| 单词 | dryly |
| 例句 | She chews on it dryly, realizes there’s only one, and reluctantly breaks the rest of it in half for me and Kelton to share. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Then the matter is easy to follow,” responded the psychologist, dryly. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Unfortunately,” Eleanor said dryly, “there was not at all that much money. My sister put her share into the bank for her little girl’s education. I did buy some clothes, to come to Hill House.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z "Even hungry dogs know better than to bite the hand that feeds them," Littlefinger called dryly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Jean Louise,” he said dryly, “not much more than five per cent of the South’s population ever saw a slave, much less owned one. Now, something must have irritated the other ninety-five per cent.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The Island County coroner coughed twice, dryly, and circumnavigated his examination table. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I think I can make it,” I say dryly. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z "I shall wear that as a badge of honor," Ned said dryly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “That shows a certain lack of trust,” he said dryly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I doubt they would welcome me,” Hannah said, again dryly, “even if I chose to go. In Massachusetts we Quakers had our own meetings.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Imagine a thousand starving orphans on a sinking ship in the middle of a shark-infested sea, and you’re getting close to how much I don’t want to be there,” Miles said dryly. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Not exactly seen as a worthwhile pursuit for a man in line for the throne, scribbling verses about quarter-life angst,” Henry says dryly. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I—yes. I didn’t mean to—” “It would be interesting to know how long he was there,” the instructor said dryly. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure you don’t,” Chaol said dryly, though he met her stare. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “You did not ask me,” said the Princess dryly. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “A deus ex machina, then, in a double sense,” said Dr. Calvin, dryly. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “You have, M. le Comte, the makings of a very fine criminal,” remarked Poirot dryly. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you’re the expert on these things,” said the cat dryly. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z “Oh! when a gallant young man, like Mr. Frank Churchill,” said Mr. Knightley dryly, “writes to a fair lady like Miss Woodhouse, he will, of course, put forth his best.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z He answered dryly: “You know what is in Room 101, Winston. Everyone knows what is in Room 101.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z One of them observed dryly, “If it was me now—why, I’d invite a few, maybe three, friends to have a drink.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "That will fill them with fear," the queen said dryly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "There was a prince who tried that once," said Tyrion dryly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I answered dryly and with all the detachment I could summon, “Mi padre.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Cange no longer looked like a miserable encampment of refugees, Farmer thought dryly, just a typical, extremely poor Haitian village. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z One of them rustled dryly in the wind. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Never mind, never mind,” said Twycross dryly, who did not seem to have expected anything better. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I flicked the negatives, as he must have done, toward the comer, heard them scratch dryly against the wall and flap to the floor. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid I did,” he said dryly, mashing out his cigarette. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Gee, thanks,” I said dryly, half flattered he thought I was capable of that level of scheming. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Naked feet swished dryly across the planks in the wooden floor and the clang ceased abruptly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “You never spoke a truer word, boy,” someone muttered dryly to Dumbledore behind Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Do not include me in the discussion,” he said dryly. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can say that again,” he said dryly. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Jason smiled dryly, like he’d just found out he would die in an embarrassing way. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I believe you mentioned that before,” said Trotter dryly. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Beyond the open door the dead grass rasped dryly in the wind. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “Of course we are all alike, we all have white oppression in common,” Miss Adebayo said dryly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I believe I have heard that somewhere before,” he agreed dryly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When told of the setback, Aaron responded to his sons dryly, “You must remember that Mr. Conibear is an American.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I think, Dr. Yutar,” Justice de Wet responded dryly, “that counsel for the defense have sufficient experience to advise their clients without your assistance.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve heard my dad’s a sonuvabitch when it comes to you Ohio junior engineers,” I finished for him, as dryly as my age and the hour allowed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I know how brilliant I sound,” I shoot back dryly. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “You can go ahead and worry if you want,” Kote said dryly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m talking about your tzitzis,” he said dryly as I slid on my waistcoat and evening coat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A company representative later noted dryly of Hale’s effort to secure a $25,000 policy, “I don’t think it would seem regular.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “In other words, a good mensch,” I said dryly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Blue dragonflies hovered overhead, their wings rattling dryly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “More like several hot knives through several dozen farmers,” Bast said dryly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Evidence suggests it takes more than just one lifetime,” Fela said dryly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “His sufferings,” replied Emma dryly, “do not appear to have done him much harm. Well, and how did Mr. Churchill take it?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z "You don't mind if I forgo your help, do you?" she said dryly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Working,” the boy answered dryly, making it look as if he wanted to concentrate on his reading. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just like the children’s song: Let me tell you what to do. Dig a pit that’s ten by two. Ash and elm and rowan too— “Yes indeed,” the bundled man said dryly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “A loner and a modern-day explorer of the Dark Continent,” she said dryly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “If you’re a nobody,” she said dryly, “it doesn’t matter what color you are.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "I imagine Father's heard rather more than a hint by now," Tyrion said dryly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “After you gut a few thousand chickens,” Galen said dryly, “you’ll either get really good at it, or you’ll stop gutting chickens.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “White kids in the suburbs,” Miles answers dryly, as if he’s heard this before. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Good enough for you,” my mother commented dryly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When she woke him he grunted and leaned forward with a sudden movement to close the files, and then, still seated, pulled her hand to his mouth and kissed it dryly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It is also foolish to climb a tree because black bears are adroit climbers and, as Herrero dryly notes, you will simply end up fighting the bear in a tree. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Flattered,” I said dryly, as if that would hide my blush. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Well, I know where to get some lithium if she ever wants any,” Emery says dryly. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I said dryly and pushed the food home. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z "Nothing would be more likely to ruin my supper," the dwarf said dryly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Well done, Frank Zhang,” Leo said dryly, doing his impression of Chiron the centaur. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “They never get any further with us than that, if we don’t want ’em to,” she said dryly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She swallowed dryly several times during the arduous trek up the stairs to her apartment, but she was sleeping soundly again by the time Nately undressed her and put her to bed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He added dryly: "And I don't think you'll be going that way either, Mr. Lombard." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Carl swallowed dryly and just barely tilted his head yes, keeping his eyes all the while on the “boys.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Starboard is what we call it,” Candless said dryly as he spun the wheel. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “So I take it this isn’t your first feature film starring an Indian wedding,” he remarks dryly. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Their talk is relentlessly positive and dryly fatalistic at the same time. Movie Review: Mark Wahlberg Stars in ‘Lone Survivor’ by Peter Berg 2013-12-24T21:55:24Z At once dryly funny and surprisingly poignant, “Jethica” uses the paranormal as a metaphor for abusive male behavior. ‘Jethica’ Review: Slow Stalker 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z “There’s a lot of attention paid to the opening night,” she said dryly, “but what Andrew was trying to achieve with the documentary was Andrew Bolton’s creative process.” A Party to Mark the Party of the Year 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z The two enjoy a dryly tender relationship, gingerly encouraging each other to take better care of themselves. From Blood and Phlegm to Alcohol and Defenestration, Novels of Heartache 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z “The finale, where we talk about the last 18 seconds of the credits, went for over three hours,” Kozlek admitted dryly. Those movie nerds behind the video-store counter are back — and they’re doing podcasts 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z "There was obviously some mix-up," the narrator dryly notes. Fame by Daniel Kehlmann 2010-09-19T11:57:00Z This delicate process, known dryly as the freelance hustle, can be exasperating, but it can also provide a special kind of freedom and independence. She Had 3 Jobs to Support Her Music. Now All Are Gone. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z "It was quite easy to dispel those doubts," he says, dryly. The son also rises: Jim Loach directs his first film 2011-03-31T22:00:02Z “Everything was in there: shooting gallery, pool tables,” he says dryly. The man who helped spark the cocktail movement — and keeps feeding it 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z He writes lovely tunes, the better to play through dryly. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-09-26T21:57:00Z “I knew this was going to happen,” she added dryly, clearly aware her charismatic, witty accomplice would not be able to remain quiet for long. A Theater Duo’s ‘Last Gasp’ Doesn’t Look Like the End 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z Even the Los Angeles Times, in their Schneider obituary last winter, observed dryly that at the time of his death, Schneider was alienated from his children. True Hollywood story: The producer and the Black Panther 2012-06-09T19:00:00Z “Characters must not brood too long,” as Forster also dryly observed, or “waste time running up and down ladders in their own insides.” ‘The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him/Her’ 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Spiked with dryly funny exchanges and lovingly shot by Eric Robbins on 35-millimeter film, “In a Valley of Violence” nevertheless feels exasperatingly two-dimensional. Review: Don’t Mess With the Dog in ‘In a Valley of Violence’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z In person Mr. Wegman, who seems kindly and dryly humorous at once, also affects a certain degree of naïveté. William Wegman Show at Bowdoin College Museum of Art 2012-07-27T14:23:59Z “The Oscar goes to — this is a big surprise,” Eastwood said dryly before reading the name everyone knew was coming. Oscars Rewind: The Last Time Jane Campion and Steven Spielberg Went Head-to-Head 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Pike also acted at university — “a hotbed of opportunities to fail,” she said dryly. Rosamund Pike Is Delighted to Appall You 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z “The artist made 14 of these characters in my image and sold them very successfully,” Mr. Lewis said, adding dryly: “People want mementos. They want to touch the hem of the garment.” At 90, Jerry Lewis’s Mouth Runneth Over 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z And while it is often dryly funny, “Red-Eye” draws a moving portrait of an artist whose talent was intricately tied up with his pathologies. Theater Review: A Poet on the Skids in ‘Red-Eye to Havre de Grace’ 2014-05-01T02:00:01Z “We can add elephants to Zeffirelli productions,” he remarked dryly, referring to the lavish and large-scale stagings created for the Met by the director Franco Zeffirelli, which are being phased out by Mr. Gelb. For New ?Ring,? Met Reinforces Its Stage With Steel 2010-06-07T18:50:00Z Unable to connect, the narrator dryly observes, “All he does is bleed.” A Psychological Thriller Asks, Are We All a Little Stalker-ish? 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z “These days,” she said dryly, “I think we could all agree that having a just-friend is not a bad thing.” dance: Tharp Is Back Where the Air Is Rarefied 2010-03-05T21:17:00Z “I’m not great in relationships,” Mr. Thompson remarked dryly. The Artistry Is Apparent, So Where?s the Audience? 2011-02-06T22:52:21Z That sentiment applies to Mr. Porumboiu’s dryly funny, enigmatic new work. From Romania, ‘When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism’ 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z "I didn't say that, darling. I said he came around. I don't know what makes the final cut," she said, dryly. Mariah Carey playfully promotes docuseries 'Mariah's World' 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z The story, Hale added, “deftly and dryly exploits the gap between Ray’s violent occupation and his efforts to be a good father, boyfriend, brother, ex-husband and mentor.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Mr. Inbetween’ and ‘The Victim’ 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z “It’s not air-conditioned, except in the winter,” he said dryly. Antiques: Vintage Auction Catalogs With Personal Provenance 2014-01-30T22:37:18Z The dryly descriptive titles have a precedent in “Railroad Incident, August 1995” from “Assorted Fire Events.” A Writer Who Finds Grace Beneath the Violence in His Stories 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z "You don't make this stuff thinking you're going to be a hit at the Toronto Film Festival," he said dryly. Chris Rock is just being his biting, brazen self in 'Top Five' 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Q. “The Guilt Trip” is about a maternally invasive widow and her dryly condescending son who drive together from New York to San Francisco. Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen Discuss ‘The Guilt Trip’ 2012-12-09T08:10:06Z Shaw gave a thorough pre-dive briefing including reef navigation, safety procedures and a dryly comical and detailed history of the statue, although a line about Linda’s beauty fell flat with me. In Key Largo, fin-to-fin with the denizens of Florida’s revitalized coral barrier reef 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Production Code enforcer Joseph Breen scrupulously monitored “Road to Zanzibar” to forestall any unseemly displays of female flesh, Giddins notes dryly, “while expressing no qualms about depicting a public slave market in modern-day Zanzibar.” Review | How Bing Crosby bounced back from personal and professional malaise 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Just before that, the composer-lyricist says dryly, “And this box contains my fingernail clippings. I’m thinking of sending them to the Smithsonian.” Decades in the Broadway biz, and still we want more of Stephen Sondheim "There are still lawsuits pending," Mr. Burton responded dryly. ArtsBeat: Disney Is Back at Comic-Con, Hoping to Turn a Corner 2012-07-13T02:22:19Z But even the most over-the-top scenes are fun to watch because Odenkirk's expressions are so dryly amusing. In the joyfully violent "Nobody," Bob Odenkirk channels his inner John Wick 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The final moments of six emergencies are re-enacted, after which a note on the screen dryly provides the cause of the accident and the number of survivors. Movie Review: ‘Charlie Victor Romeo’ Depicts Doomed Flights 2014-01-28T23:18:30Z “Audiences never seem to tire of watching women in jeopardy,” Gregory observes dryly. ‘Stuntwomen’ gives voice to the high-flying, fast-driving women on screen 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z She could be dryly devastating, saying, “President Trump is a 76-year-old man. He is not an impressionable child.” The Jan. 6 Hearings Did a Great Service, by Making Great TV 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z The author and professional fly in the ointment of religion had faint praise for Islam in August, when he dryly noted the religion’s poor showing in the Nobels. 2013: The worst tweets of the year 2013-12-27T15:30:00Z “It was a change from all those hats and clothes in ‘Downton,’” Ms. Smith said dryly. Maggie Smith Shifts From Dowager to Down and Out for ‘The Lady in the Van’ 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z He dryly refers to his homeland as “the most relaxing place in the world” during Mr. Fogel’s visit to Moscow, after Mr. Fogel has had enough experience to know it’s more likely the opposite. ‘Icarus’ Puts Russia, Cycling and Doping Into One Cocktail 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Grenier, his dark baritone rumbling with mordant humor, imbues his storekeeper with a dryly cynical attitude that matches nicely with his customer’s. Theater Review: ‘The Vandal’ by Hamish Linklater, at the Flea Theater 2013-02-01T03:00:00Z “There are worse things,” she dryly retorts when the sheriff reflects on her childhood friend’s “lonely death alone in a big house.” Tyson's inviting 'Trip to Bountiful' at the Ahmanson Theatre 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z “Hello, suckers,” she dryly greeted the audience, which couldn’t have been happier to be in her hands. The killer-dillers of ‘Chicago’ have been slaying audiences for decades 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z I’ll miss this attitude—the huge TV star who dryly made fun of what TV was to begin with and what it had become. Goodbye, Dave 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z You feel the isolation so acutely that it’s an instant laugh line when a woman named Hannah dryly observes, “It’s pretty rural out here.” Review | Treem drama details domestic violence in the era of women’s liberation 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z “People don’t really want to support us that much,” Mr. Stewart added, dryly. ‘How Long Gone’ Is in It for the Long Haul 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z “Well, I’ve been aware of God for some time,” Mr. Javerbaum said dryly, sitting down to meet at — compromise — Holy Grounds, a coffee shop located at a Catholic parish here. David Javerbaum’s ‘An Act of God’ Adapts Tweets to Broadway 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Still, he admitted dryly, “it’s nice to have people paying attention to me and complimenting me instead of yelling at me. It’s much better.” Kenneth Lonergan makes a triumphant return with ‘Manchester by the Sea’ 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z “They’re animals all right,” Mr. Bolos said dryly, referring to the Snap Packers. Move Over, Rat Pack and Brat Pack: Here Comes the Snap Pack 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z “It was very depressing,” Mr. Curtis said dryly. How the ‘Love Actually’ Reunion Came About 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Describing the soulless towers in immigrant suburban Paris, he notes dryly: “The planes coming in to land at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle always missed them, but the towers were falling apart anyway.” Books of the Times: ?Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris,? by Graham Robb 2010-04-27T21:30:00Z Their friendship takes shape with swift impulsivity: Mel, dryly funny and finely wired, is the natural leader, while Sharon, through whose perspective the story is told, retains a kind of earnest credulity. Review | Can a friendship between two cartoonists survive their own success? 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Argue dryly recounts the programmatic or political intent behind each composition; Transit, dedicated to a cheap, badly regulated bus service; Habeas Corpus, angrily recording the unjustified "extraordinary rendition" of his fellow Canadian Maher Arar. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society; London Sinfonieta/Matthew Herbert 2010-11-21T22:45:00Z “This is our future together,” he says dryly. She?s Leaving Home; Grab a Camera 2010-10-24T02:23:00Z When another scientist tries to demonstrate how the ancient artists might have used a spear but throws ineptly, Mr. Herzog dryly notes that he wouldn’t have lasted long in Paleolithic times. Prehistoric Cave With a Hornet on the Wall 2011-04-23T23:31:38Z They first met Rasputin a year later: “We made the acquaintance of a man of God,” Nicholas recorded dryly but mystically in his diary. ‘Rasputin’ Unravels the Myths of the ‘Mad Monk’ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z “I could tell,” he said dryly, referring to the laughs and sniffles he’d heard from his upstairs office. Perspective | Even in a world turned upside-down and an all-virtual Sundance, the movies survived 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z “You are adored but you say you’re alone/ Like I’m nothing at all/ That’s how you punish me,” Mr. Lewis sings dryly. New Music: Music by the Very Best, Twin Shadow and Jeff the Brotherhood 2012-07-16T22:34:10Z Wry, dryly funny, patrician, a great mimic, a seasoned anecdotalist, handsome into old age, his spoken sentences as beautifully constructed as his written ones, a lover of the crystalline prose and perfect plotting of P.G. John le Carré, Best-Selling Author of Cold War Thrillers, Dies at 89 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z I would say I come from a family of very dryly funny storytellers, on especially my dad's side of the family. Lauren Graham rethinks identity, from writing to directing: "I want to be the one to tell the story" 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z “Not everybody loves them as much as I do,” Mr. Kushner dryly countered. For Tony Kushner, It’s Angels Over the Breakfast Nook 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z "This is the kind of room that started off as mine, but lots of other people live in this house. So, they've taken over," he says dryly. ABC's Martin Fry on writing '80s love songs to be original: "It was kind of an act of rebellion" 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z When I told Bonneville that I had spent the previous day at Fellowes’s house, he inquired dryly, “The burnt one or the other one?” Julian Fellowes: The Creator of ?Downton Abbey? 2011-09-11T05:00:22Z “Forgive me, I’m in Las Vegas,” she said dryly. How Amy Adams Overcame Her Resistance to 'Big Eyes' 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Professor Merriman approached the research and writing of his books with a similar goal: to avoid approaching 19th- and 20th-century French social and political history dryly. John Merriman, Eminent Historian of France, Is Dead at 75 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z “Ridiculous,” my daughter said dryly, catching sight of the old-fashioned booklet. Three Musical Notes, 1,848 Miles and a Lifetime of Memories 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Some of the diction is biblical; some is dryly sardonic. Leonard Cohen's new album, 'Old Ideas' wrestles with death 2012-01-30T22:33:07Z There’s a great story Minnie Driver tells about the director Joel Schumacher, who responded dryly after a co-star complained that Driver’s performance in “The Phantom of the Opera” was too over the top. Forget Naturalism. With Movie Acting This Year, Big Swings Are In. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z As Defoe dryly comments, “Note: if your plan involves the British coming to your rescue at any point, then it is a Bad Plan. Can’t emphasize this enough.” Review | Oh, the places you’ll want to go! Two new books offer the most magical of escapes 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z “I saw it more as a refund for the years of TV license that I paid,” she said dryly, referring to the BBC’s main source of public funding. U.K. Podcast Companies Want What the U.S. Has, Looking Past the BBC 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z After detailing these disturbing possibilities, the surgeon looks at you and blinks dryly, waiting for your horrified reaction. The eye surgery I never should have seen 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z “It’s taken us 120 years to get them out,” Mr. Holloway said dryly. Art: New Beacon of Scotland's Identity 2011-12-17T08:00:10Z “I know that if we hadn’t handed the paintings over to the Dutch authorities, they never would have found them,” she added dryly. As Stolen Van Goghs Return to View, a Thief Tells All 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Lutinier brings a dryly burlesque quality to the proceedings, and Spinel is in some ways the most affecting character, even though his relationship with the others isn’t fully fleshed out. Review: In ‘With No Fanfare,’ Things Fall Apart 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z The relationship, Ms. Markosian notes dryly, lasted nine years — the same as “Santa Barbara,” the television series. Is It Soap Opera or Real Life? It’s Both 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Other highlights of this first week include Lucrecia Martel’s “Zama,” a lovely looking, formally inventive and often dryly witty exploration of colonialism, its crimes and absurdities, set in 18th-century South America. New York Film Festival Is a Feast for True Believers 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z He claims not to be influenced by his heritage: “I suppose the only Orientalist element in my work,” he says dryly, “is myself.” | A Shoe-In for Spring 2014-03-27T18:30:53Z When Hazzard came to the microphone, she dryly remarked that King’s list wasn’t “much of a satisfaction.” Shirley Hazzard’s Stories Observe Pain and Disappointment With a Witty Intelligence 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z DeWitt, dryly sardonic, clicks instantly with his rhythms as she creates a moody woman who nonetheless knows how to laugh at herself. 'Your Sister's Sister': a poignant visit with a believable trio 2012-06-14T20:45:04Z When a friend asked what she was doing, she dryly answered, “I’m fixing my closet.” Anna Shay, Star of Netflix’s ‘Bling Empire,’ Dies at 62 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Fonteyn, after joining in the praise for Nureyev’s pyrotechnics, remarked dryly, “I think I held my own, don’t you?” Review: Gabriel Missé and Guillermina Quiroga, Together for the First Time 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z In accepting his honor, Kaufman dryly said: “I’m embarrassed but grateful for this award, but I don’t know what it’s called as Jack didn’t mention it.” Will Smith on the pros and cons of playing a real-life figure in Concussion 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z The articles of impeachment were “dryly legalistic,” almost all of them focused on violations of the Tenure of Office Act, passed by Congress just the year before. When Frederick Douglass Met Andrew Johnson 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Far from a career valedictory, though, the movie shows a filmmaker at top, often dryly funny form. With a new film, Albert Maysles maintains his empathy, and longevity 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z “We don’t realize that we’re building over dead people until it’s too late,” Ms. Chase said dryly. It’s Ghost Tour Season 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Then again, as Gamber dryly notes, “Perhaps a woman known for eagerly scanning the real estate pages was bored with domestic life.” New True-Crime Books for Fall 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z For most of the book, we travel along with Josie in a precarious rented RV that she dryly calls the Chateau. North to Alaska in Dave Eggers' new 'Heroes of the Frontier' 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z "Not unless you consider 2008 a while," the receptionist said dryly. Motherlode Blog: Mother of the Year 2012-11-30T21:09:26Z "If you can find a job that lets you be creative and have fun, give them my resume too," Mrs. Quimby responds dryly, in a rare deviation from perkiness. 'Ramona and Beezus': Beverly Cleary Novels Hit the Big Screen 2010-07-23T19:45:00Z Uptight and disagreeable, St. John’s George Lattimer isn’t a conventional hero; nor, as The Amsterdam News dryly noted in a generally favorable review, “the stuff of which positive images are made.” ‘Top of the Heap’: Is It Blaxploitation? Avant-Garde? Afrofuturism? All Three. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z But the character comes across as alternately a dispenser of high-toned, dryly ironic jokes or a lecturer on ethics. Theater Review: ?Gore Vidal?s The Best Man? at Gerald Schoenfeld Theater 2012-04-02T02:17:15Z Their dull joint act bombed, with presenter Jimmy Kimmel dryly complimenting them for being "sufficient." Gervais stands his ground over Globes performance 2011-01-19T13:46:04Z “There’s a note that many companies and people live by, and that is ‘Any press is good press,’ ” the self-described liberal says dryly. Can Hugh Hefner’s 26-year-old son convince his generation that Playboy is sexy? 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z He may not be as fortissimo about it, but he still feels passionately about “the A.I. warning drama game,” as he dryly put it. Elon Musk, Blasting Off in Domestic Bliss 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z Parts are even dryly humorous in describing the absurdities of war: There was no lack of greed, racist stereotyping, bureaucratic bumbling, infighting and aggression on both sides. Books: Highlighting Differences in Interpretations of the Opium War 2011-08-18T15:14:28Z “I’m thirty; pray for me,” Furlan mutters, dryly, from her spot posing on her bare living-room floor. “The American Meme” Records the Angst of Social-Media Influencers 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Far from impenetrable, Lee is bracingly candid, and dryly funny, in conversation. For Mire Lee, Rising Art Star, It All Comes Down to Guts 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z “Obviously I’m not going to win the Jet Ski,” Gary Oldman said dryly in the middle of his lengthy acceptance speech for best actor. Oscars 2018: 15 things to know, from the awkward red carpet to the ‘Lady Bird’ snub 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z "But maybe," she dryly suggests, "children don't need to be 'safeguarded' from any of that." Lee Hall and Opera North: how the story went viral 2011-07-05T12:37:37Z Bogart gathers her up, his eyes lingering a split second on the gorgeous body, and Bacall dryly brushes past: "What are you trying to do, guess her weight?" Howard Hawks, Hollywood's finest practitioner of everyday chivalry 2011-01-15T00:05:49Z Ideological opposites, the pair were brought together by ABC to restore the flagging ratings of a network dryly referred to early in the play as the “almost broadcasting company.” Review: In ‘Best of Enemies,’ a TV Duel Becomes a Theater Gem 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Rather than dryly scientific, the pictures are vivid and sensuous, depicting spirals of glossy orbs that glisten like pearls or caviar. Review | In the galleries: Rejuvenating the obsolete into unconventional art 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z “I Love Lucy,’ he notes dryly, “lasted 145.” A football team in Kiss’s own image: ‘We want to envelop you and pummel you’ Still, even the way Izzard uttered that sentence was funny: dryly dismissive, with the briefest pause as she calculated the paltry figure. Eddie Izzard Plays Which Part in ‘Great Expectations’? All of Them 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z “I’m not a fan of The Big Bang Theory,” Hanke says in our interview, dryly adding: “I believe Earth originated on the back of a huge turtle.” The Asperger's comedy troupe: 'We want people to like us because we’re funny' 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z “I’ve played to literally no one before. That was fun,” Chambers said dryly of her history onstage. Wet Leg, the Indie-Rock Duo, Blew Up Fast. They Know It’s Weird. 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z On official reports, the pastoral terrain of meadow and woodland is known dryly as the Day Use Area. In Montgomery County, she is reinventing the public park 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Asked at the beginning of the conference what he was most looking forward to at this year’s edition of the festival, Redford dryly said: “The wrap party.” Robert Redford at Sundance: diversity comes out of the word 'independence' 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z “Art is not traditionally an open-source practice,” Mr. Watz, who is represented by the DAM gallery in Berlin, noted dryly at the open house. 3-D Plastic Art for the Masses: Ready to Print 2011-05-13T12:32:37Z Sitting on an overstuffed maroon couch upstairs at the Armory, the pair batted around ideas, arguing affectionately but spiritedly, and dryly teasing each other. A Complicated Collaboration for a New ‘Enemy of the People’ 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z He said he hasn’t checked out Tinder, adding dryly: “I rely on the kindness of strangers.” It’s Delightful, It’s Delicious, It’s DeVito 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z He also fouls trying to sell his lines whether he is being sincere or dryly funny. In "White Men Can't Jump" remake, Sinqua Walls outshines Wesley Snipes' original basketball hustler 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z “The ’90s were good, but then it dipped,” Garofalo said, adding dryly that she now realized that comedy was not her forte. Janeane Garofalo Never Sold Out. What a Relief. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z In the most recent work, a dryly absurd video, an off-camera Walker tosses stones at a cymbal standing, incongruously, on a broad stretch of desert floor. What does rock music look like? Cal State L.A. gallery plays with the idea of sound 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z And Kirk is a dryly funny actor, but the first episode gives him little to latch on to when it tries to layer deeper characterization on top of his wisecracks and verbal sparring. TV Weekend: Animal Practice 2012-08-10T14:22:13Z But the play certainly holds the attention with its twisty and twisted plot, a keenly felt, dryly funny performance from Mr. Crudup and its characters’ charged, if sometimes unlikely, eloquence. Theater Review: At the Vineyard, Reading Can Be Hazardous 2010-05-20T04:12:00Z The first episode is dryly funny in the style of “Nathan for You,” seeming to set up a similar case-of-the-week structure. Review: In ‘The Rehearsal,’ All the World Is Staged 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z After accepting the trophy, a bronzed middle finger that Mr. Hall dryly noted was “gross,” the Specials performed “Gangsters,” the urgent 31-year-old single that began its run on the British pop charts. Music: The Specials, Ska Revivalists, Enjoy a Revival 2010-04-01T21:52:00Z But there is nothing dryly allegorical about Fuller’s execution. DVDs: Samuel Fuller, Eccentric Stylist of Poverty Row 2011-01-23T02:30:16Z When he first became a star, hosting “Late Night With David Letterman” on NBC in 1982, Mr. Letterman was a thinking man’s Everyman, dryly mocking all the clichés of television talk shows and conventional comedy. The TV Watch: David Letterman’s Place in a Rather Kindly Landscape 2014-04-04T21:57:25Z “They evidently just find each other amusing,” Armstrong said dryly. Matthew Macfadyen Has Mixed Feelings About the End of ‘Succession’ 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z “Cut and chew” the last one dryly instructs. The Hidden Depths of Sandra Boynton’s Board Books 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Muammar el-Qaddafi — serious, dryly funny — that contains the observation that the Libyan leader looked like “a parody of Sixties radical chic.” On the Runway Blog: Readjusting Our Eye, Again 2011-10-21T14:24:18Z At the Hay Festival of Literature & Arts in Wales in the summer of 2010, Mr. Amis dryly commented that “being a grandfather is like getting a telegram from the mortuary.” Martin Amis, Acclaimed Author of Bleakly Comic Novels, Dies at 73 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z She coughs dryly, and the sound is echoed and amplified back to us. Dance Review: Martha Graham Dance Company at the Joyce 2012-03-19T22:17:11Z “I’m a Cuban woman,” she tells him dryly at one point. Review | She might get top billing, but ‘Celia and Fidel’ at Arena Stage shortchanges the female revolutionary 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Produced in France, the series dryly pokes fun at the universal themes of self-serious espionage thrillers and bureaucratic ineptitude. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Rest in Power’ and ‘A Very Secret Service’ 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Early on, she describes her show, dryly, as a romantic comedy. Hannah Gadsby’s ‘Douglas’ Doubles Down on the Comedy of Contradiction 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z “I wish we were,” Pat said dryly, but with a smile. The evangelical women who visit strippers to 'show God loves them' 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z In the title track, women sing, “Hope and change”; then Prince dryly observes, “Everything takes forever/The truth is a new minority.” Prince Made ‘Welcome 2 America’ in 2010. It Speaks to 2021. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z “Perhaps not coincidentally,” Fine dryly observes, “one is a nice, safe family vehicle with plenty of room in the trunk for groceries; the other is designed to offer power and status.” Not From Venus, Not From Mars: What We Believe About Gender and Why It’s Often Wrong 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z He was good at it, and he dryly joked that other artists would envy how widely his work had been seen, though it had mainly been viewed beneath shoes in elevators and office buildings. At 84, an Artist Tries Something New: Displaying His Work 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z “Thank God we were only married for nine years,” she said dryly. The Art of Condolence 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, “The Story of Egypt” is, for all its dryly factual tone, passionately revisionist throughout. ‘The Story of Egypt’: A look at a gender-bending society where women could rule 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Since then, he has been under 24-hour police protection, a fate that, he dryly said, “could be worse.” Michel Houellebecq, Casually Provocative 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Pazcoguin contrasts allegations of toxic male behavior in the company with her situation, and dryly observes, “It’s . . . no surprise that I was almost fired for being too curvy.” Review | ‘Swan Dive’ gives voice to every suspicion you may harbor about professional ballet 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Henry dryly informs him that there's nothing to talk about, because the catering business is boring. "Party Down": The best comedy you haven't heard of 2010-04-17T22:59:00Z Unhurried, Valantasis retrieves it, saying dryly: "Next act he drops his pants." Opera dressers: quick, my hot towels! 2013-04-23T17:03:00Z “Congratulations to those men,” Rae said dryly after the director category was revealed Monday. Issa Rae: Movie academy ‘needs to do better’ on diversity 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z “I’m trying to figure out if ‘topple the patriarchy’ is a good thing for me or not,” he said dryly. The Emmys Become an Actual Good Awards Show 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Yeah," he says dryly, "to finally stop people from saying we only make movies about dudes, we're making a movie called Sausage Party. Evan Goldberg: one male to bond them all 2013-06-26T19:00:00Z Because of the book storage “problem,” as my beloved spouse dryly calls it, I now shy away from buying too many old records, though I somehow seem to have accumulated several hundred. Beyond the bestsellers: Michael Dirda picks 12 books for the holidays 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z In “The End of the Tour,” the dryly but freely comic side of Segel’s performance suggests the synapse-leaping essence of Wallace’s humor, the wonder of inspired perception and its crystallization in words. David Foster Wallace Isn’t Just Like Us! 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z It’s a philosophy that fits Wilmore, whose comic identity is as a free thinker, dryly funny, not ideologically predictable, a guy with the questions rather than the answers. Larry Wilmore's First Nightly Show: The Underdog As Top Dog 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z “I would sure love to miss that discussion,” Downey Sr. replies dryly. ‘Sr.’ Review: The Downeys, Father and Son, Compare Notes 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The waiter managed to remain calm and respectful while dryly informing me that all necessary condiments are already infused into the dishes in the appropriate combinations. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Yes, my $450 dinner was worth every penny 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z “I don’t think it would be appropriate to hang that picture over Jack’s toilet,” Mr. Ford said dryly. Ewan McGregor: Dahling, He’s Halston! 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z But he noted dryly that British actor Colin Firth would need to do something about his full head of hair - and put on a businessman's pot belly. Olympus whistleblower eyes movie deal with le Carré sons 2012-11-26T09:57:51Z The mundane — a series of weather reports, dryly delivered — bumps up against the violent and strange. 2 Batsheva-Bred Choreographers, Speaking in Their Own Tongues 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Bayens and company were shocked to discover what Sullivan dryly calls “the degree of acrimony among the various stakeholders of the Anne Frank legacy.” A Strong New Lead in ‘The Betrayal of Anne Frank’ 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z “For example, it seems to be wearying for white people to hear about the racism in America,” she said dryly. Review: ‘Bubbly Black Girl’ Lets a Smile Be Her Camouflage 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z “That dressing room was much bigger,” Ms. Hanna said dryly, “not that I’m complaining.” Broadway’s ‘Aunties’ Enjoy Their Downtime 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z When Bobby tells his father the day after the 1960 election that it was the closest margin in history, Joe Kennedy dryly replies, “You think I was going to pay for a landslide?” Television Review: The Power Brokers: Fathers, Sons, Dynasties 2011-03-31T20:00:05Z “Oh, I’ve been there a few times,” she told the young woman dryly. Jane Fonda, Intergalactic Eco-Warrior in a Red Coat 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z “There are arguments in this book that are clearly not my effort to win a popularity contest,” he added dryly. Timothy Snyder’s ‘Black Earth’ Puts Holocaust, and Himself, in Spotlight 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Pollard presents the subject matter straightforwardly, occasionally dryly, with authors, historians and — in archival material — the players themselves sharing stories of team rivalries and of visionary owners. ‘The League’ Review: A Crucial Baseball Legacy 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z This was aimed squarely at the "middling classes", and was published, Fox notes dryly, while Diderot was still struggling with the famous Encyclopédie, which had yet to publish any plates. The Arts of Industry in the Age of?Enlightenment by Celina Fox | Book review 2010-03-20T00:06:00Z Alex chuckled dryly, as always — he was not an effusive man. An oral history of how Alex Trebek became America’s most beloved game-show host 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z But no: “Black is slimming,” she says, in a tone of dryly funny boredom that’s Mash’s signature, and which Ms. Parsons captures with perfect goth-girl insouciance. Review: ‘Stupid _____ Bird’ Is Chekhov for the 21st Century 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z “I don’t actually wear dresses,” she said dryly, but Pelosi “looked great. And I thought, wow, she’s really coming into her own.” She may not acknowledge it, but Nancy Pelosi is a fashion icon 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z The letters are full of high spirits too, especially those of Moss, whose letters sparkle dryly. Books of The Times: Fighting The New Yorker Over Extra Commas and Steaming Cowflops 2011-02-08T22:00:14Z "I think I bonded like six months later," he said dryly. 'Land Ho!'? It all began with an Icelandic travel brochure 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z His own manner is closest to that of a science teacher with a varied life outside the classroom, dryly enthused as he tells the tale behind his film. Peter Strickland: 'I'm glad British film produces mainstream crowd-pleasers, but I don't want to make one' 2012-08-23T20:00:02Z “Tabu,” which manages to be dryly absurd and deeply romantic, begins with a surreal vignette about a widowed hunter who throws himself to the crocodiles, and perhaps comes back as one. Film: At Berlinale, Something for Everyone 2012-02-17T17:13:20Z And, he noted dryly, “It seemed more palatable than others.” Graham, Taylor, Cunningham: Three Titans. One Stage. One Night. 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z As Clark recalls those days, she dryly remarks that the scathing media attention wasn't her top priority. Marcia Clark on how her new book is different than the old Marcia, Marcia, Marcia 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z A marketing C.E.O. provides Singer with a spidery handwriting sample from her son so that a proctor can ape it on the ACT, writing, dryly, “Good luck with this.” The College-Admissions Scandal and the Banality of Scamming 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z “Sounds like a good storytelling device,” he said dryly, though he conceded that Disney bosses do get mad when he steals executives and talent. Reed Hastings Had Us All Staying Home Before We Had To 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z This was in part because, as he dryly explained, “they also knew I had zero academic skills, so they were like, ‘Yeah, mate, you’ve got nothing else going for you.’” ‘Ted Lasso’ Taught Phil Dunster How to Play Nice 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z “It was a pretty brisk fallout,” she said dryly. Possessed: The Coveter?s Dilemma 2011-07-22T23:27:46Z Casting a scornful glance at her younger self, the older Sontag dryly retorts, “There are too few of them anyway!” | 'Sontag: Reborn': Moe Angelos?s ?Sontag: Reborn? in Under the Radar - Review 2012-01-08T21:53:50Z “If a performance of mine is called ‘subtle’ one more time, I might lose my mind,” Ms. Sheil remarks dryly. Review: ‘Kate Plays Christine,’ a Blurring of Fact and Fiction in a Suicide Story 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z “I don’t think Jesus interested,” A J dryly responds. Theater Review: In Tarell McCraney’s ‘Choir Boy,’ Spirituals Are Solace 2013-07-03T02:00:02Z But the two videos, separated by nine years, nevertheless trace what may be the essential trajectory of his development, from hermetic and dryly cerebral to less hermetic and more accessible and emotionally layered. Art Review: ?Philippe Parreno? and ?At Home/Not at Home,? at Bard 2010-07-01T22:39:00Z In any case, Ms. Harry soon found her footing with a dryly funny spoken-word tribute to her hosts, citing their cheekiness, irony and “pluralism of style.” Music Review: Not Exactly Your Top 40 ?Reunited? 2010-10-01T23:00:00Z “You enjoy your night off,” he said dryly, “Let me enjoy mine.” Back in Black: A Country Outsider 2010-09-26T03:00:00Z Her knack for embellishment wasn’t helped by her tendency to take a swig of whiskey before interviews, a nervous habit that wasn’t, as King dryly notes, “conducive to accuracy.” Beryl Bainbridge: The writer who used tragedy as an entry point into farce 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z And now he is, as one top producer at Disney dryly calls him, “the God King.” The Slow-Burning Success of Disney’s Bob Iger 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z The miniature Spock replies dryly, “Trust me, it gets old after a while.” For Leonard Nimoy, Spock’s Hold Made Reaching Escape Velocity Futile 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Others, like the playwright Kristoffer Diaz, dryly alluded to the company’s stated mission of producing work “as broad and diverse as New York itself.” Manhattan Theater Club Faces Diversity Issue 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Mr. McNally notes dryly: “Joe’s house is always ready to be photographed by Architectural Digest. I need two days warning, minimum.” Director Joe Mantello, Broadway’s Invisible Wizard 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z “Here’s what I’ve learned after four decades in music,” Madonna said dryly, riding crop in hand. How the Grammys Bring Rebels Into the Fold 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z The successive building up and wiping away of pigment results in “abstract pictures,” as most are dryly titled, whose hidden depths and lost pasts remain stubbornly inaccessible. The Sublime Farewell of Gerhard Richter, Master of Doubt 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z “I’d love to do Buckingham Palace, but I’m probably not going to get to do that,” he said, dryly. Mr. Smith Went to Washington … With Dimmers 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z At the same time, he also offered a dryly reportorial description of the humiliations and restrictions brought on by his disease. With Wounded Spirits, the Frightnrs Rally Around Their Frontman 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z For a model of how this show should be played, which is dryly, Kinosian just has to look at the actor standing next to him. Without a real killer, this 'Murder' a misdemeanor 2011-05-17T21:08:00Z Mr. Chappelle and Chris Rock, making a guest appearance, dryly mocked everyone in the room for failing to recognize the extent of racism in America. ‘Saturday Night Live’: The Most Memorable Moments This Season 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z The ego battles with empathy throughout, creating numerous little by-plays that enliven the main, dryly factual narrative – and Everett overflowed with both. TV review: The Hospital and Who Do You Think You Are? 2010-07-27T06:59:00Z “It seemed like a good idea at the time,” she said dryly, after specifying that her product in the 1980s was Ecstasy, which mostly trades as Molly these days. Beyond ‘Crazy Rich Asians’: Angie Wang Makes a Movie 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z “I saw them all within the last week,” he said dryly, “so I don’t really feel their absence.” Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey Reunite for ‘SNL’ Opener 2013-09-25T15:28:37Z “I was a rather plump, unphysical and unintelligent child, or so I was always being told,” he said dryly. Anthony Horowitz’s Whodunit Within the Whodunit 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z “To be a designer in those days was not considered intellectual enough,” she recalled dryly. On the Runway Blog: A Russian Artist's Fashionable Flights 2011-11-14T23:27:28Z “Is there a manual for this situation?,” the latter dryly asks. ‘Like Father, Like Son’: a moving switched-at-birth tale 2014-02-13T22:08:46Z “It’s amazing how relevant my work feels lately,” she added dryly. These are complicated times for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Newspapers published details of his athletic prowess, with a photograph that Miller dryly notes could have doubled as a LinkedIn profile picture. ‘Know My Name,’ a Sexual Assault Survivor Tells the World 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z While acknowledging that, like many of Self's books, it is "largely a combination of the dryly comic and grotesque," Thorne also detected "a new stateliness". Critical eye: reviews roundup 2012-08-24T21:45:09Z Ma notes dryly: “A Chinese person never said that.” ‘The Year She Left Us,’ by Kathryn Ma 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z He dryly advises adding "a couple of hits of skim milk to keep it low-fat." E Street Band's Nils Lofgren: 'Life is grand' 2012-01-11T10:16:05Z "He has throat lozenges," producer Brent Butler said dryly. Talk show host's stoner dream comes true, and it's high time 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z As Günter descends into the rabbit hole of his origins, the film morphs into something else entirely, in what feels almost like a practical joke, too dryly delivered, on van Warmerdam’s part. ‘Nr. 10’ Review: A Strange Joke, Too Dryly Delivered 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Echelman says dryly that she found that an “intriguing challenge as an artist.” Airport art doesn’t have to be boring: Here are some of the country’s most striking examples 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z In a new interview with The Red Bulletin, the actor dryly shuts down Bond’s purported chivalry. Daniel Craig Thinks James Bond Is 'Actually a Misogynist' 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Rudd said he was not on any social media, but when I asked if he knew about this strain of online commentary, he dryly answered, “I’m aware.” Paul Rudd, the One-Man Double Act 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z After an ovation subsided, he added dryly: “And the same with the Oval Office.” Kennedy Center Honors: A toast to tradition 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z “Let’s not be the last people on the planet to make this change,” Maines said dryly. The ‘Dixie’ is gone. The Chicks are forever. 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Seated on a table, she lighted candles and fanned herself as she dryly read a list of mock predictions. Dance Review: Jennifer Lacey in ?Gattica? for American Realness - Review 2012-01-15T23:13:51Z “This expression of the concept of the female body as the embodiment of life-affirming forces is perhaps the most extreme in Indian iconography,” the museum label notes rather dryly. Art Review: A Life-Affirming Female Force, Ready to Rumble 2011-07-07T21:58:23Z “We were here thirteen years ago, with ‘Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,’ and lost to ‘March of the Penguins,’ ” Vicente told me, dryly. An Oscars-Night Diary 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z “Almost without exception my students tend to look like their stories,” Ruth says dryly, clearly implying that she expected Lisa to resemble nightshade rather than a sunflower. | 'Collected Stories': Linda Lavin as Donald Margulies?s Vision of Faded Fame 2010-04-28T23:01:00Z Hanging next to the carved relief is "Soldier," a dryly linear figure painted in tempera during World War II by Charles White, who became influential after moving to L.A. in 1956. Huntington's new gallery rooms show promise 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z “Certainly, Caitlyn Jenner has little in common with me, in terms of being queer,” Mitchell notes dryly. John Cameron Mitchell on Hedwig, Caitlyn Jenner and how 'queer' has changed 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z When it was released in 1980, The New York Times dryly called it an “office comedy.” Viewing Party! Let’s All Watch ‘Nine to Five’! 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z You want to catch the mood so that she can say this very dryly, with a lot of distance. In ‘Lulu,’ the Question That Stops an Opera 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z As dryly eccentric as the show sounds, Lord and Miller says they are aiming for something big, not a cult favorite. 'Last Man on Earth' has the last laugh 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z Kaufman was among those lucky poets who looked like a poet; he seemed his own voice made dryly manifest. Two Poets With Alert and Nimble Eyes on American Life 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z When you’re almost as popular as the Pope, an investigation is certain, and the movie is dotted with dryly revealing interrogations of Aimee’s family and associates. ‘Sister Aimee’ Review: Bible Belter 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Not just the public: Muti added dryly that over the course of the Chicago Symphony’s tour with the piece in 2012, he came to feel that “the musicians preferred other things.” What Happened to One of Classical Music’s Most Popular Pieces? 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The connection is heightened by the presence in both plays of the invaluable Ms. Findlay, whose Hazel possesses a spikiness that can be dryly funny one minute, alarming the next. Review: ‘The Children,’ in London, Offers Hints of an Apocalypse 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z "British actors generally don't get involved in all the trappings that some American stars rely on," Condon observes dryly. The clues to 'Mr. Holmes' director Bill Condon's varied career 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z “No fresh air but a lot of fresh smells,” he said dryly. On board the Trans-Siberian Railway for a centenary ride 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z “Do not ask me to demonstrate,” she says dryly as she hands them to James. The Evolution of E L James 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z “Probably because she got pregnant,” the fan concludes dryly. The City That Won’t Shut Up Fills Two New Books With Its Babble 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z “This was a relatively light weekend,” he said dryly. Scene Stealers: Robin Leach Rolls on in Las Vegas 2014-04-18T19:22:28Z Ms. Soper’s setting takes a dryly literal approach, with recorded sounds of a spinning top mixing with scrambled phrases and her own live, fragmented, recitation. Review: Conjuring the Splintered Self With Electronics and Voice 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z This rummaging through remains is a meditation on collective memory, a dryly sophisticated and cerebral work. Review: Dance That Playfully Brings Art History to Life 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z “Luckily, there are only three principal roles,” he said dryly. Behind the Scenes of ‘Tosca,’ the Messiest Production in Met History 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z "Irony seems to be a lot harder to get across if you're an Asian bloke," he says, dryly. Paul Chowdhry: 'I just want to make people laugh' 2012-12-18T19:00:01Z He paused — it is, after all, an xx album — and added, dryly, “Of course, given what we’ve done before, my version of celebratory is pretty different from somebody else’s.” The xx Lets the Sunshine In 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z “If it’s so easy, you try,” he says, dryly. Cass McCombs: Imagine Beckett as a Cranky Singer-Songwriter 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z The latter appeared, we are dryly told, to “lackluster sales and reviews.” At 100, Herman Wouk re-emerges with a memoir, ‘Sailor and Fiddler’ 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Hall’s previous book, “Essays After Eighty,” created a stir with its frank, dryly humorous perspective on debility and death. Review | Donald Hall’s parting gift: Essays on aging and not always gracefully 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z "I was joking with my mom that all Jewish mothers now will want their kids to be filmmakers instead of doctors," he said dryly. 'Jurassic World' is Trevorrow Land 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z “Midwestern guy,” he said dryly during a long afternoon interview, folding his hands over his belly like a church deacon. Bruce Nauman, Art Provocateur, Returns. Are You Ready? 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z "I'm very comfortable with every creative decision being mine — I know that doesn't surprise you," he said dryly. For Russell Crowe, directing 'Water Diviner' is risky; reward is 'freedom' 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z “It was like I didn’t want my colleagues to know I was female,” she explains, dryly. Perspective | Reese Witherspoon is selling frilly Southern womanhood, and I’ve been sucked in, y’all 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z It’s a sharp, dryly funny, at times cruel exploration of human arrogance and frailty. ‘Godland’ Review: Another of God’s Lonely Men Goes Amok (Spiritually) 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z As far as her preparation for her role, she said dryly, "I watched 'Zero Dark Thirty' for the second time — that was pretty much it." Lizzy Caplan goes from 'Freaks' to killing Kim Jong Un 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The countess was witty, sarcastic and dryly resigned over all six of the show’s seasons. Don Draper, Eleven, Selina Meyer lead AP roles of the decade 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z On his debut single, Bob Dylan's grandson Pablo Dylan raps "I'm the grandson of a man / nothing less than legendary," concluding dryly that "that's a lot of pressure". Is artistic talent a family affair? 2011-07-25T12:48:57Z She came from a family that farmed cotton, "Not because they wanted to," she says dryly. These quilts with messages about gun violence and racial injustice issues aim to discomfort 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z “Yeah,” Dawn chuckled dryly, “for a long time.” At the first 'Hamilton' performances, the party is just getting started 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z The two actors dryly hailed costume designers for their “nuance and sophistication,” and also for “never distracting from the story.” Top Oscar moments: Buoyant Spike Lee, daffy Olivia Colman 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z It proceeds dryly and largely chronologically through her life, sometimes with an awkward sense of proportion. ‘Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things’ Review: Words Without Much Music 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z A moment before, having ad-libbed his way into that precarious position, he had said, dryly, “There’s a load of possibilities here.” Dance Review: Keith Hennessey?s ?Almost? at Abrons Arts Center - Review 2012-01-14T01:00:28Z It's fascinating to observe how both the racy volume and dryly critical work were constructed from the same source materials. Has any author's reputation fallen further or faster than Dostoevsky's? 2010-09-24T15:14:00Z And he dryly explained that “This is the real Stephen Colbert. I mean everything I say on this show.” Why should’t Colbert joke about race? 2014-04-01T14:05:00Z “You’re supposed to disclose your home’s paranormal status to guests upon arrival,” Rosemary chides, dryly. ‘Man Cave’ Review: Things That Go Bump in the American Night 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z “It became some kind of fad,” he said dryly in an interview. Jazz Has Always Been Protest Music. Can It Meet This Moment? 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z James Shapiro, a Shakespeare scholar at Columbia, backed up the director, adding dryly, “But there’s not much competition, is there? The Capulets? Richard II and his nameless Queen? Richard III and the doomed widow, Anne?” Denzel Washington, Man on Fire 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z "Want me to check the video surveillance?" the local cop jokes dryly while searching a very basic farmhouse. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2011-08-19T23:08:01Z “Not for the first time in popular art,” he dryly notes, “does very good seep into very bad.” Aretha Franklin, America and the origin of the 'spirit feel' 2012-10-29T18:23:00Z Gerard and Kelly do not treat the house as the historical monument dryly described on the bronze plaque at the gate, built for a nuclear family, but as a trampoline for an alternative household. What Josephine Baker and a Maharajah Teach Us About Design 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Williams, speaking by telephone as she rode to the studio, put it a little more dryly: “Thank you to the movement. We’re now going to find out who Gwen Verdon is.” ‘Fosse/Verdon’ Has Magic to Do. And Undo. 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z “A great cinema role comes along a few times,” Ms. Thurman said dryly. Uma Thurman, Ready to Be Tested 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z What kept me reading “Mad as Hell” are Mr. Sandbrook’s deft, dryly funny observations. Books of The Times: Carter, Reagan and Freaky Times 2011-02-15T22:00:07Z Elsewhere, we learn that David Duchovny is “dryly hilarious,” Lloyd Bridges was “so generous,” Geraldine Page was “commanding,” and Aaron Paul, his “Breaking Bad” sidekick, is “honest and present and vulnerable.” ‘Breaking Bad’ star Bryan Cranston was ‘always hustling’ as a young actor 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z It was, Mr. Fo said dryly, “the gesture of a colleague.” Dario Fo, Nobel-Winning Italian Playwright, Dies at 90 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z “Had he told me when we met that he would become a fan,” she said dryly and without any obvious sarcasm, “we would not be married.” The Tipsy Diaries: Sweet on Tiki, Flower of Cocktails 2011-03-31T14:00:29Z “I could live with those odds,” Michaels says dryly. John Belushi in Focus: What a New Film Gets Right and What It Misses 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z A wall label dryly notes, “The Left’s policies shifted with those of the Soviet Union.” Review: ‘Folk City’ at the Museum of the City of New York 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Viewed solely as a string of action sequences, “Erased” delivers the kind of dryly efficient, wearyingly familiar entertainment that already clogs too many of our movie screens. Movie Review: ‘Erased,’ Directed by Philipp Stölzl 2013-05-17T01:02:49Z Chutkan responded dryly, “There are a lot of things in this case that are unheard of.” Judge grants gag order in Trump's 2020 election case 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z That’s a dryly academic way of putting something that Willie, with his enviable oratorical powers, transforms into the stuff of excoriating comedy and high drama. Review: No objections to Jamie Foxx in the entertaining courtroom drama 'The Burial' 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z “That’ll be us in a few weeks,” remarks Liv dryly, but the very presence of these other women does quell some of the new arrivals’ fears. Review: Check into 'The Royal Hotel' for well-wrought dread that's all too familiar to women 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z It doesn’t help that much of the dialogue, so dryly understated on the page, has been underlined and punched up in search of belly laughs that never quite arrive. Amusing and fitfully insightful, Randall Park's 'Shortcomings' has a few of its own 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z She chuckled dryly when she told the story; a life filled with unexpected twists gets one more. The Vanishing Family 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z McCray asked dryly if their phone numbers could be included in the newspaper. Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chirlane McCray are separating 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden then dryly drew the sign of the cross on his chest. Republicans’ Problem in Attacking Biden: They Helped Pass His Economic Bills 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Washington, appealing and dryly funny, projects depth and intelligence. 'I'm a Virgo' review: A sweet coming-of-age comedy that hits on (literally) big ideas 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Perhaps a “Kardashians”-style reality show could be next, a reporter offered dryly. Amazon’s Freevee Embraces the Judy-Verse 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z When the merger was announced on social media, Morikawa dryly tweeted: “I love finding out morning news on Twitter.” 'We're so interested in the why': Golfers at U.S. Open are vocal about PGA, LIV merger 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z “If we find briefcases, we will confiscate them,” Mr. Nocerino said dryly. Tragedy Strikes a Boat Full of Spies, and Conspiracy Theories Mount 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z “What I usually say to the students before I start the course is, ‘I can’t teach you anything,’” he says, chuckling dryly, over Zoom from his home in the U.K. The Kinks' Ray Davies on the song he wants played at his funeral 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z When a male lawmaker noticed them and said their joint effort was something Republicans would like to see more of, Ms. Mace dryly disagreed. Nancy Mace, a ‘Caucus of One’ in the G.O.P., Says She’s Trying to Change Her Party 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Maia Heffernan explained, “We weren’t promised that it was going to be OK,” and Madison Gard said dryly, “It’s been time for accelerated action for quite a while now.” Zero climate solutions without Gen Z | Op-Ed 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z “There are many Bogner columns in the Munich phone book,” one dryly noted. The ‘invented persona’ behind a key pandemic database 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z “I went from giving up eight down to four,” he said dryly. Mariners fall to Brewers as win streak ends at 4 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z “We must have different definitions of peaceful,” she said dryly. College says Riley Gaines protest ‘peaceful’ despite swimmer being assaulted, held for ransom 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z “I’ve never seen it happen in a school,” he said, adding dryly: “First of all, so few schools have poles.” Perspective | One Va. official says drag queens hurt kids. She’s missing the real threat. 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z “Any day he’s talking about abortion rights or DeSantis instead of housing and homelessness,” Schnur dryly noted, “is a good day for him.” Column: Can Gavin Newsom kinda but not really run for president and still do his job as California governor? 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z “Obviously, the problem is that when the open-carrying citizen is on their way to commit a crime,” Burns said dryly, “we have limited our ability to respond quickly.” As guns saturate the United States, police turn to the AR-15 When the host asks what Tyler’s red flag might be based on his dish, she dryly responds, “He has one towel for his body, face and everything else.” Love at first bite? Blind-dating cooking shows are a reality TV hit. 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z “I don’t know why they paired us up together,” Plaza said dryly. Key moments from the SAGs: 'Everything Everywhere,' Jessica Chastain, Ariana DeBose 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z As the report dryly noted, victims are left without a functioning car until repairs are made. C’mon, Olympia: Catalytic converter theft disrupts lives 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z John R. Bolton, Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, dryly texted when told about the former president’s texting. OMG. Trump Has Started Texting. 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Barraza dryly asked, alluding to the scandal De León continues to find himself in. Column: Who's stealing the statues of Pancho Villa and other Mexican heroes from an L.A. park? 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z “He was hiding it from me the whole time,” Hurwitz said dryly on a joint Zoom call. How the score is the driving element behind 'Babylon,' 'a musical without being a musical' 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z “Hank, I didn’t know you were Catholic,” Ms. Pelosi, a devout member of that faith, dryly told the beseeching Mr. Paulson. The Pelosi Era Comes to a Close 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z “No historic event has been less American,” the committee dryly noted. Column: Scandal, villainy, treachery — the Jan. 6 committee report is replete juicy bits 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z “Not yet,” a bartender said dryly as he hustled crispy pizzas and plates of steaming sausage to a row of diners Wednesday night, his expression suggesting the likelihood of any buzz was quite low. Bostonians’ Take on the Royals’ Whirlwind Visit? Whatevah. 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z "You will be handcuffed," she said, laughing dryly as she added, "this is to protect society from us." World Cup 2022: 'I am very afraid', says Qatari transgender woman 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Season one of this brisk and dryly funny show premiered earlier this year and runs only six episodes, so catching up is a relatively low lift. Holiday Rituals 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z “We had to deal with blood a little bit in ‘Marriage Story,’” Baumbach says dryly, referring to a scene in which Adam Driver’s character accidentally cuts himself while attempting to perform a knife trick. How a director known for drama made ‘White Noise,’ the strangest disaster movie of the year 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z He is also a husband, a father, a dreamer, an adventurer and a dryly sardonic observer of history, with a mordantly funny perspective on Mexico’s past, present and future. A critic takes a second look at Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s ‘Bardo’ — and is thankful he did 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z “They certainly have it in California,” the retired electrical engineer said dryly. How communities are getting solar energy without rooftop panels 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z When she made a surprise visit to Seattle’s Chinatown International District, the NW Asian Weekly dryly noted it was the senator’s first stop there in five years. Sorry, everywhere else: The election’s going to come down to King County 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z “Oh good, a Trump sketch,” Teller’s Peyton Manning remarked dryly at the top of the show. 'SNL' premiere goes meta for Peyton Manning cold open, parodies Nicole Kidman AMC ad 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z In the giddy whirlwind of the film’s opening section, Bobby narrates his life with the mordant panache of Woody Allen at his most dryly amusing. Review | ‘Bros,’ the first big-studio R-rated gay rom-com, is for everyone 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The judges continue, rather dryly: “But for the sake of completeness, we consider the remaining factors.” Analysis | A thorough rebuke of Judge Aileen Cannon’s pro-Trump order 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z But while “Barbarian” is dryly funny, his foray into fright isn’t exactly a horror comedy, and that’s a good thing. Review | ‘Barbarian’ turns paint-by-number horror elements into something more 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z “I suppose we shall read about it in the papers before we know it ourselves,” the former princess said dryly after her marriage, about the prospect of getting pregnant. Queen Elizabeth has died. She reigned longer than any British monarch since her great-great-grandmother 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z “It’s pretty good pay,” Mayor Sam Liccardo said dryly when I called to ask about the negotiations. Another Measure of California’s Rising Costs 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Easygoing and dryly witty, Mr. Kamoya approached his work methodically, walking slowly, head bent, eyes scanning every object. Kamoya Kimeu, Fossil-Hunting ‘Legend’ in East Africa, Is Dead 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z As the Seattle Department of Transportation dryly notes on its website, “Public streets are not an appropriate place for long-term vehicle storage.” A concrete symbol of mistrust in Seattle’s homelessness response 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z “Many gave a name to my way of life,” Merini dryly wrote in a 1985 poem, “and I was only a hysteric.” Overlooked No More: Alda Merini, a Poet of Mental Illness 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z “Don’t give up a homer,” Clarke said dryly of his approach against Judge. Perez’s HR off Holmes in 9th leads Royals over Yanks 8-6 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z That wasn’t in the cards, von Braun responded dryly. ‘Voyager on steroids.’ Mission would probe mysterious region beyond our Solar System 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z “She’s two days old, dude, and there’s 13 people taking care of me,” she told the investigators dryly. Pregnant, homeless and living in a Hollywood tent: Mckenzie’s motherhood journey 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z “The weather in Idaho is bipolar,” he said dryly. On a camping and glamping trip out West, luxury can be so rough 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Readers learn that Anna is a decisive and demanding boss — abrupt at times yet often dryly witty. Review | What’s behind Anna Wintour’s Chanel sunglasses? We may never know. 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z The group was 60 percent male, and Dr. Downing, the California psychiatrist and ever the empirical observer, dryly noted that “marital instability characterized many.” A Return Trip to Timothy Leary’s Psychedelic, Day-Glo Mexico 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z “Women are not without electoral or political power,” he dryly noted, pointing out that they tend to vote at higher rates than men. Opinion | Beware the Feminism of Justice Alito 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z When it attempted a comeback two years later, the New York Times’s Bernard Holland dryly advised the Met to “get this production off its books as quickly as it can.” Review | A thoroughly modern meltdown in Met’s reimagined ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Rahmani claimed self-defense, though the federal investigator who wrote the criminal complaint dryly noted that he attacked “while Victim #1 kneeled in prayer.” Culture shock: Afghan evacuees run afoul of U.S. laws with domestic violence, sex crimes 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z This person, who spoke anonymously to not violate Mr. Musk’s trust, added dryly, “Which he occasionally does.” The Elusive Politics of Elon Musk 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Sheppard noted dryly that maybe it’s time basketball rechristened the point guard position, updating to something more applicable to the modern game — like “points guard.” Wizards’ search for a point guard tops list of needs this offseason 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z Gates and Curran are dryly aware that what passes for valuable scientific explanations of racial difference are often attempts to justify atrocities toward vulnerable racial groups. Review | From 1741, bizarre ideas about what made people Black 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The movie lays out key data points that persuasively — if a bit dryly — position laboratories as the inevitable future of food. Review: A Tony Hawk documentary, 'Metal Lords' and more movies to watch this weekend 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Greenpeace in Europe, in an apparent nod to the controversy, dryly defended NFTs — by which it meant “natural forest trees.” Perspective | Why some charities are rethinking cryptocurrency donations 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z As she once dryly asked, ”Didn’t the company realize that if you wanted a fancy-schmancy punch bowl, you would have bought yourself one by now? From the former editor of Mad magazine: Retire already! 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Montaigne admitted that visitors called the Brazilians cannibals, but he mocked the moral pretensions of Europe by dryly observing that eating prisoners was kinder than torturing them, as Europeans did in their wars of religion. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Sen. James Risch of Idaho, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, dryly noted on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, “Please Mr. President, stay on script.” Biden finds no respite at home after returning from Europe 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z With a dryly comedic tone in the deadpan interactions of the ensemble cast, this offbeat gem ponders the ways we seek answers to our existential concerns. Locarno in Los Angeles delivers challenging cinematic offerings 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Similarly, reading the book now, I’m surprised by how much of it feels dryly observational. David Attenborough’s ‘Trials of Life’: A reference work with the power to transport 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Speaking on Sunday from Salt Lake City, the ever-courteous Utah senator allowed himself a small smile at the revisionist thinking and dryly noted on CNN, “Politics is an extraordinarily interesting game.” ‘Mitt unplugged’: Romney, the Republican Party’s conscience, is telling it like it is 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z “I know we’re spending the week dealing with assistant secretaries of something or other, and that’s terribly important,” Sanders, the progressive firebrand and Vermont independent, said dryly on Wednesday. Vexation, victory claims as Dems face their limits in Senate 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z “I’m not in a position to comment,” she said dryly. Phyllis Oakley, former assistant secretary of state, dies at 87 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z “I’ve got no control over that, so no comment,” he dryly quips, a flicker of a smile playing around the corners of his mouth. Manchester United v Middlesbrough: FA Cup fourth round – live! 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Gray’s report notes dryly: “The excessive consumption of alcohol is not appropriate in a professional workplace at any time.” Opinion | The circus music is winding down for BoJo the Clown 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z As the city bureaucrat whose terminal illness occasions a profound and challenging bout of soul searching, Bill Nighy has seldom been more dryly restrained — or more deeply affecting. 25 must-see movies from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Does the title of this lovely, dryly funny, sneakily resonant movie refer to the various interactions between characters meeting for the first time? Review: Hong Sang-soo's latest makes a short, sharp and resonant 'Introduction' to his work 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z As NPR dryly noted, “The duties of a state secretary of state vary, but in most cases, they are the state’s top voting official and have a role in carrying out election laws.” Opinion | Steve Bannon Is On to Something 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z “I have not myself found occasion to visit the potato masher,” Didion declares dryly. Appreciation: How Joan Didion punctured California narratives about manifest destiny ... with a potato masher 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z “I was running,” Mr. Knight says dryly in a promotional video, bearing a slightly aggrieved expression. The Key to Marketing to Older People? Don’t Say ‘Old.’ 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z “Seven in the morning — ‘Let’s do a sex scene,’” Son said dryly. A little nudity. A knockout song. Why 'Red Rocket' breakout Suzanna Son will get you talking 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z “If there was a secret, I’d write a book about it,” the coach, who is as acerbic as he is successful, spat dryly in a stout Brooklyn accent. How did Bruce Arena become the most successful American soccer coach in history? 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Asked on Friday if the Democrats could not get out of their own way, Speaker Pelosi smiled dryly and replied, “Welcome to my world. This is the Democratic Party.” Opinion | Wokeness Derails the Democrats 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z She might, Guelzo says dryly, “have been a little too eager to cast her husband’s decision as a rehearsal of Christian agony.” Opinion | This scrupulous biography of Robert E. Lee is exactly what the country needs 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z “You can’t do a carbon offset for bigotry,” they said dryly. Netflix suspends trans employee who tweeted about Dave Chappelle special 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z “All the queens and all the kings in France had this love affair,” she said dryly over a Zoom call. Marie Antoinette’s Letters to Her Dear Swedish Count, Now Uncensored 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z When asked how he responded to walkers he saw on the fells, he replied dryly: "There are boulders you can get behind." Why does Alfred Wainwright still loom large over the Lake District? 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z “Yeah, it’s not the best,” Verstappen said dryly, when asked to comment. Verstappen says Dutch fans are free to boo F1 rival Hamilton 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The fire is menacing tens of thousands of what fire statisticians dryly call structures — wooden vacation cabins, Thai restaurants, churches, cheap motels and five-star resorts. One Night on the Fire Lines at Lake Tahoe 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The problem with the second idea, as Goldman dryly puts it, is that American conservatism is “temperamentally hostile to public employment, suspicious of formal institutions, and impatient with long-term planning.” Opinion | How Conservatives Can Reshape Education 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z As she noted dryly during a recent interview: “At the time of the adoption of the Constitution, no one anticipated ventilators.” Opinion | Stacey Abrams prods our constitutional imagination 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z “Positive sentiment decreases at higher levels,” the survey dryly concluded. Walmart’s Black senior managers don’t recommend working there 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z “Did they find any bodies?” she asked dryly. A rebel lawyer accused California cops of corruption. Then they accused him of murder 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z An agent dryly wondered whether a relative wouldn’t know his family’s names. Smartphone smugglers: How social media is reshaping border crime 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z “Well, to some of us, it’s treason,” said Hugh Grant, dryly, as the other five actors gathered remotely for The Envelope’s annual Drama Roundtable conversation laughed. Hugh Grant's desire to kill and other insights from 6 drama actors 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z “None of these expenses appear consistent with payroll, rent or other permitted expenses,” the FBI agent dryly noted in a court affidavit. ‘Tip of the iceberg’: Scammers made billions off of pandemic assistance funds 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z There were, it notes dryly, “differing concepts of ownership” between the Lenape and the Dutch. The Internet’s Favorite Catalog of Weird Places Rewrites History 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Of Lloyd’s performance on the statue, Hitchcock once dryly commented, “No one could have dangled better than Norman.” Norman Lloyd, a Hitchcock villain but best known as Dr. Auschlander in 'St. Elsewhere,' has died 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z The new developments, while exciting, are “not for mobile phones,” Sillanpää says dryly. Scientists Supersize Quantum Effects with Entangled Drum Duet 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Zarif says that Russia “put all its weight” against the deal because, as The Times dryly explains, “it was not in Moscow’s interests for Iran to normalize relations with the West.” Kick Russia out of the Iran nuclear talks 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z “He autographed it for me,” she added dryly. Andrew Cuomo’s White-Knuckle Ride 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z “It appears the ducks have outsmarted the park staff’s anti-duck pond fencing measures,” someone noted dryly on Twitter. Evicting ducks from a park? It’s the controversy Seattle needs right now 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z “Needless to say,” she added dryly, “I lost my job and my ration.” Opinion | Can We Really Picture Auschwitz? 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z "Less so," she says dryly, "but there are still some elements." Marlins' pioneering GM Ng: 'Failure is not an option for me' 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z “Less so,” she says dryly, “but there are still some elements.” Marlins’ pioneering GM Ng: ‘Failure is not an option for me’ 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z The dryly titled Social Insurance and Allied Services report was densely technical but charged with moral purpose. Coronavirus: Is it time for a new Beveridge report? 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z The study results were so wrong in this regard that one post-hoc analysis concluded that it was “not predictive”; another dryly observed that it was predictive but in “the opposite direction.” Expert Opinion Can’t Be Trusted If You Consult the Wrong Sort of Expert 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z He noted dryly that Space Force emerged after years of study by Congress and other groups. Biden seen likely to keep Space Force, a Trump favorite 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat, who is expected to take over the Judiciary Committee, said dryly that he did not know who was in charge of his panel. McConnell Seeks Impeachment Trial Delay and Slows Senate Rules 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z When asked what it felt like to be told he was the starter earlier in the week, the longtime starter said dryly, “I’ve been that way since I’ve been here.” Plaschke: Rams' Jared Goff can show he is 'the man' with heroic performance at Green Bay 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z Too polite to smirk at their sequined outfits but not polite enough to let them pass unmentioned, Khan dryly chuckles about feeling underdressed. ‘Bollywood Wives’ Is an Accidental Documentary About India’s Gilded Class 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Yet fire decisions are made by a bureaucracy ruled by what Lake dryly calls “liability aversion.” ‘There’s good fire and bad fire.’ An Indigenous practice may be key to preventing wildfires 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z It’s somehow both dryly funny — this is, among other things, the greatest insult comedy I’ve seen in many a moon — and overpoweringly sad. Best 2020 double feature: Two favorite discoveries in film's toughest year 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Pleased at their progress, senators involved dryly dubbed themselves “the dinner group.” Lawmakers Inch Toward Compromise as Biden Confronts Slowing Recovery 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z In a small virtual panel next to him, Christopher Guest could be seen dryly replying, “Stop saying that.” ‘Princess Bride,’ ‘Seinfeld’ and more: How nostalgic cast reunions became a Democratic fundraising weapon 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z “He tossed me a bone,” she says dryly; he told her she could send one of her own too. Emma Cline was a literary darling, then a target. With 'Daddy,' she takes aim 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z “We had to create things that were rights-free because we had a budget of just slightly above zero for the whole thing,” Parisot says dryly. How the team behind 'Bill & Ted Face the Music' assembled a band that could save the universe 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z “You British don’t have a monopoly on snobbery,” says Washington — to which Caine dryly replies, “Not a monopoly — more a controlling interest.” Review: 'Tenet' has arrived. But is it spectacular enough to lure you back to movie theaters? 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z "It's been a family business," she adds dryly. When the virus came to our hospital 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z She Dies Tomorrow Amy Seimetz wrote and directed this eerie, dryly comic psychological thriller about a woman who believes she’s going to die and the people around her who start to believe it. 7 new trailers to watch this week 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z The NBA was already governed by a weighty, dryly written tome — its collective bargaining agreement — just as many players already abide by a proven game-day routine. What the Lakers and Clippers can expect during game day in the bubble 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z “I wasn’t given some secret information. I got my information from the news. Really deep state: turning on CNN and watching Wuhan getting locked down,” he says dryly. Max Brooks: 'Pandemics come in predictable cycles. If I'm the smartest guy in the room, we're in big trouble' 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z Later, she says dryly: “I’m focusing on the inevitable fall. What I figure is that – what goes up must come down. I want to be able to negotiate that as gracefully as possible.” Hannah Gadsby: 'You don’t do a show like Nanette without a tough shell' 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z Karl replied dryly: “Well, it’s certainly something worth reporting. It’s not my job to say whether or not it’s troubling.” Trump 'cannot tell a lie' – but can Kayleigh McEnany, his new press secretary? 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z “Now we are apparently essential,” Ms. Williams said dryly, before describing the critical lack of protective gear where she works. How Millions of Women Became the Most Essential Workers in America 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z Asked whether his perspective on the band has changed at all over the course of putting together the book and show and now movie, Diamond says dryly, “Bunch of jerks.” 'Beastie Boys Story' — directed by Spike Jonze — reveals the band at their best and brattiest 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z “I’ve got a lot of wine if you need any,” Brad offered dryly—25 cases, or about 300 bottles, to be exact. This was supposed to be Masters week, and folks in Augusta are feeling the emotional and financial sting - Golf Digest 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z “We didn’t come into politics yesterday,” he replied dryly. Did America Misjudge Bernie Sanders? Or Did He Misjudge America? 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z A campus satire publication dryly pushed back against the rising sentiment with an article under the headline, “Asian Student Asked If He Visited Wuhan Over Break.” Masks Are On. Games Are Canceled. Fear of the Coronavirus Comes to U.S. Colleges. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “I remember doing the part,” Mr. Sanders said dryly in a recent interview. Bernie Sanders Is Still Sad About the Dodgers 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z “After we finish every movie, he likes to tell me he’s quitting the industry and he’s going to go do theater in Rochester,” Susan said dryly. Robert Downey Jr. could've done anything after Marvel. Why he wanted to make 'Dolittle' 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z His biographer, Ruth Brandon, dryly remarks that he was "the kind of man who adds a certain backbone of solidity to the feminist movement". How the sewing machine accidentally liberated women 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z “We look forward to their cooperation, for sure,” Mr. Shea said dryly. Delaware’s Democratic AG offers Barr support in fight with Apple 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z “Congratulations to those men,” she said dryly, as the best director nominees - yes, five men - were announced. Again? Oscar noms slammed for persistent lack of diversity 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z “Congratulations to those men,” she said dryly, as the best director nominees — yes, five men — were announced. Again? Oscar noms slammed for persistent lack of diversity 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z “And less than 12 months later, I’m an influence peddler and a fat cat,” he said dryly. Warren embraced the high-dollar fundraiser circuit for years — until just before her presidential campaign 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z But it was a second, more dryly worded announcement on Wednesday that was at least as significant. Kim Jong Un is back on his white horse, as North Korea flags a big decision 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z “That’s quite the coincidence,” he noted dryly in a telephone interview. Italians Celebrate Their Coffee and Want the World to Do So, Too 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z The incident had negative consequences, Hill recounted dryly. The Extraordinary Impeachment Testimony of Fiona Hill 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z That “caused some problems” with family members and friends, Mr. Credico said dryly. Witness in Stone Trial Says Political Operative Misrepresented Him 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z I hear that dryly dismissive phrase leveled at me quite a bit lately from Shawn McCreesh, the 27-year-old in my office. Opinion | Now Comes the Naked Truth 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z The Washington Post's Glenn Kessler remarked dryly, "Sometimes silence is golden." Clinton mocks Trump's Turkey letter with Jimmy Kimmel joke -- but move quickly appears to backfire 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Rome’s dolce vita period tends to be misremembered as a glitteringly hedonistic time, but they were also very lean years: “You know what the dolce vita was about? Cheap help,” Pepper says dryly. Woman of Steel 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z “So much for a test drive,” Castor said, dryly. Alcaldesa takes her job seriously as Tampa’s official dog 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z No one will confuse “Mob Queens,” which is contracted for two seasons, with any of the more dryly produced history podcasts that present by-the-book examinations of events from the past. Why a mafia wife's story unearthed in 'Mob Queens' podcast is part of queer history too 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Ford recalled a scene where a bourgeois man at a dinner table asked Adjani what she called her hair style and she replied dryly: “Iroquois.” Tom Ford entices fashion crowd into an old subway station 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z “Staying off the internet is helpful,” he said dryly. How Noah Baumbach's 'Marriage Story' became Netflix's biggest Oscar hope yet 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z “Because of this political mishandling,” as Andrew puts it dryly, the decrypts “did as much to confuse as to inform French policymakers.” Are Spies More Trouble Than They’re Worth? 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Onstage she plays the role of the shrugging neurotic, dryly poking fun at her own shortcomings, surreal ideas and life’s grim absurdity. Aparna Nancherla’s Comedy Diary: ‘Inspiration Is Like the Urge to Pee’ 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z “All right, well file a motion for discovery,” he said, dryly. The case that made an ex-ICE attorney realize the government was relying on false "evidence" 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z “I think,” Amash says dryly, “the Trump people are confounded by this area,” where Trump held his final 2016 campaign rally. Opinion | Voters don’t have to settle for a binary choice. Look at Justin Amash. 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z For his part, according to Mediate, Mr. Smith responded dryly on the air, as Mr. Trump was tweeting. Trump rips Fox News’ Shepard Smith: ‘Watching Fake News CNN is better’ 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Lee, who played “Knots’” rock-steady matriarch Karen, stopped Van Ark’s loving ramble, turned to Mills and asked her, dryly, “Would you like to say anything?” Star trio from ‘Knots Landing’ keep each other in stitches 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Lee, who played “Knots'” rock-steady matriarch Karen, stopped Van Ark’s loving ramble, turned to Mills and asked her, dryly, “Would you like to say anything?” Star trio from ‘Knots Landing’ keep each other in stitches 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z “Every part,” he confirms dryly to Guardian Australia. Kirin J Callinan on stunts, exhibitionism and being misunderstood: ‘Is this who I want to be?’ 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z With a smirk and a finger point, the American leader dryly tells Russia’s president “Don’t meddle with the election” in their first meeting since the Mueller report became public. 10 Things to Know for Today 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z “There’s three women up here who have fought pretty hard for a woman’s right to choose,” she dryly noted, drawing cheers and applause from the studio audience. Democrats in Miami tackle immigration, taxes, economy and guns 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z “That changes everything,” Servais said dryly, leaning back on the chair in his office. Mike Leake delivers, Jay Bruce reaches milestone in Mariners’ win over Angels on Star Wars Night 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z “Let’s just call that magic,” Moore dryly replied. Smartphone voting is underway — inside the most radical voting system in America 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z “Let’s just say that we weren’t getting regular updates,” she said dryly. Vice Tries to Turn the Page by Making Content for Others 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z A picture of a chain-smoking 19-year-old chimpanzee mentions dryly that the ape smokes about a pack a day: The Pyongyang zoo officials "insist, however, that she doesn't inhale." Eric Talmadge, AP's North Korea bureau chief, dead at 57 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z A picture of a chain-smoking 19-year-old chimpanzee mentions dryly that the ape smokes about a pack a day: The Pyongyang zoo officials “insist, however, that she doesn’t inhale.” Eric Talmadge, AP’s North Korea bureau chief, dead at 57 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z In large, dryly humorous works, Doyle takes on the everyday ephemera of masculine life, including old kicks, a crushed cigarette box and some oversize car air fresheners. Datebook: Painter June Edmonds imagines flags inspired by black history 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z “I am angry at other men,” Theron added, dryly, suddenly bringing to mind that she also played Imperator Furiosa in “Mad Max: Fury Road” and a deadly assassin in “Atomic Blonde.” How Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen gave 'Long Shot' its 'secret power' 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Both are quirky and dryly funny, with a distinctive style that blends aloof New York art-punk and European ennui. New video: The animated ‘Mirai’ will resonate with kids and even more so with parents 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Another dryly noted that "JR's art piece was more fleeting than foreseen". Louvre collage shredded by visitors 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Compared with President Trump’s tenure, Brexit “is much more boring,” he said, dryly. A New Editor, and a New Take on Brexit, for a Brawny London Tabloid 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z At the time, I dryly observed how nice it would be to someday receive this question in earnest. When should Dads-to-be need tell their employers? 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z “We were a bunch of nerds,” Wilkes says dryly. The Secret History of Women in Coding 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z "The great thing about racehorses, you don't need to take them for walks," he said dryly. Albert Finney goes toe to toe with Julia Roberts in ‘Erin Brockovich’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Some of the movie’s most dryly funny scenes find Sinan approaching various local officials, hoping that one of them will finance his literary project. Review: A father-son drama takes absorbing root in 'The Wild Pear Tree' 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The Service concluded dryly: “The results of this megafauna survey are concerning.” Politics has science on the run — and not just in the other Washington 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z On one level it is a dryly detailed and topographically exact portrait of a small town in the American midwest, but on another it is a devastating threnody for lost love. Bite-sized: 50 great short stories, chosen by Hilary Mantel, George Saunders and more 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z “I thought this was what the boyfriend thing was about,” he said dryly. Why Marlon James Decided to Write an African “Game of Thrones” 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z “I went to the university of hard work,” says grandmother Wang, laughing dryly. In a village where all the parents have left, the 'left-behind' children miss out on China's economic miracle 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z “Nobody told me I had to follow Jeff Bridges,” Ford said dryly. Cecil B. DeMille Award winner Jeff Bridges tags the Globes with an infectious energy 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z |
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