| 单词 | inanely |
| 例句 | Nailer couldn’t help inanely calculating scavenge value of the lighting systems as he made his way down the corridor. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, I felt dizzy and sat down and stared dumbly at the scarlet geyser until I started to giggle again, and then we all giggled inanely at each other. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He gestures towards the general, who smiles inanely at his own put-down. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Logs that bleed, Tyrion thought inanely as the second man came for him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Stewards in black and white walked around with trays and fawning smiles, their heads held inanely high. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He’s more a spotted knight than a white one, Tyrion thought inanely. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I said, a trifle inanely but just trying to make conversation. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Well, what did you think you were going to be doing here tonight?” he demanded inanely. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Just like killing a goat, Nailer thought inanely. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The vessel itself is like a ship of state inanely navigating a pitiless vacuum. Armando Iannucci Gets Lost in Space in “Avenue 5” 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z They're either making dumb decisions or chatting inanely while the frostbite sets in. Film review: Frozen 2010-09-23T22:03:00Z Ali Catterall Just about the only truly essential show on Channel 5's inanely titled sister channel, animated spy comedy Archer has nevertheless been bounced uncaringly around the schedules for much of its 13-week run. TV highlights 30/05/2012 2012-05-29T18:59:01Z Like many puppets, they exude an inanely cheerful self-satisfaction. Art Review: ?Philippe Parreno? and ?At Home/Not at Home,? at Bard 2010-07-01T22:39:00Z “The time for science is over,” George snarls inanely. Review: ‘Continuity’ Takes a Shot at the End of the World 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z One hoary old trick is for everyone to inanely repeat the phrase “soda-water-bottle,” over and over again. Learning 'Lear': The How-To's of Hub-Bub 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z How had she come up with that particular physical attitude — shift hips, purse lips, gaze inanely over shoulder — Ms. Hilton was asked. In This Mardi Gras, the Beads Are Made of Pearls 2011-12-02T17:40:36Z When I saw it in the theatre, I recall wanting to race up the aisle as folks inanely rushed to the airport. The top five Valentine’s Day romance films 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Usually, the presenters are beautiful young women who webcast themselves eating improbable quantities of food while inanely chatting about how delicious it is. Table for one: how eating alone is radically changing our diets 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Instead of inanely repetitive micro reports about very local weather, could the news channels not fit in a few other important stories of concern to those of us living far from hurricane alley? Cable news is habitually obsessed with one big story 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z He personally cast doubts on the mail-in ballots, inanely suggesting that they were subject to foreign interference. Bill Barr's pride gets in the way: Trump's top lackey just blew up his own redemption tour 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z In this dental drill of a tune, the “snap, click” is inanely repeated, with fresh insults added that point out not so much the nightmarish side of fame as the sorry state of Broadway songwriting. Why the Netflix musical 'Diana' is theme-park schlock and a bad sign for Broadway 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The presenter blinks and nods before inanely suggesting that “If the environment gets clean and prettier, we will become clean and prettier?” Gisele Bündchen: a model life? 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z All of which explains why Thomas tweeted, “Give BK the trophy! #majorstrumpall” in response to a PGA Tour video last week that inanely suggested the POY race was far from over. Guess who noticed Brooks Koepka wasn't asked to speak with the media at East Lake. Brooks Koepka - Golf Digest 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Next time you try inanely to swat a fly, try not to be so disheartened. Why is it so hard to swat a fly? 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Knievel, a blustery, drunken ne’er-do-well who boasted of his youthful criminal exploits, bounced checks and broke promises, and inanely risked his life, was a hero to a lot of kids, and I was no exception. The Man Restaging an Evel Knievel Jump to Vindicate His Father 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z "I don't know if there's a personal racial component," Ms. Harris-Perry disingenuously and inanely said despite the fact she's supposedly a journalist. Melissa Harris-Perry Walks Off Her MSNBC Show After Pre-emptions 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z In other news, Bachmann blabbered inanely in her farewell speech to Congress about how Moses, the “ultimate lawgiver” is watching over them and staring right into the eyes of the Speaker of the House. 6 worst right-wing moments of the week: Princeton mom says college rape is “clumsy hook-up melodrama” 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z In a spoof broadcast, the public were inanely asked "What do you reckon?" about everything: "You may not know about the issue, but I bet you reckon something." Are politicians too obsessed with anecdotes? 2013-01-30T01:06:50Z "I like your hat, Dad," I say, inanely. Doing it for Dad 2012-12-01T00:04:01Z Miss Woolfrey giggles foolishly, gossips inanely, meanders with a stream of senseless twaddle; but she is gratified by smiles and nods and handshakings. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Still," he said, somewhat inanely, "how could I? Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Keegan was standing in the center of the room smiling inanely at the sink. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z He had given Frontin a kick in the hind quarters, when that worthy ventured to laugh inanely because his master raised the curtain. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z Clothes were a matter of complete indifference for him; he had never been able to understand why people spent their time in raving inanely over this or that particular manner of robing themselves. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z All the evening we sat, almost in silence, inanely smirking at each other and listening to the rain. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z As if motion-pictures mattered, or whether they were good or bad, inanely done or cleverly. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z The judge, who had been gazing inanely about the room, nodded his acquiescence. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Thus, the bridge stands to-day, as it has stood for several years, a thing costly, grotesque, and useless, spanning the river, its two ends jutting out, inanely, over the opposing shores. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z While I spent that year inanely trying to dull my pain, leaving the apartment rarely save for CNN live shots or visiting more war, Tim, it seemed to me, persevered. Michael Ware: The Pain of War Reporting 2011-04-24T16:00:00Z Tony saw the slight trembling of her lips, and laughed somewhat inanely as he held out his hands. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z "One person could not very well be plural," I said inanely; and he frowned at the irrelevant flippancy. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z Then she swallowed very hard once or twice and remarked inanely: "Did the Road go right into the house?" The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z That's why we've entered a period when, except for inanely repetitious, overblown references to the threat of al-Qaeda, no one in Washington cares to offer Americans an explanation -- any explanation -- of why we're fighting globally. One and a half cheers for American decline 2010-09-21T17:01:00Z Tediously and inanely he meandered along, and no one knew what he was talking about. The Law of Hemlock Mountain It synchronised with the entry of Gustave, who stood just inside the door smiling inanely. Patricia Brent, Spinster "I—I don't spend it, Miss Van Rossum," I answered, inanely. A Top-Floor Idyl "But in these times," I inanely suggested, struggling to maintain the pretense of conversation, "woman has a full measure of liberty." The Portal of Dreams He thought at that moment, inanely, he should play more handball. You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did “There’s a parson coming here,” I remarked inanely, and Mary started up, mopping her eyes with her ridiculous little handkerchief. The Red Symbol The trio chuckled inanely, making elaborate bows; and the girl shivered as she shrank further into the shadow, and repeated piteously: “Do, please, let me pass! won’t you?” Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 She is, therefore, but poor company for the tall marine, who seems, however, quite satisfied with the portion allotted him and maunders on inanely about the surroundings generally. Rossmoyne Grinning inanely, holding onto his portable, wireless mike, he babbled along about the wonderful people present tonight and the good time being had by all. Frigid Fracas He smiled inanely, as if he rather enjoyed it. Miss Cayley's Adventures “Why, yes, I feel just about ‘O. K.,’ thanks,” I responded, and laughed inanely. The Red Symbol “Oh!” said Clive inanely, quite at a loss to know what he meant. Cloudy Jewel Dane's hands went up, and he gasped inanely: "Who are you?" When the Sleepers Woke While I stood inanely trying to gather my senses together, he took off the little cloth cap he wore, and bowing, asked: “Mein Fräulein, in what can I assist you?” The First Violin A Novel The object of each player is to make such inanely conventional remarks that his opponent is reduced to silence. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 Harrison was in a torpor, muttering inanely and pleadingly as his long, white fingers opened and closed, perhaps upon imagined gold. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Clearing my throat, I said rather inanely, "Hello!"—but what does one say to an extrasolarian? Lost in the Future It did all it could do, if it would not die inanely. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Although a slight mist was falling and umbrellas bobbed inanely in the fashion of umbrellas, Amzi in his seersucker coat was apparently oblivious of the weather's inclemency. Otherwise Phyllis "It must be a matter of great satisfaction that you have at last won this strike," he remarked, somewhat inanely. Making People Happy "Very," I agreed, as we turned; and I added, rather inanely: "One hears a lot about East Anglian coast erosion." The Message The older folks smiled indulgently, and Mr. Sanderson chuckled as he pulled Evelyn’s ear and inquired inanely, “if she were having a good time.” Lucile Triumphant For a queer second I did see ourselves in that inevitable mirror, but cadaverous and out-of-date and palsied—a dusty set of old waxworks, simpering inanely in the lumber-room of Time. More Trivia The Seraph, mightily confused at being called a bantling, giggled inanely, so I replied again. Explorers of the Dawn According to him, Wetter was passionately, my brother-in-law inanely, enamoured of Coralie. The King's Mirror The lips had fallen inanely apart with an absurd look of silly wonder. The Flaw in the Sapphire Much to Lucile’s secret annoyance, the young man at her right claimed her attention at that important moment, asking her, inanely, or so she thought, if she could swim. Lucile Triumphant Instead, I remarked inanely that I was sorry to hear his father was not alive. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Greeley inanely returned, feeling in a dazed way that he did not want to put in any claim for Crothers with those apparently innocent eyes upon him. A Son of the Hills She danced as beautifully, dressed as divinely, smiled as bewitchingly, and talked as inanely as ever. Under Fire Peggy panted inanely as if the word were of foreign tongue. Joyce of the North Woods "The least I can do," he suggested inanely, "is ask you to 'ave a cup of coffee, ma'am." The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories Old Horace was inanely eloquent for an hour over his pet theory. The Sport of the Gods The stout woman carried on her other arm a large wax-doll whose face smiled inanely over her shoulder. By the Light of the Soul A Novel "It's great, isn't it!" he remarked inanely, before thinking it necessary to remove his head. The Stolen Singer Harlequins and clowns—shabby, spiritless, and unmasked—grin inanely in your face, and seem to be hunting after a joke they can never find. Rome in 1860 He was a lean, overworked man, with knotted hands the colour of the soil he tilled and an inanely honest face, over which the freckles showed like splashes of mud freshly dried. The Voice of the People All that he did was to express superficial curiosity concerning the sentiments of others, and to express it inanely enough. What Necessity Knows The Swanks, the Swanks, the whirling Swanks, The twirling Swanks they wound-- The swathed and swaddled, molly-coddled Swanks inanely wound. The Glugs of Gosh If it was from any other family he tuck it so inanely, I wouldn't care so much; but from them! The Dead Boxer The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two "I was speaking with your father last night," he said at last, somewhat inanely. More Toasts "The next speaker is Mrs. Allen Thatcher," announced the chairman, beaming inanely as a man always does when it becomes his grateful privilege to present a pretty woman to an audience. A Hoosier Chronicle "Really—yes, I suppose so," Alec muttered inanely; but within he laid control on himself, lest he should kick this man. What Necessity Knows I smiled inanely—what else could I do? for I was dimly conscious that the stricture might have justification in fact. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 19, 1892 One, indeed, laughed inanely, clasping her hardened hands, and a dimness crept into eyes, more than one pair of eyes, from which the care that had long lurked there had vanished suddenly. Alton of Somasco "Got a fire here?" he inquired, inanely, for the fire was very much in evidence. In Old Kentucky "Mary had two little lambs," he murmured inanely. The Happy Family She inanely told herself that by brushing naked against his skin this making herself one with what was black had made the intimacy a higher accomplishment than mere banging. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America Mr. Brimsdown, sitting stiffly upright, his eyes fixed on a portrait of Royalty glimmering inanely down at them through a dirty glass frame on the opposite wall, listened with unmoved front. The Moon Rock "I thought you were drunk," he observed inanely, as is common to men who have just come through situations for which no words have been coined. The Gringos Katie replied, inanely—Ann was still pulling at her handkerchief—that they were indispensable, of course, though personally she was so fond of horses—. The Visioning "Catchum rattlesnake bite?" queried Good Indian inanely, as is the habit of the onlooker when the scene shouts forth eloquently its explanation, and questions are almost insultingly superfluous. Good Indian To distribute one's ex libris is inanely to destroy the only significance it has, that of indicating the past or present ownership of the volume in which it is placed. Ponkapog Papers He put his arm about her waist; it was a large, strong, sophisticated arm, and very agreeable; he grinned at her with a devastating knowingness, while Kennicott glowed inanely. Main Street As he spoke it seemed to him that he had behaved inanely, and it made it still harder to tell. Of Human Bondage She strolled around the office, picking up articles here and there and looking at them inanely. The Beautiful and Damned I paused to inspect the china pug-dog which squatted on the pink-tiled hearth and which glared inanely at the huge brass coal-box just opposite. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking "A prince in his palace," she murmured inanely. Ruggles of Red Gap At that moment the train lumbered in, the engine wearing that inanely self-important air affected by locomotives of the larger build. With Edged Tools "I see you brought back the glasses," she remarked inanely. Lonesome Land Moreover, the sheer weight of their agricultural sectors and the backwardness of their infrastructure can force a reluctant EU to reform its inanely bloated farm and regional aid subsidies, notably the Common Agricultural Policy. The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism Arab gravity never looks better than during inanely grotesque performances of this kind; in such moments one cannot help loving them, for these are the little episodes that make life endurable. Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia The audience consisted of female Pharisees and foolish women, smiling inanely. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House And how foolish arguments are … how banal are these cerebral monsters who pose as iconoclasts and devote themselves grandiloquently and inanely to disturbing the paper masks…. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago "From yonder sky," grinned Jimsy, trying, not very successfully, to assume an inanely cheerful tone, "not badly hurt, old man, are you?" The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise Moreover, the sheer weight of their agricultural sectors and the backwardness of their infrastructure can force a reluctant EU to reform its inanely bloated farm and regional aid subsidies, notably the Common Agricultural Policy. The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism Also, without doubt, he voiced, though inanely, the innate resentment of the English peasant against the great sixteenth century robber families and their sycophants. England of My Heart : Spring The people shouted the name of France with cries of applause, but the King only smiled inanely and stammered some inappropriate words in Italian. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation The mouth kept jabbering, inanely, and once emitted a half-swinish grunt. The House on the Borderland Old Man Harding cackled inanely, but said nothing. The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise To tell the truth, the stripling smiled inanely. Tales of St. Austin's Mrs. Morris regretted she couldn't come," Lee told her inanely; and his hostess replied: "I can't at all say that I believe you—I was so upset I couldn't resist the attempt. Cytherea "And so you go like this about the world, gambling," he remarked inanely, to cover his confusion. Victory An Island Tale "It has been a pleasant evening," she said, inanely. The Silver Horde His hair is bestraggled; his face is livid; his pupils, widely dilated; his dry lips part now and then as he mutters and mumbles inarticulately or chuckles inanely. Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness A few golfers had spent the afternoon upon the course, inanely cursing the temporary tees and greens. The Flyers "Were you surprised to see me with your father?" he asked, a little inanely. The Evil Shepherd It was plain that he wholly and inanely approved of Norine Evans. Rainbow's End The debtors received inanely subsidized Russian goods and commodities for the transferable rubles they so joyously borrowed. Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era If exchange rate stability supported by inanely high interest rates prevails over the goals of industrial reconstruction and export-enhancement, the result is erosion of the very fabric of society. After the Rain : how the West lost the East "If you imagine that my wife distributes patronage—" he heard himself repeating inanely, and the walls seemed to reverberate with the laughter which his sister and Gregg had suppressed. The Hermit and the Wild Woman "I bought that hat in Baltimore," he inanely observed. Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress The soldier had fallen back on to the seat, and was grinning inanely; the drovers were enjoying the joke beyond measure. A Life's Morning It was the one matter in which she attempted to override the decrees of Providence, which had obviously never intended that she should talk otherwise than inanely. The Chronicles of Clovis Jack, as usual, smiled inanely, but nothing was to be got from him. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation But Pierrot continued to stare at the sky, and laughed once more inanely. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches "Great men have their surprising peculiarities," I observed inanely. Under Western Eyes "I—I wanted to see how it was stuck on," he explained inanely. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale The inanely amatory, with their languishing eyes, weary us. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things Above his motionless figure the little cord and tassel on the stiff point of the hood swung about inanely in the gale. The Mirror of the Sea Pierrot only stared in the sky and laughed inanely. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches And the ludicrousness of old Nelson’s inanely fierce round eyes in association with his conciliatory manner to the lieutenant presenting itself to my mind brought on another fit. 'Twixt Land and Sea Pierrot only repeated what he had said, and laughed and giggled inanely. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches |
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