| 单词 | gossamer |
| 例句 | She was pretty in a dryad-y way, with her purple gossamer dress and her elfish face, but her eyes were green-tinted with chlorophyll from crying. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She paused, expecting him to smile, but he went on smoking his cigarette, and I noticed, faint as gossamer, the line between his brows. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They streak past me into the hall in a blast of gossamer, and she slams the book she was swinging at them into the door casing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The autumn sun poured in through gossamer curtains and onto marigold tiles, giving the whole room an amber glow. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My fingers danced; intricate and quick they spun something gossamer and tremulous into the circle of light our fire had made. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The nightdress was inside the case, thin as gossamer, apricot in colour. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It’s of my parents posing in front of a gossamer curtain of pale ivory. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She struggled to find the gossamer thread again, and as she was about to give up, it flashed at her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z At night, once the goat’s milk was exhausted, Xan gathered the gossamer threads of starlight on her fingers, and the child ate gratefully. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “I made it as soft and silky as I possibly could. I spun it with gossamer. That’s a much better quality thread than the one I use for my own web.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Home was my past, connected by gossamer threads to where I was now. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The cannon’s missile, trailing its gossamer tow line, arced high into the sky and then its parasail unfurled, red and gold, bright in the sky with Patel Global’s colors. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Eve is lovely, a valentine hairline, white gossamer panties. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A change had come upon our afternoon, it was not the thing of gossamer it had been. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I’d seen hundreds of shattered windshields in the junkyard, each one unique, with its particular spray of gossamer extruding from the point of impact, a chronicle of the collision. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The folds of her midnight-blue gossamer robe fell around her, and her white hair was long and unbound. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He would never have been happy with her—life would be gossamer, all his days merging into one long sheer sheet of nothingness. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Her hat was an enchanting confection of plumes and gossamer silk, dyed to match her dress. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She pulled herself away from Kaede, feeling the link between them stretching like a gossamer thread. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I sat up, and a gossamer sheet floated away. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Out in the sunlight the air was balmy, and through skies of palest sapphire sailed clouds of gossamer silk. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Strung between a window in each of two towers was a gossamer thread of china from which hung—laundry! Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “I came away in rather a hurry,” he said to Mrs. Van Hopper, a line, thin as gossamer, between his brows. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She was wearing a pale blue dress, a gossamer veil, and a scowl, gesturing at herself. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Tendrils of Spanish moss draped on the trees like gossamer green ghosts. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Rue, who is dressed in a gossamer gown complete with wings, flutters her way to Caesar. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He detected the strength of the gossamer threads of affection that sometimes grew between a pair of young men or among a boatload of them striving honestly to do their best. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And again there was unbelievable color, and gossamer wings and fruit and creatures out of fairy tales. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A gossamer blanket of coaldust floated down like a dirty blessing and gently smothered the traffic. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Curiously enough, though, the bandits let him hang around their headquarters—as long as he kept his face covered with a pale-red gossamer mask made out of poppy petals. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Hers changes from gossamer to quicksilver to a stormy blue. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Velvet drapes hang from gilded posts tied with gossamer bows. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It brought you instantly to mind—how your dark, silken hair floats like wings of gossamer. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The dew and gossamer had dried early from the grass and by midmorning the finches had fallen silent. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Tendrils of vast gossamer gas clouds formed, colonies of great lumbering, slowly spinning things, steadily brightening, each a kind of beast eventually to contain a hundred billion shining points. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Servants help me into a bustling day dress that is a creamy blur of whipped frosting and sweetened milk sprinkled with gossamer ribbons. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “It’s a gossamer thread and we remain sanguine.” Heirs to French Art Dealer May Benefit from Sale of Monet Lost During World War II 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Even at their most gossamer the songs are rooted in strong melody, while the singing is meticulous, sensuous and, finally, soulful. Renewal, the Sensual and Fraught Candor 2010-12-18T07:51:32Z One example, by an unidentified artist, is a 14th-century North Italian drawing of the Flagellation of Christ whose gossamer refinement suggests the influence of Leonardo. 5 Great Art Exhibitions to See in New York Before They Close 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z After this, Hough played Schumann's Carnaval as though for relaxation, but his weighting of each note, from gossamer lightness to muscular force, was mesmeric. Stephen Hough – review 2012-10-10T14:25:13Z Silvestrov’s instructions call for a baritone that sounds like a tenor, and Krimmel, with his clarified timbre and gossamer top notes, fits the brief exquisitely. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z The gossamer layers cannot be restored once major damage occurs. Antiques: Olympics Memorabilia in London Auctions and Museums 2012-07-12T22:41:56Z And if the see-through shirts were pushing the sartorial envelope a bit too far when worn against bare skin, they worked strikingly well as a gossamer layer atop a classic white shirt/black tie combo. Special Report: The Forecast? Variable and Partly Stylish 2010-06-20T16:13:00Z On screen, Grande appeared as a Disney princess in gossamer pastel light to perform an orchestra-backed interlude and danced in slow motion to a hip-hop groove. Review | Not much ‘dangerous’ about Ariana Grande’s live performance 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z The aggressively gossamer plot plays with the cliches of vacuous flapper-era musicals. Sandy Wilson, composer of ‘The Boy Friend,’ dies at 90 The unhappily-ever-after finale to the gossamer wedding of Charles and Diana left a sour taste. Arts & Leisure: Toasts for Royals, Spiked With Scorn 2011-04-20T15:02:28Z But the shredded knits and rough leather corsets, draped silk cargo pants and gossamer shifts never found an audience, and, in 2013, the company was shut down. A Designer’s Suicide and the Clothes He Left Behind 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z The cellos and double-basses were incisive at the start of Tchaikovsky's fantasy overture, and the violins achieved gossamer delicacy as the love theme surged and flowed. Prom 32: EUYO/Bamert 2010-08-10T11:11:00Z The layers keep rising, spooned into the round pan not in full moons but in alternating rays like the sun’s, gossamer dough then melted cheese, with bouts in the oven in between. From a Pizza Oven in the Bronx, Albanian Specialties 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z It’s the first chance to see a full evening of her work in New York City since the winter of 2009, when “Fanfare,” a gossamer collaboration with the artist Burt Barr, made its debut. Jodi Melnick?s ?Solo, Deluxe Version? at New York Live Arts 2011-09-18T04:00:03Z Conjured by Mendelssohn’s overture, it is hushed and gossamer, full of the magic that children know. 2010-01-08T03:48:00Z With the instrumentation’s newfound clarity, swelling shoegazey riffs provide a backdrop for his gossamer vocals on songs like album opener “Malison.” Hibou turns anxiety into music on his new album, ‘Something Familiar’ 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Despite the title, Vicky Shick’s “Not Entirely Herself” is entirely in keeping with her past dances: gossamer in structure, finely wrought in detail, full of luxurious space but thrumming with resonances and moods. Dance Review: New Ideas Between Twists and Turns 2011-03-18T22:04:29Z One is a wide-angle summer view of the Whiteface Mountain in New York, drawn with gossamer delicacy on a 4-by-10-inch page. Art Review: William Trost Richards at National Academy Museum 2013-08-15T20:21:06Z There’s something so swooning and heady about his pose that he seems made of gossamer. Henry’s ‘Out [o] Fashion’ exhibit takes boundaries off beauty 2013-03-29T21:15:08Z One woman's bad magic, of course, is another's finely spun gossamer cocoon of social realism. JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy has critics in a muggle of magic metaphors 2012-09-28T14:39:19Z Listen to how the music unfolds: passages that slyly verge on atonality are linked like gossamer chains to hinge moments of pure tonal euphony, each expressing a clear dramatic point. The Elegant Musical Vessels of Dominick Argento 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z “Love, frail as gossamer, stitched together from a thousand songs and a thousand comic books, made of the dialogue spoken in films and the posters designed by ad agencies: love was what she lived for.” Review | Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s ‘Velvet Was the Night’ is a noir-thriller as captivating as its title 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Especially the “wet drape” of gossamer white muslins cut along a circular line and suppressed by a sheer overstocking, to mimic the crushed marble drapery of the Three Graces. A Fashion Show Epilogue. Or Was It an Elegy? 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z The Off-White tutu only had one sleeve—leaving her right arm free to serve—and the voluminous skirt felt capricious, lending her a gossamer lightness as she hustled across the court. The Best Outfits of 2018 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z In the catchy tunes of the finale, Mr. Ax’s bouncy lightness and gossamer colorings made clear that Italianate sunniness infuses this mostly intense Germanic concerto. Review: ‘Canta-Concerto’ by Marc Neikrug by the New York Philharmonic 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z But for a movie gleefully proclaimed a disaster, so many scenes fly through your consciousness like the gossamer Martian airships. When geniuses bomb 2012-06-12T14:00:00Z Viewers realize that the special five are chosen before the characters themselves do, because under certain conditions — a reflection in a mirror, for instance — we see that they have gossamer wings. TV Review: CW’s ‘The Messengers’ 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Most memorable to me were the interventions of the ensemble: patriotic anthems at first, later surrendering to letter-writing fugues and a gossamer chorale about sleep. Crossing Cultures, and Genres, at the Glimmerglass Festival 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z With such grandstanding taking place, it's little wonder that the narrative itself constantly seems at risk of being blown off course, like gossamer caught in a hurricane. Prometheus has landed … to mixed atmospheric readings 2012-06-01T13:59:40Z Watching Paul cast “a four-and-a-half-ounce magic totem pole,” the water droplets left in the wake of his line “made momentary loops of gossamer,” Maclean wrote. Fly-Fishing in Montana, Where a River Still Runs Through It 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z With joyous freedom and a casual command of fluffy gossamer colours, the master sensualist has recreated the richness of a lynx fur hung over Fracastoro's shoulders. Titian discovery at National Gallery 2013-01-07T21:51:45Z Fujita’s playing, gossamer without sacrificing the sturdy consonance of Mozart’s style, has a prettiness all its own. Review: A Young Pianist Finds His Way to Carnegie Hall 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The chorus wove a gossamer web around their voices, while, in the orchestra, the sound of a breathy flute rose over a quiet drone, and a hint of high strings. Music Review: ‘Matsukaze,’ an Opera of Love and Mourning 2013-07-19T20:26:39Z A lettuce leaf is gossamer, floppy and delicate. A Radish and Herb Salad That’s on the Cutting Edge 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Wires are bent into a tiny Hebrew inscription, embedded in the gossamer layers. Showcasing Jewish Antiques and Their Stories 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z “They form a sort of sisterhood, moving as one — and seemingly breathing as one — which gives the dance its gossamer sheen.” Clive Barnes Award Winner and Nominees Are Announced 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z On two screens, she watched herself spin in a green field, gossamer wings floating off her body. Björk Is on Display, Up Close and in 3-D at MoMA 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z The eggshell-white walls and mint green carpet lent the room a crisp Southern vibe, while gossamer curtains on a window overlooking leafy Linguard Street filtered in natural light. In Charleston, Evoking a Bygone Jazz Age With a Modern Touch 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Whatever the motive, there’s a familiar thinness, a gossamer quality, to Bush’s putative reasoning. George W. Bush’s Painted Atonements 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The squeals and buzzes and warped samples are manipulated into buoyant songs that float like, well, gossamer. Passion Pit: Gossamer – review 2012-07-19T20:00:01Z A gossamer golden chain holds the little squirrel, as Copley too felt himself bound — shackled, he said in his letters — to a little life in a frozen region. When Writing a Book Leaves a (Literal) Mark on Its Author 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z With a ribbon in her hair, she was gentle, sweet, lighthearted, as light in motion as her gossamer skirt. Dance Review: Jenifer Ringer’s Adieu at New York City Ballet 2014-02-10T22:26:36Z She will remake the whole Earth as a gossamer thing susceptible to the lightest currents of air, and the smallest rubble of the Earth, stones from a riverbed, as microcosms of the entire universe. Review | Why is this genius artist only now getting a show worthy of her art? 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Still, her capacity for power is tempered by an innate gossamer fragility. Dance Review: ‘Le Corsaire’: American Ballet Theater With Natalia Osipova 2012-07-06T21:22:16Z It may arrive cold alongside aachar and chiura, rice grains pounded flat and then fried into gossamer flakes that suggest fossilized tears. An Egg Is More Than Just an Egg at While in Kathmandu 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The answer is a resounding yes for viewers who buy-into this gossamer musical fantasy. Gotta Dance: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone manage to live up to the hype in Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z But the winner had to be Kemster, for taking us on a trip to the moon, on gossamer wings, with Bette Davis, in Now, Voyager. Clip Joint: Bespoke studio idents 2013-03-13T12:20:59Z So, we work to save this gossamer line that ties him to life and death. A love letter to Roe and my first pregnancy 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z The upshot is a gentle, gossamer movie that, like its soundtrack, goes down easy and is almost instantly forgotten. ‘In a Relationship’ Review: Two Couples at Opposite Stages of Love 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Comically glib brutality is followed by the opening titles set to the gossamer beauty of Vashti Bunyan’s Train Song. Patriot: part Homeland-style fable, part stoner spy comedy 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z The story is flecked with the gossamer wings of fairy tales that fall awkwardly in this contemporary setting. Stephen King and Owen King imagine a world where women aren’t woke 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z They form a sort of sisterhood, moving as one — and seemingly breathing as one — which gives the dance its gossamer sheen. Joyce Ballet Festival Spotlights Women, but Only One Dance Stands Out 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z The music is a like a gossamer fabric of sewn-together snippets. In Carsen’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Met, Verdi Through a Postwar Lens 2013-12-07T10:08:48Z Anyone needing a reminder that photography in the 21st century is not a monolithic medium, but conceptually and practically more of an immense gossamer umbrella, should pay a visit to the Little Big Man Gallery. Informality and improvisation in photo exhibit at Little Big Man Gallery 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Like a saintly relic, the gossamer threads that tie the two halves offer the promise of miraculous healing by evoking the vulnerability of the suffering body. Die and do 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z And when the tale gets to Africa, its weakest passages observe crowds of dancing natives on a riverbank, swathed in gossamer language. Reif Larsen's 'I Am Radar' transmits narrative magic 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z We knew that the cold fingers were gossamer and not baby fingers; we believed even as we disbelieved. Old wives' tales 2010-05-14T23:00:00Z Given that the divide between party pooperism and bad manners is gossamer thin, what should Christmas deniers keep in mind when interacting with the less seasonally challenged? Circa Now: Some People Celebrate Christmas by Dodging It 2013-12-20T21:46:19Z Architect Frank Lloyd Wright once said of New York City, “The buildings are shimmering verticality, a gossamer veil, a festive scene-prop hanging there against the black sky to dazzle, entertain, amaze.” New York City Design Icons Are the Subject of a New Book 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Glass artist Riggie wants her gossamer child's dresses to evoke tender memories. 'Dress Envy' is about what women wear, and what it means 2010-03-25T21:50:00Z Mr. Johnson’s gossamer touch and impeccable musicianship here and throughout provided fine support for Ms. Coote’s expressive singing, her silvery voice conveying myriad shades of yearning. Music Review: Alice Coote Presents an Evening of French Art Songs 2014-01-31T21:25:00Z He ended the first half of the program with his own piece “mar’eh,” a violin concerto that glides on gossamer wings for an unbroken 22 minutes, never touching land. Getting to know — or at least trying to — Matthias Pintscher at an L.A. Phil concert 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Beguiled by a Nymph So Nimble The title character in “The Fairy,” an alternately effortless and forced French-language diversion, doesn’t soar on gossamer wings; she sprints on two filthy, suspiciously human feet. Movie Review: ?The Fairy? With Fiona Gordon and Dominique Abel 2012-02-23T22:39:43Z The collection worked best in its gossamer evening loveliness and in its details, from the neon-light necklaces to silver boots with curved heels to the chrome half-gloves — a fetish of Mr. Lagerfeld himself. 2010-01-27T13:08:00Z At some point the bindings were dismantled, and the Ten Bamboo gossamer papers were mounted on heavier backings. Delicate Chinese Albums for Wealthy Show-Offs 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z It is hard to describe Ms. Melnick’s acclaimed dancing without resorting to the same stock of adjectives: subtle, nuanced, delicate, gossamer. Jodi Melnick Unveils ‘Moment Marigold’ at BAM 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Under the stewardship of Mr. Afkham, the orchestra glowed in the stormy passages of the first movement and created some gossamer textures in quiet moments. Music Review: David Afkham Leads the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra 2013-08-18T21:53:05Z He wore innovative, custom-made, windproof gear produced from gossamer and down. Onwards and upwards 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The dream team’s job, presumably, is to help turn his ideas about contemporary dating, which tend to be very clever and gossamer thin, into actual television. ‘Man Seeking Woman,’ a Comedy by Simon Rich 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z His keyboard touch ranges from stiletto sharp to gossamer soft. Sheppard tackles Schubert at Meany on May 5 2010-05-04T20:23:00Z Inspired by Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — in the wispiest, most gossamer way imaginable — “Dream” signifies a bounding leap forward for theater technology and a short jog in place for theater itself. Review: Living the ‘Dream,’ on Your Laptop or Phone 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z The music flies by in one joyous arc, with the linear melody and vertical harmony blurring into a single web of gossamer beauty. Review: Chris Thile Is the God of Small Sounds 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z His flights of fancy on the sopranino recorder relied on elaborately soulful ornamentation in the slow movement, accompanied by two violins and viola that played with gossamer grace. Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan's impeccable taste shows at Disney Hall 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The novel’s characters all grapple with the self as a transient gossamer thing, easily obliterated and readily rebuilt. Literary realism is dead 2012-10-20T21:00:00Z He didn’t try to cut through the gossamer fabric of the strings, perhaps taking more cues from Frank Sinatra than Charlie Parker. Music Review: Joshua Redman at Town Hall 2013-06-06T21:53:18Z Steam rising through the gloom at the Gare St-Lazare called for gossamer curlicues of pink and white on smeared patches of gray-blue pigment one day. Critic?s Notebook: Paris Rediscovers Monet?s Magic at Grand Palais 2010-10-05T01:41:00Z But the life of one particular Republican congressman from Illinois, Aaron Schock, looks pretty sweet, at least through the flattering gossamer filters of Instagram. Aaron Schock and His Popular Instagram Persona 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Most pianists are content simply to reach that top note, but Mr. Grosvenor sang them with a gossamer caress. Review: Benjamin Grosvenor, Boy Lord of the Piano, Takes Carnegie Hall 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Are his new friends writhing, leaping creatures whose gossamer garments have a certain shroudlike quality? New York Musical Theater Festival Includes ‘Deep Love’ and ‘Pope!’ 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z They walked into the grit and gossamer of new thinking that springs from emotional integrity, understanding and mutual cherishing of the effects of this powerful promise. Let me finish: how to stop interrupting… and change the world 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Equally fine were the Scherzo, with its gossamer textures and impish spirits, and the episodic finale, which culminates in a heavy-footed dancing frenzy. Music Review: Mariinsky Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-07T21:24:21Z “In Cold Blood” aestheticized the Clutter murders, mixing lurid details with gossamer prose. Can You Illustrate Emotional Absence? These Graphic Novels Do 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z If there’s such a thing as liquid gossamer, it probably resides in the chalk cellars of Pommery. 5 classic champagnes to try I didn’t want to dislodge all those gossamer voices and visions that Mr. Doyle had spun out of shadows and that continued to play in my head. | 'Ten Cents a Dance': Music, Memories and Regret 2011-08-15T22:20:09Z Television’s “Marquee Moon” was the gossamer masterpiece of the decade. Was 1971 really the year that rock exploded? 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z There are too many guitars and thudding drums to approximate the former's celestial lightness and gossamer softness, and there is none of the orchestral piquancy of Forever Changes. New band of the day ? No 827: Chief 2010-07-16T15:56:00Z When the overture shifted to the shimmering, restless music associated with the Venusberg — the realm of the love goddess — the playing had nimble lightness and gossamer textures. Review: James Levine Conducts ‘Tannhäuser’ at the Met 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Eventually a few of them pass each other in the night, but the gossamer thread connecting them is — get this — a shared fondness for a reality television show modeled on Dancing with the Stars. What to Expect When You're Expecting: An Ensemble Film That Doesn't Deliver 2012-05-18T10:00:32Z But “The Future” should definitively dispel the lingering notion that her art is some gossamer, transient confection. Miranda July Is Totally Not Kidding 2011-07-17T18:23:57Z The highlight for me was his towering account of Schubert’s Sonata in A, in which gossamer passagework alternated with chiseled declamations. Review: Andras Schiff Turns Mischievous at Carnegie Hall 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z There is a lamb suede baseball jacket, a light-as-meringue suit two-button blazer made of gossamer nylon and textured suits with a choice of either shorts or, for the less adventurous, long pants. New York Fashion Week: New York Fashion Week: Duckie Brown — Daniel Silver and Steven Cox — for Perry Ellis 2012-09-05T18:53:00Z In the Andante, her gossamer, silky sound in the soloist’s opening measures evolved into a richer, deeper timbre, enhanced by liquid trills. Review: Lisa Batiashvili With the New York Philharmonic 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Mendelsohn, who with Gosling significantly altered their characters' relationship into a less typical, shifty friendship shortly before filming started, recalls the week of freeform shooting as "gossamer." Gosling at ease in every role except movie star 2013-03-20T16:53:12Z Ms. Kawanami shaves them into gossamer flakes using old machines in the basement. In Tokyo, Tsukiji Fish Market Braces for an Uncertain Future 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z I like planks over thick slices, but sometimes uber-thin, gossamer slices are the perfect option depending no your application. Here's how to pick — and cook — a better eggplant 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z But it was the one which, as time passed, served as a permanent reminder not only of how gifted she is, but also how gossamer the line is between success and everything else. Natasha Lyonne, the original queen of the career capsize, comes up for air 2010-08-06T10:19:00Z I love how hard to read David LaChappelle photos are – it’s like parsing a passage of ancient Greek text as near-impenetrable as it is gossamer subtle. Marina Hyde's Lost in showbiz: high fives all round as Val Kilmer whoops about his new Top Gun mission 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z A word about Mr. Fuller: In his amazing gossamer piano solos, he sprinkles stardust on whatever song he plays; you hold your breath in wonder. Music Review: Lightens My Sadness, She Livens My Days 2010-10-06T22:21:00Z The pre-emptive metaphor is clarified by its development, from gossamer to flint and platinum, the latter a metal particularly resistant to tarnishing by heat or chemicals. Luminary by RS Thomas: Poem of the week 2013-06-17T11:37:44Z Roberta A. Mayer, the author of a 2009 de Forest monograph, said that his gossamer brass layering “is part of the whole orientalism ambience.” Renewed Interest for Lockwood de Forest’s Designs 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z This delicate, gossamer white wine is electrifying with lemon and lime flavors, plus scents of jasmine and ginger. Meet an Italian winery that makes $20 stunners 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z An ethereal “Christ on the Cross” transports with its clouds of wash over gossamer pen strokes; a sketch of a standing man holding his hat has a swaggering presence that belies its lightning-quick execution. Art Review: Spanish Draftsmanship That Leaps Off the Page 2010-10-14T21:52:00Z To preserve the gossamer sense of abstraction she imagined, Ms. Lash wrote the poetic libretto herself. ‘Desire’ Is an Operatic Glimpse Into a Secret Garden 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Across the surface, gossamer scumbles of paint proceed, appropriately, without a care, rising into the pale greens of the trees. 2010-01-08T06:23:00Z But the implications of miniature art were most apparent in the most gossamer music. Review | At the Kennedy Center, pianists Lewis and Osborne work in miniature 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z It was a sensual, gossamer melding of bodies that grew increasingly layered. In the Dance Lab With Martha Graham 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Review: Trey McIntyre Project is physical and precise; witty and intricate By Michael Upchurch Seattle Times arts writer Strength as light as gossamer — and movement that looks like music. Review: Trey McIntyre Project is physical and precise; witty and intricate 2010-03-19T16:44:00Z The Opera House orchestra performed Gabriel Faure’s gossamer French modernism with a light touch. Suzanne Farrell Ballet: Atmosphere came late to the party 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z For “On the Town” traffics in two kinds of exaggerations, that of the earthy, even dirty cartoon and of the gossamer romance of poets. ‘On the Town' Revival Opens on Broadway 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z In practice, this means vigilant attention to dynamics, a seemingly effortless ebb and flow between recitative and aria, the merest, gossamer pressure on a phrase or accent to give shape and transparency. The Pearl Fishers, Le Nozze de Figaro 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z In 1958, The New York Times wrote of their “gossamer lightness” and the way “the circular and oval shapes seem like magic lanterns, one within the other.” Ruth Asawa, an Artist Who Wove Wire, Dies at 87 2013-08-17T23:07:13Z They shouldn't be gossamer, but imagine a thick-cut potato chip's thickness. 24 ways to go savory with apples (because fall's favorite fruit belongs in more than pie) 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z During “River Dreams,” the album’s centerpiece and Glenn-Copeland’s first new song in 16 years, he chants wordlessly and reassuringly over gossamer synthesizers and an upright bass’s ostinato strut. Listeners Found Beverly Glenn-Copeland. It Was Time. 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Others have a full band, with Pinderhughes often playing the Rhodes, sputtering beats underneath and gossamer strings above. Samora Pinderhughes Explored Incarceration in Song. The Result Is ‘Grief.’ 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z She skated lightly through her point work, the lush Karinska tutu rising and settling about her like gossamer as she delicately unfurled her limbs. Dance Review: City Ballet?s Yvonne Borree Hangs Up Her Toeshoes 2010-06-07T21:06:00Z The effervescence of Indiana Woodward brightens any ballet, but this season in Balanchine’s “La Source,” set to Delibes, her melodic finesse, her gossamer delicacy and her vivacious grace were jaw-dropping. Standing (and Dancing) Strong at New York City Ballet 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z More confident now than when she landed her first screen roles a handful of years ago, she chose a gossamer ivory-colored Chloé blouse for the day of the interview. Taylor Schilling Gets Red-Carpet Tips From Thakoon Panichgul 2013-12-31T20:40:45Z There are episodes with gossamer textures and others with pumped-up, frenzied climaxes. Jaap van Zweden Conducts New York Philharmonic 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Never mannered, Barnatan’s hallmark gossamer touch deepened the sense of soulful introspection. A pair of striking debuts at Seattle Symphony 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Many conductors draw out the gossamer delicacy and lithe textures of this magical score. Critic’s Notebook: Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-06T21:00:31Z But his "real stories" are out, and Rushdie and Carter's "posh namby-pamby gossamer" is in, not to mention the fact Prys has been left completely incapacitated by a stroke. Meeting the English by Kate Clanchy – review 2013-05-25T13:30:01Z Ms. Skride brought a wide tonal palette to her insightful and passionate interpretation, her tone meaty and bold to open, then sweet, gossamer and brash. Review: Baiba Skride Wrestles Bartok’s Art of Darkness 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Buildings are seen in vertiginous perspective, searchlights rake the sky from impossibly high towers, bridges fly across vast spaces with gossamer lightness. Art review: ‘Architectural Image, 1920-1950’ 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The gossamer textures of the second movement, Lento, were in striking contrast to the turbulent finale, which unfolded here in a virtuosic whirlwind, ending the program on a dynamic note. Music Review: Swirling Tensions, Surging Passions 2011-04-22T21:55:45Z One highlight is seeing her in a gossamer dress and pink high heels, crawling at the edges of a social event like a bizarro wallflower. Movie Review: In ‘Towheads,’ a Woman Tiptoes Toward a Nervous Breakdown 2014-01-22T22:55:09Z This clarity, in turn, gives a firmness to Ms. Melnick’s choreography, providing anchor points in a style so gossamer that it tends to disintegrate. Review: Ballet and Modern Dance Meet, and Ultimately Embrace 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Rendered with an exquisitely sensitive touch in gossamer veils of severely muted color, it has a mysterious, fin-de-siècle vibe. Frieze Art Fair at Randalls Island Park Offers a Bit of Everything 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Experiencing the gossamer threads of sound spun by soloist, Erik Schumann, was like hearing a cobweb disintegrate. Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival – review 2012-11-26T12:37:30Z Black stilettos, black jeans, flowy black-and-white top, sleeves like gossamer wings tipped in royal blue. Octavia Spencer can weather 'Black and White' clouds, shine elsewhere 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z On Broadway, Ms. Stritch drew ecstatic reviews in world premieres of musicals such as Noel Coward’s gossamer comedy “Sail Away” in 1961 and Stephen Sondheim’s moody ode to selfishness, “Company,” in 1970. Elaine Stritch, vivid stage and screen personality, dies at 89 The figure’s sculptural mass and deep, perspectival space are offset by delicate highlights in his pearl-encrusted collar and cuff and in the gossamer white threads of his sleeve. ‘Mantegna and Bellini’ Review: A Family Affair 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z Lady Gaga climbed out of an egg, and her dancers eventually stripped from unisex golden gossamer tops down to underwear as she sang her new, synthesizer-pumped, very Madonna-revivalist “Born This Way.” Critic?s Notebook: A Mix of Genres and Generations 2011-02-14T06:00:05Z Clémence Poésy with her tousled hair and gossamer T-shirts would be first in line. The new wave of French style 2011-03-22T21:00:00Z She let its hem trail, its gossamer fabric contrasting zanily with her white canvas sneakers. The Star of ‘A Fantastic Woman’ Picks a Few Come-Hither Dresses 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z In addition to winding through his famously pongy, gossamer caverns, gallery-goers will get to walk barefoot through a giant "nylon vessel", lounge on vast cushions, and submerge themselves in his "sculpture pool". This week's new exhibitions 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z This is a gossamer foxtrot of a performance. Top 10 Best Movie Performances 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z But the ending is lovely: gossamer, calligraphic runs up and down the cello, barely audible over uneasy chords that resolve into the same high, quiet shimmer with which the work began. Music Review: New York Youth Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2012-03-12T22:29:19Z Behind her, the plywood wall of the family shack was adorned with pictures of her in gossamer tutu on stage. From a Manila slum emerges an unlikely ballerina 2012-12-26T08:31:04Z Yet here it is on the page: Charlie’s foggy friendship with Kathi defies convention, and Lane’s writing lifts the novel far above its gossamer Hollywood setting, suffusing his portrait of Kathi with a complex sensitivity. This Movie Star’s Only Hope Is Help From Her Personal Assistant 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z That’s reason enough to dip into this graceful if gossamer book. Jean Kennedy Smith Remembers Growing Up Kennedy 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z She is strong and yet it is a gossamer performance. Sally Hawkins heads for the Hollywood A-list ? thanks to a 1968 pay dispute 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z Here, the JACKs captured the fleeting gossamer essence of music seemingly impossible to capture. Getting to know JACK 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z In “St. Francis of Assisi’s Sermon to the Birds,” the little birds attending the saint are evoked by soft, gossamer trills, arpeggios and tremolos in the piano’s high register. The problem with a pianist who plays loudly or softly but not in between 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z The story is filled with detail like "A dresser drawer was filled with lingerie from Jewel Park and Bullock's Wilshire. A second drawer held gossamer blouses from I. Magnin and Lanz of Salzburg." Charles Fleming on vintage Hollywood and his novel 'The Studio Kill' 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z All the usual BSP tropes – the liberal politics, the military references, the gossamer instrumentation – are here, just with more polish. British Sea Power: Valhalla Dancehall - review 2011-01-06T22:00:03Z In spite of its "gossamer, gauze, filigree and refinement," Hornaday says, "'Cinderella' drags when it should skip as lightly as its title character when she's late getting home from the ball." 'Cinderella' remake offers some of that old Disney magic, reviews say 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The speaker is something of a naturalist, intently observing not only his own thoughts but the wandering gossamer of an actual web. Poem of the week: Two in the Campagna by Robert Browning 2010-07-26T09:44:00Z Yet something gets lost in the translation to harmony: whether the sisters' gossamer voices are woven together or flutter alone, what you hear is a bloodless, polite prettiness. The Staves: Dead & Born & Grown – review 2012-11-15T21:45:01Z It was exceptional, and yet paled beside the restaurant’s signature hot-and-sour popcorn shrimp, with their gossamer casings around a succulent core. 2009-12-31T18:01:00Z When the dance ended, they drifted off stage, silent and floaty in their gossamer tutus, and I watched in horror as one of the dancers, my friend, fell onto the floor, sobbing. Horror stories of that holiday favorite "The Nutcracker" 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z After an atmospheric episode, the piece broke into a spiraling dance, sometimes crazed, sometimes delicate with gossamer textures. Music Review: Finding the Soul of Russia Everywhere 2011-04-15T23:00:14Z The quartet — called Feathery, in what seems like a reference to the dabbed, gossamer tone of Ms. Bloch’s saxophone — also includes the bassist Cameron Brown and the drummer Billy Mintz. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z The shimmer of glossy leather corsets contrasted with the ethereal shredded gossamer skirts, while other designs teased at deconstruction, with trailing embroidery and dripping silver organza that echoed McQueen’s rebellious early days. Valentino returns to Paris’ Les Beaux-Arts with modern twist; Burton bids farewell at McQueen 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z The reliance on metal panels and leaf doesn’t prevent Hester from employing a gossamer touch. Review | In the galleries: She draws inspiration from neighborhood walks 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z He spun gossamer threads for “M1,” his higher vocal register glistening like a spiderweb jeweled with dew. Review | Indie artist Nick Hakim celebrates collaboration at sold-out D.C. show 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z The fruits of a violent imperial system lie behind the work’s bright, bouncy “Chinese” dance, with its pleated fans and parasols, and its slow, seductive “Arabian” scene, with ballerinas in gossamer harem pants. Perspective | Cracking open ‘The Nutcracker’s’ dark Russian past 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z During an interview, he paused to appreciate two juicy garden spiders taking in the sun on gossamer webs spun between the hedges and lawn chairs. Earth Now Has 8 Billion Humans. This Man Wishes There Were None. 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z I looked at the croissant’s interior whorl with its gossamer, buttery-light layers and thought, weirdly even for me, “This is like God’s fingerprint.” 11 best eats of 2022 from Seattle Times restaurant critic Bethany Jean Clement 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z But it is there, gossamer though it might be — even if some might find the notion naive. At UN, hope peeks through the gloom despite a global morass 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z But that much of even the most gossamer fabric can feel heavy in the heat of battle, so ahead of the tournament, Williams scrapped four of the layers and went on her way. The question now for Serena Williams at U.S. Open: How far can she go? 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z He won by a gossamer margin, beating his closest rival, businessman David Blair, by fewer than three dozen votes out of more than 141,000 cast. Opinion | Marc Elrich must do better in his second term 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Early in his career, Crawford helped monitor spiders that were among the first animals to recolonize Mount St. Helens after its 1980 blast, ballooning in on gossamer strands of silk. The Burke Museum’s ‘spiderman’ searches high and low to find Washington’s arachnid species 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z For the closing song, “Nuclear,” Shamir stripped down to a wistful guitar and bare tambourine rhythms, his voice evoking wrinkled taffeta as he offered a more gossamer live rendition compared with the jaunty studio version. Review | Shamir’s clarion vocals shine at D.C.’s Songbyrd 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z And just as he plows headlong and scornfully through the dicta of the justices who defined a limited abortion right, future justices will be free to tear up Alito’s own gossamer assurances. Opinion | Alito’s rhetoric on Roe is a smokescreen obscuring true radicalism 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z I had two outfits that couldn’t have been more different: One was a very strappy black leather look, and the other was an ephemeral gossamer white outfit. During Sound Check, Caroline Polachek Visualizes Her Performance 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The clips are paired with unexceptional small sculptures of the dancer engulfed in rippling bronze rather than gossamer robes. Review: Movies are the 20th century's greatest art form. So says this ludicrous LACMA exhibition 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Her gossamer vocals glinted on lush orchestral waves. Review | Lido Pimienta’s visions of liberation lift up the crowd at Songbyrd 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z After launch, Webb had to unfold two rectangular pallets containing the sunshield, unroll its protective covers, pull it into a kite shape and finally tug its five gossamer layers to be taut. Landmark Webb Observatory Is Now Officially a Telescope 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z After all, you’re not at the kind of restaurant where a light Microplaned flurry would provide just the right accent for gossamer ravioli. Forget from-scratch: Here’s how to make simple, attainable weeknight pasta 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Bits of candied fruit cling to the gossamer webbing and give you something to chew while the butter-scented bread dissolves on your tongue. Where to order the best panettone this holiday season 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z And her portrait of Daisy is gorgeously gossamer. 6 books to read in fall 2021 that take you to other times and places 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Photographs are ubiquitous today, but her poignant paintings, executed in a fluid, gossamer style she called “weeping realism,” derive from those and other fragments that remain. 11 books your creative friends actually will want on their coffee table 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The Cocineros menu borrows from South America, with a line of empanadas built with these flaky, gossamer wrappers that Alvarado imports from Argentina. Review | Cocineros in Hyattsville breaks the mold for pan-Latin restaurants 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Not that politics was suddenly all gossamer and angels’ harps. Column: He called out Trump's election lie. That made him toxic to fellow Republicans 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z They are woven together with a gossamer of connectivity in a “six degrees of separation” type of way. Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor details a web of human connection in ‘Filthy Animals’ 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z "It wasn't scary - it was beautiful. Everything was just shrouded in this beautiful gossamer spiderweb, all over the trees and fences," she told the BBC. Spider webs blanket Australian landscape after floods 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z The bonds we often think of as ropes are really gossamer threads. Opinion | Happiness Won’t Save You 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z As the Chopin piece swelled to the grand coda, the dancers in gossamer white floated into their final, graceful positions, tulle settling in sighing little puffs around them, duh-dahhhhh. Perspective | Why do these ballet dancers dance when there’s no audience? 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z When Conte left the next year, even that gossamer protection was removed. The Ballad of Danny Drinkwater 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z A gossamer veil separates the illusion of floating beauty that suffuses the luxury of Lily’s world from the human toil required, at every level, to create and sustain it. The House of Mirth: Jennifer Egan on Edith Wharton’s masterpiece 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z When they sway in a chairlift above the mossy hills and the gossamer mist brushes her hair, she feels as though she could reach out and touch the sky. ‘You’ll miss me when I’m gone’: the murder of social media star Qandeel Baloch 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z The painting is particularly salient due to its lack of Basquiat’s characteristic gossamer, adding to the introspectiveness of the piece, says LaBouvier. Defacement: the tragic story of Basquiat's most personal painting 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Last season, as Ajax’s future balanced on a gossamer thread, the club’s hierarchy called in seven of their most talented youngsters for a special talk and presentation. Edwin van der Sar: ‘We reached a level of football nobody really expected’ 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z She set up a break point in the first game with a gossamer dropper, earned the break when Kerber double-faulted, and won the first set without being broken. The Stunning Rise of Bianca Andreescu, Who Just Won at Indian Wells 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Decent speakers can be two feet high with heavy ferrite magnet drivers hidden by gossamer cloth grilles. Car Tuneups That Require Audio Engineers 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The beautiful image shows the star RS Puppis, at the center, surrounded by what the space agency calls a "gossamer cocoon of reflective dust" that's lit up by the sparkling star. NASA’s Hubble telescope captures stunning cosmic 'holiday wreath' image 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z I alternated views from macro, for the full spread of hues, to micro, for a close-up of the artists responsible for this gossamer landscape. In Colombia, adventures in former rebel strongholds 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z She transformed two gossamer 1960s pop tunes, “Our Day Will Come” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” into soulful barnburners. Nancy Wilson, acclaimed ‘song stylist’ who defied musical boundaries, dies at 81 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The lumpiang sariwa, or fresh spring rolls, would have impressed me more with fresher romaine leaves wrapped in those gossamer pancakes. Review | Filipino cuisine enters the mainstream at the delicious Bistro 1521 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z The most defining roles of his career — “Smokey and the Bandit,” “The Cannonball Run” and their stitched-together sequels — drew in astounding profits on gossamer plots. Burt Reynolds, Hollywood action star with playful charisma, dies at 82 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Now ubiquitous, the embellishment’s genius was in the wearably punk, urban-gladiator edge it lent to the brand’s gossamer clothes, and it has become one of the industry’s enduring best sellers. ‘A Dress Is Like a Passaporto, No?’ Welcome to Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Valentino 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z At the risk of stating the obvious. this is a gossamer thin claim. The court’s decision to let AT&T and Time Warner merge is ridiculously bad 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z No sun existed 4.6 billion years ago, only a gossamer cloud of remains from earlier stars, stocked with elements forged in previous cataclysms beyond our comprehension. The New Biography of the Sun 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Orchestrating her flight on the gossamer, pristine Golden Parachute she set up for herself via LeanIn.org, perhaps? Mark Zuckerberg Meets With Top Lawmakers Before Hearings 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z It takes you through the gossamer shell of the nebula and into the cavernous region where stars are born, and where pinpricks of light cluster like eggs in a nest. Take a 3-D Tour of a Space Cloud Full of Baby Stars 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Instead, the dust filters different colors of light differently; put simply, it’s more like looking at starlight through a gossamer fabric than a rigid framework of Quadanium steel. Mystery of 'Alien Megastructure' Star Has Been Cracked 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z He constructs tiny transmission towers from the bristles of toothbrushes and nail-scrubbers, and weaves gossamer cranes from sock thread. Micro-Revolutions 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Some of it is the fault of adults who let their kids grow up too quickly, stripped of the gossamer web of dreams and shoved directly into a reality they can’t handle. Mourning a heartthrob who was part of my thankfully innocent childhood 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Mofokeng has written, of the atmosphere of these services: ‘‘While I feel reluctant to partake in this gossamer world, I can identify with it.’’ Victory in the Shadows 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The 16 windows facing London’s Brompton Road feature Gucci patched and sparkling bomber jackets, accessories done in exotic skins, and gossamer gowns worn by pink mannequins. Gucci plants a not-so-secret garden at Harrods 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z I wanted to explore the gossamer interface between the conscious and subconscious worlds and how one bleeds into the other. 'I was in Ecuador - I had no memory of going there': what it is like to be in a coma 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z All of the fabrics had the wispiness of gossamer; a strong wind could had taken most of his earthly possessions away. The man who went on a hike – and never stopped walking 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z If they existed on the other side of the gossamer web of dreams, you were also hidden from their view by that same glimmering curtain. Mourning a heartthrob who was part of my thankfully innocent childhood 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z The spaciousness and blur of Mofokeng’s pictures come ultimately from intimacy with this ‘‘gossamer’’ world. Victory in the Shadows 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Rubenesque, with gossamer skin, they don’t stand by, waiting for you to eat whenever you want; these delicate beauties are only available in season, from mid-June through August. What’s so great about Walla Walla sweet onions? 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z A salute to the European solstice revels celebrated for centuries, with a debt to Ovid and Chaucer tales, “Midsummer” spins a gossamer web of passions and high jinks in several realms. Review: Seattle Shakes’ ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is missing some of its magic 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z When unmolded from the ramekins, the mousse is meltingly tender; it’s like gossamer. Scallops: What to serve when you splurge 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Acme’s policy of planned obsolescence extends far beyond its products, and that consideration of a dehumanized world lends some weight to an otherwise gossamer show. Review: Meep, meep! Annex makes way for some cartoonish capitalist commentary 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z It’s as though a race of giant harp makers had been roaming the planet, threading it together with gossamer strands of steel. 3 New Bridges Rise in New York, With Looks That Could Stop Traffic 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z But for all this skepticism, the book is too eager to find simple truths, and the author frequently grasps at gossamer ideas that aren’t particularly interesting or enlightening. Opinion | Scrambling over ruins of the world’s lost great wonders 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z You join hands and skip into the twilight along what seems like a gossamer trail of possibilities. What does an LSD-style drug-induced 'higher state of consciousness' feel like? 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z She will use the gossamer silk of a spider to pull it all together. The Hummingbird and the Pine Tree 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Think of hope as a banner woven from those gossamer threads, from a sense of the interconnectedness of all things, of the lasting effect of the best actions, not only the worst. Protest and persist: why giving up hope is not an option 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z “My standard response to that is, ‘That is a gossamer thread — you need to work on that in your life!’” she said, laughing. For Solace and Solidarity in the Trump Age, Liberals Turn the TV Back On 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Two I keep returning to: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” — which has a gossamer perfection that fascinates me — and Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre.” A new look for books at The Seattle Times 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z To no special category, I add: “bungalow,” “gossamer,” “inglenook,” “lapis lazuli,” “lily of the valley,” “lullaby,” “meadowlark,” “moonrise,” “serenade,” “Tuscany” and “twilight.” It Was Always the Words 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z The 15th transfer, from James Buchanan to Abraham Lincoln, was, of course, gossamer tissue stretched across already existing ruptures and percolating hostilities. Opinion | There’s a lot to be proud of this inauguration — and a lot to be done 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z You have to time your taps as squares of light whoosh pass, an insectile drummer skidding and grinding through turns or raising your gossamer beetle wings to graze rings. The 15 Best Video Games of 2016 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z The allegations against Comet Ping Pong, reported by the New York Times, are absurd on their face and detached from any gossamer thread of fact. ‘Pizzagate’ shows how fake news hurts real people 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z But the symmetry of its shape, the expertly weighted stiffness of the hinge — neither too resistant nor too loose — and its gossamer lightness just exude quality, and maybe even luxury. I’ve fallen in love with Lenovo’s Yoga Book 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Those butter chunks release steam in the oven, which gets caught in the folds of dough, lifting them into gossamer layers. Recipe: Caramel Peach Skillet Pie 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Science is a magnificent tapestry that disintegrates when we forget that its logic and evidence are woven on gossamer. The Rationalia Fallacy 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z A pool of gossamer tomato sauce blooming with espelette pepper pooled around polenta and ratatouille. Harvest Beat: Serving vegan food that omnivores will love in Wallingford 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Just about every gossamer touch, every subtle shimmy, every exact pass was a perfect little work of art. Álvaro Morata leads imperious Spain into last 16 as Turkey are outclassed 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z To help generate public enthusiasm, Mr. Davis sought to design a “gossamer” system that echoes Chicago’s architectural history. Uphill Climb: Cities Push Gondolas on Skeptical Commuters 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Carefully crafted helmet of fine gossamer, woven into a precise immovable template 17. The 100 greatest descriptions of Donald Trump’s hair ever written 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z New relationships are fragile things, basically gossamer cocoons. How to be human: when (and how) do I open up about past traumas? 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z Viewed from a flattering angle, the game boasts gossamer wings, balletic movement and the complex geometry of a Mondrian painting. A fan’s love affair with Roger Federer 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z It’s entirely possible Miley wasn’t thinking about the Amalthea gossamer ring and the history of the Voyager probes when she posted her picture. Miley Cyrus is Not Entirely Wrong About Her Tat 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z And, yeah, there is no one on Earth who conveys "otherworldly fluidity" quite like Swinton, who seems cut from alien gossamer. Hollywood's glaring problem: White actors playing Asian characters 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z A shrimp and vegetable tempura dish, with gossamer coatings, was among the best entrees. Review: At ToA, a Family’s Latest Foray Into Asian Fusion 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z A friend of Hannah made the gossamer material into a negligee. Hot Springs County museum displays varied aspects of county 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z He rocked the baby: zip, zip, zip - the string formed a gossamer structure and the yo-yo swung from it like a cradle. Yo-yo master shows off a lifetime of tricks 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z At each temple, gossamer silk scarves were draped around her neck—white, saffron, turquoise, red. Clinic in the Clouds 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z He rocked the baby: zip, zip, zip — the string formed a gossamer structure and the yo-yo swung from it like a cradle. Pulling strings: A yo-yo master shows off a lifetime of tricks 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z So when a collision in the hallway of ABC's offices results in a brown stain on the sleeve of Chopra's gossamer white blouse, it's understandable that everyone momentarily panics. 'Quantico' star Priyanka Chopra: 'I'm not the messiah, I'm just a girl' 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Eternal Summers This trio from Roanoke, Virginia, play bright, gossamer indie pop, attractive whorls of light, which recall the uncertain texture of the world when just waking up. CMJ 2015: the best bands to see at this year's music marathon 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z If you’re at all familiar with Boyle’s oeuvre, you know he loves little more than shredding the gossamer illusions behind which his characters—and his readers—hide. T.C. Boyle's Retreat Into California's Redwoods 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Every gossamer flatbread here swells and heaves with a curry filling, stretching its flaky shell almost to the breaking point. At Caribbean Palace, a no-frills tour of West Indian cuisine 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The first order of business was to dig through bags of gossamer to fold, roll and possibly sew together pieces to create the shell of the prom area. Valley City prom goes green with old, homemade decorations 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z But if magazines are going to be anything other than gossamer artifacts of declining interest, the people who run them might want to rethink how they employ their interns. Postscript: David Carr (1956-2015) 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z And unlike robust graphene, naked silicene is extremely unstable in air, making it difficult to transfer the gossamer sheet to more useful substrates — such as the guts of a transistor. Graphene’s cousin silicene makes transistor debut 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z I confess to being a tempura snob, and rarely outside of Japan have I tasted a tempura batter as gossamer light and crisp as the one embellishing the edges of this sandwich. A Review of Parallel Post, at the Trumbull Marriott 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Then I saw a copy of Forbes in his office and realized there was a different sort of wealth, a gossamer existence beyond my wildest imaginings. The Media Equation: Foreign Buyers Eyeing Forbes Magazine, a Chronicler of the World’s Wealthiest 2014-03-03T01:33:47Z As he grew up, the improbable notion of assembling something so big and of such gossamer design propelled him to become a civil engineer. 21st-Century Span: A Colossal Bridge Will Rise Across the Hudson 2014-01-20T04:19:48Z This is classic Carr—the uncommon phrasing “gossamer artifacts of declining interest” used to relay an unsentimental truth. Postscript: David Carr (1956-2015) 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Gilding the intense application was that gossamer late cut, a shot to make cricket aesthetes purr and turn the game's romantics weak at the knees. Bell adds 'mental method' to technical excellence 2013-10-23T06:39:57Z You roll your mind around enough in that stuff and gossamer becomes shellac, and your worldview hardens to the point of impermeability. Right-wing media check up: still crazy 2013-05-10T15:30:00Z The re-elected President, having proved that he can win by brawling and not just by floating on gossamer dreams, announced a new era of mature discipline — starting at home. For Obama, Survival Is the New Winning 2012-11-08T10:50:21Z But this is campaign math, which means it is mostly made of gossamer. Mitt Romney’s ‘new math’ for jobs plan doesn’t add up 2012-10-16T10:02:00Z As delicate as gossamer, the quantum properties of particles are apt to disappear as soon as physicists try to measure them. Physics Nobel for quantum optics 2012-10-10T17:21:07.457Z The ephemeral beauty of the #Paralympics hangs in the air over London like a gossamer cathedral. Has the Paralympic flame sputtered out? 2012-10-09T08:00:02Z Seemingly, this gossamer information is now taking shape. Susan Rice 2012-10-08T05:00:00Z A man blearily remembered one aspect of the legend as the hem of her gossamer gown wafted past him. Olympics 2012: Godiva awakes in Coventry – and heads for London 2012-07-29T15:20:15Z As the wand is passed through the gossamer cloud of spun sugar, it holds onto more and more of the pink strands. Best evidence yet found for "God particle:" U.S. physicists 2012-07-03T04:53:24Z Finely woven gossamer, constructed to resemble an actual stance. Arizona Ruling Deepens Romney's Immigration Muddle 2012-06-26T12:05:26Z And when a breath of air would stir That drapery of Heaven's own wreathing, Light wings of prismy gossamer Just moved and sparkled to the breathing. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z He saw his own gossamer music turned into a weapon of offence; his polonaises were so many cleaving battle-axes, and perforce he had to confess that all this carnage of tone unnerved him. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z How severe you are with my poor gossamers. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z There is no distance, no dreamy haze to spread like a gossamer veil over these hard outlines. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z On either bank we see taking shape before us houses and trees, while extended over the River, like threads of gossamer in the distance, a bridge is outlined against the sky. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Their eyes were not only shut, but a slight, very fine gossamer thread seemed drawn across them. Christmas Tree Land 2012-04-06T02:00:25.787Z The gossamer “heavenly whites” would end the meal on a high note. | Mineola: A Review of Brasa Rodizio Restaurant, in Mineola 2012-03-31T16:33:43Z She gave a slight shrug, and threw off the light gossamer shawl which had somewhat hidden her neck and shoulders. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z But opening one eye, the filagree of sunlight, sifting through the leaves, disclosed hundreds of worms letting themselves down by gossamer cables toward the earth. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The rain was pouring down in torrents and umbrellas were unknown; but all of them, both men and women, slipped gossamer raincoats over their clothing which kept the rain from wetting them. Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies 2012-03-17T02:01:04.773Z And she waved her filmy gossamer scarf that blew lightly in the air. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z With that I spread out her gossamer handkerchief, and throwing it over the top of my cane, affected to screen the rosy face beside me. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Such delicate frock-bodies and sprigged caps for infants; such toilet-cushions rich with patterns, like ingrained pearls; such rolls of lace, with running gossamer leaves, or edges fine as the pinked carnations in Davy's garden. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z I saw their summits peering above fog-drifts, flung like scarfs of gossamer across their breasts. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z She was like a thing of gossamer that a touch would spoil. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Like fire, strange flowers around them flame, Sweet, harmless fire, breathed from some magic urn, The silky gossamer that may not burn, Too wildly beautiful to bear a name. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z All her pretty dreams, wherein she shyly walked with the bright ones of the earth, were rent and blown to space like gossamer. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z For the instant they were back ... little heads and faces ... all the eyes on me ... soft curls, like wisps of gossamer. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z The threads of my life were untwined; they drifted about like floating threads of gossamer; and you didn't put out your hand to take them and twist them up into the chord with yours. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The girl wore a filmy gown and about her bare shoulders was thrown some silky thing as iridescent as gossamer. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z They are of less gossamer tissue, but almost transparent, and far more durable than the fabrics made from the Pi�a. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z But that, in the mind, the characteristic mind, of America, had not had the weight, the value, of a dandelion's gossamer seed. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z By Willingham Rawnsley I Tennyson’s Country Calm and deep peace on this high wold, And on these dews that drench the furze, And all the silvery gossamers That twinkle into green and gold. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Sleep is a pathless labyrinth, Dark to the gaze of moons and suns, Through which the colored clue of dreams, A gossamer thread, obscurely runs. The Star-Treader and other poems 2011-12-27T03:00:09.977Z The little breezes that had brought the flowers to him stopped their play; her scarf's floating ends—gossamer and delicately painted—came softly to her sides. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z The very clouds were floating gossamer that he could touch. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z They are things of gossamer, but gossamer will oft survive more solid material, and has the supreme quality of delicacy. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z But you have bought those cambrics by the piece, and also pi�as, thin, gossamer fabrics, of all degrees of color and beauty, sometimes with pattern flounces,—do you hear? A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z By transference anything light, unsubstantial or flimsy is known as “gossamer.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z They had had several children; but only one remained; that gay, light, gossamer girl, like a gleam darting along the path from sunny rays piercing through wind-borne clouds. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z The dancer, eluding the triumphant Greek, rushed over the brink of the portico and dropped like a plummet entangled in gossamer into the upreached arms of Marsyas below. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Not, of course, for any lack of enterprise, or any dearth of heroes, for almost any passer in the street will serve for a peg to drape the gossamer of a dream upon. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z The pale river gleamed ethereal as the gleaming gossamer on the grass, and beyond it a sea of pearl was merged in a sky of pearl. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z That delicate, fragile thing, which might so easily break, still hung between them, thin, like a gossamer, lightly joining them together. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z It swept downwards in a flattened curve, slender and ethereal, at that distance, as a film of gossamer, and lost itself in the gloom of the rocks, across the cañon. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z No gossamer adrift on the wind was more a creature of the air, no tranced ephemera more the genius of motion. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z It turned into gossamer when I reached the daylight, and floated softly away. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z Idly as the summer winds that float the thistle-down on their breath, have they vented their speculations, until amazed that their own fields and their neighbor’s have been sown with tares by these gossamer voyagers. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z Inhabited—not by ugly spiders, but by the wee-est little baby-fairies with the wee-est gossamer wings, swaying in their cobweb hammocks in all attitudes, fast asleep, soothed by the lullaby hummed by the wind. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z The ties which bind one to another are spun out of threads like cobwebs,—so gossamer in texture, so frail and unsubstantial, that they seem a thing one can brush aside with a touch. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z The border is exquisite, light as gossamer, and containing in its fine web-like lines beautiful suggestions. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z One row of columns rises above another, and each row is encircled by wondrous gossamer trellis-work, so that they look for all the world like aerial, unsubstantial balconies. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z It is too cosmopolitan a pleasure to belong to the exclusive, and too robust in sentiment to be confined to gossamer gut leaders and midge hooks. Fly Fishing in Wonderland 2011-09-01T02:00:22.230Z ‘It looks like a shrimping-net, only its meshes are so fine—as fine as gossamer—that I am afraid it will not bear even the weight of a baby-shrimp!’ The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z You might as well attempt to tie these wrists of mine with the gossamer from yonder furze.' Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z Swift as lightning, wild as a night-hawk, the girl darted away from the vase, leaving a handful of gossamer lace among the thorns of the roses, and fled down the steps. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z Over this gossamer net-work, more precious than gold, the festal host sweeps like a flowing stream. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z The fairies were all blue-eyed and fair-haired, and in their thin gauzy robes looked true gossamer sprites, as light as air. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z For Fancy is a maiden sweet, With all a maiden's whims; As quick as thought—as Magic fleet— Like gossamer she skims. The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza 2011-08-19T02:00:16.653Z But it is to the eye of one who travels in the evening mist from Staten Island that towers of finest gossamer arise. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z The gentlemen brilliant in scarlet, the ladies half rivalling them in masculine hats, but softening the effect with gossamer veils wound scarf-like around them, and a graceful flow of dark drapery. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z He had noticed previously that his coat-sleeve was flecked with gossamer threads, and now saw that the bushes were white with them. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Thin threads of gossamer gleamed, the light ran along their loops as they were lifted by the breeze, and the sky was blue over the buff oaks. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The sun came out; the wind died down; light veils of mist came slowly by—bits of floating gossamer—and melted in the clear, pure air. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z It was with such a furnace probably that India produced her keen-edged weapons that would cut a web of gossamer, and Damascus its flashing blades—the synonym of elastic strength. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Nearly on a line between Denebola and Arcturus, and somewhat nearer to the former, you will perceive a curious twinkling, as if gossamers spangled with dew-drops were entangled there. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z “What is beauty without ballast, my dear Julia? or affection that goes floating about like a gossamer without a stay?” said Miss Twettenham severely, and her sisters sighed. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z It bursts, like a very thin bubble: floats away like a film of gossamer, and disappears from sight. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z If you go into a king’s palace, there is the spider hanging on his gossamer web, and look-down with scorn and contempt on the gilded salon; he is laying hold of things above. Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study 2011-07-09T02:00:14.273Z Yet even this place of steamy stir, This pit of belch and swallow, With chrism of gold and gossamer The elements can hallow. The Three Hills And other Poems 2011-07-07T02:00:25.437Z White gossamers floated in the clear air; all around her there was absolute silence. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z He could not help noting, too, the gracefully-worn scarf of gossamer texture, passing from her right shoulder beneath her left arm, and secured by a richly-chased gold brooch of native workmanship. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z In no country have I ever seen such multitudes of gossamer threads. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The breaks and gossamer floating of this cloud interested me, not the less because its source was in the useful development of the resources of a great commonwealth. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z As I crossed an open lot on my way to the lane, a succession of gossamer spider-webs, lightly suspended from various weeds and small shrubs, attracted my attention. Rambles of a Naturalist 2011-06-04T02:00:13.503Z Especially on spring evenings, she thinks about the gossamer dress she might have worn to her phantom prom. In Oakland, Redefining Sex Trade Workers as Abuse Victims 2011-05-24T01:55:27Z The lake—but what can I say to fitly describe that translucent sapphire, over which a mist hung like a gossamer web above a blue-bell, or the haze of slumber upon a drowsy eye? Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z Another singular sight belonging to this period, is the occasional showers of gossamer that fall from the upper regions of the air, and cover every thing like a veil of woven silver. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z Let no one hear speak despairingly of the delicate gossamer web which supports us and our happiness. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z In winter it was thick and in summer it was gossamer; but one way or another a shawl seemed essential to Mrs. Busby's well-being. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z As they reached the ledge their wings fell from them, and they turned into lovely little pixies, as light and transparent as gossamer. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z The overshoes, and gossamer, and jersey waists, soap and chamois skins that I secreted in the left hand drawer haven't been seen since they left in the market basket under convoy of the Ethiopian. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z Along the road ran the familiar military telegraph, the wire now looped up to a convenient tree, now sustained by the slender portable pole that bends but never breaks beneath the seemingly gossamer strand. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z For such heavy play with gossamer and straws his nature was too earnest and his genius too exalted. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z She was dressed in moonbeams and dewdrops and the fleece of a cloud, and she had wings made of gossamer like those of a dragon-fly, and on her head there trembled a star. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z Elinor and he were in town: upon the morning of his visit to Grosvenor Square, they sat together in their hotel and weaved their bright and airy plans in syllables more unsubstantial than the gossamer. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z The flush on a baby's cheek is not more delicate than the tint of each gossamer petal. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z In a few moments all had changed: the larches were tipped with gold, the marsh lands were purest emerald, and the hills veiled in filmy mists floating like threads of gossamer down the slopes. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z How It Used to Work America is by no means the first hegemon to build its global power on the gossamer threads of personal ties to local leaders. Washington in a bind as local despots fall 2011-04-25T21:40:00Z Chriss's eager footsteps, her shrill tone, broke in upon the stillness, driving the gossamer threads of fancy hither and thither by the very impetus of youthful noise and movement. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z The lights died upon the garden gallery, the maidens held their garments together while their long gossamer sleeves floated out. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z There's no gossamer silk of tasseled corn, Nor the flimsiest thread of the shy wood fern— Not even the cobwebs spread over the flowers— Fine as the hair of this baby of ours. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z But the gossamer thread of narrative must be picked up once more, slight as it is. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z There are a few women, also, but not the slender-waisted creatures, in silks and gossamer muslins, who make up an outdoor assemblage of the aristocracy. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z I thought to see pearls, corals, quaint, old-fashioned gems, Or lace like gossamer creamed by the hand of time— Real treasures worthy of the hoarding. The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z It is a gossamer piece of work, and, though difficult, is highly effective. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z But tragedy has a way of getting diluted down through the generations, and the victims, for the most part, are by now gossamer ghosts whose descendants can recall very little about them. City Room: Triangle Fire: Clinging to Scraps of Memories 2011-03-25T11:37:20Z The heads of many were covered with broad fillets of embroidered wampum, out of which stood the wing plumes of the king vulture, or the gossamer feathers of the sand-hill crane. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z A haze hung over it when they arrived, but gradually floated away like gossamer and disappeared into space. Fast as the Wind A Novel 2011-03-22T02:00:19.407Z To Shelley, as Francis Thompson has said, nature was a toy-shop; his fancy took the materials of the landscape and wove them into a gossamer world, a bright ethereal habitation for new-born irresponsible spirits. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z But it was only gossamer—just midsummer madness. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z She wore a white satin dress with an over-dress of gossamer lace. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z The ratlines and standing rigging, the downhauls and halyards formed a ghostly tapestry, like the gossamer web of some forest glade. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z A gossamer veil of many tints, stirring faintly as if breathed upon, hung before walls of unimaginable beauty. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z In the spring, when the young growth covered it as with a gossamer web, it gave out a pleasant odor, and it was to him like the memory of what his mother had been. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z It was like brushing gossamer from before one's eyes. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z The question of who, once dead, will lie in honor in the Rotunda of the Capitol is one that rises rarely and usually without the gossamer of political controversy. Rotunda Honor Is Blocked for World War I Veteran 2011-03-08T15:14:42Z Gramps tied a nine-foot tapered leader, a spiderweb at the thick end and like gossamer at the thin end, to Bud's line and showed him how to attach a dry fly to it. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z On the wet lawn, where the gossamers gleamed like steel, lay myriads of brown, red, and yellow leaves. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Even the glassy blue dragon-flies, which had been hovering ceaselessly on their gossamer wings round the stems of the bulrushes, had disappeared. Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:00:56.713Z No personality could be more oddly at variance with a village brawl than this delicate, gossamer, fairy-like little mortal. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z What I have experienced in the world were adventures that were only wafted upon me like gossamer threads in the air, which we shake off again. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z The globes of dew gleamed in opal tints upon the grass, the big robins passed wreathed in filmy gossamers, the earth smoked with mist and thrilled with the voice of the glad west wind. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z He spent long intervals sitting on his window-sill regarding a world that was scented with nightstock, and seemed to be woven of moonshine and gossamer. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Hanu-Man, a trapeze artist on gossamer threads, scooped her up; she whizzed through the air with him when BhayankarAsura grabbed her away, blood dripping from its claws. Dream girl 2011-02-16T18:20:53.533Z There were wonderful colours by day, with clouds of floating gossamers at night. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z There were household duties to be done ere Doris would be free to get her invisible needle and her gossamer thread, and to begin the airy weaving of the cobwebs. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Over the bright sky bending above you, my dear niece, I would not, for the world, bring a cloud even as light as the filmy, almost viewless gossamer. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z In the distance that network of iron wire, stretching out in all directions, shines brightly in the sun, and is not unlike the gossamer which floats over the meadows in spring time. War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z There are a few women, also, but not the slender-waisted creatures, in silks and gossamer muslins, who make up an out-door assemblage of the aristocracy. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z A misty, unreal something it appeared; a gossamer covering which would vanish before the first breath of wind, or touch of sun. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z As he rose higher, hanging suspended like a spider from the end of his gossamer thread between the sky and the ground, a sudden thought struck Blinky. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z So the dress was a perfect pearl, light as gossamer, thin as bee's-wing, soft as swan's-down; and the King made Gammelyn his chief jeweller, and set all the other jewellers free. Moonshine & Clover 2011-01-06T03:00:46.940Z Strange, indeed, he reflected; Memsahibs rarely wore veils, and those they affected were gossamer, cobweb-like affairs that hid not a feature. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z There came floating through the balmy, sunny air a gossamer thread and fixed itself on his shoulder. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z The sun was going down, wearily perhaps, but proudly, for as it slowly sank below the horizon it left behind it gossamer colors of sapphire and scarlet, with glint and glow of gold. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z They expand into an oval, smooth-faced leaf, with slightly scooped edges, and a most delicate fringe of short gossamer, which falls off later. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z But when the Princess saw the dress, she was so beside herself with pride and pleasure that she must have also a dress made of pearl, light as gossamer, thin as bee's-wing, soft as swan's-down. Moonshine & Clover 2011-01-06T03:00:46.940Z Morning brought mists that swirled upward from the creek and spread like gossamer spirits over the meadow on both sides. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z Perhaps his life was really hanging on as slight a thread as this bit of gossamer. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z The protective sheath of foreign citizenship proves to be little more than a gossamer. Strangers at Home 2010-07-16T23:30:00Z Out their window, beyond a garden that covers a couple of acres, the mountains well up in gossamer light. South Africa: A Big Bounce from the World Cup 2010-05-13T21:00:00Z But when they came to ask the Princess, she said, "I will have only a dress of beaten gold, light as gossamer, thin as bee's-wing, soft as swan's-down." Moonshine & Clover 2011-01-06T03:00:46.940Z The walls, shelves and tables are crowded with photographs and paintings of princesses and queens decked in gossamer gowns or wrapped in furs, smiling, staring and sometimes scowling. Getting the Royal Treatment 2010-04-24T19:23:00Z And, lo! as he moved, the gossamer thread floated away from his shoulder, away into the sunny afar. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z Color-field paintings, for example — the big monochrome wafers of Ellsworth Kelly, the gossamer pools of pigment in Helen Frankenthaler — would emerge directly from Matisse, but not until the 1950s. Great Leap Forward: Matisse in Chicago 2010-04-02T18:30:00Z But Judge Pauley rejected Mr. Monserrate’s argument that the people of his district were disenfranchised, writing that the impediment to voting rights was “gossamer.” Judge Declines to Reverse Monserrate?s Expulsion From the State Senate 2010-02-20T02:03:00Z Spurrier saw white roads and the glitter of rails running off into gossamer webs of distance. The Law of Hemlock Mountain You have thrown away that delicate little gossamer dress that ladies call fame, so why not say pleasantly, ‘My dear Maximilian, let us be married at once, and live happy ever after’? By Birth a Lady The grass glittered with diamond-like dew, the fairies had spread their squares of gossamer everywhere. The Trail of Conflict Her robe of snow and gossamer Enclad a form most neat; Such sandals green were never seen As shod her twinkling feet. The Coast of Bohemia Boatswain," said True, holding up the hand to which the gossamer threads were still clinging, "Sophia is in the Pixies' fort or on the way to it. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies On this warm August morning Miss Rocheford wore a charming gossamer costume of lilac and white, with the daintiest of Parisian hats on her golden head. Love Works Wonders A Novel The exquisite gossamer fabrics of Levy's, Beck's, and Stewart's are now in the hands of the mantuamaker, and very soon we shall hear that the town is deserted. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 It has no more binding power than a gossamer thread. The Man Who Rose Again The dark was mysteriously lifting, the air filling with a soft silver-gray translucence that touched the wild growth as with a fairy gossamer. The Valiants of Virginia The auditors stretch themselves a little, then rise to the accompaniment of clattering benches, gossamer sighs, and the sound of two hundred bodies moving and coming back to themselves. Woman Telfer looked after the white gossamer dress and the beautiful head, with its wreath of scarlet flowers, and an iron sternness settled on his face. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories Small twilight singer Of dew and mist: thou ghost-gray, gossamer winger Of dusk's dim glimmer, How cool thy note sounds; how thy wings of shimmer Vibrate, soft-sighing, Meseems, for Summer that is dead or dying. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems The storms of party were not to be stemmed by a wing of gossamer. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 Between a spiritual warning and its material consummation there is but a friable and gossamer alliance. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath Over a silken robe she wore a haick or burnous of fine gossamer that fell about her in graceful folds. Glories of Spain And I lifted out the gossamer fabrics and again spread their crimson glory under the lamp. The Haunted Pajamas Be calmer, O my Grief, be quieter: The dusk you craved enfolds us; everywhere The twilight veil of blue-grey gossamer Falls, bringing peace to some, to others care. Mice & Other Poems Cobwebby, same as arachnoid; bearing hairs like cobwebs or gossamer. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools Anne studied the gossamer building about which a spider was busying itself, and Boone knew that in her mind some matter was demanding discussion. The Tempering The aeroplane dashed forward over the smooth turf and then seemed to take the air as lightly and easily as a bit of gossamer. The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship How different that fragment of gossamer with the frill of rich lace from this homely kerchief! Tony Butler Bees, powdered with pollen, hummed slowly back and forth, and the soft whir of unnumbered gossamer wings came in drowsy melody from the distant clover fields. The Master's Violin The enemy were indicated by a long, noisy line of gossamer smoke, although there could be seen a toy battery with tiny men employed at the guns. Last Words And then the scene Wakes, and out steps, by rhythm released, The sorcery of all the East, In rose and saffron gossamer,— A young light-hearted worshipper Who dances up the sun. Later Poems So the next evening they put out to sea through the gossamer scarves of moving twilight—the man in his coastguard kit gay to frivolity, the girl in fisher disguise, meditative, half tearful. Love's Usuries He had a mind which worked with velvet or gossamer touch. Lafcadio Hearn It was a handkerchief—a mere wisp of gossamer, with Duchesse lace edge, and the name Paula written in embroidery across one corner of its fragile square. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel Not the sane joy of everyday ... but a fragile, iridescent trembling as of a dewy gossamer spun between the lintels of the door of Dreams. Shadows of Flames A Novel Her breath was so light it would hardly have moved a gossamer; her eyelids drooped slowly and heavily, and she slept a sleep too deep for dreams. Clover and Blue Grass She could not scan the ashen mask that hid the rage of conflict; merciful darkness had enveloped the death struggle with a gossamer pall. Love's Usuries It was one of those gossamer threads of fate that a few glimpse rarely in their lives. Leerie High in mid-air, looking like the mere gossamer thread of a spider’s web spanning the abyss, is a rope of galvanised iron, and swung on this, dependent on a couple of pulleys, is the “box.” A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance That trembling, iridescent gossamer of joy shut out reality—the past, the future—shut her in with the lovely serving-maidens, dreams fulfilled.... Shadows of Flames A Novel There were no real cobwebs, of course; and yet he again felt as if they floated from the gypsy woman to him, like gossamer threads, and attracted him towards her. Mopsa the Fairy Glimmering figures, clad in robes of finest gossamer of the rarest colors, powderings and embroiderings, sang the songs of pained and enraptured sensibility. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar My brother, do you not see there a heart similar to your own, with the same hopes, the same egoism, and the same heroism and power of dream which forever refashions its gossamer web? Above the Battle She twirled her gossamer handkerchief into a tight wet ball and toyed with it nervously. The Heart of a Woman The glistening shape elongated, became a thread-like tendril of almost gossamer thickness. The Invader A metropolis of gossamer and frost, fragile and lovely as a dream, locked in the clear, pure vault of the ice. Black Amazon of Mars She wore a robe of coral-red silken gossamer, that with its foldings shivered like quicksilver, revealing a figure of olive marble beneath. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar Like a strong, fresh wind he filled her world—and, incidentally, he was a wind that blew away all the delicate cobwebs, the gossamer filaments of her finer gift. The Torch Bearer When completed, you know, the delicate designs are sewed upon gossamer lace. An American Girl Abroad I surrendered my hand to the patterned gossamer pressures of feather-talk. The Big Time The origin of the silvery threads of gossamer which are so frequently seen extending from bush to bush was formerly unknown. Folk-lore of Shakespeare His dress was a cloth of gold, light as gossamer, that swathed his form after the manner of our Eastern potentates. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar But they yielded to her charm and became her lovers, fanning her cheek so gently that her gossamer veil was scarcely rustled. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 The mountains were "smoking"; from their tops streamed a gossamer veil which the travelers knew to be drifting snow-clouds carried by the wind. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure The gossamer shining dews of June Showed grey against the green; Yet never so much as a bird-claw print Of footfall to be seen. Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems In Germany the popular belief attributes the manufacture of the gossamer to the dwarfs and elves. Folk-lore of Shakespeare And Air came in her golden garment of gossamer, and laid her hand upon the child's forehead and blessed him. The Wine-ghosts of Bremen But the heart lives its own life, spinning gossamer threads that float away astern across time and space, joining us invisibly to that which made and fashioned us, and to which we hope to return. Titanic He slipped off his light gossamer sporting-boots, and Buck succeeded in stamping his feet into them. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure My heavy masculine hand would mar its gossamer beauty. The Portal of Dreams Hogg, too, introduces it as a vehicle fit for the fairy bands, which he describes as “sailing ’mid the golden air In skiffs of yielding gossamer.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare One seems to be in fairyland, and looks about for the figure of a sylphid floating upon a gossamer cloud, or a group of fairy revelers tripping upon the blossom-covered ground. The Pearl of India Hers was not one of those gossamer shapes which flitted around and about us, balancing on tiptoe, or gracefully floating with extending arms. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II From Mosul, on the banks of the Tigris, whence the material we call muslin takes its name, was brought a fine silk gossamer, something like our crêpe de Chine. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens The mermaid comes from the ocean, Beside me sitting down; Her white breast's breathing motion, I see through the gossamer gown. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine The gossamer is now, however, known to be the production of a minute spider. Folk-lore of Shakespeare At times, myriads of the fairy-like nautilus floated past in gossamer frames, while in savage contrast, voracious man-eating sharks followed the ship close upon either quarter, in eager watchfulness for human prey. The Pearl of India Her hand lay like gossamer on his arm, so lightly that he could not feel it; but he was aware of her perfectly graceful motion as she walked. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome She is of the most exquisite beauty: fragile in form as the gossamer that floats on a summer’s breath—brilliant in appearance as the colours that illumine the rainbow. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries Her hair was as white as autumn gossamers, but her eyes still flashed with their old varying fires—they were still, as of old, the flaming eyes like the sea! Eyes Like the Sea Of King Oberon, it may be remembered, we are told, “A rich mantle he did wear, Made of tinsel gossamer, Bestarred over with a few Diamond drops of morning dew.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare In the daytime, radiant, sun-loving butterflies on gossamer wings fill the atmosphere with flashing prismatic hues, the harlequin-like parrot and the royal-plumed peacock completing the outdoor carnival of colors. The Pearl of India Oblivious of passing hours, and profoundly immersed in speculations concerning her future, the girl sewed on, working scallop after scallop, and flower after flower, in the gossamer cambric between her slender fingers. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part By such gossamer threads were they attached to it and so near to breaking!—Two days before, the German grand offensive had been started. Pierre and Luce They lie far away, gray with the mists of memory, under a veil of distance, half-silver, half-gold, like the gossamer, so far that they might never have been save only in dreams. An Isle in the Water Where the gossamer so lightly Through the air in threads is flying, Spears and halberds then were glittering. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. The appearance of this lovely insect tribe in Ceylon is gorgeous, in their yellow satin, black velvet, and steel-blue costumes of gossamer texture, daintily spotted with white, green, crimson, and ruby red. The Pearl of India She was dressed in a gray suit of some shining fabric, and a long gossamer veil of the same hue hung over her features. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Beyond it the East River was opening up—spanned by its gossamer webs of steel. The Bandbox He now sported a pair of tight black trousers, with pumps and gossamer silk stockings. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. He went "brrr" with his lips and smiled a really cheerful smile as he watched how this queer bundle of gauzy wings and golden gossamer floated deliriously through the sunshine. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 But resolutions to lie awake are the veriest gossamer, blown away by the breath that puts the bedside candle out. When Ghost Meets Ghost Her gossamer dress, her costly wreaths of flowers, her nicely fitting slippers, are carefully packed up,—for they are her own, her capital in trade, and must be taken care of. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 She walked with a haughty air, fanning herself with a little gossamer fan, while her servants went backwards before her, spreading down the cunningest little carpets for her to tread upon. Our Young Folks—Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls The thin veil passed away from overhead like gossamer. The Moving Finger The white gossamer threads blew over the big plain, where the fields full of stubble were already being prepared again for the new seed, and hung around the young girl's face. Absolution The heaven was spangled with tremulous stars, and at the horizon the clouds hung down in gossamer folds—God's robe trailing in the sea! Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It Now they saw a wild, shadowy troop, which was hotly pursuing a spectral coach of gossamer wheels, with six plunging mules frantically lashed by outriders. The Missourian A mist hung over it—and in that gossamer shroud a little island floated whereon my Sylvia dwelt—where now she slept. Wings of the Wind Long drawn and clear its closes were— As if the hand of Music through The sombre robe of Silence drew A thread of golden gossamer; So pure a flute the fairy blue. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 4 October, 1897 Even yesterday the gossamer had flown across the fields and hung fast to the bare bushes and tops of the few remaining turnips; to-day the first snow lay on the ground. Absolution The bellying sails and the woof of cordage aloft, seemed unsubstantial, like a gossamer weaving. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story |
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