ‘The Tales of Hoffmann’ at Seattle Opera 2014-04-23T19:38:37Z Americans will continue to buy clothing made overseas, but this year U.S.-made gained ground as more foreign-owned apparel makers invested in textile and yarn-spinning factories in this country, mainly in the South. Critic’s Notebook: Fashion in 2013: Runway, Red Carpet, Fashion Week and More 2013-12-27T21:59:28Z For Dylan, songs aren’t just artworks to be analyzed and explicated; they’re visions that beget visions, prompts for his own madcap and macabre yarn-spinning. Bob Dylan's new book is revealing, misogynistic and a special kind of bonkers 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Despite all the yarn-spinning, their identity remains up in the air and that fundamental question remains. Mixed bag: Erratic Pandemic Olympics come to a nuanced end 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Despite all the yarn-spinning around the Games, their identity remains up in the air and that fundamental question remains. Mixed bag: Erratic Pandemic Olympics wind to a nuanced end 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z Their annual tournaments — Nicklaus’s outside his hometown of Columbus, Ohio; Palmer’s outside his home of Orlando — were a combination of competition and yarn-spinning. Perspective | At the Masters, Tiger Woods walks in two worlds: Yarn-spinning legend and defending champ 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Gaines listened to their stories and, just as important, the cadences of their speech, absorbing details and yarn-spinning techniques that would be reflected in his books. Ernest J. Gaines, Novelist of ‘Miss Jane Pittman,’ Dies at 86 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z In recent years, Zhu has plowed more than $200 million into building two yarn-spinning facilities near Rock Hill, once a bastion of South Carolina’s cotton textile industry. Casualty of trade war: Chinese investments in U.S. grind to a halt, blocking new jobs 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z While it may be hard to remember in the heat of a debunking session, many conspiracy theorists' motives are noble, even if their yarn-spinning is not. Why do people believe the moon landing hoax or other conspiracy theories? 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Such yarn-spinning has been a staple of the “Bar Rescue” mythos since the beginning. ‘Bar Rescue’ host Jon Taffer discusses upcoming sixth season 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z Gorsuch’s signature move is to open his opinions with yarn-spinning summaries of the case that draw the reader in. Simply stated, Gorsuch is steadfast and surprising 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z But in its best moments, there's a yarn-spinning intimacy to it too - an old war story told around a spectacular campfire. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story receives warm reviews - BBC News 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Sheng Lu, an apparel and textiles expert at the University of Rhode Island, said the high capital intensity of modern yarn-spinning meant that American mills were becoming increasingly competitive. Chinese Textile Mills Are Now Hiring in Places Where Cotton Was King 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z There is a non-stop yarn-spinning loop at work here: practices lead to games, to intermission rants, to players in personal moments and to travel. TV Sports: With ?24/7,? HBO Builds on a Winning Formula 2012-01-01T22:20:07Z Next come cotton spinning and weaving, calico printing, yarn-spinning, dyeing and similar textile branches, besides a variety of other industries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Then one officer or another would read, and we’d have have some music or yarn-spinning, and altogether we were very sociable; and so matters went on till it got to be Christmas-day.” Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z But Billy must finish the tale—he is the more used to yarn-spinning. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story “Say, that puts me in mind of a story!” cried Shadow, who was noted for his yarn-spinning weakness. Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall But Mr. Bridges’ dialogue is nearly always bright, and his knowledge of the machinery of yarn-spinning excellent. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 "I'm afraid I'm a poor hand at yarn-spinning, doctor," said Weymouth, turning his blue, twinkling eyes in my direction. The Devil Doctor No tarring, greasing, oiling, painting, scraping or scrubbing but what is positively necessary, and no yarn-spinning but that of telling travellers’ tales, which seamen aptly describe as spinning yarns. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys So at last they returned to their own tent, to the yarn-spinning threshers and the silent old cowpuncher. Injun and Whitey to the Rescue "You are kind to be interested, and I am unfortunate in never seeing you save under circumstances unfavourable for yarn-spinning." The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf Judges would suspend business till "that Lincoln fellow got through with his yarn-spinning" or underhandedly would direct the usher to get the rich bit Lincoln told, and repeat it at the recess. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form And this delightful yarn-spinning was also dropped as he became more and more absorbed in his mathematical and other studies. Far Away and Long Ago Good-natured with feasting, and roused by the babel around him, he began yarn-spinning at the first hint. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days I suppose the gist of all your yarn-spinning is, that you have found a stranger prowling about the place. At the Mercy of Tiberius "I'm afraid I'm a poor hand at yarn-spinning, Doctor," said Weymouth, turning his blue, twinkling eyes in my direction. The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu |
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