| 单词 | curlicue |
| 例句 | I noticed the black bands on my sleeves, the tiny embroidered peonies growing from curlicues of gold thread. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They made circles, and curlicues, and squiggledy things, and these hardened at once and were candy. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She tested the dust on the top of the bureau, and then, standing on the bed, wrote in huge cursive curlicues, “Ms. Galadriel Hopkins.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z As the remaining curlicues of steam intertwine with the snow, visibility extends just to the end of my barrel. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I make a drawing of the inside of the frog, with all its curlicues and bulbs, its tiny lungs, its cold-blooded amphibian heart. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He used to write her letters every day, when he still had the strength, long letters in an old- fashioned script with flourishes and curlicues. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My bed has a dark wooden headboard with curlicues on it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Three boys tell him all about snowboarding; a few girls draw curlicue hearts in their notebooks. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Not that he’d recognized its divinity at first — not in this flat rectangle wrapped in checkerboard paper; its attached clump of gray ribbon curlicues looked like the head of a mop. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The house is bigger than she imagined—a white Victorian monolith with curlicues and black shutters. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z There was a glass-fronted cabinet opposite, filled with plates on display stands and teacups with so many curlicues it was a wonder you could drink from them without cutting your lips. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Craig, who was suddenly interested in girls, had started taking his phone calls behind closed doors in the bathroom, the phone’s curlicue cord stretched taut across the hallway from its wall-mounted base in the kitchen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Jenny is looking especially nuts today—her eyeliner has curlicues at the edges. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He wanted to twine himself in the tiny curlicues of her handwriting. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z How he had copied the group of letters out on a piece of brown paper; copied, as illiterate people do, every curlicue, arch, and bend in the letters, and presented it to the midwife. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t seem to; he went on writing down his strange curlicue notes about Thomas Hardy in Phineas Shorthand. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The cilantro and carrot curlicues were my idea, from a magazine I read, and Don Walter agreed it would be a nice touch. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I picture myself nuzzling his head one last time, and I can’t even imagine it without seeing myself crying, my tears turning his blond curlicues straight. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A yellow bird landed on a curlicue of wire, stayed for a moment, and flew off. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z When the door opened, it was not the woman in white but another one wearing red, her hair cut so short it resembled a little gray, curlicue swim cap pulled tight over her scalp. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She made curlicues on each letter of TRUTH. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I peeled back the stiff paper to reveal the word Science printed in curlicues. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They had wild green-and-yellow eyes, two curlicue tusks, and more drool than a dog at dinner. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He knew exactly what the Cardinal strain looked like because he had memorized its curlicues and Cheerio shapes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And, as I sat there and watched, the white chalk curlicues blurred into senselessness. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I zoom in on the metal curlicues and then pan up from the gravel path to Phil’s face. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z In the underbrush, Harison bent to the ground and picked up a green tail feather with a curious curlicue at the end. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z One of the little boards he shaped in a lovely curve, and around its edges he carved leaves and flowers and stars, and through it he cut crescent moons and curlicues. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch as the swirl of cloudy curlicues dance before me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He passed through an archway of wrought-iron curlicues, and paused, squinting at the weedy rows of gravestones. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A letter arrived in September, on thick, expensive paper, the address decked out in curlicues. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z When we finished, our bunk beds looked sort of plain, so we spray-painted the sides with ornate red and black curlicues. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Next will come cream of asparagus soup topped with blue cheese crumbles, then sauteed chicken in a mushroom-raisin-wine sauce garnished with curlicues of carrot and sprigs of fresh cilantro. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was carved into a profusion of curlicues and niches which made the climb considerably easier. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z One brownstone was rotund—like a jolly, well-fed grandfather—with a curved facade and decorative curlicues above round, owlish windows. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He was adding finishing touches to his name—little curlicues on each letter. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Then she stood at the blackboard and scribbled little curlicues in white chalk while I sat in a chair and watched. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The film’s main attractions, though, are the patterns themselves: fantastically precise whorls and curlicues, radiolaria and mandalas that drift across the screen like the endlessly reforming crystals in a kaleidoscope. | 'What on Earth?': ?What on Earth? Probes Mysteries of Crop Circles 2011-04-22T04:53:01Z Van Groeningen, who wrote the script with Luke Davies, arranges the narrative in chronological curlicues, looping back and forth in time and relying heavily on extended, music-driven montages. Review: In ‘Beautiful Boy,’ a Writer Confronts His Son’s Meth Addiction 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Even by the building’s Beaux-Arts standards, there are a lot of gilded curlicues and cornucopias and flute-playing cherubs cavorting up there, around celestial murals of soft pink clouds. The Rose Reading Room and the Real Meaning of “Luxury” in New York City 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Yet why downgrade the baroque curlicues and gilded embellishment that adorn Milanese heritage buildings like La Scala? From Jil Sander to Burberry, there were men?s wear risks in Milan 2012-01-15T19:51:37Z In its first major overhaul since 2000 the site does not cultivate the latest curlicues of Web design. Web Site Review: The Metropolitan Museum?s New Web Site 2011-10-06T22:45:35Z Portions of his woodwork were still unfinished when he died, and even where he did complete a particular curlicue, Ms. Wild said, “He didn’t always hammer the pins home.” Antiques: Antiques - Khadambi Asalache’s London House Restored 2012-05-31T21:21:28Z The curlicues and curving lines were there — but mostly used subtly, even as a white-on-white pattern worked in lace. Let There Be Light 2012-09-24T18:53:32Z “Rumor” and “Secrets” both feature sturdy rectangles filled with gorgeous stained-glass colors, overlaid with curlicue wisps of paint that hint at something more random or elusive. Review: MoNA presents 3 solo exhibits by prominent female artists 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z He shaved the sides, throwing curlicues of wood into the air, and sharpened the tip. Germany’s Christmas markets take yuletide spirit to another level 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z A gesture would begin with clanking clusters and splintering lines, then trail off into delicate curlicues with crucial lingering notes . Review: Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich in All-Boulez Program 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Everywhere, fashionable, metropolitan “Sex and the City” types stomp around town in their stilettos, boldly carrying a bag bearing the brand’s logo, white curlicue lettering on a pink background, the new symbol of female empowerment. “A billion husbands are about to be replaced”: Imagining the wildly effective vibrators of the future 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Steam rising through the gloom at the Gare St-Lazare called for gossamer curlicues of pink and white on smeared patches of gray-blue pigment one day. Critic?s Notebook: Paris Rediscovers Monet?s Magic at Grand Palais 2010-10-05T01:41:00Z His trademark curlicue widow's peak was a wild mess. Conan O'Brien drops the needle on a vinyl record 2010-06-11T05:23:00Z Pick a question out of a hat and chances are he’ll have an opinion, expressed in a curlicue of language and anecdotes that charmingly meanders its way toward the point. Jeff Goldblum Goes Wild With Wes Anderson and Thelonious Monk 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z “Everything I made had curlicues and twists,” he writes. Bill Cunningham, Style Maven, Leaves Behind a Memoir and It’s ‘a Real Dilly’ 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z So it should not come as a surprise that Sunday’s episode, the season 6 finale, contained a couple dramatic curlicues. Surprise! The twists in the “Homeland” season 6 finale pay off 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Tracks murmur and thrum or surge and palpitate, flush with bleary murk and melodic curlicues reminiscent of earthen atmosphere and galactic ascent alike. Waking the Spirit of a Disco Innovator 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Little caricatures, doodles, and sketches for entirely unrelated projects turn up in the margins of his papers.Complex engineering problems sit side by side with designs for wrought-iron curlicues for decorative metalwork. Brunel archive reveals hidden treasures in show-and-tell at Bristol docks 2011-08-14T19:36:13Z If some ’80s experiments with drippy handprints went decidedly awry, two fine works from 2007, in which white curlicues disrupt oceans of blue, reassure that Mr. Williams has never stopped exploring. 10 Galleries to Visit Now in Chelsea 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z As you sit with it, you begin to realize that its formal and self-referential curlicues aren’t affectations but aspects of its inquiry. When Political Theater Ditches the Disguises of Fiction 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Our songs portray that complication: they are frills and fusses and curlicues. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2010-12-02T22:44:00Z In between, the oboist's fingers are almost never still, tracing constant, rippling curlicues as the music rises and falls. BBCSO/Belohavek ? review 2010-12-21T22:01:00Z In fact, though these songs are often miraculous constructs – catchy but intricate, prone to strange melodic curlicues and rearrangements -- there is something quaint about the tones that James employs on much of “Syro.” Aphex Twin's 'Syro': A labyrinthine EDM gem 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Burton is a master of the curlicue, the sine curve, the zigzag; her colors morph from mood to mood, unafraid of darkness and drama. “Life Story,” Virginia Lee Burton’s Picture Book for the Ages 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z But more specifically, they are the long and vibrant green curlicues that grow from a bulb of garlic. Garlic scape gremolata is the perfect garnish to brighten up your favorite spring recipes 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Somehow, it sounded bigger than ever, especially during “I Care,” a ballad that allowed her to ventilate her heart in a sonorous roar, then sing along to a shredding guitar solo in perfect falsetto curlicues. Review | Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s summer tour makes couples therapy feel like karaoke night 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z Each snap on the drums is crisp, the guitars strut and spiral into curlicues and bombastic solos, and every note gleams. Jamaica: No Problem 2010-08-19T22:30:00Z And he repeats motifs to the point of exhaustion: He never met a curlicue of eyeliner he didn't like. 2009-12-10T01:10:00Z There were cutouts at the chest or under the arms, which, like the undulating hemlines on dresses, did seem to follow the curlicues of the famous Guimard wrought iron at Paris Métro stations. Generation Genius! 2012-09-27T18:27:45Z Basgallop dresses up basic horror premises with curlicues of mordant, deadpan humor, and creates an ambient pea soup of unease that, for his well-employed but economically insecure young characters, constitutes a reign of terror. ‘The Consultant’ Review: Silicon Valley Goes to the Devil 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z At the same time, Oyelowo said, he wanted to avoid the tics of fact-based acting, the mannerisms and other physical curlicues. In 'Selma,' David Oyelowo digs deep to play Martin Luther King Jr. 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z And yet, as in Ostermeier’s production of “Returning to Reims,” which played at St. Ann’s last year, the conceptual curlicues eventually pay off when the actors are allowed to play real scenes together. Fleeing Home, but Not Homophobia 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z He wriggles and curls his fingers in smoothly pulsing curlicues. Out of loss of flamenco star comes the magical 'Toro' at Irvine Barclay Theatre 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Their gestures are simpler – and frequently more useful to their players than the refined curlicue preferred by some career conductors. Thomas Ad?s 2010-04-29T20:45:00Z Both were instant classics, celebrated for their evocation of a since-shattered world, and for the tendrils and curlicues of their language. Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure by Artemis Cooper – review 2012-10-12T21:55:11Z At the time, this felt like a betrayal, like all those times in my life when I found myself somehow parked under a neon sign spelled in fake-brushstroke curlicues. Searching for America with General Tso 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The occasional burst of texture — handclaps, sparkling synth ambience, bass curlicues, and a smoldering bridge — adds verve throughout. "Planet Earth" at 40: The perfect debut single that boldly launched Duran Duran 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z He was drafted into the Army, not always a congenial place for men who like curlicues and twists. Bill Cunningham, Style Maven, Leaves Behind a Memoir and It’s ‘a Real Dilly’ 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The new logo retains the rainbow of colors but sheds the grownup curlicues: it now evokes children’s refrigerator magnets, McDonald’s French fries, Comic Sans. Why You Hate Google’s New Logo 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The dish still satisfied, with crackling rice in a light sauce with shiitake mushrooms, lilybuds, bok choy and squid curlicues. Spiced isn't shy about turning up the Szechuan heat 2010-12-30T20:33:04Z On those albums, in music he sometimes described as acoustic soul, he wound his vocal curlicues around his own acoustic rhythm guitar or he swooped above staccato R&B electronics and funk samples. New Music: New Music: Javier Colon and Taylor Ho Bynum - Reviews 2011-11-28T23:08:05Z And then Green starts singing beautiful curlicues of nonverbal nonsense, as if what he’s trying to say is beyond words or beyond his patience to find them. Al Green, the soul legend and Kennedy Center honoree, is still tired of being alone Sarah Tynan, the only originally scheduled soloist, was agile in the curlicues of coloratura that illustrate the dove cooing to his mate and, in the words of the libretto, “the nightingale’s delightful notes.” Review: Haydn’s ‘Creation’: The Birth of All, With High Hopes at Mostly Mozart 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Behind, a bass flute traces a broad counter-melody, a curlicue flourish that simmers through the work like a glowing ember. Jose Gonzalez rocks his mellow way in 'Vestiges & Claws' 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z It’s more robustly painted and the curlicue figures are absent. Félix Fénéon, the Collector-Anarchist Who Was Seurat’s First Champion 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z As for Glass, his 14th etude, played after Schubert’s F Minor impromptu, seemed so richly tonal, with recurring curlicues of melody, that it sounded nearly Romantic. Timo Andres in dialogue with the past, playing Schubert and Glass at the Phillips 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Partly that’s because her piercing voice breaks in just the right places when her mood grows downcast, and explodes into colorful curlicues when she’s enthused, or peeved. Review: Miranda Lambert Sings of What Comes After the Heartbreak 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Then come fervent waves of prayer, massive curlicues of polyphony that reach heavenward. From a 1550s Pandemic, a Choral Work Still Casts Its Spell 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z By that I mean not just that his work is characterised by elaborate details and conceptual curlicues – although it is. The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi – review 2012-09-26T07:00:14Z I knew the poor translation would be hard for him to understand, but I needed to say all of that, even if in the curlicue of Arabic. From Syria, With Love 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z And this curious curlicue in a leading actor's career is a small symbol of the astonishing consequences of the Murdoch meltdown. TV matters: Newsnight with Hugh Grant 2011-07-13T20:00:01Z It occupies a small area alongside a creek, nothing more than a few curlicues of fire rings and grass protected by towering cottonwood trees. Rich in Surprises and Secrets, There’s a State Park Waiting for You 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z “NW,” the recent BBC adaptation streaming on BritBox starting Thursday, July 13, brings a certain order to the proceedings while retaining the essence of Ms. Smith’s structural curlicues and verbal somersaults. Zadie Smith’s ‘NW’ Adaptation Comes to BritBox 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z To the untrained eye, it looks like a mess of musical notes, curlicues, hashtags, doodles and squiggles. Ratmansky’s New ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Looks Back to 1890 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z He went on to bemoan “the amount of curlicues, falderals and bibelots he insists on dragging along as authorial decoration,” which “result in a cacophony of jangling, misheard and misused words.” ArtsBeat: A. A. Gill Honored for Top Hatchet Job 2014-02-12T17:59:04Z Watching one of his movies, you are always aware of the presence of his style, and of the dense weave of references, rhetorical curlicues and half-hidden meanings through which a story takes shape. ‘The French Dispatch’ Review: Remember Magazines? 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Another option is to use fabric scraps to decorate a garment with curlicues and flowers. Fashion Tries on Zero Waste Design 2010-08-13T21:55:00Z Some Nubian ibex, wild goats found only in the Middle East, made an appearance, looking regal with their curlicue horns. Journeys: An Israeli Oasis as a Passage to Ancient Times 2010-09-12T08:01:00Z “I can’t be left alone anymore” — with the guitar joining her for the little melodic curlicue of “anymore.” Review: Weaves Brings Sonic Slapstick in Shifting Tempos to the CMJ Music Marathon 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Broad, gestural curlicues offer haptic echoes of the artist’s motions, but there are also harder angles hiding in there, particularly in trickling, horizontal gashes the color of a blood orange. Jackson Pollock, Before the Drip 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z One of my favorite movies from 2013, “Short Term 12,” is heavy, stirring, and lovely, and the press notes for it are covered in curlicues and wavy lines and increasingly frenetic doodles. My year of anxiety: How my worries took control, and how I’m taking it back 2014-01-26T21:00:00Z It is the curlicue of a lapis flower laid into a marble corner. Essay: Through a Lens Sharply 2014-04-09T18:16:12Z He drew us through the delicate curlicues of figuration in the first movement and into the plucky Scherzo, with its quotations of comic songs. Pianist Stephen Kovacevich’s deft hands still have a solid grasp 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z I flipped through bundles of black-and-white Indian matrimonial headshots, the subjects’ bouffants, curlicues of eyeliner and flared pants suggesting a 1960s provenance. Zanzibar in the Rain 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Explosive curlicues of color surrounding some are painting’s equivalent for the aurora borealis or an approaching storm. Ann Craven, across many moons 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z His solo eases up to a high note and then casually trickles down, continuing through the track to garland Wonder’s vocals with little slides and curlicues, reveling in the song’s sophisticated chord progression. Jeff Beck’s 10 Essential Songs 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z In it, dancers line up along a diagonal and pirouette away as their arms swirl above their heads like curlicues topping a dip of Dairy Queen. A Ballerina Steps Out — as a Choreographer 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z “Thrive on Routine” evokes Ives’s early morning potato digging with a misty sonic landscape dotted with percussive plucks and tiny curlicues. Review: American Contemporary Music Ensemble Beckons, Playfully, at Miller Theater 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z The first song, “Sometimes the Moon Sat in the Well at Night,” followed a stark introductory set of piano chords with a vocal line dotted with exotic touches: dusky harmonies and curlicues of ornamentation. Music in Review: Performances by Sasha Cooke, Escher String Quartet and Ensemble Signal 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Along the way, the tour stops for a Sicilian pizza at L&B Spumoni Gardens in Bensonhurst, where the slices are both thick and light, and cherubs and iron curlicues festoon the walls. The Out of Towner: A Borough?s Pizza-and-Movie Tour 2012-03-08T23:30:07Z Diners bought copies of the Daily Thanthi newspaper, written in the curlicue script of Tamil. Journeys: In New Delhi, Sampling India?s Regional Foods 2010-04-07T20:17:00Z Exuberantly curlicue and pale green, they are the fresh stems of hardneck garlic varieties. Know Your Onions (and Shallots and Leeks and Ramps) 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z Casino bosses began abandoning curlicues of neon in the desert several decades ago, beginning with Steve Wynn's remodel of the Golden Nugget. Museum starts night tours of signs from Vegas past 2013-05-25T18:08:09Z Its first movement, “A Sense of History,” gleamed with horns and harps; soft, swelling strings; and curlicue flutes, before tightening into a more pugilistic mode, rumbling to a climax and resolving into somber shimmers. Review | Lang Lang and the NSO delight a comeback crowd at the Kennedy Center 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z The grill is spread across two dining rooms set apart with archways and metal curlicues. Review | La Limena Grill doubles your Peruvian pleasure 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Lagerfeld also served up A-line dresses in chiffon with beaded black curlicues that echoed the rounded forms of French gardens. Moth-eaten chic at Chanel, France's heritage house 2010-10-05T11:54:00Z There is no glass pyramid jutting from the sidewalk or new modernist curlicue declaring itself a new wing. The Royal Museum With a White-Cube Gallery Inside 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The fashion conversion was to turn those iron curlicues from another era into lacy dresses for modern times. Fashion Review: At Gucci, Frida Giannini Goes from Sexy to Sensual 2012-02-22T18:11:18Z The elegant curlicues and stylized movements of Cambodian dance are difficult to learn but, Mr. Sar found, not particularly germane to ballet. Film: ?Dancing Across Borders? From Anne Bass 2010-03-20T04:29:00Z So, how would you wear the wild curves and curlicues? Fine Points: Baroque Flourishes on Accessories for Fall - NY Fashion Week 2011-09-07T21:29:55Z Or a curlicue of loose carpeting, in the case of the older cars. Perspective | The new lighting in Metro is like sitting in a Xerox machine. And it’s driving us crazy. 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Their lavish curlicue lettering echoed, robustly, that of Warhol’s advertising work of the 1950s; their style often evoked German Expressionism by way of underground comics. Tabboo! Paints a Valentine to New York City 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z This curious hybrid leans upon a curlicue that spreads like a cartoon hand, or a fleur de lys; the whole zany image depends upon it. Thomas Scheibitz – review 2013-07-26T15:00:00Z The movements that follow are arboreal portraits in music: a puckish, dancing duet for the bassoon and a violin; a mysterious nocturne; curlicue phrases choked into fragments; and patient brooding. John Williams in the Concert Hall: An Introduction 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The collars alone, with their bold curlicues in white lace, marked the difference between last season’s perverse play on maids and the dainty dresses for spring/summer 2012. Fashion Review: Marc Jacobs and the Louis Vuitton Merry-Go-Round 2011-10-05T18:17:17Z But for winter 2012, Veronica Etro succeeded in taking the company’s signature paisley patterns and making their rounded curlicues embrace the female figure. Fashion Review: Donatella Versace Revists Her Brother?s Last Collection 2012-02-24T19:31:24Z Both stylistically and thematically, “Caligari” imagined the splintering of the postwar German psyche, presenting a sense that reality itself had been destabilizing, and was reconstituting itself in jagged lines and oblique curlicues. Bad times make great art. Worlds of light and shadow: The reproduction of liberalism in Weimar Germany 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z But after her decision is made — “I don’t wanna get married/Unless it’s with you” — Ms. Aguilera’s voice leaps free, exulting in its range, its forcefulness, its grain and its melodic curlicues. Christina Aguilera Exults in Her Voice on ‘Liberation’ 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z It uses colorful animated drawings of geometrical forms and lines, swirls and curlicues that are digitally projected onto the curtain and stage backdrops to form an ever-shifting accompaniment to the action. 'Nixon' headlines SF Opera's summer season 2012-06-15T18:03:09Z The local sculptor, who does all his own metal work, welds the pieces together seamlessly and buffs curlicue patterns into the metal planes. In the galleries: Artist Francie Hester’s pieces show allure of the old While vocally equal to the crescendos and curlicues, he was unable to compete with Mercury's memory – something vividly proved during Love of My Life, when 1980s footage of Mercury unexpectedly flashed on screen. Queen and Adam Lambert – review 2012-07-12T16:51:35Z A fine tool, certainly: Her brand of verbatim theater, perfected in a series of documentary plays since the early 1980s, duplicates the expressive peculiarities of real speech, making every defensive stammer and evasive curlicue count. Review: Embodying Justice in ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Then there's the issue of taking this particular writer's craft -- and its digressions, curlicues and literary observations -- and turning it into fresh cinema. Sundance 2015: In 'End of the Tour,' David Foster Wallace, explained 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z “I woke up at 5 this morning, jet-lagged,” he told me in his rich curlicue of a voice, “and I thought, ‘Who would want to come to a talk at 10 in the morning?’” Who’s Better Suited for Award Season Than Richard E. Grant? 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Petronio moves his people in neat washes of movement, cutting at just the right moment into tastefully finished solo or duet curlicues. Stephen Petronio Company; Onegin ? review 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z “Caravan,” the show’s centerpiece, was a sultry immersion in exotica whose aura of romantic mystery was distilled by Mr. Tucker’s muted trumpet, enhanced by Ms. Aimée’s vocal curlicues and firmly grounded in Mal Stein’s drumming. Music Review: Cyrille Aim?e and the Surreal Band at Birdland 2012-02-17T22:43:09Z There is hair everywhere: pink strands held back with a baseball cap, white curlicues on a tan chest. A New York-Trained Street Photographer Captures the Art of Walking in L.A. 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The images include new towers with Islamic curlicues, public toilets, thatched waterfront huts and pipe junctions, and demonstrate how architecture is used and experienced. Wolfgang Tillmans Takes Pictures of Modern Life, Backlit by the Past 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z No matter how wretched the song’s mood — or how generous, as in “You Inspire Me” and “Long Limbed Girl” — Mr. Lowe sang carefully, borrowing Nat King Cole’s nearly conversational control and ’s sweet melodic curlicues. Music Review: Once Cruel to Be Kind, Now Soft to Be True 2010-10-22T23:39:00Z There was icing on the cake, too – or, if you prefer, a curlicue around the tribal body art. Rock: the brand new heavies 2013-01-27T00:06:36Z Soon she had mutated into a computer-generated cartoon figure with doe eyes and a curlicue of hair atop her head. Does a Toddler Need an NFT? 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z “Everybody get it off the boat, right?/But only I can really have a snow fight,” he says on “Diet Coke,” lyrics delivered with a snarl and an implicit little curlicue flourish at the end. Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran Up the Ante, and 13 More New Songs 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Mischievous and sly, she speaks in dramatic curlicues, partly because she is biding her time before springing a trap. Review: In ‘The Children,’ the Waters Rise and a Reckoning Comes Due 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Concrete pillars with ornamental curlicues grace the interior. Mexico's peso is soaring. That's bad news for people who rely on dollars sent from the U.S. 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The actors speak their speeches as though they’re invisible to the audience, illustrating their meanings through their exaggerated cadences and stretching out every rhetorical curlicue. Review: The Antaeus production of 'The Tempest' is all sound and fury, signifying nothing 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z Here, the narrow lanes are curlicues, like a medieval village, with abundant courtyards, alleyways and dead ends. King Charles III built a town from scratch. It embodies his worldview. 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Pretty curlicues of radish and apple lent crunch, but tasted strangely salty as seawater. Restaurant review: Seabird got named a top national spot for 2022 — but here’s what our critic thinks 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Such are the distractions of “Amsterdam,” whose curlicues and circumlocutions are genuinely interesting but grow more self-conscious and indulgent with time. Review | ‘Amsterdam’: True-ish shaggy-dog tale from 1933 (with echoes of 2022) 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z “Even though we liked the outside of the building, we’re very into minimalism, elegant straight lines, not too many of those curlicues that they had,” she said. Co-op apartment at 2101 Connecticut for sale for $2 million 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z It’s an art nouveau masterpiece, a jewel box of carved-wood curlicues, stained-glass windows and a curving staircase painted crimson. Perspective | Just as important as a vacation destination: The books you read there 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z The half-billion-dollar bridge is out of the lab and ready for the ecosystem to make its imprint — most visibly in the form of curlicue skid marks from drivers doing doughnuts and burnouts on its deck. The new 6th Street bridge’s baptism by L.A.: Street racers, skaters, taggers and a crash 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Young mountain hemlocks bent into curlicues under the weight of the snow, while ranks of subalpine firs formed white-on-white tableaux against ridges wreathed in drifts. Washington’s winter landscape — this winter, anyway — comes with its own obstacle course 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z Start with little circles, scattered across every point in space and time—a curlicue dimension, looped back onto itself. What Is Spacetime Really Made Of? 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Long theatrical monologues are their staple, full of verbal curlicues, erudite allusions and pent-up fury. Review: At South Coast Rep, 'A Shot Rang Out' proves to be an eloquent misfire 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Unlike a pig’s curlicue or a raccoon’s striped feather duster, a scorpion’s tail also contains the arthropod’s intestine and ventral nerve cord, the invertebrate equivalent of a human spinal cord. How Scorpion Tails Do the Bend and Twist 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z These fancy and fanciful houses are what can happen when you go nutso with a jigsaw: wooden gingerbread and curlicues and scrollwork and turned balustrades galore. Mission Revival, Craftsman, storybook — L.A.’s home styles explained 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z “It doesn’t make the nice little curlicue alpha-helices it’s supposed to,” she says of a common structure found in proteins. The coronavirus is mutating—but what determines how quickly? 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Fair warning, though: Danforth tosses in so many narrative curlicues that explaining it induces the spins. Review: Not your average queer, meta-fictional spooky Victorian romp 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z I’d never done anything like that with any kind of clues or curlicues in it; it was really fun. How do you make a bite-sized 'Murder, She Wrote'? Ask Paula Pell 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z But everyone should avoid touching their face — even if you need to tweak the perfect curlicue on your Dali mustache. Maybe Consider Shaving That Pandemic Beard 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Merle Dry, 55, who died on Wednesday in a hospital in Tulsa, Okla., trimmed the hedges at Oral Roberts University into topiary birds and curlicues. She Was More Than a Statistic in a Pandemic: ‘We Didn’t Want Her to Get Lost’ 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z Amid the film’s ambitious curlicues and satirical ridiculousness is a certain oblique sincerity. Annie Clark, St. Vincent and Carrie Brownstein all meet at 'The Nowhere Inn' 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Given the curvy nature of the Ridge Route, it’s not surprising that many think that the curlicues — like the tendrils of a grape plant — inspired the Grapevine name. Southern California's Grapevine will again test travelers in coming days. Here's a little history 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z Some diversity, such as curlicues and extra tines, is probably driven by the display functions of weapons, she says. The Weapons of Sexual Rivalry 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z A fifth grader in New Jersey is a master of curlicues and connecting loops. A Defense of Cursive, From a 10-Year-Old National Champion 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z All those florid fabric swatches, proliferating curlicues, Moorish arabesques, celebrations of Grandma’s wallpaper and crystal doorknobs, bright colors, polka dots and plaids were all just — well, just too much. Review: More is more. Why the 'Pattern and Decoration' show at MOCA is pure pleasure 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z But try to detect an extraneous curlicue or an unpersuasive gesture. Richard Serra Will Jolt You Awake 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Here, Davies and Michôd have taken the novel's curlicue structure, which jumps around in time on the hinge of a stray thought, and straightened it out into a conventional chronology. Review: Why George Clooney’s ‘Catch-22’ for Hulu may make you yell at the screen 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Most of its layers were horizontal, but a few formed curlicues or flamelike patterns called truncated flame structures, which were caused by a combination of weight from above and mini-surges in the incoming water. The Day the Dinosaurs Died 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z His later painting repetitively churned what became a trademark lexicon of asterisk and scribble, petal and curlicue. Joan Miró’s Modernism for Everybody 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The resulting “Campbell Machine” added up to a “meaningless switch and a pilot light on the outside of the box” and “a circuit diagram with ink,” and a few other curlicues stapled here and there. John W. Campbell, a chief architect of science fiction's Golden Age, was as brilliant as he was problematic 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Some researchers suspect that the portion of huntingtin in which the disease-causing mutation occurs might have little involvement in the protein’s normal function — a molecular curlicue, just along for the ride. Piecing together the puzzle of Huntington’s disease 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Observations from NASA’s Juno spacecraft — which was the first to get a clear look at the gas giant’s poles — show the tempestuous curlicues clustered in geometric configurations, with several storms surrounding a central spiral. New Photo Shows Huge Cyclone Horde on Jupiter 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Thomas House is an eccentric wonder, delivering tilts, ripples and curlicue extensions of his limbs that half-resemble mime or sign-language in their specificity. Kate Wallich + The YC cast a spell in ‘Dream Dances’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z It resembles some kind of industrial ivy, with each twist and curlicue adding to its efficiency as a heater. Dutch design lab blends naturalistic and futuristic 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Razor wire in chaotic curlicues festoons the ceiling of a bunker in Beijing that is an unlikely symbol of the renewed collaboration. U.S.-China mission rushes bomb-grade nuclear fuel out of Africa 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Some of his designs used elaborate flourishes and curlicues, others were stark in their simplicity, including his General Motors logo: the solid sans-serif letters GM, with a white underline, set inside a vertical blue rectangle. Alan Peckolick, influential designer from Madison Avenue to Hollywood, dies at 76 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Not so long ago, her life story formed a sweet narrative with a Rocky curlicue. Chemotherapy, Then the U.S. Championships, for Gabriele Grunewald 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z “All of our ballerinas,” intoned a pre-curtain voice from on high, gloriously accented with Russian curlicues, “are in very, very good moods tonight.” Review: The Trocks sit firmly at the intersection of fun and flawless dance 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Something about the curlicue before the first arch of the M and the small rounded loops of the L looked remarkably familiar. Family treasure found hidden in renovated building’s walls 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z She likes a rougher texture, too, stringy with curlicues. Wheat the heck? Straw art from rural Montana 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Last September, the Golden Coach, drawn by a team of eight horses and fitted with the full regalia of empire—crests, murals, gold-gilt curlicues—had a headlong collision with the twenty-first century. Race, Colonialism, and the Netherlands’ Golden Coach 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Its skirt was based on a bullfighting cape with a pattern mixing swirling garlands, flowers and curlicues. Christian Lacroix, Evian unite for encore 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Martz led me into his conference room and took a seat in front of a floor-to-ceiling city map, which, because of Altamonte’s curlicue suburban street scheme, could double as patterned wallpaper. Uber wants to take over public transit, one small town at a time 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z But like Madonna and newspapers, cursive has displayed a gritty staying power, refusing to have its loop de loops and curlicues swept to the dustbin of handwriting history. Once all but left for dead, is cursive handwriting making a comeback? 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z So for a few hours each Saturday and Sunday, Ms. Mailer supervises legions of helpers who come to paint dots, lines, curlicues and all manner of patterns to her specifications. Art Installation in Torrington Is a Colorful Reflection of a River, and a Community 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z She takes down all their stories in curlicue handwriting in her square notebook after asking the same simple question: How is life in Maiduguri? From Boko Haram’s Birthplace, Instagram Posts Beyond ‘Death and Despair’ 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z They were vaguely reminiscent of eggs, or the outlines of eggs, with some decorative curlicues on top. Why Moscow Has Suddenly Been Filled with Tacky, Terrible Art 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Remember the hue and cry about how the federal government was going to force consumers to switch from the incandescent lightbulbs we’ve used since the days of Thomas Edison to those curlicue compact fluorescent ones? The U.S. made the right call on lightbulbs 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Chloé makes much of the fact that it has no curlicue C logo or other branding iron to stamp its product and, by extension, its clientele. Designing Beyond Chloé: Inside Clare Waight Keller’s Parisian Home 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z The muted trumpet, the mile-high dynamics, the curious curlicue measures that add personality. Three essential (and non-Beatles) productions by George Martin 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z “The day of the curlicue and flourish, and of arm exercises,” the story noted, “seemed to be over.” People Have Been Freaking Out About the Death of Cursive Way Longer Than You Think 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z She squinted, with a light sigh, at the public-transit curlicue she was about to make through Atlanta: When the poor are forced to the suburbs, getting to work becomes a huge challenge 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Some are large and ornately illustrated, with woodcuts and curlicue letters; some are pocket-size and printed on cheap paper with smudgy ink. In Defense of Scrooge 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z And if he looks skyward, he may spy a bald eagle cutting curlicues on the breeze as a carpenter’s plane shaves wood. Seattle shooting generates Olympic Peninsula gift 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z While Cross and Odenkirk allow themselves the latitude to detour into silly tangents, “W/ Bob & David” often spins simple ironies into delightfully elaborate structural curlicues. Good news, ‘Mr. Show’ fans: Bob Odenkirk and David Cross’s new project is just like it 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z But the next day, Mr. Dey saw a second gigantic figure, the three-legged, swastikalike form with curlicue tips, about 300 feet in diameter. NASA Adds to Evidence of Mysterious Ancient Earthworks 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z There were many good narrative curlicues to be found Saturday. Mets Go From Doldrums of Summer to Dreams of Fall 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z In another image, the top of a saguaro cactus erupts in elaborate curlicues of uncontrolled growth called fasciations — pathological but so visually arresting that “crested cacti” are valued by collectors. Cellular Cheaters Give Rise to Cancer 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z "It’s a baroque novel, so there are all sorts of flourishes and curlicues." Book Talk: A painting inspires Eyre's 'Viper Wine' 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z We all know that in the composition of this continent, the people are mere curlicues. Matthew Dellavedova isn't dirty, America: he's just Australian 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z They are saffron in color, each a mass of abstract curlicues, and at night they glow. Nicaragua's first lady is a powerful partner of president 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Having replaced incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent curlicues in many city buildings, officials wanted to bring a similar transformation to the streets. New LED Streetlights Shine Too Brightly for Some in Brooklyn 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z There’s thick molding and frosting-like curlicues in every corner, lush paintings on the walls and crystal chandeliers glimmering from the ceiling. Comme Des Garcons and Undercover break all the rules, dazzle the eye at Paris Fashion Week 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z The result had hinged on the discovery of a curlicue pattern in the polarization of the cosmic microwave background, the Big Bang's relic radiation. Gravitational Waves Discovery Now Officially Dead 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z It had hinged on finding a curlicue pattern in the polarization of the cosmic microwave background, the Big Bang's relic radiation. Gravitational waves discovery now officially dead 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z The telescopes, built by an international collaboration led by physicists from Caltech and Princeton, are designed to detect faint curlicues in the polarization of the microwaves. Big Bang to Be Investigated From Balloon in Antarctica 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Scioscia, a former catcher, adds a looping curlicue above the letter with another marking, as if for a thumb. For major league ballplayers, signature moments are part of the game 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z On the inside, under the dome, he examined the intricate, curlicue pattern on the mosaic floor. Notre Dame and Under Armour Seek Win-Win With Apparel Deal 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Bricks from the facade of Novelli Bail Bonds crushed a Nissan Sentra parked below, and the carved-stone curlicues from the Napa Library fell from its eves and littered the front steps. Magnitude-6.0 earthquake hits in N. Calif., hurting dozens and rattling wine country And yet, the beauty of its different locales — grimy prison colonies, ominous curlicue spaceships, sparkling utopian cities — is repeatedly leavened by Gunn’s whiz-bang enthusiasm for putting together enormous set pieces. 'Guardians of the Galaxy' review: Marvel hits interstellar space 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Written towards the end of his life in England, where he was born, there is no hint of the monster in the curlicues of a neat, cursive hand. The bone collectors: a brutal chapter in Australia's past 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z He could as easily have called it a narrative Alhambra, a palace in the Spanish tradition but fluent with foreign shapes and dizzy curlicues amidst the water and the orange trees. The Miraculous Life of Gabriel García Márquez 2014-04-17T21:50:42Z A yellow curlicue roller coaster, and a purple U-shaped tummy churner and a bunch of other rides — all of them as still as a parked car. The Oddities of Olympic Park 2014-02-15T22:40:42Z In Traer, Iowa, residents created the Winding Stair Festival to hail a curlicue iron stairway built outside a downtown storefront in the 1890s that draws tourists to the town of about 1,700. Kansas Town Celebrates Milo Festival 2013-09-06T03:26:07Z They’ve had “I Love You” in curlicue letters painted on the chapel wall. Weddings jump 61 percent at Anne Arundel County Courthouse 2013-02-14T02:53:50Z I pulled some other White House memos that bear his curlicues: Amazingly, while this looks like an arbitrary series of loop-the-loops, he's actually mostly consistent about having seven full loops each time. Economix Blog: A New Scribble on Your Dollar Bill 2013-01-09T20:21:18Z Microbasil, radishes and curlicues of basil pistou are more expected accompaniments, except that the basil is Thai and chile peppers skulk. Hungry City: The Toucan and the Lion—Restaurant Review 2012-08-17T19:53:07Z Ah Sing's grog-shop, with its colonnades and porticoes and fussy gables and fantastic cornices terminating in pigtail curlicues, was a squalid place for all the ornamentation cluttered on it. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z It was a hot gulp of consommé followed by a curlicue of raw-aged beef, squirreled in the bottom of the plastic shot glass like a specimen in formaldehyde. Nocturnalist: A Party Whose Honoree Was So Very Touchable 2011-05-12T02:00:30Z The marks on the paper were meaningless lines and curlicues; yet, to the untrained eye of a child they might look as much like letters as real letters do, I realized. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Instead, the pattern of facts so far presents only a lack of one, a curlicue of contradictory moments open to broad interpretation. A Jigsaw Picture of an Accused Killer 2011-01-15T18:29:27Z It’s not that the California Public Utilities Commission doesn’t like the curlicue lights, which are significantly more energy-efficient than incandescent bulbs. The Charge of California's Light Brigade 2010-09-24T16:19:00Z The helicopter was close on their heels, whipping up curlicues of dust in the horses’ wake. Horse Advocates Pull for Underdog in Roundups 2010-09-06T03:46:00Z The challenge is to track the oil as it moves, caught in the curlicue Gulf currents, and have ships on hand that can quickly move boom to where it's needed. The Gulf Disaster: Whose Asses Need Kicking? 2010-06-10T06:10:00Z IT didn’t take long for Chip, a Tennessee fainting goat sporting a luxuriant Vandyke beard and an impressive pair of curlicue horns, to live up to his breed’s name. 2010-01-07T18:35:00Z He can skate forwards and backwards and cut all sorts of curlicues, although he is such a heavy man. Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl It's a whackin' big place, all fenced in with fancy iron work and curlicue gates fourteen feet high. Side-stepping with Shorty Rugs where queer stiff little men and animals that looked as if a child had drawn them, wandered about among curlicues and odd geometrical patterns. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John Avoid unnecessary flourishes in capitals, and curlicues at the end of words. The Century Handbook of Writing Reluctantly Mary deciphered the slanting, curlicue handwriting, which said in part: Now, papa dear, I’m terribly worried about the painted Chinese wall panels for the little salon. The Gorgeous Girl Eventually old Clay Kittredge died, and the son chopped the "Jr." curlicue from the end of his name and began a new r�gime. In a Little Town His face and hands were spare and lean, but his uniform was immaculate, covered with every curlicue the regulations allowed. The Risk Profession The bed that they had longed for stood in their shabby front room, pink enamel, gold curlicue trimmings and all! Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati The curlicue stayed in the air wherever you put it and when you moved it you could feel the faintest sort of gyroscopic resistance. The Night of the Long Knives “Wilbur Dill,—Spokane” was the name he inscribed upon the spotless page with many curlicues, while Ma Snow waited with a graceful word of greeting, bringing with her the fragrant odors of the kitchen. The Man from the Bitter Roots These medallions were her especial admiration, for each was bordered with elaborate curlicues, and contained a gorgeous basket of woolen flowers, the like of which never bloomed in any garden, temperate or tropical. Chicken Little Jane "You will be loved by men," he said, after contemplating apathetically the curlicues of sand. Sacrifice Beneath and above the latter were panels still smaller, placed horizontally, and outlined with white curlicues and flutings. The Lion's Mouse Miss Brown never puts 'q' instead of 'a', or gets chapter titles on one side; and she knows how to make the loveliest curlicues under her headings. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon You must be a bum shot, not to hit that curlicue in the middle. Highways in Hiding Tell Ernest the first ten pages of Geometry would have floored me completely if I hadn’t remembered how patiently he used to saw round all those curves and curlicues in that scroll-work. Chicken Little Jane With her head bowed forward, her pose an epitome of patience, she fixed her eyes upon the pencil point, which slowly made meaningless curlicues. Sacrifice It is really no more a thing than "a child's curlicue cut by a burnt stick in the night," and as the one is evanescent, why not the other? The Last Harvest "Give you good-e'en, Ramsay," salutes M. Picot, a small, thin man with pointed beard, eyebrows of a fierce curlicue, and an expression under half-shut lids like cat's eyes in the dark. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade Ornamental wrought iron gizmo with curlicues and a little decorative circle that sort of looks like the Boy Scout tenderfoot badge suspended on three spokes. Highways in Hiding It was covered with twists and curlicues of sugar and candy, and in the end of this egg, also, was a glass window. The Story of a Candy Rabbit There was not the slightest use in trying to make its twisty curlicue streets conform to any engineering plan on earth; so those sensible old-time folk didn't try. Greenwich Village He could podograph any letter, and multitudes of ingenious curlicues which might pass for the alphabets of the unknown tongues. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Of course we did not think for a moment that the troublesome curlicues we were finding had always been there. Virginia: the Old Dominion The girls made foray into a little side pocket of bedroom for the changing of shoes, whitening of noses, and various curlicue preambles. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Also an overflow of curlicue divan, and a washstand. Star-Dust One day, he attempted to make out of a live lion a fanciful creature of curlicues and curliewurlies. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks He enjoyed watching that casting move resistlessly under the tool; watched the metal curl up in glittering little curlicues as the tool ate its way across. Youth Challenges I put in plenty of curlicues after the figures so that no one could raise the check into $400,000; then I got out my old rattan suit case and put in some clothes. Parnassus on Wheels Mr. Harnden was short and roly-poly, with a little round mouth and big round eyes, and a curlicue of topknot that he wagged in emphasis as a unicorn might brandish his horn. When Egypt Went Broke With his light hand, which was so clever at beautifying our copies with curlicue birds, he shaved the notabilities of the place: the mayor, the parish priest, the notary. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography |
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