| 单词 | flaccid |
| 例句 | The legs were loose, the belly flaccid and limp. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He found a woman with flaccid breasts, affectionate and cheap, who calmed his stomach for some time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Without her mockery, affection for others sank into flaccid disrepair. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They went with the pot roast done in the pressure cooker along with the limp carrots and the flaccid potatoes and the onions with their slippery layers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Gripping the edge of Colonel Cathcart’s desk with both hands, he lifted his flaccid haunches far back on the corner to sit with both short legs dangling freely. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Whatever a ‘pig-of-a-louse’ was, it did describe the whitish, flaccid, parasitic Dove. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The two young lieutenants nodded lumpishly and gaped at each other in stunned and flaccid reluctance, each waiting for the other to initiate the procedure of taking Major Danby outside and shooting him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In the face of the enthusiasm of others, she suddenly felt flaccid and afraid. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He was slow and flaccid, with the kind of world-weary negativism you might find in employees behind the counter of a fast-food restaurant at a highway rest stop. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He could feel the flaccid weight between his legs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His limbs became flaccid, his eyesight shrouded by a dark mist. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Buzz’s muscles were flaccid after the Apollo 11 mission. forte. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But Antonapoulos was always bland, and no matter what happened the gentle, flaccid smile was still on his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Those who remembered his gums that had been destroyed by scurvy, his flaccid cheeks, and his withered lips trembled with fear at the final proof of the gypsy’s supernatural power. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I come to the end of things, dear friend, and he waxes mickle; my tides have gone slack and flaccid, while his swell newly to proxigean spring and rush through the gut. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It was as though his eyes were holding their breath, while his mother looked at him, her face flaccid and querulous, interminable, clairvoyant yet obtuse. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z At forty- four, Linda seemed, by contrast, a monster of flaccid and distorted senility. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The record producer Thomas Z. Shepard telling her, “It’s just flaccid.” John Mulaney and Seth Meyers Fondly Send Up Sondheim. He’s Amused. 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z “Succession” has always had a feel for how the shamelessness of extremists defeats, and is enabled by, the flaccid reasonableness of centrists. In ‘Succession,’ Democracy Goes Up in Smoke 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Since Ahlstedt remains flaccid through the ardor, the sex scenes that raised the ire of the Customs Department stirred little tumescence among U.S. viewers and critics. Dead Sex Kittens: Farewell to Three Icons of Movie Eroticism 2011-02-10T08:10:00Z So when Bieber said "I don't really believe in abortion, it's like killing a baby," they were too busy looking at his flaccid excuse for a haircut to notice. Abortion: thank God Justin Bieber fans won't be listening to his mother 2013-01-24T13:05:48Z There was the ponytail palm that went from bouncy to wilted in a matter of a week, and the cactus that dropped its spines before turning yellow and depressingly flaccid. I was a serial houseplant killer, until I stopped making these five mistakes 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Set among a small group of friends in Montreal, the movie eyes the flaccid fallout when two of them are goaded into sharing a kiss for a student film. ‘Matthias & Maxime’ Review: Unsealed With a Kiss 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z When the dictionary admits the ignorant pronunciation of “flaccid” without a hard “C,” she writes that “mass cluelessness has prevailed.” The Long Hot Summer of Grammar 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Her eyes drop to his flaccid member, and back up to his face; she continues to revel in her amusement. “Outlander” shows full male nudity — and laughs in the face of rape 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z Of what was labeled, correctly, as Matsuzawa: “Faceless, typewriter, neat as a pin but utterly flaccid performances with small, tiny poetic gestures added like so much rouge on the face of a Russian doll.” A Violinist on How to Empower Asian Musicians 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z The the "delightful tunes" and "winning performances" but the "flaccid" production was guilty of "slack storytelling". Lloyd Webber's Ward musical to close 2014-02-25T09:35:50Z Forget everything you just read and think: flaccid bird, soft-spoken glazes. Here come the BonChon imitators 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z As if by unspoken collective agreement, designers seemed content to stay within their individual wheelhouses, to use the flaccid terminology of baseball and corporate America. Italy’s Men’s Wear Designers Stress Their Heritage 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Maybe from now on we'll see a demonstration of mature filmmaking, rather than just a flaccid string of excuses to poke us in the eye. Resident Evil Afterlife: it's purgatory in three dimensions 2010-07-14T11:35:00Z That’s what I did with Kimmy Schmidt’s flaccid last season, for example, so maybe that explains a lot of the list. Which Netflix shows are being binged the fastest? 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z For whatever reason, I've always had an innate distaste for bacon that is flaccid or not teeth-shatteringly crispy in any way. The biggest mistake you're making when you cook bacon 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Along with the significant artistic problems seen in FX’s flaccid new series “Tyrant,” you could add the unfortunate timing of the latest headlines from Iraq, where all has been for naught, perhaps permanently. FX’s ‘Tyrant’: Like sands through the cliched hourglass, so are the days of our despots She describes it as "at once corporate and semi-baroque" and "anchored" by a white PVC tailored suit jacket that is "seedy and flaccid". Best new artists 2010-10-16T23:02:00Z Variety points to an array of problems – sloppy, poorly finished visual effects, flaccid scripts and a lack of solid direction from studio head Kevin Feige. "Loki" speaks to Marvel's biggest concern – if only the studio will heed it 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z These are merely descriptions of the cosmetics of a story that means well but is narratively flaccid. "Strange World" is a box office flop, but not for the reasons the right is claiming? 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z But whatever the cause, just as Atwood begins exploring the horror of living in an incorporated terrarium, the story deflates into a flaccid sex comedy. Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Heart Goes Last’: A satire of unbridled capitalism 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The benefits claimant lays on his sofa, flaccid and worthless. Yet the CEO, our suited model of success, rushes around, engrossed in emails, documents and expense account lunches. America’s Donald Trump complex: We’re addicted to consumption — and it’s destroying us 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z With feeding tubes and a catheter, I accepted that, despite my flashing, he might remain flaccid. Sex in a hospital bed 2013-05-28T23:00:00Z Inescapably, "Going the Distance" gets more flaccid and ordinary as it manages the highly predictable yuks emerging from Garrett and Erin's efforts to keep their relationship going across 3,000 miles of low-budget separation. "Going the Distance": Can Drew Barrymore save the rom-com? 2010-09-03T11:01:00Z This time around, the unhilarity is almost uninterrupted, and sometimes magnified by miscasting and flaccid pacing. Theater Review | 'Lend Me a Tenor': LaPaglia and Shalhoub Clown Around at the Music Box 2010-04-05T02:09:00Z In the flaccid terminology of both baseball and corporate America, designers generally stayed within their wheelhouses. Men’s Fashion Review: Gucci, Calvin Klein, Prada and More 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z When it comes to sides, I'm not a proponent of flimsy and flaccid steamed vegetables or mashed potatoes, so I almost always opt for pasta. Think chicken is boring? These inspired takes on Italian-American classics will change your mind 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z But this time, Mr. Crowe loves his subject too well and too blindly, producing a lecture in Rockology 101 that is dramatically flaccid, burdened by respect — and, yes, sanctimonious. Review: ‘Roadies,’ Building Each Night’s Stairway to Heaven 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The stunts hold up, but Moore is on the exit ramp and his flaccid relationship with 24-year-old Carole Bouquet is a deathly embarrassment. James Bond on film – ranked! 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Of course this inclusionary method makes for thin, flaccid, facile entertainment, but more meretriciously, it undermines the purpose of biographical cinema. Hollywood needs to stop letting stars author their own biopics | Charles Bramesco 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z At the loss of my hair I am placid, And my beer gut don’t raise stomach acid, But big Pharma has learned They’ll get all that I’ve earned By instilling fear that I’ll go flaccid. Style Invitational Week 1088: Our winning F-word limericks! (No, not that F-word.) He is the fussy, respectable head of a household, rigid in his arrangements but temporarily flaccid in bed. Swallows and Amazons; Get Santa!; The Animals and Children Took to the Streets; A Flea in Her Ear ? review 2010-12-19T00:06:17Z The word "flaccid" was used in several reports of the event. Simon de Pury: the Mick Jagger of art auctions 2010-04-18T20:30:00Z Like the disparity between the image on a lasagne packet and the pale, flaccid reality slumped in the plastic tray within, I often experienced some gulf between expectation and reality when dressing. How to give up clothes shopping: 'I became skilled at hiding holes' 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Because of this "Roadkill" come across as flaccid in key points despite Laurie's charm and his best efforts, alongside that of its stellar cast. Four years into a scandal-pocked presidency, "Roadkill" just seems flat 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, collars - like flaccid marzipan in celebratory cakes - unfurled down from the neck; while a few white stitches, that he used sparingly, succeeded in dominating and defining whole looks in black. Lanvin, Nina Ricci, Balmain are ladylike on day 3 2013-03-01T04:16:08Z But after slogging through both recently, I remain staunch in my opinion that the book is among the most drearily indigestible of so-called modern classics, and the movie rich in visual atmosphere but dramatically flaccid. Review: ‘Doctor Zhivago,’ the Broadway Musical 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z "And a male director probably would not have depicted male nudity the way Julia Leigh does -- as old and flaccid." Women grab Cannes spotlight with disturbing tales 2011-05-13T12:58:17Z Instead, he opts for a flaccid falsetto that kills the whole buzz on what is a legendary classic rock anthem. Four overlooked albums of 2011 2012-01-04T22:44:06Z “Sympathy” is too paltry and flaccid a word for the state of mind this describes. The joy of literary destruction: Writers who broke all the rules 2014-01-19T15:00:00Z And Swift herself tackled each period of her career — the dynamic ones and the flaccid ones alike — with real gusto, in outfits covered in glitter, or fringe or glittery fringe. Taylor Swift, Pop’s Maestro of Memory, Returns to the Stage 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z The gloves are off at tonight’s Republican debate, with even the rhetorically flaccid senator from Florida trying to get a few licks in. The GOP hopefuls are getting beyond ugly in the most entertaining debate to date 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z She grabbed at the flaccid folds, and rubbed at her skin like it was covered with insects. Shattered by childbirth 2014-03-16T00:00:00Z The moment they run away together, the already flaccid film deteriorates into sudsy hokum that not even Mirren can redeem. 'Love Ranch': Brothel drama descends into sudsy hokum 2010-07-22T21:49:00Z One was admittedly flaccid, but the best show of them all. If you thought that the leaders' debates were revealing, see what happened when we put them on Chatroulette 2010-04-30T23:30:00Z Backed by a country-music beat, he sang and semi-rapped about “a soft and flaccid man” who was liable to grant amnesty to undocumented aliens despite his campaign promises to the contrary. Trump and ‘Morning Joe’: How a long and ugly feud just got even uglier 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Not surprisingly, Lee works the symbol of James’s flaccid face on several levels. In This Novel, a Man’s Face Becomes Distorted. His Sanity Follows. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Egan even disparages the modern Columbia River as “flaccid, clipped by more than a dozen big dams.” Books of The Times: ‘Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher,’ by Timothy Egan 2012-11-11T23:33:07Z Temperature is important: If the wine is too warm, especially in the summer, it will be flaccid and fatiguing. In Zinfandel, Brawn Wins Out 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Trump worked so hard for his flaccid, sanitized photograph: a man standing with nothing but white bureaucrats — most of them men — on the plaza in front of a neatly boarded-up house of worship. Perspective | Trump’s photo with his loyalists was a vulgar mess. And Ivanka brought a handbag. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Now, I do get it — I've ordered far too many chicken Caesar salads that were topped with flaccid, arguably not-even-actual-chicken "strips." Think chicken breasts are boring? You're probably cooking them wrong 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Even 8,000 miles and an ocean away from Manhattan, it is good, if flanked by a flaccid pickle and a tad light on the Thousand Island dressing. A New York Deli in Hong Kong? Yes, and It’s Good 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The human odour is "like old clothes", the flesh "white mushroomy flaccid". Poem of the week: Hymn of Hymns by John Rodker 2013-04-29T16:24:03Z This dud was followed by a few flaccid Donald Trump digs. Fallon flubs, Streep Soars: The highs and lows of the Golden Globes 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Writing about all people of color, for instance, or about all homosexuals, is the same silly oversimplification as writing about all people, which results in flaccid storytelling. White pride in my classroom 2013-06-05T00:00:00Z The heads are disproportionately big, the hands claw-like, the limbs flaccid or cricked and skewed in defiance of anatomy to get across further expression or character. Alice Neel: Painted Truths 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z Aramark reduced portion sizes and some facilities provided nothing more than flaccid bologna sandwiches for dinner. Michigan’s failed effort to privatize prison kitchens and the future of institutional food 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Shaking the Habitual is alternately utterly gripping and unbearably boring; incredibly bold and strangely flaccid, viscerally thrilling and hopelessly over-thought. The Knife: Shaking the Habitual – review 2013-04-04T14:30:01Z The piece has moderate historical value as an example of British farce in its flaccid state before Joe Orton came along to corrupt it. Dry Rot – review 2012-07-30T17:15:00Z Holding this film back is something more significant, a flaccid script written around a half-decent premise that some of the best actors currently working can sell in moments, but not as a whole. Great acting can only take HBO Max's throwback noir "The Little Things" so far 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Yet of all the holidays we’ve turned into festooned tent-poles that hold up the flaccid fabric of our lives, Thanksgiving seems to offer the most promise. Thanksgiving celebrates all that our country holds dear: gluttony, sloth and avarice 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z While director Richard Attenborough’s film is supposed to show how Hemingway’s wartime experiences influenced his book “A Farewell to Arms” and his later image as a macho adventurer, this flaccid romance instead features Hemingway crying. Hemingway on film: 6 films that take him from a WWI hotshot almost to the bitter end 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Perhaps the moviemakers were trying to say something about masculinity and its discontents with this detour, something about castrating fathers and flaccid sons. | 'Peep World': Things Fall Apart When a Family Gets Together 2011-03-24T21:13:04Z Yet the music is full of traps for a conductor, especially when it comes to pacing and rhythmic freedom; give singers too much expressive leeway, and things can easily turn flaccid. Review: In Her Met Debut, a Conductor Leads a Fresh ‘La Bohème’ 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z The mugging and flight of Falstaff is flaccid: the scared fellow strolls around the corner from his attackers as if he's playing peekaboo. This Happy Breed; Henry IV, Parts One and Two ? review 2011-07-30T23:05:50Z What might be achieved by engaging with Ukrainian art and film beyond the flaccid goal of raising awareness? What Does It Mean to Live in Ukraine? Filmmakers Offer Their Answers. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z We heard how flaccid an election campaign it was, with the Conservatives so dejected they took any measures they could to help Ted Heath through the contest, especially the Leader's conferences each morning. Radio review: Back Home: Wilson, the World Cup and the 1970 General Election 2010-06-24T07:00:00Z It was there in the X-rays: the shadows around my bones, the flaccid outline of my kidney, and the stent curled like a worm in my bladder. Modern Love: My Illness, the Third Partner in Our Relationship 2014-04-24T19:30:01Z The moment they run away together, the already flaccid film deteriorates into sudsy hokum that not even Ms. Mirren, with all her wiles, can redeem. | 'Love Ranch': Attraction and Possibility When Sex Is Just Business 2010-06-29T22:43:00Z Agree, the storytelling is slow and flaccid compared to previous seasons. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Our patience was rewarded with a roasted half-chicken, its skin flaccid and jaundiced and the mashed potatoes under the bird drowning in melted butter. If you’re wondering what a model neighborhood restaurant looks like, here it is 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z In the film, Ailes is pathetic, yearning — and, we learn, flaccid. The cathartic laughs of "Bombshell": Why dark comedy speaks to us in the #MeToo era 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z She was referring, of course, to the show’s “Too many naked breasts, you say?” moment: a bouncing closeup of something gray, flaccid, and horrible that in no way evens the score. “Game of Thrones”: The Door 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z The chili, rich and chocolate-brown, does just what you want it to do for the thick, juicy hot dog or the nachos, whose chips were flaccid one night but crunchy another. At Señor Frog’s in Times Square, It’s Spring Break Forever 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z They're more likely to turn out flaccid and flimsy instead of crisp and brown. 3 biggest mistakes to avoid when cooking mushrooms 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z So when Hims, a new company dedicated to marketing and selling attractively branded wellness products, announced its debut earlier this month, one teaser image, propagated online, was a keeled-over, flaccid cactus, an unsucculent succulent. Finally Putting Some Fun in Erectile Dysfunction 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z And sometimes, when I feel myself getting soft, I read Muriel Spark — a cold-martini splash of quick, uncompromising prose onto my sickly, flaccid writing face. Cathleen Schine Writes Fiction. But She Prefers Not to Read It at Work. 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z This seems a relatively flaccid conclusion: It's easier to write a column or blog than a book? Writing a book isn't supposed to be fun 2013-03-28T11:04:05Z Rather it’s the plain, old-fashioned, over-the-top mockery that shows a White House hopelessly out of control, compromised, flaccid from the get-go and comically inept. Our president is a TV addict. It’s going to get the best of him, but he’ll never get the best of it. 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Despite the film’s flaccid gestures toward the sexism of the period — to boost sales, the women’s pictures are added to their bylines — “Boston Strangler” is a dreary, painfully stylized slog. ‘Boston Strangler’ Review: Chasing a Killer (and a Byline) 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z It felt flaccid — a "Twitter rampage"? Is this how we articulate ourselves now? — but I digress. Burgerama draws the approval of a music festival-hating musician 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z But after the hyperactive, popular Roosevelt, Taft seemed staid, uninspiring, flaccid. ‘William Howard Taft’ Review: Taking the Bully Out of the Pulpit 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z The song is the nest of damp, flaccid lettuce an expertly seared fillet has been spooned onto. The Singularity of Adele’s Soul 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Since we know Julia has had plenty of experience, Winston’s flaccid personality seems less a commentary on people with Y chromosomes than a knock on one specific erstwhile hero. A feminist take on Orwell's '1984' reads like the original — only better 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Trump uses his Svengali act to mesmerize millions into believing he cares about them, when it's obvious that he is only running for president to try and keep his aging, flaccid backside out of prison. Joe Biden says the right things — in Lithuania. But does that even count? 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Retail sales on Tuesday will be the next test of flaccid consumer demand, following shocking results from import and inflation numbers. Morning Bid: Debt impasse dominates in big day for politics 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Critics on the right, like philosopher Allan Bloom, once complained about the flaccid relativism of progressives who preached tolerance as the highest virtue. Review | What would Freud say about our online behavior? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Retail sales surged more than 10%, giving hope that hitherto flaccid domestic demand could also turn around. Morning Bid: China's economy gathers pace but markets unimpressed 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z “This video, on the other hand, produces thick and flaccid noodles, which is never my vibe, seemingly just to end up as an ‘Italians mad at food’ meme.” A blender TikTok pasta recipe outraged Italians. There’s a better way. 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Trump's speech was variously described as "boring." "flaccid." "dead," "low energy," "stupid," "tedious" and "lacking excitement." Wake up, MSM: Donald Trump's comeback is not funny 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z However low the Republicans set the bar, the flaccid Democrats barely crawled over it. We won't get fooled again — I think. Trump's back, but let's hope it's a brief visit 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Acute flaccid myelitis cases typically lag behind EV-D68 respiratory illnesses, so monitoring for additional infections in the coming months will be "essential," the CDC says. A polio-like virus is infecting children. Here's what we know, and how to avoid it 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Spread of the virus was likely limited by the stay-at-home and masking requirements in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic; there was no significant increase in acute flaccid myelitis that year. A new virus to worry about: EV-D68 can cause paralysis in children 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The textiles, dotted with human teeth and flaccid balloons, are embalmed in clear, glistening resin that holds it all in place. Review: As drought deepens, nine L.A. artists think about water 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z The osmotic state within the guard cells determines their turgor; when the guard cells are flaccid, stomata close. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z He was initially diagnosed with a possible case of acute flaccid myelitis, caused by inflammation of the spinal cord that results in severe muscle weakness and paralysis. Unvaccinated man in Rockland County, N.Y., diagnosed with polio 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z That could change, however, as acute flaccid myelitis cases typically lag behind EV-D68 respiratory illnesses, so monitoring for additional infections in the coming months will be "essential," the CDC says. A polio-like virus is infecting children. Here's what we know, and how to avoid it 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Mask wearing, school closures and others measures to fight COVID-19 may hamper the spread of acute flaccid myelitis, a mysterious paralyzing illness. A new virus to worry about: EV-D68 can cause paralysis in children 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Another is the pollo con mole verde, in which the nutty sauce cannot conceal the flaccid skin that slips and slides atop the chicken leg and thigh. Review | DC Corazon offers tacos, mole and all the comforts of home 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Hypotonic muscles have a flaccid appearance and display functional impairments, such as weak reflexes. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Fuller, Cage and Cunningham ate breakfast together every morning the summer Fuller built his flaccid geodesic dome. Why Are We Still Talking About Black Mountain College? 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z In 2012, a polio-like condition called acute flaccid myelitis suddenly emerged, causing weakness in the arms or legs of healthy children that often persisted for months or years. Opinion | How to think about the unexplained cases of severe hepatitis in children 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z However, there were no increased reports of acute flaccid myelitis or related paralysis as of Aug. 30. A new virus to worry about: EV-D68 can cause paralysis in children 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z But novelists have been flaccidly imitating the 19th century realists for so long that it’s a shock when one carries it out this successfully. Review: How Douglas Stuart subverts the Victorian coming-of-age plot 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z The first step is to learn how to hang in a rigid position, rather than flaccidly. How to Master the Pull-Up 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z This flaccid response is not the social media mastery to which the Putin regime lays claim. Perspective | How is the war going for Putin on social media? Not great. 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z It had recently been linked with acute flaccid myelitis. The Pandemic Set Off a Boom in Diagnostics 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z But because increases in EV-D68 cases typically foreshadow increased cases of acute flaccid myelitis, officials say it’s essential to be extra vigilant in the coming weeks. A new virus to worry about: EV-D68 can cause paralysis in children 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z But it softened a raw, revolutionary musical’s essential sharp edges and sugared Bernstein’s music through Hollywood-style orchestrations and flaccid conducting. Commentary: Does 'West Side Story' work best as a film? An opera? Neither? 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Instead of relying on flaccid tropes — talking with your mouth full, spit/swallow binaries, off-course emissions — Novak’s comedy defamiliarizes, cutting through centuries of heterosexual lore to reveal the raw act as something even more absurd. A Brief Introduction to Philosophy (Through a Certain Sex Act) 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z That's the whole point of the GOP proposing — and in many states enacting — laws to suppress the votes of people not in line with either what's left of traditional Republicanism or politically flaccid Trumpism. Trumpism on the run, California recall shows 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “What happened here is that the weakest, most flaccid form of citizens review that could be constructed was constructed,” said Ricky L. Jones, a member of the board. When communities try to hold police accountable, law enforcement fights back Another possible cause of acute flaccid myelitis and paralysis can be polio. A new virus to worry about: EV-D68 can cause paralysis in children 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z I believed that the government conspired to track my thoughts and movements — as if my flaccid stanzas and banded collar Wilsons Leather biker jackets were a threat to the state. Opinion | Racism Makes Me Question Everything. I Got the Vaccine Anyway. 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Even mild intoxication leads to more flaccid neck muscles, which can cause an increase in both the duration and force of bruxism to restore airflow. Grind Your Teeth? Your Night Guard May Not Be the Right Fix 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Let’s just say that zoning rules were a little more flaccid back then. Why was there an alligator farm at Lincoln Park? It was one of many odd amusements of L.A.'s past 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z As recently as August, CDC officials warned doctors and parents to be on the lookout for cases of the polio-like condition, known as acute flaccid myelitis. Coronavirus shutdowns have quashed nearly all other common viruses. But scientists say a rebound is coming. 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z In general, more than 90% of cases of acute flaccid myelitis have been in young children. A new virus to worry about: EV-D68 can cause paralysis in children 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z In Rep. Ted Yoho's flaccid apology for verbally abusing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, he cloaked his attack in holiness, stating, "I cannot apologize for my passion, or for loving my God, my family and my country." The Republican convention was an altar call at the Church of White Masculinity 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Acute flaccid myelitis, which may be caused by any of several viruses, is marked by a sudden weakness or paralysis of the limbs. Federal officials warn of seasonal spike in polio-like condition that mostly affects children 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z The pandemic is dominating public health work right now, but officials are trying to draw attention to the polio-like condition they call acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM. COVID-19 measures could disrupt rare polio-like disease 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z This performance curve implies that the stomach muscles of competitive eaters may lose their ability to contract back to their original size, leaving them “with a big flaccid bag for a stomach,” he said. Scientists have finally calculated how many hot dogs a person can eat at once 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z It left the hearts of two men in their 40s, recently treated by Griffin, flaccid and unable to pump enough blood. Profile of a killer: Unraveling the deadly new coronavirus 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z It left the hearts of two men in their 40s, recently treated by Griffin, flaccid and unable to pump enough blood. Profile of a killer: Unraveling the deadly new coronavirus 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z It left the hearts of two men in their 40s, recently treated by Griffin, flaccid and unable to pump enough blood. Profile of a killer: Unraveling the deadly new coronavirus 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z But the Global Times, in a recent article, said China’s people “are no longer satisfied with a flaccid diplomatic tone.” 'Put on a mask and shut up': China's undiplomatic diplomats hit back at critics 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z The Chinese people, it said, “are no longer satisfied with a flaccid diplomatic tone.” China’s diplomats show teeth in defending virus response 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Among them was a crumpled unicorn, a flaccid bunch of red birthday balloons and a plastic bag that had been inflated and fitted with a payload. Gaza militants target Israel with party balloons bearing bombs 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z The contrast between the controlled pressure of her touch and my flaccid smear shocked me, physically. The Art of Dying 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z As with most bills that include a path to legalization for those in the country illegally, there are some enforcement parts of the bill as well, but they are particularly flaccid in this instance. Farm bill panned as mass ‘amnesty’ for illegal immigrants heads to vote in House 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z “When it was taking off in the ’80s, we would see patients come into the hospital on a gurney so flaccid they were unable to walk. A severe shortage hits a drug used for cancer, immune disorders, epilepsy, causing canceled treatments and rationing 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Sylvester Stallone’s once-iconic character lumbers to the finish line in this flaccid fifth installment, which is a Frankenstein’s monster of badly photocopied references to the previous movies, limply strung together with the laziest of screenplays. ‘Downton Abbey,’ ‘Ad Astra’ and 4 other movies open Sept. 20 in the Seattle area; our reviewers weigh in 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Apart from that confirmed case, a case of “acute flaccid paralysis” thought to also be polio was awaiting confirmation, he said. Philippines Declares Polio Outbreak After 19 Years Free of the Disease 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z But this was a troubling display, flaccid and unfocused. For decadent, deficient Real Madrid the problems start in midfield | Jonathan Wilson 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The silhouette figure, the flaccid drawing of the cops, and the illustration of an action are all anomalous. Basquiat’s Memorial to a Young Artist Killed by Police 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Or: His normal reflexes show that it isn’t acute flaccid myelitis. The Durable Feeling That a Child Is Always at Risk 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z A tape dispenser unfurls a rippling pink tongue, a trio of uncapped pens droop flaccidly in their mug, and bitten chocolates expose centers soft and rosy. The hairbrush made of fingers and other scenes from the mind of Genesis Belanger 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z The researchers say they found Enterovirus-D68 in the spinal fluid of one of six children who suffered acute flaccid myelitis, a mysterious and sometimes deadly paralyzing illness. Researchers: Virus linked to polio-like illness 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Women’s rights activist Gloria Steinem took several shots at President Trump on Thursday, calling him “nasty” and “flaccid” while speaking about the importance of abortion at a Planned Parenthood event in Connecticut. Gloria Steinem blasts ‘flaccid’ Trump at Planned Parenthood event 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Maybe Washington figured making noise in free agency would revive a decidedly flaccid fan base. Perspective | Landon Collins is a good player, so why the raised eyebrows? Redskins history. 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services said in a news release Friday that the fifth case of acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, was confirmed in a child from Douglas County. Fifth case of polio-like AFM confirmed in Nebraska 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z In his flaccid and boring address he also called back to tired Republican talking points about the evils of "socialism." Cascade of lies from the prince of lies: But don't kid yourself, his fans loved it 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Yet rarely has the show looked so flaccid, so bored with its own existence. Lazy homophobia signals the end of the road for Clarkson and co | Fiona Sturges 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z She also reportedly referred to him as “nasty” and “flaccid.” Gloria Steinem blasts ‘flaccid’ Trump at Planned Parenthood event 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Reported in 46 states and the District, acute flaccid myelitis, known as AFM, causes muscle weakness and in some cases paralysis in the arms or legs, terrifying parents and puzzling medical researchers. Poliolike illness AFM tests an overstretched public health system 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Elaine Young told Minnesota Public Radio that the bulk of her days consist of making phone calls and therapy appointments for her son, Orville, who was diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis in July. Minnesota mom works to find help for son’s rare illness 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z People with acute flaccid myelitis experience weakness in their limbs and paralysis.Credit: Machine learning helps to hunt down the cause of a paralysing illness 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Another case reported in Douglas County as likely being acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, was dismissed after a thorough review by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State’s first case of AFM confirmed in Nebraska child 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z If confirmed, the individual would be the first person in the state to contract acute flaccid myelitis. South Dakota officials review report of paralyzing illness 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Health officials call the condition acute flaccid myelitis. More US kids get paralyzing illness, cause is still unknown 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s investigation into an increase in reported cases of acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM. Arkansas confirms 3 children ill with polio-like condition 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Doctors coined a name for the condition — "acute flaccid" for the sudden and total paralysis and "myelitis" for the part of the spinal cord involved in muscle movement. As polio-like illness strikes dozens of children, doctors say the CDC is being too cautious - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The North Dakota Department of Health said Wednesday it’s the department’s first report of a potential case of acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM. North Dakota reports possible case of paralyzing illness 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z OUCH: Senators from Iowa and Minnesota are calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to look into the recent outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis that has occurred in both states. The Health 202: Maine's race for governor could end Medicaid standoff 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z In heart failure, the organ itself is damaged and flaccid, often as a consequence of a heart attack. Tiny device is a ‘huge advance’ for treatment of heart failure 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Allow a fully cooked chicken to linger under a heat lamp, or sit too long in a holding unit, and its skin is bound to turn flaccid. Review | You don’t have to drive to the suburbs anymore for great Peruvian chicken 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Three weeks from now, we might realize this game said more about the Cardinals — who played both stupidly and flaccidly, to remarkable degrees, under first-year Coach Steve Wilks — than it did about Washington. Perspective | It’s only one game, but the Redskins allow you, yes, wait for it . . . hope 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z The Washington Post reported that Trump even refused to issue a laudatory tribute to McCain's years of service to the country, insisting instead on a flaccid tweet sharing thoughts and prayers for the family. Nothing Donald Trump can do will drive his voters away: If last week didn’t do it, what will? 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Then he kissed me, his lips wet and flaccid, his mouth open wide enough that his teeth dug into my lower lip. Opinion | What Father Bradel Did to Me 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z I undress her and her skin is sallow, her breasts flaccid and goosefleshed. “A Refugee Crisis” 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z The blossoms turn flaccid by daybreak, lingering a bit longer into morning only if temperatures are very cool. Cereus: a cactus that blooms just a few nights a year 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Stewart held a news conference outside the Capitol where he compared the Republicans to toilet paper, called them “flaccid” and said he felt sorry for their wives. Glance: a look at Corey Stewart’s past 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Destigmatizing men’s erectile woes is a noble mission, but the company’s claim that it’s “weird” to leave a frustratingly flaccid member unmedicated does far more harm than good. Hims’ on-demand Viagra doesn’t guarantee good sex 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z And what is this flaccid “urging” but a refusal to acknowledge what is readily evident and, therefore, complicity by another name? Trading Snarl for Smile, Pompeo Makes Case to Lead State Dept. 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Feeling tired, he laid down, and on waking four hours later, he and his wife discovered that his arm was flaccid. Perspective | Too many people die from strokes because treatment is delayed 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z But he’s also a bomb thrower who waves the Confederate flag, demonizes undocumented immigrants and recently said he felt bad for the wives of “flaccid” fellow Republicans in the General Assembly. A state lawmaker gives Corey Stewart competition for GOP Senate nomination 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Stewart compared the lawmakers to toilet paper while also calling them “weak” and “flaccid.” GOP-led push for Medicaid expansion faces roadblocks 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z It’s a name on a parr with Julian, for flaccid pretension. Why I’m glad no one wants to call their baby Nigel any more | Nigel Planer 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z At each moment, Roe was met by a government rendered flaccid by its new role as protector not of working people or of the middle class, but of capital. How a deadly chicken processing plant fire reveals a decline in worker protections 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Trump is so afraid of offending his Tiki Tribe that he didn’t even own his flaccid statement with “I.” Perspective | Trump lit the torches of white supremacy in Charlottesville. We must extinguish them. 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z My thighs are flaccid and so is my heart, my strength, my daring, my do. With a Glimpse of Mortality, Losing Sight of the Wild 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z The losers evoked adjectives like “funky” and “flaccid.” Donald Trump, Senate, George Pell: Your Evening Briefing 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z “These lyrics are so flaccid,” one online commenter wrote when the song was released this spring. A City Apart: Hong Kong Marks 20 Years of Chinese Rule 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told reporters that the 17 children with acute flaccid paralysis first showed symptoms between 3 March and 23 May. Syria war: Polio paralyses 17 children in Mayadin and Raqqa - BBC News 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z For example, a flaccid, overcooked noodle that doesn’t need teeth to chew it would not be al dente. Pasta PSA: Please don't buy terrible supermarket fresh pasta. Here's why 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Doing something about it requires that Washington neither continue its flaccid appeasement nor retreat toward economic nationalism. Opinion | How Trump can stop China from eating our lunch 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z There’s something flaccid about globalism, which is de-spiritualized and which doesn’t really have an answer for our economic and cultural problems. Bannon’s battle for hearts and minds 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Nearby a collection of scrawny cows, with their ribs protruding and flaccid udders, grazed on what little vegetation could be found on the sere ground. Severe Bolivian drought hurts crops, threatens capital 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z The huarache, stuffed with a microscopic layer of refried beans, deservedly brings up the rear: The oblong length of fried flatbread was too flaccid to provide much support to its poor toppings. El Ranchero y Sus Mariachis: The masters of masa in Beltsville 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The Washington State Department of Health in a statement Friday says the eight cases are acute flaccid myelitis, also known as AFM, which affects the nervous system and specifically the spinal cord. Washington state polio-like cases linked to rare syndrome 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Julie Graham of the health department says two of the nine children were confirmed with a rare virus known as acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM. Health officials report new case of polio-like illness 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z He was placed in a wheelchair and taken back to the clinic where the nurse described him now as “just flaccid”, loosely able to articulate intense pains in his chest. One man's death hints at the wretched medical care in private immigration prisons 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Doctors coined a name for the phenomenon: acute flaccid myelitis. Hundreds of American kids are suddenly paralyzed, and doctors still don’t know why 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z To wit: “I gave my guy a lap dance but I sang in Yiddish. He was flaccid and weeping at the end.” The Limits of Perversity in Amy Schumer’s Standup 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z In addition, inaccessibility also made it difficult to effectively investigate reports of acute flaccid paralysis cases. New Outbreak Threatens Nigeria's Efforts to Eradicate Polio 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Anyhow, in those early moments, we saw the same efficient Kirk Cousins who led Washington to a division title, and the same flaccid running game that rarely helped him. Sloppiness aside, these Redskins are doing the preseason right 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z And at least for the time being, the bleak, flaccid economic landscape that Trump so vividly details rings true for millions of Americans across the country. A Tale of Two Economies 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z “Acute flaccid” for the sudden and total paralysis and “myelitis” for an injury to part of the spinal cord involved in muscle movement, called the gray matter. Hundreds of American kids are suddenly paralyzed, and doctors still don’t know why 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z It’s simply a dull chore steeped in flaccid machismo, a shapeless, poorly edited trudge that adds some mildly appalling sexism and even a soupçon of racism to its abundant, hideously timed gun worship.” Critics deem 'Suicide Squad' a 'disappointing disaster' 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Acute flaccid paralysis is weakness in the limbs in children under 15. New Outbreak Threatens Nigeria's Efforts to Eradicate Polio 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z In his own convention speech, Trump painted a picture of a nation with a flaccid military, wracked by crime and cowering in fear of terrorists. Hillary Clinton’s speech combines Bernie’s economics with JFK’s resolve 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z It squares nicely with the age-old affinity among conservative Americans for flaccid, ineffective, anodyne politicians. Mike Pence: A Conservative Proudly Out of Sync With His Times 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Between August 2014 and January 2015, 120 children in 34 states were diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis, according to federal health officials. Hundreds of American kids are suddenly paralyzed, and doctors still don’t know why 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Their apprehension is grounded in NATO’s flaccid response to Putin’s aggressive revanchism, particularly in Ukraine. Resisting the revisionists: Finally, a first step 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump rose to prominence by describing the United States’ response to terrorism as flaccid. How Donald Trump Waffled on Abortion, Torture and a Muslim Ban 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z He wasn’t even his usual swashbuckling self on Twitter over the weekend, merely taking a few flaccid swipes at the New York Times and retweeting a couple of women who say they like him. The “Madman Theory” of Donald Trump: What’s the GOP supposed to do about a lying, authoritarian demagogue? 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z There was no shortage of melodies, but the albums seemed flaccid and cluttered. Paul McCartney’s Magnificent Melodic Gift 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z The problem, he says, is that the GOP over the years has become “flaccid organizationally, and structurally.” The Case for a Really Open GOP Convention 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z At first I was somewhat doubtful at his flaccid visage in his early scenes, as if the young man was trying too hard to emote a sense of distance from the doctor. ‘Equus’ at D.C.’s Constellation Theatre Company has Ross Destiche shine as Alan Strang 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z South Korea and Japan in presenting a united front, which “must be a firm one, not a flaccid one.” Kerry off to Asia to address maritime disputes, NKorea nukes 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z "It is very important to present a united front ... but that united front has to be a firm one, not a flaccid one," the official told journalists traveling with Kerry. Kerry to press China over North Korea, urge ASEAN unity over South China Sea 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z And the body is flaccid and lividity is fixed. The Living Dead 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z So out comes Jeb!, swinging away at Mr. Trump with his flaccid exclamation point. CHARLES HURT: Debunking ‘conservative’ concerns about Donald Trump 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Learn more about acute flaccid myelitis at the U.S. Child Paralysis Cases Spiked During Virus Outbreak: Study 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z But this is indistinguishable from Mr. Obama’s hands-off approach to the conflict, notwithstanding the administration’s flaccid efforts to arm a credible opposition and bomb ISIS. The Cruz Imposture 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z I am surprised to see Krugman indulge in this kind of flaccid logic. It’s Paul Krugman vs. Noam Chomsky: This is the history we need to understand Paris, ISIS 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Under the flaccid public disclosure laws that he engineered, Mr. Silver never explained the kind of work he was doing outside the Assembly. Testimony at Sheldon Silver’s Trial Suggests How Lucrative Mesothelioma Was 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z When that nerve is injured or destroyed, the muscle will be paralyzed and flaccid. Think Like a Doctor: Out of Breath Solved! 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z That's because the California Department of Public Health instituted active surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis after receiving three separate case reports in the fall of 2012, following 14 years in which no cases were reported. Child Paralysis Cases Spiked During Virus Outbreak: Study 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z With hopes tied to attracting high-paying business and conference guests, the flaccid state of the regional economy, stemming mainly from the slowdown in China, is a concern for hoteliers. Philippine Hotels Boom Leaves Glut of Beds 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z In their view, diplomacy, the State Department’s raison d’etre, is nothing more than a flaccid attempt to dilute American power. Trey Gowdy’s historic Benghazi implosion: A political witchhunt that would make Joe McCarthy squirm 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Along with most omnivores, I’ll happily pick up a neat clingfilmed tray of flaccid pink chicken breasts, but I couldn’t pluck you a hen. The public dissection of a zoo’s lion is essential viewing for meat-eaters | Helen Russell 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z His book is never flaccid or flat, but it does not leave you wishing for more. New York, from Punk to Trump 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z The disgruntled Detroit post-punk band's previous album, "Under Color of Official Right," pushed through the increasingly flaccid independent rock scene like a unexpected punch to the gut. Julia Holter's 'Have You in My Wilderness' is a breathtaking and rewarding listen 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z "I'm more like a flaccid, awkward Hunter S. Thompson," he said. A peek inside the spin room's chaos and characters 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z For now, the CDC believes the outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis is over. New type of paralysis, with unknown cause, striking children 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Donald Trump’s one idea to reverse America’s Obama-driven descent into a chronically flaccid economic existence is that he would “force” Mexico to erect a fence. Trump in River City 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Despite announcing his candidacy with a speech that was substantively unoriginal, historically challenged and rhetorically flaccid, Rubio garnered mostly positive reviews. Marco Rubio’s cynical gambit: Why his slippery stance on immigration is a win-win 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Well, actually, the rules are written in such a flaccid manner that the ECB could do anything it liked. IMF's Lagarde To Greece; Pay Us Or Else 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z The researchers found the genetic signature of a specific type of enterovirus D68, called B1, in half of youngsters who developed acute flaccid myelitis. New Research Tightens Childhood Paralysis-Enterovirus D68 Link 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, analyzed genetic sequences of enterovirus 68 cultured from 25 children in Colorado and California with limb paralysis, also called acute flaccid myelitis. Enterovirus 68 May Be Linked to Paralysis in Children, Study Says 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z The Cuban government argues that the shift to more private enterprise, a pillar of its strategy to bolster the flaccid economy, will allow it to focus its social programs on the neediest. As Cuba Shifts Toward Capitalism, Inequality Grows More Visible 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The 49ers’ flaccid 19-3 loss to Seattle on Thursday night was so ridiculously depressing, even the team’s proprietor felt the need to point out how dreadful it was. Seahawks vs. 49ers: National media toasting Richard Sherman, roasting Colin Kaepernick 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z He complains that the protesters are not like Islamic State terrorists but “flaccid” and placid. Revolution by Russell Brand review – the barmy credo of a Beverly Hills Buddhist 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Klein's flaccid point seems to be that Clinton's use of bad words as part of an unseemly ruthlessness – which only makes her sound like a typical politician. Why should we be shocked that Hillary Clinton curses? Swearing is so cool 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z In the event it was Arsenal, holders-elect, who produced the most abysmally flaccid opening 15 minutes in recent final history. Arsenal give Arsène Wenger possible end to era of almost but not quite 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Marfa still had her breasts, with their dark animal-like nipples, while the other women’s seemed to have melted away, leaving behind flaccid translucent bags that drooped down to their bellies. Lyudmila Ulitskaya: “The Fugitive.” 2014-05-05T04:00:00Z Surveys by the World Health Organization suggest that approximately one of every 100,000 children each year develops acute flaccid paralysis. How virus sleuths and public health officials track the cause of a mysterious illness 2014-03-10T15:47:44Z Acute flaccid paralysis is not a nationally notifiable disease in this country so we’re really not able to assess the significance of this number of cases. Is a Wave of Polio-like Symptoms in California Cause for Alarm? 2014-02-25T13:00:00Z That commissioner will take possession of a department with muscles long ago gone flaccid. Gotham: Parks Department Takes a Seat Behind Nonprofit Conservancies 2014-02-04T03:03:04Z The latest threat emerged on 19 October, when the WHO reported a cluster of cases of acute flaccid paralysis — a classic polio symptom — in Deir-ez-Zor, a conflict-ridden province in eastern Syria. Polio Re-Emerges in Syria and Israel, Threatening Europe 2013-10-29T19:45:00.587Z "There is a cluster of 22 acute flaccid paralysis cases that is being investigated in that area," WHO spokesman Oliver Rosenbauer told Reuters news agency. Syria: Polio epidemic fears grow 2013-10-25T12:13:12Z Acute flaccid paralysis, the technical term for the symptoms observed in California, is something that many pediatricians have seen, and it has myriad causes. How virus sleuths and public health officials track the cause of a mysterious illness 2014-03-10T15:47:44Z So, again, if we were conducting surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis we would expect at least 80 cases. Is a Wave of Polio-like Symptoms in California Cause for Alarm? 2014-02-25T13:00:00Z Most of those stricken with acute flaccid paralysis - a symptom of diseases including polio - in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor are children under the age of two, WHO spokesman Oliver Rosenbauer said. Suspected polio outbreak in Syrian province spreads - WHO 2013-10-24T12:41:32Z Surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis is also often poor. Polio Re-Emerges in Syria and Israel, Threatening Europe 2013-10-29T19:45:00.587Z Mr. Hollande’s answer was flaccid at best, a denial of reality at worst. Opinion: The Best Hope for France’s Young? Get Out 2013-06-29T18:30:18Z Truth has nothing to fear from the light - only arrogance and fabricated, flaccid traditions born of that arrogance hide there. Behind the Story: How Gay Marriage Won 2013-06-26T17:05:24Z Has there been a more flaccid Merseyside derby in recent memory? Premier League: 10 talking points from this weekend's action 2013-05-06T08:00:05Z Fiamm, like most of Italy's success stories, exports some 75 percent of its production to offset flaccid domestic demand. Analysis: Italian firms innovate to fight recession 2013-02-22T11:38:45Z For Arsenal it was another moment of alarmingly flaccid central defending. Brighton 2-3 Arsenal 2013-01-26T17:07:58Z The biggest shock was Brighton's 2-0 defeat of a flaccid Newcastle United. Newcastle out of FA Cup as holders Chelsea sink Southampton 2013-01-08T13:54:01Z Truth has nothing to fear from the light - only arrogance and fabricated, flaccid traditions born of that arrogance hide there. Behind the Story: How Gay Marriage Won 2013-06-26T17:05:24Z Will the patch fix the flaccid and edgeless voice-acting performance of the game’s main character, played by Noah Watts? Assassins Creed 3: Behind the Naval Gameplay (VIDEO) 2012-11-19T13:58:37Z Major banks worldwide are slashing costs as they grapple with new capital requirements, a sluggish global economy and flaccid equities trading volumes. Credit Suisse, UBS could cut a total 7,000 jobs: paper 2012-10-21T12:41:33Z Both companies face strong headwinds trying to sell in a flaccid market for electric and even hybrid vehicles. Tesla & Fisker: Game of Favorites 2012-10-11T20:18:00Z The outcome was in the balance until the final moments, but Europe had long since restored every ounce of the pride so badly damaged by their flaccid performances of the opening days. Europe seal Ryder Cup win with comeback of epic proportions 2012-10-01T00:34:33Z Looking up at Beckham's massive head and flaccid trunk was an awe-inspiring moment. Scientist at Work Blog: Leaving Mushara as Questions Abound 2012-08-01T16:07:21Z The Crew's offense remains flaccid, and both teams offer up the league's best defenses. MLS Week 19: fan previews 2012-07-13T13:30:00Z The offense continues to be flaccid, and Coach Warzycha seems to be running out of ideas as to who to deploy up top now that the Gaven experiment appears listless. MLS Week 16: fan previews 2012-06-29T13:00:00Z Facebook's flaccid start, partly marred by a host of trading glitches, didn't help, damping sentiment of technology stocks and the technology-oriented Nasdaq Composite. Dow Swoons for Sixth Day 2012-05-18T23:17:51Z She called after her; Mabel, only slightly more flaccid nowadays, welcomed her without hesitation. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Leaves dusky green or blackish, more scattered, flaccid; cells large. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Numerous shots were aimed at it, but the balls traversed its flaccid and glutinous mass without causing it any vital injury. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z She was pitiless, she would have flung the gentle flaccid little clergyman between the angry combatants without a moment's hesitation, if she could only have brought him there by the force of her desire. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z In his only campaign he proved worse than useless, and more than once made a humiliating exhibition, not of cowardice, but of utter incapacity and flaccid nervelessness. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z But Ferdinand, though he thought the event unlucky, had little to say and less to suggest; and seemed, indeed, to have become on a sudden flaccid and lukewarm. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Stamens 4–12 or more, with flaccid filaments and short anthers. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z And he clapped his hand to his breast, a grotesque, yet dreadful figure in his huddled dressing-gown, his flaccid cheeks quivering with rage. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z All alone he sat in the bright-colored brougham, carrying a flaccid hand to his fez and gazing blankly before him. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z This suspicion will be farther increased if, a few days afterward, the sheep begin to shrink and grow flaccid about the loins. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The next instant, it is true, I was myself again, but my knees were trembling under me, and I stood flaccid and unnerved, leaning on my friend. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z The man looked at her stupidly, his heavy lower lip dropped and flaccid; his fat, whitish face evinced a sort of consternation. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Mr. Jobling's flaccid face had become of the colour of mottled clay. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z When fasting, the integuments of his abdomen were so flaccid that he could nearly wrap them round him. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z What a flaccid name for the brutal revolution that claimed one million lives. At War Blog: A Granddaughter Returns to Pakistan 2012-03-05T20:15:09Z The only figure visible against the gloomy, dust-coloured hangings, he seemed the type of a race fallen hopelessly; his features, once imperious, hung flaccid, his hands clung weakly to the arms of his chair. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z George had often seriously annoyed him by his unwillingness to help himself; but at the thought of being married for thirteen years to Eleanor he had always excused his brother's flaccid dependence. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Mr. Jobling stood wringing his hands helplessly, his flaccid features expressive of abject despair. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Thus, in a body struck with lightning, the muscles remain flaccid and uncontracted, while the blood preserves its fluidity, and is left uncoagulated. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z I took her hands again and nursed them against my cheek; after a time tears began to drip down her flaccid cheeks and I wiped them away for her. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z I wanted him to wake, so that his inert, flaccid features might be inspired with life again. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Grobstock desperately touched his foot under the table, knowing he was selling his soul to the King of Schnorrers, but too flaccid to face the moment. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z He was followed by a person of about the age of Mart�, more or less, tall rather than short, blonde, his mustache small and silky, his skin flaccid, most carefully shaven. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z The sense is limp and flaccid, showing that the mind is flabby. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z Scornfully and derisively the last comer compares the sight with his own flaccid face and dainty hands; unconscious that he too, perhaps, will be numbered with those whom he now ridicules. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z His hand as I shook it was flaccid and chill. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Even a born weakling can, by dint of methodical practice, harden his flaccid muscles sufficiently to become a gymnast of average skill, though he is hardly likely to become a first-class athlete. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z This explains the scattered tufts of common clover, with pale and flaccid blossoms, which are sometimes seen at heights exceeding 7,000 feet above the sea. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z The walls of the veins are thinner than those of the arteries; they contain much less elastic and muscular tissue, and are, therefore, more flaccid and less contractile. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. 2011-10-11T02:01:07.890Z Bill Gates popped up on a 100-foot screen, appearing pedantic and flaccid in contrast to Jobs’s swagger. The Return: 1997-2011 2011-10-06T15:42:34Z And Sheex draped flaccidly off a pillow, while the edge of the top sheet folded over a coverlet looked sort of like underpants. Lights Out, Game On 2011-09-15T01:26:09Z The pressure of a great, steady purpose consolidates and strengthens powers, which, without it, become flaccid and feeble. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z The scrambling Murray sealed his fate with a flaccid forehand into the net, handing over the second set. Straight Sets: Murray Outlasts Haase 2011-09-02T23:53:28Z From one of the flaccid folds he drew an object. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z For the uplift of his flagging, flaccid will he seemed likely to require either the Archimedean lever or the Archimedean screw. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z The governor was a big man, flaccid and portly, and he received Carrington with a big Stetson set rakishly on 87 the back of his head and an enormous black cigar in his mouth. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z There was a large accumulation of water between the dura mater and tunica arachnoidea; when this was let out the dura mater became flaccid, and seemed to hang loose on the brain. Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection 2011-08-23T02:00:29.227Z If this inactive state of the muscles continues for a few days, they will become somewhat flaccid, and after a week or more will actually begin to decrease in size. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z A Scout rose from the trench and aimed his rifle, when the blood-dripping rag described a rapid parabola and was sticking flaccidly on the soldier's khaki, the handle quivering behind. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z The group by the doors felt a sickening sensation in their flaccid frames. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z But plainly no clock was there, and Mrs Perrott's flaccid indignation at the suggestion, and her unmistakable ignorance of the affair, decided him to carry the matter no further, at any rate for the present. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z The eyes themselves were dull and glassy, the lips were flaccid. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z The throng showed but a very scant sprinkling of plump cheeks and shapely figures in a multitude of haggard faces and flaccid forms. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z That includes the flaccid and forgettable Mr. Big played by Paul Giamatti. Bangkok's Lucrative Hangover: Sex, Drugs and Popular Sequels 2011-06-20T23:15:00Z Looking at the flat, flaccid visage of her interlocutor, she would have declared it to be impossible for her to wound her by this inane twaddle, peppered with weak spite. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z "What things?" she asked; and her hands, lying listlessly on her lap, were flaccid and damp. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z And he saw the bloodless, symmetrical visage of Sanang among them, and the great red beard of Togrul; and his stiffening lips parted in an uttered cry, and sagged open, flaccid and soundless. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z Fingie, straining under the weight, tilted the flaccid body over a little way, until it rested against the shoulder of Jess, who braced herself to sustain it. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z But what a confession to make on the man’s behalf of flaccid moral fiber in him! French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Vernon, if you trained your muscles more, and let up a little on your soul, allowed it a breathing spell, you would not look so flaccid and an�mic. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z He has, one may rationally hope, finally beaten to powder the rickety and flaccid old theory of Blake’s madness. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z In another study of the same method, men reported an average increase of 0.9 inches in length while flaccid, and 0.67 inches while erect. A 'Male Enhancement' Trick that May Actually Work 2011-04-22T12:03:16Z They had long known his strength and resolution; but now he lay inert, with head falling forward, a bulky, flaccid figure, suddenly stripped of everything that had made him feared. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The last fear of a possible skull fracture was dissipated when the brown eyes quivered open and the flaccid lips began to move. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z He was a man of sixty-five, stout, yet flaccid, and slack, and wearing a suit of coarse blue homespun that lay loosely upon him. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z I found that I could stand, but my muscles were flaccid and unstrung, while every nerve was raw and quivering. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z He rose up, very tall in his worn gray-blue uniform, not so neatly brushed as it had been, and put out a flaccid hand. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z His flaccid lips, his fixed and sunken eyes, announced his complete mental prostration. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z The black multitudes covered the rank vegetables, and tiny but voracious jaws began to tear at the flaccid masses of flesh. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z Dempster shrivelled up, and hung flaccid on his spinal column, like a hooked worm that has been long in the water. A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z The flaccid, rudderless creature of the past ten days was gone as though he had never been. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Resh rails against the Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex, as it were, suggesting that doctors disregard the wellbeing of women as they rush to prescribe Viagra to their "flaccid and forlorn male patients." Viagra is good for men, but does it hurt women? 2011-02-08T18:45:00Z There never was an uglier man than Carrier, with that long hatchet-face of his, those abnormally high cheekbones, that stiff, lanky hair, that drooping, flaccid mouth and protruding underlip. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z He shuns properties on valley floors, where rich soil fuels large but flaccid fruit. California cult-wine makers pursue label of exclusivity 2011-01-29T22:15:03Z The heart, at first flaccid when exposed soon after death, gradually contracts and assumes a tetanized condition; it empties itself of all blood and takes the form of a heart in systole. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z The charred flaccid passages in due time were flushed free from its sustaining alcohol; and every exterior pore cratered with hot water and livened to the quick with a rough towel. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z The muscles become flaccid, the colour vanishes, the eye grows vacant, and an expression of languor and weariness takes the place of the bright healthy look that the sitter bore at the commencement. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z Then probably there comes a frost, and next morning the leaflets are all hanging down, almost blackened, flaccid and dejected-looking. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Although the airship starts off flaccid, the helium and the ethane expand as it gains altitude. Airships as satellites: Bladder control 2010-05-06T10:49:00Z We test every case of acute flaccid paralysis. Tajikistan to start polio vaccination campaign 2010-04-30T13:44:00Z This is a flaccid document and a complete waste of a chance to improve things for consumers. Banks may offer overdraft opt-out 2010-03-16T11:35:00Z Then, in about another hour or two, the wings, at first soft and flaccid, have become sufficiently dry and stiff to bear their owner rapidly through the air. Butterflies and Moths (British) From this flaccid condition he was roused by a somewhat obstreperous knocking and whistling in the passage dividing the coffee-room from the bar. A Poached Peerage Thus the pupils are unequal; there may be asymmetry of the face, or the limbs may be more rigid or flaccid on one side than on the other. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" The girl’s flaccid limbs grew tense, and her body quivered with a shudder of dread and loathing. Into the Primitive There was a vicious aching in his nerves, his muscles were flaccid and unstrung; a numbness was in his brain as well. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath Michael had never known anything in his life so difficult to do, but he kissed her cold and flaccid cheek and hurried up the area steps. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Since yesternight it keeps unravelling Down from the frayed and flaccid rags that cling About the sullen sky. Poems of Emile Verhaeren He stooped very much, and the muscles of his face were drooping and flaccid, while his ruby nose had lost its fine rich colour and faded into a sickly ashen hue. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I She shrank away from him, shuddering, and drew herself up in a huddle of flaccid limbs and limp garments. Into the Primitive Her head lay back pale and white, the livid lips drawn so as to show the teeth in a ghastly smile, and her whole body drooped, relaxed and flaccid, over her captor's arm. The Firebrand Harrovians were beginning to suspect that some Etonians might exist less flaccid, less deliberately lackadaisical, less odiously serene than the majority of those they had so far only encountered in summer holidays. Sinister Street, vol. 2 But her breathless, contemptuous laugh broke that impulse—relaxed it, leaving it flaccid. The Moonlit Way Over-civilisation had broken up their nerves and rendered them flaccid and spiritless. The New Gulliver and Other Stories The poor little girl was as white as ever; her flaccid cheeks danced up and down as she ran. A Bed of Roses The roasting is continued till the leaves give out a fragrant smell, and become quite flaccid, when they are in a fit state to be rolled. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. Even Pearl, in her flaccid way, approved the change. The Book of Susan A Novel Ah!—they were trying to lift what Peppin grasped into a boat—but that huge, flaccid body dragged the boatedge over—down—down to the very water. Shadows of Flames A Novel There came two simultaneous reports and a couple of antelope dropped flat and flaccid. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure Maud was a poor little thing, small boned with a flaccid covering of white flesh, inclined to quiver a little when she felt unhappy; her eyes were undecidedly green, her hair carroty in the extreme. A Bed of Roses The leaves, on being gathered, are exposed to the air, until they wither and “become soft and flaccid.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. Nose of adult male produced into a short tubular proboscis, ordinarily flaccid, but capable of dilatation and elongation under excitement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" At first it seemed a prism on the grail, A bubble's prism yonder; then a trail, An angled sparkle in a shadow, swayed Frog-like through deeps, to crouch a flaccid, pale, Squat bulk below.... One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue She was trying to administer some comfort to Dr. Kirby, when, two days later, he sat, a flaccid parcel of clothes, on the edge of a chair in her parlor, staring at the floor. East Angels With flaccid muscles and with failing breath Facing the fist of thy more faithful foe, I'll see thee on the grass cursing the day Thou didst forswear thy training. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded P. conical, striate all over, glabrous, lilac; g. broadest in front, greyish-white; s. attenuated, flaccid, glabrous, slightly striate, brownish lilac. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae The elasticity of his flesh, and the brown, healthy color were gone; and his features were faded and flaccid. Landolin Peridium flaccid above, with mealy coating, obtuse, at length collapsing, the sterile stratum cellulose. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous Until he saw it give flaccidly under the doctor's touch. Where the Pavement Ends There was horror and fear in Halliday's face, but the tightness of his lips did not relax into the flaccid looseness of hysteria. Monsoons of Death Jerran thrust his pick under the flaccid corpse and tossed it with one quick motion into the hole. The Buttoned Sky The boy priest had no shelter but the flaccid, unstrung body of his horse, already cold in death. Seeds of Pine The complexion had lost all color, the cheeks had become flaccid, the eye had no life left. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 After that great event, every newborn imp of his was like himself in character and person, and wore but a flaccid tail, the last insignium of ignobility. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making Betimes, she was bold to the point of desperation; betimes, she was flaccid with despair, helpless before the mysterious horrors of her situation. When the Cock Crows There was an intolerable shimmer on the low-lying adobe flats to the east, and the sea of alfalfa to the north drooped flaccidly in the furnace heat. The Song of the Wolf The Athenian, with tender commiseration, moved by the kindness of the miserable creature, kissed the dry and flaccid lips, from which escaped the insufferable odor of the wine of the Balearic slingers. Sónnica Slowly her breasts grew flaccid, her abdomen bulged, her whole figure took on heavy fullnesses. Their Son; The Necklace Tenney stood there silent, flaccid, a hand on the casing of the door. Old Crow He moves slowly over his work, calculating the tenderest tone, and restraining the subtlest curve, never letting his hand or fancy move at large, gradually refining flaccid spaces to the higher degree of expressiveness. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Here the design is petty and the forms, in themselves, flaccid and poor; but the tight, realistic face is made to gaze most melodramatically into eternity. Pot-Boilers He stripped the glowing tunic from the man's flaccid body, and slipped his arms into the sleeves, pulling the cape in close to cover the burned spot. Infinite Intruder In two seconds I had slashed through the strands, and the flaccid machine lifted and bore us from their ken. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) We have read a great deal of trash in our day; but 'Daisy's Necklace' is the king of all vapid novels,—sentimental in sentiment, flaccid in fiction, and entirely intolerable from beginning to end. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It Of the living pictures there were three, all of them in green garments, which hung loosely upon flaccid thighs. Claim Number One When the arm is bent, the inside muscle will become hard and prominent, and its tendon at the elbow rigid, while the muscle on the opposite side will become flaccid. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) The muscles of the creature's face pulled its flaccid flesh into distorted positions, bunching some and stretching others. Vital Ingredient A flaccid flood of faces, blanched with doom, And raucous cries from out a blinking dark Crowd on the callous dusk. Ioläus The man that was a ghost If these symptoms are seen, the oiled hand should be introduced into the womb, which will be found open and flaccid and containing large blood clots. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle The people in the crowd pressed closer, closing around the tired horse, which stood with its head drooping, its flaccid sides heaving. Claim Number One While the fingers are bending, the inside muscles swell, and the outside ones become flaccid; and, while the fingers are extending, the inside muscles relax, and the outside ones swell. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) With all you can say against it, it strikes me as a tonic in our rather flaccid life, like iron in the blood. The Side Of The Angels A Novel When taken up, she was usually perfectly flaccid, but once she let herself slide on the floor after she had stood immobile at the window. Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type Limp and flaccid when at rest, heavy weights in the hem of the cloth caused these blades to stand out stiff and rigid as the result of the centrifugal force created by their rapid revolution. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons Thornton, flaccid from hot days in the laboratory, welcomed any proffered excuse for a loaf. The Man Who Wins Instead of this suspended bason, I sometimes content myself with tying a flaccid bladder to the end of the tube, in both these processes, that it may receive the newly generated air. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air Opposed to it, a decline appeared to have fastened upon him, making his flaccid cheeks thinner, his weary eyes more tired, his slight frame lighter by many pounds. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek And Rosario, her arms really so weak and flaccid, laid hold on a heavy basket in an impulse of rage and tossed it like a pebble on to the scales. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore The capillitium is sometimes most of it colorless and flaccid; sometimes it is all brown and rigid except the minute free extremities. The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio The woman was ministering to the occupants of these—living skeletons that lay flaccid, but whose heads were moving, barely moving from side to side. When the Sleepers Woke These are the villi in a flaccid state. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 The vegetation was flaccid and nearly colorless, more like a mushroom growth than anything else; and the inhabitants were suspicious and unfriendly. Priestess of the Flame Rosario, meanwhile, was struggling to shake off a number of women who were holding her pinioned by her weak, flaccid arms. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore Blake dropped down beside the flaccid body and tore open the front of the silk shirt. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation The wrist that was loose when all the muscles were flaccid became rigid when a few were exerted sufficiently to hold a light object. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. Before they knew what he would be at, he stepped forward and tendered his hilt to the girl, who took it with flaccid fingers. The Wild Geese The pileus is one to two inches broad, thin, somewhat membranaceous, umbilicate, flaccid, covered with fine woolly material, yellow-brown, lighter when dry, margin reflexed. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth They stood before each other now, Lester pale and rather flaccid, Robert clear, wax-like, well-knit, and shrewd, and one could see the difference time had already made. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel But she concealed from her boy these flaccid relapses. Ghetto Comedies Fitzjames, like Henry VIII., 'loved a man,' and the man of Mill's speculations seemed to be a colourless, flaccid creature, who required, before all things, to have some red blood infused into his veins. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice The arm hangs flaccid by the side, rotated medially and pronated, and moves in a flail-like fashion in all directions, the patient having little control over it. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. The pileus is thin, unequal, tough, fleshy, eccentric, dimidiate; cinnamon, then pale; becoming scaly; flaccid; margin often lobed. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth "I think I would not bother him any more just now," Saxham interposed, noting the droop of the piteous, flaccid mouth, and feeling the flutter of the uneven pulse. The Dop Doctor The actress—viewing the return of her countrymen, with flaccid pocketbooks, from the land of dollars—had no misgivings. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 His flaccid mind had never questioned the truth of its dogmas. The Rough Road When the excitatory impulses are also lost, as in a total transverse lesion of the cord, the paralysed muscles are flaccid and the deep reflexes disappear. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. The pileus is two to three inches broad, tough, flaccid, irregular, depressed, sometimes funnel-shaped, sometimes lobed or contorted, flesh-color, becoming pale. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth His eyes have lost their fire; his muscles are flaccidly relaxed; his sloping shoulders stoop; his long, limp hands hang nervelessly at his sides. The Dop Doctor Burton asserts the value of camphor as an anti-aphrodisiac, and says that when fastened to the parts of generation, or carried in the breeches, it renders the virile member flaccid. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction His pursed lips spurted a jet of tobacco juice as he keenly surveyed me with small, shrewd, china-blue eyes squinting from a broad flaccid countenance. Desert Dust In destructive lesions of the lower neurones, the muscles are always flaccid. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Pileus is coriaceous, thin, flaccid, unequal, hairy, zoned, pallid, more or less flabelliform, imbricated. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth "Is it ... is it worth while?" she asked, regarding the flaccid, tumbled, wax-like thing, with its bloated, white globe of a skull. The Wonder His mouth was flaccid, the lips pouting when he compressed his jaws, giving his face the sullen, indecisive look of the brooder lacking the mental and physical courage of independent action and initiative. 'Firebrand' Trevison If he could only shatter those flaccid masses of jelly, he would destroy the swarming dozens of beasts at the same time. Zehru of Xollar In some cortical lesions, for reasons not yet understood, the paralysis remains of the flaccid type. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. The pileus is nearly membranaceous, soft, quite tough, flaccid, dry, flexible, fibrillose, reviving when moist. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth And so many blood-vessels being dead, being scooped away by that sharp curette, how could the blood circulate in the top half of that flaccid thigh? The Backwash of War The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse The liver was indurated; its peritonæal coat exhibited a flaccid or wrinkled appearance, and bore marks of slight inflammation. Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart When again brought down, it became more and more flaccid, and, when it reached the bottom, it resumed its original condition. Pascal The paralysis may be spastic in lesions of the cortex or internal capsule; if it is flaccid the lesion is almost certainly cortical. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. The pileus is between subgelatinous and fleshy; one to two inches broad; sometimes solitary, sometimes imbricated; flaccid, even, smooth, reniform, subsessile, pallid, then grayish. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth A junior officer stood in the doorway, his flaccid features working with excitement. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force The heart was of the usual size, very flaccid and tender; but not otherwise disordered. Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart The first are the sentimentalists; their brains are flaccid, lumpish like dough, and without grip on reality. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance At first the paralysed muscles are flaccid, but spasticity soon develops. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. His muscles would not obey the flaccid will. The Fighting Edge The flaccid and cowardly imperialism that had already begun to dilute and weaken our national blood, gradually turned aside before the new current that permeated our people.... Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 All the muscles except those of inspiration are flaccid, and the animal lies in a state of tranquility which contrasts in the most striking way with the storm which preceded it . Great Testimony against scientific cruelty Moths on emergence should not be killed at once, as they are then too flaccid, and have not sufficiently purged themselves. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. When recovery is taking place the first signs are the return of the knee-jerks, and a gradual change in the limbs from the flaccid to the spastic condition. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Its bright eye seemed to scan the horizon; no doubt it caught sight of us, for its flaccid body stiffened out, and with a rapid bound it sprang into the stream. Adventures of a Young Naturalist These leading ideas dictated his preparations, imperfect from paucity of means, but sufficient to meet the limping, flaccid measures of the United States authorities. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 The second discard lay in open sight—again a leather bag which Nalik'ideyu sniffed and then began to lick eagerly, thrusting her nose into its flaccid interior. The Defiant Agents In its searching psychologic analysis it stands quite apart from the more or less flaccid production of its day. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 The muscles are flaccid, the cheek is flattened and smooth, all its folds and wrinkles being obliterated. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. He felt weak and shaky but resentment energized his flaccid muscles. The Stars, My Brothers The constant sucking pulls upon the delicate structures of the mouth and throat, and so impairs the health tone of these structures that they become flaccid and feebly nourished. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 2 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies In the drawing of the adult male the ornamental appendage is represented in its inflated condition, during courtship; in the drawing of the young male it is shown in its flaccid condition. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions Even as these words escaped his flaccid lips a roll of thunder louder than any previous one came echoing from behind the Aventine Hill. "Unto Caesar" At first the joints are flaccid, and the attitude can easily be corrected by manipulation. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. The organ may vary between 2½ inches and 6 inches in length in the flaccid state and between 5 inches and 8 inches in the erected condition. The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male There is certainly less risk of secondary hæmorrhage if a portion be removed, than when a flaccid empty bag is left. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners The leaf-blade is linear, cordate and amplexicaul at base, acute, flat, flaccid, with scattered tubercle-based hairs on both the surfaces, 4 to 10 inches by 1/4 to 1/2 inch. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses Under the inflammation the womb remains dilated and flaccid, and decomposition of its secretions almost always occurs, so that the inflammation tends to assume a putrid character and general septic infection is likely to occur. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The walls of the cysts may be thin, soft, and flaccid, or thick and firm, or they may even be calcified. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. His legs, hardened by exercise, would have sent him across like a deer, but Jack’s muscles only a short time before were flaccid and weak in the extreme. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy She was an elderly woman with flaccid yellow cheeks, watery eyes, and a more than incipient grey beard. Stradella The leaf-blade is linear to linear-lanceolate, flaccid, finely acuminate with the margin more or less ciliate towards the base, 3 to 8 inches long and 1/8 to 1/4 inch wide. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses Symptoms.—A flaccid condition of the cheek muscles, pendulous lips, inability to grasp the feed, often a slow and weak movement in chewing, and difficulty and slowness in drinking. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Where the organ is large in its flaccid state, it is better to support it on a small oakum-stuffed pillow, made for the purpose, than to let it hang downward. History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance She chafed the flaccid wrists, the temples, the veins about his ears, and then, leaning over, blew on the heavy lids. The Dragon Painter There stood the carriage, all dusty with the night's driving, looking dilapidated and forlorn; the tired horses drooped their heads in the flaccid and empty canvas nose-bags. Paul Patoff Stems are usually erect, slender and simple, flaccid, 3 inches to 3 feet. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses This displacement usually supervenes on a flaccid condition of the bladder, the result of paralysis, overdistention, or severe compression during a difficult parturition. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Here's another chance for me to become a fixed star—but as usual—oh, well— A point in Intermediatism: That the Intermediatist is likely to be a flaccid compromiser. The Book of the Damned How flaccid in muscle, how narrow in intelligence, how shallow in affection! The Chief End of Man The sun's heat is tempered, even in summer, by cool nights, and in winter by cold winds, so that European constitutions do not, as in India, become enervated and European muscles flaccid. Impressions of South Africa Cattle are very fond of this grass as the leaves are flaccid and tender. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses The abdomen gradually becomes small, giving a "tucked up" appearance, or, on the other hand, it becomes flaccid and pendulous. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse It was white and flaccid; and at every yelp of the hounds outside who clamored for his life, he cringed and quivered. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain In a flaccid sort of a way she seemed to love him, and in that respect, since his own mind was by no means urgent, he was satisfied. Despair's Last Journey The body remained flaccid even when dragged out of the passage. Bloom of Cactus She knew not that there are some matters which Scotch elders consider it impious even to discuss, holding in scorn the flaccid axiom that there are two sides to every question. St. Cuthbert's The kidneys may appear normal or anemic and flaccid, but microscopically they usually show a chronic parenchymatous degeneration. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The lymphatic glands along both curvatures were small and flaccid, and contained no black matter. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners He had been dependent on the gritty and flaccid hospitalities of refreshment-rooms, on the sandwich and the bun. The Mark Of Cain He made out the flaccid form of Farley, outstretched upon the stone floor in a drunken stupor. Bloom of Cactus I remember the old gentleman used to complain that his constitution was an unhappy one from birth, attended with 'flaccid solids, sizy and scarce fluids, and a low tide of spirits.' Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes He clasped Giovanni, kissed his flaccid and sallow cheek, and falling on his knees, adored the Giver of life, the source of health to body and soul. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The carbonaceous matter contained was in quantity about an English pint, and the lung, when emptied, became quite flaccid, and very light. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners First he took one, and undoing the lacing which confined one side, he drew out a flaccid bladder. Ernest Bracebridge School Days As Lennon raised the flaccid upper body, Carmena began to dash water into the purple face. Bloom of Cactus For instance: 'Terror was upon her white face as she saw it; her cheek was flaccid, and her mouth had almost the aspect of a round little hole.' Figures of Several Centuries The wing, with which Sophocles and the statuary represent him, to drive away the summer insects in his agony, had wearied his flaccid arm, hanging down beside him. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The inferior lobe, when emptied of its contents, was so much excavated that the parenchymatous substance felt light and flaccid. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners Now and then she lifted one from the water, watched it lie flaccid on the palm of her hand and then dropped it into the sea again. Priscilla's Spies Even the hideous threat against Carmena could not goad his flaccid muscles to renewed efforts. Bloom of Cactus Sensation had returned in both lower limbs; but flaccid paralysis persisted and both were wasted, especially the left. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre The too common tendency in us all to moral slovenliness, and a lazy contentment with a little flaccid protest against evil, finds a constant rebuke in his career. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 3 (of 3) Essay 2: The Death of Mr Mill - Essay 3: Mr Mill's Autobiography The heart was flaccid, the right auricle and ventricle were enlarged and attenuated, and both vena cava at their junction with the heart were much dilated, the valvular structure natural. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners He has become pliant in will, feeble in purpose, and flaccid in character. Friendship There are many politicians in every epoch whose principles grow slack and flaccid at the approach of the golden sun of royalty. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre The paralysis remained of the absolutely flaccid variety. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre From her throat came the bubbly sound of air being forced painfully through a flaccid wet tube. Highways in Hiding The left lung was light and flaccid, when compared to the right. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners His face was quite white and flaccid, like the unbaked loaves into which I had poked inquiring fingers in my childhood, and there was an unwholesome look of fear in his little bright eyes. Dross There were those who knew, guessed clearly their doom; abashed and flaccid they sat, quaking. Here are Ladies The upper extremity remained flaccid and paralysed, except for some slight power of movement of the shoulder. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre In that subservience, and not in the meddling of Mr. Morgan, is the reason why American journalism is so flaccid, so repetitious and so dull. A Preface to Politics Page 76 But the Roman Empire, in its feeble and flaccid old age, seemed to have lost all capacity for making war. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation He trembled and shook like a man in a vertigo; the fingers of his upraised right hand opened and closed spasmodically; his flaccid lips fell apart, vacuously, insanely. Phantom Wires A Novel She was queer, indeed—a flaccid, relaxed, unhealthy, whimsical woman, who still had a capacity to cling. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) Loss of sensation and motion was immediate, complete, and prolonged, the limbs being lowered in temperature, flaccid, and powerless. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre Now, if there is one thing above all others that the Auto-Comrade cannot away with, it is the flaccid, indolent, stodgy brain of the porcupine. The Joyful Heart Then—they were indeed elsewhere, in a courtyard where bodies lay flaccid under the drenching downpour of the rain. Key Out of Time Then he chuckled a little, gutturally, deep in his pendent and flaccid throat. Phantom Wires A Novel |
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