| 单词 | brittle |
| 例句 | Mrs. Weasley had sent him a scarlet sweater with the Gryffindor lion knitted on the front, also a dozen home-baked mince pies, some Christmas cake, and a box of nut brittle. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z My tongue is a piece of leather in my mouth, my vocal cords brittle paper. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Craftsmen and artisans created items that were brittle rumors compared with his father’s iron facts. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The air had the brittle scent of October. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His nose was flat, his cheeks baggy with jowls, his hair grey and brittle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes I wanted it all to be a dream—the missal flung at the etagere, the shattered figurines, the brittle air. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The wind blows and the few dry, brittle leaves still hanging on to the trees rattle. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, yes, yes,” Dallben interrupted with a wave of his brittle hand. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “To serve, my lord,” he answered, his voice as brittle as the papers in his hands. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Something brittle and false seeped into her expression. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Her joints felt stiff and brittle, and her thinking was slow. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Even the soil, once rich and brown, had turned brittle and ash gray. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Not just old and ill fitting, but dinted, cracked, and brittle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Maester Luwin made a little boy of clay, baked him till he was hard and brittle, dressed him in Bran's clothes, and flung him off a roof. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her features were watery and indistinct, but he knew her voice: bright and brittle, like the thinnest layer of ice over a fast stream. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I virtually lived in the Room of Hidden Things all last year,” said Malfoy, his voice brittle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The resulting jangling, sparklingly dissonant sound, which is brittle, full of edgy attack and a kind of out-of-tune resonance, would have been - literally - unimaginable, even terrifying to audiences of the day. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z As August wore on, the square of unkempt grass in the middle of Grimmauld Place shriveled in the sun until it was brittle and brown. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His rivalry with Bridges and Sturtevant, his former lab partners from Columbia University, reached a brittle end point, and his relationship with Morgan, never warm, devolved into icy hostility. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z "Bad trouble, Brother; they trying to —" Then the harsh sound of breaking glass, distant, brittle and fine, followed by a crash, and the line went dead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice still had its brittle razor’s edge. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z What felt like the comforting bars of his pen gave way in brittle snaps. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The brittle stems of flowers crunched under her shoes, and the heat coming off the scorched earth stung her eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It smelled of brittle paper and of mimeograph ink and had not been dusted recently. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The hair came out between his fingers, brittle as straw. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "The battle is begun," Lady Tanda said in a brittle voice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mama’s voice was so quiet and thin that to Anya it seemed as brittle as the magic from earlier. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z And before you knew it, I had grabbed a fistful of the flowers by their brittle stems and began beating them against the ground. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Some lay in pieces: broken gears aller than a man, leather straps gone brittle with age, great vooden beams that were now explosions of white fungus, tuge as hedgerows. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was a yellowing, brittle, classroom-size map of the United States printed thick with potential destinations. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The torsion on the clamp snapped the strong composite like a brittle twig. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z However, I will say that the brittle and yellowing papers in the files constitute a fire hazard. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My father could only help her a little, apologizing, ‘My nephew is young and his bones are brittle.’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The answer was always there, tucked away within the brittle pages of that closed book—Papá. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Then he found a termite in my hair and got distracted, not returning his attention to me until its brittle waving legs were crunching between his teeth. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It was so old and brittle from the heat that it burst wide open, sending a wave of papers onto the floor. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Her sadness was quiet and brittle, like a fallen leaf. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The magic was dusty and brittle, and if she put too much pressure on it, it would snap. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z They had dry, brittle wings like corn- husks, and tufts of white hair like corn silk. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He found his place near to the road, a little clearing where deer might have lain, and it was curtained thickly with the dry brittle trees that lined the road. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a pound box of Loft’s peanut brittle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel something strange in one, something brittle and crumbly wrapped in paper. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “He doesn’t understand yet,” Pris said in a sharp, brittle, stentorian voice, “how we got off Mars. What we did there.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z As if I did not know how thin and brittle he had grown! Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Her lackluster, brittle hair rippled with life and shine. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It was also notoriously brittle, necessitating the almost continual repair of the school’s fleet of shells. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Havermeyer grinned at the colonel’s intervention and shoved another piece of peanut brittle inside his face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My voice is so dry I'm sure my words are going to crumble into thousands of tiny, brittle pieces. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The edges of the drawings were yellowed and brittle, but they were all beautiful, and they were all by Georges Melies. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Every now and then a brittle piece of paper would flake off, and we’d all gasp. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z First, because it’s insulting, especially to Holly and the brittle sense of professionalism that keeps her going through sickness and injury. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When she spoke again, her voice was harsher and more brittle than before. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z If it had been possible, he would have gone by horse, but his bones were far too brittle to attempt such a thing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His skin was so soft, his hands warm and wide, knuckles bruised and torn with brittle scabs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Oh, hello, Harry,” she said in a brittle voice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Look at this,” she said, handing me a copy of a brittle old letter. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When Holmes left them, they appeared crestfallen, their demeanor suddenly brittle and snappish. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The red clay flats had dried into brittle curls where the standing water had been baked out by the sun. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Through lips as white and brittle as a swallow’s egg, Jacob said, “I suppose someone was careless with their cooking fire.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They were all in a small clearing completely surrounded by thick oak trees and towering pines—older ones that hadn’t been completely consumed by the sun flares—standing on dry, brittle undergrowth. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Archer was on the mainmast, and the sun shone through the brittle sticks of his hair, turning them gold as sheaves of wheat. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Then she came on another box with a lot of brittle old tissue paper inside. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z His face bore little resemblance to the one on the Wall of Fame, with little webbed feet around a pair of eyes that looked like brittle coals. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She is carrying a basket with an unplucked chicken, four lemons, and a brittle garlic clove. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was too early for them to have fruit, so Nhamo paid them little attention until she noticed a stealthy noise in the dry, brittle leaves that littered the ground. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The lack of rain I saw in 12 has damaged the plants here as well, leaving some with brittle leaves, building a crunchy carpet under our feet. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z His eyes were pale yellow and his teeth so brittle and transparent that they seemed pale and yellow also. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z As Groundsel had said, it was plainly thin—brittle as ice on a puddle—chalk, pebbles and light soil. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You didn’t know how persuasive Jeanine was—” Something inside me snaps like a brittle rubber band. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z With this brittle precis of her obligations he left the table and went toward the bedroom. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The leaves are inferior and the sticks are brittle. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Snapping is easy when you’re already brittle from the worst possible thing happening. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Holly managed to extricate her fingers a nanosecond before they snapped like brittle spaghetti. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The wall hangings were green with mildew, the mattress musty-smelling and sagging, the rushes old and brittle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Their voices faded as they took the bend in the path and vanished among the brittle vines and green ferns. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The raw brittle language of the streets makes a hell of a lot more sense to me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes Rasheed brought home sardines in a can and brittle, dried bread that tasted like sawdust. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z They were brittle and peeling—smaller than I remembered, too—and looking at them now, as an almost adult, it struck me how blatant the fakery was. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The fetid stench that had hung over the city for weeks was gone, replaced with brittle, pure air. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z However, humans appeared on the stage at just this critical juncture and pushed the brittle ecosystem into the abyss. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The route led down into a wooded valley with a chuckling stream edged with brittle ice, which the path followed for perhaps half a mile before taking us steeply up into denser woods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't much of a noise, just a brittle croaking. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z What was needed was a revolution, a reversal of the ancient, brittle roles we’d been playing out since my childhood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Is that what I do?” she asked, her voice coming out brittle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Her bones felt thin and brittle, and her breath rattled in her chest. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The farther they went, the brighter and noisier it became, and with every step Sefia felt Archer growing more and more tense beside her, until he seemed hard and brittle as glass. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We walk from door to door, our brown paper grocery bags filling with candy apples, popcorn balls, peanut brittle, chanting at each door: Shell out! Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It feels brittle, like a dry leaf in autumn. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She rubs her eyes and winces out a brittle laugh. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z From the sight of Mirjam on the bridge, and the sound of a gunshot in the still night, and the look on Mrs. Janssen’s face, brittle and resigned, in her doorway. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Its walls were too thin and were made of a type of steel much too brittle to hold so much molasses. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z And then she sat there, never having felt this brittle before, waiting to calm down, waiting for the nightmare to end, slowly and desperately and like a little child shaking her head. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Something cold and brittle wrapped itself around my chest, forcing me back out of the haze of smoke once I confirmed Zu wasn’t in either car. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Doreah grew gaunt and hollow-eyed, and her soft golden hair turned brittle as straw. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I knew it was you,” the santera says, clapping her hands with brittle twig fingers when she finds Celia on her doorstep. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Six: I bought my drugs from a jittery, bug-eyed typesetter whose brittle, prematurely white hair was permed in such a way that I couldn't look at her without thinking of a late-season dandelion. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Black roses bloom in the moonlight, born dead and brittle. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I stare out the window and study the brown and brittle land. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Havermeyer was hiding there in a squat He was eating peanut brittle, and his pimples and large, oily pores looked like dark scales. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My stoop made me appear brittle with age. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They would die here, of that Laila was sure now, but what she really dreaded was that she would outlast Aziza, who was young and brittle. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Narcissus was nocking an arrow, but it was so old and brittle, it broke into splinters. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Such a small, brittle girl — I did not expect it.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “A game with those hoops,” Nico explained, though his voice was brittle. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They were too short and too brittle, but the action gave me something to do and I did not have to look at her. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z His frame had withered, wrinkled skin hung off his face, his hair stuck out in brittle clumps, and he'd lost his top front teeth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I don’t mean to imply I felt as if I stood on brittle ice about to give way beneath me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Havermeyer had tiny bits of peanut brittle adhering to his lips, chin and cheeks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z There was something brittle about her, and he feared she would snap apart at the slightest touch; she had thrown herself so fiercely into this, the erasing of memory, that it would destroy her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The yellowed paper felt brittle in my hands. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z That from somewhere inside that brittle shell—in that girl made vacant by the fiction of invincibility—there was a spark left. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Alakazam!—and her face went blank, her mouth closed, her arms went slack, and she backed out of the room, stunned, as if she were blowing away like a small brown leaf, thin, brittle, lifeless. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z But the bricks had been laid a little too skillfully, and the wood work was not as brittle and chipped as it should have been. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Lady Selyse was on his left, flashing a smile as bright and brittle as her jewels. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A dark, brittle ash flew in the air like dying moths. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It’s a little notebook, the pages brittle as fallen leaves. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Night’s elbows rested on the water, and falling stars glanced off its brittle shards. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the only thing that appeared three-dimensional about Boori Ma was her voice: brittle with sorrows, as tart as curds, and shrill enough to grate meat from a coconut. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Heat snapped mirrors like the brittle winter ice. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you might stop by today,” he said with a brittle cheerfulness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But the posters were flapping and twisting around, and the brittle edges of the paper were beginning to split and tear. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Her nerves were especially brittle with the rise in the humidity. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She found the braid coiled inside her mother’s old dress and slid her fingers along it, stroking the brittle fringe at the end. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Cho-chup! went the pestle into the mortar, crushing the brittle chillies and the seeds in them. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z There had been a brittle quality to her, something unyielding, a young person who carried about her a premonition of old age. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z As the wind freshened from the south, the red and yellow beech leaves rasped together with a brittle sound, harsher than the fluid rustle of earlier days. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing in each was a withered old woman, so dried up and brittle they reminded Piper of mummies—except mummies didn’t normally move. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I could hear the brittle staghom coral snapping off against our bow as the sail dragged us up and onto a reef. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The farmers’ market at the Civic Center parking lot is a great spot because they give you samples, things like honey in a straw or peanut brittle. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Actually, the chaplain was almost good-looking, with a pleasant, sensitive face as pale and brittle as sandstone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The face one shows him he invariably reflects back at one, creating the illusion of warmth and depth when in fact he is brittle and shallow as a mirror. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I fingered the notes, so small and brittle. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z No matter how far back Ned searched in the brittle yellowed pages, always he found the gold yielding before the coal. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Of course not,” I echo, but something hard and brittle twists inside my chest as I say goodbye. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Some of them were too lax, some too brittle, some careless, some too firm, some inconsistent. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We shouldn’t have much difficulty with him, not after the kappas. The trick is to break his grip. You notice the abnormally long fingers? Strong, but very brittle.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I was preparing to move away, to let my mother and sister say goodbye, when he coughed—a brittle, rasping hack that sounded like crepe paper being crinkled. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Ambrose turned back to me, his smile bright, brittle, and by no means friendly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The Director lets out a raw, brittle laugh. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Then he kicked the brittle brush down in the area so he could find his marker again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She was a small, almost hipless girl of twenty-five, with styleless, colorless, brittle hair pushed back behind her ears, which were very large. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z We walked over the brittle grass and when we came to the pond, Maribel crouched down and laid her hand against the surface. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The great wolf’s eyes softened at the sight of the little wolves, then quickly hardened into brittle yellow jewels as he scanned the flat tundra. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard voices mumbling behind the brittle walls. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It continued driving the fire through the heart of Chicago, devouring churches, banks, publishing houses and printers, breweries, grain elevators, lumberyards, and department stores as if they were constructed of brittle hay. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z When she was soaking wet, I could see just how thin and brittle she really was. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Hers are the brittle gray of broken glass, but Elias’s, with their ring of dark lashes, are a deeper hue, like the thick heart of a storm cloud. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She was lean, hard muscle, where Reek was loose, grey skin and brittle bones, a white-haired starveling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You can pass on or you can stick around. You’ll have company,” Ophie said, her heart feeling brittle as she looked at the ghost. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The ice ached and groaned, like old bones carrying too many years, brittle and threatening to snap at any moment. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Rahel, on the other hand, was wide awake, fiercely vigilant and brittle with exhaustion from her battle against Real Life. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She had green eyes and sharp bones in her face, and hollow cheeks, and there was something brittle in her reticence that suggested strong will and a temper easily lost. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A scream echoed through the forest night, and the longsword shivered into a hundred brittle pieces, the shards scattering like a rain of needles. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “That it must be oiled now and then or it will get brittle, and pieces will break off.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And grandmother and granddaughter faced one another with thin, brittle smiles. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was brown like a fallen leaf, and brittle with age. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Search her,” came a man’s voice, dry and brittle as bones. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In the cold of February it looked brittle and tight, and when I saw it I had a strange urge to throw a blanket over it and warm its insides. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z When the drumsticks were sucked clean and lay brittle upon the plates, the captain leaned back and exhaled his deep satisfaction. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them smiled, hard and brittle, as if enjoying a particularly good joke. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That a girl so brittle and domineering should be brought this low by a couple of nine-year-old boys seemed wondrous to Briony, and it gave her a sense of her own power. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I rise, and her fingers, brittle as branches, close around my arm. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z There was the letter^ written on rice paper, fast fading after all these years, as brittle as old leaves in winter. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then Lee Chong sent his boxed and brittle grandfather over the western sea to lie at last in ground made holy by his ancestors. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He slipped his gloves out of his jacket pocket and took hold of the boughs gently, remembering that it was an old tree and the limbs were brittle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He knew that she had been born with brittle bones, and that she got fractures easily, and that two of her six children and two of her grandchildren also had the condition. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They both looked too brittle; she didn’t like it, the way fatigue was ringing their eyes in dark circles. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z There was something here, some truth buried in these brittle yellow pages, if only he could see it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Thick limbs at its center were brittle and white. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He'd tried to screw it through the serpent's pupil, but the lens was too tough and the coral too brittle. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “If ye have something worth buying, bring it. Those are old and brittle. They’re worthless.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “In a way,” he said, and held out the paper, which was brittle and yellowed with age. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He was only twelve then, but he could have been twenty-two: his quick-fire intelligence was already being cooled by gravity, the brittle self-assuredness of adolescence already annealing into the self-confidence of adulthood. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “So!” she said, with a bright, brittle smile, the strain beginning to tell in her voice. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was, in his voice, a brittle edge. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The source of his brittle elation was the relative smallness of his misfortune. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The slope was littered with brittle dead logs and broken branches, the debris of many cold, windy winters. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With all my strength, I batted at her with the brittle rake. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z When it moved, it cut the air with a brittle sound. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The grass in our new yard was as brown and crunchy as peanut brittle. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The brittle label read Kentucky’s Finest Bourbon Whiskey and showed a picture of a curvetting thoroughbred. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Later, after the brittle splinter of shattering glass, Susan said she knew he didn’t mean to flirt but he must understand that people were horribly presumptuous and the gossip here was vicious, just vicious. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then slyly, the fife music slid into a playful tune, poking, plucking at their brittle senses. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The envelope, now brittle with age, felt dry and cold to the touch. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The envelope was light and brittle in Joseph’s hand. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Scatter with the pomegranate seeds and the brittle and serve. Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for celeriac 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z I found a certain amount of solace in Mark Kishlansky’s concise, elegant “Charles I,” in which a king with a brittle ego and a distaste for being contradicted gets his head chopped off. The Books We’re Turning to Now 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Her onscreen persona is so likable – charismatic but not intimidating, witty but not brittle – that I'd assumed it would translate into real life. Leslie Mann: 'If I don't have a creative outlet, I implode' – interview 2013-02-16T22:00:02Z Ltd. about the struggles of two Chinese families afflicted by the rare brittle bone disease. International Emmy nods: Haiti orphans, refugees 2012-08-22T18:16:04Z The tone is brittle; the annoyances seem petty. A Novel Explores What Happens When Adoption Means Maladaptation 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z “This was alive,” he continued, referring to the brittle tree. How a Rundown 19th-Century Stone Farmhouse Became a Cozy Family Retreat 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Brought together by the Library of America, these stories are often about well-heeled WASPs living on the Upper East Side or in exurbia, the world of Martini-drinking executives and their bored, brittle wives. Edmund White's top 10 New York books 2011-01-12T12:24:11Z In adapting it to the stage, Mr. Hampton opened up the events described into a luxurious indoor battlefield, in which combatants exchange brittle epigrams and coded innuendos. Review: ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ Uses Love as a Weapon 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z But the shenanigans never quite soar as intended in this brittle comedy. "Skios": Michael Frayn's novel of mistaken identity on a Greek island 2012-06-27T20:30:09Z The style of each section is different, and this one is essentially a pageant with a brittle narrative strung through it, with neither the charm of the homemade nor the polish of the professional. Review: A Cast of 87 Sounds a Climate Change Alarm 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z But chocolate chip cookie brittle is a whole other story. 16 chewy-crispy-buttery cookies for Fourth of July (and any other day!) 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z The song’s chord progression could have come from the 1950s, but its production is as contemporary as its brittle attitude. Miley Cyrus and Brandi Carlile’s Raw Duet, and 9 More New Songs 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z She is just a brittle white lady, still herself, still my mom, but gradually slipping away in comfortable, torturous loneliness. Home alone: A New Year unlike any other, tinged with grief and loneliness — and hope 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z She is now a brittle and beautiful 26-year-old single mother with big eyes and a sad smile. The Bachelorette Watch: Emily Maynard Meets Her 25 Boyfriends 2012-05-15T12:30:08Z When the novel begins, in nineteen-sixties England, she is a young homemaker with the personality of a lace doily: decorous, brittle, self-consciously antiquated. Doris Lessing’s “The Fifth Child” and the Spectre of the Ambivalent Mother 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z The brittle, attenuated feeling of this album becomes wearying, like a three-course meal of nothing but grapefruit. New Music: New Releases From Travis Porter and Melody Gardot 2012-05-28T22:04:52Z It could be that the wiring is European, in which case it is not compatible with U.S. voltage, or it could be that the wire is dried out and brittle — a potential fire hazard. Before you buy a vintage light fixture, there are a few things you need to know 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z “They break so easily, so brittle, yet they are beautiful and everlasting,” he explained. Arthur Simms and the Skin of Disparate Objects 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z To the right is a gallery devoted to the Italian Futurists and their clattering, brittle paintings, and a wall covered with some of their magical language drawings. Art Review: ‘Inventing Abstraction: 1910-1925,’ at MoMA 2012-12-20T22:03:36Z Johan Wieth explosively conjures brittle melodies and clankingly metallic chords, but handles his guitar with all the outward joy that a mechanic might a spanner. Iceage – review 2013-02-27T17:47:07Z “Hard stones like marble are brittle, so if you hit a 90-degree corner with something hard, it will chip,” he says. AD’s guide to marble countertops 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z His brittle greeting-card style and indifference to paint are apparent here in works representing some of his best-known series: flayed figures, strutting roosters, scary clowns, stingrays and tarot-card skeletons in Renaissance dress. 11 Galleries to Visit Now on the Upper East Side and in Harlem 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Instead of being made from whipped instant coffee, the dalgona candies people are making are thin brittle pieces made from melted sugar. 'Squid Game' viewers start dalgona candy challenge on TikTok, here's how you can make it at home 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z She was brittle, winsome and sociable: “The only person in the world who could be charming while she was throwing up,” Korda’s uncle, the director and producer Alexander Korda, told him. Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier’s Turbulent Relationship, Retold With Compassion 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z This painting is a pearl of the Rococo style, which its delicate alternation of crisp, even brittle textures and floods of moist colour typifies. National Gallery buys 18th century painting that praises Islam 2013-06-28T14:42:40Z Nut brittles are often broken into random pieces, from slabs to crumbs. Alex Guarnaschelli’s Variation on Summer Corn 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z What could have passed for linguine, with the exception of its faint crunch, was made more compelling with a scattering of cotija — the Parmesan of Mexico — and crushed sesame seed brittle. Review | Rooster & Owl is D.C.’s most exciting restaurant debut this year 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z That constant elasticity is part of what grounds Mr. Harris’s dances, where nothing is brittle, and the history of hip-hop — in the joints and the limbs — lives on in an unceasing groove. Rennie Harris Puremovement and ‘A Batalha do Passinho’ 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Yet Mottola turns their talents to the most distinctive angles, letting Hamm’s deceit play as itself deceitful, giving Gadot a fierce sense of commitment that borders on camp, and letting Fisher’s brittle energy turn fierce. “Keeping Up with the Joneses” and the Marketing of Cinematic Charisma 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Michelle David is excellent as Celia, the brittle and bitter sister who cared for her parents when the self-absorbed Amy fled to college in willful ignorance of pandemonium back at home. Theater Review: Richard Masur in ‘This Is Fiction,’ at Cherry Lane Studio Theater 2012-06-20T23:00:16Z As a result, the actors don’t always succeed in keeping the brittle edges of their characters from seeming too pronounced. | 'We Live Here: ?We Live Here? by Zoe Kazan at City Center - Review 2011-10-13T02:01:11Z Don't disparage the bay leaf if you're using expired, brittle, flavorless bay leaves; try a fresh one and you'll immediately recognize its subtle power. Sorry, Ina, you're wrong this time: The subtle power of the bay leaf 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z A particular magazine catches my eye, and I open its brittle full-color pages to see the title of the story: “Curse of the Creator.” Lessons from My Father 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The cast handles the brittle epigrams with the assurance of veteran fencers while conveying the anxious restlessness that plagued London’s bright young things in the post-World War I era. Theater Review: ‘Medea,’ Kathleen Turner and Noël Coward on London Stages 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z The tuna is topped with a chip of curried peanut brittle and spooned over shiso leaves; you pinch the leaf and pop it in your mouth, where good things start to happen. A Chef Draws a Map of the World, With Africa at the Center 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The ink is fading, and the pages are becoming more and more brittle. How to preserve a notebook that has sentimental value 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Her Emma is an unhappy beauty who can be emotionally transparent one minute, brittle and unreadable the next. Press views: Weisz and Craig in Betrayal 2013-11-04T11:37:56Z That is the premise of Somerset Maugham's whiplash 1920s comedy, revived by Philip Wilson with an eye and ear for its brittle, sometimes savage wit. The Constant Wife ? review 2011-02-16T18:20:18Z They look calculated, undeveloped and fussily brittle, even kitschy. Art in Review: Ali Banisadr: ‘Motherboard’ 2014-04-17T21:07:43Z Large wooden baskets affixed to the wall are filled with handmade caramels in flavors like sweet licorice and chocolate coconut, while shelves display tempting confections, such as peanut brittle and vanilla fudge. In Copenhagen, Shops with Studios Attached 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The sound is overly reverberant, and some climaxes turn brittle; still, Ms. Argerich’s dazzling technique and penetrating engagement sweep away any reservations. Music Critics? Picks for Chopin Bicentennial 2010-05-27T21:03:00Z Blackshaw's measured approach to the finales, too, saved them from the brittle brilliance from which they so often suffer. Christian Blackshaw – review 2013-01-07T18:23:54Z There’s a brittle scrap of paper on which I tried to compute how long this torture would drag on if I got through, say, 48 pages a day. Perspective | Summer reading shouldn’t be a chore 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The first, set in an otherwise empty restaurant trembles with violent comedy as, under Cynthia’s brittle guidance and escalating impatience, the family changes tables several times. ‘Archipelago,’ a Drama by Joanna Hogg 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Mata Hari is a speaking role, here inhabited by Tina Mitchell, who plays it with coiled tension and brittle haughtiness. Review: ‘Mata Hari,’ a Different Kind of Queen of the Night 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z It was brittle and lined with permanent creases when it was acquired and is now so fragile that it will likely disintegrate if handled. Iconic 'Gone With the Wind' dress faded forever 2011-07-20T11:31:05Z Front and center is Nancy Reagan, who comes off as publicly brittle but privately fragile, seemingly always on the brink of despair as she tries to protect her husband from everyone. ‘Finale’ review: A novel of the Reagan years that’s packed with real-life barbs 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z First there’s the production, which is contemplative and sometimes lush but never brittle or bombastic, as is the vogue for so much Southern hip-hop of the day. 8Ball’s Album ‘Life’s Quest’ Returns to Classic Southern Rap 2012-08-10T14:00:57Z But the overall effect is to make an already brittle play seem stilted. Betrayel – review 2012-05-23T17:31:26Z Baby Carrot Soup The nutty flavor of sesame or benne seeds is best enjoyed in brittle. Best Recipes from 2010 2010-05-03T14:55:00Z But if you're considering going through the motions this year with some halfhearted batch of brittle, let me urge you now to take that pressure off yourself and the folks on your gift list. Personal, no-bake honey rum balls are too good to give away 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Two initial movements engaged the soloists in volleys of brittle one-upmanship, with no small show of athleticism from the constantly sprinting Mr. Currie. Music Review: New York Philharmonic’s Contact! Series at the Met 2012-06-10T22:10:56Z His hugely influential early production style found the sonic equivalent, deploying lush, nostalgia-triggering samples of vintage R&B hits and gospel affirmations against brittle new beats. Kanye West Writes a Song of Himself on ‘Ye’ 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Forty years on, Szapocznikow's brittle sculptures, which oscillate between joy and abjection, remain difficult to unpack. Alina Szapocznikow: Sculpture Undone, 1955–1972 – review 2012-10-09T11:32:42Z Drill represents a shift from the socially conscious rap of hometown heroes like Common, Lupe Fiasco, and Kanye West to a more brittle and minimalist sound with lyrics that depict neighborhood violence. Chicago residents fighting back against Spike Lee and the Chiraq moniker 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z This results in that perfect bite: a mix of smooth, even custard, buttery crust and brittle, baked nuts. Costco has giant pecan pies that weigh more than four pounds 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z The Blue Ribbon Cooking & Culinary Center offers a cooking class on all things bacon from stirring an Old Fashioned cocktail with bacon infused bourbon to making crème caramel with bacon brittle. 13 of the week's top entertainment events 2012-02-15T22:44:04Z And as such, it's forgettable, brittle as a fossil. "Jurassic World: Dominion” is not a movie. It's a museum 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Ms. Ebersole, blithe and brittle, is equally formidable in a lighter vein. Review: In ‘War Paint,’ Sing a Song of Face Creams 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Dameron’s most compelling writing presses sharply on these brittle beds of shame. ‘Had I Catfished My Wife?’: A Debut Midlife-Crisis Memoir 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z But I will watch it for another reason: because Hobbs & Shaw is shaping up to be one of the most hilariously brittle willy-waving contests in living memory. Fragile masculinity: why no one in the Fast and Furious films can lose a fight 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z It’s a little salty, crunchy but not brittle, more substantial than you expect, and highly chewable. What Has New York Pizza Been Missing? Little Old Rhode Island 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z For this recipe, I've taken Smitten Kitchen's "magical" oat brittle, made of just two ingredients, and amped it up with chocolate. Turn your Halloween candy into this 3-ingredient granola 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z In a picture that’s constantly in danger of being ground down by its own gloom, the brittle lightness of Eisenberg’s high-strung savant is a relief. Review: Superheroes Duke It Out in 'Batman v Superman' 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z A brilliant actress but making more "brittle" choices. Review: ‘The Present’: Even in Russia, It’s Hard to Turn 40 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z In earlier eras they also went on the linen, which became a brittle shell. Melvin the Mummy, Rewrapped, at Brooklyn Museum 2010-05-06T22:57:00Z If I were to ask you to describe the physical characteristics of chocolate, chances are you might think of a dark, shiny and brittle bar that slowly melts in the mouth. Bean-to-cup: Where hot chocolate comes from 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z “Honestly, whether it’s fudge, brittle, toffee, taffy . . . texture is probably about 70 percent of what we’re sensing when we enjoy it.” How sugar transforms into a variety of tasty treats: A short and sweet explanation 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Elisabeth Moss and Dominic West ride shotgun as, respectively, a brittle journalist who keeps a pet chimpanzee and a preening conceptual artist whose address is interrupted by a heckler with Tourette syndrome. Cannes 2017 – the best of week two 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z But “Manly Health” is brittle where “Leaves of Grass” is supple, nervous where “Leaves of Grass” is unencumbered. Lessons on Male Insecurity (and Indigestion) from Walt Whitman’s Men’s-Health Column 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Toward the end, their hand and arm gestures take a brittle turn into fists and sharp elbows; their walks become jerky, slipping from one direction to the next. Review: Dancers Fighting for Their Place in a Dystopian World 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z To Aurelia were addressed odd letters, written with a rictus of brittle cheer, offered as proof of health, happiness and sanity. In New Volume of Sylvia Plath’s Letters, a Marriage Falters and Masks Fall Away 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z But the angle that matters the most is the brittle, brilliant music, played by an ensemble of eight musicians, the sound heavily weighted toward piano and percussion. L.A. Opera lets Ingmar Bergman's film 'Persona' sing 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Coward’s patter songs revel so unabashedly in their own preening turns of phrase that they invite a performer to adopt a brittle, supercilious tone. Music Review: Channeling the Smart Set, but Hold the Snobbishness 2010-03-01T22:52:00Z As a brittle, waspish author, Kidman was horribly uncompromising, alienating everyone around her and some critics too, who just found it all a bit too nasty to watch. Nicole Kidman: five best moments 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Instead, the text fragments, veiled by a gauzy haze of strings, appear like brittle remnants of a ritual half-forgotten. Classical Playlist: Rihm, Brahms, Glass and Messiaen 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z It wound up being just can of peanut brittle, the joke being, “Oh no, Karen.” Why “The President Show” may be here for the long haul 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Other critics found Merrill’s poetry brittle, neurotic and showy, Mozartian if not outright Martian. Review: ‘James Merrill: Life and Art,’ a Literary Biography 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Beneath the movie’s brittle surface and plodding plot, madness and hysteria roil. ‘The Pale Blue Eye’ Review: Stolen Hearts and Tortured Minds 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z These paintings are rare and valuable and rather brittle; several major loans were promised to New York or Los Angeles but not both, while other Holbeins could not travel because of pandemic restrictions. Hans Holbein: Truth in Painting 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z But what if, instead of being harsh, matte and brittle, the music felt curvy, colorful and bouncy, as if the songs themselves were made out of Nerf? Best music of 2018: Serpentwithfeet has a voice unlike any other 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z The cultural chestnuts evoked include “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” “Nosferatu,” early Frankenstein films and the brittle, hectic artifice of silent films in general. Art in Review: JOHN BOCK: ?In the Shadow of the Maggot? 2011-08-04T22:00:07Z Gift shop:There are the requisite books, for children and adults, and coffee cups, but the museum also features Virginia-made food, including peanut brittle, zucchini relish, hickory syrup, butter mints and more. Woodrow Wilson’s birthplace: A 4,000-square-foot manse 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Entrails mix with the scatological earthiness of ordure on surfaces textured like brittle skin. Review: Michaela Eichwald at Overduin & Co. 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z He pushed the pop/noise/hook/distortion matrix further in a set that started with pure animosity — drone and dissonance — and ended up euphoric and spattered with brittle noise. Review: PC Music and Sophie in a High-Concept Extravaganza at BRIC House 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Self-possessed, which is a kinder way of saying brittle. 'I hope I was evil ?' 2010-06-26T23:02:00Z Marsh's brittle, plaintive sound and outwardly methodical constructions disguise a warmth and an energetic intelligence. Lee Konitz/Warne Marsh: Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh 2010-07-15T21:31:00Z And when the calendar said spring was here, the kitchen was ready with asparagus tossed with tender, slick fettuccine and brittle crinkles of sautéed pancetta. Adventure (Try a Goat’s Head?) Is Still on the Menu at Babbo 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z They were already pretty brittle, so this step was easy. Bitter cacao nibs and bleeding hands: My 10-day chocolate-making nightmare 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z The lead – brittle, babbling, blithe Midge – is framed as a saint, but somehow manages to steamroller everyone else. Sorry episodes: the most disappointing TV shows of 2018 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Most songs here moan about brittle young relationships over the musical equivalent of bringing an amiable golden retriever along for an unhurried jog. Review: The Chainsmokers Find That Pop Is an Awkward Fit 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Ms. Hudson’s performance, with its brassy and brittle notes, and its counterfeit hauteur, comes perilously close to cartoonish. Review: In ‘Marshall,’ a Legal Pioneer Gives History a Shove 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z In 2010, he looked back to that workshop smash and created the first of his brittle steel bars, Replaying the Mistake of a Broken Hammer. Artist of the week 176: Raphael Hefti 2012-02-09T13:32:00Z From its first moments Applegate’s brittle real estate agent Jen is mired in rage over the unfathomable concept that someone ran down her husband and drove off, leaving him to die. Smart Watch: Netflix's "Dead to Me" goes down easy, if you don't think about it too much 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z Here’s the thing about most first graders: they are brittle, accusatory and rule-obsessed. Motherlode Blog: It’s Not a ‘Problem.’ It’s Called Being a Child. 2013-08-25T12:43:08Z Tracks tick and pulse with the tensest kind of minimalistic repetition, and when piano and bell tones appear, they’re usually brittle, not cozy. Nine Inch Nails Faces the Pandemic With Hope, Despair and Noise 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z When Thompson sang “Gas,” about soldiers confronting poison gas for the first time, sustained strings switched to brittle pizzicato, conveying the sudden feeling of being unable to breathe. Big Ears Festival: 15 Performances That Soothed, Jolted and Intrigued 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z “We’ve been very careful to insert material below the flake to hold it in place — we couldn’t push it back because it’s so brittle.” Getty Completes Study of Paintings at King Tut’s Tomb 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z The tone is brittle and noisy, recalling early Shostakovich ballets such as The Bolt and The Age of Gold, the vocal writing seems deliberately machine-like and inexpressive. Philharmonia/Salonen – review 2013-05-17T15:50:26Z In the wrong hands, the grains could easily wind up brittle or in clumps, but here they’re notably fluffy, at the ideal midpoint between loose and clingy. At Fan Fried Rice Bar, No Soy Sauce, Just Sublime Fried Rice 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Shortly after, there was Venus in “One Touch of Venus” and the more brittle Tracy Lord in “High Society.” I’m 46. Is That Too Old to Play the Ingénue? 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Mary proves to be the most emotionally brittle, unleashing a torrent of hysterical complaint to Sharon one night after a few vodkas too many. | 'Detroit': In the Neighbors? Yard, Where the Grass Is Really No Greener 2010-10-22T16:36:00Z A highlight was the shaved frozen foie gras over lychee and pine-nut brittle, still memorable; there was also an abhorrent onion ice cream that remains, unfortunately, seared in my memory. Cultural Clicks: "Mad Men," the Radical Art of Chris Burden, and the Momofuku Empire 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z His bones are brittle, he sings, and "no one in the world ever gets what they want — and that is beautiful." Sharon Van Etten sings of a toxic relationship on 'Are We There' 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z “There was a collection of small brittle bones between the fingers,” we’re told, “almost like the victim was trying to hold onto a fragile little bird.” Yo, Ray Boy: Crime Novels That Speak in Local Voices 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Miskimmon, relocating it to the brittle world of the 1920s, carefully probes the delicate balance between reality and illusion. Mignon ? review 2011-07-12T17:51:21Z Airport paperbacks these aren’t, but rather, individually written, ancient, brittle and heavy manuscripts, as well as original leather-bound books chained to their place on the walls. In Search of Oxford 2014-03-21T16:22:35Z A makeup artist and a beauty blogger, she wears foundation like an exoskeleton and oozes brittle narcissism. Review: In ‘Monsoon Season,’ a Marital Squall Turns Ugly 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z It’s still an instrument of smoothness and transparency, but with a hint of brittle texture within: a beetle trapped in amber, basically. Music Review: Seal and Macy Gray at the Beacon Theater 2012-07-20T21:43:04Z A Spot recording was brittle, intimate and — crucially — affordable. Glen ‘Spot’ Lockett: The Punk Producer’s 10 Essential Recordings 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The brittle skin rests under a broken egg, tiny woolly tufts of dried shrimp and pork floss, peanuts, fried shallots, bean sprouts, mango purée and avocado dressing. The Secret to District Saigon’s Broths: Slow Cooking 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The combination is a curiosity involving yuzu curd, a few spoonfuls of wild rice and pine nuts, practically raw sunchoke slices and a sail of flaxseed brittle. Review | At Reverie, Johnny Spero lets diners in on his daydreams, for better or worse 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z She neglects to extract the brittle herb before dinner is served. Bay leaf: Should it stay or should it go? The linchpin relationship of “Caroline, or Change” is the brittle tug-of-war between Caroline and Noah, and here’s a facet of the production that feels underdeveloped. It’s a Nova Y. Payton sweep in ‘Caroline, or Change’ 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Then, taking charge, she dispatched bursts of brittle chords, tossed off creepy-crawly runs and kept bringing out both the sweetly melodic and industriously steely elements of the three-movement work. Review: Carnegie Hall Reopens With a Blaze From Philadelphia 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z The other difficulty is that too many of the ideas contained here appear thin and brittle rather than rich and flexible: fragile rather than antifragile. Antifragile: How to Live in a World We Don't Understand by Nassim Nicholas Taleb – review 2012-11-21T10:15:01Z Sternburg is at her most astute when she can hold sometimes contradictory truths in mind, but she is prone to slipping into a more brittle moralism. The miracle cure that wasn't: 'White Matter' on the personal tragedy of lobotomy 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z In the title role of “Suor Angelica,” the second of the three operas, Kristine Opolais was haunted and focused, her soprano less brittle than it’s been over the past few years. Review: Plácido Domingo Reaches 50 Years at the Met Opera 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z It’s told with brittle, world-weary wit: “I would have made margaritas, but all you had was the salt.” Book review: Kelly Link’s fantastic, fantastical ‘Get in Trouble’ 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z He later pivoted from brittle acoustic abstraction to warped folk exotica to modular synthesizer exploration. Chuck Johnson’s Ode to What’s Been Lost in California’s Fires 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z “There’s a brittle shell he wears to protect the softer person inside,” she said. Film: Ben Stiller: There?s Something About Mortification 2010-03-12T04:24:00Z Thompson, a full-time wheelchair user who was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, was alarmed. ‘Wheelchair rule’ aims to foster friendlier skies for travelers with disabilities 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Don’t bake too long or the crust will become too brittle. Sriracha has moved into the American mainstream: What hot Asian ingredients are next? 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z On the old-timers’ side, everyone speaks with a brittle politeness masking deep hostility. ‘Succession’ Season 4, Episode 4 Recap: A Coronation Demolition Derby 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z “This one is Lamb Chop,” he said, cradling a brittle rubber head that is all that remained of a hand puppet that was the television ventriloquist Shari Lewis’s sidekick. Everything Here Is Tabboo! 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Even those familiar with the nudibranch, stubby squid and pink brittle star are likely to be impressed by the variety and strangeness of these gelatinous, often plantlike animals. In the galleries: A personal look at a maker of monuments 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Her music encompassed brittle, booming electronics and plush ballads. Review: Global Citizen Festival, Including Beyoncé and Pearl Jam, Mixes Music and Activism 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Dry ingredients like spices, citrus zest and vanilla seeds work better for preserving the brittle crumble of the cookie. The Simplest Shortbread You Can Bake 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Their pages are yellowed and brittle but they are still compulsively readable. Art Review: Empowering People of Spaceship Earth 2011-05-19T21:01:40Z “Numberless dangers…can befall a work of art that is often as brittle as piece of paper.” The many ways art goes missing 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z And its top crust of chocolate, hard and brittle, thaws like the Arctic tundra the longer it lingers at room temperature. A Bite-Size Square of Canada’s History, Culture and Craving 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Roasted hazelnut brittle, toffee pudding, salted caramel, even a hint of peppermint liven the aromas of this aged tawny port. For the equivalent of $6.25 a bottle, this Chilean cab will be the life of the party 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z As the liquid cools, it hardens into a thin, crisp brittle, giving the bun feathery, candylike edges. How to Make the Cardamom Bun That Took New York 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Her closest competition was widely considered to be Annette Bening, nominated for her brittle, honest work in "The Kids Are All Right." 'King's Speech' wins best picture; Firth best actor 2011-02-28T05:43:00Z The body invaded by leukaemia is pushed to its brittle physiological limit – every system, heart, lung, blood, working at the knife-edge of its performance. Cancer: The new normal? 2011-01-17T17:35:24Z Horowitz, the work’s greatest exponent, made sparks fly with his brittle percussiveness. Can two sensations make revolutionary music? Conductor Dudamel and pianist Trifonov try to find a spark 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The can of peanut brittle came back around when Trump gave a closing monologue about the health care bill. Why “The President Show” may be here for the long haul 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Aniston is great as the brittle TV anchor seemingly on the verge of losing her mind. Jennifer Aniston: 'A lot of guys are narcissists. They think every woman wants to sleep with them' 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z No mundane tortilla chips here: a wire basket holds brittle tostadas seasoned with chili powder, spices and salt. The party's on at Kirkland's Milagro Cantina 2011-03-10T22:31:07Z To the naked eye, rice koji looks like a jumble of brittle, broken grains. Japanese Snacks Inspired by Mom’s at Rice & Miso 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z His Harry is beleaguered, brittle, sometimes unkind, a surprise for any fan expecting a happily ever after. This Harry Potter Uses a Bow and Arrow. Not a Wand. 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Such a life makes one brittle, but there are no breaks. ‘Full Time’ Review: No Rest for the Working Girl 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z But the frames were brittle, and before long, fans were holding them in the air, in shards. Music Review: The Chainsmokers Perform ‘#SELFIE’ at Highline Ballroom 2014-04-15T21:37:24Z The sound of fire is essential and frightening to the film: its crackle, gobble, roar and Jeanette’s brittle question rising above it: “Do you like it?” to which Joe replies: “No.” Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan on their new creations - an acclaimed film and a baby daughter 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z The band truncated the song and stripped it down to its bare bones, which placed Garrett’s voice and a brittle piano line at the forefront. Why the return of Midnight Oil matters 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z After a couple hours of brilliantly complex lyrics set mostly to brittle recitativo, the score blossoms in two songs that tie the living to the dead, and young to their parents. Into the Woods in Central Park: al Fresco Enchantment 2012-08-10T21:45:00Z Get the whole hog cooked over hickory embers, the smoke-infused full-bodied hash cooked in an iron kettle over a wood fire, and the brittle pork skins. 803-532-3354; no website. Where to find South Carolina’s best barbecue 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z A precocious French schoolboy's idea of sophistication, the film is as deep and as brittle as a coating of glossy nail varnish. Requiem for a Killer – review 2012-06-16T23:07:04Z Accompanying him are Daisy, his latest wife, a brittle, glamorous woman, and Gregory, her charming, too-handsome brother. Review | For your playlist: The best new audiobooks of the month 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The brittle crunch of the exterior gave way to a gentle chew in the middle, not unlike the real thing. A cynic tries plant-based bacon 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Soon afterwards, his voice started telling me that men untempered by fatherhood end up brittle and estranged from the life force. I never thought I would marry. But my friend persuaded me – after he died 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z On the wooden deck of this 45-year-old restaurant in St. Michaels, people take to piles of fresh Maryland crab like lightning to a mast, feverishly pounding the brittle shells with mallets. Best Places in the South 2010-02-17T21:30:00Z Teeth slide effortlessly through the lofty cap of bread, but they are quickly halted, forced to reckon with the brittle chips punctuated with cilantro and cooling sour cream. Tortas, Comforting and Carefully Considered, in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z “Emeralds” requires dancers with subtle power and perfume, and with her occasional brittle smile and clipped approach to movement, Abi Stafford, partnered with Jared Angle, was miscast in such a romantic setting. Dance Review: City Ballet in ?Jewels,? at David H. Koch Theater - Review 2011-09-29T21:25:15Z Though the paper was brittle and crumbling, they were the most beautiful paper product I’d ever seen — with a price tag to match. A vintage stack of magazines took her to back another world 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The certainty of social conservativism in this production is an implacable but brittle thing. The Major Minor Party - review 2013-05-30T02:59:26Z It is remarkable how quickly the bookcase has become obligatory, how easily it has been integrated into the brittle aesthetic rules of authority. The ‘Credibility Bookcase’ Is the Quarantine’s Hottest Accessory 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z It was followed this summer by “Wow,” a less persuasive club thumper with a brittle trap beat and a Dadaist rap of the sort that gave Beck his first hits some 20 years ago. 10 Fall Pop and Jazz Albums (and One Festival) You Shouldn’t Miss 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Her pursuit of tough inharmonious motifs is ambitious, but too often leaves her work looking brittle and contrived, as if she were avoiding traditional beauty yet declining to find an alternative. Review: Charline von Heyl, ‘Düsseldorf: Paintings From the Early 1990s’ 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Both Lady Danbury and the Queen can come off as a bit brittle, but season 2 humanizes both of them more. Dearest "Bridgerton" viewer, loosen your corset because this season smolders to the very end 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z In his biography, Andrew Morton wrote that Diana was “deeply disenchanted with the protocol, the flummery and the artifice” of the family, and “the brittle formality” of royal life. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Some lyric coloraturas — they of the shimmery floating voices — simply get thinner and slightly more brittle. CD reviews: Diana Damrau, ‘Fiamma del Belcanto’; ‘ZOFO Plays Terry Riley’ 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Check the surface moisture for dryness with your finger, taking care not to break the brittle stems. Old trees thank you for your support 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z On longer flights, passengers get the snack-mix packet and brownie brittle. Food and drink are returning to airline travel — gradually 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Elsewhere the texture sometimes felt uncomfortably dry and brittle. Review: Pianist Ursula Oppens Seamlessly Connects the Classics With New Music 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z “Your son has shellac in his veins,” referring to the brittle material used in 78 r.p.m. records. Seymour Stein, Record Industry Giant Who Signed Madonna, Dies at 80 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z And it’s those brittle tensions between the privileged and the powerless that Edugyan explores so elegantly in “Washington Black.” Review | In ‘Washington Black,’ a 19th-century slave escapes on a balloon 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z He spends his days going through logbooks, the now brittle and ink-smudged paper trail that whaling captains and crew left behind centuries ago. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Working with folklore, family archives, public records and other faded ephemera, she’s creating her own patchwork monument to African-American history, a tale of harrowing struggle and brittle stoicism. Releases From Bob Dylan and Diana Krall 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z The tuxedoed Zaroff is a brittle but seemingly gracious host, eager to wax lyrical about his lifelong search for new hunting challenges and the prized Tatar war bow mounted on his wall. My streaming gem: why you should watch The Most Dangerous Game 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z But the persona – a brittle diva interrupting her songs to take her medication – is overfamiliar, and a little too needy. Meow Meow | Burlesque review 2010-03-29T22:00:00Z Dear Heloise: What can I use on my dry, brittle nails? Perspective | Hints From Heloise: This 13-year-old hates shots, but she got coronavirus vaccine 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Ashton’s choreography, takes what he once called the brittle quality of Shearer’s dancing and encapsulates it in movement of coloratura intricacy and musical wit. ‘The Tales of Hoffmann,’ Newly Restored, Opens at Film Forum 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Once the sun set each evening, she sat at dinner tables in villages and cafes, eating satin-smooth hummus and baklava with brittle flakes of pastry, their diamonds dripping syrup. A Writer Describes Palestinian Cuisine, and the World Around It 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z It’s confusing that most of the blame in this unapologetically feminist story is loaded, especially at first, on the brittle, SoulCycling mother. Review: ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Breaks the Jukebox Musical Mold 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z For all the beauty and evenness of his tone Mr. Kavakos did not shirk at sounding coarse when the music demanded it; his instrument barked and bit suitably in the brittle Allegro brusco. Music Review: Defining the Art of Gravity With Strings and a Bow 2011-11-10T23:08:05Z The Berio work obsesses over a clash between two notes, A and B, harping savagely on the dissonance and exploring it in smooth passages and caustic, brittle interruptions. Jennifer Koh’s Bach and Beyond Part III for Violin 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Foster the People’s “Torches” was whimsical and brittle, a grab bag of ideas that never quite jelled. Critic’s Notebook: Foster the People and Young the Giant Have New Albums 2014-03-19T22:12:53Z At the start, three clocks tick at different speeds, coinciding every 15 seconds – a brittle conceit of the kind Ravel enjoyed. L'heure espagnole/L'enfant et les sortilèges; BBC Prom 33 – review 2012-08-11T23:05:35Z One minute, his actors are dragging you deep into the story with raw emotion; the next, they’re pushing you out of the movie with brittle, self-conscious artificiality. Movie Review: Pain Abounds in Lars von Trier’s ‘Nymphomanic’ (Surprised?) 2014-03-20T22:09:41Z Within five minutes, the chocolate is too brittle to bend around the cake. Can you learn to cook like a chef by watching YouTube? 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z What if my synapses had grown brittle with age? Acid redux: My long, strange, cancer-fighting trip back to tripping 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z He’s a figure that’s familiar from dark, brittle films of the mid-20th century: the highly literate, composed husband, undone by jealousy. Theater Review: ?The Kreutzer Sonata,? Based on Tolstoy, at La MaMa 2012-03-12T02:00:00Z The archetypal outsider, somewhat chippy, delightfully brittle, he reveals himself in great gobbets to his equally troubled superior. Rewind TV: Endeavour; The Ice Cream Girls; The Secret Life of Rockpools – review 2013-04-20T21:45:01Z While more-classic nut brittle involves sugar boiling, candy thermometers, and a giant mess, this rendition couldn't be simpler. 16 easy dessert recipes with 5 ingredients or less 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z If the children successfully removed the shape from the brittle candy, they won another treat for free. Why Is Everyone Talking About Dalgona Candy? 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The Fuller Brush salesman with his 50s bowtie and matching smile hangs next to the art historian with her tensed fingertips and brittle mask. Alice Neel: Painted Truths 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z This lauded actress often rises above her material, and she does so repeatedly in the first half of the film, with desperation but brittle pride as she loses her home and security. Movie Review: ?Tyler Perry?s Good Deeds,? With Thandie Newton 2012-02-25T00:20:20Z The humour is brittle, British and throwaway, but with a tang of real poison. Mother's Milk – review 2012-11-08T22:20:01Z But the actors’ chemistry feels brittle, and like many road movies it has trouble mining drama out of disparate episodes. ‘Next Exit’ Review: End of the Road 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Plush, comforting sounds are in retreat; instead, instruments are often sparse and brittle, electronically desiccated or sampled through static. Pop Music in 2017: Glum and Glummer 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z In a series of paintings from 1931-32 she adds curves — and a radiating, organic ease — to Precisionism’s often brittle, refracting geometries in a group of semiabstract paintings based on a lighthouse. Looking Twice at Renoir and O’Keeffe (Ida, not Georgia) 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The crust is sturdy, but not brittle or tough. Pizza Moto Comes to Rest in Brooklyn 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Like her “Partita,” which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2013, “Ritornello” is a study in seductive textures, with soothing harmonies coexisting with restless, brittle rhythmic passages. Review: Roomful of Teeth Duels With Sounds of the Financial District 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The xx’s self-titled debut introduced that style of silence interlaced with brittle hooks, gorgeously building drones, and haunting lyrical interplay that simultaneously called to mind frozen Russian landscapes and smoke-stained Manchester nightclubs. The xx Take Risks, Succeed on Coexist 2012-09-05T16:00:49Z Her milk chocolate peanut brittle, along with brownies, chocolate chip cookies, gummies, sucking candies and caramels are all on the market in legal dispensaries here. For this acclaimed pastry chef, home tastes like a coffee cake 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Weakened by an autoimmune disease and weary of her brittle character, she abandons the series and returns to New York City to reconnect with the friends and collaborators who helped spark her career. Review: ‘A Woman, a Part’ and a Quest to Reconnect 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Her brittle mother Carmen “lives among the Cuban elite, the First Wave, the people who lost homes and businesses and riches and ran from communism at the start of the revolution.” Review | In Gabriela Garcia’s ‘Of Women and Salt,’ five generations of mothers and daughters fight to stay afloat 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Braxton's music can be brittle, fierce, even impenetrably complex, and his methods so radical as to require a notational language of his own invention that only a small group of players can interpret. 50 great moments in jazz: Anthony Braxton swims against the tide 2011-04-13T14:57:21Z Mr. Dawkins chooses to play that conflict out between Mama and the center’s youth programs administrator, a nonbinary straw person so brittle as to bridle at Mama’s reference to her cohort of “old trannies.” Review: In ‘Charm,’ Challenges Emily Post Never Dreamed Of 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z As the afflicted enact their suppressed fears and fantasies, the ensuing horror blasts through the cardboard rhetoric of the Chinese Dream and the brittle artifice of Chinese society. In a Brutal Chinese Satire, Villagers Surrender to Their Worst Impulses 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z His emotions were swinging wildly – tears one moment; brittle anger the next. Experience: I talked a man down from a bridge 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Then, it was the insurgent sound of black youth in East London — lo-fi, muscular and brittle, full of intricate, chaotic raps. Grime Sets Today’s Music Agenda in Britain, and Tomorrow’s 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Their brittle exchange harps on "happy" and "happiness". The Collected Stories by Lorrie Moore. Week two: dialogue 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z But the result is a brittle composite that bears only a passing resemblance to what preceded it. I don’t know how to discuss being raped: I am different, permanently, but there’s no language to describe how 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z This being Vegas, though, the grass was fake, and nearly as brittle as crab grass. Rock in Rio USA is a ball of confusion 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z But around Page 70, just when all seems muddled and brittle and lost, Lamott zings back into Hallelujah with her signature crackling warmth. ‘Hallelujah Anyway’: Anne Lamott’s conflicted message for a conflicted nation 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z But by focusing on them so relentlessly, he gives us a skewed and brittle picture of Jamaica. Books of The Times: Paradise Is Only Half the Story in a Complex Caribbean Nation 2011-04-14T21:52:13Z She is also forthright and un-self-conscious in a way that Diana, who always seemed brittle beneath the glitter, never was. Jeanna de Waal Has Already Forgotten About That ‘Diana’ Film 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Chaplin brings the brittle quality she showcased so elegantly in The Hour, and Mellor does a fine line in northern sincerity. TV highlights 10/06/2013 2013-06-10T06:00:13Z Though she is lean and striking, there’s something a little bit brittle about her. Taradise Lost: Sharknado's notorious party girl gets older, and wiser — maybe 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z A reminder: Ginger cookies don't have to be dry and brittle. 14 best winter dessert recipes for any occasion 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z A life in musical comedy brings timing and acidity to the brittle society antics of “Too Bad” or “The Standard of Living.” Elaine Stritch Gives New Voice to Dorothy Parker’s Tales of Social Life, and Private Pain 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z His poems are thronged with ghosts, dark doubles, and "unfathomable deep" forests, and his landscapes are brittle surfaces, prone to sudden collapse. Now All Roads Lead to France by Matthew Hollis ? review 2011-08-05T21:55:07Z For brittle, Gallic chic she will always be the gold standard. | Pauline Trigere 2011-02-28T14:00:51Z She has played the angry and the impassioned, the brittle and the wonky, and she has done so with a bracing exactitude that is a marvel to witness. Julianne Moore on Maps to the Stars: 'The longer you live the Hollywood lifestyle, the more empty you become' 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z There's a frenetic, almost apocalyptic feel to the collages, with cars racing down crowded freeways, random fires, iconic Hollywood buildings, spindly palm trees and other dry, brittle foliage. Dustin Yellin adds his mark in L.A. with art that's a 'missile for social change' 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z He is a great observer of wealth and brittle glamour in an age of empire. A matter for the Academy 2010-07-13T10:40:00Z The result is a golden, brittle crust and springy crumb with “large holes that develop the flavor,” Mr. Mauvieux said, and “an interior the color of cream.” In Transit Blog: Paris Boulangerie Awarded Coveted Top Prize for Best Baguette 2012-05-31T19:27:19Z But the on-site banter was the same brittle jokes in the same rote rhythms as usual, just to an empty theater and egged on by only Jimmy Kimmel. The Best and Worst Moments of the 2020 Emmys 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z The hairstylist spends an hour fussing over your coiffure — foaming mousse squirted at the roots, then hot rollers, then merciless teasing to wrest a cream-puff bouffant from your brittle, bleached “kinderwhore” hair. I Never Planned on Being a Playboy Pinup 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z This Mary was different from the movie; she was more brittle and less pretty, and her adventures with the Banks children were sometimes genuinely scary. P.L. Travers’ Mary Poppins books are full of dark delight 2013-12-04T21:52:38Z Chances are, though, that this enormously insidious hybrid of urban rhythms and brittle indie textures will be the strong favourite anyhow – and rightly so. Mercury prize 2010: A dozen of the best 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z Then it suddenly shifts gears and takes a warmer, less-sarcastic approach to its rather brittle characters. 'You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger': Woody Allen's new concoction of interesting characters 2010-10-07T19:33:00Z Piling up lines and details can make her stories sound brittle, random, half-felt. Review: The Stories of Joy Williams: Short, but Seldom Sweet 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Because they are brittle and dull green, dried bay leaves are best judged for their efficacy not by appearance, but by aroma. Bay leaves: Storage and tips In his voice is the same brittle timbre that infuses Mr. Valli’s singing with a dry cutting edge. Review: Jarrod Spector’s Jersey Tour, Valli to the Boss and More 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z We also looked forward to our frequent stops at Stuckey’s, which introduced me to my two gateway drugs of choice, peanut brittle and coconut patties. Family (inter)state of emergency: Remembering the 1970s road trip 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Personalities become brittle, and the laughter can momentarily ring hollow. Comedy, and sex, in the cancer ward? 'A Funny Thing Happened' goes there with glee 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Turner sang of brittle love, my mom pumped her fist in assent. Watching My Mother Watch Music 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z “Willow Weep for Me” and “Lush Life,” standards predisposed toward slushy pathos, unfolded here with a brittle stoicism. Music Review: Spare Vocals Illuminate Emotions Underneath 2011-01-29T00:07:18Z And as the two hammered together on a sheet of brittle, he said with touching concern, "My sisters would kill me if I bruised your fingers." Johnny Knoxville, "Jackass" dreamboat 2010-10-13T21:15:00Z Some are brittle or weedy, and some get too big for their allotted space, so you have to be discerning. It’s never easy to say goodbye, but it’s time for me to plant some trees 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The mismatch is intended ironically, but that dissonance is too weak and brittle to sustain the work across the score’s 75 minutes. Review: Staging Their Own Siege, Sardonic and Messy 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Her role as Jasmine Francis, the brittle Park Avenue princess fallen on hard times, would go on to win Blanchett a second Oscar. Cate Blanchett: ‘I used to be very socially awkward’ 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z The other way is what I like to think of as a more British stance, where everyone is brisk and bustles and looks away and makes brittle jokes that shatter immediately into awkward silence. The Secret Actress on sex scenes: my co-star warned ‘forgive me if I harden' 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Layer upon layer of creamy lemon-vanilla mascarpone, strawberry rhubarb jam, and crispy graham crackers chill together and are topped with nutty brittle to make an epic make-ahead dessert. Strawberry-rhubarb icebox cake with pistachio brittle is an epic make-ahead dessert 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The leaves in that section turn brown, and the wood becomes brittle and collapses, a process called flagging. The cicadas are gone, but they left their mark on trees. Here’s what you can do. 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Not surprisingly, there are several products that claim to help with end-of-season beauty woes like brown spots and brittle hair. Beauty Spots: New Beauty Products that Fight Sun Damage 2013-08-28T18:47:44Z The series is also immensely helped by Andrew Rannells, a Broadway star from “The Book of Mormon” and a quicksilver actor who can be brittle and outré one second and touching the next. Television Review: ‘The New Normal’ and ‘Guys With Kids’ Begin on NBC 2012-09-10T21:56:20Z The subtle addition of the letter "d" to the end of the standard term denotes a certain brittle toughness. 'Hard Edged' art at California African American Museum widens perception of black artists' work 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z In winter it’s brittle and blue, the grass congealed into tufts that reveal the hard earth beneath. Favorite Place: In Taos, N.M., an Ordinary Field Evokes the Extraordinary 2012-04-06T20:05:28Z The trouble with conveying brittleness is that you end up with a play that is so brittle itself it threatens to snap in half. Imperial Fizz 2010-08-13T14:46:00Z Here, you’ll find saffron and pistachio cupcakes, brittle, ice cream and doughnuts. The Dreamiest Desserts Start With These Two Flavors 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z On their record, the band sounds overly brittle, but its 15-minute set was looser and more likable. Flasher and Puff Pieces: Two standouts in D.C.’s lively punk scene 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Stack plays drums and keyboards, fleshing out some of the songs but leaving others brittle and stark. The Week Ahead: Aug. 29 ? Sept. 4 2010-08-26T15:25:00Z Phil brass were not, however, brittle like brass of yore but commanded an assured tone. Bach and Brahms, still revolutionary 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z His toes looked so dry and brittle that I thought they would snap off if I touched them. We survived the bubonic plague 2012-07-15T13:00:00Z Morahan herself – from the beginning wide-eyed as if she is seeing too much – steers an exemplary fine line between fragile and brittle. The Children's Hour; Plenty; The Heretic ? review 2011-02-13T00:06:05Z The serious undercurrents are more or less abandoned as the characters are transformed into brittle, if sometimes funny, caricatures. Theater Review: ‘These Paper Bullets!’ Opens at Yale Rep 2014-03-27T21:56:49Z All of those songs, which can be brittle from a lyrical perspective, benefited from the scale of the production here. Taylor Swift, Pop’s Maestro of Memory, Returns to the Stage 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Almost every year at Christmas, I make these round, brittle shortbreads rolled in a generous coating of cinnamon and sugar, along with a handful of other cookies my late mother-in-law Betsy was famous for. Baking with the beloved, unknown dead: How tombstone recipes connect us to food and family history 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z “You stare at a wall and think about your life/Your brittle little life,” he sneers on “Pacing Around the Church.” Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-04-25T21:59:41Z The Fix” is a difficult, brittle show with a heart of ice, and Eric Schaeffer’s slick production leaps at the exaggerations and does everything “bigly,” to use one of Donald Trump’s favorite words. Oh, “The Fix” these dirty politicians are in 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z A meditative soprano-sax theme over a wash of cymbals opened the show, with a typically bright and folksy Kairos melody following over a brittle, funky groove. Nigel Price/Kairos Quartet 2010-04-07T22:00:00Z Not everything is that brittle; there are some tender images. ‘The Art of Rube Goldberg’ Review: The Machinery of Humor 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Add almonds, brittle, licorice and/or any additional items of choice to open space on board. How to make a spooky Halloween charcuterie board complete with prop skull 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z It causes issues from heart and lung disease to diabetes and dementia, and from liver problems and bladder cancer to brittle bones and damaged skin. Billions of air pollution particles found in hearts of city dwellers 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z The scientists found that elephant skin channels are not just folds or wrinkles, but actual fractures in the animal’s brittle outermost layer of skin. For African bush elephants, wrinkles are cool 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z While early in the recital that shimmer turned brittle as her voice ascended, her high notes grew warmer and rounder as the evening went on. Pretty Yende’s New York Recital Debut 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z It was interesting to see the Old World lusciousness with which they approached Gade and Mendelssohn preserved, in pared-down fashion, in “Abgesänge,” an alluring collection of brittle but lyrical swan songs. Review: Danish Piano Trio Shares Well-Loved Sounds and Little-Known Gems 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z The brittle, inelastic form that Charlie's cartoonists so gleefully broke is double-edged. At satire's forefront, cartoons press against hard lines 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z His rich, woodwind baritone mutates effortlessly into arrogant old-boy bray, industrial Midlands clunk and the brittle tones of “one of those upper-class girls who grew up with ponies.” Review | In these new audiobooks, great tales are matched with great narrators 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z How she idealized her father to the point where her brittle notion of him couldn’t withstand the shock of what her stepmother told her about his death. In ‘Aftershocks,’ a Search for Home in a Life Around the World 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z But somehow, I missed the creation of caramel matzo crunch, also called “matzo buttercrunch” or “matzo brittle,” its many incarnations found in cookbooks, on blogs and websites. A Matzo-Based Brittle for the Modern Age 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Bush’s brittle performance only gains nuance when her character does, in the second act, which takes place during the uproar over the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. Theater Review: ‘City of Conversation’ Charts a Sea Change in Washington 2014-05-06T02:00:01Z Photography’s profoundest limitation is its mechanistic nature, which can bind it to a literalness and a brittle understanding of time. Review | This photographer transcends his medium — by turning day into night and past into present 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z One senior journalist said the chain of command was now "breakable brittle rubber" rather than the rod of iron normally in place which would ensure the highest editorial standards in the world. BBC in crisis as George Entwistle quits over Newsnight fiasco 2012-11-10T22:37:10Z Most people expect their hair to turn gray, but hair actually goes through myriad changes as we age, becoming less dense and more unruly, brittle and harder to grow long. Feeling Bad About … Your Hair? 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Men shut down by their own brittle masculinity were gradually prised open until they felt able to participate in the world again. Is Netflix's Get Organized with The Home Edit the most 2020 show of 2020? 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The bricks flatten the bird, resulting in magnificently brittle skin and succulent meat. Grilled chicken: How to get it perfect Not everyone will warm to Mitford's bright, brittle tone: she prefers the bon mot to the bleeding heart and Linda's abandoned child gets short shrift. The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford | Book review 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z “Bad Blood” is a sometimes catchy but ultimately fairly brittle album, and Mr. Smith is a singer with character in his voice but without much power. Critic’s Notebook: Bastille and St. Lucia Take Different Musical Routes 2014-01-24T22:51:14Z The skin is too brittle to give up further information. Books of The Times: A Grotesque Artifact Starts a Journey From Garage Sale to Buchenwald 2010-09-30T22:21:00Z Before you do that, though, consider that wilting symptoms may not be a result of the disease, but damage to the stems, which are notoriously brittle. The quiet reinvention of the clematis 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z It's a vivid bit of double vision, Bloom commenting on the process of storytelling even as she engages in it, and it suggests an edge, a brittle humor that I associate with her. In Amy Bloom's 'Lucky Us,' sisters remain plucky in face of tragedy 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z The university paid an undisclosed sum for the paperwork, which has yellowed and turned brittle with age. Long Unseen, Treasures Have a New Spotlight 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z There was the brittle sound of trap music from Luminox, with gaping spaces between bass thuds and ticking, crackling samples of snare drums and cymbals. The Hudson Project, Cut Short by a (Real) Tempest 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z It was messy and bewitching, brutal and brittle at once. “The Brave and Strong Survive, Child” 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z A tale of vengeance, “John Wick” has an equally high body count, but it’s better structured, more modulated, and has a brittle veneer of high-mindedness. ‘Bullet Train’ Review: Ride and Die 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Over time, the subject matter expanded; the style became less bright and brittle. ‘Subtly Worded’ Brings Teffi to Non-Russian Readers 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Being rich in the Philippines felt brittle and unsustainable, with the wealthy carrying guns and hunkering down in walled compounds while the poor struggled to survive in aluminum shacks. A Powerful Story of Coming to America, Finding Promise and Paradox 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z In place of the American show’s ceaseless adrenaline rush, “Dark” offers a hushed, brittle artiness that will be familiar to fans of the French ghost story “The Returned” or the British-French thriller “The Missing.” Review: With ‘Dark,’ Netflix Delivers Science Fiction With European Roots 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z His bones, brittle from years of cortisone injections to keep his unrested voice intact, are literally crumbling. Phil Collins Wants You to Know He Isn’t Dead Yet 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z After a seizure-inducing credit sequence, “#Horror” settles down to a world of brittle soullessness as a group of privileged preteen girls gathers for a sleepover. Review: ‘#Horror’ Finds the Fear in Cyberbullying and Social Media Threats 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z There was a painterly quality to some of Ms. Pite’s formations, but it was all more of the same: A darkened stage with spotlights and choreography contrasting brittle acceleration with pensive languidness. Hubbard Street Dance Gets a Lift From Ohad Naharin 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z His Damascene moment came when he saw a steel hammer break like a vase when it was accidently dropped in the brittle phase between two heating stages. Artist of the week 176: Raphael Hefti 2012-02-09T13:32:00Z You’re exhausted by travel, by family dynamics, by the brittle tedium of being yourself in an unfamiliar place. Perspective | I’ve seen plenty of beautiful artworks. But the Matisse Chapel overwhelmed me. 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z In places, like “Carry Me Away,” the triumph of the arrangement is potent enough to cloak the brittle lyrical bones it sits upon. John Mayer’s Empty 1980s Excess 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z The brittle, dry cookies absorb the moisture of the cream, softening into cake, while the whipped cream stiffens up into a plush snowdrift of frosting that’s just barely firm enough to slice. A Retro Icebox Pie Gets a Vibrant Makeover 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Of course it is very funny, in its brittle, spiky way, as the characters hurl witty dialogue at each other while parading around in dinner jackets and exquisite frocks. Private Lives ? review 2011-03-08T18:30:53Z Mint in Philadelphia, a song in Austin, Texas, and peanut brittle in Spokane. Writer, cross-country traveler visits Seattle and Spokane on his cultural tour of the United States 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z The meat arrives with a textured, almost brittle outer bark, like the crust on a really great loaf of sourdough. Making Way for the Tried and True at Cut by Wolfgang Puck 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, “Quichotte” is such a brittle pinwheel of parody that its sharp edges never cut very deep. Salman Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ is a shambling ‘Don Quixote’ for our deceptive era - The Washington Post 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Don't let that put you off, though: Wilson has a terrific track record for mining the emotional depths beneath the brittle comedy of such pieces. This week's new theatre 2011-02-05T00:05:41Z Outwardly, Joan Rivers is so stretched and brittle that many of us long ago gave up wondering what there might be inside. Joan Rivers: Beneath the Mask 2010-06-10T23:55:00Z The skin is textbook crisp — chicken brittle, if you will — and the meat benefits from a buttermilk brine that includes more Ethiopian spices. Where to eat at MGM National Harbor: We taste all the top restaurants 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Brennan, who has brittle bone disease and uses a wheelchair, once worked with them but is now their bitterest adversary, and their energized rivalry soon become central to "Q: Into the Storm." HBO's QAnon series "Q: Into the Storm" is a bewildering attempt to decode a super-conspiracy 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z In songs and arias by Dowland, Handel, Purcell, Monteverdi, Pergolesi and Bach, Ms. de Niese’s voice is sweet but brittle, her interpretations game but low impact. Classical Recordings : Danielle de Niese?s ?Beauty of the Baroque? ? Review 2011-12-22T15:23:48Z Lorraine’s astonished eyes take in this information with barely concealed outrage, as Ms. Fay keenly reveals the brittle psyche teetering on the verge of emotional exhaustion. 2010-01-08T03:46:00Z Annette Bening bravely explores the brittle behavior of Karen, a physical therapist who regrets having given up a child for adoption when she was 14. 'Mother and Child': Tale of 3 women showcases splendid cast 2010-05-20T20:10:00Z Hats off, too, to Olivias Colman and Williams as the real power behind the thrones – the brittle Elizabeth Windsor, and the imposing Eleanor Roosevelt – both of whom put their male counterparts to shame. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-05-25T23:05:09Z On a separate plate is a slice of sourdough toast spread with whipped schmaltz and fragments of brittle skin; the menu doesn’t call them gribenes, but I will. At Sauvage, European Discipline Meets Gut Instinct 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Its comedy, like Albee’s, is bitter and brittle, but with less energy and conviction. Review: Martha Graham’s ‘Embattled Garden,’ Deconstructed 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Next May Kershaw, usually on piano, took over, her voice gentle and brittle like a folk singer’s. Black Country, New Road, a Breakout Band, Starts Over (Again) 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z An underlying theme is the development of Coward’s famous persona: The eternal bon vivant gliding through the high life dispensing brittle wit. Review: The Songs of Noël Coward, With Lightness and Bite 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Honey said to be culled from the White House beehive goes into both the accompanying brittle and a fluffy meringue on the plate. What’s on the Singapore state dinner menu? East meets West. 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z “That tends to be very, very brittle,” she said. How to copy an old photo in a convex frame After the mournful tempest of the opening, the two players skated over moments of brittle calm before ending the piece in a sensuous shimmer of optimism. Review: George Shangrow memorial added to Seattle chamber fest's Eastside opener 2010-08-05T20:34:00Z Leah has brittle bone disease but likes to go out on the pull. TV highlights – 09/05/2013 2013-05-09T05:59:01Z But she also toyed with a broad spectrum of sounds and textures, from brittle, pointillistic funk to ultra-plush orchestrations infused with her own endlessly layered vocals. Janet Jackson’s ‘Unbreakable’ Is Right on Time 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z He sang with warmth and beauty and acted with the brittle sang-froid of someone trying to maintain sanity in a madhouse. Review: ‘La Cage aux Folles’ Brightens Up Berlin 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Ms. Chimo, so superb as the mousy nerd in Annie Baker’s “Circle Mirror Transformation,” proves equally terrific as this cold, confident but emotionally brittle manipulator. | 'Bachelorette': Wedding Trash Talk in Leslye Headland?s Comedy 2010-07-27T02:04:00Z The brittle melody that surfaced, with its classical intimations, was set against a yawning low drone on a slack-tuned open string. Music Review: A Solitary Stroll Gives Way to a Full-Band Excursion 2011-01-06T23:00:03Z The role isn’t a good fit for Ms. Berry, who, no matter what part she is playing, gives it a brittle defensive edge. Movie Review: Halle Berry in ?Dark Tide? 2012-03-29T23:00:09Z “VR is usually about, it’s gaming stuff and it’s shooting stuff, it’s usually a very brittle and bright aesthetic,” she says. A Laurie Anderson pilgrimage? Just don’t tell her you’re calling it that. 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z In Hereditary she goes all out, emoting brittle, grief-stricken, broken, resolute, angry, frustrated, and everything in between. Toni Collette: ‘I don’t like horror films – I’m too petrified’ 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z I appreciate that they don't have to be handled with care like cookies or brownies since they're served in pieces like peanut brittle. Chocolate, crunch and convenience meet in these decadent 4-ingredient cracker cookies 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z Still, so far at least, many of the points being scored come across as brittle and no more profound than the subject himself. Perspective | The president opens his mouth daily, and the American theater bites back 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Lynch plays a brittle Marilyn Monroe type, mooning over images of JFK and holding a séance in her sitting room, a space defined wholly by Crow’s paintings. 'Madame Psychosis': Kelly Lynch is obsessed with JFK in art film 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Mélanie Laurent and Christopher Stills in French thriller Requiem for a Killer: 'as deep and as brittle as a coating of glossy nail varnish'. Requiem for a Killer – review 2012-06-16T23:07:04Z At a time when the internet is awash in high-fidelity livestreams, On Site Opera’s production offers a brittle, imperfect, yet utterly personalized musical experience. Opera Over the Phone Offers Passion in a Pandemic 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z If the adhesive is dry and brittle, you could probably scrape it off with a single-edge razor blade. How to clean old, dirty grout without damaging marble tiles 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Here and there Mr. Ross peels away enough of his brittle exterior to reveal a seam of tenderness and vulnerability. Music Review: Return to Civility, With Wit and Rhyme 2011-01-20T22:47:11Z We think of bones as white, brittle and inert, not rich and dynamic. Skin and Bones, Hold the Skin: An Author Considers Our Inner Scaffolding 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z The long-suffering mother, for example, is played primarily by Lucy Taylor, an amusingly brittle actress who haunts the stage in a droopy nightgown, but also by a couple of men. Signifying something 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z “Half Past France,” once a wistful ballad, was remade with clouds of ominous orchestral dissonance; “Leaving It Up to You,” once a rocker, became even more queasy when turned into brittle, twitchy funk. Review: John Cale of the Velvet Underground, Still Bristling at 75 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Anna Fox is confiding and breezy, but not brittle. Dangers Close to Home: Four New Domestic Thrillers 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z There he almost single-handedly revitalized the language of an increasingly brittle and conservative art form. A New Biography of George Balanchine, Ballet’s Colossus 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z “I feel like a movie,” Callahan announced at the outset of his performance, strumming brittle chords on a small acoustic guitar. Review | Bill Callahan found domestic bliss. Then he wrote the great apocalypse ballad of 2019. 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Frost’s dancing accuracy is extraordinary; it reveals a body turning in on itself and hardening — lonely, brittle, concave. ‘MJ’: Dancing the Pain, and Dancing the Pain Away 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Untalan is a notably vulnerable Walter, making good sense of the wealthy character’s emotional fragility and brittle armor. Review | Hal Linden is right for ‘The Price’ at Arena Stage 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The Historical Society of Millersburg and Upper Paxton Township bought the piece; the society is studying how best to restore its brittle, handmade wooden gears and put the carvings back into motion. Antiques: Discoveries in the Past Year’s Auctions 2013-12-26T18:37:39Z The brittle confection is cut into two-foot-long stalks, which must be constantly rolled so they don’t flatten. Wrap up New York City for your candy crush 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Concocted with heaps of style but only a smattering of substance, Benjamin Dickinson’s sophomore feature, “Creative Control,” is as brittle and unwelcoming as its characters’ surroundings. Review: ‘Creative Control,’ a Satire of Gadget-Driven Reality 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z We witness the brittle frailties and dogged strengths of Noe and Christy, men at very different stages of their lives who nevertheless have each other’s backs. Once Upon a Time in Ireland 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z In fact, before the uncanny turns to actual physical menace, “The Beetle” sometimes reads like a light romantic novel, with brittle comic banter that is dated but not unbearable. The 19th-century best-selling horror novel that isn’t ‘Dracula’ 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z By repeatedly interrupting these delicate textures with brittle, extraneous accents, Moog effectively dispelled any sustained sense of atmosphere in the music. The problem with a pianist who plays loudly or softly but not in between 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z These letters take the grand archetype of suicidal Plath, the elaborate, brittle mythologies that have sprung up around her, and give them an unforgettable human specificity. Sylvia Plath’s Last Letters Show Her Struggling to Imagine Life Without Ted Hughes 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z They capture the brittle combination of arrogance and neuroticism during this period when New Labour swaggered towards power by day and sweated that it might yet lose by night. The Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume One: Prelude to Power 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z Significant areas of Morgon are not even granite, but brittle, decomposed schist, a different rock altogether. Morgon, in All Its Gorgeous Complexity 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Audrey Hepburn may be iconic in publicity stills, but actually walking and talking, she looks brittle, affected, sexless and evasive. Breakfast at Tiffany's ? review 2011-01-20T22:00:03Z Like her mother, she seems kind and relaxed in her skin – very different from the brittle, damaged woman she plays on screen. Jane Campion: ‘The clever people used to do film. Now they do TV’ 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z And Rachel’s breakdown feels brutally familiar; Shiri Appleby’s performance is a season best, Rachel’s shaky honesty as chilling as her brittle armor. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 6: Breakdown 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z There was nothing left but her inability to reconcile her despair and brittle pride with the florid hysteria of the act of murder itself. Reflections: Jean Harris’s Cautionary Tale 2013-01-04T21:45:19Z Happiness reached via positive thinking is fleeting and brittle; negative visualisation generates a vastly more dependable calm. Happiness is a glass half empty 2012-06-15T22:00:43Z “The Invitation,” a brittle, droning excursion into gothic horror, primarily takes place at a manor in the English countryside. ‘The Invitation’ Review: Bringing Down the Haunted House 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z I don’t want to snag a gorgeous fabric with brittle nails or skin. Isabel Toledo’s Beauty and Fitness Regimen 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Denk has a highly developed finger technique, but because he plays from the shoulder rather than from the base of the spine, his sound in loud passages comes off as brittle. Composer John Adams does double duty at Strathmore with BSO 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z In the central role of Meg, Ms. Baker is too brittle to win our sympathy, and her decisive action at the end doesn’t pack an emotional punch. | 'Milk': Emily DeVoti?s Barnyard at Here Arts Center 2010-05-06T21:23:00Z Though equally stylised, their brand of brittle disco is engrossing and strangely infectious. New music: Cosmetics ? Sleepwalking 2010-08-11T10:40:00Z It’s a brittle, professional album full of sonic treats. Review: Charli XCX’s ‘Sucker’ 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Coltrane, meanwhile, spends long passages squeezing brittle split tones from the saxophone, or spinning circular, warbling phrases beyond exhaustion. In 1960, John Coltrane went on one last tour with Miles Davis. European audiences weren’t prepared for what he would play. As an encore he offered four short, punchy, harmonically brittle pieces from Bartok’s “Mikrokosmos,” and played them brilliantly, like a confident inheritor of the Hungarian heritage. Music Review: Hungarian Tradition, African Lilt 2011-05-27T23:00:24Z Relying too heavily on words, the dense, brittle bricks and mortar of history, ceremony and advice, is a recipe for downfall. “Game of Thrones” recap: “Never believe a thing simply because you want to believe it” 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Diacetate film from the early 20th century is unstable, and with age, the plastic base under the emulsion becomes brittle and detaches from the image-bearing layer. A Landmark Photo Archive of Black Life in New York Comes to the Met 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Elsewhere, the dancing is too brittle, and the smiles too forced. Rosas: The Song; Royal Ballet mixed bill 2010-10-23T23:06:00Z Hard to see quite how Noël Coward's brittle comedy will be made to work in the outdoors, not least because it is something more than mere summer froth. This week's new theatre 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z Spread one sheet of filo on your work surface with the long side facing you – keep the other sheets covered so that they don’t dry up and become brittle. 20 best Mediterranean recipes: part 2 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z On D’Angelo’s “Voodoo,” in 1999: “There are times when the music on this disc sounds so raw, so naked and exposed, you’ll be tempted to throw a blanket over its brittle, shivering bones.” The Peerless Imagination of Greg Tate 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z For all the antagonism the recordings have stirred up, no one is sure the eight brittle reel-to-reels will survive an effort to convert them into digital recordings. Drugs, Planes, Bail: The Wild Story of George Jones’s Lost Recordings 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z I wedge a crowbar through the front door frame, the brittle wood creaking until the door cracks open in a crescendo of pops and screams. I clean out hoarder houses. Some jobs are even harder than the rest 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z The floated opening notes of one song felt brittle; one quietly rising octave barely found its landing. Review: In Piotr Beczala’s Recital, Melancholy Mixes With Defiance 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Harry was devoted to his wheelchair-bound wife, Iris, who had brittle bones. Family life 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z Scott Thomas brought "a brittle vulnerability and, by turns, a steely self-possession" to the role of Emma. Warm reception for Harold Pinter revival 2011-06-17T11:50:28Z As Mary thrives and tests the limits of her independence, surrounded by affectionate ladies in waiting, Elizabeth becomes increasingly brittle and remote, alienated from her own affections and encased in elaborate costumes. ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ Review: Sexy, Spirited and Almost Convincing 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z But the most revealing performance came in Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 6 in A. Completed in 1940, this nearly 30-minute work channels some barbaric, propulsive, harmonically brittle outbursts into a formal four-movement sonata structure. Music Review: Yuja Wang at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-21T22:23:35Z It features a double glaze: a light matte green underglaze and on top, a brittle yellow glaze, almost translucent, that blisters during the firing process, creating holes that expose the green. They Hold Weeds, and an Artist’s Sublime Vision 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Thousands of the hard, brittle wings decorate the evil queen's regal dress of silk and metal mesh. Theron's evil queen wears feathers, beetle wings 2012-05-29T16:01:04Z The emotions in them prove a challenge for the brittle young American. Piano lessons with a side of philosophical sparring 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Mara is effectively brittle and then brave, but she’s stuck with being a walking self-help illustration. Review: ‘Captive,’ Based on a Hostage Crisis With a Spiritual Twist 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Her brittle performance in The King's Speech was great, and plus, she's kinda awesome. Live blog: The Golden Globes ? live! 2011-01-17T00:25:41Z The flavor also appears elsewhere in Asia, in Persian dishes like sohan, a saffron brittle topped with pistachios, and bastani, an ice cream typically scented with saffron, pistachio, vanilla and rose water. The Dreamiest Desserts Start With These Two Flavors 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z The brittle mica — sometimes beige, sometimes brownish — suggests skin tones without concealing its mineral nature. At Greg Kucera, catch 2 Seattle artists at the top of their game 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z I whacked at slivered almonds with a hardcover book, in an attempt to make a cake that was later described by my guests, not unkindly, as a granola or a brittle. Leaving a Religion and a Marriage, and Gaining a Chicken Soup 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z After a while, the trebly, brittle sound really palls. New band of the day ? No 1,079: Iceage 2011-08-08T15:54:00Z Short sleeping increases the likelihood of your coronary arteries becoming blocked and brittle, setting you on a path towards cardiovascular disease, stroke and congestive heart failure. The best thing you can do for your health: sleep well 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z I still occasionally think of Debbie Stone: not about what she meant to us, but just of her strange yellow hair, or her brittle laugh. Dad always fell for the wrong women 2011-04-25T15:21:00Z FOX: Without frequent manicures or pedicures from the professionals, fingernails and toenails might appear hard or brittle. How to care for nails without the salon 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Some chemicals used in preparing wood pulp resulted in what paper conservators call “self-destructing paper,” which turned brown and brittle with age. Can a Papermaker Help to Save Civilization? 2012-02-17T21:39:00Z Perhaps on some Christmas past, you had the misfortune of being served some dry, brittle candy made out of marzipan and formed into some improbable shape like a cash register or a bunch of bananas. Austin Butler Sings ‘Blue Christmas’ With Cecily Strong in Her Last ‘S.N.L.’ 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Fudgy in the center, with a brittle, crackling crust, they were sort of like the corner squares from pan of brownies — both chewy and crisp. Chewy Chocolate Cookies That Are Only Slightly Over the Top 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z I went to Seattle for the oysters, but ended up finding this cookie game-changer from Sea Wolf Bakery: croissant brittle. 16 easy dessert recipes with 5 ingredients or less 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “Won’t Be Long,” one of the first tracks she recorded for Columbia, captures her better than the lustrous orchestral ballads and brittle pop songs of later sessions. Playlist: Look Back at a Legend, Then Revisit Disco 2011-04-01T21:50:45Z There are a few examples that, trying too hard to assert the radicalism of the architect or to impose his vision, end up being brittle and chilly. The Architect's Home by Peter Gossel – review 2013-04-21T08:00:04Z Turing's social awkwardness is surpassed only by his confidence in his own ideas, and Cumberbatch brings a brittle charm to his performance. 'Imitation Game's' outsiders plot lured Morten Tyldum 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The pages were intact, if a bit brittle and musty, and although the bindings are now crumbling, the books remain in remarkably good shape. Amid the pandemic, a writer finds inspiration in century-old travel stories 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z But like Richards, Morrissey’s best writing is when he re-creates his childhood, though Morrissey’s was in Manchester, England, a town he calls “more brittle and less courteous than anywhere else on Earth.” Morrissey’s ‘Autobiography’ sets out to settle scores 2013-12-26T20:46:06Z It’s all a questions of masks, really; brittle, painted masks. Review: In ‘Office’ by Johnnie To, Ups and Downs of Business 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The supplement may also help improve brittle nails, according to a small study published in 2017 in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology in which participants took the supplements for 24 weeks. Perspective | Collagen supplements show early promise for skin and joints, but don’t stock up yet 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z We are brittle; we are confused; we are grieving. Perspective | What will post-pandemic fiction look like? The novels that followed 9/11 offer some clues. 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Even as she grew more remote, her eyes clouded and hands brittle, she always smiled at flowers. Ode to joy: how to find happiness in balloons and rainbows 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z If “Ta-Dah” proved creatively unfocused — “It was a brittle record,” Mr. Shears said, and his band mates called it “rushed,” “shambolic” and “Muppet-y” — “Night Work” represents a major shift. Music: Dirty Fun: Band?s Midnight Evolution 2010-06-25T18:41:00Z Khalid, for all his lovelorn protestations, fully trusts the power of his imploring voice, which warms even his most brittle tracks. Pop Music in 2019: An Escape From Isolation? 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z But every so often, like a turtle’s head poking out of its shell, a scared and vulnerable soul protrudes from the brittle carapace. Lily Rabe in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ in Central Park 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Daenerys curdled hard this year, kicking out whenever her brittle grasp of power was questioned until she spent most of one episode literally destroying the world. From Bran Stark to Boris Johnson: TV heroes and villains of 2019 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Being in a weightless environment can cause muscles to grow weak and bones to become more brittle. Perspective | For space travelers, fitness is a top priority 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Lewis’s quiet sounds at the instrument are often beautiful, and his loud ones, though sometimes brittle, are certainly powerful. Aiming for a musical summit but falling short 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Jean Smart’s performance as Floyd Gerhardt has been the standout turn on the show so far, and “Fear and Trembling” showcases her brittle resolve as well as any episode to date. ‘Fargo’ Season 2, Episode 4: Winter Is Coming 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Vocal cords grow brittle; high notes start to quaver; low tones hollow out. Review: From a Veteran Singer to a Newcomer, a Note of Welcome 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Deftly, the film shifts focus from Raducan’s disqualification to the entrenched injustices of Olympic sports, with their outsized pressures and brittle illusions of meritocracy. ‘The Golden Girl’ Review: A Lose-Lose Proposition 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Scrunch a sheet in one hand: If it’s brittle and falls apart, it won’t be a dream to work with. The Challenge of Perfect Phyllo 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z “His twang,” she wrote, “jogged in the brittle air.” A Racist World, Described by Those Who Knew It 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z So I took the well-trodden path of putting an egg on top — in this case, fried in coconut oil until the edges ruffled and crisped, turning brittle and brown. Refresh Your Sweet Potatoes With Fried Eggs 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Trout Amandine sported the ideal ratio of brown butter, lemon, and brittle toasted almonds. Le Grand serves Gallic fare with American flair 2011-06-16T20:38:13Z Osborne has absolutely nailed the work's mixture of heartless exhibitionism and brittle ebullience, and he played it with glittering panache and awesome brilliance. CBSO/Volkov – review 2013-02-07T15:24:27Z But nearly all tend to be busier, and relatively brittle and less organically whole in appearance. Art In Review: GEORGE ORTMAN: Constructions: 1949-2011 2012-02-24T00:10:48Z Dexter Dalwood's paintings seemed to me too brittle, too clever and contrived to win. Turner Prize winner Susan Philipsz: an expert view 2010-12-06T19:45:00Z An untitled 1950 painting, somewhat the worse for wear, is composed from visually sliding planes of rich but brittle gray and dun colors. Creative era of Jess Collins, Robert Duncan brought full circle 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Love too little and you may grow brittle and withered. Modern Love: Modern Love: I Was Married, but Dancing by Myself 2012-11-30T16:31:33Z U.K. glam’s camp hearkened to the rollicking, tongue-in-cheek excesses of English music hall and panto dames, rather than the brittle irony of the Warhol Factory. Was glam any different from pop? Simon Reynolds has the answer in 'Shock and Awe' 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Fresco’s brittle, all-on-the-surface style means that the show is only as good as its last joke, and even in the short 10-episode season there are stretches where the jokes aren’t that memorable. Review: ‘Santa Clarita Diet,’ a Suburban Sitcom With Bite 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z They make their productions to last, and not so brittle that they'll break. Mark Rylance: 'You have to move into the chaos' 2013-07-01T06:30:01Z As Baths, Will Wiesenfeld creates unsettling but beautiful electronic music, layering brittle drums with piano, unusual acoustic samples and his own fragile vocals. Your week in Seattle music: Steve Aoki, Nickel Creek 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Made of light ash, it looks like a narrow grand, but sounds more like a fortepiano, with a brittle timbre that sparkles in the higher registers like a dulcimer. Fluid Piano Launch | World music review 2010-03-31T21:00:00Z Hall plays Jordan Sanders, the brittle, ruthless, self-made boss of a successful tech firm, who, thanks to some actual black girl magic, becomes her own 13-year-old self, played by Martin. Issa Rae: ‘I’ve not started writing season four of Insecure yet’ 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Richard’s brittle smile and determined optimism must weather a sustained assault when he returns to his teetering homestead. | 'Little Miss Sunshine': Taking Dysfunction on a Road Trip 2011-03-08T16:48:24Z “After I had my last child, my hair was falling out and got really brittle, which Khloé said had happened to her, too, and she was helped by the product,” Mrs. Joseph said. Those Buzzy New Collagen Products Are Risky Business 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z London's The Independent calls "Emperor" "a brittle, sophisticated cabaret, a nostalgic romance, a Chaplinesque satire, a declaration of defiance." Music of Remembrance to stage Viktor Ullmann's 'Emperor of Atlantis' 2012-11-15T22:28:03Z Her hair became very dry and brittle but didn’t fall out. A confidence boost for women who lose their hair to cancer: A free wig and stylist 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z It is all quite a brittle foundation upon which to build this fame skyscraper. The Harry Styles Show (and Some Music) Comes to New York 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z What elevates that cliché to wisdom is Willie’s diminished-yet-still-distinctive voice, always a bit brittle but now chipped and worn, particularly at the bottom of his range. No More Country for Old Men 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z With the life experience I’d had, I didn’t think that I could change, but standing on the cliff of parenthood had eroded the brittle edges of my character. The agony and ecstasy of becoming an older mother 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z But a crescent of war, violence or brittle autocracy runs from the Middle East to western China. Brilliant threads 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z However, good intentions stifle the drama, as clever plot complexities communicate history but constrain characters, and emotions are semaphored in brittle dialogue. Canary by Jonathan Harvey 2010-05-01T23:08:00Z Mr. Greene sought the same kind of solace and refuge on previous Washed Out releases, but with a drabber, more brittle electronic palette. Playlist: New Music From Washed Out, Buddy Guy and Natalia Lafourcade 2013-08-09T18:39:31Z In the event, she reduced the brittle respectability in Burton to her level -- that of boasting of diamonds. Elizabeth Taylor, from beauty icon to punchline 2011-03-23T22:30:00Z They exude a kind of lushness, avoiding the brittle impersonality and formal melodrama often found in her paintings. 5 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z And in the blink of an eye, she’s landed a promising low-level job working for the fearsome Diana Trout – a brittle, bitter divorced woman over 40. “Younger” is a different kind of time-travel adventure 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Small, orange flames crackled inside the exhaust fan like brittle thorns. The Storybook Marriage of Alice and Martin Provensen 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Instead try the dainty cannoli, with dried cherries and cocoa nibs punctuating the sweetened ricotta tucked into brittle, crepe-thin pastry tubes. The pleasures of pasta at cozy Corretto 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Oh, and let’s not forget about Laurie Metcalfe’s brittle brilliance on Getting On, the hospital comedy that is too dark to win awards. Emmys 2015: the TV shows that should be nominated on Thursday 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Most are sharply observed tales of loss and persistence, delivered in a voice that’s brittle and cracked but still sparkles. Tanya Tucker’s New Album Might Be the Best of Her Long, Underrated Career 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Much like the people Faye meets who find their post-separation lives arid and brittle, England, Cusk seems to suggest, may discover it is even less free alone than when hemmed in by its ostensible obligations. Elusive leaps of grace and daring: Rachel Cusk's 'Kudos' 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z I was just talking to my friend today who seemed kind of impressed that I could play a character that was so brittle. | Laurie Simmons 2010-11-19T23:45:00Z There are “Succession” memes, GIFs, drinking games, remixes of Nicholas Britell’s hypnotic, brittle theme. ‘Succession’ Is Over. Why Did We Care? 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z The work’s owner, the nonprofit New York Landmarks Conservancy, says any attempt to transfer the brittle, wafer-thin hanging will destroy it. Collector’s New Face-Off: Giant Nude Statue in Old Westbury 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z But “St. Vincent” veers the other way: toward the brittle, the shallow and the distorted, while the beat gets earthier. New Music: Beck’s New Album Is ‘Morning Phase’ 2014-02-24T22:48:45Z She sang with a quivering, quick vibrato and a narrow, dry tone that grew brittle as it rose and lost focus when soft. Music Review: Amanda Majeski Sings Britten and Schumann in Concert 2014-02-11T21:54:15Z “A lot of original collections of magazines like this don’t exist very much because the paper was so brittle,” said Megan Halsband, a reference librarian. G.I. Joe, Mickey Mouse and Captain America Walk Into … a Display 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Slender, dark-haired Shapran, if sometimes lacking in technical finesse, is a very beguiling and pretty heroine, but the brittle choreography does her few favours. Coppélia – review 2013-07-13T23:05:57Z The high heat can cause the elastic to melt or become brittle, significantly reducing its lifespan. 5 laundry mistakes you didn’t realize you were making 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z But for upper-middle-class Americans balancing mortgage payments, tuition bills and retirement plans on a brittle tower of monthly paychecks, this bounty looms with the promise of salvation. ‘The Nest’ review: What happens when that nest egg cracks? 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Chaplin’s comportment is stiff and brittle next to Hardy, whose presence overpowers her in these opening episode. Mucky intent makes “Taboo” a questionable proposition 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z The texture of the work fits exactly – it is both hot and cold, brittle and brutal, an elegy and a power-pop dance. Turner prize 2012 exhibition review: is this the best one yet? 2012-10-01T13:08:55Z Over time the corks would shrink as they dried up or would get lost or become brittle and break. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Repurpose yogurt and pudding containers 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z There is the attractively deep knowledge and passion for his subject alongside a barely concealed contempt for the human race, and this in turn is covered with a perilously brittle layer of pseudo-avuncularity. Come Dine With Me Election Special, Bill Oddie's Top 10 Frights And Delights, and Modern Family 2010-05-07T07:00:00Z She is as garish and brittle as the "Crimson Event" nail polish which which she paints her "perfect" feet. Thursday - review 2013-03-01T14:02:00Z To do so, I organized the book by gummies, soft caramels and nougats, hard and brittle and sugar alternatives. Meet the cookbook author who's bringing Taiwanese-American flavors to cannabis edibles 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z He portrays her as brittle, dislikable, unimaginative — a scientist who’d struck gold and was now overzealously controlling access to her star patient. ‘Patient H.M.’ Recalls the Story of a Surgery That Took a Man’s Memories 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Still, this isn’t an album of brittle austerities: “Slowly” involves a lilting two-step up until the coda, a wink and a nod to the Byrds. New Music: New CDs From Broken Bells, Toni Braxton and Babyface 2014-02-03T22:25:14Z The soloist in the concerto, meanwhile, was Kristian Bezuidenhout, elegant and eloquent as always, the dark, brittle sound of his fortepiano conferring qualities of declamatory urgency on a work often considered serenely sweet. OAE/Cohen review 2011-01-05T22:01:01Z In classic style, the play introduces each as she arrives, spouting a bright, brittle aphorism or offering a capsule preview of her character. Review: The Many Unusual Stages of ‘Fefu and Her Friends’ 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z But in rehearsal, and in the subsequent film by Taylor Hackford, “Hail, Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll,” it was the brittle dynamic between Berry and Richards that was the whole story. Remembering Chuck Berry, Who Died at Ninety 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Through their performances, they make it known, with brittle clarity, why the two were together and why they broke apart. ‘See You Then’ Review: The More Things Stay the Same 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Having both extremely brittle 19th-century gender roles played by women casts the hypocrisy in high relief. Review | The hippies are back in Shaina Taub’s musical ‘As You Like It’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Scatter peanut brittle over the top and garnish with a substantial piece of brittle. How to build a quick dessert that’s no mere trifle 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Haliti also suggests avoiding heat styling as much as possible, especially if you’re having issues with dry, dull or brittle hair. Winter hair care: How to prevent seasonal damage 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z For years after the accusation, I viewed every woman with a brittle, green-eyed gaze, “Why are you looking at her?” A friend told me that my husband was having an affair. I didn’t want to know 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z A: It’s possible that the switch failed or that removing the failed bulb caused that socket’s insulation layer, which is often just cardboard, to crumble because it was old and brittle. How to remove rust stains from travertine tiles 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The flowers at the back are no more than brittle husks. Western Bridge exhibit looks at the fleetingness of time 2012-03-15T21:02:07Z Some mixture of rage and embarrassment at the memory of her brittle grimace and her defiant untruths, spooled for four years into our living rooms, unstitching the country she claims to love. Perspective | Farewell to Kellyanne Conway, the ultimate Woman for Trump 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z “In youth we live as if we were immortal. Knowledge of mortality capers around us like a brittle paper ribbon that barely touches our skin.” Movie Review: Jeremy Irons and Lena Olin Star in ‘Night Train to Lisbon’ 2013-12-05T23:12:57Z Sample chewy cashew brittle from the vendor carts around the square outside. 36 Hours in Recife (and Environs) 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Ms. Ryan’s brittle smile seems always to be hiding an inner wince, as if behind the bright domestic chatter her soul is walking across hot charcoal briquettes. Theater Review: ‘Detroit,’ With Amy Ryan and David Schwimmer 2012-09-19T02:00:20Z It was like a museum artifact, brittle in appearance but remarkably sturdy. Critical Shopper: The Armoury, From Hong Kong, Brings Men’s Clothing to TriBeCa 2014-01-29T20:58:08Z There she holds flamboyant sway over a court of minions who function as cast, tech crew and sparring partners in brittle, daring banter. Review: ‘Shows for Days,’ With Patti LuPone as a Diva With Depth 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Longtime R&B figures get smart, brittle electronic makeovers — notably Irma Thomas, in real time and sampled, singing the soulful, bitter “Heart of Steel.” Playlist: Roots Rock and the Funk of the Firmament 2010-02-19T21:40:00Z Comedy is not renowned for its generosity of spirit, but maybe the escape we’re craving is an entertaining environment that’s both funnier and more familial than the brittle reality we endure day-to-day. How chill can Broadway get? Lin-Manuel Miranda and company throw down some ‘Freestyle Love’ to find out. 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z She's a brittle Princeton admissions counsellor, who's given plenty to process when she discovers one of her applicants might be her long-lost son. Man Of Steel, Paradise: Love, Admission: this week's new films 2013-06-15T05:00:16Z Comic characters, Updike writes in an essay about humor, are “rubbery,” with the ability to bounce back, whereas tragic ones tend to be brittle and stony and fated to “irrevocably shatter” under pressure . Books of The Times: ?Higher Gossip? by John Updike - Review 2011-11-28T22:39:39Z She let the beat send her jittering across the stage, or added to it with her own percussion kit, facing all annoyances with brittle energy. ArtsBeat: Bonnaroo: Wild Girls in Control 2012-06-08T00:45:55Z Wara, born in Brooklyn and raised in Atlanta, produced the entire album, and it doesn’t rely on samples of hits or imitations of brittle current sounds. New Albums From Jesse Winchester, Lia Ices and Others 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z All the while, Mr. Welch’s brittle sense of musicality takes every note into account without enhancing any. Fall for Dance at City Center: The Old Man Shows How It Is Done 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z The first movement was fleet and crisp with a brittle, steely tone in the percussive bits. Critic’s Notebook: Recitals by Nikolay Khozyainov and Emanuele Torquati 2013-05-02T21:46:24Z “The Happiest Girl” is a brittle melodrama of a piano ballad, and “Yeah Yeah Yeah” is a cheerful ’80s pop simulacrum that also nods to the Weeknd and Daft Punk. Blackpink and the Limits of K-Pop Maximalism 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Instead of crunchy almonds on top, I used peanut brittle, which accomplished a double mission of using leftovers and getting rid of a temptation in our post-resolution house. How to build a quick dessert that’s no mere trifle 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Buyers of the sometimes brittle paperwork will also need to pay for conservation treatments. Antiques: Shipwreck Relics From Andrea Doria and Lusitania 2010-06-17T21:40:00Z Amid the rippling piano runs and fanciful violin writing, this music pulses with rigorous counterpoint and brittle harmonic writing that recall Stravinsky. Music Review: Steven Beck and Miranda Cuckson at Bargemusic 2010-06-20T21:37:00Z The dough wanted to crumble rather than “slump” off the mixer paddle; the crackers were a bit thick and pliable, not brittle and thin. The gluten-free force is stronger, thanks to two new cookbooks 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z |
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