| 单词 | elaborate |
| 例句 | He read it aloud, pronouncing each phrase of the sonnet with elaborate gestures. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When we asked him to elaborate on this theory, he answered, ‘You wouldn’t understand it if I did tell you.’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I slept in the elaborate braided hair my mother did for the reaping and it doesn't look too bad, so I just leave it up. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Hideo’s hand stops near my elbow, on an elaborate, geometric sculpture rising out of the waves. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The event was less elaborate than the parade, but it, too, generated press coverage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z These three had elaborated old Major’s teachings into a complete system of thought, to which they gave the name of Animalism. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Newtonianism was thus only conceivable within a culture which had elaborated and become dependent upon the argument from design. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z By 1796, he had begun to draft his last will and testament, in which he eventually made elaborate provisions to assure that all his slaves would be freed upon the death of his wife. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Carve the notch above a sentence that does not elaborate or follow from the one that came before. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z This is longer than the lifetime predicted by the simplest grand unified theory, but there are more elaborate theories in which the predicted lifetimes are longer. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Not a big, elaborate stage, just a concrete platform about the size of the wooden crates Cinder used to stand on in the store, a bronze plaque bolted to it that read, CINDER'S BLOCK. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z They passed through another elaborate gate and courtyard, their footsteps the only sound in the emptiness. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He did not elaborate, and we did not ask for details. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I said that I preferred not to elaborate upon our differences, in the interests of preserving the American black man’s unity. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They wore gowns and jackets so elaborate that she wondered if the ball had been moved to lunchtime. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He adds another spoon of sugar to his tea and waits for her to elaborate. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It’s an awful lot to take in, this elaborate plan in which I was a piece, just as I was meant to be a piece in the Hunger Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Because of that incident, Nel’s route home from school became elaborate. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Short-chain aliphatic compounds are elaborated by female monkeys in response to estradiol, and these are of consuming interest to the males. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Father burst out laughing and Mother and Margot joined in, but I felt like crying because all my work and elaborate notes were lost. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Wealthy families like ours always have elaborate funerals— Metias’s takes place inside a building with soaring baroque archways and stained-glass windows. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The same thing held when he’d had to have those elaborate repairs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The elaborate machinery of the cell has been painstakingly evolved over four billion years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Viola was bent over an elaborate cake, holding her breath and applying the final decorations of nonpareils, those tiny edible metallic nuggets that crunched thrillingly between the teeth. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The woman had a braid, a beautifully elaborate one, trailing down her shoulder. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Before I had the chance to elaborate, there were footsteps on the stairs and somebody banged at the door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It is, in fact, the most exuberant, elaborate, and ornamented of all plumed birds. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They erected elaborate ceremonial buildings and prodigious numbers of forts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This idea was elaborated by Ptolemy in the second century A.D. into a complete cosmological model. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The tank twirled right through an elaborate candelabrum and burst into flames like some deadly firework. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Hand-clapping songs, circle games and dances in which narrative movements are used were performed and elaborated on generation after generation by children and youngsters. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I found beautiful pieces of coral and elaborate shells, which I sometimes brought back to my cell. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But she herself, Ino, determined to bring about the little boy’s death, and she made an elaborate plan how this was to be done. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “A child may devise an elaborate plan to get his or her parents’ attention,” she explains. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Another round cage, sitting on a table rather than hanging from above, contains an elaborate clock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At the opposite extreme, some aboriginal fishing groups of southeastern Australia devised elaborate technologies for managing fish populations, including the construction of canals, weirs, and standing traps. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z One night I was lying in my bunk wearing my elaborate coat-hanger braces when the bedroom door opened. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Against human nature. This elaborate story, you can’t say, Hey, by the way, I don’t know the ending. I mean, you got certain obligations.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There might have been an elaborate sponge fight that took up a chunk of those hours, but still. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Martin skipped his midnight rounds in the attic, scared that they were in the teeth of an elaborate trap. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Hamilton required no elaborate instructions on the procedure. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The image of the guard in his elaborate flowering prison flashes through her head. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Towering a foot over his skull was an elaborate headdress in the shape of a bird of prey, complete with swirling plumage. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “About Cap Anderson,” I elaborated, “and everything that’s been going on.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The women who were older and more experienced not only clapped several times before they caught their pestles but also made elaborate “thank you” gestures, all in harmony with the songs they sang. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z While he had fewer tattoos than his companion, they were more elaborate—not the self-inflicted work of an amateur but epics of the art contrived by Honolulu and Yokohama masters. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe this is just an elaborate version of that. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Another, who wore an elaborate lace collar and cuffs, looked overdressed even to Amari, who had no knowledge of the fashion of rich white youth. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Rice fields are carved into mountainsides in an elaborate series of terraces, or painstakingly constructed from marshland and river plains. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It’s so elaborate, and her face was painted to match. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z But her great eyes, with their elaborate lashes, could only be those of a grown woman; there the resemblance to adolescence ended. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He wears white condor flight gloves with elaborate gold fining, which means he’s already completed fighter pilot training. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “He asked me did I know, but he didn’t elaborate. He looked like he was about to have a fit.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z From the outside, the third floor is completely hidden behind elaborate stone carvings and worn Republic flags. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z They open to rooms with even more elaborate designs. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Nathan noticed that there were pieces of turquoise embedded in the middle of elaborate silver flowers. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I lean against the wall, waiting for my balance to return, and watch Locke turn the elaborate silver knob. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Nothing seemed suitable, they were all so elaborate and pretentious, those gorgeous costumes of velvet and silk in the reproductions given of Rubens, Rembrandt and others. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The paperwork that Murphy told me to fill out was even more elaborate than what I had imagined. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, one can speculate, the vehicle for transformation may have been Hopewell religion, with its intoxicatingly elaborate funeral rites. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Graceful purple martins congregated around an elaborate miniature apartment house on a pole nearby. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The guards who stood at attention wore elaborate white uniforms accented with silver fur and less than intimidating silver lace. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “It is an auspicious color,” Tsukiko comments, but she refuses to elaborate on her meaning. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Count Olaf had a great number of very long speeches, which he performed with elaborate gestures and facial expressions. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z That summer—while the President’s lies were also getting more elaborate—I started faking my period. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Tonight she is wearing green and gold, a mossy dress with an elaborate shining collar that makes the pink of her mouth, her ears, and her eyes stand out. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But over the past few months, I’d come to see my rig for what it was: an elaborate contraption for deceiving my senses, to allow me to live in a world that didn’t exist. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Through a grand arch lay a grander chamber beneath the central dome—a rotunda where hundreds of scythes greeted one another, engaging in casual conversation around an elaborate breakfast spread in the center. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The ceilings rose to six meters high, decorated with elaborate paintings of owls in the branches of white poplars. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But raging acne, mustaches, and elaborate sideburns were acceptable. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Would you like to elaborate on what you meant by ‘invasive,’ Bits?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Isobel sits in a rarely occupied armchair in the corner of Marco’s flat, a rainbow of silk ribbon twisted around her fingers as she attempts in vain to form it into a single elaborate braid. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She was dressed in bright red from the top of her elaborate turban to the tips of her polished fingernails, and an air of regal self-assurance seemed to travel with her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no tents selling eight- track tape players, imported vinyl pants, or hair-coloring cream, nor are there elaborate stalls glistening with dangling gold or silver necklaces and bracelets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My gaze goes from a table of refreshments to the elaborate gowns to a goblin king crunching on a bone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Melanchthon’s introduction praised astronomy as the study of God’s handiwork, but it also went on to provide an elaborate defence of astrology. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Maybe he’s a having a bad day,” I elaborate, not because I feel any obligation to defend the white race but because her face is so twisted with hurt. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Sasha and her friends had taken a shine to cable cooking shows and sometimes commandeered the residence kitchen to decorate cookies or whip up elaborate, multicourse meals for themselves. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “That we’re playing an elaborate new-generation version of hide-and-seek where you get twelve hours to find a hiding space, anywhere in the neighborhood. And that it was your turn to hide.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Graffiti covered the elaborate wooden doorway of the old cathedral. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Her long auburn hair, woven into an elaborate braid, fell across her left shoulder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He doesn't elaborate, and we finally reach his hole, as the sheriff called it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The surface is coated with an elaborate, winding series of endlessly repeating patterns. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Before taking their seats, a particularly elaborate and beautiful flower arrangement caught Lydia’s eye. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z They were all dressed in gorgeous costumes, with Victorian-era thick, brocade dresses and fancy, elaborate hats with fake fruits and birds on them. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She crossed her legs in an elaborate, pretzel-like formation the boys would have thought impossible. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, Simon’s dad asked the tour guide at Duke to “please elaborate on the campus gay scene.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z And because beavers have built a network of elaborate dams across this creek, the route leads directly through a three-acre expanse of standing water. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Some spent the night in elaborate motor homes as long as railroad cars. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z On the third pitch, I went into a long, elaborate windup and sent him a slow, curving blooper, the kind a batter always wants to hit and always misses. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The lamps that laced every building and walkway produced the most elaborate demonstration of electric illumination ever attempted and the first large-scale test of alternating current. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She was wearing an elaborate gown of silk and brocade, so heavy that it felt like armor. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Behind it, there’s an elaborate iron choir screen standing broad and gorgeous on the landing above. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He had probably set up an entire, elaborate system of false info to throw off anyone who tried to get to him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Ignatius invoked an elaborate Elizabethan curse upon Mvma and, rolling over, frantically abused the glove once more. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z An elaborate wooden desk took up almost half the room, papers covering it like autumn leaves. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “It’s worse than a lemon,” her twin elaborated. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z As I watched the elaborate movements of her hands, the tide of my thoughts took me to a particular telling of a story I had heard many times as a boy. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The inn’s reputation was eclipsed by more modem establishments with roulette wheels and long-legged dancing girls, but it continued to attract honeymooners from the provinces, who admired its worn charm and elaborate iron grillwork. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She shows me a wide range of photos of rooms ranging from fancy to simple, elaborate to plain, ugly to beautiful. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He smiles quick up at me, then hunches back over an elaborate machine made of rocks, marbles, sticks and rubber bands. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I placed his full food dish on the feeding mat at the end of the elaborate obstacle course. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She had wanted to wear her sister’s elaborate wedding dress, but their pennilessness called for something less formal. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z However, she had planned a more elaborate Thanksgiving dinner than usual, so maybe that was something. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Have you noticed the more you try not to think, the more elaborate your thinking episodes get? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Stuart, unconvinced and suspicious of the elaborate and ridiculous cover story Herold spun for him, reluctantly offered to feed them. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z About 70,000 years ago, organisms belonging to the species Homo sapiens started to form even more elaborate structures called cultures. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In the small towns, there are open-air markets: chickens and geese in elaborate bamboo baskets, vegetables laid out in rows on the ground, slabs of pork on tables, tobacco being sold in big clumps. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z There is ambiguity, and some symbolism, in the elaborate ritual observed by each returning expedition of astronauts from the moon. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Wilson had changed her costume some time before and was now attired in an elaborate afternoon dress of cream colored chiffon, which gave out a continual rustle as she swept about the room. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Katz wanted every detail of my walk home, and had elaborate plans for his defense involving a heavy ceramic lamp base and, ultimately, escape out the back window. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Harry waited hopefully, but Dumbledore did not elaborate, so he asked something else that had been bothering him slightly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z So he began throwing elaborate, multicourse dinners, with the first course to be served at midnight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Three months before I was born, in the aftermath of one of our elaborate Sunday dinners, my grandmother Desdemona Stephanides ordered my brother to get her silkworm box. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Lawrence mustered his best arguments for this elaborate defense of his work. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I had never heard him use this sort of harsh, elaborate courtesy, and had no idea what it signified. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The theory eventually circulated that Boori Ma had once worked as hired help for a prosperous zamindar back east, and was therefore capable of exaggerating her past at such elaborate lengths and heights. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And more, was this all some elaborate ritual to get an angle on me? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It’s no simple job getting me back to Beauty Base Zero, even with the elaborate arsenal of products, tools, and gadgets Plutarch had the foresight to bring from the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There was some packing to do, a farewell party a few friends were throwing tonight, some games of Doom and Quake, a handful of good-byes to say—not an elaborate leave- taking. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The police had not taken elaborate precautions for the trip back to Johannesburg or for my security, and I merely sat in the backseat of a sedan, unhandcuffed, with two officers riding in front. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And I was carefully taught elaborate formulas of polite greeting and parting. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The man’s name—John Singer—was engraved in the center, and beneath this, written in ink with the same elaborate precision as the engraving, there was a brief message. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Ted Skopinski was the trajectories guy, elaborating on the math describing the path taken by a space vehicle as it left Earths surface and settled into orbit around it. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She wore elaborate wigs and talked real down home, with a heavy, deep accent full of “I ain’ts” and “Come owns.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, when I went to bed, I was no longer worried about eighth-grade love triangles or whether it was possible that Clearasil was just an elaborate scam that gave insecure teens false hope. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The school had let my third-grade class decorate the book’s front cover that year, and I’d spent the entire past week painstakingly drawing in the elaborate swirls on the cover’s corners. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Keeping Jonathan close, they moved with elaborate care. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Three of the fairies had elaborate butterfly wings with the appearance of stained glass. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Many of these were stones, some carved in elaborate representations, perhaps of the areas they influenced. projects. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He waited, to see if I was going to elaborate. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d added a rescued shawl to her ensemble, tying it in an elaborate bow beneath her chin. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I would flip through her botany books to find the perfect one, and we’d go to the craft store together and make an elaborate costume. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z What we got, however, was an elaborate disquisition on the history and architecture of the Capitol and a look at the official china patterns produced for the Senate, followed by a polite and chitchatty lunch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z All of the papers fold themselves into elaborate shapes: pyramids and helixes and paper birds with rustling wings. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Their prey were seals, shellfish, nesting seabirds, and fish that could be captured by hand or with clubs and required no more elaborate technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It seemed as if everybody in the hood had their own nickname and tag, some more elaborate than others. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “I have not been able to find out. The system is rather elaborate.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The streets are crowded with young people in elaborate getups—giant lace skirts, elaborate umbrellas, ten-inch-tall boots, eyelashes that seem miles long, face masks that glow in the dark. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z To combat this, trees have formed elaborate defense mechanisms. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He was impatient with his lessons, mouthed off at teachers, got poor grades, spent his hours coining witticisms and engineering elaborate practical jokes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It should require elaborate schemes hidden from the public to keep them from panicking. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Native Australians constructed elaborate systems of canals up to a mile and a half long, in order to enable eels to extend their range from one marsh to another. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This so-called Indian business, as White discovered, was an elaborate criminal operation, in which various sectors of society were complicit. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But symphonies were supposed to be explorations, journeys to find out what would happen if you took a clutch of short melodic ideas and elaborated on them. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The elaborate gilded headboard, the heavy embroidered duvet, the soft twill blanket beneath that’s the only thing in the room Henry actually chose. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Joe, conscious of the kids watching him over the rims of their Dixie cups, found himself elaborating on the things he remembered fondly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We didn’t have to consult each other or come up with an elaborate plan. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Some are complete rooms, others are bits of exterior architecture or elaborate archways and halls. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Others fancied elaborate armor studded with gemstones, or tall pointed hats speckled with stars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There is an elaborate system of control, complete with political disenfranchisement and legalized discrimination in every major realm of economic and social life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I turned the page on our lesson in business correspondence, and began to work on an elaborate pencil drawing of Noah’s ark. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The doves that appear onstage and occasionally in the audience during Prospero’s performances are kept in elaborate cages, delivered to each theater along with the rest of his luggage and supplies. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z From nowhere, a large, elaborate sedan chair was brought forward, which the emperor settled into with great comfort. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z As I edged around the elaborate, china-cabinet-flanked dining room, I wondered where Celia’s parents were and if they knew exactly how many cans of beer were stacked on their polished mahogany dining table. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z With elaborate sweeps of his brush and huge sighs of satisfaction, he begins to blend the bird's contribution across his canvas. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I nod slowly, waiting for Boy21 to start laughing, for Coach to come running in with the rest of the team, pointing at me and howling at the elaborate practical joke, but that doesn’t happen. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed urgent to me not only to reiterate my earlier lies—about my kinship with Daumier, about my deceased wife, about my small estate in the South of France—but to elaborate on them. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “This criminal mastermind, the one behind this elaborate scheme...” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The breakfast spread in the rotunda was an elaborate one. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The more they asked, the more elaborate the story became until, by the end, it was nothing like what I had started with. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I had watched a girl my own age shining at the center of one of their elaborate ceremonies. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Look down and you can see the white cracks darting through the ice like mad, elaborate spiderwebs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Joe put his mouth into the forms of returning such a highly elaborate answer, that I could make out nothing of it but the single word “Pip.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He would never have allowed the elaborate preparations that Gregor required to orient himself and thus perhaps get through the door. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z I draw a woman wearing an elaborate dress, twirling like she's made of light and sun. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Some had ornate wooden double doors in front, with elaborate metal knockers. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Each building was more lovely, more elaborate than the last, and all were immense—fantastic things on a scale never before attempted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I’m all right now,” I respond without elaborating. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z And when April and Melanie started tossing the idea back and forth, decorating and elaborating the way they always did, it Worked just the way it was supposed to. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The teacher elaborated on the meaning of the display, the other children pointed and jeered at Skipper John’s garish smile—and Maisie’s face twitched in fear. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Another big part of our community—and a personal favorite of mine—was an elaborate dance procession performed by the neighborhood kids. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I’ve encountered a geek with newly minted coins from around the world and one who’s written an elaborate digital music script for all of Beethoven’s works. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Last week he’d made an elaborate trap to catch a prairie dog. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Others were elaborate scrapbooks depicting trips to Disney or the Grand Canyon and included formal portraits of relatives. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I feel like I'm in an elaborate Rube Goldberg contraption that someone else designed. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Our world requires that decisions be sourced and footnoted, and if we say how we feel, we must also be prepared to elaborate on why we feel that way. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He elaborated without encouragement, citing the advantages of Devon’s physical hardening program and of a high school diploma when he did in good time reach basic training. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I discovered that a man may not enter a house where a woman has recently given birth, and that a newly married woman would not enter the kraal of her new home without elaborate ceremony. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I always try to get out of it with elaborate and not-so-elaborate lies. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The outside of the suit was covered with an elaborate exoskeleton, a network of artificial tendons and joints that could both sense and inhibit my movements. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z So my first impression, that he was a person of some undefined consequence, had gradually faded and he had become simply the proprietor of an elaborate roadhouse next door. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Next stop, an Elko Camera Store, where they “bought” an elaborate motion-picture camera. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z They wore bronze breastplates and elaborate helmets topped with horsehair bristles. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He played host to a large family reunion, replaced the heat exchanger in his boat, and transformed the ramshackle greenhouse into an elaborate workshop. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Apparently he knows the kind she likes, because Natalie seems to give these stones a special place in her elaborate grid. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The meadow lark, with three hundred notes to work with, arranges these in phrases of three to six notes and elaborates fifty types of song. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On the walls behind the glass, older weapons had been arranged in an elaborate display—axes, spears, longbows. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It suggested a whole life of marvelous, elaborate decadence that attracted me like a magnet. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I suspect it is the property of Countess Andrenyi, since her luggage contained only a chiffon negligee so. elaborate as to be more a tea gown than a dressing gown. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z For weeks on end the windows of all the houses were patterned with elaborate jungles of ice. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For instance, the girls have an elaborate system of body clues by which they can tell what kind of a man you’re suited for. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Robbie elaborated upon his circumstances, then ended by asking politely about the parents of the other fellow. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Stick and I used to lie on our beds after lights-out and play the game together, making up elaborate lives and characters, before we got too old to make-believe. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “Only for you, Your Royal Highness,” he says with an elaborate mock-bow. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Powell gives his name as Lewis Payne and makes up an elaborate story, saying that he has come to Mary Surratt’s at her request, to dig a ditch. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He spends the majority of the evening in the company of Celia Bowen, whose elaborate gown changes color, shifting through a rainbow of hues to complement whomever she is closest to. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Millet had some extraordinary ideas for events in August, including an elaborate Midway ball during which fair officials, including Burnham, would dance with Dahoman women and Algerian belly dancers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They prepare an elaborate meal, fish and meat bought one bitterly cold morning at Chinatown and Haymarket, cooked as his father liked them best, with extra potatoes and fresh coriander leaves. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She finally got out of the house again that night by performing an elaborate ritual about having to go to the library. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z And so he dictated elaborate and specific demands that it was then Lazlo’s duty to fulfill, with the help of a number of locals Suheyla organized to assist him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I’m sure this is all just an elaborate ruse to keep me traveling with you,” he groused. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mostly they looked, their elaborate dresses, long-sleeved and long- skirted, hiding the nakedness that stood in their eyes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Members of the Brain Busters Club convened after work and on weekends to build elaborate model airplanes by hand. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In the elaborate shell houses along the Langer See, oarsmen stowed their street clothes in lockers and began to don their national uniforms. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Three years before The War of the Worlds was published, a Bostonian named Percival Lowell founded a major observatory where the most elaborate claims in support of life on Mars were developed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Long midnight-black hair is artfully knotted in elaborate braids upon her head. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Much of this she could effect with her dress, but as the girl grew older, more elaborate specifications had to be put in place. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our prisoner has not yet elaborated on her own role as a wireless operator at the aerodrome at Maidsend.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z We made an elaborate show of coughing when they lit up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They wear sparkling, elaborate costumes with incredible high heels and insane wigs. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There are no organization charts, no budgets, no elaborate strategic plans. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z An elaborate Canto knot holds the top of her robe firmly in place. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It is not just a surgical procedure, but a lengthy and elaborate ritual in preparation for manhood. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With an incising awl, he inscribed the leather-hard clay—a simple chrysanthemum design, far cruder than much of the elaborate incision work for which the potters of Ch’ulp’o were known. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z If any city could make good on the elaborate boasts circulated thus far, Chicago was the one. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Lying in bed at night, I made up elaborate stories to bring Linda alive in my sleep. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was clear to him that now, finally, the architects understood that Chicago had been serious about its elaborate plans for the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Performers standing stock-still with elaborate costumes and painted skin on platforms set up in precarious spaces between tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In a sense this process, given the fancy title ‘neo-classicism’ by music historians, was at times nothing more elaborate than plagiarism. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Government issues, I was learning, were elaborate and unending. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A painted cattleguard, however, was just that: nothing more subtle or elaborate than a group of evenly spaced white stripes painted across a macadam road. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s in a crackpot-theory mood, just waiting for me to ask him to elaborate. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z All of the children wore elaborate costumes representing the various kingdoms of the eastern territories. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Each day, though, their plans seemed to grow more elaborate. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The royal stables are, of course, elaborate and well-kept and about a million miles from the old ranches he’s seen out in the Texas panhandle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Because a sister can’t just ask a guy out like it’s some normal thing, girls have gone to great lengths to make sure that their Sadie Hawkins proposition is the most elaborate. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The conference was officially opened by our host, His Imperial Majesty, who was dressed in an elaborate brocaded army uniform. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Look, Your Honor, with great and elaborate care we conditioned Mary Dalton so that she would regard Bigger Thomas as a kind of beast. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I say something to Volpe about the elaborate playbills of some of the other schools. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z They assigned them names and assembled elaborate profiles of their personalities. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z When I mentioned about Ben asking where my mother was and my saying that she was in Lewis-ton, but that I didn’t want to elaborate, Gram and Gramps looked at each other. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Sturtevant’s rudimentary genetic map would foreshadow the vast and elaborate efforts to map genes along the human genome in the 1990s. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It had been exciting at first, maintaining such an elaborate lie. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was set in elaborate and curiously rigid curls that contrasted oddly with her heavy-jawed face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She does not elaborate, turning back to Bailey as she continues. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He took on the elaborate manner of little girls when they are mimicking one another. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the court, Dorian included, wore masks of varying sizes, shapes, and colors—some of simple design, others elaborate and animal-shaped. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She used elaborate gestures and spoke very clearly, enunciating every word. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She went back and dusted the picture over the couch, which was of fancily dressed white people in another century having an elaborate picnic in a woods. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Slowly and precisely he detailed how, in spite of much elaborate crystallographic analysis, little real progress had been made by Rosy since the day she arrived at King’s. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I tried to figure out what they were saying by reading the elaborate gestures that the man made with his right hand. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I have on an elaborate white gown, laced and corseted, with a silk overskirt and draped layers in the back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z An elaborate ruse to make him think there was something special about him? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Salma Auntie carries the last steaming dish to the dining table, and then stands back to admire the elaborate feast. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The weather threatened to dull the elaborate fireworks display that Frank Millet had planned as a further boost for the exposition’s attendance, which despite steady week-to-week increases still lagged behind expectations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I made an elaborate stone stove and oven outside where I bake, grill, and boil. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She spends most of her time in the kitchen preparing elaborate dishes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z After the lock had turned behind her, Mrs. Coulter looked around at once for the microphone and found one in the elaborate light-fitting and another under the frame of the bed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The cages had elaborate bolts on the doors to prevent fiddling by primate fingers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The weathered yellow parchment unfurled, covered with faded Latin script and elaborate hand-drawn pictures. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Most of the models simply outlined walls, fences, and doors with loose stones, but some were elaborate constructions complete with plastic model cars, toy animals, and thatch roofs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Hooper walked on, stepping past him with elaborate care, avoiding even the touching of clothes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z But this time there was no elaborate praise and his tone of voice indicated that Mother merely had done the sort of competent job that one might expect from a competent woman. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew a little from our infrequent stays with Baron Greyfallow, and thought I was quite genteel enough without having to memorize forms of address, table manners, and the elaborate snarled rankings of the peerage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He should never have made up that elaborate story to disguise his search for the cave; somebody might ask him about it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Over it all rise the grim, red, elaborate walls of the Royal House, which though in perpetual use is inhabited by no one beside the king himself. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I steal glances at her table during lunch that day while Fina is telling Skyler about her plans to initiate her into the New Kids Brigade, which include an elaborate secret ceremony, apparently. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The reigning discipline in biology was taxonomy, an elaborate attempt to classify and subclassify all living things into distinct categories: Kingdoms, Phylae, Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, and Species. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Petra stood in front of it, admiring the elaborate Gothic letters. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the gated community at Alexandria, then, Hellenistic Egypt was a stewpot of roiling antagonisms, contained only by an elaborate system of regulations, appeasement, and, if necessary, military force. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z He made an elaborate act of tipping to the door stealthily Then looked back at her with an irresistible grin on his face. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Rafael stood, looking at the people and the spaces, as if the whole thing were an elaborate puzzle that he could solve if only he could find the right piece. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z In the years following 9500 BC, the descendants of the Natufians continued to gather and process cereals, but they also began to cultivate them in more and more elaborate ways. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He refuses to elaborate as they walk quietly back down the length of the train. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I've seen more elaborate pyrotechnics at the grand openings of grocery stores, but the audience was kind and everyone made an effort to pretend that the display was magnificent. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “God created a world of work and rewards,” he elaborated, “on a big balanced scale.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z No one was expected to prepare an elaborate talk for Italian meetings like this one. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z All this was bad enough for a boy who had never before worn anything more elaborate than a pair of shorts and a blazer. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I will always be grateful to the parish priest who forced a mortician to remove an elaborate arrangement of flowers from a coffin: ‘Don’t hide it!’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Tipped by colored turncoats, the white enforcers organized elaborate ambushes, decimating the insurgents with gunfire and running them down on horseback, reinforced by the might of the United States Army. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I wasn’t going to elaborate and go into detail about my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t elaborate, but I knew how to find her if I felt like I needed to. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z It’s all still so new to Alex, but it’s not difficult to follow through on what’s been playing out in elaborate detail in his head for the past hour. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Old Cob leaned back on his stool, glad for the chance to elaborate. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was elaborating upon my “legend” consistently and Luzan accepted my pathologies. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was afraid of that,” Colonel Korn remarked -with an elaborate sigh, locking his fingers together comfortably on top of his smooth, bald, broad, shiny brown head. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A note elaborates that Tío Alejandro was the one who used to own English saddle horses and taught you four girls to ride. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Butterflies alighting along arms and in elaborate headpieces. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She wears a gown fashioned from a pink kimono, her hair piled in an elaborate knotted style and her eyes rimmed in a striking red. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Below the writing there were painted bottles of mixed-fruit jam and hot-lime pickle in edible oil, with labels that said, in elaborate writing, Paradise Pickles & Preserves. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The rabbit had elaborate scrollwork making up its middle, and bells hung off its feet. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Offstage, she watched them perform their elaborate Official Greeting. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only cut on his ninth birthday, to be woven into an elaborate neckpiece for his godmother, the queen. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Most of us get our flags pulled and land in jail, and the rest of us plot elaborate rescue missions. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z At lunch, I squeezed in next to Maya and Rand, who were hunched over yet another one of Maya’s giant dot games, which were getting more and more elaborate. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z If my family was a square, then Barack’s was a more elaborate piece of geometry, one that reached across oceans. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z You go through this elaborate dance with the cop where you say the thing without saying the thing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The Aztecs had monumental architecture, elaborate record-keeping, exquisite art and an astronomical calendar superior to that of any in Europe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But I am confident - as I was then - that the sorts of elaborate and mysterious processes performed by someone like Mr Jack Neighbours had little or no discernible effect on the end result. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She swept past her husband and with elaborate gestures that seemed natural on her, she grasped Mrs. Grantham’s hand and introduced herself. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He elaborated on it nine months later during a week of daylong interviews with me in Seoul. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “It should’ve never taken this long,” he said, and gave an oblique slap to the lawyers, noting “our system is attorney-driven,” without elaborating. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The cover flips open, exposing the elaborate ink tree to the star-speckled night sky. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A sentence may elaborate, qualify, or generalize the one that came before. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Both Van Gogh and Seurat developed elaborate color systems, one entirely personal in its meaning, the other claiming to be “scientific.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Bombs and rockets followed in intensifying numbers until the climax of the show, when an elaborate wire network erected at Festival Hall, on the lakeshore, abruptly flared into a giant explosive portrait of George Washington. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It all felt like a trick, like an elaborate stunt that would leave him humiliated and embarrassed, and yet, at the same time, he didn’t think Mark or Linda would do that to him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He was sitting on one of the thrones, the one decked out in black velvet, the one with the elaborate carvings of people screaming—in fear or in pain, Roza did not know. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Cheetahs usually refuse to carry out that elaborate courtship ritual inside a cage. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z All Mom says is that the buildings in Havana are completely decayed, held up by elaborate configurations of wooden planks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They respond with enthusiasm and then watch, thoroughly engrossed, as she breaks down the process of the elaborate braided hairdo. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The men stepped out in evening clothes and the women stepped out after them, their hair coiffed up in elaborate detail. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Andean textiles were woven with great precision—elite garments could have a thread count of five hundred per inch—and structured in elaborate layers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Heqet would become wildly excited, he would make elaborate spying plans, there was no telling what he would do. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Desdemona had to devise elaborate ruses to satisfy him, telling him that our kitchen was the Zebra Room, only redecorated, and lamenting at how bad business was. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Robbie had covered a huge chunk of the wall in white paint, and his skeleton now wore an elaborate dress and was grinning wildly. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Their plot, escape, and arrival were the elements of an elaborate living play. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z "The staff is conspiring against her. An elaborate trick." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The pile was growing there: a Polaroid camera, a transistor radio, an elaborate electric train set—and several sealed envelopes containing cash. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I did not describe it in detail, only said it was a dolce, and I think he believed it was something more elaborate than bread pudding. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Together they devised an elaborate life insurance fraud, which Mudgett described in his memoir. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z At first the silence continued, as though the local persons thought I intended to elaborate further. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Covered with a fastidiously elaborate frieze, the twelve-foot gateway focuses the visitor’s eye on the image of a single deity whose figure projects from the lintel: the Staff God. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z You would have seen the two of us engaging in what can only be described as an elaborate and precise dance. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And sure enough, there she was: Heleen Van Houden, shimmering in teal satin, an elaborate ruff of peacock feathers framing her golden head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There weren’t any backup singers or elaborate instrumentation; just the gentle plinkity-plank of a piano. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s not an elaborate prank after all. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The gray bigfoot sweeps into an elaborate bow. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Combining sugar with almonds—as is still done in marzipan—cooks who were serving wealthy Muslims built elaborate, edible sculptures. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z What Ulbrickson likely didn’t know was that Bobby Moch had worked out an elaborate set of verbal codes to which only he and his crew knew the real meanings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She would speak in a clear voice and look down at the white chalk lines all over the floor, some faded from years, some simple straight lines, others elaborate curves, still others plain initials. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His tools still lay on the worktable: small chisels with which he had been meticulously recarving, reshaping the worn, smooth places on the elaborate staff that the Singer used. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She had said she’d seen this park in the blade of her knife, but she wouldn’t elaborate. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z This time, though, there was no Madison Avenue address, no elaborate menu of New Zealand mussels or designer mushrooms. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She also had ridiculous, garish makeup caked on her face, and an elaborate, upswept hairdo. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It made no sense that she’d go through an elaborate ruse to trick me into believing that he’d followed through on his promise. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Without being told, I soon assimilated the elaborate rules that governed the relations between men and women. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Furnished in elaborate velvets, silks, and brocades, it’s a riot of scarlet and deep blues and greens, everything rich and dark, like overripe fruit. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At these times she began to shape the antler-weapon into a more elaborate design. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They never elaborated about just what diseases the toilets contained, but they made it plain that the ailments were both contagious and dire. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Antonapoulos crowded into the bus and settled himself with elaborate preparations on one of the front seats. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Her hair had come loose and fallen out of its elaborate style. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z There were headdresses and veils, corsets with daggers concealed in the stays, elaborate capes, and teetering tall shoes carved of ebony and coral. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z On the second floor there were some offices and three empty lecture rooms, all with rows of wooden chairs, old oil paintings on the walls, and elaborate leaded glass windows. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z As the light dimmed, the young falcon walked into her elaborate room with its curls and spindles and lay down. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Exhibitors gradually completed their installations, and electricians removed the last misconnects from the elaborate circuits that linked the fair’s nearly 200,000 incandescent bulbs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When the final bulb pops alight, and the smoke and sparks dissipate, it is finally legible, this elaborate incandescent sign. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “There’s not enough room in this hovel for more than two of us!” said one man, his elaborate armor and demeanor marking him as the commander. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It was the big back-to-school dinner that night—roast beef, green beans almondine, cheese soufflé and some elaborate lentil dish for the vegetarians. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I try to spice up their lives by ordering an overly elaborate drink involving half shots, milks of varying fat content, and caramel, as well as vanilla syrup. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Hawaiian labor corvees built elaborate irrigation systems for taro fields yielding up to 24 tons per acre, the highest crop yields in all of Polynesia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t have recognized me, either, what with the elaborate structural pile teetering on my head. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z In Egypt, where low-relief carving attained unsurpassed subtlety, many reliefs were originally painted and included elaborate settings. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing as elaborate as ours, but a bug-out all the same. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z After waiting for a while to see if I’d elaborate, the barman poured himself a drink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The treatment protocol was long and elaborate and—worst of all—maddeningly inconclusive. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Then he makes an elaborate treasure map of where it’s buried, puts it in another jar, and buries that one too. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The centerpieces are elaborate floral arrangements with only the brightest of blooms. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In 1602 Tycho Brahe published his Instruments for the Restoration of Astronomy, which provided elaborate illustrations of the new instruments he had devised for conducting astronomical observations. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This one, though, was far more elaborate, and had been built since the storm. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I wait for him to elaborate on this, but he doesn’t, so I say, “What does than mean?” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And it’s so obvious that there’s something else, but she doesn’t elaborate. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z My drink is $6.38 and I let her know that the cost of saving a life is at least two elaborate coffee drinks. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Roughly: the more “rhetorical” it sounds—the more stuffed with extended metaphors, elaborate verbal patterning, and five-dollar words—the higher the style. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Not exactly certain of the meaning of the words, she dared not elaborate more. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She was often chartered for special moonlight cruises, during which an elaborate loudspeaker system piped live music from the observation room throughout the ship. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “As to where she got them, she did not wish to elaborate and I did not press ’er for information.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But in any case an elaborate mental training, undergone in childhood and grouping itself round the Newspeak words crimestop, blackwhite, and doublethink, makes him unwilling and unable to think too deeply on any subject whatever. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Later that Sunday night, as rain thumped their windowsills, editors of Chicago’s morning dailies laid out bold and elaborate headlines for Monday’s historic editions. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Luckily, the children did not hear this perplexing remark; they were too busy staring at the regal woman with the elaborate fur-collared dress who had just entered the room. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He constructed elaborate fountains, with grottos containing mechanical singing birds. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The whole household seemed so reasonable, she had to keep reminding herself it was all a stage setting in some kind of elaborate dream. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They wore elaborate headdresses, their languid, elongated eyes closed, their bare chests draped with carved chains and amulets. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z We, or at any rate I, had built such elaborate fantasies about him and the illusory mother that seeing him in the flesh shredded my inventions like a hard yank on a paper chain. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius watched with fascination the elaborate process of gums, tongue, and lips that ever\\ piece of sandwich set into motion. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As though everything that he was about to say was part of an elaborate prank. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned to face the exit and began to execute a series of elaborate gestures in the air in front of her while whispering the words of some incantation. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Precisely at that point it vanished--and I was looking at an elegant young rough-neck, a year or two over thirty, whose elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He did not elaborate, and the conversation lagged since I knew nothing about Nyack, New York. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z A long line of gold-cloaked spearmen held back the crowd, commanded by a stout man in elaborate armor, all black lacquer and gold filigree. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Modest white outside walls crowned with slanting tile decorations gave no hint of the elaborate courtyards and inner living quarters that were hidden like pearls in their oyster shells. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Some elaborate masquerade they had performed to keep their true identities a secret? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Denna shrugged and headed back into the trees for more firewood and I began the elaborate guesswork of how much denner it would take to poison a five ton lizard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In the eat-in area of the kitchen, I spent over an hour constructing an elaborate obstacle course and placed Sir Fig Newton’s food dish at the end. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Sam begins an elaborate show of avoiding the struggle. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The letters tell of his company’s elaborate computer model, his financial expertise and inside contacts. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Filled with gears and pulleys and wires and an elaborate computer system.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I had looked closely at the elaborate motifs of her tablecloths and doilies and had tried to draw them on lined notebook paper or on flattened grocery bags. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Hess elaborated his ideas in an important paper, which was almost universally ignored. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z At the end of life, a fallen brother was honored by his fellow butchers with a last tribute: an elaborate funeral wreath in the shape of a broken cleaver. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At the beginning, some grave sites were more elaborate than others, a testament to social stratification. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There had been the politeness of his marriage, the elaborate courtesy of the double bed, he had suffered from the cold gap between his permitted behaviour, and his desires. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z From the time I was seven years old, he planned elaborate gatherings for us at least once a year. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z On the Plymouth roof rack there was a four-sided, tin-lined, plywood billboard that said, on all four sides, in elaborate writing, Paradise Pickles & Preserves. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z That the whole thing—the grandmother, his heritage, the bar mitzvah—was just the latest and most elaborate of the series of unfunny pranks that he and his idiot friends are famous for. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Ralph believed that everything he said had to be epic, shocking, and elaborate. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z What Brunelleschi had discovered was not the vanishing-point or the distance-point construction; he had not engaged in elaborate measurements or sophisticated geometrical constructions, even if he had the competence to perform them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He took his seat with an elaborate gesture, the pug jumping into his lap. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d fight with myriad virtual heavy weaponry across elaborate virtual terrain, seeing which team could get fifty kills first. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I had clearly gotten the best of her, so I sobered to an elaborate caricature of humility. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He peered with elaborate caution between branches at the edge and could see Robert sitting on guard at the top of the cliff. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Dad looked up with me for a little longer, but when I didn’t elaborate he shook his head and went down into the basement. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Children in elaborate costumes roamed the streets by the hundreds. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Please let this be a puzzle, an elaborate game Papa has constructed, a riddle she must solve. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Finally, food production permits or requires people to adopt sedentary living, which is a prerequisite for accumulating substantial possessions, developing elaborate technology and crafts, and constructing public works. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Werfel thought, so during a furious thunderstorm he took Spurge out on the streets to watch the children jumping from rooftop to rooftop with their elaborate metal wands, trying to catch lightning bolts. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Their opulent clothing, elaborate and glittering, could not hide their disfigurement, and their unpleasant expressions made them hideous. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z As the day went on, the story behind the picture grew more elaborate. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He knew the praise was premature, but the banquet hinted at the greater glory that would accrue to him at fair’s end, provided of course the exposition met the world’s elaborate expectations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z After Brandon can no longer deny that he is the one in the tape, his friend Justin confronts him with the theory that he orchestrated the whole episode as an elaborate subterfuge. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Pacific Northwest Indian artists carved beautiful masks, boxes, bas-reliefs, and totem poles within the dictates of an elaborate aesthetic system based on an ovoid shape that has no name in European languages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She finishes braiding my hair into an elaborate style that makes me look as though I have horns. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Gesturing to the short-haired woman to raise the curtain, he strode to the exact center of the stage and took elaborate bows as the curtain came up. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He was roughly the same height as Bob, with elaborate Stygian iron armor, a single diamond blazing in the center of his breastplate. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mother’s fabrication is so elaborate I can hardly describe it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His bright yellow armor was inlaid with jet in elaborate vine-and-leaf patterns, and a cloak sewn from raven feathers draped his thin shoulders. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “That I see,” said the gateman with elaborate patience, twisting the long hairs of his mole. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I was going to leave it alone, but he kept looking at me like he was waiting for me to elaborate. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z In prison we were separated from each other by this elaborate metal contraption, while in court we all mingled freely. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Please elaborate here on any additional compliments or criticisms you may have of this teacher. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He was dressed in Greek combat armor—sandals, kilt, and greaves, a breastplate decorated with elaborate sea monster designs—and everything he wore was gold. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I can hardly believe the Angels have a need for such scarves; anyway, the ones made by the Commander’s Wife are too elaborate. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And I could elaborate on this at some length and with, I believe, a fair degree of accuracy. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The simplest possible fare, served on the finest porcelain, and set on an elaborate charger of chased silver. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She picked up an ordinary beach shell and looked at it with elaborate interest. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I wait for her to elaborate, but she doesn’t. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Kira had thought that when this work was complete she could turn to her own projects, to some of the elaborate patterns that she could feel and see in her mind. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was subjected to an elaborate admission process and given a beeper to activate if I was ever threatened or distressed while inside the prison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When Thaya Jaan came to visit last year, we didn’t understand why Mama went overboard cooking elaborate Pakistani feasts for him, including the dishes usually reserved for dinner parties. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Inside, in elaborate script: An honest mess is more beautiful than a perfect picture. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When not sleeping or studying, Thetans were fond of video games, constructing and solving elaborate puzzles, playing, inventing, and reimagining board games, and pretending to kill one another as part of live-action Mafia games. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z As Holmes dreamed and sketched, the features of his building became more elaborate and satisfying. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z If we were shrunk to the level of the neurons, we might witness elaborate, intricate, evanescent patterns. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that she had more time on her hands, she enjoyed making elaborate foreign dishes. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Some messages included an elaborate diagram of a cooling device and the offer to set it up in the president's room. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He didn’t elaborate, and his face said he didn’t plan to. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A series of elaborate gazebos surrounded the pond, interconnected by a whitewashed boardwalk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The Hill’s Guard was printed in large, elaborate gold lettering on the back of their witch’s cloaks. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Might there not be an even more elaborate effort by an older and wiser species, courageously battling the advance of desiccation on the red planet? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He sneers my name in an elaborate, condescending manner. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z "Besides, sometimes elaborating a little bit helps keep the ale flowing on a slow night." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A doorman in an elaborate costume stood at the entrance, and although he seemed surprised by their lack of luggage he overlooked their dirty clothes with a friendly smile. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When I asked him to elaborate, Hyten sketched out for me how animated films are produced today through a global supply chain. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Let me elaborate a little on that definition. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Jack’s fantasy was much more elaborate: My perfect meal, prepared by my mother, of course, begins with rich chicken soup brimming with fat handmade noodles. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z In particular he elaborated the Second Law of Thermodynamics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Dress forms displaying elaborate gowns stand in groups and pairs, giving the impression of a party with a great many headless guests. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Now, under the clear night sky, she wondered if it might be the time to break it all down like some elaborate pageant set the day after the show. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Millet had planned an elaborate series of explosive “set pieces,” fireworks affixed to large metal frames shaped to depict various portraits and tableaus. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Nathan untied the knot at the top of the bag and saw elaborate pieces of shiny jewelry. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z At the top, an elaborate circular seal glistened off the page. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Convinced that the problem was a too-abrupt closing of the circuit, Lucci would move the switch with elaborate delicacy, to the amusement of his colleagues. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Other versions were much more elaborate, full of descriptions and scraps of dialogue. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood there watching for several minutes while more officers got involved in an increasingly elaborate effort to dislodge Joe's wheelchair from the tight cage. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It had become the centerpiece of an elaborate complex, crisscrossed with artificial canals and connecting bridges. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother temporarily gave up her hairpieces, a crimped false fringe and a rolled horsehair rat, platforms on which she daily constructed an elaborate mountain of her own hair. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Palmer was given the task of finding out whether the elaborate educational curriculum that had been devised for Sesame Street by its academic advisers was actually reaching the show’s viewers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If he thought being arrested was bad...and then she would concoct elaborate revenge schemes in her head, complex and vicious. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Looking at myself in the rearview mirror, I took the cubic zirconia stud out of my left ear and replaced it with La Llorona’s elaborate ear pendant. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Stick said okay, and we spent an entire day setting up an elaborate floor plan and building the base and everything. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Kaz managed to endure it all the way past the iron railings of Zentzbridge, the grating covered in little bits of rope tied in elaborate knots, sailors’ prayers for safe return from sea. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The rabbit had elaborate scrollwork making up its middle, and bells hung off its feet. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “You were just about to elaborate on me being irresistible.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The trial itself has been described in detail many times, and we need not elaborate on it here. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z On some vacant land nearby, he could while away long summer days by digging elaborate underground tunnels—cool, dark, subterranean retreats from Spokane’s sometimes searing dry heat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The glowing pile soars, exploding against the sky like fireworks and then re-forming into a woman with an elaborate headdress. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The chess board seemed to hold elaborate secrets waiting to be untangled. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z To boot, Onofre’s TV antenna was so tall, so elaborate, so pronged, and so replete with squiggling copper and aluminum tubing and boosters, that it looked like a DEW-line radar interceptor in Greenland. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Burnham established defenses that by prevailing standards seemed elaborate, even excessive. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “So, are you saying we aren’t going to concoct an elaborate revenge plot to get back at her?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Whether it was a dream or an elaborate game, she’d show them all she was a good sport. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Eels were caught by equally elaborate weirs, traps set in dead-end side canals, and stone walls across canals with a net placed in an opening of the wall. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Yet another common suffragist strategy was the presentation of pageants, which the dictionary defines as “an elaborate public dramatic presentation that usually depicts a historical or traditional event.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But he did not elaborate; instead he turned to one of the men. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It was indeed old-fashioned, more elaborate than the present mode. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Thick horns curved like an elaborate headdress around their lumpy faces and rows of short spikes ran across their sand-colored bodies. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z To stay in Sagarmatha’s good graces, for instance, no team was permitted to enter the Icefall for the first time without first undertaking an elaborate puja, or religious ceremony. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I worried at times that my crocus was too elaborate a bloom, not a common perennial but a hothouse flower, a hybrid named by its originator like a rose. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I continue walking in a long, elaborate combination like this until I finally take twenty steps forward and stop completely. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was like we were doing one of those elaborate Modegan court dances, where the partners stand scant inches apart, but—if they are skilled—never touch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Black-and-white stripes on grey sky; countless tents of varying shapes and sizes, with an elaborate wrought-iron fence encasing them in a colorless world. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Nevertheless,” and Quinn stubbed out his cigarette with elaborate care, “you will have to investigate this impossibility with all the resources of the Corporation.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z From then on, I began to think of the Hunt as an elaborate D&D module. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z His hand was on the knob when she spoke with elaborate casualness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps this was some kind of elaborate trick. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Here,” he said and handed Jesper a slender book with an elaborate cover. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z How did life evolve to produce beings as elaborate and complex as we, able to explore the mystery of our own origins? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The tickets he wrote out were long and convoluted and very elaborate. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z April bowed low before him and started in. on an elaborate ceremony, using some of the old things they’d done before and some new ones she’d just thought up. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Jody went miserably out the back door and closed the screen with elaborate quietness. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, after she swallowed, she elaborated: “English, because I always went to American schools. Spanish. Italian. And a little bit of Mandarin from my grandmother.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z In the dining room, he built an elaborate cabinet system to hold his stereo equipment, much of it scavenged at yard sales. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But it is the clock, the elaborate black-and-white clock situated just inside the gates, that the winemaker thinks might particularly interest Herr Thiessen. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As befit a conqueror, 8-Deer was wearing elaborate cotton armor, a ceremonial beard wig, and a cowl made from the head of a jaguar. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He had meant—or so word at church had it—to build an elaborate bungalow of the sort his father had built years before on the family farm at Island Center. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The Bradwicks’ elaborate Park Slope brownstone was bursting with teenagers when Sierra and Bennie got there. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z A compulsively methodical man, he had elaborate systems in place that were supposed to prevent such a catastrophe. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z For example, in 1837 the Mandan Indian tribe, with one of the most elaborate cultures in our Great Plains, contracted smallpox from a steamboat traveling up the Missouri River from St. Louis. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She flips them over, one at a time, laying them faceup in an elaborate pattern across the table, some overlapping and others in rows, until there are about a dozen cards laid out. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z These were so elaborate and so much fun that people remembered them for years. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He did not like to explain or elaborate, and there was a part of him she couldn’t get to. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I am hosting an evening there this month to celebrate the exhibition, and I asked a group of world-class pastry chefs to create highly elaborate cakes inspired by the court of Versailles. A Small Slice of Versailles 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Next to her dresses, the most elaborate Paris stuff is a dim bulb — and growing weaker as European houses subtly cut back on handwork to meet rising labor costs. T Magazine: Year of the Couturi?re 2010-12-01T17:25:00Z As his biking skills improved, Jack designed increasingly elaborate features for the backyard obstacle course, including multiple drops and jumps. ‘The pandemic trade-off’: Some parents are reassessing which kids’ activities feel safe 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z There are other things going on, including a religious war and, more prominently, an elaborate, multipronged rumination on the meaning of parenting and family. ‘Raised by Wolves’ Review: Ridley Scott Among the Androids 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z He didn’t elaborate about whether he would release more music. Kendrick Lamar has all the answers 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z These shoestring touches materialize somewhat incongruously on a fairly elaborate set by Robert Andrew Kovach that — thanks to painted walls and sound effects that come from every direction — seems to fill the theater. Theater Review: ‘Around the World in 80 Days,’ at New Theater at 45th Street 2013-06-06T20:56:30Z More than half the book is devoted to the motivations of people who engage in elaborate deceptions — the “unavoidable question of why The Commander fabricated so much of his existence.” A Habitual Liar Almost Conned Abby Ellin Into Marrying Him. Instead, He Gave Her the Idea for a Book. 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z “Serynade,” a halting, ghostly procession of tones and chords sustained and shaded through elaborate keyboard and pedal techniques, demonstrated Mr. Greenberg’s heroic dexterity. Music Review: Piano by Jacob Greenberg and Reinier van Houdt at Spectrum 2014-03-26T20:59:42Z Over time, as the Strip became ever more elaborate and attention-grabbing, the pools came to have less and less to do with simple recreation. D. J.s, Swim Briefs, $25 Coladas: In Vegas, the Party’s at the Pool 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z A few weeks later, reached by phone, he elaborated. Charlize Theron’s Sick Work Ethic 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z In the second half of his book Mr. Baker provides an elaborate theoretical and ideological apparatus to explore these and other matters related to musical education, creation and performance. ‘El Sistema: Orchestrating Venezuela’s Youth,’ by Geoffrey Baker 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z As the title suggests, at each step of this increasingly elaborate and unnerving hoax, Sandra and Becky do what they are told. ‘Compliance’ Raises Questions About Human Behavior 2012-08-10T21:29:29Z Fortenberry elaborated in a phone interview: “Michael’s handwriting has never been good,” she said. When It Comes to Living With Uncertainty, Michael J. Fox Is a Pro 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z One questioner—a reporter played by Atwood herself, who also supplied a new introductory essay for the audiobook—asks the professor to elaborate on the circumstances of the footlocker’s discovery. Margaret Atwood’s Grimly Relevant Additions to the “Handmaid’s Tale” Audiobook 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Sarah Burton’s Alexander McQueen collection had no elaborate theme other than the skill, time and spirit of collaboration that’s required to create clothes that aspire to become heirlooms rather than castoffs. Perspective | Fashion commits many sins. It’s trying to redeem itself. 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Brier’s favorite bit of Egyptomania is the Isis Tablet, which appeared in Rome around 1628 and contained what appeared to be an elaborate message written in hieroglyphics. Books of The Times: ‘Egyptomania,’ by Bob Brier, Tells of the Mummy’s Lure 2013-12-15T21:11:48Z Women in bikinis and elaborate headdresses shook their feathered skirts on stages throughout the room while shirtless men practiced the Brazilian martial art capoeira, performing kicks, flips and handstands. Tropical Latin theme lightens up post-Grammy party 2012-02-13T12:31:05Z No wonder then that it's these I miss the most; nothing terribly elaborate, but the sort of thing that really hits the spot when one wants to be reminded of home. Dreaming of Mom's golden-crisp bread rolls . . . 4,000 miles from home 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z A Washington man has revealed his tricks of the trade for dressing his fierce felines in elaborate costumes, just in time for Halloween. 'Cosplay cats' dazzle for Halloween in elaborate costumes: 'A heck of a lot of fun' 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Mars and Paak take turns delivering gritty, acrobatic lead vocals and layering on elaborate backups: creamy supportive harmonies, eager call-and-response, perky falsetto oohs. Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak Revisit Vintage Luxury as Silk Sonic 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Dr. Goldman described an elaborate game where you sit inside a circle of things he is allowed to chew and put things he’s not allowed to outside the circle and . 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