| 单词 | homely |
| 例句 | Shireen was a homely child, made even uglier by the greyscale that had left her neck and part of her cheek stiff and grey and cracked. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Out in back is a homely garden that, even now, in mid-April, has root vegetables waiting to be dug—blighted potatoes and yams and tough-skinned carrots and turnips. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She kind of looks like a homely Cleopatra. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Saying what? What can they possibly say? There’s a homely kid in your class? Come on.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I’m not homely but I don’t have Peaches’ looks so I was scopin’ and hopin’, if you know what I mean. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Trust is indeed something in these days. It is, perhaps, better to have a homely woman whom one can trust than a more chic maid—for example, some smart Parisienne.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Septa Unella was big-boned and mannish, with callused hands and homely, scowling features. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z James leaned forward and read out loud: “‘For the most wild yet most homely narrative—He looked at Emily, his mouth hanging open. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He gazed around at the homely little room. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Like babies, even homely ones, each a blessing, each one bom with—as Mama used to say—its loaf of bread under its arm. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Down the embankment they swayed and there it was, a plain, homely little house, barn-red, and below it the last of the sun flashing on the wrinkled surface of a tiny lake. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt their attention sharpen at the homely sight of it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "I will kill him," the tall homely girl declared. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Charles pointed to an especially homely colt and asked his wife what she thought of him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And she crawled through the little door into the tunnel; and that dark place among the rafters which had seemed so exciting and adventurous a few hours ago, seemed quite tame and homely now. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He was homely in a gallant vital way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z That dog’s gonna be right jealous you dumped her so easy for something as plain and homely as that skinny, knock-knee Foster girl. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z James leaned forward and read out loud: “‘For the most wild yet most homely narrative—He looked at Emily, his mouth hanging open. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z For a long time only these homely sounds were heard in the garden close, for the monks did not talk at their work. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The way they knew that Priscilla Willis, the beekeeper’s homely daughter, had a sting worse than any bee. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z This old, homely, thick-bodied woman did not look like a maegi to her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The cook was past her middle years and homely. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z So smart, so morally upright, but she talked too much, in a voice that came from too far down in her chest, and she was homely as a pig head three, like her father. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked like a sad and homely human being. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve seen my own brothers buy snacks they’d never usually eat from a pretty girl while avoiding delicious food sold by homely girls. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The high chamber of the turret behind, where they had met again, seemed almost homely: they were out in the open again now, and terror ran along the walls. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “When I was in junior high, my best friend was so gorgeous, and I was just this tall, homely girl with pimples and braces.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Tall and skinny, a little on the homely side, but smarter than any woman I’d ever known. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The crowded tent was hot, and sweat plastered limp yellow hair to her broad, homely face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Helen Chambers was homely and dignified in the manner of Eleanor Roosevelt. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Orr was one of the homeliest freaks Yossarian had ever encountered, and one of the most attractive. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The homely young woman had kept to herself all through their journey, spending most of her time with the horses, brushing out their coats and pulling stones from their shoes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Not me—like Juanita I was big boned, darkly bronzed from being out in the sun every day, and homely as a gingersnap. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Seeing a thin, homely animal, Jones made the understandable assumption that this was no racehorse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They knew it was a rough and homely place compared to the farmhouses along the road and the ample mansions around the village green. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It was Michaela, the skinny maid with the merry disposition and homely sallow face, and she was waking him up because he had a visitor waiting just outside the door. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The primrose was more vulgar, a homely pleasant creature who appeared in every cranny like a weed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He was a homely, lanky, young fellow with close-set eyes, and a wide, expressive mouth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Not plain as in homely plain, but even plain. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The New London oil camp houses seemed naked and homely by comparison. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “He wasn't much, was he? Kind of small and homely and he didn't shave too close or comb his hair very well.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z They tried the sentence again, reading together out loud: “‘For the most wild yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief.’” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Her smile flickered uncertainly, then lit up her homely face again. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In spite of the blunt words and homely phrasing, there was nothing revolting in Katie’s explanations. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Noise from outside the house was excluded completely, and even homelier indoor sounds were muffled, and sometimes even eliminated somehow. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Even though I could have walked the path blindfolded, I felt foolishly grateful for the homely bobbing comfort of her flashlight. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve never seen anything quite so homely—he looks as though he had been squeezed into the wrong coat, somehow.” The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Hunger, perhaps, more than mistrust kept him wakeful: he had begun to long for a good homely meal, 'something hot out of the pot’. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Perilee and Karl spun by—he tall and solid, she round of belly and homely of face—and my heart filled up so full, it threatened to spill out my eyes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The colt had proven that Hard Tack’s speed lived on in his homely little body. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z That in those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They tried the sentence again, reading together out loud: “‘For the most wild yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief.’” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z A small man, as hairy as he was homely, he was a Sparr by birth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The minister’s wife is a homely woman of virtue. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He was a stocky youth of twenty years, earnest and homely, with a wide nose and a shock of thick brown hair. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So she was unprepared for the homely little house beside the pond, unprepared for the gentle eddies of dust, the silver cobwebs, the mouse who lived—and welcome to him!—in a table drawer. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He filled one of his mother’s long black stockings with ashes and roamed the streets with his gang swinging his homely blackjack and crying out raucously from time to time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But many of their favorite pictures and photographs were still hanging on that movie theater wall, above the empty mattresses, along with their homely scrawls; and scribbles. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Soft-spoken Lord Cerwyn had actually brought his daughter with him, a plump, homely maid of thirty years who sat at her father's left hand and never lifted her eyes from her plate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But Lillian always remarked that the doctors had taken a badly burned, homely man, and with all the advances of modern medicine at their disposal, turned him into a grotesquerie. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She was smart, generous, her looks unquestionably homely, queer, egregiously frank, hip to the bones. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There are about ten adults milling around, and a half-dozen train riders left—me, a few sickly looking teenage boys, and some homely children—undernourished, walleyed, beetle browed. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The Rose Garden Hotel, while hardly luxurious, is certainly homely and comfortable, and one cannot begrudge the extra expense of accommodating oneself here. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Ahead of them all, ears tipped forward with a jaunty expression, was Seabiscuit’s heavy, homely head. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The man looks like he's about to object to her polite refusal, but then he catches an older woman's eye and moves off to escort a homely girl in a yellow dress instead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Kira reached down and scratched the homely mongrel behind his ear. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The victim belongs to a group of six Oba-sans, or “aunties” — homely, divorced women in their late 30s — whose friendship derives from the fact that they happen to share the same surname: Midori. Books of The Times: Cruel Stories of Youth: Numb, Violent and Aimless in Japan 2011-02-07T17:18:05Z It is funny and safe and homely in an honestly dishonest way. The norms of Norman Rockwell 2011-01-30T22:00:03Z Indeed, as the play begins, Peg Smith, whose name alone lets you know she’s plain and real, stands cracking eggs at her kitchen island to make the homeliest food ever devised: zucchini bread. ‘Swing State’ Review: All Is Not Well in Wisconsin 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Serving from breakfast till dinner, one9seven is a relaxed kinda place, stylish yet homely. Food picks of the week 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z Was that too homely to entice members of next year’s pop crop? CMA Awards 2014: Nashville flails in the post-Taylor Swift vacuum 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Life is shown to be homely, cute, and disgusting. A Stop-Motion Film About Power in the Wrong Hands 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z She rediscovered the log, which she described as “homely and gorgeous,” only recently, drying it in her wood kiln to rid it of bugs. Arlene Shechet Creates Beauty Out of Chaos 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Then, of course, there are myriad styles: thin crust or thick, Chicago deep-dish or homely grandma slices, and so on. When Pizza Is More Than Just a Pie 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z I would consider myself otherwise to be a fairly average person: neither homely nor beautiful, rather quiet and reserved, no sparkling personality, but polite and pleasant. Perspective | Miss Manners: Responding to an insincere ‘Marry me!’ 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z There are nice touches of homely magic too, alongside the familiar fairytale glamour that whisks Cinderella from a world of rags to a ballroom full of romance. This week's new dance 2012-11-24T00:05:43Z Members such as photographer Carl Warner stages pictures that at first look like homely painted landscapes – until you realise the trees are made of broccoli, the houses of ham. The Experimental Food Society's culinary revolution 2010-09-22T20:59:00Z They have the will and the lust to make art and find homely and practical ways through. Paper Gallery: ‘Joe’s Junk Yard,’ by Lisa Kereszi, and More 2012-10-18T21:31:56Z Cubed, the meat went into Brisket Stroganoff — a traditionally homely retro favorite you may recall was once made with concentrated cream of mushroom soup. ‘Milk Bar Life,’ reviewed: guilty pleasures, sweet and savory alike 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Why does a man whose formative musical years were characterised by cigarettes and alcohol and champagne supernovas feel the pull of this most homely of English beverages? Love music love food: pop will eat itself 2011-07-15T22:00:00Z This blunt axiom undercuts the tendency to read too much into the more earnest and personal episodes related in the book, those homely accounts of the author’s early life in rural New Zealand. In Essays About Bodily Ailments and Other Conditions, Clues to Writing — and Life 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Go ahead: Sit down, compose a brief note in your own homely script and drop it in the mail. Review | Email and texting are terrible. There’s an easy solution: Write more letters by hand. 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z They have a brightness of flavour very different from the humble, homely grains. 20 best vegetarian recipes: part 3 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z She's in no mood to put up with it: her cottage contains a gun, but no fresh bread, axes but no homely fire. All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld – review 2013-06-27T09:00:00Z He wears a genteel white lace collar and a satin jacket that is a shimmering study in grays; both contrast strikingly with his level, appraising gaze and homely mug. Art Review: Faces Still Alive, Centuries Later 2011-07-28T22:44:45Z These historical poems have a homely, unvarnished sort of grace. Scorching, Sophisticated New Work From Two of America’s Leading Poets 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z At the end of one trail, a homely two-foot lizard with a mottled black body and a brownish-orange face peered over its shoulder at us. Wildlife galore in the Bahamas, where the whole world’s a park 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z But The Wrong Trousers gets the nod because it crystallised so much of what Aardman brought to the table: the jokey/sinister crime story; the homely details; and the astonishing application of real-world physics. Aardman's 20 best films – ranked! 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Chiansixianshige The custom at this homely venue in central southeastern Beijing is to cook your meal not in broth but in zhou, or congee, a watery rice porridge. 2010-02-03T14:05:00Z Now she is a homely 36-year-old whose pleasures, like looking at racy pictures of women in The Police Gazette, must stay secret. Review: ‘We Love You, Charlie Freeman,’ Kaitlyn Greenidge’s Debut Novel 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z So allow me to drop the mask of the introducer to show the homely face of a fan, and much later a friend, of David Wallace. Everything About Everything: David Foster Wallace’s ‘Infinite Jest’ at 20 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Tony, for all his heartiness, has spent a lifetime believing he’s too homely and stupid to marry. Review: ‘The Most Happy Fella,’ Sliced, Diced and None Too Pleased 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z One woman wrote to her seeking advice about her 2-year-old daughter, whom she described as “the homeliest child I had ever seen,” with protruding ears and an unsatisfactory nose. Wisdom Dispensed With Slaps and Puns: A Sprightly History of Advice-Giving 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Almost every shot is a postcard-perfect African vista, and every animal is shown in majestic close-up: lions, cheetahs, hyenas and aardvarks — even the homely wildebeest, their snouts covered in flies. 'African Cats': fiercely entertaining ? and kid-friendly, too 2011-04-21T22:13:34Z These are some of the simple, homely structures Christenberry turned into iconic, dreamlike images. After a lifetime of capturing what was, Christenberry faces what is 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z He was a homely man, and in ill health, and he is seen modestly dressed in Holbein’s hand-size portrait. Review | The first major Hans Holbein exhibition in the U.S. shows us the sobering reality of raw power 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Even the duds among them, though, reflect Mr. Artschwager’s powerfully redemptive interest in the homelier substances of his time. Art In Review: RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER ?EARLY WORKS FROM THE 1960S? 2012-04-12T19:57:09Z Diller, an attractive comedian, used makeup to create a more homely character. The true story behind the Midge Maisel-Sophie Lennon rivalry 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z Stanza six is like a still life, with its decorated, homely basket of "mottled purple shallots" and the garlic-braid looped nearby. Poem of the week 2010-05-10T10:24:00Z Ms. Larson’s speculative soul reading is useful but perilous — not so much because it risks misrepresenting Cage’s thinking, but because it can sometimes generate homely, overempathetic prose. Books of The Times: ‘Where the Heart Beats,’ John Cage Biography, by Kay Larson 2012-07-22T21:59:58Z But it's also cinematic, epic and homely all at once – little wonder that Brit acting talent would want to be involved. Fable III's epic cast takes video games to a new level 2010-10-23T23:15:00Z For clumsy, weedy kids like me who spent hours alone reading the dictionary, the silver-tongued, homely Cyrano opened a glorious new vista on possibilities for becoming a hero. Review: James McAvoy’s Rapping Cyrano Dazzles With Words 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Age 6+ Amid so many books about children doing sometimes outrageous and often disgusting things, these fondly observed stories of the everyday and homely antics of Iggy, a much-loved younger sister, are a delight. Summer reading for children 2010-07-31T08:35:00Z Ms. Meitner also has a good eye for homey and homely details — her grandmother’s “breath of soup” and bathroom cigarettes — but sometimes succumbs to the prosaic. Books of The Times: The Sting of Salt Air, Old Loves and Honey Bees 2010-10-18T22:29:00Z If there's any dull moment, it's not until the last verse, which unfurls a homely happy ending around its un-especial moral, "For there is no friend like a sister..." Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti 2012-06-25T11:57:22Z The show was homely and small-scale, and funny. Shaun Keaveny 2010-08-31T07:00:00Z It's not exactly investigative, more a celebration of some of the more vivid personalities that make up the Greggs "family" – as homely corporate-speak has it – and the customers they serve. TV highlights: 29/4/2013 2013-04-29T06:00:07Z Home From One War, Walking Into Another Playwrights know what evil lurks in the hearts of American families: the homely, petty kind. | 'The Subject Was Roses': At Pearl Theater, a Son Home From War 2010-04-26T22:18:00Z The plucky orphan, “whose only friend was a cat,” gets bossed around by “two lazy and homely step sisters” — but no wicked stepmother. Cinderella Review: Disney Rekindles Old Magic 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z A homely banner hanging over the action during the dance at the gym proclaims the virtues of “Justice, Liberty, Good Neighbors.” In the Berkshires, a Powerful Play and a Classic Musical About Prejudice 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z The comely mistress of the manor is hot and bothered, the homely cook is cool and collected, and the dashing valet is desired by both. In 'Miss Julie,' Liv Ullmann is too faithful to Strindberg play 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Like a Hoover collaged into an ideal home, the Daleks are at their best gliding through an unexpected setting such as central London – a metal menace invading homely old Britain. Daleks are a legacy of British pop art 2013-02-25T15:04:55Z It begins with evidence – and down-to-earth, homely evidence at that. Natural selection: give me Darwin over Dawkins any day 2010-09-07T11:43:00Z An elderly woman, frail and homely, approaches your window. Video games aren’t mindless — or heartless — entertainment 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z The awesome torrents irrigating our 21st century culture — the power of algorithms, the dopamine rush of instant gratification, frictionless communicability — are rendered harmless, homely, and cute by the art selfie craze. An art critic weighs in: Here’s why you’re enchanted by that Google art-selfie app 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z With the last line's heavier alliteration, the voice rises to a lament, but keeps its homely register: "loved one", "lonely", "lichen-covered" are hardly recondite terms. Poem of the week: Departed by Grahame Davies 2012-07-09T13:24:37Z About them, she writes, in the sort of homely prose that fills this book, "They were middle-class folks who loved God, family and their country." 'Extraordinary, Ordinary People': Condoleezza Rice's incomplete tale 2010-10-13T00:01:00Z The effect is both lyrical and homely, with the different shapes suggesting the taut tops of drums and pieces of thin, flat bread. 2010-01-15T01:44:00Z A cheerfully homely sixth-century marble sculpture of the Buddha of the Future looks smoothed and darkened as if from much handling. What Museums Don’t Reveal About Religious Art 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Swift is "dumb and her music sucks," "mid," "homely" and a six out of 10. The right is coming for Taylor Swift. They don't stand a chance 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Whittier remains a minor writer, but his homeliest and most original work helped bring about the long-lived triumph of American vernacular verse. Poem of the week: Telling the Bees by John Greenleaf Whittier 2012-06-11T16:30:08Z It’s a lovely mix of high-stakes drama and homely atmosphere, with a strong sense of community wrapped around the couple. All’s Well That Ends Well: Fall Romance Novels 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z They offered gems of homely wisdom, like Mr. Martin’s “Give it a loose feel, like you’ve had one too many.” Chicago Orchestra at Carnegie Hall and Beyond 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Warren, with her huge eyes and dancer's neck and limbs and her fine but homely voice, is adorable and down to earth. TV Picks: 'The Chair,' 'Cinderella,' 'NOVA: Vaccines,' 'Doctor Who' 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z For now, he balances, or perhaps tempers, his enchantment in Caliente with the homely environs of Como, keeping a bare foot in both worlds. Purists v partiers: the battle between two popular nudist resorts 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z A jumble of potatoes fried in pork fat, sliced smoked ham, Calabrian chili paste and balsamic-glazed pearl onions, then finished with a dab of ham fat, they are as homely as they are irresistible. EatBar review: A favorite returns, to the tune of a new neighborhood 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z A novel about a homely, forsaken child is bound to involve hardship and despair, and Shannon certainly endures both, but Ms. Celona adroitly confounds many of our expectations. Books of The Times: ‘Y’ by Marjorie Celona 2013-01-09T19:43:08Z At Sakalleo, fish just hours from the sea is prepared by a family of staff in a way that manages to be as elegant and homely as the place itself. Rachel Roddy’s cuttlefish pistachio polpette recipe | A Kitchen in Rome 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z The middle-aged, homely title character, Tony, an Italian immigrant prone to mangling English, falls for, deceives and eventually wins over a younger waitress. A Guide to Theater Festivals in New York and the Berkshires 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z His Lizewski is a platonically homely nerd; Aaron Johnson's just a floppy-haired guy pretending not to know how handsome he's going to be once he gets some better clothes. "Kick-Ass" delivers on its name 2010-04-16T13:01:00Z It was beautiful, arresting and indicative of the many small dramatic touches that characterized this homely, in the best sense, evening. NSO offers warm seasonal cheer with McGegan’s lean and homely ‘Messiah’ 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Which meant he was stuck driving a homely 1992 burgundy Dodge Caravan. Rapper's Delight: Inside 50 Cent's Car Collection 2013-06-04T14:00:01Z There are many fancy hotels around here but this 18th-century manor house is stylish yet homely, not flash. The best travel discoveries of 2017 – chosen by Guardian writers 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z For Prospero’s “insubstantial pageant,” aerial shots of tropical islands are projected onto giant white balloons, tethered to homely water bottles; the inmates sigh at such an evanescent vision of freedom. Two Ways to Bring Shakespeare Into the Twenty-First Century 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Everyone felt constrained by something: Mary by the need to marry off in order to inherit her fortune, Edith by her homely jawline, Sybil by formal wear, the Dowager Countess by basic decorum. Downton Abbey Watch: Drama and then Somme 2012-01-09T14:30:05Z This isn't a gig that puts the world to rights, or subverts the homely, rattle-no-cages shtick that has made Manford's name. Jason Manford – review 2013-07-22T17:49:08Z Order them at Smallflower, my beloved apothecary for the homely and strange. | All Wet 2012-11-27T16:30:46Z "It tastes very homely," I said, but the truth was I found it too bland and not nearly spicy enough. My month of being Jewish 2010-04-08T07:00:00Z Apparently, it’s one thing to marry someone boring or homely, but it’s another thing entirely to marry a Republican. I married a Republican 2012-09-21T23:30:00Z But when "The Simpsons" and "Seinfeld" arrived, it was the homelier sitcoms that held sway. The serious side of 'The Simpsons' and 'Seinfeld' 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z That homely image of Aphrodite combing out the knots in her hair shows how down-to-earth, how observant Apollonius can be. ‘Jason and the Argonauts’: Picture thepre-Trojan War equivalent of the Avengers Mark Jones Displaying both erudition and a refreshingly homely presentational touch, Dr Joann Fletcher continues her exploration of ancient Egyptian culture, this week examining their attitude to the afterlife. TV highlights 29/03/2013 2013-03-29T07:00:04Z The china doll soon transforms into a kind of pub landlady, making homely conversation in the beige upholstery; you half expect her miniature dachshund, Louis Armstrong, to trot onstage and curl up at her feet. Adele ? review 2011-07-09T23:06:21Z Its objects could not be more mundane – a fork, a bottle, an apple, a loaf of bread – yet these homely realities seem threatened by a kind of hallucinogenic doom. A life in paintings 2011-03-20T00:08:06Z As a piece of theatre, it's perfect, brilliantly edited and satisfyingly complete, but it's predicated on a single ugly truth: the preposterous idea that a homely, middle-aged woman could possibly have talent. Susan Boyle: What happened to the dream? 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z The primary character is Marek, a uniquely homely and ill-favored young man. Ottessa Moshfegh’s ‘Lapvona’ Is Gloomy Folk Horror Set Long Ago 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z The only one who obliges is Sue Ann, a homely woman in an outdated wig and pastel scrubs, who works as a veterinary tech at the clinic across the way. Octavia Spencer’s Horror Movie, “Ma,” Is a Misfire Fit for the Moment 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z It helped that his clients tended to be homely things — frozen pizza, tomato paste, Chinese food, tin foil, dried fruit — which he sold in ironically inflated terms, in a stentorian voice. Satirist Stan Freberg, ad man and comic, dies at 88 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z When it visits Levin, the film exchanges the trappings of theatricality for a lyrical naturalism, inhaling the fresh air of open fields and the homely aromas of a drafty wooden manor house. Movie Review: ‘Anna Karenina,’ From Joe Wright, With Keira Knightley 2012-11-15T20:25:23Z The homely Kitchen restaurant serves waffles for breakfast and tea and cake in the afternoons. 20 of Europe’s best new hotels and hostels for 2018 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z And of course there are books, both exquisite and homely. A Cabinet of Wonders Opens Wide 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Save for a golf course where the moneyed hit balls oceanside and a high-ticket office with the usual mausoleum marble, the locations are often homey, sometimes downright homely, textured rather than slicked up. | 'The Lincoln Lawyer': Operating on the Margins of Pay-to-Play Justice 2011-03-17T22:43:00Z Rather she is spoiled, homely, mean and sometimes violent. The Secret Garden's hidden depths 2011-08-05T11:42:29Z He was too bashful to say a word to pretty ones like Lois Amster, the girl he had a crush on, but even the homely ones showed zero interest. Superman: Forged by bullies! 2012-06-16T20:30:00Z For Muslims, it is the homely girlfriend we adore but are ashamed to date in public. Secrets of the Muslim bathroom 2012-07-10T01:00:00Z One of her subjects is an empty cell: despite the steel door, it looks bizarrely homely, with its quilted bedspread and chintzy fabrics—and unavoidably British, too. Great Britain, Strange and Familiar 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z He also peeled back the homely linoleum to discover oak boards. In Asheville, N.C., cheek-pinchingly cute 364-square-foot cottages are a step up from glamping 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z He is a meticulous recorder of the natural and the commonplace, insisting upon the homeliest and most specific of country language. ‘God’s Kingdom’ review: The story of a boy becoming a man 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Take his homely version of the American flag. Artist Jim Shaw stuffs American pop culture through the Rinse Cycle 2012-11-08T17:21:36Z True to the unspoken dress code of the neighborhood, they were wearing high-waisted skinny jeans, vintage T-shirts and purposefully homely sweaters. Up Close: Millennials in Church - Up Close 2011-11-02T21:30:43Z The speckled brown storage jar looks humble, even homely, from a distance — something you might find on a back porch in the South. The Enslaved Artist Whose Pottery Was an Act of Resistance 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Renoir picks a bunch of camomile, ragwort and wild parsley to evoke the hazy summer fields round Fontainebleau, stuffing them into a homely jug to make the rustic point. Impressionist Gardens; Another World: Dal?, Magritte, Mir? and the Surrealists 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z Then he brought smaller gestures to the three Botticelli pieces, changing the temperature in the sunny dances of “Primavera” and the homely reverence in the “Adoration of the Magi.” Review | NSO season opener shows that Noseda isn’t focused on blockbusters, but basics 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Soon, I had a homely 3-foot tree on the dining table, just as the sun started to set. Failing at croquembouche helped me overcome bullying 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z That last predicament was the case with Simon Burke, a shy and homely British bachelor who couldn’t believe his luck when a vivacious blonde invited him on a 10-day holiday to Machu Picchu. Television: ?Locked Up Abroad? and Other Scary Travel Shows 2010-05-08T03:06:00Z Traditionally, the word "pudding" referred to homely and rustic desserts that were commonly eaten by the lower classes. A brief history of Yorkshire puddings 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Some of the homely clompers were originally or nominally made for men, like the Balenciaga Triple S, which quickly sold out, despite its $850 price tag. The Year in Stuff 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z He's also created sensual arrangements of homely finds –pasta shells or glossy chestnuts – and sculptures riffing on fetish and classical remains. This week's new exhibitions 2011-01-22T00:06:54Z The movie and Hanks’s performance itself is a richly satisfying mix: just the right amount of hokum — homely, wily and kindly. The 50 best films of 2015 in the US: No 5 – Bridge of Spies 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z In the title sequence, the red house is a living, pulsing place: "The smell of you is homely and nauseating / Like the smell of all humankind." Red House by Sasha Dugdale ? review 2011-08-26T21:55:02Z I did not stop, relaxing only when the Strip petered out — after five interminable miles — into downtown, a homely zone of small casinos, pawn shops and derelict motels. Lost in Las Vegas 2011-02-04T19:55:00Z It's all a mix of the homely and the ironic; the grubbier a cookbook, the more likely it is worth recommending. Dorothy Iannone: art's original bad girl 2013-03-13T18:00:54Z He is an apologist for homely pleasures, which in A Box of Matches include paying bills, washing dishes and ensuring that you don't leave a soggy lump of soap behind you in the shower. Nicholson Baker 2011-08-13T23:04:05Z Watch the moon rise over the bay as you enjoy delicious, homely Greek food and robust local wines for half the price you would pay on the islands. Favourite hidden spots in Europe: readers’ travel tips 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Hot people pretending to be homely is par for the course in makeover movies; the real thrill lies in watching opposites attract. ‘He’s All That’ Review: Much Ado About Nothing 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Even if rosemary were a homely plant, it would be worth growing for its scent, which it’s eager to release from resin glands on its stems and young leaves. Rosemary and bay laurel thrive on winter windowsills 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Well located for anyone visiting the steel and concrete jungle of the EU quarter, and who is looking for something more homely than the local sandwich chains. 10 top tips from our Brussels correspondent 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z A bullwhip-cracking suitor comes around trying to marry the homely Celie’s pretty sister, but he settles for Celie when the father figure seals the deal by tossing in a free cow. Review | This ‘Color Purple’ may have won a Tony, but it’s cut to the bone 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The apple is a homely greenish brown and about the oldest American variety, dating to the 1600s. Apple-honey pairings for the Jewish New Year and beyond That would not be good enough for Hollywood, where an actress had to be attractive to eight out of 10 people to be considered for even the homely best friend character. ‘Being cute just made me miserable’: Mara Wilson on growing up in Hollywood 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z I am certain there are many viewers who enjoyed the homely references – such as that to “lamb chop feminism” – in this highly individualised account of an era. TV review: Whitlam: The Power and the Passion 2013-05-27T00:10:21Z The scheme was designed to be temporary, nothing more than "a novel and intriguing method of decoration … with no other purpose in mind than that of giving the teashops themselves an interesting and homely appearance". Bawden and battenberg: the Lyons teashop lithographs 2013-07-12T12:00:00Z So it came as something of a relief, on a recent trip to the Finnish capital, to spot a homely pastry in bakery windows throughout the city. Reindeer Powder and Arctic Turnip Crepes: Helsinki’s New Food Scene 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The atmosphere is homely with a comfortable living room area and a large family kitchen. Celebrity rehab 2010-04-30T11:54:00Z No surprise: the nine rooms are palatial, with floor-to-ceiling windows and period features, but sweetly homely. Lisbon city guide: what to see plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Some are better than others, but all are the product of a unique and hard-won vision; a vision that’s homely in the best sense of that word. In ‘Spring,’ Ali Smith’s Series Takes Its Most Political Turn 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The Ugly Duckling, by Martha Stewart I recently helped a homely little bird transform herself into a beautiful swan. Style Invitational Week 1436: Haven’t seen it — new plots for movie titles 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z I eagerly Googled their ostensibly homely honeys only to find that I’d been lied to and both wives are, disappointingly, very beautiful indeed. ‘Do they really think I'm his mother?’: life with a younger, hotter boyfriend 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z The narration is homely and full of cliches. Great British Food Revival 2011-03-23T08:00:02Z His homely, rough-surfaced materials, like plaster or papier-mâché, sometimes doused with color, challenged accepted taste. Franz West, Influential Sculptor, Dies at 65 2012-07-27T02:56:48Z About them, she writes, in the sort of homely prose that fills this book, “They were middle-class folks who loved God, family and their country.” Books of The Times: A Controversial Figure; Hold the Controversy 2010-10-12T17:03:00Z “I’m lonely, so homely/Can’t you relate?” is the singer’s approach to a “Lonely Girl,” as vocal harmonies surge in. New Albums From Weezer, Sam Amidon and Rich Gang 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z "It's homely here," he says of the new, smaller store, "and we're closer to people now, so we get to know them better." Independent record shops: 10 of the best in Britain 2013-03-24T00:06:02Z When we arrive at the zoo, it immediately feels homely, perhaps because it still is a home, and there’s a sense that the staff are a close-knit family. Visit Jersey Zoo – and stay the night 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Jotwani, though, contended that reality shows have the power to burst stereotypes as well as reinforce them, citing Susan Boyle, the homely singer who became a star after a performance on “Britain’s Got Talent.” Critic?s Notebook: Reality TV Debate - Critic?s Notebook 2011-10-07T21:28:36Z “The name has a homely, innocent appearance,” it said, “but in reality applejack is a particularly powerful and evil spirit.” America’s First Moonshine, Applejack, Returns in Sleeker Style 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z The branches are oddly homely; they look like bones. Ranjani Shettar: ‘Night skies and daydreams’ 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Not many children's shows come out so eloquently on two good sides: for daring excursions and for homely affection. My Dad's a Birdman; Beauty and the Beast; Les parents terribles; Alice in Wonderland 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z It’s sober and intense, as if written by a lonely and homely Lou Reed and meant to be read aloud beneath a single light bulb hung from the ceiling. Books of The Times: A Graphic Memoir That Earns the Designation 2011-05-24T21:24:59Z While The Lord of the Rings is all ominous portent and epic adventure, the earlier book has a homely, fable-like quality that means its worth has often been overlooked in favour of the sequel. Is Peter Jackson planning Lord of the Hobbits? 2010-12-09T13:41:00Z Still, this local institution, which has regular live music and a homely vibe, lives on. Manhattan transfers: New York’s boroughs by ferry 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z “No beauty contest winners here,” Mr. Nichter intones drolly as Part 2 shows an unlovable parasitic eel attaching itself to a rather homely paddlefish. | 'Wild Mississippi': On Nat Geo Wild, the Fight for Life Along the Mississippi 2012-02-11T00:09:11Z Two buddies, a standard hottie and his homely wingman need dates. Review: ‘Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates,’ Antics to Not Love nor Cherish 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The witches may look ugly but they're also homely – the dysfunctional neighbours across the way. Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell 2012-07-20T21:55:10Z The photos unfurl the imagination: an Earthship modeled after a Hobbit house, a fire pit in the woods beside a homely black shipping container, a treehouse with a wraparound porch, nestled between birches or aspens. Review | If you’re thinking of a drastic lifestyle change, ‘Off Grid Life’ will feed your fantasy (or kill it) 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z But the full name is “honeysuckle” and, unlike the homely yellow of “honey moon,” it is a perky, reddish shade of pink. Design: Palette of Optimism: Shades of Honey Moon 2011-01-16T19:30:02Z An obese, homely sex tourist, she travels to Kenya to pleasure herself with impoverished local beach boys in exchange for money. Movie Review: ‘Paradise: Faith,’ the Second in Ulrich Seidl’s Trilogy 2013-08-22T21:51:23Z This fact-is-stranger-than-fiction book tells the story of Detective Ed Volz, who spent years on the trail of a smuggling kingpin dealing in a homely but increasingly fashionable and lucrative Northwest icon: the geoduck. Video | Author Craig Welch discusses "Shell Games" 2010-05-14T22:28:00Z A number of the homelier mom-and-pop stores on the surrounding blocks had also been squeezed out. Arrivederci, Little Italy 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z A cosy place close to the Ditmars Boulevard subway stop, it’s known for its homely fare and family atmosphere. Manhattan transfers: New York’s boroughs by ferry 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z The result is intently and intensely homemade without being homely. A Thousand Cuts 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Far from a homely existence, the accounts of early settlers frequently mention being driven mad by the relentless wind that sweeps over the flat landscape. Gillian Flynn: chronicler of the midwest's dark side 2013-03-24T00:06:17Z If there is a political aspect to his domestic but never homely art, it's in his rejection of anything fancy, and his embrace of ordinary utensils. William Scott, the painter who made the everyday into a masterpiece 2013-03-02T08:00:10Z Arguably, Mr. DeLucie, who was born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, can be credited with taking the homely entree to fashionable heights. Noticed: The Fashionable Want Pot Pie 2011-03-15T22:08:30Z But it’s much more than a retelling of the familiar tale in which a homely poet writes verse to be recited by a clueless hunk. Review | Poking fun at the male ego — and academia — in one cheeky little novel 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z I meet MacDowell at her house, a secluded Spanish-style property that is modest by Hollywood Hills standards and homely, with a “Hello” doormat. ‘I’d ask my mum: why do you drink?’ Andie MacDowell on childhood and Hollywood 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Eliot was famously homely, but the trait that was her misfortune as a woman was the making of her as a novelist. Are literary classics obsolete? 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z Slanting geometric shapes contain happy, idealised scenes of outdoor gatherings and homely repose that threaten to slide off the canvas. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-03-27T00:07:00Z Get On Up is a big step up from the homely hominy homilies of Taylor’s first film. REVIEW: 'Get On Up' Is a Loud, Proud and Oscar-Worthy James Brown Biopic 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Ingres presents his subject, the wife of a powerful Parisian newspaper editor, as she probably looked: homely, overweight, middle-aged and mustached. Art Review: ?Drawings From the Louvre? at the Morgan Library - Review 2011-09-29T21:30:26Z True to form, his last news bulletin — like so many others — featured earthy, homely subjects. An emotional “au revoir” from France’s most famous presenter 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z She delivered lines of homely inspiration, sometimes in a casual repartee, elsewhere in a wail. At the NYC Winter Jazzfest, Learning How Less Can Be More 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Could a parallel be drawn between her transformation of ordinary materials into art and her conversion of a homely garage into a fabulous home? In Williamsburg, Designing for Work-Life Balance 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z It made me feel as if comedy itself were a dirty thing, mainly practiced by people eager to express ugly feelings toward everyone from homely women to Mexican immigrants. Jack and Jill: What An Awful Drag 2011-11-10T20:33:21Z I envisioned a homely black bean burger that wasn’t like that at all. A Veggie Burger Unlike the Others 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z “Angels,” Johnson’s 1983 debut novel, was similarly revelatory — making the homely backdrop of a Greyhound bus journey suddenly appropriate to the highest American literature. Denis Johnson’s Death-Infused Last Stories 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z But in this regard, “Deep River” isn’t a descendant of Kesey so much as Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel, “The Jungle,” which was distinguished as much by its homely prose as its moral righteousness. Review | ‘Deep River’ bucks every literary trend, and that’s what makes it so charming 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Kellogg's Corn Flakes weren't first enjoyed amidst the homely comfort of a family dining room. Once a cure for deviant behaviors, Kellogg's Corn Flakes continue to be a blueprint for all cereals 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z His banter is stilted, the scripts are eye–rollingly leaden, his photography is terrible and it's not funny, but there's something homely and vaguely comforting about it nonetheless. TV highlights 04/03/2013 2013-03-04T07:00:00Z “I wanted it to be very homely,” he said of the residence. Can Stormzy, an Evangelist for British Grime, Seduce the U.S.? 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z First introduced at the Ivy, the dish showcased Bird’s ability to transform even the most humble and homely of dishes into something even the fussiest of diners or celebrities would swoon over. | Alan Bird’s New Eatery Opens in a Five-Story Town House 2013-05-23T20:47:34Z Those homely old American voices — by turns formal, tragicomic and haunting — are crystallized on every page of his work, with the immediacy one sometimes sees in a daguerreotype 150 years old. Donna Tartt on the Singular Voice, and Pungent Humor, of Charles Portis 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z They include the flat, plate-like pieces — which also conjure pizzas — of Mr. Ruby’s Ashtray series, and some wonderfully homely small pieces that are less interesting for being monochromatic. Sterling Ruby Pipes Down, a Bit 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z She wanted her birthing experience to be natural and “more of a homely experience, but not in my home,” she said. Local midwife opens WA’s first Black-owned birth center 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z "This year alone, we are opening two new children's homes, which will provide eight additional beds for young people in an accessible and homely setting, as well as supporting rapid emergency placements," the council said. Children in Sussex and Surrey housed illegally amid care shortage 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z “I really want everyone who’s walking through the house to imagine it in a homely setting, because that’s where we aspire and we want the artworks to go and to be appreciated,” Kapoor said. Deconstructed bodies and protection sigils: How LGBTQ+ artists are commanding space 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Are observations about women loving shoes and homely men with money earth-shattering? Perspective | Chris Rock’s Netflix special was a gimmick. The crowd didn’t care. 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z He was homely in some eyes and downright ugly in others. Opinion | What Abraham Lincoln can teach politicians in a polarized time 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z "I didn't believe in sex before marriage," she says, "I was very homely." Lessons in heartbreak: I coach women to get over their ex 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z These homely delights, Risbridger asserts, will sustain us through dark times. Review | ‘The Year of Miracles’ is a welcome reminder to savor the small stuff 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z But Marilyn, Jackie Kennedy and Elizabeth Taylor weren’t exactly homely before Warhol did his great silkscreen number on their photographs in the 1960s. Review: Come for the Warhols, stay for the cars at the late artist's Petersen Automotive show 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z In that homely environment, the players were encouraged to share their stories and create bonds with their team-mates. Wiegman: The player, the leader, the person 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The plot, set in frostbitten Wisconsin in 1907, was about a widower seeking a practical and homely mail-order bride and instead getting an ominous beauty. Robert Goolrick, whose books explored tragedy and endurance, dies at 73 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Carpenter’s fancy-seeming but ultimately homely — and easy — oyster mushrooms on toast is among them. New cookbook reflects mushroom mania but not foraging’s full community 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z This homely atmosphere was one the Old Hem had built up over a decade. Ukraine war: Pub dedicated to Hemingway destroyed in Kharkiv 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z The look is soft, opaque at times, doing away with hi-def graphics for something more childlike, homely and calm — a video game that will likely inspire art that will grace many a parent’s fridge. Review: Is 'Pokémon Legends: Arceus' Nintendo's most spiritual game? 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z “I thought that night if heaven ever sent out a homely angel, she must be one, her assistance was so timely.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Unflattering descriptions of the dead 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Finding out what will happen as we leave the LIC’s homely confines is one goal of an ambitious and thrilling mission proposal by Brandt and his APL colleagues. U.S. and Chinese Scientists Propose Bold New Missions beyond the Solar System 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z It was a homely frog prince, tiny as a thumbnail, that first helped spark Flores’s obsession. His collection of miniatures from around the world fills 16 rooms. And he’s not done yet. 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z It is, instead, a spot that is more homely, earning comparisons to an office park. Is Disney's Avengers Campus worth an hours-long wait? Our expert advice 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z He said he applied for a job at the nursery which he liked because it had a "homely vibe" and he started as an apprentice in March 2019. Nursery worker Jayden McCarthy denies sex offences 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Every time she saw it in print, she crossed out “homely” and substituted “holy.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Unflattering descriptions of the dead 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The aesthetics are somewhere on the continuum between homely and anonymous. An architectural competition imagines density — done in an L.A. way 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z The title character of this novel is a homely and unremarkable dog. Opinion | ‘Children’s author’ Beverly Cleary was a great writer, period 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z One thing that still sticks with her today is overhearing a past agent describe her image as "homely." Nickelodeon star Jennette McCurdy reveals why she quit acting, says she's 'embarrassed' by past roles 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z “Mr. Lincoln is very homely, and so very tall that he could not lay straight in his berth,” she wrote. The woman who helped protect Lincoln from the men who tried to kill him in 1861 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Though Barton never claimed to be an attractive woman, she was obviously hurt by the term “homely angel.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Unflattering descriptions of the dead 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The website had a homely, almost slapdash design with a light blue banner and a strange name: Slate Star Codex. Silicon Valley’s Safe Space 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z A pretty stenographer makes herself homely and lands a job as a writer’s secretary. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z "And I was like, OK, guess I read homely." Nickelodeon star Jennette McCurdy reveals why she quit acting, says she's 'embarrassed' by past roles 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z "I just wanted a homely, comfortable environment that isn't where I actually live," explains the singer. Arlo Parks: 'In times of chaos, I've always reached for music' 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z The 20 percent off coupon from Bed Bath & Beyond — a homely and oversize mailer known as Big Blue — is omnipresent, unmistakable and a joy to deploy in the chain’s endless aisles. An Oral History of the World’s Biggest Coupon 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z True to form, his last news bulletin - like so many others - featured earthy, homely subjects. An emotional “au revoir” from France’s most famous presenter 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z He was homely, his face perforated with acne scars, his lip crowned with an extravagant walrus mustache. Opinion | Happiness Won’t Save You 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z This is a homely enlightenment in a place of mutuality and generosity. The pandemic is making us question the connection between work and money. That's a good thing 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z A movie star with a fear of crowds makes herself homely and meets a playboy who likes it. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, July 12, 2020 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z That in those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations.” James Baldwin, Maya Angelou and more from Seattle poet and author E.J. Koh’s bookshelf 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Almost none of Giotto’s decisive assertion of homely Christian “people power” inscribed across the walls of that church in Padua is present. Column: Bubonic plague in Europe changed art history. Why coronavirus could do the same 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z The vibe is homey — even homely — and the aesthetic is low-tech. From an L.A. living room, an unlikely coronavirus hero emerges: 'Club Quarantine's' DJ D-Nice 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Some of the most arresting passages are about the warmth of family life: homely activities like pickling cabbages together or cooking dumplings. Review | An elite Chinese family, ensnared in the Cultural Revolution 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z The movie opens with a quote from William Blake about its indispensable and homely place in life: “The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.” Review: ‘First Cow,’ a western fable of unpasteurized poetry 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z A string of moves by White’s homely f-pawns decides the game and, effectively, the match. Ju Wenjun retains crown, Fabiano Caruana laps field in momentous chess week 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z This intimate, homely gallery space has been in splendid form of late, and looks set to continue its purple patch into 2020. Art in 2020: The exhibitions hotlist 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z However, despite his best efforts to make things "homely," Mr West said he would be taking his wife and children to visit relatives on Christmas Day. Preparing for Christmas in a flooded village 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z But once you finish the afterwork drinking season and segue into Christmas proper, you need a cosier, more homely kind of dress-up. Scrooge is not an option: how to dress to add some much-needed Christmas cheer 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Inspectors highlighted a "relaxed atmosphere", and a much improved and "homely" environment. 'Painful restraint of children continues' 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z A disfigured veteran and his homely bride look beautiful to each other in a seaside cottage. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z While the big bakeries may market brown loaves under homely monikers such as farmhouse, wholegrain and multiseed, these are often distinctions without much meaning. Flour power: meet the bread heads baking a better loaf 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z His death prompted intense discussions about his legacy to France, with commentators united in admiration of his wily political skills and homely style, but divided on what he achieved. French queue at Élysée Palace to pay respects to Jacques Chirac 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Their eyes are a liquid brown, their noses inquisitive, their udders homely; small children thrill to their moo. Can a Burger Help Solve Climate Change? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Unlike the homely pub, these places lent drinking a veneer of refinement and blurred social boundaries, offering the working classes access to a kind of space and experience previously reserved for the wealthy. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Across the wide expanse of Independence Avenue SW from the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden is Earth Day Park , its homelier twin along the axis of the Ninth Street Expressway. Perspective | A guide to the Mall’s best gardens, which are lush, romantic — and often hidden. 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z But the interiors were a lot more homely, with wood-panelled walls, normal beds, small tables and cupboards in the kitchen. Russian Moon project leaves crew hungry for steak 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z The doors that would have opened to the balustrade were all boarded, the beds were just metal and horrible, there was nothing in there that was soft or homely. 'I can't believe the evil that happened there' 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z In one room, a carrousel projector circulates some of his slides, to authentic, relatively homely effect. Garry Winogrand and Jeff Wall: Photography in Two Phases 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z That is, of course, an insult to homely people everywhere. Olivier Knox and the crybaby meltdown at White House Correspondents’ Association dinner 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z This isn’t the only school I’ve worked at, but it’s the only one I would live this way for; away from my wife, family and homely comforts. I’m a teacher and I live in the back of a van 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z It was his boss at the Palmer paint company in Detroit, where he worked as a package designer, who insisted he create homely American scenes instead. From Warhol to minimalism: how painting by numbers revolutionised art 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Without a doubt, the eastern side of LACMA’s campus — once likened to a “homely, humped creature” by my former colleague Mike Boehm — is in desperate need of an overhaul. In a new redesign LACMA experiences shrinkage — and shapeshifts yet again 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z There are certain women that may be homely. The Classicist Who Sees Donald Trump as a Tragic Hero 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The beauty of the homely old tunnel is it directly connects the Market and the waterfront with Seattle’s new downtown, South Lake Union. ‘Seattle’s best idea’ may need a lifeline — and there’s one hiding in plain sight 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Instead of a homely symbol of midwinter cheer, these disciplined arboreal ranks with their uniform decorations are arrayed like massed soldiers or colossal columns designed by Albert Speer. Trump portrait: you couldn’t create a creepier Yuletide scene if you tried 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z His catwalk models are typically unglamorous, plain, even a bit homely. Perspective | Michelle Obama can wear whatever she wants now. What she wants is sparkly thigh-high boots. 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z “Sometimes I crave really homely cooking or really fermenty fish dishes,” she said. From Phuket to Mexico City, a Thai chef puts down roots 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z It is a homely, warming dish to add to your repertoire – and it’s easy to turn meat-free. Thomasina Miers’ recipe for pork meatballs in tomato sauce | The Simple Fix 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z She only moved in recently but her bedroom has a few homely touches: pictures on the bedside table, that sort of thing. Cheryl: ‘I'm a new person! Same accent though’ 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Rival Tesco goes for a more homely approach, with an ad showing the different ways that families enjoy Christmas. Christmas ad spending 'to hit new high' 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul is a homely looking place, much smaller than it seems, nestled into a quiet suburban street, and painted pastel yellow. Jamal Khashoggi: murder in the consulate 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z The map is homely, crowded and jubilantly out of scale, yet also haunting. Wizards, Moomins and pirates: the magic and mystery of literary maps 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Once low-key, homely affairs catering to travelling salesmen and lonely truckers, Hof has brought the industry into the 21st Century with a touch of Hollywood glamour and shrewd marketing. Last call for Nevada’s brothels? 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z In many of her stories, intellectuals are depicted as grumpy poseurs, mean and homely failures who can’t get on with life and are often driven into the ground by its brutality. Flannery O’Connor’s Revelatory Honesty 2001-01-22T05:00:00Z Being “a native and nursling of the moors”, Emily had made a book that was “hewn in a wild workshop, with simple tools, out of homely materials”. The strange cult of Emily Brontë and the 'hot mess' of Wuthering Heights 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z This is the Commission District, developed near both the railroads and the “Mosquito Fleet” steamers that carried fresh fruits and vegetables to the district’s large and generally homely warehouses. Price gouging at the ‘Western Avenue combine’ led to the opening of Pike Place Market 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Kahlo’s was more “homely”, with a studio that could transform into a bedroom. Frida Kahlo and the birth of Fridolatry 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z But words related to physical appearance—such as “alluring” and ”homely”—were stuck in time. Artificial intelligence reveals how U.S. stereotypes about women and minorities have changed in the past 100 years 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z O’Connor, in return, was viewed as “homely” by most women of her time. Flannery O’Connor’s Revelatory Honesty 2001-01-22T05:00:00Z This homely celebration was humbly sweet, but it did little to prepare me for the actual press conference I’d attend at Augusta National on Tuesday. The Masters through the eyes of a 16-year-old from India 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z The show’s decor got guests into the homely mood — orange neon light sticks were abstractly piled up, resembling a fire underground in Paris’ Palais de Tokyo. Balmain goes disco as Issey Miyake wraps up at Paris shows 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Perhaps the homeliest, certainly the longest and toughest of Open venues, Carnoustie is a no-holds-barred layout intended to test the best. Ranking: World's 100 Greatest Golf Courses - Golf Digest 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Porridge defies its homely roots at the Morris, a bistro in San Francisco, where Gavin Schmidt folds Dungeness crab meat and carrot-lemongrass sauce into a creamy broken-rice cereal for a winter starter. Blizzard-Proof Bowls: Savory Porridge Saves the Day 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z He was much revered among the faith’s 16m or so followers for his perceived spiritual gifts, zeal for charity and homely preaching style. The Mormon faith builds bridges while staying true to its idiosyncratic self 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Delirious, poetical, semi-comical genre pieces, mixing homely detail and hallucinogenic invention. 'Twin Peaks,' 'Legion,' 'Danger and Eggs' and 'One Day at a Time' among the best in TV in 2017 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z "Apparently my grandma was a lovely lady, a homely mum and really nice," she says, "which makes it hard to understand why she would do something like leave a baby." The mystery of the baby in the box 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z This place, which feels simultaneously homely yet exciting, is a farm-to-table establishment that prides itself on its selection of mollusks from around the Old Dominion. Richmond, Virginia, shows history from colonial times through Civil War to contemporary foodie city 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z My room is homely and comfy, with room-length windows that allow in sunlight and a desk for me to do what I do best: write. TRAVEL: Detroit history, automobile museums, baseball and music abide in Michigan city 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z The studio’s response, as Adams described it to me, was: “Oh, the homely girl from ‘Catch Me if You Can.’ The Versatile and Resilient Amy Adams 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z “Boy, it’s such a treat to have ya here,” Doug said in a homely southern accent, fussing over me, feeding me rice and tea. This reclusive life: what I learned about solitude from my time with hermits 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Another homely delight of the museum is learning the losers’ nicknames. Opinion | What Do We Want From Presidential Also-Rans? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Yet it would be quite possible to be swept into this book’s homely, poetic narrative and not notice this device at all. A Joycean novel about illness, suffering and work 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z In the 1970s, a legislator here deemed the flag “the homeliest in the nation.” Nebraska’s Flag Lacks Pizazz. The Hard Part Is Changing It. 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z He winced, discreetly, when his works were called intelligible and homely, unlike modern art. Why everybody liked Norman Rockwell 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z The homely hounds and their humans arrived hours before the show to socialize and size up the competition. The Latest: World’s Ugliest Dog Contest awards inner beauty 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z First, we have his homely dictum, which is already destined to wind up on a thousand T-shirts, or in the chorus of a country ballad: “Lordy, I hope there are tapes.” Trump vs. Comey: Hope Against Hope 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z The battle to save New Zealand's homely insects continues. Saving the god of ugly things: New Zealand battles to bring back its rodent-sized insects 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z He spoke no English, and Webster spoke no Danish, but as one marvelous, homely piece of footage shows, they were united by a love of that international elixir, beer! The Intimacy Behind Jazz’s Seminal Image 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z “To put it in a homely metaphor, I hate the New England Patriots,” Comey replied. The Saga of Tom Brady’s Jersey 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Most of these are homely, with skinny roots and spindly leaves and puny flowers. Orchid Fever 1995-01-15T05:00:00Z There was handcrafted knitwear, while tweed and corduroy showed the more assertive, even homely, side. Italian fashion contrasts: Audacious Pucci, modest Max Mara 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z They promised that the 2017 instalment would return to “traditional combat” – a homely phrase which is likely to mean either a contemporary or historical setting. Call of Duty is returning to ‘traditional combat’ 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z The treatment room is spacious, homely and thoroughly quieting. TRAVEL: Terranea resort near Los Angeles offers opulent accommodations, food, outdoor experiences 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z But it was that homely bowl of cabbage, pretty much ignored the evening before, that became a source of awe. At the Southern-style Hatchet Hall, Jonathan Gold finds good times, then takes home great leftovers 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z He mixed his opinions on politics, usually the Middle East conflict, with homely advice on succeeding in exams, the loneliness of the new year, making up after rows and airport fatigue. Obituary: Rabbi Lionel Blue - BBC News 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z The tiny cramped chamber cycled to fill with air, and the inner door opened to reveal a surprisingly homely little room. between two voices talking : Nature : Nature Research 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z He delighted in expressing serious notions in comically homely ways. My Friend Leonard Cohen: Darkness and Praise 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z As attorney general, Reno was derided by late night talk show hosts for her homely appearance, short wash-and-wear haircut and simple black pumps. Janet Reno, first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general, dies 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Based on those homely little toys with the stand-up hair, the trolls of the title are ugly/cute, rendered in bright candy colors with elfish ears and stubby little fingers and toes. ‘Trolls’: Cheery kids movie gets a little hair-raising 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Dim sum is for tourists, but congee, homely rice porridge, means home. Jonathan Gold reviews Delicious Food Corner: The most Hong Kong place in the San Gabriel Valley 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z In keeping with a certain grace She spurns the homely conventions, And sustains her compelling pace With the latest medications. How to Be Mindful With a Cup of Coffee 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The pictures range from the homely to the wildly dramatic. Stanley Spencer: Letters offer a portrait of the artist as a young man - BBC News 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Growing appreciation for homely crops, which generally cost less, is giving new life to funny-looking fruit and vegetables. Supermarkets Make Stars Out of Weird Apples, Knobbled Carrots and ‘Spuglies’ 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z “Sure, it’s homely and it hasn’t been maintained, but it’s the idea of the plaza. It memorializes the community’s pushback against outside forces.” How an ugly expanse of concrete morphed into hallowed ground 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z At the Republican convention, Representative Frederick H. Gillett entered Coolidge’s name into contention with the decidedly Trumpian promise to “reinvigorate the homely, orderly virtues which have made America great.” America Is Safer Than It Used to Be. So Why Do We Still Have Calls for ‘Law and Order’? 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z She says she was a homely child, dyslexic and a failure in math, but that’s not what former Secretary of State James Baker remembers. For Joanne King Herring, the ideas keep coming 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z When that failed, both commercially—and, in Smith’s opinion, aesthetically; the addition of windows, he said, made the silos homely—the University of Akron decided to convert it into a college dorm. The Trouble with Owning a Grain Elevator 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z It lies there glowing, as recognizable as a movie star and as homely as a hearth, forever out of reach. Woody Allen’s Cinematic Nostalgia 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z To this day the national character appears, to outsiders, rather like the weather: mild, homely, rarely extreme. The improbable revolutionaries 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z It treats invisible women—old women, poor women, homely mums—as rich wells of drama. “Call the Midwife,” a Primal Procedural 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Cosell was homely, with an adenoidal voice and a collection of toupees. Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell: Foils and Friends Bound by Mutual Respect 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA I sat in a homely tent with a group of women, all engineering lecturers and PhD students. Generation revolution: how Egypt’s military state betrayed its youth | Rachel Aspden 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The studio flat Claudia shares with her two young daughters though is tidy and homely. The immigrants still 'California Dreamin' - BBC News 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z After meeting one woman, he wrote: “She is homely as a stump fence built in the dark; but she doesn’t giggle all the time.” Daniel Aaron, scholar who helped develop academic field of American studies, dies at 103 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z She mocked the idea of free college by offering her father’s homely wisdom that one should “read the fine print” when something is offered for free. Half-truth Hillary finally exposed: This was the debate where Bernie Sanders changed the Democratic Party for good 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z She recognized them as a family she sees regularly and had nicknamed the “homely” family because “they are so tight.” Girl’s condition improves after shooting that rattles her D.C. neighborhood 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z And fans trooped in by the tens of thousands in their woolies and long johns, waving their homely orange towels, electric and ready to celebrate. A Mets Win on Opening Day Keeps Apprehensions on Ice 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Given Ms. Sherman’s minimalist silhouettes, the look is homespun but not homely. Shift Into Spring’s (Unboring) Neutral Looks 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Half the pictures displayed urban spaces full of buildings and parked cars; the rest were green places — but homely ones, like empty pathways flanked by trees, not majestic wilderness. Greenery (or Even Photos of Trees) Can Make Us Happier 1458-07-25T05:00:00Z Veeder in the Napa Valley, and in the delta sands off the San Joaquin River near Antioch and Oakley, north of San Francisco, a region that is easily the homeliest vineyard country in California. Wines of the Week: Three made with California Mourvedre 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Strout, who turned 60 last month, lives in a homely and book strewn apartment in a grand building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Elizabeth Strout interview: from years of rejection to the Pulitzer prize and bestseller lists 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Goffman was raised to be a sociologist, though she tends to prefer the homelier designation of ‘‘fieldworker.’’ The Trials of Alice Goffman 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z In the end, the My Ride column proves: No matter how exciting and beautiful, or homely and strange a vehicle may be, there’s someone out there obsessed with it. Year in Review: Love Affair With Cars as Strong as Ever 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Consumers are in full swoon over the roly-poly sort of homely little droid featured in the new "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." 'Star Wars' and its homely droid BB-8 put the spotlight on robotics 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Farmers allow edible, but homely fruit to rot in fear it won’t sell. The revolutionary technology helping to fight food waste 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z It is a worker’s flat, clean, sparse, homely. Another Side of Arthur Miller 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z At the corner of Addison and Clark streets in Chicago, there’s a homely old park, made beautiful by ivy, brick and memories. No other sport turns the screws of playoff pressure quite like baseball 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z He listened on his transistor radio while he worked, and he enjoyed baseball’s homely democratic rituals—the anthem before the game, the crowd stretching as one in the seventh inning. Another Lost Red Sox Season 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z The conservative political blog RedState maligned Clinton as proof that “even a homely woman can sleep her way into power.” Why Aren’t We Inspired by Hillary Clinton? 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z He then argued that they should rely on the “epic struggle of the pioneers and the homely wisdom and endurance of the settlers.” Here's the American Poet Pope Francis Just Quoted 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z And while at the Treasury he was reported to favour wearing homely jumpers. Meet the UK's interest rate setters - BBC News 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Suffice it to say that it’s very grand, but the kitchen is warm, light and homely, boasting both Beatles pictures and a copy of Yotam Ottolenghi’s vegetarian cookbook Plenty. Yoko Ono: ‘To be an artist you need courage’ 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z “All was neighborly, homely, informal; from dairy farmer to governor, from garden trickster to lieutenant governor,” The Times reported. ‘Folk’ Wisdom 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z There is a comfort in the homely, no matter how contrived this iteration of it might be. I have become Boring. And happy | Rebecca Nicholson 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z He had a flair for homely analogies, such as equating Lend-Lease aid to Britain with loaning your neighbor a garden hose to put out a house fire. FDR: A Monumental Man 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Knitting is usually seen as a homely pastime. How knitters are helping to mend heart defects 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z Rabbi Joel Levinson leads the Temple Beth El, a homely red-brick place. Unhappy Jewish America 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z In recent years, the homely Birkenstock has become a curiously fashionable object. Happy Ugly Feet 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Whitman, who cut her teeth on “Arrested Development” as the “homely” Ann Veal, stole scenes in “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” and gained more mainstream recognition on the television show “Parenthood,” is a star comedienne. Review: Teen comedy ‘DUFF’ gives genre a social media spin 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z They exposed men and women to a series of pre-rated faces, some gorgeous and other homely, and asked them to rate their appearance. 7 Science-Based Tips To Make You Sexier On Valentine’s Day 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z It revolves around a middle-aged professor and his far younger second wife, who are visiting their country estate, and the professor’s homely daughter and melancholy Uncle Vanya, who care for it. A snarky update of Chekhov, “Life Sucks” examines love, regret and the day-to-day slog 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z To my homely grandmother, he was something of a hero. A Young Private, Killed in World War II, Still Leaps Off the Page 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Allied against the Air Force and Defense Department bureaucracy are former pilots and soldiers who either flew the homely A-10 or benefited from its devastating firepower against enemy targets on the ground. Finding the A-10 a new home I meet her in a homely church hall in East Hollywood, where she's rehearsing with the Balalaika Orchestra of LA. Is US monopoly on soft power ending? 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z Fourth Avenue is Brooklyn’s long, homely Champs-Élysées, a blur of hole-in-the-wall restaurants, schools, churches and auto repair shops. Women in New York City Marathon Lead a Glorious Cross-City Sprint 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z When Degas exhibited his sculpture, critics disapproved, saying he created a homely specimen. ‘Little Dancer’ musical readies for opening in DC 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z And the homely adverts concealed an even more unpleasant reality. What's Gone Wrong At Wonga? 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z The minimalist backdrops in “Nocturne” expose a beauty in creatures known for being homely, odd or scary-looking. A Photographer's Guide to Nocturnal Life 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z All that aside, what “Green Leaf” does best is emphasize the homely details of the natural world. Art Entangled in Nature 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z Although many were skeptical of a “pinkified” version of the game that leveraged a line of Angry Birds Stella homely toys and characters, playing Angry Birds Stella soon placates some of these concerns. 'Angry Birds Stella' Launches To Increase Series' 2 Billion Downloads 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z All of this is by design, as becomes obvious when the homely houses are compared to Ban’s cardboard community centers and churches – humanitarian buildings that match or surpass the Aspen Art Museum in sublime beauty. Why Is Starchitect Shigeru Ban Building Refugee Shelters In Aspen? 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z However, it claims the units will provide a homely and relaxed atmosphere for expectant mothers. Controversial midwife-led units open 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z His campaign is seemingly mounting a belated bid to cultivate a homelier image. Arkansas Senate race tests limits of political destruction by remote control 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z In its place, nature has simply returned in her random disconcerting way, much as architect Donald Ross originally conceived this course, with spotty scrub growth or just homely dirt. At U.S. Open, positive state of mind is the proper course of action For those who retain a fond image of Ipswich Town as the homely tractor boys with a certain style, the financial situation is a shock. Survival of the fittest: club-by-club guide to Championship finances 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z His design was a homely wooden shed on a latticework of steel, from which a police officer changed signals, allowing one to two minutes for each direction. A History of New York Traffic Lights 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Now that was a place in the homely. Essays: In Praise of the Midlands 2014-04-21T00:21:22Z But there’s something different about this mite other than its homely digs. New Worm-Like Mite Features Extraordinary Upholstery 2014-03-31T21:06:12Z By then she is homely, old and blind, but her love has not flagged, and Yusuf marries her, miraculously turning her into a young beauty. 2 Star-Crossed Afghans Cling to Love, Even at Risk of Death 2014-03-10T02:29:55Z The background colour was a homely tan, the text was unevenly indented and a news ticker advertising for research-assistant applicants crawled along the bottom of the page. Web design: Webcraft 101 2014-02-12T18:21:14.546Z "I am only a Slovakian passport holder, I am a Russian national. Here I am at home, the atmosphere is so familiar, so supportive, so comfortable, so homely." Defending champion Kuzmina wins biathlon gold 2014-02-10T06:48:30Z On screen, the modest and homely Hayley, known for her distinctive red anorak, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last July. Corrie's Hayley on life after the Street 2014-01-07T02:29:29Z It's less homely than the Department for Transport. Home Office 'like Generation Game' 2013-11-26T17:30:13Z The players bounced off the bus and all immediately shivered, inhaled deeply, and sprinted into their tiny changing room at the homely old ground. Underdogs lighting up World Cup 2013-11-04T19:10:34Z You felt welcomed, you felt homely, the energy from the sun setting and it was just magical, so the stones just seem to create a vibe. Stone circle under threat from planners 2013-09-21T23:06:03Z Rats are homely critters, they don't like moving very fast or very far. Glasgow's bubonic plague outbreak 2013-08-30T23:50:57Z One of Baze’s all-time favorites was a homely filly named Silky’s Nurse. The Jockey 2013-08-14T13:07:46Z When I was in ninth grade, a rather homely and forlorn girl with whom we had all been acquainted from the first grade began to be visibly pregnant. Touching a Nerve : Exploring the Implications of the Self as Brain, Part 1 [Excerpt] 2013-07-26T14:45:03.867Z The same molecules that endow naked mole rats with springy, wrinkled skin also seem to prevent the homely rodents from contracting cancer. Simple Molecule Surrounding Cells in Mole Rats Prevents Them from Getting Cancer 2013-06-20T15:45:00.327Z I spent some time with Asher Aud, who lives with his wife in a homely apartment in a block of sheltered living units in the middle of Jerusalem. How Israel keeps Holocaust memories alive 2013-06-18T23:43:30Z As glamorous cosmopolitan venues go, Watford, England, belongs at the homely end of the scale. IHT Rendezvous: Masters of the Universe Gather in Watford 2013-06-07T11:25:41Z The forces now brought to bear on this homely beauty of a park are impressive. Gotham: Park Deals Chip Away at New York City’s Gems 2013-04-30T01:55:05Z The homely bloodhound, with the keenest nose of any dog, possesses a sense of smell 300 times more acute than that of its handlers. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z The tactic also explains why drab males persist in guppy populations: By choosing to woo females surrounded by unexciting suitors, even a homely guppy scores every once in a while. ScienceShot: Drab Guppies Find a Way to Score 2013-02-13T00:01:00Z Not one homely or shocking little tale of this type was employed to back up their argument. Are politicians too obsessed with anecdotes? 2013-01-30T01:06:50Z It's got lovely frontage, facing south, and it's homely. Village subject of Royal rumours 2013-01-08T10:32:41Z P.K. told Hong Kong's own story through homely images of food, buildings, traffic, fish and much else, in poems with names like "Papaya" or "In an Old Colonial Building." IHT Rendezvous: Leung Ping-kwan, who died Saturday, Defined Hong Kong With His Poetry 2013-01-08T07:24:30Z There are flashes of chrome and wood everywhere and the central console is trimmed in varnished wood, which gives it a homely, midwestern touch. Chrysler 300C: car review 2012-12-09T00:05:17Z Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is a homely beauty, a many-acre stepchild of two World’s Fairs, stepping gingerly between noisy highways and stadiums and a polluted bay. Gotham: In Queens, an Oasis Neglected by the City 2012-10-02T02:25:52Z One of the classic American crooners, Andy Williams was a singer and TV host known for his smooth voice and homely charm. Obituary: Andy Williams 2012-09-26T15:10:15Z The current homely headquarters abuts a well-traveled sidewalk, and an adjacent park was the site of an Occupy Movement encampment for months. For the Euro, a Costly Shelter From the Storm 2012-09-20T21:59:54Z The severity of the impact on each species, whether comely or homely, will ultimately be up to us, Johnson said. Climate Change May Shift Composition of U.S. Bird Species 2012-08-09T19:15:00.180Z HomeSnap informed me, quite credibly, that even the smallest and homeliest of the houses nearby were far beyond my reach. App City: Navigating the New York Rental Market Jungle 2012-07-21T05:47:51Z If he had hoped to find finally in Weimar homely rest and peace he was doomed to disappointment. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z There was now a huge bed for all the Boys, and a basket for Michael, because he was the littlest and because a cradle is such a homely thing to have about the house. The Story of Peter Pan Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie 2012-05-22T15:16:50.277Z This homely business was half their lives; they knew the kine in the byre and the corn in the granary, as well as the service-books upon their stalls. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z It seemed to her "wasteful" that so pretty a girl should go and be a nun; if she had been "homely" like Sister Aquinas it would have been different. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z The homely beginnings of science will best reveal to us its simple, unchangeable character. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z In homely phrase, we say there is a flavor of the soil about it. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z And in the battle they used but homely weapons, nor they used neither guile nor deceit, but only strength. Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z It is illustrated throughout by a profusion of metaphors and homely illustrations drawn from the author’s own observation of the busy world outside the anchorage. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z So we might follow the paradox of Scotch character through its union of gloomy moroseness with homely affections, of unrestrained emotionalism with cold calculation, of awesome second-sight with the cheapest charlatanry. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Style hooked at the summit.—A homely perennial herb, with stems leafy to the top, and 1–3 small greenish-white flowers in the axils, on short recurved pedicels. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z It was no longer, however, the figure of Catherine de Medici that presented itself, but the homely person and somewhat unmeaning face of a good lady, dressed in the habit of a prioress. Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:35.290Z Sometimes she wished that some homely fisherman or ignorant ploughboy had rescued her. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z The news from the settlements—inquiries for friends, and political information, would gladly be exchanged for the homely but welcome entertainment, which was at once provided. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z There lies the fatal weakness of all this frenzy over liberty and this hymeneal chanting of sky and ocean; it has no basis in the homely facts of the heart. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Achenes ovoid; pappus none.—Coarse homely weeds, with opposite or alternate lobed or dissected leaves, and inconspicuous greenish flowers, in late summer and autumn; ours annuals, except the last. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z They presented little that was remarkable; they were modestly furnished, nothing costly nor expensive anywhere, but a degree of homely comfort rare to find in an inn. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z "I don't pretend that we have any more virtues of the homely sort, than the cottage folk, but certain things belong to us by right." A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Your bare house, your homely furnishings, your poor dress, your simple fare distress you, and you would fain be in a higher worldly sphere, enjoying more consideration, and participating more freely in worldly enjoyments. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Even the little things, the flowers and birds of the country, are made to contribute to the sense of homely content. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z The Scotties were enjoying a homely dance in a barn, and as the piper had been hard at it and seemed tired, I volunteered to act as his deputy. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Nor is it only to grandeur and splendor this superiority extends, but it can invest lowly situations and homely places with a charm which, alas! no reality can rival. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z An interesting and pathetic tale describing the joys and sorrows, the privations and homely pleasures of a family of operatives. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z The power of His words was due more to their wonderful depth of meaning, going straight to the heart of things, and to the aptness of His homely illustrations. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z The mind reverts instinctively from this scene to the homely life at Olney. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z The Usher, a functionary of the old school, at once proceeds to give some homely and informal advice to the jurymen, telling them to listen to the case with minds free from vulgar prejudice. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z It was homely but accurate in construction: the beam was of wood, and the piston was an old thick copper penny! Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z It is built of fair and strong stone, not affecting fineness, but honorably representing a firm stateliness, for it was handsome without curiosity, and homely without negligence. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Yet quiet and homely though it was and is, how prodigious, how unprecedented has been its power! The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Wynifred's success had made her quite a small celebrity in the neighborhood, and she owed many introductions to the benevolent zeal of the academician's plain, homely wife. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The homely habits, the plain dress, the methodical ways, of Louis Philippe were, therefore, easily made to seem ridiculous. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Many a long and involved arithmetical research he carried out, much apparatus he made in a homely way, and much he repaired and adjusted. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z They represent ludicrous incidents of a homely kind in a style of the broadest farce, and approximate to the French dramatic renderings of the subjects of the fabliaux. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z There she chanced to find her bitterest friend and rival, Mistress Kitty Clive, a clever but somewhat homely actress. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z A master on board a vessel which was blown “out of the Downs to Norway,” describes the sights he saw on those fatal days, the 25th and 26th of November, in homely but graphic language. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Nothing yet brought from that country is more interesting to us than the specimens given in Mr. Mitford's book of the short, homely, humorous, sound Japanese sermons. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The lack of comforts and conveniences compelled arduous manual toil and the busy “brown hands” found many homely duties to engage their activities. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z Sport is plentiful in every part of the province, and the homely hospitable character of the people renders a visit to the colony a most enjoyable experience. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z So—seeing in him only a homely and emaciated little man, whose pretensions she considered laughable—the queen hit on a scheme of ridding herself forever of Richelieu's love sighs. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Where others beheld the glorious virgin, Dulcinea del Toboso, radiant in beauty and bedight with queenly apparel, I saw only the homely milkmaid, with her red elbows and her russet gown. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z He needs only to be commonplace; and hence it is that the homely proverbs of all time bear so hardly upon women. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z She might look down to see her form clad in homely garments of cotton print, moccasins on her feet, and her wandering glance touch her sunbonnet hanging on a peg driven between the logs. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z Real power, real excellence, does not seek for a foil in inferiority, nor fear contamination from coming in contact with that which is coarse and homely. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z His widow was either fifty-three or sixty-one—all depending on whether you believe her own statement or the homely Rhode Island facts. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Poor Queen Victoria looked awkward and homely indeed by the side of this graceful, noble form; this figure that expressed so well the combination of suppleness and affluence, of imperial dignity and charming womanhood. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z When you are not invited out to supper, you extol your homely repast at home, and hug yourself that you are not obliged to drink with any body abroad. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z To use a very homely illustration, there is the main line of rail conspicuously running through the whole, and you may trace that clearly, though you cannot always trace the branches. Rome, Turkey, and Jerusalem 2012-03-30T02:00:17.477Z But here may be said to end this homely and contemporary class of play-names. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z Her father picked out a pretty name for the homely girl and then considered his duty done. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z He is, I believe, abstemious in eating and drinking, caring only for the homeliest fare. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z His homely and wise ditties are illustrated by pictures of curious simplicity. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z To take the very homely illustration of a railway. Rome, Turkey, and Jerusalem 2012-03-30T02:00:17.477Z Home is home, be it ever so homely. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z There is a homely proverb which tells us that "the longest way round is the shortest way home." The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z Those houses, then, were caves or homely sheds, With twining osiers fenc’d, and moss their beds. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z For all that, some attempt had been made to give this place a homely aspect. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z Only sound commonsense, respectable fellow that he is, in the homely realm of his own four walls, has very wonderful adventures directly he ventures out into the wide world of research. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z I will not consume your time with a technical dissertation, but will state some facts as briefly as possible, and in plain, homely phrase. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z "Everything has such a homely, cosy feeling!" he exclaimed to himself, again and again. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z The homely words, the familiar accent, fell like music on our ears. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Life, instead of a pleasant and somewhat homely occupation, had become a kind of romantic nightmare. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z In his lofty flights of thought the apostle always has some practical and homely end in view. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z The garb and appearance of the people was rough and homely. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z Then she opened her eyes again, and contemplated the homely features of the Reverend Godfrey Blunt. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z At last, recovering himself—'Well,' says he, 'if this be your town life, much good may do you with it: give me my poor quiet hole again, with my homely, but comfortable, grey peas.' ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z "I am glad to thank you for your courtesy to a lonely and homely old fellow-traveller this morning," Cousin Felicity continued, and then Clodagh's grave face brightened and a touch of colour came into it. Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z Behold! out of the haberdasher's door a small, untidy figure in homely pink print had shot resolutely into the road, and was sprinting in pursuit. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z There is something in the lonely farmhouse, surrounded with its little garden, and its homely implements of labor, that instantly touches our sympathy. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z A later generation, following the pious but unnecessary fashion of the day, had erected upon its summit a steeple of homely design, which indicated the route to heaven in an officious and altogether gratuitous manner. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Sitting in the farm-kitchen, and eating the farmer's homely fare, Pariset talked a little about the war, and led the way discreetly to the questions he was eager to ask. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z Her laces and diamonds of the evening before seemed a dream, though her dress was dainty enough, much finer in quality than the very homely attire in which Clodagh had first seen her. Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z De Hooch is one of the kindliest and most charming painters of homely subjects that Holland has produced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z He was bent by time, but his brilliant eye and his flowing gray locks gave a certain refinement to his appearance, beyond that which his homely garments would warrant. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z The simple, vulgar, taking tune swelled up; the brave homely words rang out, putting new heart into every one. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z I balanced this against that, and wondered whether, after all, the red soutane were so much better than the homely jerkin, or the fame of a day than ease and safety. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z It is made of very homely threads sometimes, common duties, unpromising and unwelcome tasks. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z He is a magician, spectral at times, yet his songs have the homely lyric fervour and concision of Robert Burns. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z As one comes down the winding road, in the shadow of the high grey scars, discoloured with patches of black brushwood, the saddle of the island looks picturesque and homely. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z And in the meantime Mr. Blackbeard himself had returned to his homely, unpainted house and sat himself down with Mrs. Blackbeard on the kitchen doorstep. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z Between honest parties to a bargain, that, to use a homely phrase, is "Neither here or there." Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z If Thou hast given to us the great place, we thank Thee, but we thank Thee not less for the homely task, the humble duty, for it is all necessary to Thy plan. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z The image of a homely country lad, clad in a rustic garb, and shod with heavy-laced boots, standing by that old book-stall, presented a very uninteresting spectacle to the market people at Gainsborough. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z Plain living and high thinking are no more: The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z A homely tale of life and love in a Cornish village. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z This phrase fastened itself in Dorothy's mind, and she determined to take for her line of action all that was expressed in Mr. Bill Hodges' homely phrase, "Treat'em good, but not too good." The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z |
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