单词 | engagingly |
例句 | He threaded his way out between the stopped cars and leaned engagingly on the sill of our open window. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z It was engagingly well-written, with a sense of irony and a nearly wicked wit, and it was strikingly self-aware for a nineteen year old. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It's engagingly played, not least by Nyman as a sceptical parapsychologist tormented by his own malignant memories. Ghost Stories 2010-08-01T20:45:00Z No conductor talks about music more engagingly than Michael Tilson Thomas. Music Review: San Francisco Symphony?s American Mavericks Series 2012-03-29T21:34:57Z Mosaic’s engagingly acted “Milk” at the Atlas Performing Arts Center opens with three rowdy high school friends guzzling booze and bantering about what sort of tattoo 16-year- old Annie should get. ‘Milk Like Sugar’ is the cream of this week’s crop of class-themed plays 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Klein is engagingly awkward, and her arm's-length involvement with the case allows the authors to dramatise the clashes of protocol that make contemporary crime-solving interesting to us but onerous to those at the sharp end. Thrillers – review roundup 2012-07-20T21:54:02Z Most financial writers and movie critics agree that the movie nails the run-up to the crisis, and engagingly so. Some experts think ‘The Big Short’ is inaccurate. We asked the director to explain. 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z “Gregarious, learned and engagingly open-minded, the book meets America where it is on the subject — which is to say, all over the place,” Julian Lucas writes in his review. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z But it was insightfully and engagingly written and performed, so historically astute, and enthralled like a sweeping 19th-century English novel. 'Upstairs, Downstairs' sequel on TV; superior original now on DVD 2011-04-06T22:16:04Z Small’s seriocomic analysis of culture high and low is engagingly designed to set you free. 'Made in L.A. 2016': Hammer Museum biennial proves a thoughtful place to ponder the possibilities 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z She spoke engagingly but maintained a certain reserve. Lola Astanova, Julie Andrews and Donald Trump at Carnegie 2012-01-18T23:05:33Z A dance idea used engagingly here by Mr. Wheeldon is the rapid alternation of right and left sides of the body. Review: Dark Suspicions in Jumps and Gestures in ‘The Winter’s Tale’ 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z David Vaughan, archivist of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for more than 60 years, spoke engagingly about the choreographer and composers. Music Review: For Composers, Bending the Notes for Cunningham 2011-03-21T21:36:32Z Like the sneakers and clumpy sandals that are standing in for floppy thongs this year, fringed bags, hand-tooled accents and deliberately frayed hems can inject an engagingly disruptive note into a relatively formal season. Spring Fashion, Hand Yourself Bouquets 2014-04-16T21:59:50Z It’s all of these things, and on all of these terms it fits the bill, professionally, cleverly, engagingly. “The Walk” Falls Short of Artistry 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z If the goal was disorientation, to mimic the disorientation we are all experiencing — and his clothes do flout the rules of dress pretty engagingly — it worked. Gender, Lockdown and Really Good Outerwear 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z As it turns out, Lende writes engagingly about the living, too. “I don’t like it when people say God never gives you more than you can handle”: Small-town obit writer Heather Lende knows better 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Burstein warmly and engagingly renders Matt Friedman, the genial yet outspoken Jewish socialist accountant from St. Louis making his big move for future happiness. Review: 'Talley's Folly' is a charming revival 2013-03-06T02:44:09Z And Dessner’s “Murder Ballads,” which concluded the program, engagingly revisited early folk songs. Strong group, light music: Eighth Blackbird at the Kennedy Center 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Pollan’s messages are important to hear and are engagingly presented in this series. Review: Michael Pollan and Pangs of Guilt, Not Hunger 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z It's old wine in new bottles, but engagingly done. Kwartet: Seventh Daze – review 2012-06-21T21:07:01Z Omolara Williams McCallister’s paintings on cloth include an urban street scene, but much of the D.C. artist’s work is engagingly dreamlike. In the galleries: This art is begging to be touched, even licked 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z For the rest of us, his engagingly murky turns in Punch-Drunk Love and Funny People. Adam Sandler: goofy chipmunk known for fart jokes has a serious side too 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Scholarly yet fluent, he writes engagingly about the traditions of his art. Quentin Blake at 80: the illustrator's magical art 2012-12-14T22:55:10Z While the male leads were well-developed, their attraction to each other engagingly realized, I found the women were limited to their roles in the story. The Best New Fantasy Novels 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Moorehead writes engagingly about domestic matters, the tension inherent in the underground resistance and even the dreary monotony of life in confino on the remote penal islands. Anti-Fascism With a Human Face 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The author Steven Johnson fills that role engagingly in “How We Got to Now,” a six-part series that begins on Wednesday night on PBS. PBS’s ‘How We Got to Now,’ With Steven Johnson 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z So, engagingly, there is plenty of room to recognise what makes Zakalwe laugh, "the sharing of time and place between the grand and the petty, the magnificently vast and the shoddily absurd". Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks 2012-07-27T21:50:00Z The supporting ensemble members, many of whom play an assortment of parts, are engagingly relaxed and on-key. | 'The Kid': A Gay Couple Adopting, From New Group@Theater Row 2010-05-11T04:18:00Z Her latest collection spotlights a comic voice that is growing sharper and more engagingly offbeat, whether she is rendering “snack realism,” menstrual huts or plucky Icelandic ponies. Best graphic novels of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z In their upbeat mode, singing a bouncy “Make Someone Happy,” they display an engagingly brassy professionalism. Music Review: Will and Anthony Nunziata at Feinstein?s 2010-04-22T21:15:00Z If the message of the piece was slightly heavy-handed – Syrian refugees are people too! – it was both engagingly told and goofy enough to justify its spot on a comedy show. Samantha Bee's Full Frontal promises to bare all (and lose the desk) 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z However, Daniel Huddlestone as Jack, and the other cast members were superb and even sublime and the aforementioned, while not my preference, do not ruin a solid and engagingly fun story. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Readers of her previous work will anticipate the engagingly idiosyncratic way in which she draws on all of her lives: as poet, theorist, critic, mother, spouse. Maggie Nelson Exposes Freedom’s Paradoxes 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Along with a short retrospective essay by Ms. Lippard, chapters by the exhibition’s organizers, Catherine Morris and Vincent Bonin, clearly and engagingly explicate a genre that casual observers often find stupefyingly obscure. Books for Art Lovers 2012-11-22T20:15:43Z Many of these are engagingly documented in a new exhibition, “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam?” which opens later this month at the National Archives here. At the National Archives, Life, Liberty and Carp 2011-05-31T23:42:50Z Maintaining that privacy wasn’t always easy, especially after the success of “Charlotte’s Web,” which was published in 1952 and whose origins are engagingly explored in Michael Sims’s “The Story of Charlotte’s Web.” Change Is in the Air at the E. B. White Farm 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Mounted on poles or hung from the ceiling, these hybrids constitute an engagingly fantastic menagerie. Review | In the galleries: Hanging garments symbolize violence against indigenous women 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z “Every Brilliant Thing” was a solo show about grief that was joyfully, poignantly performed by Alexander Strain, who engagingly spearheaded something rare: inspired audience participation. Perspective | Best of theater 2018: Distinguished visitors and hometown heroes 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z And while Mr. Sohm can talk about wine as engagingly as anyone, little of his enthusiasm had rubbed off on the other servers. A Blurry Line Between Bar and Restaurant 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Yet the sites do raise awareness of a critical societal need — more engagingly, perhaps, than politicians’ affordable-housing manifestos — and they attract visitors including scholars. A Roof of One’s Own, With or Without the Gingerbread 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Now he’s taken those engagingly odd motifs and transmuted them into captivatingly strange three-dimensional works. A new exhibition of work by Alexander Gorlizki 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z He is, by the way, or at least engagingly witty. ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Review: It’s Hasta la Vista All Over Again 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Lapid’s workmanlike direction illustrates his airless script efficiently, and sometimes engagingly, but unimaginatively. Movies 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Seattle dramatist Rachel Atkins finds another way into the subject of how skin color defines identity in “Black Like Us,” her candid, compassionate and engagingly humorous, if somewhat rambling, new play at Annex Theatre. ‘Black Like Us’ explores color, identity in a Seattle family 2014-02-06T22:49:54Z Everything was so engagingly sung that you didn't want it to end. Mezzo Joyce DiDonato dazzles in sold-out song recital at U. of C. 2011-02-19T21:07:00Z Her latest is an engagingly written, witty and fun-to-read wine primer with a definite point of view. 3 of the year’s best wine books for holiday gift-giving 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The Mariinsky dancers, usually so elegantly formal in their deportment and sophisticated in stage manners, are wonderfully free with their torsos here and engagingly naïve in their behavior. Dance Review: Horseplay for the Staid Mariinsky 2011-07-13T22:23:04Z Marshall was always known as a spectacular raconteur, and much of his story is delivered in the language of trenchant, powerful and often engagingly funny anecdote, a medium in which Mr. Fishburne thrives. | 'Thurgood': Marshall v. Bias: A Life Revealed in Anecdotes 2011-02-23T23:22:27Z Before leading “Absolute Jest,” Mr. Adams spoke engagingly about the piece and had the Brentano players perform excerpts from some of the Beethoven Mr. Adams borrowed, which was very helpful. For John Adams, a Day of Music, Not Protests 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z In fact, he wrote as engagingly as he drew, and even his casual letters to friends are worth reading. For the art lover, the naturalist, the child in your life, a new book on Edward Lear 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Goldman, who played with an engagingly shiny tone and light spirit throughout, showed that he was a contemporary person interested in finding his own way of engaging with the canon. Review: At the NSO, a composer in delightful dialogue with Mozart The author of biographies of Malcolm Lowry and George Orwell, Bowker writes knowledgeably and engagingly about his subject, clearly fascinated by how the life led to the words that survive it. 'James Joyce': How the writer's life led to the words that survive him 2012-06-27T20:37:04Z Fey, Carlock and their writers are totally at home with a tone they perfected in “30 Rock,” and Kemper is an engagingly perfect actor for them to put through the paces. ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’: Too good for NBC, but still not that great 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z She clings to the hope for a private life that stays private, participating engagingly in the interview while still declining to divulge where exactly in Los Angeles she lives. Brie Larson Finds a Hectic Life After ‘Room’ 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z It doesn't compare too badly with its influences either: solidly made, with the action engagingly silly and gory. Dead to Rights: Retribution 2010-04-17T23:10:00Z But in fact, J.D. is a lot more humane than that, even if he sports an engagingly cynical tone. A former Romney strategist tries the impossible: Political satire in the Trump era 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z With its fevered visuals, the evocation of the final battle for his soul becomes one of the overwrought sequences in a show that is otherwise engagingly lush, well-acted and lively. Two plays in contrast: a misogynist Don Juan and a feminist Greek hero 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Many of the characters are engagingly open about how they wrestle with their imperfections. ‘Dork Diaries’: The book empire built one awkward moment at a time 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z The Miami company acquired this in 1987, dancing it engagingly at Brooklyn College on its first New York visit, in 1988. 2010-01-12T07:13:00Z This is engagingly here-and-now dancing; and that kinesthetic effect is something rare, even intoxicating. Review: Liz Gerring’s ‘Glacier’ Has Its New York Premiere 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z It’s that it knowledgeably and engagingly shares what its author so deeply loves. Barbecue secrets from the nation’s preeminent pitmaster-geek 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z And the big-band format, though never quite as rigid as it seemed, has been revitalized within the last dozen years or so by an engagingly pliable set of protocols. Music Review: The Joel Harrison 19, a Big Band, at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola 2013-07-17T20:24:01Z Mr Gehry’s best projects are almost uniquely, engagingly lyrical: the fluttering surfaces and gorgeously ballooning spaces seem unbound by either gravity or the limits of construction technology. A life in shapes 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Of course, Sisterland wouldn't be much of a novel if things were that simple; and it certainly wouldn't be such an engagingly messy mixture of the comic and the sombre. Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld – review 2013-06-13T14:58:19Z “The Ultimate Guide to Italian Wine 2017” is a valuable reference, engagingly written in an Italian accent. Italy’s go-to critic confirms why America’s embracing his country’s vino 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Our reviewer, Jacob Silverman, called it “intensively researched” and “engagingly written.” New in Paperback: ‘On Desperate Ground’ and ‘The Paper Wasp’ 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z He sends you racing to the internet to look up the work of painters he speaks so engagingly about. Review: David Salle’s ‘How to See,’ a Painter’s Guide to Looking at and Discussing Art 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z This would constitute a spoiler, as he doesn’t show up right away in the engagingly convoluted story, if Ron Perlman’s name weren’t so prominent in the credits. Can’t Match Netflix? At Least You Can Buy Some British Shows 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z But for the most part, “Raised in Captivity” is an engagingly sardonic collection that will leave you, like one of Klosterman’s own bewildered characters, “relaxed and confused.” Review | Chuck Klosterman tries to make sense of our absurd reality in ‘Raised in Captivity’ 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z It’s engagingly introspective and personal, in part because James pushes back against Walton’s incessant recitation of the title phrase. Little Big Men: ‘The Luckiest Guy in the World’ and ‘Goliath’ 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z “The narrative is engagingly well paced,” he writes, but “sugarcoated and incomplete.” Essential Art & Culture: Getty Center at 20, a show unearths Mexican masterpieces, a gold rush opera 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z He engagingly conveyed every nuance, from the sighing gestures — played here with a rich, melancholy tone — to the aggressive outbursts. Music Review: A Composer Who Rolled the Dice 2011-01-30T22:07:57Z These were a far cry from Western Approaches, which he documented so engagingly in his memoir A Retake Please! Pat Jackson obituary 2011-07-12T18:12:54Z In that way, “The World Wars” is as engagingly informative as “D-Day: Normandy 1944,” an account in 3-D by the French filmmaker Pascal Vuong that is touring Imax theaters and museums around the world. ‘The World Wars,’ on History, Links Evens Across 30 Years 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z Now, what’s engagingly peculiar to this piece is easier to see. At New York City Ballet, Works That Tell Stories and Don’t 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z That she is still at home on a stage is more than evident in her intense yet engagingly loose performance in Michael Weller’s “Side Effects,” which opened Sunday night at the Lucille Lortel Theater. | 'Side Effects': When Golden Couple Melts Down, Puddles Ensue 2011-06-20T02:01:01Z Mr. Walker engagingly combined casual ease and classical flair in the same ballet’s “Liza” solo. Dance Review: The Balanchine Way, Imprinted 2011-06-08T21:28:34Z Compared with “Skies of America,” Mr. Coleman’s engagingly unruly orchestral magnum opus from 1972, Mr. Moore’s concerto is more conventional in structure and temperament. Music Review: New Juilliard Ensemble in 2 Premieres - Review 2011-09-25T21:55:41Z That engagingly confessional humor, showcased here in clips from Ephron’s many television appearances, injected her romantic comedies with blasts of uniquely authentic insight. Review: ‘Everything Is Copy,’ a Son’s Tribute to Nora Ephron 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Gregarious, learned and engagingly open-minded, the book meets America where it is on the subject — which is to say, all over the place. How America Remembers— and Distorts — Its Slavery Past 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z And as with , Simon's story is presented in an engagingly open-textured and multivalent way. The Genius in My Basement by Alexander Masters - review 2011-08-24T13:30:01Z Even the engagingly idiosyncratic Gaby Hoffmann, as Donna’s best friend, is limited to an amiable blandness. Movies 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z It’s better if the national dances of “Nutcracker” are more large-spirited than, as here, engagingly absurd. Dance Review: Alexei Ratmansky?s ?Nutcracker? at BAM - Review 2011-12-15T23:14:49Z And as embodied by a bearded, seemingly sleep-deprived Daniel Radcliffe in the engagingly trenchant and bracingly acted new Broadway play, “The Lifespan of a Fact,” he’s also impossibly, abrasively, hilariously unbearable. Review | Daniel Radcliffe a stickler for the truth in buoyant ‘Lifespan of a Fact’ 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z The latter, heavily worked and seemingly more spontaneous, are energetic and engagingly immediate. In the galleries: The stars and planets align for ‘hyder flares’ 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Generally, “The Big One” effectively and engagingly helps us think about the unthinkable. “The Big One” Podcast: Anticipating a Devastating L.A. Earthquake 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z “Brooklyn,” an engagingly earthy new album on his Three Faces label, covers that mix of styles, but with a consistent sonic palette. Review: John Patitucci Takes His Electric Bass to the Iridium 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z And to tell it over a span of two hours, it must speak clearly and engagingly. ‘The Peony Pavilion’: Underpowered beauty 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Benson’s engagingly written, but obvious whodunit, “The Blotting Book,” and, not least, Lord Dunsany’s novel about the twilight of wizardry, “The Charwoman’s Shadow.” Perspective | I did not spend my summer binge-watching TV. Here are the books I loved instead. 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z In the event, as Bergreen engagingly recounts, he did far more. How Sir Francis Drake and Queen Elizabeth I Made England a Global Power 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Lapid’s workmanlike direction illustrates his lockstep script efficiently, and sometimes engagingly, but unimaginatively. Movies 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The two share a definite resemblance, but the younger Mr. Bennett has an engagingly loose approach to rhyme and a gravelly vocal register that set him apart from his celebrated sibling. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z This engagingly acted show had British critics singing hosannas for a play that echoed all too resonantly in the hard times of the early 21st century, and they weren’t wrong. Theater Review: ‘Cornelius’ Is Revived at 59E59 Theaters 2013-06-12T21:15:07Z On the other hand, older readers intrigued by the book’s art and ideas will want to look for the engagingly strange selfies on Sherman’s newly public Instagram account. Review | A new look at the Statue of Liberty and other best children’s books 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Gat’s structure is fluid and engagingly complex. Dance Review: Emanuel Gat and Ballet Gen?ve at the Joyce Theater 2012-02-29T22:36:31Z Ms. Hyltin — engagingly fresh, matching him in spontaneity — has grown more incisive, and she has found more fullness of tone for the sequences in which she stretches up in yearning arabesques, only to fall away. Dance Review: Music as a Gallant Ballet Partner 2011-02-03T22:30:10Z His quirky, engagingly self-deprecatory commentary contributes hugely to the film's charm. Sarah Polley: 'Stories are our way of coping, of creating shape out of mess' 2013-06-22T23:05:32Z You talk not of its steps but of its timing, formations and engagingly cheeky humor. Review: City Ballet Salutes Jerome Robbins, a Master of 2 Realms 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The acting in De Palma’s films is apt and vigorous, even engagingly hectic, but unoriginal. The Brian De Palma Conundrum 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z These people seem engagingly locked in their own narratives, re-enacting for us the events that have made them immortal. How ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ Tells Its Story Through Ballet 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z The narrative is engagingly well paced, but — and this is true of every encyclopedic museum I’m familiar with — sugarcoated and incomplete. Louvre Abu Dhabi, an Arabic-Galactic Wonder, Revises Art History 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Despite identifying herself as “a cautious carnivore,” Kramer writes engagingly about the “highly idiosyncratic spectrum” of vegetarianism and her own forays into its intricacies. The Cookbook Addict 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Strickland’s movie becomes a bit of a vortex at the beginning, though its milieu is too engagingly recreated to dismiss. Movie Review: An Engineer’s Sonic Ordeals in ‘Berberian Sound Studio’ 2013-06-14T00:57:13Z In interviews, she appears warm and welcoming – happy to open her home to journalists and to talk engagingly about family life, from lockdown schooling to unexpected chainsaw accidents – yet also reserved. From ice queen to hothead: how Cate Blanchett negotiated stardom on her own terms 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z We need to focus more intently — and more engagingly — on subjects that matter most to ordinary people’s lives, and to calm down about White House intrigue and Trump’s every tweet. Polls show Americans distrust the media. But talk to them, and it’s a very different story. 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z "Its extraordinary collections, beautifully presented, draw the visitor engagingly through Morris's life and work and through the building itself," said the judges. Morris gallery wins £100,000 prize 2013-06-04T19:21:46Z After the Marylanders brought what they knew to Attorney General Elliot Richardson — their errand, and admiring affection for Richardson, are engagingly described — there was no shutting it down. Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz Tell the Full Sordid Story of Spiro Agnew 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z The brief Lean Over, which sounds weirdly like a free-jazz account of I Got You Babe, is an audacious splice of terrifying free-squealing and an engagingly lumpy funk. Ex Guitars/ Paal Nilssen-Love / Ken Vandermark: Lean Left Vol 1 2010-05-27T21:01:00Z An elegant, diffident figure with a thatch of fair hair and an engagingly lop-sided smile, Astor combined modesty, idealism and astonishing generosity with a steely determination. David Astor: The pioneering editor who loved an underdog 2011-04-02T23:09:52Z The children of the Paris Opera Ballet School were engagingly immersed in their characters and dancing. A Proudly Unsentimental ‘Nutcracker’ at Paris Opera Ballet 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Even more intriguingly, Jarvis Cocker is the producer of this engagingly original third album. Serafina Steer: The Moths Are Real – review 2013-01-06T00:06:21Z Yet there is an engagingly original streak running through her writing. | 'Milk': Emily DeVoti?s Barnyard at Here Arts Center 2010-05-06T21:23:00Z The effect is a garden that might have less color but is engagingly different. Can a garden be too bee-friendly? Aptly recorded to analogue tape, Gentle Spirit engagingly takes up where the Graham Nashes and Joni Mitchells left off, with only the odd splash of electronics proving it was made this decade. Jonathan Wilson: Gentle Spirit - review 2011-08-04T21:15:01Z As in other recent performances, she has suddenly bloomed into a marvelously free personality: adult, decisive, engagingly robust, merrily witty. Review: Balanchine Jewels from Paris, Moscow and New York 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Its dialogue between electronic and acoustic sounds is engagingly orchestrated, with players responding to clicks, bleats and gurgles with squirrely bow strokes and whistling harmonics. Review: The Orion Quartet Plays Kirchner Disguised as Bartok 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Using wit and weirdness to get the facts into kids' minds, it's engagingly educational and you'll wish history was taught like this in your day. Take five: box sets for primary school-age kids 2012-08-28T11:00:22Z It should be no surprise that they have a lot to say and that they say it engagingly. Finding the American Ideal in Queens 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Now, the gallery Fort Gansevoort is showing her new series virtually, in the online exhibition “Lost Time,” engagingly drawn in a style that evokes both Marc Chagall and Edward Gorey. Lessons From the Plagues, Painted for Passover 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z In "Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance," director Bob Hercules engagingly tells the story of the company, which began when Joffrey, then a teenage ballet student in Seattle, met 22-year-old Gerald Arpino. Robert Joffrey documentary an exhilarating piece of dance history 2012-05-31T20:14:06Z In the poem, the Dragon's difficulties with its imaginative context are comically and engagingly drawn. Poem of the week: Dragon Talk by Fleur Adcock 2010-10-20T12:52:00Z Veronica is deeply divided about her new social status, a state that Ms. Weed conveys engagingly, by singing and dancing while looking as if she weren’t sure whether she’s supposed to be enjoying herself. Theater Review: ‘Heathers: The Musical’ Brings Back Guilt-Free Mayhem 2014-04-01T13:23:48Z Not only an entertaining description of the 1938 radio broadcast of “The War of the Worlds” and its aftermath, “Spooked!” also engagingly discusses facts, drama, fear and the valuable skills of skepticism. Best children’s books of 2018 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Rather, Matthew Parker’s insightful and engagingly written book focuses on the last decades of Fleming’s life in Jamaica. ‘Goldeneye’: Jamaica, Ian Fleming and James Bond 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z A few photos depict too-easily identified places, yet many images are engagingly mysterious. Review | In the galleries: ‘Evolving Traditions’ from a nontraditional artist 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z So the old magician obliged, cagily and engagingly, and if you don’t start a reread of your favorite le Carré book after a viewing, count me shocked. Review: 'The Pigeon Tunnel' is spy versus spy, as clever documentarian meets cagey novelist 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z He enhances this by speaking engagingly to the audience, explaining why he has chosen each work and what it means to him. Review: In two extraordinary concerts, Anthony Parnther shows why he is a quintessential L.A. musician 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z It helps that Belkin writes insightfully and engagingly: “At Bridget’s core lay complaint, not compassion,” she says of one prickly mother-in-law. A Cop, a Doctor, a Criminal and the 1960 Murder That Connected Them 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Virtual environments such as a comedy club, for example, need to support large numbers of user avatars to engagingly simulate the real-world atmospherics of chatter and laughter. Davos 2023: Thirty years on, author Neal Stephenson discusses his metaverse vision with Meta 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z But it’s a shame when the character’s verbosity distracts from the trilogy’s other achievements: history rendered with immediacy, with tones and perspectives sometimes engagingly varied. Review | A haunting portrait of Emmett Till comes full circle in ‘Till Trilogy’ 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Fortunately, young Tom, engagingly played with a kind of accessibly dreamy, everyman charisma by actor-pop star-“it boy” Styles, is largely such an appealing and affecting character that he carries the day here. Review: 'My Policeman' unspools longing and regret of a Harry Styles-centered sexual triangle 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z The engagingly cartoonish creations are mostly painted ceramics, but with such touches as metal whiskers on the panther and a tuft of carpetlike hair atop the water buffalo. Review | In the galleries: Looming impacts of climate change close to home 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z There is a little less emphasis on retelling the history and a little more on discussing the art, though they are all engagingly self-deprecating on that account. A new doc shines a light on the Rolling Stones as individuals, not just a band 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z The engagingly patriotic Scully helped remind his listeners of the many freedoms we enjoy today. Letters to Sports: It's time for readers' Vin Scully memories 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z He picked out a book from his shelf he thought would be engagingly funny. He was fired for reading a ‘Butt’ book. Will his life return to normal? 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Her new novel is a genre bender: a murder story whose prose sings and snickers and soars as engagingly as Chang’s literary fiction. Reimagining ‘The Brothers Karamazov’? Lan Samantha Chang likes a challenge. 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z It is certainly correct to say words—the more engagingly put, the better. Making Eye Contact Signals a New Turn in a Conversation 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z That’s especially so when the engagingly gruff Keaton and a fantastically composed Tucci share the screen as respectful antagonists who’d rather feel out the understanding they know is there than fight it out. Review: Michael Keaton proves his 'Worth' in sober, contemplative drama 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z She engagingly weaves together diverse narratives to explain this form of intelligence, which isn’t found in just one person but emerges as multiple minds collaborate. Review | Where does great thinking come from? Look beyond the brain. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z In “40 Years of Iconic Food,” Sitole engagingly described how she quietly battled South Africa’s racist apartheid system to find appreciation, and a market, for African cuisine. South Africa’s trailblazing Black food writer dies of virus 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z In “40 Years of Iconic Food,” Sitole engagingly described how she quietly battled South Africa’s racist apartheid system to find appreciation, and a market, for African cuisine. South Africa’s trailblazing Black food writer dies of virus 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z The engagingly odd McMillin Family Mausoleum somehow manages to incorporate Masonic Order symbols, five orders of architecture, seven liberal arts and sciences, King Solomon’s table — and lots of family drama. Discover Washington: Art and culture in the San Juans | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z But far more often, he manages to engagingly weave history, philosophy, and poetry into the scientific literature. Book Review: The surprising science of walking 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z At one point Cummings says of himself, rather engagingly, “I am not articulate”, but you sense that he doesn’t particularly rate articulateness in the first place. Inside the mind of Dominic Cummings 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z The former entrepreneur addresses voters in an engagingly natural style about challenges that others ignore: specifically, an impending new industrial revolution, led by artificial intelligence, that may bring vast technological unemployment. Opinion | The attractions, and pitfalls, of Andrew Yang’s remedies for America 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Porter writes engagingly, as an artisan, about the business of putting on a show. The Pleasure and Pain of Being Cole Porter 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z His books — clearly and engagingly written, beautifully printed — are essential references on Washington’s architecture and its outdoor art. Perspective | Remembering James Goode. His books are essential references on Washington. 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Enhanced by playful animations, this nicely composed documentary serves as an engagingly honest profile of a driven man and his prodigious movement. Review: Who knew toilets were the answer to a healthier world? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z And he does so both accessibly and engagingly. Putting the ‘I’ in science 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z He’s created — and engagingly portrays — Ivan, not as some dizzy obsessive, but as a sincere, intuitive, if persistent, partner who believes he knows love when he sees it. Reviews: Matt Bomer in ‘Papi Chulo’; Seth Green’s ‘Changeland’; and more 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Aladdin, a poor but engagingly larcenous “street rat” and sheltered princess Jasmine are kindred spirits in that they’re trapped by their circumstances and want to break free. ‘Aladdin’ review: A rather loud remake without any of the magic of the original 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z His sporadic attempts at seeming so are transparently, and engagingly, synthetic. Opinion | Biden might be the restful candidate voters devoutly desire 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z At 37, he’s very young, but he speaks engagingly in ways that wouldn’t strike fear in the elder heart. Opinion | Biden is empathetic and compassionate. But he’s not the obvious candidate. 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z All of them showcase solid science engagingly, says reviewer Agustín Fuentes — but all share blind spots when it comes to engaging with current evolutionary theories. Daily briefing: Six easy time-management tips for scientists 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z All showcase solid science engagingly; all share blind spots. Evolving society: why humanity coheres 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Deeply researched and engagingly paced, the book weaves Willkie’s life into the fabric of U.S. history. Review | A love letter to an extinct creature: The liberal Republican 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Healthy doses of humor sit side-by-side with sincerity in this smartly conceived, engagingly executed holiday song cycle. This year's essential Christmas albums ranked, from 'Shatner Claus' to the irresistible JD McPherson 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z In this engagingly unacademic meditation, a professor of philosophy interweaves Friedrich Nietzsche’s biography with accounts of his own visits to Sils-Maria, in the Swiss Alps, where Nietzsche spent much of his writing life. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z And lest we forget there's the beautiful but deadly Ilsa, and a new character, the evocatively named but amoral White Widow, engagingly played by Vanessa Kirby fresh from being Princess Margaret on "The Crown." Tom Cruise returns, crazy stunts and all, in 'Mission: Impossible — Fallout' 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z That meant Reid's usual luxurious sound environments tended to be tantalizingly hinted at, as she engagingly reacted to the moment. From 19th Century Memphis to modern-day L.A.: Master Chorale time-travels through 'dreams of the new world' 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Joshua Wheeler detours around them all in favor of his native southern New Mexico in the engagingly chatty and seriocomic "Acid West." Joshua Wheeler aims to put overlooked southern New Mexico on the map in 'Acid West' 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Though the first half of the picture is adequately tense and well-made, it's not strikingly cinematic or engagingly mysterious enough to justify the stalling. Effective thriller '10x10' features smart acting and twists 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Though engagingly played by Morgan, Luke is a character who makes less sense the more he reveals about himself. Zoey Deutch blossoms at the center of the wobbly dark teen comedy 'Flower' 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Carefully and engagingly written, but I'm not sure this actually advances our understanding of gentrification. When ‘Gentrification’ Isn’t About Housing 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Jones’s richly researched and engagingly written biography establishes Parsons’s rightful place in the pantheon of American radicals. Review | Latina heroine or black radical? The complicated story of Lucy Parsons. 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z No matter the grade level, Brandenburg is a favorite of students for colorfully and engagingly bringing history and social studies to life. Infantryman turned teacher finds his second niche 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z You may tire of the onion-peeling by the time it’s all laid bare, but for fans of the buffet-style of crime capers it’s a slick diversion, engagingly assembled and acted. Who do you trust in slick Korean thriller 'The Swindlers'? 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z But it is engagingly written and often compelling. The Mayflower generation and the burden it bears 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z And it’s engagingly edited, with Ben’s story delicately interweaving with Rose’s right up to the fairy-tale ending. ‘Wonderstruck’ review: a gentle story that occasionally charms 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Locke skillfully blends simmering noir atmosphere, police procedural, and small-town racial politics, and creates a hero engagingly caught between the world of his past and his future. Books to disappear into this fall 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Margaret Willes’s new book shows more clearly and more engagingly than most previous works how this friendship developed, and offers a vivid and subtle depiction of her subjects’ sensibilities. Pepys and Evelyn, chroniclers of the English Renaissance 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The course provides practical advice on tackling daunting subjects and on beating procrastination, and the lessons engagingly blend neuroscience and common sense. You, Too, Can Rewire Your Brain 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Perhaps because of this personal connection, "Dream" is engagingly directed, and the convincing nature of its performances, plus the gentle, straight-ahead nature of Contreras' work, keeps us convinced whenever the story ventures into one-step-beyond territory. So much is spoken in the common tongue of 'I Dream in Another Language' 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z That he did so engagingly was truly exceptional. Xi Jinping has chosen an unusual man to lead the capital city 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z That would be Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II, engagingly played by the veteran Christopher Plummer. Christopher Plummer is an uncanny Kaiser Wilhelm II in the romance thriller 'The Exception' 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z She quickly rose from correspondent to anchor on “Entertainment Tonight,” powered by a dazzling smile, unflagging charm and an engagingly deft touch with the celebrities who are the syndicated show’s currency. The stars shined for Mary Hart; now Daytime Emmys will too 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z In the end, the whole package is engagingly chipper, a memoir of delight. Songs of hundreds of birds are embedded in this book 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Neera Tanden, a former Clinton aide whose engagingly candid emails made her an unwilling star of the Podesta hack, told me the leak had substantially damaged her support among younger voters. Hacking: Truth or treason? - BBC News 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z It’s all engagingly presented with a kind of lived-in realism that occasionally, and less successfully, veers into the surreal. 'Hunter Gatherer' is an entertainingly offbeat South L.A. story 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Regardless, the only thing you can do to navigate the change is make sure you aren’t putting out mediocre music and that your live show is engagingly desirable. ‘Safe and Sound’ singers Capital Cities to perform at D.C.’s 9:30 Club 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The authors engagingly describe how Fermi taught himself basic mathematics and physics to a high standard by the time he was 17. Physics: Fallible pontiff of physics : Nature : Nature Research 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z David Quammen’s new book “Yellowstone” is a beautifully photographed and engagingly written testament to an extraordinary place. David Quammen’s ‘Yellowstone’: beautiful tribute to a wondrous place 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z But while a fictionalized account of Lee’s career certainly held some sex, drugs & rock ’n’ roll potential, the blandly pedestrian film “Spaceman” seldom delivers despite an engagingly game lead performance by Josh Duhamel. Earthbound 'Spaceman' biopic fails to capture the essence of baseball's Bill Lee 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Working with editors Helen Kearns and Jason Zeldes, he's also experienced enough to engagingly blend "Strangers'" numerous narrative strands, something that must have been harder to do than it looks. Yo-Yo Ma's international ensemble forms the heart of the 'Music of Strangers' doc 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z As adept as Kenneth Williams with a winning double entendre, Prince enters his post-Imperial years – when a hit was a delightful surprise rather than a matter of course – with this engagingly mucky, Bolanesque swaggerer. Prince: his 10 greatest songs from Head to Cream (and Purple Rain in between) 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Still, it’s engagingly written, solidly reported, thought-provoking and worth a read. New book ‘Smarter Faster Better’ explains human behavior 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Rather they should see things as clearly as they can, from a position informed by knowledge, experience and love of their subject, and express what they see eloquently, engagingly and with emphasis. What is the point of critics? 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Watford were giving as good as they got in an engagingly open contest. Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez sinks Watford to boost title charge 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z Wolff engagingly morphs from reunion excitement into frenetic distress, as Vince re-enacts childhood games with his unresponsive father and grandfather until falling into sullen defeat. Review: Family secrets dug up in harrowing ‘Buried Child’ 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman’s documentary “Sembène!” chronicles his life and work, informatively and engagingly demonstrating how he pioneered a new language of cinema that was both by and for Africans. Movie review: ‘Sembène!’ offers a suitably unvarnished portrait of filmmaker 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Hood took a simple song -- Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me” -- and made it wonderfully complex and engagingly theatrical. 'The Voice' recap: The knockouts come to a close 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z His striped linen shirt, cotton trousers, white socks and trainers manage to avoid any hint of fashion except of the engagingly crumpled variety. Salman Rushdie: ‘It might be the funniest of my novels’ 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z In this she is helped enormously by star Casé, whose bravura performance as the engagingly grumpy Val adds life to every situation. 'The Second Mother' raises class issues with an engaging spirit 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Throughout most of the April panel, Johnson spoke engagingly. Johnson part of new, disruptive generation of activists 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z Each segment is engagingly filmed and runs about five minutes, and all are narrated by correspondent Tom Costello. Eight quick lessons in how our brains think 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The commemorations of last year's centenary of the outbreak of World War One were sensitively and engagingly handled, she says. What makes a great museum? - BBC News 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z "Simply by dint of his art, good-looking Mr Cooper persuades us that he is this pitiable, and soon engagingly likeable grotesque." Elephant Man earns Bradley Cooper rave reviews - BBC News 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Teen science fanatics can savor this smart and engagingly low-tech time-travel adventure, even as they look for holes in its physics. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water’ and more 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Palmer Luckey, the engagingly goofy creator of the Rift, has been furtively watching me play. Palmer Luckey: Defying Reality 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The 55AX900’s look will strike you as either dour or engagingly serious depending on your point of view – or, perhaps, depending on whether it’s going in a living room or a dedicated home cinema room. Panasonic TC-55AX900 Review: LCD Gets Serious 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z It often feels engagingly silly rather than genuinely wild. Zenith: Phase One review – the return of the 2000 AD superhero 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Even more engagingly, Stefanie Posavek explores authors’ writing styles, wordlessly diagramming qualities ranging from chapter structure to sentence length in a symbolic language inspired by biology. Can An Infographic Show You How To Win A Nobel Prize? 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Most engagingly the book reveals a man of contrast. The secrets of Germany's Helmut Kohl 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z They can grasp ideas from the career world, and why those ideas are important, if explained clearly and engagingly by an adult. 5 Essentials For Creating Powerful Content That Earns Money While Educating Others 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z "Once Chinese leaders were engagingly earnest technocrats who made worthy speeches. But now it is all about getting the media message right." What could China learn from UK? 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Following this project, there is real appetite for presenting complex information as simply and as engagingly as possible. Digital innovation in local government: projects from around the world 2013-07-02T07:00:03Z He used more traditional media as well, but they weren’t his starting point.Above all, he was a wonderful storyteller, telling us, tirelessly and engagingly, about life in a remarkable place. How Chris Hadfield Conquered Social Media From Outer Space 2013-06-28T15:22:00Z All of these gadgets perform the Big Feature well: making you constantly aware of your inactivity and lack of sleep — and motivating you, gently and engagingly, to pilot your life onto a healthier track. State of the Art: Wearable Devices Nudge You to a Healthier Lifestyle 2013-06-26T14:40:19Z The guide suggests making a list of 10 key words that are crucial to telling the story effectively and engagingly. Upgrade Your Blogging Skills 2013-04-24T16:35:06Z They discourse engagingly on how it relates to heroism and fatherhood, and sport as warfare by another means. Watching sport on TV can be a waste of time but there are benefits 2013-03-16T22:00:03Z More than simply amazing, the whole great enterprise fitted brilliantly with the focus on British science, innovation, and eccentricity which was so engagingly lauded in the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies. Alan Turing Year - the Establishment still doesn't get it 2013-01-22T16:18:00Z We'll leave it to you to decide if this was engagingly ironic or faintly Orwellian. City Room: The Day: For New Yorkers, Olympic Loss May Be a Victory 2012-07-26T13:17:46Z Yet, training in Birmingham as he winds down his preparations for London, Bolt remains engagingly uncomplicated. 'Legends have come before me but this is my time' 2012-07-24T12:26:37Z It is still a novelty for Brits, but the game is speedy, tense and engagingly confrontational. London 2012: Unfamiliar Olympic sports explained 2012-07-21T21:01:01Z It seems that despite conveying a public persona almost diametrically opposed to the glamorous, camera-friendly Bruni, the engagingly independent Trierweiler will capture just as much attention from the press and public. Meet Valérie Trierweiler, France's Unmarried 'First Lady' 2012-05-09T12:06:28Z Mrs. Binney, at the head of her own table, was an attractive figure in a gown of rich black silk, festooned with hangings of lace, and smiled engagingly at the Doctor's conversation. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z I have my spaniel, Lalage, and an impoverished female cousin who performs very engagingly upon the spinet. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z But it hasn’t changed the most fundamental aspect of communications: reaching people engagingly and motivating them by touching their soul. How Grey's Tor Myhren Lost His Virginity, And What It Taught Him About User Experience 2011-12-01T14:24:31Z Rush, engagingly played by Carla Gugino, quickly turns the school’s ragtag squad into contenders with her constant preaching about fundamentals and team play. Olsen Sister Flees Sadistic Cult; Nuns Cheer Hoop Stars: Movies 2011-10-20T02:24:01Z Again he went on, pointing engagingly at the small pot. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z He talks engagingly about politics, aesthetics and the perils of the rock lifestyle. Moby Swaps Drink, Parties for Insomnia, Studio Tan: Interview 2011-09-27T23:23:05Z He was a delightful companion across the counter: subtle, understanding, soft-spoken, in himself a romantic figure, yet engagingly vulnerable to romance. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z She swung her legs engagingly, awaiting my answer. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z His jet-black hair curled engagingly at his temples and over his generous pink ears. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z "So you ascended our Mont Blanc this afternoon?" she said, smiling engagingly. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Harmlessly, even engagingly, pensive seems the foregoing strain of sentiment. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z “It’s a narcotic,” he told a Chicago audience last week as he engagingly recounted two years as a top aide to President Obama, his desk just a few paces from the Oval Office. Chicago News Cooperative: Sometimes a Big-Time Communications Guy Will Actually Communicate 2011-04-09T21:58:19Z Those of us who knew little of Quirós until this week were delighted to find ourselves in the presence of the most engagingly modest and amusing of men. Masters 2011: Rory McIlroy says he learned hard lessons at St Andrews 2011-04-08T23:42:25Z This is all engagingly told, though Gleick’s focus on information systems occasionally leads him to exaggerate the effects technologies like printing and the telegraph could have all by themselves. James Gleick?s History of Information 2011-03-18T22:10:16Z Paula had cast her eyes downward in that modest confusion proper to maidens and inviting to men; doubtless Mark would be glad to repeat a homage so engagingly received. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z "You know, Nevil," she said, engagingly, "how they have behaved to Sonia and what they have said about her behind her back." Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z “Say,” he observed engagingly, “now that’s another mighty funny thing—” The medical examiner wheeled suddenly on him. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z Indian and Sri Lankan cities, in those days particularly, were run down, crumbling, engagingly haphazard. The Ashes 2010: Touring Australia is tough but England can take prize 2010-11-21T00:08:00Z The impression that Albion have acquired an intelligent footballer was confirmed afterwards, when Odemwingie talked engagingly about the long road that lead to The Hawthorns. Peter Odemwingie hopes his impact at West Brom will be no flash in pan 2010-08-22T23:06:00Z She spoke in a low tone and timidly, but for that reason all the more engagingly; "but so far as perfection can be attained, it can only be with the aid of religion." Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z The station's coverage of the tournament is terrific this year, smoothly and engagingly handled by Bacon and Clare Balding to incorporate guests, banter, news, travel and a beady eye on the key games. Wimbledon on 5 Live 2010-07-01T07:00:00Z But, thankfully, what has survived so engagingly is Murray's refusal to conform. Jon Henderson: Can Murray win Wimbledon's heart? 2010-06-29T18:00:00Z Clarke himself engagingly admits that he did not watch that first debate. Hanging around for a political breakthrough ? again 2010-04-24T23:06:00Z Clive Woodward was engagingly batty and Johnson was one of the great forwards of all time. England should lighten up ? it might just help them win things | Eddie Butler 2010-03-28T00:10:00Z "But, Cousin Natalie—that is a very pretty name;" here he blushed engagingly—"wine makes one drunk." Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z "I've always thought that make-believe was poor sport," he rejoined engagingly. A Poached Peerage He tapped it playfully with one finger, and smiled engagingly at Jean. The Belovéd Traitor Michael sighed under a faint lightening of his load, and Stella came up to him engagingly to slip her arm into his. Sinister Street, vol. 1 He had an engagingly boyish air about him, and Burl took a liking to him. The Secret of the Ninth Planet It was very prettily clad, with a love of a hat and a most becoming gown, and smiled engagingly. A Top-Floor Idyl On the morrow, through the thick streets newsboys were shouting the word engagingly, as though it were something nice. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident Cleopatra intoxicated him with funereal delights while corresponding in secret with Octavius who had written engagingly to her. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Her cheeks were engagingly flushed and her lips moist when she bore the fowls into the kitchen. The Song of the Wolf If there is anywhere a thing said in two sentences that could have been as clearly and as engagingly and as forcibly said in one, then it’s amateur work. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) In his appreciation of jams and pickles, in his delight in the reverberating mirrors of the dining cabin, and consequent endless repetition of Moipus and Mata-Galahis, he showed himself engagingly a child. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) "Don't go at him like a common scold," Orr engagingly pleaded at one stage of the game. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident Claudian is really anxious to marry, but suffers from a fatal faithlessness and, as he engagingly explains, can’t love a girl long enough to get the preliminaries settled. Modern marriage and how to bear it "When You Went," by Mrs. Jordan, is an engagingly pathetic poem; with just that touch of the unseen which lends so particular a charm to Jordanian verse. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 His eyes twinkled as he said this, and his face was lighted by a rare smile that no one possessed more engagingly than Tommy. Wings of the Wind "Why, just to conquer the King of the Golden Islands and send him back home," said the Scarecrow, smiling engagingly. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island And she looked so engagingly pretty as she said it that Bruce thought he had never seen so attractive a girl. The Camerons of Highboro “Gee, Grandma Watterby says if they buy a car I can have all the rides I want,” grinned the towhead engagingly. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune He grinned engagingly through his nausea and, for want of anything remotely resembling a thought, waited for Gramps to speak. The Big Trip Up Yonder Spotty appeared at the barn door, wagging his tail engagingly. Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm “Do the best you can about the bed in the back room upstairs,” said Harvey, engagingly. What's-His-Name He stood for some seconds on the threshold, smiling engagingly into the room. Too Old for Dolls A Novel "You must be chairman at the concert," she said engagingly. 'Lizbeth of the Dale He smiled so engagingly that Will was compelled to laugh, and he felt, too, that he had a new and powerful friend. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain Built on to the bole of an old oak by the obelisk is an apartment engagingly labelled "Ye Village Cage." Highways and Byways in Surrey But some women can hinder more engagingly than others can help; and in any case Theo Desmond was in no humour to lose patience with his wife that morning. Captain Desmond, V.C. The child smiled confusedly, caught the boy's eye, and smiled again, most engagingly, at C. Bailey, Sr.'s, son. Athalie They billed and cooed so engagingly, and would not leave each other; they built a nest and brooded in it; there was a fluttering presently of young wings, and the two cared for the young. The Wagnerian Romances Zangwill has written engagingly of spooks, with a laughable story about Samuel Johnson. Humorous Ghost Stories Aristide uncovered his head, as though he were about to address a duchess, and smiled at her engagingly. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol The manner of the oldest weavers was to produce a fabric not too thick, flexible rather—for was it not meant to hang in folds?—and of an engagingly even surface. The Tapestry Book "You are not fit to go alone," urged the former, while the latter engagingly protruding an elbow, announced that he'd be proud to give her an arm as far as the Hall. The Light of Scarthey On this point Nina found him engagingly, innocently open to suggestion. The Creators A Comedy He was pale, slim, rather pretty than handsome, and engagingly polite. The Prodigal Father I did not deign to disturb you for such a trifle as a thousand pounds, but, since you are here——” He smiled engagingly and held out his curved palm. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol But he tried to grin engagingly at the kid and almost succeeded. The Planet Strappers Here she was when her brother found her, covered up in a spotless apron and, with sleeves rolled engagingly back over her plump white arms, energetically pounding up some anchovies. In the Mist of the Mountains Then remembering his latest lesson he called engagingly once more: “Chicken Little!” Chicken Little Jane Her timid, engagingly vague gaze dwelt appealingly upon Richard's handsome face. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Being a high spirited and obliging young fellow, Richard did all these things very engagingly, and somehow contrived not to spoil himself. Men of Affairs As an opening wedge Mr. Stott smiled engagingly and pointed to it: "For exceptional gallantry, I presume—a war medal?" The Dude Wrangler He unbosomed himself to me engagingly when he came back from Salisbury. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales "I'm sure I don't know," she said engagingly. The Crooked House "We want," said Madame engagingly, "to find a hog called Répentigny at Versailles." The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette I'll tell you what," he said, laughing engagingly, "the best thing to be done with that tooth is to dress it with carbolic acid. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn But he asked them in a manner so engagingly innocent that I found myself answering them before I was aware of it. The Four Pools Mystery "What an engagingly frank person you are!"34 says he. Shorty McCabe on the Job Hippy’s round face was thrust engagingly into view. Grace Harlowe's Problem Then the circle parted, and among the familiar faces of her schoolmates appeared another, which dimpled and smiled and nodded engagingly, and Tabitha awoke with a start. Tabitha's Vacation Mr. Devar, however, made a sign to the groom to follow, and slipped his hand engagingly within my arm. Dross Thank you,” in a mollified way, as Skipper Jonas opened the door; and then, most engagingly: “May we come in?” Doctor Luke of the Labrador The place was freshly painted and engagingly clean. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life "The boys will take you out and show you the town, if you like," the leader smiled engagingly. Man of Many Minds Her lovely bronze hair escaped from her round hat engagingly. One Woman's Life He smiled, boyishly, engagingly, as he held out his hand. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North She talks to me without restraint, and at times most engagingly, but seldom, if ever, does she give utterance in my hearing to a jeu d'esprit that I feel called upon to repeat to others. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-17 "Then I think I shall call you Sam," she said, laughing most engagingly. The Early Bird A Business Man's Love Story She grimaced again so naturally and engagingly that Vesta had to laugh quite aloud, and saw meantime that the young woman's oft-cobbled shoes covered a slender foot a lady might have envied. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times Tiny children with charming brown faces and eyes like wells of light, darted out from the pavement, almost in front of the motor, smiling and begging, absolutely, fearless and engagingly impudent. The Golden Silence They answered engagingly the smile of the purser. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North "There is a lot of good in you, George," said Simmy, engagingly. From the Housetops "We shall all hope that, I am certain," Miss Westlake assured him, smiling engagingly into the depths of his eyes. The Early Bird A Business Man's Love Story And yet, to Suzanna's horror the baby, apparently quite insensible to all the beauty and totally oblivious of the gratitude due the Eagle Man, soon fell fast asleep, engagingly sucking his fat thumb. Suzanna Stirs the Fire There were two adorable nude studies of Miller's granddaughters, aged six and seven—quaintly and engagingly formal in their na�ve astonishment at finding themselves quite naked. The Danger Mark Separated from the professional recreations that beckon so engagingly in cities and the larger towns, adults and children alike develop resources within themselves. If You're Going to Live in the Country "Maybe you'd rather go for a drive in the Park," he said engagingly. From the Housetops It gives no indication of what is really an admirably vivacious comedy of courtship and intrigue, with a colonial setting that is engagingly novel. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29 "Are you still being cross with Billikins?" she asked him, while her hand lay engagingly in his. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories The next time Macauley caught sight of him, he was assiduously supplying a row of elderly ladies with ices and little cakes, and smiling at them most engagingly. Mrs. Red Pepper Thousands of questions, social, political, economical, ethical, present themselves at once in new and more engagingly simple aspects. Science in Arcady After a searching scrutiny—head sagely to one side and mouth engagingly half open—he decided that they might be either dead or asleep, whichever they chose, for all he cared. Children of the Wild She had always had a way of making him talk about Tyson, while he seemed to himself to be most engagingly egotistic. The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson) She smiled up at him engagingly, noting how his gray hair hung over the back of his collar. The Poor Little Rich Girl Doc Madison leaned back, felt carefully at his carefully adjusted tie—and smiled engagingly. The Miracle Man The Genoese—themselves a self-contained people, and hypocritical, if not virtuous—made less than a nine days' wonder of him, he was so engagingly shameless, so frankly glad to have exchanged Corsica for the fleshpots. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Those soft, dark eyes are wells of intelligent thinking; the mouth smiles engagingly as she speaks; the slight figure is full of life and energy. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Florrie remarked as she stood her sunshade by her chair and smiled engagingly. The Bells of San Juan She laughed engagingly with feminine inconsequence and stooped down to recover a slight, silver bracelet that had slipped off over one of her small hands. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative “All this, with sanity, simplicity, and sincerity and in a language of almost classical restraint, as a rule, but engagingly piquant and picturesque and fantastic even upon occasions.” The Jervaise Comedy Mrs. Spencer's foot paused in its swinging, and for an instant her eyes narrowed; then she smiled engagingly, the smile growing quickly into a laugh. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse Looking round the dull and deadly scene, discover WADDY, Q.C., with legs engagingly intertwined, and the forefinger that has wagged a verdict out of many juries resting on his massive brow. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 8, 1891 He found her gravely and engagingly sympathetic with his advocacy of democratic principles; he told her of his ambition to be elected to Congress—an ambition which he believed would be realized the following autumn. Unleavened Bread Yet her hat was decidedly of the mode that year; her suit was smartly and engagingly cut; her furs were glossy and black and big. Queed "Look at the worms," said the Prince engagingly, opening the box with a snap. Truxton King A Story of Graustark There were times, of course, when he could be most engagingly pleasant. The Golden Scarecrow "How thoroughly nice you always are to me, Kelly!" she said, looking up in the engagingly fearless way characteristic of her when with him. The Common Law In England he is reported to be forcefully French, and it may be surmised that when in France he is engagingly British. The Glory of English Prose Letters to My Grandson In a flash he fell from a creature engagingly masculine to the use-worn daily sharer of her monotonous existence. Leonora He paused and smiled engagingly at the boys. Behind the line A story of college life and football She tucked her hand engagingly inside his arm. The Rocks of Valpre "I presume you mean my tract in the Wenatchee Mountains?" she went on engagingly. The Rim of the Desert Charlotte administered a cup of hot bouillon talking so engagingly meanwhile that Evelyn was beguiled into taking without protest the whole of the much-needed nourishment. The Second Violin Hello!" he smiled engagingly; "where are you going? The Rules of the Game Every point, every detail was so engagingly complete. Deadham Hard There was something so engagingly naive in this compliment that Sylvia found it impossible to be formal. The Top of the World He noted her high oval brow around which the dark hair clustered engagingly; her flexible, rather large mouth, with lips well but not seductively arched, and her clear skin with its uniform tinting. The Precipice Inglesant is a mere courtly mirror, the prey of his moods and his surroundings, in which beautiful tones of religious feeling are engagingly reflected. The Silent Isle Would that all writers of best sellers were as engagingly honest. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays Elsewhere as Mr. Coade he played very engagingly the part of the only character who had made such good use of his First Chance that he really didn't need a Second. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 24, 1917 "I lied to you, Mr. Hart," she confessed, engagingly. Good Indian If there is anywhere a thing said in two sentences that could have been as clearly and as engagingly and as forcibly said in one, then it's amateur work. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 I looked over my shoulder as I passed the doorway, and saw to my surprise that he was exhibiting the docility of the birds in his most engagingly polite manner to the housekeeper. The Woman in White McIlhenny's book treats—engagingly, intimately, and with precision—of the animal in Louisiana. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations James was in excellent spirits, and Isabella most engagingly placid. Northanger Abbey He smiled engagingly: a seasoned traveller this, who could recognise the futility of bickering over the irreparable. The Bronze Bell And, having poured out a stiff quantum of the spirit, he gave it to Mrs. Snummit, who took it, curtsied, and rolling her solitary orb at the bottle on the table, smiled engagingly. The Amateur Gentleman A very smart figure is this Private Dowey, and he winks engagingly at the visitors, like one who knows that for jolly company you cannot easily beat charwomen. Echoes of the War How daintily he held a glass to one of his optics! with what admiration he gazed upon the Cleopatra! and then, how engagingly he tittered and whispered a friend at his elbow! Villette Morrell was dressed in riding breeches, carried a short bamboo crop, smiled engagingly to exhibit even, strong, white teeth, and had little to say. The Gray Dawn At each rush the ladies backed and tittered, clinging together with the most engagingly natural semblance of terror. The Far Horizon Readers would perhaps like to know more of the doctor, whose professional activities are so engagingly described in the above statement. The Subterranean Brotherhood The bride chuckled and smiled engagingly as the car slithered round a corner and stopped under the porte cochère of a great house set in the midst of a landscape. Ptomaine Street Was there ever a literary aspirant who did not begin with just such an article on just such a subject?--a subject so engagingly fresh to himself, so hackneyed to the editor. If I May Few of the artists devised a scene in which the great news was brought more engagingly, in sweeter surroundings, or received more simply. A Wanderer in Florence Perhaps," I said, as engagingly as I knew how, "you'd like to try the art yourself? Adventures in Contentment It was a very smartly dressed young man he saw, smiling back engagingly, and the picture pleased him. Purple Springs The other clients at her table had no intention of being neglected while their Pickfordian waitress smiled engagingly on a newcomer. Ptomaine Street The piano was engagingly open and music littered about, but he apparently didn't see it. My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 How could I be expected to devote myself to fiction when fact was staring me in the face so engagingly? A Fool and His Money He took a wallet from his pocket, and smiled engagingly upon Miss Tilly. Green Fancy "So glad to see you, my dear," smiled Bella, holding out her hand engagingly. Constance Dunlap He was bareheaded and his dark-brown curly hair crisped round his forehead engagingly. A Texas Ranger "Pleased to meet any friend of Mr. Coleman's, I'm sure," Thorny said, engagingly. Saturday's Child And even during the filming of the piece he had suspected that the little sister, so engagingly played by the present Mrs. Gill, was being too bold. Merton of the Movies After a lapse of years she appears in the fourth act as Nymphas, a beautiful boy, in whose character the previous incarnations are engagingly mixed. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories "Except," he added, still more engagingly, "she would remember, in her case—with their consent." Sally Dows I hope I raved engagingly, if so be that I did rave. The Lion's Skin "Didn't pan out quite so rich this week, eh?" said the clerk engagingly. Stories in Light and Shadow The Gipsies of Granada are wild as mountain birds," and Mrs. Bridgeman looked engagingly distraught, and replied,— "Ah, yes, indeed! The Prophet of Berkeley Square Fiction is exhausted; and newspaper items, the next best, are manufactured by clever young journalists who have married early and have an engagingly pessimistic view of life. Strictly business: more stories of the four million He stood head and shoulders above Eagle Creek, and he smiled down upon him engagingly. Rowdy of the Cross L With a glass before her on the table, she would prattle frankly and engagingly of the past. A Book of Scoundrels "You look quite a lot like MY doctor, you see," she added engagingly. Pollyanna "Pete has learned me and Sidney a lot," pursued Billy, engagingly. Lin McLean These potentates squatted down and smiled at us engagingly. The Land of Footprints Doña Rita tapped the couch engagingly by her side but I sat down instead in the armchair nearly opposite her, which, I imagine, must have been just vacated by Blunt. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes |
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