| 单词 | gratifyingly |
| 例句 | This seemed gratifyingly macho, and I examined it with interest, as if it were a rare mineral. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The particular residents had fluttered gratifyingly in response. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z For once, the weather was kindly—more autumnal than springlike in feel, but gratifyingly mild. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Radio-sodium had a gratifyingly lengthy half-life of fifteen and a half hours and gamma ray energies that Ernest calculated at about 5 million electron volts. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The answer ties up many loose ends and, gratifyingly, punishes those most in need of punishment. Review: In ‘The Great Swindle,’ Pierre Lemaitre Spins a Dark Postwar Tale 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Schaefer is a genial and gratifyingly humble host for this night of minimal drama, one that might feel a bit more consequential in less formal theatrical surroundings. Review | ‘Light Years’ is a new musical at Signature Theatre — with the emphasis on lite 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z But Lynn Steinmetz and Laura Giannarelli, who play the spouses’ respectively serene and grumpy mothers — reprising the roles from “See Rock City” — contribute valuably to the emotion, narrative texture and gratifyingly shifting mood. Review | The familial irritation in ‘Gulf View Drive’ is likely to strike a chord with every viewer 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Some of the optimism in “Last Call at the Oasis” comes from a gratifyingly unlikely place — the Middle East, where shared water problems have led to cooperation amid otherwise intractable political conflict. Movie Review: ?Last Call at the Oasis,? a Documentary About Water Supplies 2012-05-03T23:00:12Z The film’s plots are soft and flimsy, and they don’t mesh as gracefully as they might, but they do serve as an adequate trellis for Mr. McKellen’s performance, which is gratifyingly but unsurprisingly wonderful. Review: For Ian McKellen’s ‘Mr. Holmes,’ Retirement Is Afoot 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The characters are gratifyingly individual, but they are also recognizable 21st-century urban types, inhabiting a milieu that is hardly exotic to casual browsers in the meadows of independent cinema and off-network television comedy. Review: In ‘Nasty Baby,’ Friends Decide to Start a Family. What Could Go Wrong? 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z And for all the drama of its plot, it consistently and gratifyingly goes small, letting us learn about its characters gradually and in relation to one another. 'The Deuce' Succeeds Because It's Not More of the Same 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The tapes of the title seem to fulfill some universal contractual obligation to feature found footage in horror movies, but the ending at least is gratifyingly grandiose. Review: In ‘The Vatican Tapes,’ the Sinister Stare of Possession 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z We gave him a bicycle – an ordinary present for a boy whose life is, for the most part, gratifyingly normal. The day we learned our son had a cleft lip 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z And watch “Fleabag,” especially Season 2, which I suspect will hit gratifyingly close to home. Carolyn Hax: No welcome wagon for widower dad’s girlfriend 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The bread is sturdy enough to withstand the slow melt without disintegrating, and shattered peanuts, chocolate syrup and sweetened condensed milk make gratifyingly sloppy trimmings. The Ice Cream Sandwich Comes of Age 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Armando Iannucci makes bright, irreverent work of Charles Dickens’s classic novel, populating the famously crowded story with a glorious cast of gratifyingly varied actors. Perspective | Best movies of 2020: Diverse thrills, chills, Dickensian laughs and a pandemic-friendly trip to Greece 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z A lone, ominous whistle; a searchlight raking the darkness; a throng of tense-bodied men and women looking furtive — such gratifyingly classic notes of noir are sounded before a single word is sung. Review: ‘The Wrong Man’ Sets a Universal Nightmare to Music 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Obviously, slow cooking is a wonderful thing for a student, as it more gratifyingly postpones the moment of essay writing. Nigella Lawson: I'm very much a survivor. Everyone should be 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Unusually for a British political drama, there's nothing much humorous about Paul Abbott's suspenseful story - it's a gratifyingly meaty tale of corruption and subterfuge that remains credible until its final overstretched scenes. Six to watch: political dramas 2010-04-29T12:06:00Z That they’re also feminists surely, if gratifyingly, goes without saying and may help explain why there are three movies in the slate about abortion. A Sundance With Brains and Guts, Disemboweled and Otherwise 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z About half way through, a solo cello starts a Steve Reich-like riff that gratifyingly infects the whole work with rhythmic life. L.A. Phil explores Minimalism to maximal effect at Disney Hall 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Loach is a proud and passionate old-school British leftist, but the recent films he has done with Mr. Laverty display a gratifyingly flinty conservatism, both aesthetic and cultural. | 'Looking for Eric': Steve Evets and Eric Cantona in Ken Loach?s Film 2010-05-13T22:40:00Z In spite of a profile that should place it alongside “Megamind” and “Despicable Me” and the long list of other overblown, have-fun-or-else cartoons, this rambling, anarchic tale is gratifyingly fresh and eccentric. | 'Rango': There?s a New Sheriff in Town, and He?s a Rootin?-Tootin? Reptile 2011-03-03T23:01:04Z The sphere of suspects is thus gratifyingly small when Quine turns up in an abandoned house, savagely mutilated and doused for good measure in hydrochloric acid. ‘The Silkworm,’ by Robert Galbraith a.k.a. J.K. Rowling There is a suspicious death; people are not who they seem; and Viridiana, a gratifyingly strong central character, must repeatedly recalibrate her loyalties. Review | For your playlist: The best new audiobooks of the month 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z For all its splendor, “Empresses” is a gratifyingly rigorous show. Gentlewomen of the Forbidden City: The Power, the Intrigue, the Clothes 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z This latest installment is a gratifyingly international survey in which Cousins, who narrates, applies his analytical eye to movies that are still settling in the mind. ‘The Story of Film: A New Generation’ Review: The Case for Modern Movies 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Elba, as Luther, is still gratifyingly larger than life, knitting his brow to stare down lesser humans and meeting every challenge with a weary shrug of his endless shoulders. ‘Luther’ Returns, With Idris Elba Reprising His Role as Tortured Detective 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z It was a tiny but gratifyingly tangible example of the usually amorphous benefits of reading aloud to a child. The best children's books ever 2010-05-12T07:00:00Z And all six are full of twists and witty turns that move inexorably toward a gratifyingly happy ending. In Jane Austen, fairy tales meet biting feminist critiques 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z Surrounding them is an appealing, gratifyingly diverse ensemble, occasionally over-broad but clearly having a grand time. A spirited postwar 'Much Ado' in Griffith Park 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z He has gratifyingly rethought the beloved top-of-second-act song, “Seasons of Love,” usually staged with the cast in a single line across a proscenium stage. Review | A galvanizing ‘Rent’ raises pulses as it welcomes audiences back to Signature Theatre 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z While his current wife, Sally, “views life as one thing leading naturally, intriguingly on to another,” he looks at it “in terms of failures survived, leaving the horizon gratifyingly — but briefly — clear of obstructions.” Richard Ford’s Hero Returns in ‘Let Me Be Frank With You’ 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z So they sit until, that is, they hear the first charismatic chords of a gratifyingly countrified version of Led Zep's "Ramble On", upon which a tidal wave of people head for the stage. The showman must go on 2011-01-30T00:03:02Z David Morse is gratifyingly restrained as a friend with an inexplicable crush on Maggie, but it’s Mr. Pullman who’s worth watching. Review: ‘Trouble’ in Vermont, as Two Siblings Fight for Land 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z My friends were gratifyingly agog and full of safely married encouragement. Back in the game: dating in your 50s 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z Perhaps even more welcome, for reasons of novelty, were staples of the Sondheim musical theater stable in gratifyingly unanticipated hands. Review: Old Favorites, With New Tricks 2010-08-10T14:33:00Z Examples of most of this work are in his retrospective, “I Am the Single Work Artist,” through Feb. 3, which is gratifyingly, though exhaustingly, large. The Materials Man of the Emirates 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z FX’s gratifyingly gross horror drama “The Strain” returns for a second season Sunday night — and not a moment too soon, as summertime TV grapples with a serious case of the blahs. ‘The Strain’ season 2: More fun with the world’s least-complicated vamps 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Those at the Friedman Theater, however, know that no matter how the match ends, this gratifyingly silly show has — now, what’s the term? — potted all its balls. Review: Great Pretenders Pocket Laughs in ‘The Nap’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Thursday’s first of three performances was gratifyingly good: strong leadership from Morlot, impressive singing from the soloists and chorus, virtuoso instrumental performances from the orchestra. Seattle Symphony and Chorale’s performance of Bach’s ‘Mass in B Minor’ is gratifyingly good 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The results, accordingly, are gratifyingly mixed — movies to argue about, to puzzle over and to embrace as you would a friend or a cause. Critic?s Notebook: Film Comment Selects at Lincoln Center 2012-02-16T23:30:09Z The artistic fruits of that approach were gratifyingly confirmed during the poorly attended show on Saturday. Review: Contemporary Music Champions Celebrate With the Hits 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z After cooling, each center was sunken and gratifyingly chewy. The absolute best way to make sugar cookies 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z “The blond, pixieish Miss Mills gives a restrained, natural and gratifyingly mature performance. She is a likable youngster whose mannerisms and speech are unaffected and convincing.” Optimism Rears Its Sunny Head on the Best-Seller List 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z As a bonus, Eddie reconciles with Lindy, who gratifyingly tells him that she's both proud of him and "a little intimidated." Limitless Review: Wall Street on Steroids 2011-03-17T16:05:00Z But it is also more completely of a piece, and it leaves you feeling both moved and gratifyingly sated. | 'Other Desert Cities': Drowning in Domestic Denial in the Sands of Palm Springs 2011-01-14T03:00:00Z He inhabits a leafy neighborhood, with a loving partner, a son who is gratifyingly weaker than him, and a new baby. Anthony Lane: “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” and “Boyhood” 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z It all adds up to a drama that's strikingly filmed, gratifyingly smarter than it needs to be and--better still in an era of bloated episode counts--snappily paced. Darkness Under the Sun on USA's Gripping Drama The Sinner 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The Estonian Mati Turi was her Siegfried, gratifyingly, at his most endearing and lyrical in his last big sing before death. Götterdämmerung – review 2012-07-20T13:24:10Z It also looked susceptible to a gratifyingly simple cure: ever more fiscal austerity. A troubled union 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The BFI opened the season, however, with the gold standard: a retrospective of Akira Kurosawa’s films that goes gratifyingly far beyond the canon titles. Streaming: the best Japanese films 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z The Stratford board gratifyingly recalled her practice to carry out alterations and extensions. A stage of her own: Elisabeth Scott and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 2011-01-29T00:06:16Z “This rambling, anarchic tale is gratifyingly fresh and eccentric,” A. O. Scott wrote in The New York Times in March. Video: A Tragic Actress?s Twilight, Burning, Not Dimming 2011-07-17T01:23:02Z The quick rhythms of the gratifyingly enunciated dialogue set the mood and the tone, and convey the everyday tumult both in Louis’s home and in his pinging, whirring mind. ‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’ Review: The Cat’s Meow 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z But that doesn't mean that the new technology doesn't offer readers a chance gratifyingly to navigate their own passage through a narrative. Liked the book? Try the app 2010-07-02T23:05:00Z Gunther is one of crime fiction’s most gratifyingly melancholy creations, and in “Prussian Blue” we watch him match wits with the officialdom of two Germanys, pre- and postwar. ‘Prussian Blue’: Philip Kerr’s crime fiction at its best 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The investigation itself is gripping, if a little unwieldy; Betts’ panoramic approach to the story, while gratifyingly expansive, doesn’t always do justice to the finer points of the material. Review: No objections to Jamie Foxx in the entertaining courtroom drama 'The Burial' 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Given the mixed festival reactions to Glazer’s earlier triumphs “Birth” and “Under the Skin,” it feels gratifyingly right to see “The Zone of Interest” already getting its due. All 21 movies in competition at Cannes, ranked from worst to best 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Huang has a storyteller’s keen timing, and despite its modest 15-minute length, “Tipping Point” was a gratifyingly complete capture of this talented young composer’s range. Review | A weekend of masterful Mahler with the NSO and the BSO 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z The result was a gratifyingly fast economic recovery — again, accompanied by a burst of inflation, but that seems to be subsiding. Does America have too much debt? 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z From a parent’s perspective, it was simultaneously indescribable and comprehensively, karmically, gratifyingly right. How Edmonds walk-on and Husky legacy Jack McCallister earned UW’s starting punting job 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z She might come endorsed by pop royalty but, in person, Sawayama is gratifyingly low-key. Rina Sawayama: I've been blessed by ABBA! 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z That last call sign is just one example of the low-key humor that runs through “Top Gun: Maverick,” which gratifyingly never resorts to snark or smug winking. Review | ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ rocks, with finesse, style and genuine emotion 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z But not necessarily alone, as Anne gradually and gratifyingly discovers. Review: The tense French abortion drama 'Happening' is the movie you need to see right now 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z “The administration’s record in the federal courts remains gratifyingly dismal,” I wrote in a column toward the end of the Trump administration. Opinion | Where did all the conservative hand-wringing over judicial restraint go? 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z That episode ends as most viewers will expect, both gratifyingly and terrifyingly so. Review | Kenneth Branagh’s memoir ‘Belfast’ is touching, entertaining and utterly irresistible 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z It would be a gratifyingly Shakespearean finale if Stefanik ended up losing her soul and the House conference post. Opinion | The decline and fall of Elise Stefanik 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z It would be an unremarkable moment if it weren’t for the casting: Kurt Russell as a hipper, hotter but still plenty traditional Santa, with a trimmer-than-usual build but that essential twinkle of merriment gratifyingly intact. Review: Kurt Russell delivers more Claus and effects in Netflix's 'The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two' 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Yes it’s the end of an error, a critical righting of a historic wrong, buoyed by gratifyingly strong turnout. Don’t look now, but Trump did better in blue King County than he did the last time 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Most gratifyingly, “Starting Over” showcases the extremes of his remarkable vocal ability, as in “Cold,” a stately, whisper-to-a-growl R&B ballad filled with pained bent notes and lengthy runs as gritty as they are fluid. His look reads biker, but country star Chris Stapleton isn't afraid to get in his feelings 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z But notwithstanding these eager foot soldiers in the conservative legal battle, the administration’s record in the federal courts remains gratifyingly dismal. Opinion | Trump detests ‘losers,’ but he’s the courtroom loser in chief 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Spurred by those shocking numbers, the Georgia legislature is gratifyingly stepping up. Editorial Roundup: Georgia 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z The New Yorker says: “Prince Gomolvilas’s clever, multilayered play is gratifyingly subtle in its inquiry into migration — the pain of crossing over for the living and the dead alike.” Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for November 2019 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z As it stands, though, the movie is compact, coolly heartwarming, and gratifyingly uncute. “The Farewell” Mixes Mourning and Revelry 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z She is still a gratifyingly complicated one, especially because she is given to self-reflection. When a Dissident Becomes a Collaborator 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Directed by Matthew Heineman — best known for the urgent, timely documentaries “Cartel Land” and “City of Ghosts” — “A Private War” is gratifyingly unfussy. Review | Rosamund Pike delivers the performance of her career as war correspondent Marie Colvin 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z On the surface, her increasingly desperate actions might seem reckless and deluded to the point of stupidity, but her motivations to the end remain irreducibly, gratifyingly complex. Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal brings a fierce, layered intensity to 'The Kindergarten Teacher' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z There is something gratifyingly lurid and blandly predictable about Trump and Trump-adjacent Republicans allegedly cheating with Playboy models. Playboy models are having a political moment in Trump's America | Jill Filipovic 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Less interested in blunt proselytizing than more open-ended explorations of faith and its challenges, Affirm films have gratifyingly avoided the kind of pietistic Sunday-school pageantry that characterizes so many motion pictures of the genre. Review | ‘Paul, Apostle of Christ’ portrays the early Christian community at its most fragile 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z It is as though the fantasy of male strength measures itself most gratifyingly against the fantasy of female weakness. The crisis in modern masculinity 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z But the story’s empathy doesn’t end with Rachel and Richard; it flows beyond them, in gratifyingly unpredictable directions. Sundance 2018 diary: 'Private Life,' 'Monsters and Men' among the early festival highlights 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z The results are spectacular: full of drama and gratifyingly bizarre sonic choices. The best albums of 2017: the full list 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z At 140 minutes, this movie qualifies as something of an endurance test, crammed to the rafters with voice-over narration, rapid-fire banter and some gratifyingly cogent poker commentary. Jessica Chastain pulls a winning hand in Aaron Sorkin's incorrigibly entertaining 'Molly's Game' 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z The results were spectacular, full of drama, depth and gratifyingly bizarre sonic choices. The best albums of 2017, No 1: St Vincent – Masseduction 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z But “neoliberalism” is more than a gratifyingly righteous jibe. Neoliberalism: the idea that changed the world 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Together, he and Gadot develop a gratifyingly coy, low-key vibe of mutual attraction and camaraderie. Review | ‘Wonder Woman’ saves the day, in more ways than one 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z My sister was gratifyingly astonished that I’d never lost my wallet before, but, as someone who typically has to reconstruct the entire contents of her own several times a year, she was not exactly sympathetic. When Things Go Missing 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z It’s going to make for a proper spectacle between two proper clubs in gratifyingly confident form. After years of waiting, Toronto and Seattle get their shot at MLS glory 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z All of these contributions are duly celebrated in “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You,” Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s profile of a man who, at 93, still has it gratifyingly together. ‘Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You’: Homage to a visionary TV producer 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Portrayed by Ruby Barnhill in a gratifyingly un-cutesy breakout performance, Sophie emerges as a courageous, resourceful heroine, capable of holding her own even when confronted by scary monsters 10 times her height. Spielberg adapts Roald Dahl’s ‘The BFG’ with uneven, but finally winning, results 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Mr Livingstone is not some tribune of social change but an embittered old man whose views are still gratifyingly repellent to the vast majority of Britons. The loneliness of Ken Livingstone 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z As a musician, Badu sometimes seems, gratifyingly, to be aging in reverse, embracing a youthful spirit that didn’t hold as much interest for her when she was young and dignified. Erykah Badu, the Godmother of Soul 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z I couldn’t wait to show it off so I took it to lunch with two friends who have a similarly highly developed appreciation of bags, and they cooed gratifyingly. Does the perfect handbag, dress or lipstick really exist? 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z This new interpretation, gratifyingly, continued to stress the importance of free speech in the face of barbarism. The left’s Charlie Hebdo dilemma: How to feel about the magazine & its cartoons 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Whereas Sally views life as a natural sequence of events, Frank looks at it “in terms of failures survived, leaving the horizon gratifyingly - but briefly - clear of obstructions.” Review: Richard Ford brings back Frank Bascombe 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z As the player emerges from the darkness, the light flares gratifyingly – an epic little moment that, in practical terms, involved nothing more than moving forwards and then turning 90 degrees and moving forward again. Looking To The Moon: First Impressions Of Destiny's PlayStation Beta 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z We mean no disrespect to our 33rd president, Harry S. Truman, who is belatedly but gratifyingly getting the respect he deserves as one of our most effective and decisive presidents. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Your rating was gratifyingly less abysmal in all black settings, but your day-to-day existence was in a world where you were, in a sense, not considered a whole man. We Can Affirm That Race Matters—But Much Less Than It Used To 2014-04-23T16:09:03Z He also, for all his accomplishments elsewhere, struck a gratifyingly humble note. How Bayern got even better under Guardiola 2014-03-31T17:00:11Z In particular, the gratifyingly longer lives of people with complex health needs means we have a fast-growing demand for support. Forget public v private. We just want the best value for taxpayers' money 2012-11-20T19:30:02Z Prices are gratifyingly low, given Mr. Coulter’s commitment to using only free-range birds and grass-fed heritage pork. Hungry City: Bobwhite Lunch and Supper Counter in Alphabet City 2012-09-18T20:26:14Z Hence the gratifyingly packed theater to witness the mysterious Spaniard's debut. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z That was gratifyingly easy thanks to the website’s intuitive interface. Aereo Is Not Quite Ready For Prime Time 2012-02-17T19:34:12Z It's also a game with a brilliantly surreal aesthetic, an addictive and gratifyingly complex puzzle mechanic and at least one hot chick. Catherine: the puzzle game that's a paradigm of young adulthood 2012-02-10T13:27:22Z Below the surface were dense, untoasted cornbread “croutons,” unnecessary additions to an otherwise gratifyingly rich dish. | South Norwalk: Red Lulu Cocina in South Norwalk ? Review 2012-01-07T00:31:23Z On the contrary, she appears to be gratifyingly feminine. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z And Madame and the children were a gratifyingly appreciative audience. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The response was swift, and, to many, gratifyingly sharp. Twists in a South Africa Corruption Case Prove Telling 2011-12-06T01:48:42Z The audiences were gratifyingly large; there was a demand for several repetitions of the lectures; and, apparently, the suffragists felt that something must be done to destroy my pernicious influence. Anti-Suffrage Essays 2011-03-28T02:00:24.710Z And now, gratifyingly, the architects of modern two-dimensional game design are thriving. 2D Forever: the fall and rise of hardcore Japanese game design 2011-03-04T10:37:00Z We were anxious to get to work this morning, and, most gratifyingly, a mere 15-minute hike down to the fossil beds brought us to new discoveries almost immediately. Scientist at Work: Eureka! A Fossil Bone, and Water Ferns to Boot 2011-01-03T22:17:49Z The book Katz describes as an "underdog" won in both the health category and, gratifyingly, "People's Choice." 'Power of yum' may help patients fight malnutrition 2010-08-21T00:28:00Z The first of March brought him his royalty check from Hutchins & Waterbury, and it was, as had been predicted, gratifyingly large, and reduced materially what he had called his "campaign expenses." International Short Stories American And in regard to the feeling of revenge, so natural to the human heart, I have been gratifyingly disappointed. The Burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania It went off with snap and the audience was gratifyingly appreciative. A "Y Girl in France Letters of Katherine Shortall The metre is gratifyingly correct, and the rusticisms exceedingly colourful; though the average reader might find it somewhat difficult to associate the name Miko with Yankee countryside. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 She wanted Bob Martin, and she wanted to be gratifyingly sure that Bob Martin wanted her—and then she wanted affairs to stand still at that pleasant pass, while she played about and invited adventure. The Innocent Adventuress Lucy grew most gratifyingly interested in Pan's game, but she made it hard for him to play it, and also embarrassing, by clinging with most tenacious and unshakable grip to his finger. Valley of Wild Horses Barbara rang for tea at noon and came down to luncheon in a house which was gratifyingly demoralized by her absence. The Education of Eric Lane As this gratifyingly sonorous designation was enunciated by Cicily in her most impressive voice, the members of the club straightened in their places with obvious pride, and there was a burst of hand-clapping. Making People Happy Malespini's suggestions, acceptable in themselves, were gratifyingly supplemented by a tender letter from Marie de' Medici and a purse well filled with gold. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) Before we get to business," continued Mr. Goodnight, in the most gratifyingly intimate manner, "suppose we have something just to wet our throats and promote conversation. The Candidate A Political Romance Well, the fair bride was most gratifyingly affable, and cousined me to my heart's content. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Prussic acid had a readily discernible odor, mercury was difficult to introduce into the system, and the corrosives, although gratifyingly spectacular, were dangerous to the user. The Status Civilization During their precipitate wooing, and through the first brief months of marriage, this profound and original theory had been gratifyingly confirmed; then its perfect surface had begun to show a flaw. The Fruit of the Tree The young lady was gratifyingly flustered at the announcement, and by her haste to produce the required letters indicated the esteem in which her employer held the author. The Parts Men Play Fede's face was gratifyingly pale, his eyes thoroughly wide and scared. Eastern Standard Tribe Also Miss Green's check was gratifyingly large both to her and me. Phyllis He was the author of six tragedies and two comedies, some of which when produced proved gratifyingly popular. The Glories of Ireland She was astoundingly, absolutely, and gratifyingly black, and Ambrose was sure that he had never seen any one quite so beautiful. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 He showered every gallant attention on the naive bread-and-butter miss, and succeeded gratifyingly soon in winning her heart—to all appearance. Within the Law It was a velvet affair with furs, and gratifyingly becoming. Emma McChesney and Co. Thus, in the natural order of things, Davy could safely assume that he would be the next mayor of Remsen City by a gratifyingly large majority. The Conflict He lost interest in the tedious day-to-day business muddle of the booming telephone network, and gratefully returned his attention to creatively hacking-around in his various laboratories, which were now much larger, better-ventilated, and gratifyingly better-equipped. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier At the end of which time the opinion hazarded in that last sentence came to be gratifyingly and remarkably endorsed, and by wholly disinterested persons. Roughing It, Part 8. Nothing was the worse for that adventure except the broad-head, which was gladly offered to the kindly gods who had so gratifyingly watched for me its straight true flight. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow For an aeronaut on his way to bed, I should have felt, had I been in that blackbird's plumed corselet, that I had had a gratifyingly full house. In and out of Three Normady Inns After her debut she spent the social winters at the Capitol where social niceties were developed with much attention to detail, and at home and while in Washington she was gratifyingly popular. Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness The infant had grasped a handful of his father's wavy gray hair and was making an earnest and gratifyingly successful effort to drag it out by the roots. Many Kingdoms The intelligence level of the average letter was gratifyingly high. The Flying Saucers are Real When they were in their porch beds she told Kennedy all about Mark, and Kennedy commented that he certainly was a gratifyingly ardent admirer. The Story of Julia Page It was found that the public entered into the spirit of these seances with great gusto, and often the collection taken up was gratifyingly large. In the Sweet Dry and Dry Trains in which others ride may telescope and steamers may take one's acquaintances to watery graves, but to normal people the chance of any catastrophe overtaking them personally must always seem gratifyingly far-fetched and vague. The Firefly of France A motor-car with the muffler cut out was approaching, at a most gratifyingly high speed. Further Adventures of Lad Then, with considerable doubt, I descended from my ant hill and hurried down the slope, stumbling over grass hummocks, colliding with bushes, tangling with vines, but progressing in a gratifyingly rhinoless condition. The Land of Footprints |
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