| 单词 | faintly |
| 例句 | “Someone must have told the Capitol that the idea for the uprising had started there,” Twill tells me faintly. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He shook it a few times and finally the bulb flickered on faintly. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t taste very sweet when she put a finger in and tasted—only faintly sweet, like something far off that you barely heard, or barely saw. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z "I'm lying on the floor in the living room," she said faintly. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z But Ben sat in the chair, his big soft hands dangling between his knees, moaning faintly. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Take a seat in his bathroom and you found yourself facing the faintly smirking skull of Doris, a prehistoric creodont. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The snow is falling softly now, and I can faintly see the city’s skyline up ahead, the buildings just a shade darker than the clouds. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Soft music came from Angie’s door so faintly that it could have been in the house next door. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z "I...think I better go home," I said faintly. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z "I shall require your help," Ned said when Tomard appeared, looking faintly apprehensive, as he always did when called before his lord. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Again the unborn child trembled faintly within her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hi, Harry,” said Parvati who, like him, looked faintly embarrassed and bored by the behavior of their two friends. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Afterward, she tottered on his arm, rising faintly over his line of vision, in a pair of suede three-inch leopard-print pumps. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And in a case under the glass were rows and rows of dark, dry gingerbread, each slab so studded with gilt stars that the shop itself seemed to be faintly lit by them. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Then, so faintly, it seemed as if she heard her father's voice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Milo,” Yossarian bleated faintly with a sinking heart, sensing at once that all was lost. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Stan came back downstairs, followed by a faintly green witch wrapped in a traveling cloak. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z A coil moved and faintly touched his leg. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z This warlike name was faintly familiar, with its whiff of school and adult certainty, but the twins found their courage in each other. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z At the edge of the field were the elm trees, faintly stirring, and somewhere beyond that was the stream where the dace lay in the green pools under the willows. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Which he does, but in an unpredictable, faintly educational way. immigration. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Even in the snowstorm it smelled of salt and tar and more faintly of diesel fuel and rotting lumber. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The whole place reeked of mildew and, faintly, of fish. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z On the phone, she’d sounded guarded, faintly suspicious, as he had. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Duff McAvoy’s lips were incredibly soft, and he smelled faintly of the earth and salt air. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The sound, mocking and cruel, came faintly to his ears, as though muffled by sand or sacking. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A mouth opened in the mouthless face, strands of pale stuff sticking to the lips, and a voice that no longer even faintly resembled her father’s whispered, “Coraline.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Its leaves were bathed in sunlight, and its musky odor reached me faintly in the breeze that blew against the back of the house. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I climb into the Carsons’ minivan and notice that it still smells faintly of dog. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z A group of red-cheeked girls playing soccer, ponytails flying, their shouts and laughter carrying faintly over the velvety, twilit field. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They agreed, Hermione a little faintly, and now Harry could see the dragon’s wide yellow underbelly rippling in the surface of the water. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Dr. Hamid picks up the panda sitting next to me, looking at it and smiling faintly. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The pale figures pulsed faintly; she could imagine that they were nothing more than afterimages, like the glow left by a bright fight in your eyes, after the fights go out. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The whole setup is faintly backlit by light filtering through grimy windows at the opposite end of the house. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The spine cracks faintly when he opens it to the title page. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A number of things are kept there: stockpiles of metal used by the convicts to manufacture automobile license plates, lumber, old machinery, baseball paraphernalia—and also an unpainted wooden gallows that smells faintly of pine. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up the paper and walked down the hallway to the steps and up to the third floor, using the flashlight and hearing his footsteps echo faintly in the empty building. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Todd,” Viola says, so faintly I can barely hear it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The edges glimmered faintly as they kissed the light. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Each time that tiny voice in my brain would tell me to pay attention to the squirming, faintly nauseated feeling in my stomach. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z From the time Matt had moved into her apartment, he’d gone to sleep under a faintly shining canopy of stars. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Daisy rose, smiling faintly, and went to the table. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z His voice was rough, and there was, faintly, the odor of whisky on his breath. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The other firemen waited behind him, in the darkness, their faces illuminated faintly by the smouldering foundation. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The silence hissed in her ears and her vision was faintly distorted—her hands in her lap appeared unusually large and at the same time remote, as though viewed across an immense distance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Even though he spoke softly, his voice still echoed faintly in the marble hall. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Enormous it looked, its sprawling branches going up like reaching arms with many long-fingered hands, its knotted and twisted trunk gaping in wide fissures that creaked faintly as the boughs moved. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There was a new quiet feeling and an indefinable smell, new and faintly fragrant. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She could even see faintly into the water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It smells faintly of late summer afternoons and hopscotch under the mango tree. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Inside, the cabin was bright and smelled faintly of smoke. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z This time it tinkled its way faintly through the little melody three times before it faded. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But we could still hear it faintly when we met Rufus on the road. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It was late—well after midnight—and the stars sparkled faintly above the streetlight. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The night air was crisp and smelled faintly of salt. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Upstairs, faintly, the same voice keeps reading names. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Someone was calling his name faintly through the din of battle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The idea that the temple, wearing its own black band, grieved for the burned-down mansion, that it yearned for a grand and invisible presence, bestowed a faintly religious ambience. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And all the while the blonde continued dancing, smiling faintly at the big shots who watched her with fascination, and faintly smiling at our fear. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigwig could hear a worm moving in the earth nearby and faintly down the tunnel came the sound of some small creature pattering through the grass outside. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Whoever had flown the ship had already disembarked, because Mark could faintly hear voices over the noises, then the sound of the round door being opened. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z They had put chrome in the plaster, so that it was faintly gold. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Varney entered the ready room a few minutes before 0500 and went immediately into the clipped, faintly Oxonian accent that scraped across Bull’s eardrum like a nail. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Master grunted in response, watching Ugwu and his aunty with a faintly distracted expression, as if their presence made it difficult for him to remember something important. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Her lips were faintly blue, and she was breathing shallowly, her forehead glistening with sweat. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Silver chains glistened at their necks and they looked faintly amused as they worked chalk into the tips of their cues. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes are slightly open—he’s faintly aware. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z As he hammered on the gate he heard music wafting faintly over the spiked stone walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Sometime in the summer of 1930, an amiable but faintly mysterious peddler suddenly appeared in the black ghetto of Detroit.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The air outside was still cool; it smelled like night dampness, faintly of rain. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The faintly metallic smell of the falling snow surrounds her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Alex exhales, wondering faintly what the hell he’s doing, but plows onward. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When the other two looked surprised, he added, “Orbs make a different sound when they're close to going out. And they flicker, very faintly. I saw it happen tonight at the Light Market.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z And now as I struggled through the lines of people a new world of possibility suggested itself to me faintly, like a small voice that was barely audible in the roar of city sounds. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he reached the fringe of the wood, the sun had risen, and was coming faintly through the mist. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Of course we’re coming,” she says, unsettled when she hears her echo saying it faintly, less convincingly, once again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In the distance we could faintly hear what sounded like a mosquito coming our way. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then he heard faintly a sound like sniffing; and something seemed to be scrabbling on the bark of the tree-trunk. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It smells faintly like metal and old trash. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “No, sweetie…” She trails off, shrugging and smiling faintly at me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Oh,” Alex says finally, faintly, touching one hand to his lips. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z All night they ran through the darkling wood, but as die sun came up the sound of a distant horn came faintly through the trees, and they heard the baying of a pack of hounds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And through her stockings, faintly, could be seen the wrappings of elastic bandage to support the veins. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Dawn was starting to break but stars still twinkled faintly in the distant, pale eastern sky. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of singing came very faintly from the oratory. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She seated herself across the pool from him, clinking faintly as she moved. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her shoes clatter against the wooden planks faintly, under the heavier sound of soldiers' boots. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Was there something faintly threatening in the man’s voice? Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Finally the archaeologist appeared, smelling faintly of perspiration, and they dove into their cucumber-mint soup. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z One of these is the Republic's flag, imprinted faintly against the metal. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He looked up and down the street, past ghostly lamps that shed a long series of faintly shimmering cones of yellow against the snowy night. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She could still feel Pet faintly from the studio. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Her lips smiled faintly and she lifted her hand and touched his face with her fingers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Gwen and her cousins ran through Charles’s study to get outside, but it felt “faintly holy and sinister, like a church.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But that same touch of the childish also gave it an air of something not quite rational, faintly threatening and mocking. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When jellyfish tentacles brush a surface, even faintly, they spring into action. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “See this blood,” I said faintly, and waved the handkerchief back and forth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It smells faintly of perfume, which is like a mix of fresh laundry, pear, and spring rain. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But the more I ran and smiled and thought of baseball my old kid self was found again, until we passed by Miss Volker’s front porch and I heard her faintly call my name. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The twin moaned faintly and then squealed again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Suddenly he realized that he could see the dark shape of General Woundwort faintly outlined where he crouched above him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Chubs only grunted, his coloring still faintly gray. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Gray described a place of old stone walls where the earth smelled faintly of tar and hemp, bordered by a river. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Her silk robes glowed faintly in the starlight. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The littlun Percival had early crawled into a shelter and stayed there for two days, talking, singing, and crying, till they thought him batty and were faintly amused. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z True, the country was now titillated by the president’s tawdry indiscretions, but scandalous as it was, the whole affair felt faintly comic. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You’d rather stay in the mines?” he asked, sounding faintly amused. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then she looked down at her hands in her lap and smiled faintly. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I open my eyes, and stare at the pieces of chair I can faintly see on the pavement below. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The storekeeper leaned back, folding his arms, and stared sideways out the front window, faintly whistling a tune. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I woke up soggy and congested, my nasal cavity smelling faintly of blood. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Dawn was breaking over the horizon, shell pink and faintly gold, as he washed, again following the train of thought that had come to him in the dark garden.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Only Katahdin, with its rocky upper slopes and startling muscularity, offers anything that looks faintly intimidating. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Something moved faintly across the edge of the field of vision of my left eye, but I ignored it and kept staring at the sunlight on the ailanthus leaves. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And as she passed him she did not speak to him, but she whispered only to Cuckoo, faintly, “Where is my apartment?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z In the ragged hedge on the opposite side the boughs of the elm trees swayed just perceptibly in the breeze, and their leaves stirred faintly in dense masses like women’s hair. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The same colors were repeated, though faintly, like a watercolor, in the silver metal that held the stone, and symbols were engraved around the rim. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She could feel Pearl’s heart, ever so faintly, beating under her palm. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z First she tried using the lacquer sheet simply as a mirror, but for lack of a silvered back, all she could see was a doubled reflection faintly in the wood. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Here the air was softer and warmer, and faintly scented, as if spring was already stirring and the sap was flowing again in herb and leaf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Very faintly, on a downstairs radio, a sprightly female voice sang a song about yogurt, backed by a chorus of mooing cows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Many times the boy had seen the brown stains next morning, still damp and faintly reeking of fermentation. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z A moment ago, he was still faintly smiling. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Brain,” she supplicated faintly, “Brain, do you hear me?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z It was now something faintly like a study, as were most of the rooms in his house. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z As Rabiya and I climb back down the three flights of stairs, I try not to notice the stains on the steps or the musty odor that smells faintly of overripe fruit. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The rain began falling again, first in the trees, then in the mud puddles, then, faintly, like a soothing murmur, on the tent top. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He smiled faintly and rubbed his beard, which was quite thick. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “I didn’t want you to kill her,” she said faintly. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In the ragged hedge on the opposite side of the field the boughs of the elm trees were swaying very faintly in the breeze, their leaves just stirring in dense masses like women’s hair. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z His words attack me, faintly “Remember what I’m telling you. Remember it every day when you look in the mirror.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z And to a man, smiling faintly, chillingly, loving the act, the boys all just slightly nodded their heads yes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw that the young rabbi was now looking up from his book and smiling faintly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She smiled faintly, and her whole form flickered. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Hannah’s cheeks were faintly pink, and she kept looking at me and then away, fiddling with the strap of her purse. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Off-white rugs on the gleaming parquet floor—faintly tinted walls—a long mirror surrounded by lights. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He started humming softly to himself, a song that Tayo could hear only faintly, but that reminded him of butterflies darting from flower to flower. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The thermometer on the back porch stood at ninety-two, the carhouse shimmered faintly in the distance, and the giant twin chinaberry trees were deadly still. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Polished sconces every few feet kept it faintly illuminated at all times, and Ekon didn’t have to look at the distinctly black granite walls to know where he was. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He learns that she is prone to snoring, ever so faintly, sounding like a lawn mower that will not start, and to gnashing her jaws, which he massages for her as she sleeps. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There was no sound close by, but behind and below them, from the water meadow on the nearer bank of the Test, came faintly the shrill, incessant fussing of a pair of sandpipers. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He smiled faintly, his eyelids fluttered open, and I saw a glaze on his eyes that I had never seen before. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The backs of her hands began to prickle, faintly at first, then insistently. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It entered his heart and throbbed there, moving with purpose through the labyrinth of muscle, collecting energy that came faintly to it from his collapsing lungs. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z In ordinary visible light, the faintly yellowish clouds of Venus can be made out, but they show, as Galileo first noted, virtually no features at all. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood before him very upright, with a smile on her face that looked faintly ironical, as though she were wondering why he was so slow to act. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The hum and rattle of machinery faintly stirred the air. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Spurge stopped for a moment, looked back up toward Werfel, and called out faintly, “Archivist! It is the elfin army! They’re here!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The scythe looked to his ring, which now glowed faintly red, indicating that the person before him had immunity from gleaning. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He wore a faintly confused expression, as if he couldn’t see why he had to leave the Institute, why he couldn’t just keep on being a Messenger forever. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Her lips, faintly moist in the hazy blue light, were parted and he saw the furtive glints of her white teeth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She looked like she’d been working out, and her skin glowed faintly, like the other Hunters, as if she’d been taking showers in liquid moonlight. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The blade glowed faintly, casting a golden light on the rows of lockers. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then it’s over to the machine to place her hand on the Crystal Ball, which glows faintly white at her touch. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Their faces, bathed in the attenuated December light from the tall windows, appeared quiet and even faintly reverent. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Like performances by apparitions, holoscripts play out faintly around the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The tiny orb glows faintly through the center. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z My father was still looking at his hands as though he were faintly irritated by them. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Then he displayed the moth—quivering, shimmering faintly—in his palm: Bloom nodded, not knowing what to say, how to react. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Remembering how many injuries I had sustained — and inflicted — playing volleyball, I felt faintly nauseated. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The smell of diesel fuel hung faintly over the river. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z At dusk the Company set out, and turning now half east they steered their course towards Caradhras, which far away still glowed faintly red in the last light of the vanished Sun. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Above them a few stars still glimmered faintly; but on either side there arose walls of impenetrable gloom; they were in a narrow lane between moving towers of shadow. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I had never considered before that dying, death, dead, passed away, were words and phrases that might be even faintly connected with me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The priest sagged faintly: he had hoped his task was over. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The little dog was sitting on the table looking with blind eyes through the smoke and from time to time groaning faintly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She turned and frowned, framed in the door; behind her in the gloom, circuits of soiled plates glowed faintly like the lunar phases. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z After a while he fell asleep, and she lay there holding his head, deriving a small but important comfort, even faintly smiling as she stared at the ceiling. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It smelled strongly of pecans, which reassured me, and faintly of something else rather like kerosene, which did not. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Will and Lyra could hear very faintly to the north the cry of some night bird. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We stood blinking for a moment, staring out through the dust at a hundred dark villagers, slender and silent, swaying faintly like trees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The glamor of the underground struggle and the civil war still faintly clung to them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The wind coming off the water smelled faintly of iodine. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It was the ocean of his blood, stretching in all directions, grainy and mysterious, faintly glowing with green. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, very faintly at first, they heard a low rumbling that sounded miles away. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z For sheer sport, the Laughing Man usually went halfway with them, then vanished, often leaving no even faintly credible indication of his escape method. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She was so different from us, sly and secretive, with a faintly contemptuous air about her which in her son was turned almost to insolence. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The head remained there, dim-eyed, grinning faintly, blood blackening between the teeth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Here, too high for Winnie to see into, was a barred window through which, from the room in front, light glowed faintly. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The faintly lit hatchway lay in the dark of the yard like a grave yawning at judgment day in some old apocalyptic painting. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z "Come to the godswood tonight, if you want to go home," she breathed, ever so faintly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But then, just about everything that Flora's mother said or wrote sounded faintly ridiculous to Flora. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Alarm bells were beginning to ring faintly in our ears. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She was with her roommate, Isabel Reyes, who was also kind of hot in a faintly mustached kind of way. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Eloise left the living room and climbed the stairs, which were lighted very faintly by the overglow from the dining room. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Her skin is faintly yellow, the color missing from her lips. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The way had been only faintly lit, but once I turned that corner I found myself in complete darkness. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt faintly embarrassed for the old man. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the privacy of her mind, Koffi faintly wondered where they were heading, whether their new direction would get them any closer to finding the Shetani or send them back to where they’d started. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The tea, which tasted faintly like peppermint, she sipped slowly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I faintly heard my mother say, “Nothing is spinning.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he realized that, even though no rain had fallen at all for the past few days, the arching vision, shining faintly but unmistakably over Milagro, was a rainbow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Arthur Dimmesdale!" she said, faintly at first; then louder, but hoarsely. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At last he saw the first of the dawn, like light faintly perceived round a corner at the far end of an unknown burrow; and in the same moment a yellowhammer sang. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She grew thinner than she’d ever been in her life, so that in the few pictures taken of her in that period her face is faintly unrecognizable. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The ponya seed paste must have dissolved in the night, because it was gone, leaving his skin only faintly touched with its scent. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The only thing I do now that is faintly criminal is write on desks. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z In this strange room, which smells faintly of traveling salesmen, the clapping sounds like encouragement, even though it’s only praise for the lasagna that has come out of the oven. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Well, I appreciate it,” I say, blushing faintly. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z His letter was three months old but still smelled faintly of sweet musk. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He was a blonde, spiritless man, anaemic, and faintly handsome. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The hoof-beats came to the door and passed, and rang, while they listened, ever more faintly away. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Dr. Trefusis sat on his chair, smiling faintly and looking at his colleagues where they slouched. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The orc had soon passed out of sight, and now only faintly could be heard the slapping of its feet as it went on and up. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In the distance, he could still faintly hear the cheers and whoops of the feasts’ revelers, getting louder and more uproarious as it got later and the wine poured more freely. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He faintly moaned, “I am done for,” as the victim, and he barbarously bellowed, “I’ll serve you out,” as the murderer. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah...cool,” Dimple said faintly, mostly because she didn't know what else to say. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Michaelis was astonished; they had been neighbors for four years and Wilson had never seemed faintly capable of such a statement. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He told me all this very much later, but I've put it down here with the idea of exploding those first wild rumors about his antecedents, which weren't even faintly true. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The wagon started moving, creaking faintly as it moved. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Anatole blew into his mouth and massaged his chest until he gasped faintly and came back. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d hoped, faintly, that he might have blacked it all out. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He faintly felt the huge hands of the monster pick him up, forming a little nest to hold him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Morning light glimmered faintly against the edge of the steel across his knees. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The smell of cooking chicken rose faintly on the air. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She touched there, in the space, the skin soft-looking, faintly hued. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Coming closer to the river, faintly at first, faint as the pale yellow light emerging across the southeast horizon, the sounds gathered intensity from the swelling colors of dawn. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He nodded faintly, and took a deep breath which he released slowly as she relaxed her grip and withdrew her hands from his face. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He was carrying a goblet, which was smoking faintly, and stopped at the sight of Harry, his black eyes narrowing. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He smelled faintly sour, the way people on medication sometimes do. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a silly, selfish, queer, faintly obscene woman. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z What little of his face could be seen beneath his hood and scarf was as colorless as the surrounding snow, but breath still puffed faintly from his nostrils whenever he exhaled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was faintly queasy when she walked down the hall to his office. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She regarded the beast as though staring at something faintly familiar. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Either Billy or Charlie had obviously cleaned it up, but the tan upholstered seats still smelled faintly of tobacco, gasoline, and peppermint. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z As he turned, he saw red hair and a freckled face with blue eyes and faintly visible bruises. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z My palms are faintly green, for like everything else on the ship, the tiller wheel has turned to copper and has oxidized green in the salt sea air. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I am not even faintly like a rose. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The lights hanging slack overhead, the soft ground underneath and the canvas wall that faintly blew in and out, like cheeks puffed with air, made for the feeling of a country fair. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked down at us, mocking, faintly sardonic, a ghost of a smile on his lips. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “A letter?” repeated Professor McGonagall faintly, sitting back down on the wall. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The people whose mouths had been faintly twitching the words Dentifrice Dentifrice Dentifrice. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z All around him was the sound of movement, and grabbing the side of his head, he thought he heard music faintly coming from somewhere nearby. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z His oblivion of them made one at least faintly uncomfortable. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Saturday morning, as Mia and Pearl crossed into Iowa, Izzy—the smell of smoke still clinging, faintly, to her hair—climbed aboard a Greyhound bus headed for Pittsburgh. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hermione turned faintly pink, but merely said, “Don’t let Lavender hear you saying that.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Kronos’s golden sarcophagus glowed faintly—the only source of light in the room. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z After a while—faintly at first and then louder—came the shrilling of fifes and rat-a-tat-tat of the drums. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z An overlay of the stadium’s blueprint hovers faintly over everything. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There was no answer, but—faintly at first, as if they were reaching his ears from a great distance away—he heard his own barks. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Henry was pointing at the neglected arches and, even at that distance, I could tell he was quoting from the rule book; faintly, we could hear Bunny’s startled cries of protest. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And at last she could make it out, for the black Roman numerals were just barely visible against their white ground, the brass hands glowed faintly. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The mats smelled faintly of ammonia for reasons Tendai didn’t care to imagine. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There were rows of benches and tables where the men and women used to roll the cigars, and it smelled faintly of tobacco. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The room became dark and silent, though the clack of Sam’s shears, now nearer to the windows, could still be heard faintly from the garden. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He released her slim, long fingers, passed through the spacious apartment to the living room, which smelled faintly of last night’s cigarettes. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He always smelled faintly of horses, but it was not a bad smell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Boat,” a voice called across the water, faintly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His voice is very low as he speaks to Estraven, his posture faintly insolent, his smile frequent. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The prosecutor swiveled with a faintly military flourish and executed a tight circle over the courtroom’s waxed floor, his hands against the small of his back neatly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I felt like hell warmed over, stupid and faintly sick and absolutely famished, and I think I probably wouldn’t have cared if the old woman who lived there had turned me over to the police. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She used the faintly singsong tones of a nursery school teacher she had once admired. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The sword rang faintly, and glinted a little in the light of the fire away to his left. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When he turned away from the window at last, his voice was tired and full of melancholy, and moisture glittered faintly in the corners of his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Craster's new axe was on the table, its gold inlay gleaming faintly in the torchlight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I crawl into my dad’s side of the bed, which smells faintly of his cologne, and drift into a light sleep. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The curtain that concealed the screen glittered faintly when Victor's light caught it; What if they were still hiding here? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Hammers rang faintly in the distance—workers banging away at the ship, all unaware of his emergency. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The room itself smelled faintly musty, as if it was too infrequently aired, and the sheets of the bed seemed faintly damp when he touched them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I have some other memory of her, but it’s indistinct and makes me faintly uneasy. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Little Ann had opened the hole up enough with her digging so his voice could be heard faintly. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The air smelled faintly of creosote and the yellow sweetness of locust flowers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They were silent again: Simon intent, Ralph incredulous and faintly indignant. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She smelled faintly of flowers, which I guessed was a perfume, but beneath that was her own smell, like green grass, like the open road after a light spring rain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “We could have been like Simon and Bram,” she says, her voice quivering faintly. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z His beard moved faintly with the trembling of his lips. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The endless crash of wave on rock was the only sound that ever penetrated the massive seaward walls of Storm's End, and that but faintly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The air in the room felt moist and warm, and faintly salty. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The chimney pots on the roofs...and on some, the shadowing looming of pigeon cotes...sometimes, faintly heard, the sleepy cooing of pigeons...the twin spires of the Church, remotely brooding over the dark tenements …. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It had almost a quarter of a million miles on the clock, and smelled faintly of bourbon, tobacco, and more strongly of something that reminded Shadow of bananas. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Yet another torch went out as she stood pondering, and the sounds grew faintly louder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was something familiar in the songs, and he remembered old Betonie’s singing; something in his belly stirred faintly; but it was too far away now. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A flock of miniature origami birds taking flight, the largest the size of an open palm, the smallest the size of a fingernail, all faintly striped with notepaper lines. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Yes, there was a far-off engine sound coming in faintly above the slap of the sea. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The pale man in the bed smiled faintly as the leeches nursed of his blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z To my amazement, he spoke, very faintly, and the first thing he said was: “You played the piano.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Opposite, at the other side of the square, the great church rose up in all its all majesty, its stained-glass windows glowing faintly like the embers of a smoldering fire. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Janssen is still waiting for me to respond, standing in the dark space, where the air is stale and smells faintly of old potatoes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The smell of paint was still faintly apparent near Lyra’s nursery. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The wine was icy cold and tasted faintly rusty. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Then as he had kept watch Sam had noticed that at times a light seemed to be shining faintly within; but now the light was even clearer and stronger. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “No!” screamed a voice from beyond the door, and it no longer sounded even faintly human. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Olanna slapped at the crickets; their faintly moist bodies felt slimy against her fingers, and even when they were no longer perched on her, she still slapped her arms and legs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then she smiled faintly and let her head sink to his shoulder with her eyes closed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z When the sun sank, the clouds glowed faintly from within. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The leaves overhead rustled faintly in the breeze. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She remembered faintly the funeral in the yellow church. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There were blue-bellied clouds hanging low over the mountain peaks, and he could hear thunder faintly in the distance. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He did recognize, albeit faintly, that he was too long, and too big, for this bathtub—he looked like a mostly grown person playing at being a kid. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Little Minerva, with my daddy's faintly square jaw—but on her, the squareness was softer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He said faintly, as if his mouth was full of grey ash. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In fact, to my eyes, the appearance of informality had been taken to a faintly ludicrous degree. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z We piled blankets and weavings over our bodies by the light of the hearth, which still glowed faintly from the evening meal preparations. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He looked faintly absurd, stepping over the carpet of dry leaves in his tight airport suit, his tie blown over his shoulder. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice, faintly distorted over the crackling intercom, was neutral. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z None the less, some began to protest faintly. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z They looked at each other, shrugged; both faintly smiled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But it seemed like that might not ever happen; once the sun set the moon feebly took over, lighting the low thick clouds and setting them faintly aglow. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He flushed faintly at what seemed to him the absurdity of his own question. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the kitchen window I spotted her on the telephone, and it didn’t take me long to realize she was probably calling Bunny because faintly I heard her squeal, “Oh cheeze- us!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “You have to admit, being alive is better,” Cardan returns, that faintly amused tone back in his voice. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The hallway is faintly lit, and I can tell Mom and Dad are asleep. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon found this irritating, and as a wolverine he snapped at one girl’s squirrel daemon who was just lying across her shoulder whimpering faintly. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It’s cold and fresh and tastes faintly of mud. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The air was thin and smelled faintly metallic. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “It’s quiet, don’t you think?” he asked, faintly teasing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Then faintly, as if it was blown away from them by the breeze, they seemed to catch a dim ringing, as of small bells tinkling. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He could hear the sirens faintly in the distance, but his thoughts were only on Angel and the top of the stairs. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And then Edward stepped out from the trees, his skin faintly glowing, his eyes black and dangerous. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The wool is.gray and has absorbed moisture from the air, it’s like a wetted baby blanket and smells faintly of damp sheep. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the purples blushed faintly pink, others were tinted pale blue, but there was no other color. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I want to see him fly, a boy's voice whispered faintly in memory. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Communal sing-alongs had a faintly coercive quality—that way strangers had of catching each other’s eye as their voices rose—which she was determined to resist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Far within he could hear faintly the voices of orcs clamouring, but soon they stopped or passed out of hearing, and all was still. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And he understood, faintly, how addictive that feeling could be, and how easy it would be to make some money off selling that feeling to people who needed it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z For a while they felt faintly the sense of stifling which they had noticed when they first ventured into Fangorn, but it soon passed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Over her shoulder, through the opening in the bulkhead, her friend watched the faintly illuminated dial on the instrument panel that showed the altitude—they weren’t losing much height. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He knew he made me nervous and he was smiling faintly. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z One star glimmered, faintly, in the indigo heavens. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Their remains stirred feebly on the floor, and as Harry leapt over one of their disembodied heads, it moaned faintly, “Oh, don’t mind me...I’ll just lie here and crumble....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The god vaporized in a cloud of mist that smelled faintly of grape juice. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He smells faintly of cigarettes and leather, a reassuring smell that reminds me of my grandfather. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I inhale deeply, and yes, smell faintly the sweet acrid smell of alcohol. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z His breath smelled faintly of smoke and cloves and liquor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Over my left shoulder, orange light from the setting sun reflects off the glass buildings, and I can faintly see the rows of gray houses that used to be my home. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z His eyes were bloodshot, his hair was unkempt, and he smelled faintly of something sweet, maybe wine. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His voice was dull, flat, only faintly edged with fear. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The girl had a tangle of short dark hair and a face that was both attractive and, he decided, faintly mannish: her features might have been chiseled out of rock. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z At first it was grey, then faintly yellow, then golden, and the floor of the woods was rust-coloured, where the dead leaves lay. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z A soft star in the distance, it glimmered faintly through the fog, beckoning them on. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It’s more ornate than the one in the pantry, the wood smooth and varnished and still smelling faintly of lemon furniture oil. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z A mark was faintly carved into the surface, practically invisible to the eye. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Her clothes smell faintly of the Smeaths’ house, a mixture of scouring powder and cooked turnips and slightly rancid laundry, and the earth under porches. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Her high cheekbones and short nose were faintly spattered with freckles and there was a strange droopy look to her eyes. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z When sunset was down to a faintly glowing ember in the west and the moon rose in the east, I went forth on my bicycle. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He hears the sound of a television faintly through the ceiling. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And the voice of the woman answered as faintly as an echo, “A man!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I could trace their feeds faintly, because they weren’t shielding them. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Jasper had a way of smiling faintly as he spoke which made Ged look for a jeer hidden in his polite words. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “It isn’t made or trimmed,” sighed Meg, faintly, for a sudden recollection of the cost still to be incurred quite overwhelmed her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t promise you anything,” he smiled faintly, “but don’t be afraid to ask.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Instinctively, Harry looked at Dumbledore, who smiled faintly, the firelight glancing off his half-moon spectacles. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Due north they faintly glimpsed a long dark line. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The girl breathed on the pin and it glowed faintly. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Because the Impala is parked, I’m fine being in there, even though it smells like smoke and old fast food and, faintly, of pot. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She wore a shimmering white sari patterned with orange paisleys, more suitable for an evening affair than for that quiet, faintly drizzling August afternoon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Embers settled in the fire; the grass was stirring faintly with the night breeze. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Leaving the house was so easy that Winnie felt faintly shocked. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a band playing down at Klein’s hotel, and the strains reached them faintly, tempered by the distance. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The long streaks of yellow light lay between the shadows of the tree trunks, and the snow was colored faintly pink. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s lined with framed paintings, and there’s jazz music faintly floating through the air. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z He wriggled free, his throat so tight he could scarce talk. ". . . yield . . ." he managed to croak faintly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But the year turned to spring and the willows grew faintly green and the peach trees budded pink, and Wang Lung had not yet found the one he sought for his son. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z ‘I was going to find a way into Mordor,’ he said faintly. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As we all gather for dinner, I notice Peeta’s hands are faintly stained with a variety of colors, even though his hair is still damp from bathing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Though I could still hear the screaming faintly through the thick door, the near-silence was stunning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The room smells of old books and last night’s fire and, faintly, something savory from the kitchen—it’s Friday; Terry must be cooking for the weekend. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I can hear it faintly in the background. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Her right shoulder rose and fell faintly with her breathing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She could half see, as faintly glowing patches ahead of her, two adults, three children. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z It wasn’t very good quality; it smelled faintly of vegetable oil. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Sefia looked at the book where it lay, gold clasps gleaming faintly, on the deck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A bird called faintly in the distance, a high sharp trill that felt like an icy hand on Catelyn's neck. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He snarled faintly with pain and hatred when his shoulder was raked by the wicked claws of the excited cub, and made an attempt to struggle to his feet. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a faint source of illumination, like a stream of billions of tiny particles, faintly glowing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I’d heard him called “the Perfessor” by various semiliterate wags about town in tones that might have been termed faintly derisive. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She put her hand softly on mine and smiled faintly. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She was in the middle thirties, and faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The numbers glowed only faintly in the darkness, but he could see them, and he was still holding at 250 degrees. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I never thought to ask him,” I said faintly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I picture my mother standing behind me with a comb and a pair of scissors, faintly smiling as she trims my hair, and I want to scream rather than insult her like this. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Her fingers were rough but cool, and smelled faintly of lavender. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The coach smelled faintly of mold and straw. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The footprints were still faintly visible as I pedaled past. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was a crack on the white ceiling of the room, and I could faintly hear the deep voice of the city lieutenant and the quick laughs of the nurse. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z ‘Thank goodness I did not realize the horrible danger!’ said Frodo faintly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The whole remarkable venture combines memorable original themes with striking ensemble-writing for horns and strings, dramatic brass and percussion sounds, and a faintly disconsolate beauty that nonetheless avoids all the usual north-European, windswept- cliches. Verneri Pohjola: Aurora ? review 2011-02-17T21:32:01Z The pledges I made to the carcasses of skinned goats I loved are faintly remembered. Spending My Tenderness on Animals 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Pohang’s main drag stretched along a boardwalk that smelled faintly of sulfur. Seeing Korea through his parents’ eyes His speech is slow and deliberate, conveying a faintly ironic impression of intimacy – but also the occasional suggestion of contempt, as if accommodating his interviewer's stupidity. Psycho, genius ... fraud? 2010-07-26T07:00:00Z But when you reach it, look down and you’ll see a rectangular slab of agar on which the show’s title is faintly blooming, painted with the bacteria. Scent of a Woman 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Inevitably, to a modern, secular audience the dilemmas of the Victorian Catholic novel can seem faintly ridiculous. DJ Taylor on the Catholic novel 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z His “Anyone you want us to call? Girlfriend? Family? Still alone, are we?” were faintly mocking. ‘The Night Manager’ Season 1, Episode 2: The Mistress, Unveiled 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z “The distinction I once imagined between hospital and prison populations exists only faintly,” she reflected, “when it exists at all.” Where the Sick Get Sicker and the Sane Are Driven Mad: Behind Bars 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z His debut BBC1 series got impressive ratings, he's selling out big venues, and at this year's Edinburgh festival it was impossible to avoid posters of his faintly Bez-like face. This week's new comedy 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z As it is, Ms. Negga so dominates the proceedings that Mr. Sheehan seems faintly distant from the drama to which his character gives its name. Theater Review: Welcoming Back Synge, and Stomping Along With 'Rock of Ages' 2011-10-04T10:11:45Z The Bee Gees were hardly the first band in history to change their musical style to fit with changing times, nor the first to wear faintly daft clothes while doing so. My favourite album: the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack 2011-08-02T18:03:22Z “Just so, even if it does sound faintly disgusting,” replies Mrs Hughes. Downton Abbey review – Down There Abbey, more like: they are all sex-mad 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Only a few faintly murmuring voices were heard. A Journey Into the Merriam-Webster Word Factory 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z One of those many decently done if faintly confused BBC things, with nuggets inside which the producers have missed. World Cup; The Biology of Dads; Budget coverage 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z She avoids items that show signs of wear and tear, although she made an exception for a faintly chewed tube of amber, blue enamel and gold that belonged to Princess Margaret. ‘Mama Says That Santa Claus Does Not Come to Poor People’ 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z A whole lot of "sort of," dressed up in faintly fascistic regalia. "Thor": All hail the ripped Aryan goofball! 2011-05-05T01:01:00Z The decor was faintly visible to a crowd of uninvited journalists and onlookers, who huddled outside the White House perimeter with telephoto lenses and ineffective phone cameras. Naomi Biden, president’s granddaughter, is married at the White House 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z "It smelled faintly of matron's liniment and coconut butter," Letts says. What to say about ... Hair 2010-04-15T16:10:00Z Urals takes nine minutes for a bubbling, Drexciya-like synth line to congeal into something hard, insistent and faintly glamorous, with echoes of early Chicago house. Walls, A*M*E, All Dom Wrong: this week's new tracks 2013-07-12T12:00:00Z Even those who remain faintly sceptical about the film overall can’t fail but to be impressed by the writing here. Oscars 2017: our final predictions 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z But the only moment the show gets faintly down and dirty is in the re-creation of grimy and gritty toilets of the 1970s East Village club CBGB. At the Met, Punk Without the Down and Dirty 2013-05-06T11:58:12Z The bucolic setting and mountain views rang faintly of Vermont. We Can Still Travel — With Photoshop and a Dream 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Perhaps some professors see the old-fashioned architecture as faintly embarrassing but a small price to pay for the very real benefits that come with relentless fundraising and growing budgets. Disneyland meets Hogwarts at $700-million USC Village 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z She considers everything she is asked, looking faintly disgusted if she disagrees or is unimpressed, a small but infectious smile spreading across her face if she's interested. Ruth Rendell: a life in writing 2013-03-01T10:00:01Z My maternal grandparents, who settled in London, were a familiar mystery: Jewish, emphatically foreign, faintly garlicky, glamorous, formal, funny, heartbroken. A Search for My Grandmother’s Lost Chicken Paprikash 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z I’m only faintly aware of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s original composition, having never seen “The Sound of Music.” A Year in Marking the Time with Music 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z It was a role that showed off Williams's talents – the zaniness, the dressing up, the bizarrely transparent absurdity, combined with his big-hearted, faintly lachrymose vulnerability and sentimental concern for children. Robin Williams: a big heart, a love of broad comedy and a staggering talent 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z There are, however, plenty of songs, alternately playful and melodic or faintly gothic and haunted. This week's new live music 2012-05-25T23:05:17Z Consequently, it feels like an afterthought: a book conceived to complete a trilogy that ventures into expansive, bloated territory, which the sharp and snappy original only faintly hinted at. Why Hunger Games 3 will kill one Mockingjay with two stones 2012-07-12T14:54:53Z Bizarre, faintly comic, faintly nightmarish, the images brilliantly reflect the grandfather's vivid, challenging presence. Poem of the week: Elegy by Sidney Keyes 2013-07-15T11:42:00Z I learned of Wagner’s anti-Semitism before ever hearing his music, and when I finally did all I could hear in his swoops and little flits into dissonance was something faintly but unmistakably sinister. The Ugly Truth 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Stahl has “made a fortune using phrases like my dear, which melted the hearts of women from coast to coast when spoken in his faintly foreign accent.” Books of The Times: ‘Mission to Paris’ by Alan Furst 2012-06-03T22:37:20Z Not least, Roper even avoids the arch style so often adopted by critics faintly trying to emulate their inimitable subject. ‘Nabokov in America’ looks at how U.S. shaped novelist 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Salt is added at the table to the diner’s taste: Each pinch helps brings the soup into focus, its richness cut by the sweet red dates and a faintly medicinal tang from the ginseng. Hot Enough for You? Try Eating Something Even Hotter 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z When Noel visited the sushi restaurant where Robinson was working, she handed him a faintly shambolic showreel and it led, in a roundabout way, to a Channel 4 sketch series named The Morgana Show. These Very Important People: who do they think they are? 2012-05-22T19:00:00Z Odyssey Dawn, by contrast, is portentous and faintly antique-sounding; suggestive of great deeds without pointing to anything concrete in Homer's Odyssey. Why 'Odyssey Dawn'? 2011-03-25T12:30:01Z The conclusion might seem to have a consolatory, faintly sentimental touch, but there is something a little off-key about the consolation. Poem of the week: The Candle by Katherine Mansfield 2010-07-19T11:11:00Z This is Catherine Earnshaw, wild thing of Wuthering Heights, and if she is faintly ridiculous in her menace, it is menace nonetheless. Review: In This ‘Wuthering Heights,’ Music, Moors and Untamed Spirits 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Enjoy how its initial slightly bitter crunch transforms into something soft, buttery, faintly woodsy. The Science Behind Your Need for One More Potato Chip 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z I am not only embarrassed not to have read it before, but faintly appalled by the thought that I might actually have gone through life without ever reading it. By the Book: Ben Macintyre 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z A few weeks ago, he was explaining his new calling in faintly portentous fashion. Will Smith: just an ordinary guy being forced to run for president 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Scarlet runner bean flowers, on the other hand, though faintly beany on the tongue, lacked that sweetness. Flowers that are pretty enough to eat "Boston's extremely segregated," he says in his city's beautifully rounded, faintly Canadian accent. DJ /rupture: how to sing like a sufi 2013-03-26T18:59:01Z The past-present parallelism is provocative, but it also seems faintly superficial — a way of eliding distinctions and streamlining history. ‘Blue Island’ Review: In Hong Kong, the Past Is Present 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z I wore a gray and white faintly striped cotton dress I bought in Rome and some wedged sandals in white leather. What I Wore: Something for Every Role 2011-06-03T20:29:16Z An inspirational film often feels soupy and syrupy, schematic and cliched, faintly coercive and reactionary. From Groundhog Day to … Raging Bull? – films to inspire and uplift 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z And I am devouring a heap of moist, sepia-toned whole hog, faintly smoky, chopped coarsely and flavored with a vinegar-pepper sauce. Why North Carolina’s barbecue scene is still smoldering 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z And there it was in the morning, risen, smelling only faintly overproofed. Felix Trattoria’s Sfincione (or, focaccia by any other name) 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z "What you're trying to say is, couldn't I be a bit more," his lip faintly curls, "sales conscious." The boor's head 2010-05-21T23:03:00Z To a nonparticipant, from a distance, they seem faintly ridiculous. A Case for the New Jazz Sound That Will Inspire Playlists 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z As an American I'm only faintly aware of borstals. "All Creatures Great and Small" writer on bringing "bittersweet" comforts of WWII to the Dales 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Sandy in colour, faintly sour, the powder can be added to any face wash, or made up into a face mask. A poo facial mask – smaller pores, yes, but do you really want faeces on your face? 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z The resulting portrayal is more essence than impression, enlivened by quirks like Presley’s peculiar laugh, conjured by an actor who only faintly resembles him. ‘Elvis & Nixon’ Is Based on a Strange, Real-Life Meeting 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z The faintly depressing onslaught of cameos from people who are really too good for the script? Emma Thompson’s ludicrous Last Christmas is the perfect Brexit festive movie 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z The drapes are closed and considered looks are exchanged in a scenario whose cartoonish wit, crowded domesticity, and faintly sinister air are common in Sohier’s images of pets and their owners. The Mysterious Relationship Between Pets and Their Owners 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Mostly black, faintly predatory and spliced here and there with mock crocodile panels, that collection seemed to affirm Ms. LaPointe’s stature as “a high priestess of goth opulence,” as Style.com later called her. FITTINGS: Countdown to Fashion Week: Thank the Deli for That Dress 2013-08-21T18:17:47Z “Destroyer” was among the most unexpected, just because the premise — Ms. Kidman plays Erin Bell, a dissolute, alcoholic Los Angeles detective with a sordidly violent past — sounded preposterous, even faintly risible. At Toronto, Women Who Are Shockingly, Thrillingly Human 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z The fragrance it contains is a heady and, it should be said, faintly anachronistic blend of bergamot, rose and an essence that was Mr. Bowie’s favorite. Getting Personal With Iman 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The dishy protagonists would look quite at home on one of the big screen's sunlit campuses; on the outskirts of Reading their allure is faintly embarrassing. Cemetery Junction may be joyous, but Brits were born to be glum 2010-04-19T10:03:00Z The horizontal clapboards of a house in “Clarkville, Colorado,” 1972, rhymes with the vast grasslands and sky that dominate the picture, and with the thin, faintly perceptible overhead wires high above. Sunlit Apocalypse: The Imperiled World of Robert Adams 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Said bad actor would kick at a wall apparently made of tissue and spit, while making faintly electronic "woo" noises. Doctor Who – review 2013-03-30T19:00:04Z Laura Dos Santos is everything you want Rita to be: bright, smart and clever, without overdoing the brash perkiness, and also faintly desperate in her desire to transcend her background. Educating Rita 2010-08-03T21:30:00Z But as soon as I stepped on to the street wearing a cancer bandana, strangers registered my baldness beneath it and stared with faintly repulsed pity, or quickly edged away. How to get through chemotherapy: Decca Aitkenhead on cancer treatment 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z He’s wearing a grey wool jacket, maroon shirt, cream trousers and baseball sneakers; his shock of hair looks faintly electrified. Clarke Peters: 'I was 15 when I first stuck out my thumb and ran away from home' 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The episode has a strange tone: from mildly jolly larks at the flower show, to dark faintly sinister intimations below stairs, as if uncertain whether it's light comedy or social drama. Renaissance Revolution: Bosch 2010-10-23T05:45:00Z They go in hope, with huge but faintly fixed smiles, of conversions, baptisms, validation. The Book of Mormon – review 2013-03-24T00:05:41Z In “Clytie,” dated 1814, the nuances of light when mountains and clouds merge into a haze faintly touched with pale gold and salmon are caught with flawless mastery. Art Review: John Martin's Greatness and High Kitsch 2011-09-30T11:30:09Z Through the window, the Nahargarh Fort is faintly visible on the hills beyond the city. The jewellers of Jaipur's Johari Bazaar – a photo essay 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z In the first house, the former candy store acquired in 2005, ware boards from an old Wrigley chewing gum factory smell faintly of spearmint. Chicago News Cooperative: In Dorchester, a House Becomes a Home for Art 2011-04-08T03:34:41Z Someone elsewhere in the room faintly snored for a spell. So You Think You Can’t Meditate? 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z More like a prematurely hung Christmas stocking smelling faintly of mothballs. Review: ‘Holiday Inn’: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Recycled Movie 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Purposeful strides have been exchanged for something hypnotic, rhythmic and faintly subversive. Theater Review: ‘Fela!’ on Broadway at Al Hirschfeld Theater 2012-07-13T02:00:00Z According to its owners, the decades-old meat only faintly smells of cardboard. 20-year-old McDonald's burger still looks brand new, smells like cardboard 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z And Ezra falls in love with Orson, describing him in the kind of rapturous, faintly resentful terms with which queer boys often render the objects of their affections. Bunkmates Turned Scam Artists Take Silicon Valley for a Ride 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z We sampled all three of the spa’s outdoor tubs, savoring especially the one sourced directly from the Laugarvatn, which was silky with minerals and smelled faintly of sulfur. In Iceland, Seeking a Luxury Hotel Amid the Rustic Charm 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Additional toppings include supple, faintly nutty preserved bamboo and a loose, marble-size “spice bomb” built with crumbled pork and a variety of chilies. Haikan review: Soups (and more) worth a slurp in Shaw 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z That’s why I’m not optimistic about the Wolf in Morgan’s basement, or about Rick’s survival when, at the end of the episode, we faintly hear him yell: “Open the gates!” The Walking Dead: season six, episode four – Here’s Not Here 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Because the show is on all the time on cable TV, it feels like a faintly embarrassing 90s behemoth that will never die, a supergroup that keeps touring long after it has stopped making records. Still Friends after all these years: the one about the 20th anniversary 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z If this sounds faintly heretical, there is a big mosque nearby to assert the faith. T Magazine: Beyond the Melting Pot 2011-05-16T19:45:36Z One is faintly reminded of the skies in some of Murillo and El Greco’s religious pictures. Art: Gerhard Richter, Grand Master of Our Time 2011-10-28T12:00:09Z The only drawback to this reading is that it faintly diminishes Antony himself. Antony and Cleopatra - review 2010-10-15T00:54:00Z Time and again, I thought I heard the sound of organ pipes faintly in the distance, but when I peeked in, the organ loft would be empty. The brave -- and complex -- new world of digital music 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z If you were less kind, you might also say The King, the Widow and Rick was slow, po-faced, stuffed with ripe monologues and faintly irritating more or less all of the time. The Walking Dead: season eight, episode five recap – The King, the Widow and Rick 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z In the flesh, Burke, 38, speaks slowly and smilingly, with faintly Izzardian inflection. 'I'm an expressionist nihilist at heart': the dark allure of Tom Burke 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z This kind of decadence — in its real meaning — brought first womanly clothes in a faintly historic style: A white blouse teamed with a full mustard satin skirt, or old English rose patterns. Fashion Review: Sarah Burton Shows McQ, the Alexander McQueen Second Line 2012-02-21T18:19:33Z As for the last element, the recorded radio static, I could only hear it faintly when I got close to the brass bell. Camille Norment Explores New Sonic Terrains at Dia Chelsea 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z At worst, she was described as a Stepford wife with a faintly medicated aura; at best, as a gracious foil to her blustering frat boy of a husband. Books of The Times: Lonely Texas Girl: Laura Bush?s ?Spoken From the Heart? 2010-04-28T21:57:00Z On the London premiere of Let It Be, the Guardian's theatre critic Michael Billington called the musical "an exercise in faintly necrophiliac nostalgia". Can't Let It Be: Battle of the Beatles tribute musicals 2013-07-17T12:27:45Z Both are wreathed in an obstinate self-regard, both make fatal tactical decisions and both are faintly dismissive of their marginalised wives: for once, I found myself believing the rumour that Brutus was Caesar's love-child. Julius Caesar ? review 2011-01-11T21:30:00Z In concert the band produces a stunning racket for just two dudes, a concentrated Zeppelin-ish stomp, seething and faintly familiar. The Black Keys best bet for holiday rock bashes 2010-12-03T01:07:00Z This stunt is playful but not meaningful — even when the episode topics tend to faintly resonate. Review | ABC’s live ‘Good Times’ and ‘All in the Family’ try again to rekindle the magic of yesterday’s sitcoms 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z But the sense that life is larger than our professional identities flickers only faintly, the shadow of some distant, hard-to-discern object on the periphery of these cinematic stories. Films once were an escape from work. Now, they celebrate it. What gives? 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z The play only faintly enriches the story, despite the actors’ vigorous efforts and the script’s flashes of absurdist wit. | 'Tom Ryan Thinks . . .': Drug-Fueled Rants From a ?50s Film 2011-01-19T22:09:28Z This he managed to demonstrate, ever so faintly. Dance Review: A Man of Confliction Takes on Mideast Conflict 2011-01-09T22:57:54Z A few shreds of faintly gelatinous skin are still attached to the meat. Hungry City: Eim Khao Mun Kai and Khao Man Gai NY 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z And she knows it is faintly ridiculous that after a few weeks Liz begins dressing like an extra in “All About Eve.” Theater Review: Bette Davis Stays and Stays in ‘Me and Jezebel’ 2013-07-25T02:00:01Z Once I began to be comfortable with my first scales, my fumblings started to become faintly musical. Guitar Zero: psychologist Gary Marcus says science proves it's never to late to learn music 2012-06-05T15:11:01Z If the search for the "real" Melville that occupies the novel's final stretch proves faintly predictable, then the fairytale ending is quite as far-fetched as the machinations of the obligatory rainforest-despoiling corporation. The Truth by Michael Palin – review 2012-07-13T21:55:03Z Clark, dressed in an olive-green athletic jacket and his customary beanie cap, sings faintly amid the clatter. After a long hiatus, Beauty Pill returns with vigor and a new record 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z The choreography is stripped-down, but looks by no means effortless, with the angular, faintly robotic gestures and sharp, sinuous twists that Clark has made his own. Michael Clark steps it up at Tate Modern 2010-08-24T20:29:00Z The videos are documents of men falling in love, their faces softening ever so faintly at the sight of a new toy they — and maybe only they — can afford. Rappers Come Shop for Jewelry. Icebox Turns the Cameras On. 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Eggers, of course, means to use his celebrity platform to give a leg up to a worthy unknown, which is commendable but faintly discomfiting. Review | Dave Eggers tells the story of the most dangerous cup of coffee in the world 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Great loss erases social distinctions and, in such circumstances, a poor man could sit down unremarked at a poor woman's hearth and console himself with the faintly scholarly pleasures of exchanging words and folk tales. Poem of the week: A Fire Shared by Peter Didsbury 2010-06-28T11:43:00Z She is the faintly daffy Aunt Lavinia, who derives a weirdly vicarious excitement from her niece’s gentleman caller, and who – as we might say now – lives for the drama. Maggie Smith's 20 best films – ranked! 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Down the years Big Brother furnished us with its fair share of faintly familiar faces including Brian Dowling, Nasty Nick and er, Bubble. Six to watch: TV's most famous chairs 2012-06-05T10:04:00Z Overlaid on the primary theme were the dropped-waist, faintly 1920s shapes, finished off for the evening gowns by bags trailing long tassels on the floor. Special Report: Fashion: D&G and Fendi Step Back From Red Carpet Dressing 2011-09-22T18:29:13Z RN The Wedding House8pm, Channel 4 Another quartet of betrothed couples are fed into the matrimonial sausage machine then spat out the other end looking faintly ashamed. Tonight's TV highlights: The First Men In The Moon 2010-10-18T23:05:00Z Even after just the boil stage, the potatoes were faintly delicious from the vinegar; I made a note to try this next time with twice as much vinegar in the same amount of water. The absolute best way to cook french fries, according to so many tests 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Playing several custom horns — the most striking of which, the Sirenette, faintly suggests a sculptural form by Gaudí — Mr. Adjuah cut the figure of an aesthete-provocateur, expertly conveying steep emotion with his tone. Music Review: Christian aTunde Adjuah Brings New Sound to a Jazz Festival 2014-05-09T21:40:13Z On that occasion, Wollaston wrote, it was May and Hammond who looked “faintly embarrassed”. Richard Hammond under fire for 'ice cream is gay' line on the Grand Tour 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z An inspiring, faintly scary study of the mutability of the planet we inhabit. Tonight's TV highlights: Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets 2011-03-14T07:59:01Z Unlike a smooth, ivory-crumbed, faintly tangy loaf — the bread that clasps the ideal pastrami sandwich together — rye breads from Scandinavia and other parts of Northern Europe are bumpy, nutty and fragrant. Rye, a Grain With Ancient Roots, Is Rising Again 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z They set a wonderfully relaxed pastoral tone at the heart of the first movement, faintly and nostalgically recalled in later movements. Review: An Intense yet Pastoral Mahler, Cowbells Included 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z We knew we were close, and then we heard live music, faintly at first, then more loudly as we moved toward it. Would going off Google make for a better vacation? We tried it for a day. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The mild-mannered, faintly mole-like film director blinks hard, chuckles, and carries on. Ken Loach: 'the ruling class are cracking the whip' 2011-08-28T18:00:02Z With her pale skin, copper hair and faintly febrile manner, the 39-year-old Howard is far more interesting than the film. Bryce Dallas Howard: 'Dads changing diapers is still somehow revolutionary' 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Martin joined the band in 1996, shortly before the release of their second album, and at the time the prospect was, she recalls, faintly daunting. Love, Belle and Sebastian-style: Laura Barton interviews the indie heroes 2010-09-30T21:45:00Z Betty’s va-va-voom figure and her faintly sexual misadventures will bring a smile to anyone of any age, but especially to older folks who may remember seeing, and sometimes sighing over, the original 1930s comic strips. Beyond the bestsellers: Michael Dirda picks 12 books for the holidays 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z And as faintly amusing and reminiscent of Tommy Lee Jones’ “Men in Black” turn as this might be, there’s no way these two smart guys didn’t see this was piffle on the page. ‘R.I.P.D.’ deserves to get ripped 2013-07-19T18:37:28Z By contrast, Juliet’s tenderness, and the nobility of feeling that inspires her transports of lyricism, are only faintly glimpsed. Theater Review: Love?s Flames Amid a City in Flames 2011-07-12T21:27:37Z Lampposts glowed faintly throughout the sea of white. Alexandre Mattiussi, the Designer of the Label Ami, Creates Buzz During Paris Men’s Fashion Week 2014-02-19T22:13:39Z Often it felt faintly dutiful, in stark contrast to the urgency and unpredictability of the band’s instrumental outflow. Music Review: Umphrey?s McGee at Brooklyn Bowl - Review 2011-09-09T23:42:12Z Emerald, amber, lipstick and gold stain and streak the surfaces, which vary between paper-smooth, clay-cracked and faintly impressed with a fabric weave. Energy and emotion in Rachelle Sawatsky's strong show at China Art Objects 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z The novel’s depiction of the Jacobean age has the vivid, cleverly constructed and always faintly unreal quality of a stage set. A Thriller Set in Jacobean England Delves Into a Notorious Murder 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Advertisement Advertisement There is something faintly surreal or dreamlike about many of Ms. Smith’s adventures. Review: ‘M Train,’ Patti Smith on All the Roads She Has Taken 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z It set the tone for a two-hour film that was alternately mawkish and self-indulgent and always – as Lucy seemed a perennially reluctant subject – faintly, distastefully intrusive. Hugh's Big Fish Fight and True Stories: The Kids Grow Up 2011-01-12T08:00:04Z Since the prison’s current warden, Burl Cain, took over, in 1995, Angola has become a less violent place, with a reputation for reform and a faintly entrepreneurial aura. Angola Prison and the Shadow of Slavery 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z What it offers, in the course of 80 minutes, is a faintly louche variation on the old eternal triangle. It's Raining in Barcelona ? review 2011-01-13T22:31:00Z This gets folded into thin won-ton wrappers along with curls of raw onion, which grow slack and faintly sweet as the dumplings steam. At Nansense, Afghan Comfort Comes From an Unlikely Place: a Former Mail Truck 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The poodles are funny, but they are also faintly terrifying – and as far from kitsch as it is possible for a plaster poodle to be. Katharina Fritsch on her Fourth Plinth cockerel sculpture: 'I didn't want to make fun – but I was invited' 2013-07-24T18:29:00Z This is the sort of zinfandel I remember from the 1980s, forceful yet inviting, assertive yet balanced, and faintly tannic. In Trying Times, 20 Wines Under $20 That Revive and Restore 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z The comparison of the two children's faces to rosy-cheeked dawn, complete with "sunny eyes," renders them vast and garish and faintly frightening. Poem of the week: Time's Acquittal by Sara Coleridge 2011-01-10T10:49:35Z But Masonic handshakes aren't predictable unless you happen to be a Mason – they're mysterious and faintly sinister; barnacles aren't threatening or aggressive; and haloes don't radiate outwards – they sit on saint's heads, or surround planets. The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling – full review 2012-09-28T10:30:01Z Crowley's rolling, faintly dolorous tenor sax delivers the winding title track and encourages the first of a series of thoughtfully shaped and thrilling improvisations from Downes. George Crowley Quartet: Paper Universe – review 2012-05-24T22:29:01Z "The light sweetness of the chamomile liqueur and honey gives way to the cocktail’s faintly fiery flavors of spiced rum, lemon juice and mint leaves to create a uniquely stimulating yet calming drink." 'Mrs. Claus' Remedy' is the perfect calming Christmas cocktail: Try the recipe 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Beneath the owl’s translucent breast, the faintly perceived swings of the battle-axe-shaped rotor give the illusion of a beating heart. Special Report: A Cut Above: Watches: Retail Strategy Keeps MB&F in Demand 2010-11-26T07:50:00Z Its soundtrack beats like a pulse; its actors' faces seem to glow in the dim, faintly smoggy light. A stylish, ultraviolent 'Drive' with Ryan Gosling 2011-09-15T20:53:04Z Nor does the plot avoid some faintly preposterous excesses. Review: ‘Amazing Grace,’ the Story of a Slave Trader’s Moral Awakening 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The house's latest spokesmodel, A-list actress Blake Lively, seated a row ahead of the designer, faintly glowed with approval. Karl Lagerfeld: Chanel designer moves into movies 2011-05-10T13:24:09Z When he returned, perspiring faintly beside his tongue-lolling companions, he seemed somehow clarified, or to have achieved a state of temporary quiescence. Personal Journeys: Walking Martha?s Vineyard 2011-08-12T18:55:00Z Lower down, pink blossoms faintly coat the valleys. Hiking the Great Wall of China, the wild and free way 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z "It's not something that is well known," Delijani tells me in her faintly accented, precise English, over coffee in a London hotel. Sahar Delijani: 'I had to tell my family's story of the Iranian executions' 2013-07-06T06:45:00Z I was saucer-eyed, awestruck and faintly delirious about it – as well as being insufferable about having seen the film before it opened in Britain. 40 years of Stars Wars – why the blockbuster saga is a galactic soap opera 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z The smell of truffles isn’t far from the smell of bodies intermingling: at once desirable and faintly gross. Cocktails: If it tastes good on the plate, will it taste good in the glass? 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Though frequently engaging, in the end, “Stories I Tell Myself” feels faintly underpowered. ‘Stories I Tell Myself: Growing Up With Hunter S. Thompson’ review 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z And it sounded faintly exotic in a distant way. The Zombies resurrect their famous album 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Liu smiled faintly, but she did not join in putting her husband on a pedestal. The Widow of a Nobel-Winning Chinese Dissident Rebuilds Her Career as an Artist 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z In view of the facts on the ground, the ten characters below are the players who will compete to rule Westworld next season, ranked from faintly possible to most likely to succeed. 10 Characters Who Could Run Things in Westworld's Season 2 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z No, what's interesting – and faintly encouraging – is that for all the negative publicity Google attracts, it remains responsive to culture and to cultural opportunities. Midsummer Night's Dreaming: the RSC takes a smattering of Google fairy dust 2013-05-08T08:54:54Z Her accent sounds faintly British at moments — she worked in London for 14 years — but then the twangy vowels of her Southern childhood re-assert themselves. Carmen Cusack, star of Edie Brickell and Steve Martin’s 'Bright Star,' finds her place in L.A. 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Scattered over a cellophane-coated georgette, the faintly decaying petals do indeed seem a trifle macabre. FITTINGS: Countdown to Fashion Week: Thank the Deli for That Dress 2013-08-21T18:17:47Z When I was an oversensitive, confusedly furious and faintly morbid teenager in the 90s, there was one film director who seemed to know my soul better than anyone. On the set of Dumbo with Tim Burton: ‘Like meeting up with your teenage boyfriend’ 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z "I do think villains are more interesting," he says, in faintly accented English. Vincent Cassel: 'You don't have to be your character in real life' 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z It also doesn’t hurt that it sounds faintly Germanic. Bedsharing but friendzoned 2012-11-16T01:00:00Z Denise looked faintly appalled, but I tried to cheer her up by saying that, from my cursory understanding of Jewish history, Moses also managed without a food processor. My month of being Jewish 2010-04-08T07:00:00Z It’s a bold triptych, foregrounding Fiennes’s darkly troubled sensitivity in the faintly exotic “European” manner that casting directors would often look for in him after his breakout performance in Schindler’s List. Ralph Fiennes's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Lapham portrays Monk as an odd character who is very much absorbed with his own mind and music and seems faintly surprised when the outside world impinges on his life. What to Read This Weekend 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z The chapter is part of the musty old furniture of the novel: familiar, faintly embarrassing, so comfortable that one no longer examines it closely. The Chapter: A History 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Here, JLC attempts to repeat his usual TV trick of doing something wacky and faintly investigative to a difficult deadline, encountering setbacks and upsets along the way. The British Soap Awards 2010 2010-05-19T06:00:00Z In place of the earnestness that has marked so many architecture shows in recent years, their save-the-world drive, this one is cerebral, well-tailored and faintly ironic. 'Make New History,' the second Chicago Architecture Biennial, brings the focus back to square one 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z There's one genuine masterpiece here: River of Pain blends psychedelic folk into a faintly north African atmosphere, and throws in an astonishing orchestral breakdown, a sunrise cutting through the fog. Primal Scream: More Light – review 2013-05-09T19:59:02Z The t-shirt features a photograph of a faintly smiling Ledger posing with a skateboard by the Los Angeles River. T-shirt evokes late actor Heath Ledger as laidback skateboarder 2013-03-22T04:44:18Z Of course, there’s nothing faintly strange in such a development. Three failing experiments? 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Now it seems faintly cringe-making coming from a dramatist who so loved Britain that he spent the last 20 years of his life as a tax exile. This Happy Breed ? review 2011-07-27T17:30:04Z At Merkin, you could make out a chorus in the first section — heard faintly, as if from a distant room. One Night, Several String Quartet Premieres 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z At the same time, there is something faintly optimistic in the idea there are still places that actually find theatre dangerous and subversive enough to think it's worth banning. Subversion on stage: can theatre change the world? 2011-01-06T12:13:12Z This is one of those faintly ridiculous pastimes, something akin to the stuffing of a mushroom. Edging: it's a facelift for your lawn 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Lovett’s characterization is wooden, his plot alternately predictable and faintly preposterous. Book review: ‘First Impressions,’ by Charlie Lovett She glides through the grungy, cyberpunk future of Killjoys with feline grace, and amid a cast of US and Canadian actors, her faintly growly British accent makes her stand out even more. Forget blockbuster movies – Killjoys is a summer thrill ride right here on TV 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z The story pans out in a long, involved and more than faintly preposterous style, though with a few procedural diversions along the way. Jack Reacher – review 2012-12-20T15:29:01Z His friend Adam Gopnik wrote of him: “He smelled faintly, richly, of limes.” Richard Avedon, a Photographer Who Wanted to Outrun the Glitz Factor 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Yet if it weren’t for the charred chaparral faintly visible on the surrounding hillsides, the average visitor might never know. 36 Hours in Santa Barbara County 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z I realise there's something faintly clamorous about Wearing – as if a whole group of people were struggling to break through her skin. Gillian Wearing: A nose for the truth 2011-08-29T20:30:01Z You could see the infrastructure, and the other customers, and there was something faintly shaming about it, as if we had all been caught in some furtive act. A Dark Ride 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z A surge of emotion is created with each repetition, and, every time, the word earns its place by acquiring a faintly different meaning, and tracing a movement from impersonal register to intimate. Poem of the week: Poem by John Cornford 2010-10-25T09:06:00Z This view is what gives even his wittiest Pop work a faintly rank flavor, and makes his dark work genuinely dark. Art Review: ?Warhol: Headlines? at National Gallery of Art - Review 2011-10-20T22:00:37Z His whole career seems faintly — perhaps illusorily — present in this grim but starkly beautiful trek, kind of shimmering on the horizon like a mirage. Film: He?s Fought His Own Way Back to Work 2011-01-09T02:13:01Z She is accessing a faintly smug, terribly naïve Hillary Clinton, as if practicing in front of a mirror for a moment that would never arrive. Victory Speech (Hillary’s Version) 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The slag-heaps along the south bank look faintly like Mount Fuji. A river runs through it 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z Draw up one of those faintly ludicrous but fascinating lists of the 20 greatest novels, and then do the same for movies: do they match up, at all? Good book, great film 2011-04-01T10:08:52Z The effect was mildly uncomfortable and faintly ridiculous; instead of breathing on one another, we spent several hours sitting outside, breathing on ourselves. Fall Preview: The Thrill is Back. So Is the Anxiety. 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Following Mr. Bowie’s death, she found herself instead wearing his scent — a dry, earthy, and faintly woody smell of a common grass native to South Asia known as vetiver. Getting Personal With Iman 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The ad features images of dismembered fetuses with the plaintive cries of “Mommy!” echoing faintly in the background. The ever-changing ideologies of Jane Roe 2013-01-03T16:29:00Z One was faintly reminded of Laurence Moss from Abigail's Party, straining for a level of sophistication, and ultimately making do with snobbery. The Orwell prize gets Hitched 2012-05-28T09:34:25Z “And, though their marriage is at its end, there’s still a spark between them; something faintly electric that refuses to die,” writes our reviewer Moira Macdonald. Memorial Day 2017: What to read, watch this holiday weekend 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z In two-plus weeks of staying home, I’ve renewed my faith in the broadcast networks’ nightly newscasts, perhaps out of some faintly nostalgic idea that watching it is what grown-ups do, come hell or high water. Perspective | Watching the nightly news like Nana is the best way to feel anchored in a sea of information 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Their faces are faintly overprinted with a poem in Farsi about “a person who is unable to extinguish or escape from their burning home.” Photography is the star of the show at Henry Art Gallery exhibition 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z Other fillings include chicken caramelized in lemongrass and flounder baked with turmeric, fragrant and fine, faintly evoking the fabled Hanoi dish cha ca la Vong. For Banh Mi, Violet’s Bake Shoppe Has the Math Down 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Propped high on a pedestal at the exhibition, James’s 1955 evening dress is a showstopper, a stole of black velvet opening like a flower to show off its faintly naughty rosy lining. A Big Bold Show Wants You to Rethink Pink 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Though it reached the top of the charts in early December that year, it was inevitable, though faintly disappointing, that it was pipped to the Christmas No 1 spot by Band Aid. The Power of Love: a magical hit in which the secular and the spiritual entwine 2012-11-15T20:00:00Z But I’m faintly surprised that he’s not trying to translate something from the Chinese or the Hungarian.” Clive James Translates Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ 2012-10-07T20:07:16Z The workers murmur happily as they file up to a spread of spaghetti and sun-dried tomatoes with a faintly boozy fresh fruit salad to follow. Kompakt – Germany's friendly techno label hits 20 2013-03-21T17:39:26Z He is, if nothing else, a faintly heartening reminder of how far one may proceed in this life merely by seeming like quite a nice chap. This week's new tracks 2012-07-06T23:05:23Z Wild Grass Old age is always faintly unnerving. Alain Resnais: vive la diff?rence 2010-06-22T21:00:00Z “Squaring the Circle” is slick and enjoyable enough, but it is also, like the company it chronicles, something of a boutique item, and the reminiscences grow faintly monotonous after a while. ‘Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)’ Review: Indelible Images by Design 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z He seemed to be lying on his face on a hard but faintly furry floor. The wild magic of Diana Wynne Jones 2011-03-29T09:41:03Z As is becoming commonplace with food shows, there's a faintly ridiculous challenge at the end of it that makes it even more amusing. Tonight's TV highlights 2010-08-17T06:59:00Z Hummingbirds zipped in and out of a purple buddleia bush; Hugo, an eager-to-please Border collie, stretched out on the porch, smelling faintly of skunk. An Appalachian Elegy, Hillbillies Not Included 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z I thought it was self-indulgent and faintly ludicrous in its depiction of emotional fragility for 150 pages. What are you reading today? 2013-05-01T14:49:40Z Not dissimilarly, "The Way You Do at the End of Plays" frames the tussle between life's everyday froth and those near-indescribable feelings given voice through art in the faintly tragic meeting of two estranged lovers. Dear Boy by Emily Berry – review 2013-03-22T19:00:01Z Candy-colored striations of dolomite and quartz ran through the tan granite, and human figures painted by Khoisan Bushmen three millenniums ago were faintly visible on the facade. A Birder’s Paradise in Zimbabwe 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z There's something faintly politically recognizable in those themes, particularly the subversion of the state and the camaraderie of one's fellow gangsters. Why the left loves Martin Scorsese movies – especially right now 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z It's easy to be distracted by the taste: faintly sweet, a bit earthy, thoroughly wholesome. How masa harina changed the course of human history — and gave us better tacos 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z In his review for The New York Times, Ben Kenigsberg called the movie “rousing and respectful in its best moments and faintly ridiculous in others.” ‘Midway’ Is a Surprise Winner at the Box Office 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Eugene "Bucky" Cantor, the central character in Nemesis, is another of these faintly struggling figures. Nemesis by Philip Roth 2010-10-02T09:03:00Z The new autumn collection was short and faintly cute — not a word usually associated with this designer — but referring to bras built into short, girly dresses. Fashion Review: J.W. Anderson’s Mesmerizing Weirdness 2014-02-16T18:38:24Z One character's grim monologue about how they came to learn there was no Santa shatters the fairytale myth with haunting, faintly comic pathos. Oliver Pfieffer: Is Christmas the new Hallowe'en at the cinema? 2010-12-24T12:55:29Z As it is, the corner suite goes to Baz Luhrmann, a faintly Gatsby-esque construct himself, who changed his name, fled his home and found wealth and fame as a Hollywood director. Baz Luhrmann on The Great Gatsby: 'Fitzgerald was a clown, just like I am' 2013-05-16T18:30:01Z Despite this intriguing provenance, the smell is not especially memorable; I found it powdery and faintly sour. Please Smell the Art: Anicka Yi Will See That You Do 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z He has outlived virtually all of his peers, something even he seems faintly startled by. Bobby Womack: 'I can sing my ass off, better than I could before' 2012-05-24T19:00:04Z She has had the temerity to focus her new book on a mad genius, a reclusive filmmaker named Stanislas Cordova who faintly resembles Stanley Kubrick, among others, and is said to have legendary dark powers. Books Of the Times: ‘Night Film’ Is Marisha Pessl’s New Novel 2013-08-14T20:32:22Z I remember being profoundly perplexed and faintly amused by the daily ballet that occurred between my grandfather and my aunt. My life behind India’s purdah 2013-01-04T18:32:00Z Red onions are faintly sweeter, so I prefer them for slightly quicker caramelization and when I want their lovely boost of color. Year-round, we take onions for granted. Winter is the time for them to shine. 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z He spoke with quiet urgency, his words faintly misshapen, and when he gestured for emphasis, he didn’t seem to notice that his hands were right in my face. How to Act Drunk, With Richard Roxburgh 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z And in place of the chastening Minimalist music of “Fase” and “Rosas,” there are swaths of silence and old recordings of arias heard faintly, as if inside the women. ‘Elena’s Aria,’ Early Work by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Dismissive, faintly amused by these attainments, the narrator seems to prefer the naked eye. Poem of the week: The Two Deserts by Coventry Patmore 2011-03-28T11:18:29Z But the filmmakers have taken the one faintly "ethnic" or non-American character in the movie, and made him thoroughly despicable. Ebert attacks my "Secretariat" review -- it's on! 2010-10-08T14:58:00Z On Composed, his debut album, he wears all these hats at once, creating a collection of lavishly orchestrated pop songs that throb with expressionistic drama, by turns romantic, playful and faintly sinister. Jherek Bischoff: Composed – review 2012-12-20T22:00:05Z In “Land and Shade,” the setting holds more interest than the plot: a fable-like, elemental story that sketches its characters too faintly to develop much power. Review: ‘Land and Shade,’ Set Among Colombia’s Sugar Farmers 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z These days, “The Mystery of a Hansom Cab” is frequently derided as ill-written or faintly embarrassing, although such reactions puzzle me. ‘Blockbuster!’: The strange tale of the best-selling crime novel of the 19th century 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z In the video of the album's making, it looks rather beautiful, but nevertheless, it was an experiment in communal living that even now he seems faintly astonished the band undertook. Nick Cave: 'The greatest feat of artistic honesty would be to retire' 2013-02-15T05:39:45Z The film “has the faintly surreal look peculiar to Australian movies in which nature pulses with a mysterious, primordial shimmer,” Mr. Holden wrote in The Times in April. DVD: New DVDs: ‘Midsomer Murders,’ ‘George Gently’ 2012-06-29T21:58:00Z Mr. Hassell possesses the faintly exotic good looks of a young man who would enjoy a walk on the wild side. Review: Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘King and Country’ at BAM 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Mind you, even there, the more experimental new run faintly suggests that Shearsmith and Pemberton might be tiring under the burden of constantly turning out gems – and they still have another two series to write. Lame, lazy, lifeless: have TV anthologies lost their way? 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z There is something at once sad and faintly risible here. John Banville on Marilyn Monroe 50 years after her death 2012-08-03T21:55:13Z “It was on its last legs, and I just sort of took it to the other side,” he said of the fridge, grinning faintly. Turning Discarded Items Into Art About Race in America 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z He is not the only benevolent, if faintly alarming elderly man in her fiction; fathers, by contrast, tend to be shadowy or absent. Susan Cooper: a life in writing 2012-12-21T22:54:02Z I’m told the black, faintly bitter, homemade liqueur is an herb-infused vodka. Pestle Rock in Ballard offers unique Thai food 2013-04-18T21:57:29Z It's an intense and claustrophobic two-hander, well acted – especially by her – but frankly a bit of a shaggy-dog story with a faintly unsatisfactory ending. In Your Hands – review 2012-07-19T21:10:00Z To see him work the room with his regal, if rather stiff, air and faintly dandyish royal-blue jacket, you might confuse him for a visiting member of the House of Lords. Graydon Carter, the Last Impresario 2014-02-28T22:40:19Z With their tawdry, topsy-turvy grandeur, these works appropriate the bare concrete floor, which faintly reflects them, as a “Stingel.” Validation successful. There was an error saving this asset. Please contact System Administrator. 2011-03-24T22:20:23Z Power as well as kindness is recognised in the way "She'd carry you back to our own gate/ On the palm of her hand … " There's a faintly visionary aspect, too. Poem of the week: Shepherds by Sasha Dugdale 2013-01-14T10:31:49Z For Ms. Marciano’s characters, travel — or moving to another town or country, another culture — is a way of reinventing themselves, of shrugging off an identity and trying on something enchantingly exotic or just faintly new. Books of The Times: No Safe Harbor for Travelers in ‘The Other Language’ 2014-03-30T21:47:39Z I have read his faintly evil blogs, Art Hostage and Stolen Vermeer, almost since they started in September 2006. The Medium: Art-Theft Blogs 2010-06-04T16:35:00Z Certainly something Aickmanesque faintly suffuses three recent books by contemporary masters of the literary weird tale. Review | Stories that are strange, fantastical — and utterly engrossing 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Pork jowl is braised, grilled and dusted with toasted ground rice, making each slice faintly crisp. Review | Hanumanh serves Laotian dishes and drinks so exciting they make a critic long to be a regular 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z French language songs played faintly in the background, and I listened to a woman in a Chanel jacket tell her companion that “orange is the one color that looks good on everyone.” Is the Best Pedicure in New York Worth $85? 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z In manner, the saturnine, faintly academic-looking actor is closer to the solemn, contained David than the impishly feral Dexter Morgan; he leans forward on the sofa, hands clasped, speaking thoughtfully and deliberately. Michael C Hall: 'I was always playing some fastidious control freak' 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Or we can find our energy sapped by an evening with a "poor me" friend, or become faintly disgusted by our own thinking if we've read too many romance novels in one go. The internet: is it changing the way we think? 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z Christopher Smart's Jubilate Agno was directly modelled on the psalm, and, much later, DH Lawrence wrote free verse that bears faintly the same imprint. Poem of the week: Psalm 23 2011-02-07T10:26:09Z When I put it to my lips, it tastes faintly like an Andes mint and makes me feel deeply out of touch. We killed the cigarette. What we got in return is mango-flavored nicotine in ‘party mode.’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z “Remember me, but ah! forget my fate”: faintly evocative words from one Nahum Tate. Review: Orchestra of St. Luke’s, With Susan Graham 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z But after she posted about her training experience on Instagram, and began sharing post-treatment photos of her faintly luminous, delighted clients, demand exploded. The Secret to Beauty: A Stranger’s Hands Inside Your Mouth 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z It is faintly ridiculous, and I am ashamed. 'Sick and asphyxiating' – why we live in an age of anxiety 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Viewed in slow motion, it’s a faintly disgusting spectacle. We are all addicts now 2013-05-11T23:00:00Z The child elder starts humming, then moaning, deep and steady and not at all faintly aroused. The Clairvoyance of the Fourteen-Year-Old Aretha Franklin 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z According to a Silos representative, Mr. Armani conceived and supervised the building’s renovation, now a graceful, faintly monastic megalith. Armani’s Four-Story Wardrobe 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z At times Mr. Tepfer recasts the harmony, tending to mood and hue; elsewhere he goes in for faintly comic departures, making a sport of transposition. Music: Jazz Records Inspired by Paul Motian 2011-12-04T04:03:06Z When Ms. Tuttle, a youthful 45, says the word “ballet” in her crisp and faintly accented voice — she grew up in South Carolina — she instills it with a kind of sacredness. A Ballet Teacher Changes the Rules 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Despite this misery the song ends with an unexpected and faintly frenetic guitar solo that always leaves me wanting more. Old music: Ross – Swallow Your Dreams 2013-01-31T07:00:00Z Gavin was wearing calfskin half-boots, a green and brown tweed suit and waistcoat, faintly striped pink shirt with a brown woollen tie. Final Demands by Frederic Raphael 2010-05-07T23:18:00Z It was the unheimlich, the uncanny: the body I dwelt in was my home, of course it was, but in each respect it was faintly awry. 'I was weak, despairing, confused': did writing a novel make me ill? 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z In its early days, it was the preserve of the travelling circus and the peep show and even now – even inside the most sterile, overpriced Multiplex – there remains something faintly illicit about it. The best crime films ever: any criminal omissions? 2010-10-17T11:00:00Z But there are also four terracotta reliefs cast from the gallery windows, faintly pink, but terribly stark. Rachel Whiteread: 'I couldn't say no. It felt right to do this one' – interview 2012-07-07T19:19:01Z Photograph: Richard Saker for the Guardian For many fathers, the feeling lingers that part-time is at best professionally risky, at worst faintly unmanly. I don't know how he does it! Meet the new superdads 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z They tasted faintly of vanilla and cane sugar, which was neutral — maybe net positive, but ultimately not thrilling. The absolute best way to make sugar cookies 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Colorism was still there, faintly: I remember getting scolded for playing in the sun too long. I am not your exotic unicorn: going on Tinder as a queer, dark-skinned black woman 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z But it still doesn't take much for things to turn faintly absurd. TV highlights 16/07/2013 2013-07-16T06:00:12Z Is it faintly insulting that Amy is mapping her own mommy issues on a poor family who is seeing its very welfare threatened? Enlightened: The Best New Show No One But You, If You Are Bothering to Read This Post, Is Watching 2011-11-08T15:44:38Z Relocated to a farm in South Africa in the 1890s, Mr. Abrahamse’s adaptation focused less on the faintly melodramatic love-triangle plot to recast the play as a fierce fight for possession of the land. Tennessee Williams and Eugene O’Neill Side by Side, Under the Sun 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z “Pizzazz” was satisfying media shorthand: it was fun to say, spangled in “Z”s, faintly vaudevillian—an anxious catchphrase that framed a serious subject. The Search for Pizzazz at the Impeachment Reality Show 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z They are unsettling, resistant to tidy denouement and faintly misanthropic, all qualities that I generally find appealing in short fiction. Short story collections dive in to this fall Tom Stoppard's comment on the news of the Dante translation was to be "faintly surprised he's not trying to translate something from the Chinese or the Hungarian". Clive James – a life in writing 2013-07-05T07:45:01Z She picked up the menu, sticky and smelling faintly of the cloth that must have been used to wipe it down after the last patron. Fiction: “Double Take” by Jessica Francis Kane 2013-03-02T16:00:00Z This sounds faintly heretical, but it also applies to two more of the six—the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and the “Last Judgment” on the chapel’s altar wall. The maestro’s maestro 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z But none of them has generated a myth with serious international popularity, let alone one that can compare, even faintly, with the fortunes of the North American cowboy. The myth of the cowboy 2013-03-20T18:00:01Z Mostly, Beltway Plaza has found a niche as a large — and faintly 1980s — urban souk, hawking the necessities, and the oddities, of immigrant life. The future of malls is bleak. But one of the D.C. area’s oldest malls has found a niche: immigrants 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The often faintly embarrassing rustic masque also becomes a Slavic peasant ritual plausibly filled with "sunburned sicklemen, of August weary". The Tempest ? review 2011-04-10T20:31:00Z But the implied profundity of the violence struck me as faintly ridiculous. The Many Violations of the Violent Birth Scene 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z There’s a nip in the air and a faintly russet tone to the leaves, which can mean only one thing: The fall movie season is upon us. 54 movies to see this fall 2013-08-28T22:52:22Z “Sea of Glass” fits that categorization, faintly calling to mind Saki’s ironic short stories, Ivy Compton-Burnett’s campy tragi-comedies and the early satirical fiction of Evelyn Waugh. ‘Sea of Glass’: A 1955 masterpiece you’ve probably never heard of 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z "Oh a sonnet!" nods Murdoch, cold‑ridden, sipping whisky, smiling faintly. Love, Belle and Sebastian-style: Laura Barton interviews the indie heroes 2010-09-30T21:45:00Z We dipped out of the security queue and I surrendered, faintly mortified, to assisted travel. The gift of a lifetime: how trans 'top surgery' changed my life 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Personally, I’m looking forward to an R-rated Wolverine, as seeing him slice through hundreds of goons for 16 years without a single drop of claret being spilled has become faintly stupid. Will Deadpool lead to a deluge of hard-R comic book movies? 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z “On a hormonal level, I’m just a teenager,” Ms. Ménard said, with a faintly ironic smile. A Transgender Director Who Defies Genres (to France’s Confusion) 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z And sure enough, there were times when I thought I discerned, faintly, the ghost of Johann Sebastian Bach. Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Music Wanders the Park Avenue Armory 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Katherine's revelation of a previous tendresse for a young poet associated with the locale – together with the couple's surname – may faintly recall Joyce's short story The Dead. Viaggio in Italia (Journey to Italy) – review 2013-05-09T21:29:01Z Pieces of foutou, dense and faintly sweet, are pulled off and dabbed in stew, to drink it up. Sharing the Food of an Ivorian Childhood at Paradis des Gouts 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Others are liable to find it faintly ridiculous, more of a haiku than an actual drama. ‘Grantchester,’ a British Detective Series on PBS 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Complete darkness, however, was a lucky break, because when Lovell looked out the cockpit he noticed a faintly glowing trail in the water. ‘The Lost Art of Finding Our Way’: navigating by nature 2013-07-11T22:35:40Z As with miso, there are many types of bagoong: dry or oily, toasted or raw, bright pink and briny or dark brown and faintly sweet. Angela Dimayuga’s 10 Essential Filipino Recipes 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z She was always a great reader, "pathologically so", she says, and an early, faintly obsessive interest in synchronised swimming was diverted by teachers at her comprehensive, who encouraged her love of writing. Jo Shapcott: the book of life 2011-01-27T08:00:06Z At night, when the sea breeze isn’t blowing inland, Juan-les-Pins smells faintly like North Africa, a combination of diesel, dust, cooking oil and cloying flowers. On the French Riviera, Fitzgerald Found His Place in the Sun 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z I squinted into the darkness and faintly discerned dozens of lights flickering all along the horizon. In Estonia, a Hotel Keeps Its Promise 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z More typical of the collection were the camel coats and navy tailoring, faintly military, but with none of the elaboration of Ms. Giannini’s show of a year ago inspired by Russian folklore. 2010-01-19T13:01:00Z His work is now being carried on by the faintly sinister Dr Curt Connors – played by Rhys Ifans – a man with just one arm, who longs for a lizard's ability to regrow limbs. The Amazing Spider-Man – review 2012-07-04T11:42:32Z In both standup and song, this is a boy faintly sickened by his own virtuosity, by the glibness of comedy and the egotism implicit in art. Bo Burnham 2010-08-11T20:30:00Z From bear hunting to dominoes, debt collecting to heavy drinking, the extracurricular expanse is at once exhilarating and faintly exhausting. The Best Video Games of 2018 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z “Good People” is a faintly ironic title — if only in that it sounds so firm — but the play itself avoids easy ironies. On Broadway, Old Friends Walking on Air 2011-05-12T14:27:20Z The crowd faintly thrums with the desire to mother him. Paolo Nutini 2010-04-10T23:08:00Z “My mother moves a little bit away from me and says faintly, ‘She learned it by herself, it’s not our fault,’” Ditlevsen writes. Beyond the Cruel Facts of Her Life Are Truths That Cut Deep 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Where Pinero wrote with kindly affection about the camaraderie of theatrical companies, Wright seems to faintly patronise the characters. Trelawny of the Wells - review 2013-02-27T00:47:00Z I think it has to do with the network's corporate personality, which fuses Nielsen-chasing shamelessness with heartland pandering and a faintly sanctimonious blandness. Meet the worst new TV show of 2011: "Suspect Behavior" 2011-02-16T15:01:00Z The atmosphere is humid and full of faintly sweet scent. This florist started caring for ailing orchids on the side. He’s now babysitting 13,000. 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Her jacket, despite its faintly rocker-ish metallic striations, seemed a halfhearted concession to propriety, as far removed from her seditious roots as a truck is from a Jeep. Marianne Faithfull, as Years Go By 2011-12-23T21:47:23Z Some are cleanly if faintly typed and have the quality of breath on glass. New John Fowles poems published 2012-06-20T08:31:29Z A few beats later, we hear “The Jean Genie” by David Bowie pulsing faintly in the background over the action. Behind the music on “Vinyl”: There are Strokes cover bands that sound more like Lou Reed than this 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z The meat arrives remarkably tender, without having lost its faintly untamed character. A Menu That Roams Ecuador From Queens 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Twombly’s signature line, nervous and diagonally adrift, makes a tentative appearance, faintly penciled, suggesting a sloping hill in six drawings near the entrance. Cy Twombly, Redefined by His Drawings 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z When the coffee was ready, Agnes dialled the upstairs bedroom phone, but its ring, heard faintly in the distance, went unanswered. Karen Carpenter's tragic story 2010-10-23T23:03:00Z “Abraham and Isaac” is sublime, but it made the rest of the concert seem faintly anticlimactic. Music Review: Britten in Juilliard’s Spotlight at Alice Tully Hall 2013-12-04T22:33:18Z One, in oil on aluminum, is faintly reminiscent of sliding doors in a Japanese mansion, with their small translucent square panels. Art: Gerhard Richter, Grand Master of Our Time 2011-10-28T12:00:09Z We view the heroine and the con men objectively, and are asked to find the latter faintly comic. Review 2010-09-16T23:33:00Z Doug Elkins provided a kind of modern-Baroque choreography — people twisting around dyed silk scarves and the like — that felt faintly amateurish, as did the awkward movement of the singers up and down the central aisle. Opera Review: ‘La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers’ at St. Paul’s Chapel 2014-01-02T22:36:48Z The new “True Detective” is faintly pretentious, manageably ridiculous, and dull. “True Detective,” Reviewed: Clever Chronology Tries to Conceal an Unclever Cop Show 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z With a glance at my own battered minivan, with its sticky cup holders and booster seats smelling faintly of baby puke, I went inside. Lessons on Living a Better Life From a 109-year-old Man 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Standing your ground in a calm, detached and faintly amused way in the face of his illogical and unsustainable position is your second choice. My husband won’t let me drive our car, because I’m a woman | Dear Mariella 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z I know I'm in a minority of one on this but I can't see in it much more than a faintly exploitative tribute to a falling star. Year of the great performance 2011-02-07T14:26:28Z The crime is solved, of course, but somehow the solution is all faintly tinged with regret, collateral damage and moral compromise. Will Spiral become your new favourite Saturday night Euro cop drama? 2011-04-01T14:30:00Z With its scholarly title, Mr. Mac’s show may sound soberly academic — like a singing textbook — but if you’ve ever seen him in performance, you know there’s nothing even faintly fusty about him. Taylor Mac’s ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: 1900-1950s’ 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z This set focuses on Fleming’s imperial phase, which lasted from the mid-90s to the late aughts, and wraps her singing in the faintly present resonance of the opera house’s acoustics. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z They have pleasant, mild scents: the Universal Cleaner, $6, smells like lemongrass; the Hand Soap, also $6, faintly musky, like sandalwood. Are You Cleaning Enough? Celebrities Want to Help. 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z It was not the room itself, which was plain and penitentiary stark, faintly perfumed with Pine-Sol and which cost, as I remember, $27 a night. My Life in Hotels 2011-12-02T14:36:36Z The "truer form" in which the countries and individuals will then see each other "with new-won eyes" has faintly biblical overtones. Poem of the week: To Germany by Charles Hamilton Sorley 2012-11-14T10:20:03Z It is a typical Bogarde moment – predicated upon rage, the uneasy exchange of power, and the sense of something faintly sexual. Dirk Bogarde: the rebellion of a reluctant pinup 2011-03-24T21:59:00Z Played by Pete Simpson, Brendan Dalton and Gideon Banner at the matinee I caught, the Blue Men are like benevolent aliens — perplexed, faintly anxious and deliriously fond of making both music and a mess. Review: Blue Man Group Shows a Sense of Fun at Astor Place Theater 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z In fairness, what happened seemed faintly surprising: if Speech Therapy wasn't the most ground-breaking nomination on last year's list, nor was it a bad album. Mercury prize 2010: a heavyweight lineup avoids controversy 2010-07-20T13:42:00Z They move between London, where they live in faintly seedy neighbourhoods, and the countryside, where they rent a cottage with Russell. Time present and time past 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The second part is all very sweet and sincere, but there's something about his opening words that seems off – a little mannered, a bit old-fashioned and faintly familiar. Are you ever too old for pop music? 2012-06-16T23:06:03Z Shooting in Athens, Ga., where he grew up, Mr. Ponsoldt keeps the perspective close to Sutter, near enough for us to sense faintly that sadness in him. Movie Review: In ‘The Spectacular Now,’ Growing Pains Precede Graduation 2013-08-01T21:23:20Z There are faintly audible traces of Tiesto's sage, wizened hand in the production, too, which score it a few bonus points. Songs with telephones, teeth and Tiesto 2010-03-17T16:24:00Z It’s a bit random — sometimes the color suffuses the whole radish; other times it’s subtler, like a sunrise that faintly streaks the sky. The hidden beauty of root veggies Yet, he acknowledges, in these financially straitened times, worries like this can seem faintly pointless. Noises off: The hidden cost of recession in the theatre 2010-07-14T12:23:00Z His elusive, not very attractive and rather problematic character makes for a compelling though sometimes faintly misguided biography. Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century by Paul Kildea – review 2013-02-07T08:00:01Z Mr. Egremont, who interviewed her, seems to have found her faintly evasive; perhaps after all these years of reverent interviewing she suffers from symbol fatigue. Books of The Times: ?Forgotten Land? by Max Egremont - Review 2011-12-28T22:10:01Z And there is a twinkle in the eye of the Maltese priest that Melamid has not put there, just as the rappers appear both morose and yet faintly baffled. Alexander Melamid and Yinka Shonibare 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z Though the comparison to chicken meat is apt in many ways, rabbit has a slight gaminess that, combined with its delicate size, lends the experience of eating it a faintly primal air. Eating the Easter Bunny 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z The sketch illustrates the faintly silly ceremony of the "encore" process, but imagine if they didn't reappear on stage and the house lights went up. Why are new acts so reluctant to show us their hits? | Priya Elan 2010-03-24T11:52:00Z The next section, with Srivastava in his underwear, faintly illuminated by more hand-held lights, might represent rebirth, a New Man. Review: A Choreographer Stakes an Independent Claim 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Glowing faintly, the abstracted images appear to hover on the wall. The scenes of a crime: Kota Ezawa revisits the Gardner Museum theft 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z He narrates the book himself, his Texas accent and cadence flickering in and out, his voice faintly husky with reminiscence. Review | Three great new audiobooks for your holiday drive 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z That initiatory dinner consisted of mashed potatoes and jellied cranberry sauce from the can, a dish he loved because its sweet-and-sour flavor tasted faintly of home. The American Thanksgiving 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z There, silhouetted figures carrying torches move about, faintly illuminated by light from the mouth of the cave. ‘Expedition Content’ Review: Anthropological Maneuvers in the Dark 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z The brick walls are covered in gold leaf, and electric artificial cherry blossoms glow faintly. Young Photographer Breaks the Rules, Finds Success 2010-07-30T23:50:00Z The mood was friendly, while also faintly tense, a reflection of the work ahead. Onstage, ‘Designing Women’ Sheds the Shoulder Pads, Not Its Politics 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z On the day of my missed period, I took a pregnancy test that came back faintly positive. Ending a pregnancy in the last days of Roe 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z He felt inextricably connected to Kosovo but also alienated from a place he’d only faintly known. A Life Altered by War and Transmuted Into Fiction 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Chakaia Booker’s sculpture “Anonymous Donor” touches most directly on the issue: Using scraps of tires, she has formed dark, undulating walls, which still stink faintly of the junkyard. Newly scrubbed Renwick Gallery opens Friday 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z As it progressed, the show posed thornier challenges for Sharon and Rob — right up to this season’s final and faintly ambiguous walk-off. Review | ‘Catastrophe,’ peak TV’s finest love story, drifts away as beautifully as it barged in 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z The choir sounded at its most assured and impassioned on this rehearsed material, but though Treece's writing was deft, it veered toward a westernised Lion King gloss that faintly jarred with McFerrin's warmth and naturalness. Bobby McFerrin/London Vocal Project 2010-05-30T20:31:00Z However much you enjoy the process of cooking, it feels faintly ridiculous going to town over something to be gobbled down in the company of Netflix. Great meals for one – go on, treat yourself 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Khmeli-suneli, a fragrant, faintly bitter spice blend, perfumes a soup of beef and rice and exalts an otherwise banal ensemble of cucumbers and tomatoes. Hungry City: Old Tbilisi Garden in Greenwich Village 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z But it turned out to be a faintly morbid publicity stunt to promote their new action stomper, The Tomb. Outtakes: the week's film news in brief 2012-02-09T20:00:13Z But in our craving for a clean slate, perhaps we overlook the pleasures of places that are already freighted with meaning, somehow familiar or faintly remembered. | Editor's Letter 2012-11-16T21:08:30Z "It's a murder story," he said, smiling faintly as he stepped inside. Werner Herzog: a killer at the table 2010-06-22T20:31:00Z He was also faintly ludicrous, a sultry male Marilyn Monroe, pouting and puckering as he gazed at his own imagined reflection with lowered eyes. | 'When You?re Strange': Documentary Recalls the Fire of Jim Morrison 2010-04-09T00:08:00Z The place smells faintly of cheese and lavender. A Labor Day tribute to restaurant workers, cooking and serving food they can’t afford to eat 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z It tasted faintly of honey, matched with floral highlights and a mild bitter finish. Explorer: In Vietnam, Traveling an Unlikely Beer Trail 2010-02-17T19:12:00Z Given that Michael Jackson virtually admitted his entire life was a cautionary tale of child stardom, it seems faintly perplexing that this somewhat gauche youngster should be making such an early debut. Michael Jackson's kids are following in his celebrity footsteps 2013-03-14T19:17:12Z Mr. Rosenwinkel played a tremulous repetition at the keyboard, around which a deep unison arose: double bass, bowed, and bass clarinet, faintly brayed. Music Review: Mining His Vault: Kurt Rosenwinkel at Village Vanguard 2010-06-24T21:21:00Z Like most network dramas, it's got a faintly ridiculous soap opera element, and over the years there's been a measurable escalation in weekly mayhem. "Southland": TV's best cop show survives -- and thrives 2011-03-01T15:02:00Z The depths of the vodka turn faintly pink; the color slowly rises. The Tipsy Diaries: The Kitchen Sink in Your Drink 2010-09-02T21:30:00Z Tory, with his faintly aristocratic James Bond manner and hilarious last name, took McKinney's side in almost gentlemanly fashion and printed her version of the story, which he now cheerfully admits was largely rubbish. "Tabloid": The beauty queen who "raped" a Mormon 2011-07-15T00:30:00Z “When Marnie Was There,” a wistful, lovely and faintly sinister fable about a lonely tomboy and her spectral new friend, may well be the final animated film produced by Japan’s legendary Studio Ghibli. “When Marnie Was There”: Tomboy meets ghost in this wistful seaside tale that might be Studio Ghibli’s last 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Its cleanliness is faintly amusing – the emphasis here is on the importance of tender words: "It's not just sentimental," Rosing assures us. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2011-07-21T21:22:01Z Lights faintly illuminate their slumped heads and shoulders; their shadows are cast on the right wall, evoking Kara Walker’s silhouettes. Review: In ‘Hang Time,’ Lynched Men Tell Finely Tuned Tales 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z It smells faintly of dark chocolate, molasses and/or mahogany. Perspective | Does this rare coffee taste like poop to you? 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z The Christian Louboutin facade is overgrown with orchids, the interior enlivened by a faintly Moorish décor. Miami’s Design District Looks for an Upgrade 2013-01-25T23:09:40Z My opinion is no, but as the saccharine taste builds up faintly towards the end, it's a close-run thing. Mental – review 2012-11-15T22:00:03Z As a 15 year old at the time, I was enthralled as I watched and then faintly terrified in the months after. Final Destination at 20: the bleakest teen horror film ever made 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z She was the only one who seemed even faintly responsible or grown up in the story. Neil Gaiman's top 10 mythical characters 2013-06-14T08:00:00Z And also love … Things are complicated by a bunch of faintly cartoonish gangsters, who strike the one false note in the novel – they seem to have wandered in from a trashy Guy Ritchie movie. The Hit by Melvin Burgess – review 2013-04-17T10:24:26Z “Postcards From the Edge” was a faintly disguised portrait of your struggle with drugs. No Business Like Their Family Business 2010-12-04T23:10:00Z As the title character, Matt Ryan is great as the world-weary, faintly sleazy, self-proclaimed exorcist, demonologist and master of the dark arts. 'Constantine' haunted by the ghost of a story 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The best iteration of the flavor "unicorn" is Little Debbie's Unicorn Snack Cakes, which are passable, though they taste faintly of perfume that's been left in a hot car. What does unicorn flavor actually taste like? 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Another, faintly flickering incarnation of that self was on display in a film that was being projected onto the walls behind the actresses. Banned in Belarus, but the Shows Go On 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z That intangible sense of continuity, of weight, is missing here, so that you are always aware of the faintly humming machinery of the script, and of the willed subtlety of the performances. Review: In ‘Louder Than Bombs,’ a Father and Sons Grieving 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Widmerpool, back in volume one a faintly laughable, essentially friendless schoolboy famous only for his funny overcoat, is now Major Widmerpool. The literary (anti)heroes of middle age 2010-09-01T09:33:00Z Picture 31 of these gigs, back to back, featuring a diverse array of acts whose common denominator is faintly elusive, all of which are being filmed. Goldfrapp; Marina and the Diamonds, Roundhouse, London NW1 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z And yet … and yet … this is somehow also a slightly anti-climactic ending to a faintly unsatisfying festival. Cannes 2012 roundup: why the jury's Amour for Haneke was an anti-climax 2012-05-28T10:01:04Z In to launch In a Forest, Dark and Deep, which he will also direct, LaBute looked faintly puzzled by his reputation for unrelenting gloom. Matthew Fox makes British theatre debut in Neil LaBute play 2010-11-22T16:11:00Z As interpreted by a slender, fragile-looking Mr. Harris wearing casual attire, he is a skittish, faintly androgynous man-child of the sort that Robert Cummings played in his 1950s sitcom, but less predatory. Music Review: A Bachelor, Five Couples and All Their Tuneful Discontents 2011-04-08T23:21:13Z She did not speak at all until minute 14 of the broadcast, when she could be heard saying, faintly, “I’m sorry,” in an unsuccessful attempt to break into the discourse about student loan debt. Marianne Williamson: A Politico or Apolitical? 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z The pavilion itself, in any case, faintly resembles a Guildford tearoom. Mike Nelson's art must punch above its weight at the 2011 Venice Biennale | Adrian Searle 2010-03-31T10:39:00Z Then they started giggling, faintly and then furiously. Muna’s Fresh Start 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z If anything, Rose finds it faintly absurd that people are still interested in her previous life. 'Age has nothing to do with it': how it feels to transition later in life 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z “The faintly disgusting excitement to be had from observing a man of the learned, moneyed classes revealed as a murdering beast?” New Book Returns to an Irresistible Theme: the Harvard Murder 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Because the resolution on your spouse becomes clearer and clearer by the year, you must find compensatory ways to blur and pixelate them back into a soft, muted, faintly fantastical fog. Marriage Requires Amnesia 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z She looked faintly unbelieving and asked me whether I would mind sitting down until after takeoff. What happened when my flight was invaded by ants 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z It was rich and lush and tasted faintly of berries. Wine, Olive Oil and the Good Life in Uruguay 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Filtered faintly through the feathers I seemed to hear them suggest scrolling tweets along the top. Radio review: A month in Ambridge 2011-08-23T20:30:01Z It was a role that showed off Williams’s talents – the zaniness, the dressing up, the bizarrely transparent absurdity, combined with his big-hearted, faintly lachrymose vulnerability and sentimental concern for children. Robin Williams remembered: "What a remarkable performer. This is a brutal shock" 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z If it is only faintly bitter, you don't have to throw it on the compost pile; the bitterness can be masked by a salad dressing. What to do after extreme heat wrecks your garden 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z There was uproar, followed by a faintly baffled clarification. Jeremy Irons: ‘I have the natural tendency of a benign dictator’ 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z For example, after reading about an alchemist who extracted faintly glowing phosphorus from human urine, Aldersey-Williams tries to duplicate the feat. 'Periodic Tales' a charming look at the elements 2011-04-08T12:06:12Z He might look like an affable, faintly geezerish young man, but underneath Jon Richardson's everyman appearance lies a much more complex personality. This week's new comedy 2011-03-19T00:06:49Z The main block, with its faintly asymmetrical facade, is entered via a bridge surmounted by an elegant high narrow arch inspired by the Propylaea entrance to the Acropolis. Newcastle's Ryder Architecture celebrates 60 years of modernism 2013-06-19T10:50:59Z The effect is faintly jarring, yet the inversions form such good plain images we might forgive them, and even feel they help us slow down and look. Poem of the week: Telling the Bees by John Greenleaf Whittier 2012-06-11T16:30:08Z Laboring cows and bodily fluids aside, “Admission” is an often pleasant, faintly comedic drama that too often struggles to find its tone. ‘Admission’: Faintly comedic drama earns a passing grade 2013-03-21T15:05:35Z Ms. Ullmann’s hypnotic intensity brought a transfixing gravity to Eva’s accusations, which even extend to faintly ludicrous complaints about enforced haircuts in her girlhood. | 'Autumn Sonata': A Fraught Mother-Daughter Drama 2011-04-28T22:18:19Z It is rousing and respectful in its best moments and faintly ridiculous in others. ‘Midway’ Review: Pacific Theater Action. Dinner Theater Accents. 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z “I don’t want to die,” the woman said faintly, dropping her gaze to her leg. Earning my EMS passage: All EMTs have one day that changed their lives — this was mine 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Because these actors are Weisz, on whose beautiful face emotions flicker like fireflies, and Shannon, whose faintly mournful expressions imply a profound story not yet told, the film is never less than interesting. ‘Complete Unknown’ review: Mystery lingers in this uneasy mix of romance, suspense 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z No media, besides a faintly heard nightly radio show that relays messages to those living remotely. Perspective | Nothing really happens on ‘The Last Alaskans,’ which is why it’s still the best reality show 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z I walked through the turnstile in a daze, only faintly aware of the people around me. I Wanted to Be Dominated. But Not Quite Like That. 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The whole piece is faintly ridiculous, full of mannered gestures and closing with a dogwhistle-high F, but with Tynan's wit and charm it brought the house down. The Turn of the Screw; BBC Proms 32, 35, 36 ? review 2011-08-13T23:06:02Z You hear them playing faintly as you disembark from the elliptical machine, and you forget them by the time you whip your towel into the laundry bin. The Artless Spectacle of Maroon 5 at the Super Bowl 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z They strike sparks and the film permits them some engaging and faintly surreal comedy in the dialogue. Cannes 2012: Broken ? review 2012-05-18T16:32:40Z In the way of a great orchestral composer, he will introduce a particular synthesizer voice very faintly in the greater swarm, bringing it in gradually. Pharoah Sanders and Floating Points Meet in the Atmosphere 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The finishing touch is that the paintings are scented, so a faintly sticky perfume fills the small room. In the galleries: Artist Francie Hester’s pieces show allure of the old The customers look up from their phones and smile faintly. They came to IHOP for pancakes. They stayed for her song. 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Numb, more like it, and faintly irritated, too, as if a prevailing blankness were this production’s hopefully unwitting bequest. Theater Review: Psychological Turbulence Onstage 2011-10-18T13:00:19Z In its first iteration at the Baltic, the show looks faintly ghosted by the abstract grid that organises it, but sufficiently randomised so that the order is enigmatic. As if by chance 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z He had published a book of poems faintly critical of the regime. Books of The Times: ‘The Man Who Loved Dogs’ Centers on Trotsky 2014-01-21T22:09:20Z But Richard Kiel’s Jaws was part of a Bond tradition – faintly offensive by implication – that these henchmen are exotic foreigners, nasty pieces of work. Richard Kiel's Jaws: the Bond villain whose bark was worse than his bite 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Moreover, nothing about “Frida” any more seems even faintly clumsy, musically or theatrically. Death haunts Frida Kahlo's long and clumsily winding road to the lyric stage 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z His last studio album, Trespassing, is faintly remembered for its two lead singles: the stodgy power ballad “Better Than I Know Myself” and energetic piece of Bruno Mars showmanship “Never Close Our Eyes.” Review: Adam Lambert's 'The Original High' Is a Solid Pop Album 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z We know it with a stack of corroborating scholarship and we know it implicitly, so that even making a list of the accomplishments feels faintly tedious, and is helpful mainly as a counter to Eurocentrism. Black Body: Rereading James Baldwin’s “Stranger in the Village” 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Mirroring her view of Africa’s public and private side, Ms. Chipaumire’s flinty, faintly masculine presence seems to be about what you think you see versus what is really there. Dance Review: Nora Chipaumire?s ?Gukurahundi? Recalls Zimbabwe?s Past 2010-05-23T21:41:00Z The oldie develops from a fond and faintly patronizing wisp of cautionary advice: “Darlin’ don’t you go and cut your hair / Do you think it’s gonna make him change?” How beabadoobee’s “I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus” Reckons with a Rock Idol 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Up to that point, “The Quick” is a persuasively textured and faintly dreamy historical fiction set in 1890s England. Pop culture’s “Twilight” plague: How vampire-ifying stories is ruining perfectly good plots 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z |
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