| 单词 | glibness |
| 例句 | This is perhaps indicative of excess glibness, considering how little I apparently knew. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z That’s easier said than done, and “Giovanni” — long, circular, slippery — is one of the hardest assignments for an opera director, with attempts tending to fall into either unremitting dreariness or irritating glibness. Review: At the Met, a New ‘Don Giovanni’ Has a Stark Vitality 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z But glibness will only get you so far. World War Two: A Short History by Norman Stone – review 2013-02-13T15:09:49Z Even with a slick band, they counteracted the sweetness and glibness of the hits. Critic’s Notebook: Billy Joel’s New Year’s Eve Concert at Barclays Center 2014-01-02T22:33:44Z “Assassins” opened Off Broadway at Playwrights Horizons just as the Persian Gulf war was beginning, and critics recoiled at its perceived glibness in a moment of national crisis. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z But the actors are so relaxed and personable that the film’s occasional glibness — and its over-reliance on coincidence to further the cross-pollinating narrative — is easy to let slide. Movie Review: ‘The Happy Sad,’ Based on Ken Urban’s Play 2013-08-15T23:40:38Z There’s a glibness to Kultgen’s treatment of abortion that doesn’t abate even when the character in question starts to reconsider her adamant stance. 3 surprisingly sane books on abortion: When absolutely no women’s lives are ruined by one procedure 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Robinson has also toned down the production's original sophomoric glibness. San Diego Opera seizes the hour with prophetic 'Nixon in China' 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Reservations-making without commitment is the apotheosis of digital glibness; it’s a vote of confidence built on rickety scaffolding. The Aspirational R.S.V.P.: Saying Yes When You Mean No 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Viewing Braynard's glibness in the wake of seeing the harm he had a part in creating can be enraging. In PBS' "Feels Good Man," Pepe the Frog is the "superhero" who gets vindication 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z There is no cheap feeling in his poetry, no glibness. RS Thomas, my favourite religious poet 2010-04-29T16:50:00Z In both standup and song, this is a boy faintly sickened by his own virtuosity, by the glibness of comedy and the egotism implicit in art. Bo Burnham 2010-08-11T20:30:00Z Yet this latest incarnation of “Torch Song,” directed by Moisés Kaufman, finds an irresistibly compelling gravity beneath the glibness. Review: A ‘Torch Song’ Burning With Emotion Behind the Laughs 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z But if he skirts glibness, he rarely falls into that particular volcano. Books of The Times: Panel by Panel, a Graphic Record of Our Time 2010-12-23T22:32:24Z Mr. Madden’s knack for swift and intricate drama has shown itself before in films as varied as “Shakespeare in Love” and “Proof,” but those movies also show the tendency toward glibness that undermines “The Debt.” | 'The Debt': ?Debt,? With Helen Mirren - Review 2011-08-30T12:00:00Z It is full of insights, contradictions, apologias, flashes of anger, tidbits of history, extended stories of awe, compassion, some glibness and moments of brilliance. Book Review Podcast: 'America's Bitter Pill' 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z But the glibness is relentless, and the music and choreography never sharp or memorable enough to make you forgive the stereotypical attitudes, particularly towards women. Shoes: The Musical ? review 2011-02-17T17:08:29Z I’m more prone to telling loved ones and colleagues, in person and without glibness, that I love or admire them. You?re O.K., but I?m Not. Let?s Share. 2010-12-01T08:10:00Z The essay allows an expression of doubt but the Facebook update or conversation has a sort of self-satisfied glibness to it. When the school is the bully 2012-05-18T16:15:00Z He famously objects, for example, to the word "Holocaust" – "a euphemism, a cowardly and unimaginative glibness". Dossier K by Imre Kertész – review 2013-07-13T07:30:00Z The script is winningly self-deprecating about its occasional glibness. | 'Restoration': Claudia Shear at New York Theater Workshop 2010-05-20T02:25:00Z The movie insists on a breezy optimism that skirts glibness, then doubles down on it with a having-it-all finale that’s as ridiculous as it is nervy. The Bounty of Netflix International 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z A hollow-eyed, delusional hustler always looking for the main chance, Lou is introduced doing a pair of typical things: breaking the law and trying to talk his way out of it with practiced glibness. 'Nightcrawler' cuts it close in its dark look at local TV news 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z As such an oversight might suggest, the biography as a whole settles for breeziness and even glibness when close analysis is needed. How Giorgio Vasari Invented Art History as We Know It 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z A downside of this sort of oblique critique is that it threatens to become the moral glibness it means to indict. ‘Atlanta’ Skips a Grade 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z A good part of the audience, seated at expensive tables near the stage, had invested in the spirit of the thing; charity and glibness honeyed the air. Music Review: A SummerStage of Simon and Garfunkel Songs 2010-06-09T20:47:00Z One sees Warhol assimilating the fact of his own death, processing it with the same probing glibness that animated the rest of his art. “Valerie” Is an Extraordinary Love Letter to a Radical Feminist 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, his own “childhood ability to get ahead of myself and reason to apocalyptic ends” he sees reinvented in his son, Darragh, as a “kind of apocalyptic riffing,” the media-age glibness of the young. A Stylistically Daring Novel Considers Fundamental Questions 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z But then, he is without the glibness and buoyancy of the young. Up Close: Max Levai Directs the Marlborough Chelsea 2012-03-07T00:33:45Z JamesMcCreet was in no doubt: His 'intelligence' is that of the undergrad who believes statements have to be dressed up in multi-syllabic, semi-arcane vocabulary and delivered with a self-conscious, arch glibness. All-male Egyptian sitcom leaves women out of laughs 2013-06-18T14:15:00Z A tendency toward glibness can be a gift; it keeps you from panicking too quickly and can help leaven a heavy situation. Here’s How It Went When I Had the Baby 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Strong performances from the new cast balance glibness with the sweeter we-all-have-growing-up-to-do machinery. ‘Saved by the Bell’ Review: This Time, It’s Actually All Right 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z The finale — brushy, bristling, improvisatory — felt like a rehearsal for a carnival, with the players sounding lively yet fundamentally clearheaded, the right mix in music whose rhythmic playfulness should never be mistaken for glibness. Music Review: The Takacs Quartet Interprets Bartok 2014-01-21T22:03:40Z “But I think he’s also manipulating himself. Any account of him has to deal with the gobbledygook, the lies, the glibness, the cleverness — but also his emptiness.” ‘The Unknown Known’ Explores How Rumsfeld Sees Himself 2014-03-28T17:00:01Z “Stupid Is as Stupid Does” enlists a sharp horn section, with Hubert Laws on flute, Nicholas Payton on trumpet and Bob Sheppard on tenor saxophone, but never surmounts its own glibness. Critics? Choice: CDs by Blake Shelton, Mike Posner, George Duke 2010-08-08T22:33:00Z If you say you’re “troubled,” no one can say you approached the situation with too much glibness. A GOP senator’s guide to a Trump scandal: 1) Say you’re ‘troubled.’ 2) Keep walking. 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Skinner's comments – made, of course, in jest – add to mounting discontent within comedy at the glibness and hyper-competitiveness of TV panel shows. Should standups write their own jokes, and who are the 50 funniest people? 2013-01-29T14:36:09Z And because the glibness of the dialogue matches that of the character, there’s a feeling of momentary pleasurable alignment whenever Mr. Kudisch is speaking. Review: ‘The Flamingo Kid,’ a Musical Not Yet in Flight 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z And despite gorgeous interiors and impressive backdrops, the show as a whole doesn’t have the sweep or grandeur that would let you overlook the glibness and superficiality of the script. Review: Helen Mirren Wears the Crown (This Time, Russia’s) 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z But when the movie takes its turn past glib into grim, a residue of glibness remains. The Mystery of the Oscars: How Do You Really Vote for a Script? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The facility with which he dispatches text after text sometimes reveals his critical chops, plus a persistent, easy glibness. Art’s Greatest Enemy Might Not Be Science 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z She doesn’t even tamp down the glibness of her narrative style. Books of The Times: A Cynical Position Overcome With Yoga 2010-12-22T23:06:18Z Yet in a movie as happy to resurrect characters as rub them out, nothing is of consequence, and the glibness grows numbing. Review: In ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle,’ the Natty Spies Are Back 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Line by line, a skeptic could fault Mr. Armstrong’s lyrics for their occasional glibness or grandiosity. | 'American Idiot': A Musical Inspired by a Green Day Album Opens 2010-04-21T03:16:00Z They never let us forget that their chief superpowers are glibness and ego. Review: ‘Now You See Me 2’ Illusionists Are Out to Save the World 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Such debates treat science as a sort of cabaret act, in which “glibness, rhetorical skill, and the debater’s charisma” register “far more than facts, logic, reason, and science,” Gorski says. Column: Sorry, Joe Rogan: Scientists should never 'debate' anti-vaccine quacks. Here's why 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z “Natality” and “woman without children” may be unfamiliar — even clunky — phrases, but they are appropriately jarring rebukes to the glibness of our usual rhetoric, which rarely seems to move beyond entreaties for “more babies, please.” Review | In defense of the childless 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Her fresh, vulnerable voice speaks directly to readers, without hiding behind glibness or easy self-assurance. Review | In ‘Maame,’ a dependable daughter finally gets to live her own life 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z That Brodesser-Akner has managed to draft at least a humane sketch of Rachel feels like a step up from her nonfiction, which tended toward glibness. Page to Screen: The trouble with 'Fleishman' — the novel and now the series 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Foster, with a glibness that you really need to watch the video to absorb, lied and said it "would not be an abortion." Republicans are playing word games with the word "abortion" 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Whereas Strange’s glibness with patients and his peers made him unlikable almost to ridiculousness in the first Doctor Strange, here it plays much more like pithiness Cumberbatch is occasionally able to accent with charm. Doctor Strange 2 gets lost in a tangle of fan service and half-baked ideas 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z But the seams show on a parade of dialogue that’s straining to be clever, while Lew’s aims at caustic wit merely achieve sitcom glibness. A Shakespearean power struggle gets transplanted to high school hallways at Seattle Rep 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Rosenbloom is well aware that morbid curiosity can read as glibness. Books bound in human skin? A UCLA librarian on why you'll want to read about them 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z One reviewer thought this resurrection message the finest speech he’d delivered: “The glibness and bluster had been replaced by a hard-earned sincerity.” Did a near-death experience change Boris Johnson? | Catherine Bennett 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z "We don't need glibness when we come out of a press conference with the president, 'Oh my god, he said this,'" Scarborough said. MSNBC host Joe Scarbough blasts his own network for helping Trump spread lies about coronavirus 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Not every laugh lands in “The 40-Year-Old Version,” but beneath its occasional surface glibness it’s a thoughtful, tough-minded movie on the eternally perplexing question of who gets to tell whose story. From ‘The Glorias’ to ‘Promising Young Woman,’ movies by and about women take the spotlight at Sundance 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Johnson has a tendency to ignore advice, pluck statistics out of the air and rely on sudden, cheap glibness. Brussels greets Boris Johnson victory by rejecting Brexit plans 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z A demagogue, in addition to hypnotic glibness, must also be intellectually inconsistent, sometimes boldly so. How Ayn Rand contributed to America’s greed 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z It's a hard balance to maintain, and sometimes Wheeler drifts toward glibness or callousness. Joshua Wheeler aims to put overlooked southern New Mexico on the map in 'Acid West' 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The film glosses over vast segments of his career, zipping from his student years to his superstardom with casual glibness. In HBO’s Come Inside My Mind, Robin Williams bares it all 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Being able to say “I don’t see race” with glibness or ease indicates never sparing a thought for those disadvantaged by their skin colour. White actors must stand up to whitewashing. Ed Skrein shows how | Vera Chok 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z From the very glibness with which Goneril and Regan produce their testimonies of love, it is clear to any perceptive reader that they care for Lear not one jot. We need robots to have morals. Could Shakespeare and Austen help? | John Mullan 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z The problem, as Sioux herself has argued, is in the glibness of other people’s interpretations. Siouxsie Sioux at 60: more than a monochrome goth-pop priestess 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z “She had an assertiveness, a glibness, and a prodigious bad faith that promised a fine career in the media,” a journalist later said. The Future of Europe Hinges on a Face-Off in France 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z There's a sincerity to all of this that works directly against Guest's usual archness and glibness. With Mascots, Christopher Guest trades in raucous humor for bland sincerity 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Having deftly embraced glibness to defeat glibness, Noonan employs to what she acknowledges is “child’s math” to size up the terrorist threat: Peggy Noonan solves terrorism: The elusive, terrorist-defeating secret is Ronald Reagan 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z During high-wire gigs in Washington or at the primary debates, he chronically flubbed, either by autopilot glibness or painfully palpable anxiety attacks. Camille Paglia: This is why Trump’s winning, and why I won’t vote for Hillary 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z His style is marked by retro aesthetics and an almost haunting level of glibness, as encapsulated by his first single, the recent radio smash “Marvin Gaye.” 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z In her memoir, Barker's perspective and wit managed to keep the chronicle just this side of glibness. Another foray into Afghanistan goes astray in Tina Fey comedy 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z If ever there was a time to choose a president with depth, rather than glitter or glibness, this is it.” Thomas Sowell endorses Ted Cruz, slams ‘overgrown spoiled brat’ Donald Trump 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z "The vast majority of Americans are going to reject the glibness, the irresponsible rhetoric, the way it paints our country in terms of our values." Vulnerable Senators Wary of Trump 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z That disconnect creates a glibness, it's just so easy. Director Ric Burns on disabled veterans: 'They've been somewhere the rest of us haven't' 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z At the risk of glibness there were at least two men here who showed signs of liquid intake. F1: Sebastian Vettel wins in Singapore but intruder walks on track in race 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Sadly, those enticing complications elude screenwriter Diablo Cody, who is content for “Ricki and the Flash” to play even the most awkward, angry outbursts for maximum glibness and minimum probing. Meryl Streep rocks it hard in the fun but uneven ‘Ricki and the Flash’ 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Urban riots call forth an avalanche of glibness. The economic roots of Baltimore’s anguish 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Leanne Wood is sometimes accused of a lack of charisma, but she is assured, fluent and natural with none of the artificial glibness that can come so easily to senior politicians. Can Labour still dominate in Wales? 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Compared with the glibness of the Vatican media crush, Allen’s scoop resounded across the Internet. John Allen Jr.: The Man Who Picked the Pope 2013-03-14T14:35:36Z There’s a method to Watson’s glibness; it brushes over truths that are too complex to be dispensed in sound bites. Bubba Watson Deals With His Sudden Fame 2012-06-11T03:33:45Z "Just so, ladies and gentlemen," he cried with wonderful glibness. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z It certainly gives glibness and flexibility, if it doesn't give earnestness and depth. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z As a farther illustration of my meaning, I may point to the glibness with which Christians talk, sing, and listen to discourses about blood. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z She soon began to know all his important investments, and talk of them with facile glibness. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z That glibness means sometimes saying you’re sorry, as Berkman did before the World Series for dismissing the Rangers in a radio interview last winter in explaining why he signed with the Cardinals instead of Texas. World Series: Cardinals? Berkman Hits in Clutch and at the Microphone 2011-10-29T02:15:44Z And yet this glib liar had not then summoned up the moral or immoral courage to open her letter; part of the glibness sprang from that last grain of virtue. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Lamb's poems are not of the best; they have a haltingness—like that in his speech,—with none of Rogers's glibness and currency, and none of his shallowness either. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z She answered with an odd glibness and humility, as though tendering us a term she had long brooded over without arriving at comprehension, and hoping that our superior intelligences would make something of it: "Shell-shock." The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z They gave stammering responses, or rattled off the wrong thing with fatal glibness, or preserved that stolid silence which is the most naked candor of ignorance. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z This would account for his glibness in rattling off out-of-the-way phrases, and for that rich bizarre flavour which his simplest Dutch utterance undoubtedly had. The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland 2011-07-20T02:00:17.027Z He, with his customary glibness of tongue, reckoned over all that could be found in the house, and more than could be found. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Much of the magician’s success is due to glibness of tongue and deftness of fingers, but many of the more notable “tricks” were those involving the use of mirrors and the control of light. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z The old definitions of the animal and the plant given with a suicidal glibness in old books on botany and zoology, when tried in the balance of criticism, are found wanting. The Gospel Of Evolution From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:36.420Z "I neither affirm nor deny," Frank James answered, with the glibness of long custom. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z There was the glibness of quotation about the recital, and Belinda indulged in a little smiling reminiscence on her own account. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z You're getting back your glibness," she exclaimed, "your quick little sentences which fit in so nicely! She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z This time is different, although judging by the glibness with which they responded to questions yesterday both Button and Hamilton are tired of questions about their relationship. Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button both happy to be first among equals 2010-07-09T21:00:00Z I don't like glibness, it is very dangerous. Zamora calls for calm at Craven Cottage 2010-03-18T07:05:00Z These had been glib enough, no doubt, but glibness and dexterity were not sufficient to lull the suspicions of Beatrice. The Gay Adventure A Romance I am ready to discourse on all or any of the great Abstractions with the glibness of the shallow mind. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen The fallen head of Ruth told him that there was no help to be looked for from her, and the crisis forced him into a certain boisterous glibness of speech. The Garden of Eden Not all his cross-examination could shake this tissue of amazing lies which Adrian reeled off with a glibness which imposed on his hearers up to the hilt. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion To him Dorothy proudly exhibited her beautiful toboggan, explaining its fine construction with a glibness that fitted an “old tobogganer” better than this beginner at the sport. Dorothy at Oak Knowe So when Jean Gordon got in sight of the end of her sentence, she snipped out her words with a glibness beyond any Gordon that ever I heard of. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway The Orderly-Sergeant did not call the roll with his usual glibness and rasp. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign N.B.—Each of these clauses has to be read with extreme glibness, coming down whack upon the “Sir.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) The lecturer replied, and in glibness and fluency would have been greatly an overmatch for the worthy captain; but a storm of hisses backed the old veteran, and the critic gave way. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. The ladies of the Hermitage did the honors of Florence with modest pride and a certain glibness. Aurora the Magnificent For his native glibness was doubly helped by the vast, unprintable vocabularies of his chosen world, as well as by choice phrases from heroic verse that were a more exact reflex of his mind. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country He was suddenly alarmed, and, as usual in moments of emergency, burst into his unfortunate glibness of speech. Kildares of Storm She had lowered her fine voice to a depth, though speaking with all her rich glibness; and Milly, after a small sharpness of surprise, was already guessing the sense of her appeal. The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 He disliked the squalor of the political game and the glibness of tongue and tenuity of thought of the mere politician. War Letters of a Public-School Boy “My statements to her were mere surmises,” he said with the glibness of a rehearsed answer. Counsel for the Defense Better be as silent as a deaf-mute than to indulge carelessly in imperturbable glibness which impedes rather than encourages good conversation. Conversation What to Say and How to Say it It was a betrayal of glibness, of lightly-founded character, a shiftiness which must pass. Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation No one could have been more surprised at my glibness than I myself, except perhaps my wife, whose attitude of strained attention had not relaxed. Humorous Ghost Stories Nevertheless despite the glibness with which he uttered it, he cringed and a flood of telltale color rose to his hair. Christopher and the Clockmakers The man could laugh readily, but he was also characterized by a certain gravity, which she found refreshing by contrast with the light glibness to which she was more accustomed. The Long Portage “Points” are given by one operator to another with the same mendacious glibness as of yore. The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 Melvin had promptly recovered his “glibness” upon the departure of the teamster; and though he looked at her in some surprise he answered: “I don’t believe many girls would call him ‘dear.’ Dorothy's Travels The old maid could take an oath with an ease and glibness such as she might have displayed in saying good morning. The Goose Man For variety, glibness, and execution the song is marvelous. In Nesting Time Notwithstanding the glibness of his preface, and the scraps of antique information which he is constantly parading, Mr Sheldon absolutely knows less about ballad poetry than any writer who has yet approached the subject. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 As we imagine ourselves in their places, are we ready with any glibness to talk about progress in character? Christianity and Progress Trail was duly sworn in, not without a deal of oily glibness and unnecessary protestation on his part. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia Not exactly, sir;" then with a sudden glibness, "but I don't feel like doing much. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Thence we went to a barn, where stood a pert, conceited fellow preaching with great glibness, frequently repeating the same thing three times. The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell Shure the lootenant mustn't blow on me," said Hogan, with rapture in his eyes and a glibness born of poteen on his tongue, "but that court-martial was the makin' of me fortune, sir. Marion's Faith. His manner of speech was suggestive of a desire to conceal a glibness which is usually accounted a fault. Dross "Oh, he gives thunderingly to the missionary societies," said Reuben, with a glibness that grated on the father's ear. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 The abbot spoke with an ease and glibness that only the ecclesiastic on his own ground can show to those ignorant of his subject. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 Dicky rattled off these names and two other similar stanzas with astonishing glibness to the amazement of his hearers. Ethel Morton's Holidays She inwardly marveled at the glibness and spontaneity with which the words fell from her tongue. Phantom Wires A Novel He knew that glibness would argue against due meditation. An Arkansas Planter Erebus paused, looking earnestly round to the horizon for inspiration; then she dashed at the awkward subject with commendable glibness: "It was a pheasant in Great Deeping wood," she said. The Terrible Twins But here again one is annoyed by the glibness with which Mr. Strachey smoothly asserts what are only his conjectures. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters In the settlement of these disputes much depends upon the glibness of tongue and on the sagacity of one or more of the principal men. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir She was laughing now, this unreasoning, unreasonable girl, and she was laughing more at Farwell's perplexity than at her own glibness. The Place Beyond the Winds The child reader saw nothing incongruous in the remarkable wisdom and maturity of Mary Bell and Beechnut, who could give advice and information with equal glibness. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book "Miss Baker is engaged," she announced, with the glibness of previous preparation. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman Scrap was silent, glibness of tongue not being among the gifts of the East Tennessee landward bred. The Quickening As I noted his anxiety, and the hungry expression of his face, I answered with a glibness which I was far from feeling, that things were getting along swimmingly. A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories It has a knack of slipping into place with a sweet silence and glibness of movement, as a billiard ball insinuates itself into the pocket. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader His glibness had the effect of rendering Ambrose monosyllabic. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest "He spat upon it, an' rubbed it on his trousers," answered 'Biades with a glibness that astonished himself, 'peeking' between his fingers to make sure that they really held the prize. Nicky-Nan, Reservist If we were all built alike, he thought, and all dribbled smart inanities, and nothing but inanities, with the glibness of a Charles Pixley, what a world it would be! Pearl of Pearl Island No, no, of course not," agreed Mr. Stanlock with seemingly uncalled for glibness; "but then, you see, it is more reasonable to suspect that this note came from the boys than from the strikers. Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success against Odds What is the question now placed before society with a glibness the most astounding? The Life of Froude By the circular letter and the lips of Audrey the Bishop proceeded to propound a series of questions, which the minister answered with portentous glibness. Audrey His early smoothness, his slavering glibness, had disappeared. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance They acquire glibness of speech and polish of manner; but they purchase these things at a price. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen Ethel was astounded at the glibness of invention which could instantly bring forth such an idea. Leonora In this way Mother Fetu rambled on with the pious glibness of a devotee who is perpetually telling her beads. A Love Episode Said Tennyson, in bitter answer to criticism that began to depreciate him because of the glibness of his imitators: All can grow the flower now, For all have got the seed. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays There was then an insinuating smoothness in his speech, a flattering, almost fawning glibness of tongue, which the simple folks knew no art to withstand. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance To dream of being dumb, indicates your inability to persuade others into your mode of thinking, and using them for your profit by your glibness of tongue. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition Then the mate went on with a discreet glibness. The End of the Tether He changed color, but answered with enough glibness: "No." The Conquest of Canaan It rolled off his tongue with fascinating glibness. Buttered Side Down: Stories I once met a blind girl, blind from birth, who could discuss the peculiarities of the Barbizon school with just Flavia's glibness and enthusiasm. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories She had in truth never seen him so shaken out of his usual glibness; and there was something almost moving to her in his inarticulate struggle with his emotions. House of Mirth She treated Mrs. Morel with a certain glibness and Morel with patronage. Sons and Lovers "I could listen to it forever, and then ask for a repetition," asserted Emma with gallant glibness. Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus She accomplished it with a glibness that brought a flush to her cheek and a smile to the face of her employer. Star-Dust There was a faint suggestion of glibness in his manner. Roden's Corner Her speech had an accent which in its mincing glibness seemed to rebuke mine as by authority; her spruce attire flaunted an easy scorn to my plain country garb. Villette Her expression was tragic, a world of anguish in it, for all the restraint of her manner and playful glibness of her speech. The Far Horizon The Mother Superior once more interrupted her glibness. The Avalanche Grammar and rhetoric began to be studied, discussion was introduced, and a certain glibness of speech began to be prized. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization But before she could answer his string of inventive sentences, delivered with as much glibness as if they had been learned by rote, he added promptly— "Where do you live, Mirah?" Daniel Deronda And when millions are fooled by the glibness of one man—even in these days of wisdom—who can be surprised at a young maid's weakness? Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War Leaving home, he found, in a venture at "Yankee notion-pedling," that glibness meant three hundred per cent, in disposing of flimsy wares. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form His very lack of glibness, the things in him wanting expression and not getting expressed, made him seem like one of them. Marching Men We should not be deceived by the glibness of the above statements into assuming that the development of interest is an easy matter. How to Use Your Mind A Psychology of Study: Being a Manual for the Use of Students and Teachers in the Administration of Supervised Study His small voice was hoarse in its glibness, as if it belonged to an aged commercial soul, fatigued with bargaining through many generations. Daniel Deronda Again, glibness of speech sometimes awakens our distrust. The Century Vocabulary Builder I trust the change will not affect your glibness, for it is quite exhilarating. The Prince of Graustark Hypatia was still silent—foiled at every point, while Orestes ran on with provoking glibness. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face In a few words the girl poured out the tale of her mother’s sickness, and then with less glibness, and with reddened cheeks, of her moneyless and foodless condition. Janice Meredith The old gentleman, rather nettled at the glibness of the lads, stuck a hook vengefully into an inoffensive worm, and threw his line. Sketches by Seymour — Volume 02 This may seem a hard saying to those who seek, or would impart, mere glibness of phrase without regard for the substance—who worship "words, words, words" without thought of "the matter." The Century Vocabulary Builder She was astonished at the glibness of his lies to the landlady about her, and about their circumstances generally. The Old Wives' Tale He brought two men and a woman with him to prove an alibi on a charge of attempted theft, and the glibness of their answers convinced the lieutenant they were lying. The Ivory Trail Take heed thou be not snared into misfortune by the glibness of thy tongue! Ardath Being much impressed with his dignity of manner, and the glibness with which he discoursed upon the events of the last campaign, I listened to him with profound respect. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter Again, she was aware of a certain glibness in his tone,—a glibness that annoyed her and at the same time piqued her curiosity. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story At any rate, he proceeded with an unusual fluency and glibness. Angel Island All over the world, no doubt, the mountain silences breed this kind of reserve, this shrinking from the glibness of the valleys. Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort Ah, I've heard a great many girls talk like that beforehand," she answered at once with her society glibness; "but when the right man turned up, they soon forgot their protestations. The Woman Who Did His glibness and versatility amused the Duke, and to Odo he was as difficult to put off as a bad habit. The Valley of Decision In one of the worst tendencies of the age, namely, an impudent, superficial, journalistic intellectuality and glibness, America, in her polite and literary circles, no doubt leads all other nations. Winter Sunshine His companion on the other hand was greeted with a glibness that had something perfunctory in it, and no touch of familiarity. Australia Felix "My name's Ray Jones, and I'll make old bones," he cried, with the glibness of a parrot. Jonah Then the glibness and merit of some of their answers surprised and amused him. Peg Woffington But this skill of tongue, this glibness of speech is hardly an affair of intellect at all. The Duke's Children What glibness doth a tongue acquire at Court! The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes I have spent months without success in trying to achieve glibness with it. Captain Brassbound's Conversion Mr. Locket shot his young friend another sharp glance, a silent retort to the glibness of this information. Sir Dominick Ferrand Heaven bless the dear souls!—they are accustomed to the word now—the odious, vulgar, horrid, unpronounceable word slips out of their lips with the prettiest glibness possible. The Book of Snobs Anapaests came quite suddenly into English poetry and brought coarseness, glibness, volubility, dapper and fatuous effects. Flower of the Mind Mrs. Pett shuddered at the glibness with which he brought out the familiar name. Piccadilly Jim A man of letters can mitigate his embarrassment among us by a certain glibness. And Even Now You don't have to say it," he explained with glibness; "you thought it. Vera, the Medium The Italian, with her glibness of tongue and ready fund of anecdote, was transformed in her imaginative mind into a veritable improvisatore. Mae Madden At this Grep, shorn of his glibness of rejoinder, set spurs to his horse and rode away. The Danish History, Books I-IX In the parlor, he supposed there would be crayon pictures of grandmothers and aunts-further evidence of the agent's glibness. The Lure of the Dim Trails |
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