| 单词 | incongruously |
| 例句 | Among nine men he looked incongruously small, Ugwu thought, as they walked along. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As for the mako, except for the tips of the tail and the mouth area, incongruously untouched, it was a half-eaten, butchered mess. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z With her incongruously small legs and massive torso, she looked like a refrigerator on crooked wheels. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Someone’s phone is ringing, an incongruously joyful and upbeat song. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked Volpe, incongruously, if he “came from a dockworker family,” which he figured was intended as an insult. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z They rowed anyway, some of them attired in ragged sweat suits, some, incongruously, in shorts and stocking caps. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z About the waves, Mr. Finnegan tells us, “I realized I was seeing long German words in Gothic script, Arbeiterpartei and Oberkommando and Weltanschauung and Götterdämmerung, marching incongruously across the warm gray walls.” Review: ‘Barbarian Days,’ by William Finnegan, Details a Surfer’s Pilgrimage 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z This text roars incongruously across Lubbock's imaginary info panel – apocalyptic, alarming, transcendent. Tom Lubbock: the pain and the pleasure 2010-12-13T17:00:00Z Hiroko looked much as I imagined her: with a beautiful, warm smile, elegantly appointed with a silk scarf and long silver earrings, and, not at all incongruously, clutching a worn Teddy bear. Pico Iyer’s Japanese Love Story, from Spring to “Autumn Light” 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z One memorable spot is called the Palm Flat, for the lone, spindly palm tree that rises incongruously above the low brush land. On Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas, the flamingos are many and magnificent The Symphony No. 4, with its sleigh bells ringing incongruously in the tropical Caracas weather, was Monday’s program. Gustavo Dudamel and Los Angeles Philharmonic Hailed in Caracas 2012-02-14T23:33:58Z When the census taker drives through the colony in his truck, incongruously blaring a Monkees song, all of the other women ignore his megaphone instructions to come out and be recorded. After abuse,"Women Talking" challenges the misuse and metamorphosis of forgiveness 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z Ezra Klein of “Vampire Weekend” was eating, incongruously enough, at the Musso & Frank Grill. Hollywood Gets Its Groove Back 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z These shoestring touches materialize somewhat incongruously on a fairly elaborate set by Robert Andrew Kovach that — thanks to painted walls and sound effects that come from every direction — seems to fill the theater. Theater Review: ‘Around the World in 80 Days,’ at New Theater at 45th Street 2013-06-06T20:56:30Z The auction’s only other women are in scenes from Cinderella incongruously printed on the backs of some British infantrymen. Antiques: A London Apartment Done Up in French 2010-04-22T22:32:00Z Somewhat more incongruously, Mary Ann shows up, as a sort of fancified candy striper assisting at the medical tent. Books of The Times: ‘The Days of Anna Madrigal,’ Concluding ‘Tales of the City’ 2014-01-30T22:02:15Z The last act, though, is a total whiff — too rushed, too riddled with plot holes and too incongruously hopeful to take seriously. Review: In ‘Hover,’ the Drone Tech Isn’t All There 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z We watch Fry, invariably clad in incongruously bright trousers, awed by the grandeur and history of the Bayreuth Festival and its theater, designed and built by the composer. ‘Wagner & Me’: Love of German composer’s music, tainted by history 2013-01-24T21:59:01Z Somewhat incongruously, as part of a Miss Nigeria in America pageant, she wrote a five-minute set about ‘What’s funny about being Nigerian in America?’ Insecure’s Yvonne Orji: 'I’m 33 years old and I’m a virgin' 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Hovering in his peripheral vision, the leopard-coated customer was threading her way toward him, soon to be distracted, though, by her surroundings, which after a while are incongruously soothing. Critical Shopper: Critical Shopper - Brian Atwood on Madison Avenue 2012-11-13T20:43:57Z “Silicon Valley” is larded with brief appearances by tech-world mini celebrities that most viewers will miss, or will notice only by the incongruously stiff acting. How “Silicon Valley” Nails Silicon Valley 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Standing amid the skeletons and skulls of "Death: A Self Portrait," the 75-year-old Ford is an incongruously cheerful figure who laughs when asked if he is, perhaps, a little obsessed with death. London show views death through artists' eyes 2012-11-14T14:31:10Z The new line’s western terminus was a cavernous mustard-colored building topped with twin cupolas, which sat incongruously on Addis’s southwest outskirts. A Remarkable Rail Journey Into the Horn of Africa’s Past, and Future 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Hecht arranges a picnic by layering neutral and blue-hued blankets incongruously and setting a low wooden table on top of them with a flowing white table runner. The Power Picnic Is Spreading 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Somewhat incongruously, he also hosted a game show called "Through the Keyhole" that spied on the homes of celebrities from 1987 to 2008. David Frost, known for Nixon interview, dies 2013-09-01T15:31:08Z He has never appeared on the show, but if you’ve been surprised by incongruously dreamy comedy this season, chances are he had something to do with it. Meet Julio Torres, the New ‘S.N.L.’ Star No One Sees 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Usually, brutal beatings are accompanied by incongruously jaunty music over the blood-spattered mayhem, a device we've seen countless times in films and now a staple of TV gangster drama. Gangster dramas: the cliches fly like a hail of bullets 2011-04-07T13:11:36Z But, just as incongruously, he once sang a heartfelt version of “Send In the Clowns” for no particular reason, bolting offstage afterward overcome with emotion as the audience stood and applauded. Alan Kalter, Longtime Voice of Letterman’s ‘Late Show,’ Dies at 78 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z From there, we went to Brandy’s Piano Bar, a scruffy cabaret that ought to be in Greenwich Village, but that sits incongruously on East 84th Street. My Upper East Side Story: Pizza, Schnitzel, a Piano Bar 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z It sits, incongruously, beneath a sign for a closed-down Vietnamese restaurant and offers no clues, in English, as to what it sells. Special Report: Travel Asia: Savoring Taipei’s Food Scene 2012-09-02T14:39:12Z This drama is followed, incongruously, by some loose-limbed communal jumping jacks. Review: 'little hunger,' 'Entwine' need to cook a little longer 2010-05-28T16:49:00Z In fact one series is called Marriages, and shows pairs of men and women – mostly, it seems, they are actors' studio portraits – incongruously conjoined to suggest new faces. Brian Dillon on John Stezaker at the Whitechapel Gallery 2011-01-29T00:06:00Z She refuses to change this accent – even in the Australian The Tree, where the storyline adapts to it, or in Melancholia where her sister, Kirsten Dunst, is incongruously American. Charlotte Gainsbourg: 'I'm always looking for what will make me feel bad' 2011-08-05T18:59:01Z With its inverted, conical shade of dark metal; its square-section stem; and incongruously graceful three legs and feet, it looks like something a steampunk artist might have dreamed up. At Armory’s Winter Antiques Show, Volumes of Variety 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Atop these politely cropped images, he affixes some small figure cut out of an incongruously different source, a comic strip like “Popeye” or a vintage Coca-Cola advertisement. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z His poll numbers incongruously rise as he becomes more and more erratic, but his inner demons ultimately prevail, landing him in love with an ex-stripper and hooked on heroin. ‘The Fix,’ a Ribald Musical About Political Showmanship 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z We skid to a stop within sight of the Green River and the incongruously bright hues of the cottonwood leaves and brush along its shores. On mountain bikes in the Utah desert, a college reunion like no other 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Perhaps most incongruously, she even licensed a “Fifty Shades” teddy bear, who comes with mini handcuffs and a blindfold. The Evolution of E L James 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Orwell gets back to his lines, quite incongruously remembering only ‘the bare misery of the Fascist dug outs’. The war that made Orwell 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z My favorite was on the city’s outskirts, where a modern gray building sits incongruously among industrial lots. Confused in California 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z We then receive another from a woman called Jackie, an American PR from LA who is, incongruously enough, acting for another of Gaddafi's sons, Saadi. Spies, Chopin and a Libya rescue 2013-01-14T07:00:03Z Pitchfork lauded the work as “an animated epic,” while a more cautious Rolling Stone dubbed it, incongruously, “Pokémon-inspired.” Pharrell Williams’s Lolicon Video 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z The second was when Juliette, having been ditched by the flesh-and-blood Noah, settled for sex against the kitchen counter with Mike, who was — incongruously, hilariously — completely naked. ‘The Affair’ Season 3, Episode 3: Noah and Juliette 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Two years later, she topped that hard-to-follow act with a satin evening skirt worn incongruously with her husband’s white button-down. What Happened to Risk on the Red Carpet? 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z We knew that the Ski Dubai complex, which juts incongruously into the desert sky like a middle finger aimed at the Creator, was, even then, pumping invisible carbon emissions into an already overburdened atmosphere. Dubai, the World’s Vegas 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Scattered behind it are incongruously pink reproductions of a computed tomography scan showing blunt force trauma to the head. With ‘Eyes on Iran,’ Artists Bring Protests to Roosevelt Island 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Mother and son, both lean, watchful and dark-haired, are like a pair of predatory reptiles incongruously housed with the fluffy, friendly animals. | 'We Need to Talk About Kevin': ?We Need to Talk About Kevin,? With Tilda Swinton - Review 2011-12-08T23:38:55Z The notes clatter incongruously, but then fall right into place. Perspective | The best old albums that we discovered in 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Craig plays a mysterious stranger who turns up in a desert town with an incongruously futuristic-looking metal wristband and a permanent scowl. 'Cowboys & Aliens' isn't even good popcorn fun 2011-07-28T00:15:04Z Such moments of surreal levity — like the incongruously festive throng of employees in banana-yellow underwear and cobalt-blue bathrobes — are more than welcome as we marvel at man’s rational efforts to harness the irrational. | 'Under Control': ?Under Control,? Documentary on German Nuclear Power Plants ? Review 2011-12-02T05:13:02Z Some scenes are inspired in their brutality, but this “Catch-22” seems, incongruously, to want to inspire its audience. The Odd Nostalgia of a New “Catch-22” 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Perhaps the biggest challenge involved in making a Tyson biopic would be finding a way to capture his outsize persona — the hulking physicality, the incongruously high-pitched voice, the infamous facial tattoo — without veering into caricature. Jamie Foxx eyeing Mike Tyson biopic; could he pull it off? 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z She finds its terminus on the roof of a derelict building, where the light spreads over bright green, nodding blooms and an incongruously placed red torii gate. ‘Weathering With You’ Review: Letting the Sun Shine In 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Embedded deep in my brain on replay lives a Life Alert commercial, in which an incongruously cheery narrator shouts, "Help! I've fallen and can't get up." Being a caregiver for the elderly prematurely aged me 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z After the foray into Finland, the recital ended, somewhat incongruously, with early Beethoven. Music Review: Linda Hedlund at Scandinavia House - Review 2011-11-22T23:59:47Z But her sentences are often just words, incongruously strung together. Lifestyle guru B. Smith has Alzheimer’s. Her husband has a girlfriend. Her fans aren’t having it. 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z A sleek, black plinth with a black screen in front and a record player perched incongruously on top, it was designed as a prototype for a 21st-century memorial. Young Digital Artists, Anxious About ... Technology 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z In one surprisingly jazzy episode, the music breaks incongruously into what sounds like the fragment of a jaunty tune. Music Review: Renée Fleming’s Perspectives Residency at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-28T20:58:38Z The only sign that they might be ready to fight back is their manicures, which are incongruously sharp and pointy — talons, really. The D’Amelios Are Coming for All of Your Screens 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Or, if it's on the specials board, try a Hennessy Smash – a cognac and strawberry drink served, incongruously, in a half-pint tankard. 10 of the best cocktail bars in Edinburgh 2011-08-02T08:30:00Z The museum sits between a highway and a strip mall, and a foam-and-steel copy of an Easter Island statue sits rather incongruously on the front lawn. Timex Museum Prepares to Shut Its Doors 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Inside, it smelled like cats and, incongruously, there was a sign for a morning yoga class. The Teen Streets of John Hughes’s Chicago 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Hawi is like many little no-stoplight towns on the Big Island in that its architecture seems, incongruously enough, borrowed from the Old West. In Hawaii, Surf, Sun and Snow 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z This one used the slow movement of Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony, which kept slipping incongruously into hyper-driven, infectious percussion textures. Music Review: ?Launching the Percussion Revolution? at Juilliard 2012-02-01T00:03:35Z The Standard, East Village sprouts incongruously from a low-rise East Village streetscape. | What Makes André Balazs Cry 2013-12-02T22:33:01Z These can curve in aerodynamic ballet or teeter incongruously, as in “Pointing the Way,” which stacks a downward-aimed arrow atop a pedestal and below a series of circles. In the galleries: Exhibition explores the art of mentoring 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Even the 6th-century caverns at the Basilica Cistern are lit now in nightclub colours with "Summertime, and the livin' is easy" piped incongruously around its Medusa columns. Istanbul: minarets and martinis 2011-02-27T00:05:21Z Fused incongruously together, the figurines retain their essential triteness, yet are also a bit creepy. In the galleries: Four artists’ views of nature, at McLean Project for the Arts This mad cavalcade of 3-D cartoonery stretches along the quiet, hilly residential street where lovely Victorians, bungalows and cottages incongruously meet recycled industrial and domestic detritus. In Sebastopol, Calif., recycled junk sculptures with a Wine Country backdrop 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z In one, above, a protester, incongruously dressed in a neatly pressed white suit, leaps as he hurls something at a police line in May, 1968. In Transit: A Look at Paris's Violent Past, Real and Imagined 2011-03-29T10:00:36Z Maybe in a Bay Area comedy club the premise of sending Mr. Bell to meet gun owners would be incongruously funny enough, but here the sketch seemed like it needed more jokes. Critic’s Notebook: Comedy and Politics, Uneasy Bedfellows but Snuggling 2012-10-03T20:05:01Z The culturally reflective references accumulate incongruously: Tourist Trap's 12 protagonists apparently refer to the "12 spies" sent by Moses, against God's express wishes, to scout Israel, resulting in 40 years in the wildness. This week's new exhibitions 2011-03-19T00:06:46Z The centerpiece shows wild animals one by one — bison, owl, cougar, horse, etc. — incongruously caged inside motel rooms in a remote wilderness location. 'Doug Aitken: Electric Earth': Why MOCA's big new show has too few sparks 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z The huge box arrives, rolling into my flat like a tank into town, and I investigate its incongruously cute ingredients: three garlic cloves, two carrots, a baggie of bouillon, a mini-sachet of sesame oil. Is this cooking for idiots? My week eating nothing but ‘recipe box’ food 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z The orchestra somewhat incongruously included cellos and double basses, which laid down simple bass lines, but the bulk of the ensemble played long melodies in unison with the actor/singer. Peking Opera at Kennedy Center has the right moves, if not the best sounds The hotel is a creaky-planked affair that incongruously adjoins the sleek, hip, jazzy bar that could just as well be in Paris. What to Do in Lake Tahoe 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Often that was when a small town had incongruously proclaimed itself the world capital of something. Frugal Traveler: What I Learned Driving Through the Heartland 2013-08-28T21:32:04Z Notoriously the modern city preserves traces of nearly all these ancient Romes, often incongruously juxtaposed. ‘Rome: A History in Seven Sackings’ Review: The City That Survived 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Yet he flourished at the Colony, offering an incongruously sensitive and gentle counterpoint to his boss's excesses. Michael Wojas obituary 2010-06-11T17:28:00Z Several are on a thoroughfare incongruously named Happiness Road. ‘Youth (Spring)’ Review: Garment Rending 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Then there is the tacked-on third act suddenly that provides an incongruously happy resolution. Zaide 2010-06-25T20:45:00Z This provides a solid backdrop for incongruously dark swivels, sometimes accompanied by the kind of shimmies Steph Curry does after hitting a shot near half court. Taylor Tomlinson: A Comic With the Confidence of a Star 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z “The Rifle’s Spiral,” which opens the album, is a nightmare of religious war in the Middle East, and the incongruously upbeat, Beck-like “No Way Down” was written after he read an article about outsourced labor. James Mercer and the Shins Return With ?Port of Morrow? 2012-03-16T16:12:29Z “I am considered a radical on this issue,” Gelber says in an incongruously upbeat manner. Stream These Three Great Documentaries 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Stark, who has, incongruously, been assisting at the aristocratic Glyndebourne festival this summer, has been surprised by the space’s versatility. Multi-Story Orchestra Turns a Parking Garage Into a Concert Hall 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Somewhat incongruously, these ballparks tend to combine nostalgic design touches like red brick with locations in urban centers in need of a boost of investment and tourist spending. Orioles-White Sox game: Baltimore's urban stadium becomes no-fans' land 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z But in the “Aeneid,” to my ear at least, it strikes an incongruously sub-Hemingwayesque note. David Ferry Won the National Book Award in His 80s. In His 90s, He Has Translated Virgil. 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Admittedly, the bucolic spot felt incongruously cheerful for a paranormal encounter. Elsinore in Denmark, Hamlet’s ‘Home,’ Is Having a Renaissance 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Scattered incongruously on distant bluffs were several pumpjack oil drilling rigs, most of them inactive, poised over the earth like herons. This North Dakota Bike Trail Is Stunning. Just Hope You Survive It. 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z The bowl’s interior reflects sky, incongruously surrounding an earthbound viewer. International art invades the suburban Coachella Valley: The best of 'Desert X' 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Sitting in his car, he opens up a vial of Valium, considering the merits of an overdose, looking at a handful of pills while Blues Image’s “Ride Captain Ride” incongruously plays on the radio. ‘Vinyl’ Season 1, Episode 2: Mugged by God 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Much evidence of that camaraderie was on display at the afterparty, held incongruously on top of a car park. Los Angeles film festival: dispatch one 2012-06-15T15:55:17Z There are even years, Wright said, when a first lady’s popularity, incongruously, goes up as her husband’s decreases. Jill Biden raises money for Democrats amid gaffes and popularity drop 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z The show’s title, “London Calling,” is somewhat incongruously drawn from the 1979 album of that name by the postpunk band the Clash. 'London Calling' at the Getty and the tension between abstract and figurative painting 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Walker returned for Vox Lux: his orchestrations are played off incongruously against the pumping dance numbers written by indefatigable hitmaker Sia. Vox Lux director Brady Corbet: 'The movie is about the desire to be iconic' 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z He twists round in his chair, catching the waitress's attention by raising a delicate hand, the fingers incongruously weighed down with heavy silver rings in the shapes of skulls and snakes. Heartbreaker 2011-07-16T23:05:12Z The artistically inclined friend of yours who, incongruously, is dating a man who works at Goldman Sachs. Greta Gerwig in Noah Baumbach’s ‘Frances Ha’ 2013-05-08T16:00:02Z To mark the solemn moment, she performed a contemporary routine to “Every Breath You Take” by Aaron Krause with Derek incongruously stepping into the role of her dad. 'Dancing with the Stars' Watch: A Trip Down Memory Lane 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z “We’re not meant to be our own angels all the time,” Mering sings on “The Worst Is Done,” atop incongruously sunny guitar chords and bouncy percussion. Weyes Blood Gives Beautiful Voice to Global Pain 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Beside her, the remains of a meal sits incongruously on a table covered with a white lace tablecloth. Photographer David Moore's dingy, deteriorating Derby is the real deal 2013-04-10T16:29:00Z With mops in hand, they listlessly wash the floor of a room lined with incongruously cheerful tiles that depict sea scenes with fish, boats and mythical ocean creatures. Review: A Baroque Opera Muddies Lines Between Him and Her 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Beautifully costumed in the hip undertaker’s suits favored by Hitchcock, he nails the mannerisms and incongruously delicate movements of a man who navigates from behind a vast belly. Hitchcock: To Psycho with Love 2012-11-20T13:00:50Z I had the word “FEMINIST” written in black marker pen across the front of my homework diary aged 15, along with an anti-war sticker that incongruously involved a cupcake. I thought I knew about feminism – then I started work in a women’s prison 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z He added, “We must have presented a comic spectacle — an elderly man struggling to remove the garments from an old lady, still with white skin and incongruously fair hair.” John Bayley, Oxford Don Who Wrote of His Wife, Iris Murdoch, Dies at 89 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z The scene that Berg describes is one of exquisite tragicomedy, of the fusion of life-and-death passion with banal accountancy; it’s also a scene in which side characters are incongruously essential. The Odd Factual Gaps in Michael Grandage’s “Genius” 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Yet, incongruously, this potentially lethal landscape shared space with an immense lake full of crystal-clear, and refreshingly cold, drinkable water. The Azores: An untamed island paradise only a few hours by air from North America 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Other eye-catching street art, like a bronze sculpture of a photographer shooting a giant set of ears, a 10-foot half-eaten apple, a tubular St. Stephen, appear, often incongruously, along the sidewalks. A Bilbao on Siberia?s Edge? 2011-07-22T18:59:16Z A folksy family drama incongruously set in the world of professional wrestling. 26 Summer Shows, No Mask Required 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z The show, rather incongruously, welcomed an impressive list of musical performers, ranging from Ray Charles to a young Celine Dion, who often referred to the host by his nominal first name, Super. Super Dave, in Memoriam: Bob Einstein’s Mass-Culture Parody 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Her stage is the Liberty Theater, a long-ago Broadway house now tucked incongruously at the back of the Liberty Diner, on West 42nd Street. Review: ‘Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic’ Explores the Murky Death of the Actress Olive Thomas 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z They may sit too close, for example, or seem to be concave, or dress incongruously, as though presenting a different persona in each session. Patterns of pain: what Covid-19 can teach us about how to be human 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z On Mr. Trump, the cap perched incongruously atop a laboriously manufactured image: expensive suit, expensive tie, the face, the hair and then, suddenly, siren red. What Does the MAGA Hat Mean Now? 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Vinterberg also makes excellent use of Mikkelsen’s own past as a dancer, mining the incongruously fluid body language of a tall, thickset man with a jaw that seems carved out of lead. ‘Another Round’ Review: They’ll Drink to That 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Now, it sits incongruously amid hilly farmland in Natural Bridge, Va. A substantial herd of cows lives across the street, and out the back window you can see someone’s horses grazing. Going Backcountry, Three Ways 2013-05-17T18:47:13Z Occasionally, bright colors pop from a subdued milieu, as in a picture of watermen’s buckets and gloves, their plastic hues incongruously hot on a chilly gray day. Review | In the galleries: Artists talk through their hats 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z I ask Loach which surprise was most memorable, and he laughs incongruously through a few examples. Ken Loach: 'the ruling class are cracking the whip' 2011-08-28T18:00:02Z His first taste of the food business began, incongruously, at a Geneva branch of Wendy’s, the American fast food chain, when he was 21. Sharky Brings Locavore to Myanmar 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z In a refugee-owned nail salon and boutique, elaborate evening dresses hang incongruously on tent walls. ‘A Requiem for Syrian Refugees,’ About Fleeing Conflict 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Portrayed by the chapel’s towering, hyperactive, pompadoured owner, Brendan Paul, the King incongruously plucked out melodies by AC/DC, Kiss and Metallica as the encore bride danced alongside him. Las Vegas After the Shooting: Renewing Vows, Embracing Community 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Here’s what happens: A woman enters an apartment, a seedy place furnished with a few incongruously good pieces. Theater Review: Nina Arianda Stars in ‘Tales From Red Vienna’ 2014-03-19T02:00:02Z It’s the kind of odd, intriguing story that Mr. Kitson specializes in: disturbing, willfully open-ended and its content incongruously matched with its tone. Exploring That Old Knee-Slapper, Suicide 2011-01-06T22:13:28Z The Amsterdam Tattoo Museum is incongruously housed in two belle époque mansions; bourgeois painted flowers and fancy plasterwork interiors provide a refined counterpoint to the almost fetishistic nature of the exhibitions. Amsterdam Tattoo Museum features the macabre and the beautiful 2012-07-26T09:21:32Z In the most recent work, a dryly absurd video, an off-camera Walker tosses stones at a cymbal standing, incongruously, on a broad stretch of desert floor. What does rock music look like? Cal State L.A. gallery plays with the idea of sound 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z It’s difficult to miss—an incongruously geometric pile of aquamarine glass on the stately oval of Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, which is otherwise populated by brick-and-stone buildings. “The Affair’s” real-estate porn: Class politics, twisted perspectives and New York’s torrid romance with real estate 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z His spokesman, Andrew Wyatt, described the court ruling that freed him as a victory for Black America and, somewhat incongruously, for women, and ticked off the projects with which Mr. Cosby would now be involved. Bill Cosby, Free but Not Exonerated, Faces an Uncertain Future 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z But she wrote the alluring “On My Mama” during an incongruously dark time. After a career writing hits for others, Victoria Monét is ready to take control 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z When the renewed discussion of privilege was extended to male privilege, white men — incongruously led by an obese man-boy in orange makeup sporting a spun-sugar combover — embarked on their White Men's Campaign of Endless Grievances. Why the right is so terrified of "woke": There are truths it just can't face 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Times critic Kenneth Turan deemed it “three hours of violent, cartoonish posturing incongruously set in the realistically evoked milieu of East Los Angeles.” Disney neglected it. Critics panned it. 'Blood In Blood Out' became an L.A. classic anyway 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z This was the killing of a well-liked foreign teenager, dressed incongruously in a white tuxedo to look like John Travolta, simply because he mistook one house for another. Analysis | Mistaken address shootings echo killing of Japanese teen 30 years ago 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z What may be the most incongruously funny musical cue in “Beef” arrives a few minutes into the pilot episode, “The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech in Pain.” O-Town. Hoobastank. Tori Amos. Inside 'Beef's' nostalgic needle drops 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Sitting rather incongruously in this bucolic scene is the vast concrete hulk of the Bataan nuclear power plant. The 70s nuclear relic that may be about to open at last 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z A beloved children’s story is still incongruously masquerading on stage as an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Review: A reimagined 'Secret Garden' fails to flower anew at the Ahmanson Theatre 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Pol Pot appeared incongruously soft-spoken, making his points calmly and in measured tones. Nate Thayer, journalist who landed Pol Pot interview, dies at 62 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Boone-McCreesh’s funky collages are strung partly with found objects, and Sarah Knobel makes incongruously elegant photos of trash, such as a trio of cardboard beverage containers, tied together with blue cord and leaking pastel-colored smoke. Review | In the galleries: A show that’s almost a scavenger hunt 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Stenciled onto the adjacent wall next to an incongruously glowing sconce is eternity’s conundrum: “Heaven for weather, hell for company.” Review: L.A. artist Alexis Smith upended taboos. A thrilling new museum exhibition shows how 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z That changed for the tournament in Spain in 1982, when it was branded, somewhat incongruously, as the golden shoe. What makes a World Cup Golden Boot winner? 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z The next day’s front page of The Seattle Times covered the events in two short, incongruously lighthearted stories: “Jane Fonda Gripes About Detention at Fort Lewis” and “Indian ‘Attack’ on Fort Fascinates World Press.” A1 Revisited: Our coverage of 1970 protest showed neglect of vital Native issues 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z You can even forget it’s there — until you spot it hovering, almost comically, behind a garden wall or incongruously, even apologetically, over the swimmers in the village’s outdoor pool. ‘Eye of Sauron’: The Dazzling Solar Tower in the Israeli Desert 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Tucked incongruously among those business leaders were messages from a Scottish moral philosopher. How a Scottish Moral Philosopher Got Elon Musk’s Number 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z The idea came, incongruously, from the Houthis in Yemen, the scrappy, Iranian-backed rebels who have bedeviled an American-backed coalition of Gulf States for years and rule a swath of territory in northern Yemen. Back in the Fight 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Legend clung to the massive oak tree that once stood in the nine-acre triangle of forest that grew incongruously at the corner of Connecticut and Florida avenues NW. Perspective | Frank Lloyd Wright once designed a shimmering complex near Kalorama 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Yuknavitch’s descriptions of Brooklyn — now called simply the Brook — are incongruously precise and impressionistic, blending a dream’s concrete details floating in a cloud of terrors. Review | ‘Thrust’ delivers a mind-blowing critique of America’s ideals 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Its front steps are littered with bouquets of flowers, supportive messages, and, rather incongruously, the odd teddy bear. Katty Kay: Why inflation in US is bad for Ukraine 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The restoration area and the channel that abuts it sit incongruously between a busy avenue and a neighborhood of mostly new low-rise apartment buildings and multistory homes, many of which flooded during Sandy. Is This the Last Generation to Live on New York City’s Wild Fringes? 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z His living room would be an incongruously cozy place from which to convey the message that the country is run by psychopaths. The Rise of the Tucker Carlson Politician 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z In an outbuilding, a belt-fed machine gun sits incongruously by a baby's pram. Ukraine war: Defiant troops tell Russians: 'Go home while you're still alive' 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z “The day I began retrieving the dead was impossibly, incongruously beautiful,” McGavock recounts, describing the collection of remains for the creation of a military cemetery at her estate. Robert Hicks, best-selling author of ‘The Widow of the South,’ dies at 71 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z As soon as we had finished, he jumped up and began packing his things into a small rucksack, embossed - incongruously - with the Harry Potter logo. How Covid disinformation has fuelled attacks on Czech doctors 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Sondheim’s sparkling lyrics, which some find incongruously Cole Porter-ish, are motivated by the pageantry of retail seduction. How Steven Spielberg's 'West Side Story' finally solved the problem of 'I Feel Pretty' 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Built with the climate of the next century in mind, the bridge rises incongruously large – its concrete and steel bulk showing what it might take to keep water in check. A changing climate is buckling concrete and flooding roads. States are moving slowly to guard the nation’s infrastructure. 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z The arguments against it have not necessarily been rooted in aesthetics, though some made the case that the addition would feel incongruously pastoral, or too beach-y, or just “intrusive.” What If Elon Musk Wants to Build a Rocket on the Roof of the Dakota? 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z A domestic comedy incongruously transposed to a wartime setting or yet another tragic tale of a woman victimized by the tyrannical imagination of her insecure male partner? Commentary: Must Laurence Olivier's blackface Othello be banned? I showed the film and wasn't canceled 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z It was a solitary pump jack, encircled by barbed-wire fencing and squeezed incongruously between pricey homes on 14th Street and Pacific Coast Highway. Huntington Beach and oil were synonymous for decades. Those days are long gone 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z “Resistance” also, incongruously, includes women who quite pointedly did not resist. Review | A women’s history of the Trump presidency 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z As we drove from an area of steel mills back into Wuzhou city centre I saw an incongruously beautiful poster on a brick apartment block - a massive copy of the Mona Lisa. Climate change: Tracking China's steel addiction in one city 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z There are Zientara originals, too: a painting of a cow’s face, fierce as an Aztec temple carving; a print of skeletons layered over one another, a Magritte-esque apple incongruously perched among the bones. Perspective | Engaging the outer eye at Arlington’s famed Inner Ear Recording Studios 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z By Thursday morning, the rain was gone and skies were incongruously sunny. 43 Die as Deadliest Storm Since Sandy Devastates the Northeast 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z A painting of an alpine lake and mountains hung incongruously on the wall. Qaddafi’s Son Is Alive. And He Wants to Take Libya Back. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Yet her campaign photo shows her wearing a smart dress with a polka-dot skirt and, incongruously, holding a huge gun. Perspective | Why are so many Republican women holding guns in their campaign ads? 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z The scenes in these videos are almost normal, except that at least one person inside them is behaving, incongruously, as though he or she was modeling or acting. When Influencers Make Fools of Themselves 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Images showed incongruously large aircraft parts against homes. FAA considers stepped up inspections of fan blades after Denver engine failure incident 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z But we are also in a familiar Hollywood or at least Hollywood-adjacent zone, where beautiful faces and brutal headlines reliably and sometimes incongruously converge. Review: Despite a strong Tahar Rahim, Guantanamo drama ‘The Mauritanian’ sells its subject short 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z That latter sequence, set at night against an incongruously beautiful patch of wilderness, is framed from a vantage that seems at once concentrated and cruelly detached. Review: 'Beginning,' Georgia's Oscar entry, is a beautifully bleak portrait of faith in crisis 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z She faces formidable competition this week, including from her own daughter, the incongruously named Holly's Spring Cub. We are all the Fat Bear now 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z And incongruously, improbably, tantalizingly, it’s there for the taking for the Mariners. Amid surprising playoff push, Mariners must alter plan and call up Jarred Kelenic and Logan Gilbert 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z One is getting to watch an expansive array of baseball, which incongruously is not possible when you’re at the ballpark every night. Voice of the Tacoma Rainiers, Mike Curto, stuck in baseball limbo during COVID-19 shutdown 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Two works from Lamia Maria Abillama’s “Clashing Realities” series portray women sitting in elegant living rooms, incongruously dressed in military camouflage, in a statement on the pervasiveness of violence in recent Lebanese history. Powerful photo show reveals a Lebanon in turmoil 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z In these actors’ weary faces, incongruously bridging the divide between past and present, we see the most literal possible visualization of a war without end. Review: Spike Lee's messy but furiously alive 'Da 5 Bloods' follows four Black veterans back to Vietnam 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z When Trump is not incongruously framing executive orders as hard-earned achievements, he's floating desperate trial balloons about everything from nuclear annihilation to recess-bully nicknames that, in his twisted noggin, are supposed to score some points. Donald Trump's chaos and cruelty set the tone for the nation — and here we are 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Camp Creek Road may have defied fire crews, but it did lend the blaze its incongruously playful name: the Camp fire. 'It sounded evil': inside the eerie moment California’s deadliest wildfire began 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z The building is on a shaded TriBeCa alley, sandwiched incongruously between espresso cafes and designer boutiques. Inside the Fringe Japanese Religion That Claims It Can Cure Covid-19 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The music would be fine in another context, but here is used so incongruously as to call unflattering attention to itself. Review: Inner life of bipolar college student remains elusive in 'Inside the Rain' 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Its industrial smokestack stands incongruously behind red barns and lakeside gazebos. New York’s Last Coal-Fired Power Plant Is Closing 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z On Saturday — an incongruously warm and sunny day, given the mood — My Lovely Wife and I ventured outside for a walk in the park. Perspective | For musicians, coronavirus has stopped the gigs but not the sense of humor 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z Which is a villa, valued at $6 million, with a swimming pool, a panoramic view of the coast and, rather incongruously, a number of chickens roaming the backyard. A Billion-Dollar Scandal Turns the ‘King of Manuscripts’ Into the ‘Madoff of France’ 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z On the bright winter morning I traveled to see her, I passed grazing horses in handsome maroon coats and, incongruously, a tree stump wearing a peach-colored bra. How to Write Fiction When the Planet Is Falling Apart 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Dozens of others sit in a waiting room, hooked up to IV bags dangling incongruously from the ceiling like jellyfish floating in an aquarium. Opinion | Warning: Chinese authoritarianism is hazardous to your health 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Lopez arrived next, perched atop a replica of the Empire State Building while singing, somewhat incongruously, that she was "still Jenny from the block". Jennifer Lopez and Shakira sparkle at the Super Bowl 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z The market occupies much of a block in a newer part of the city, sitting incongruously near apartment buildings and shops catering to the growing middle class. As New Coronavirus Spread, China’s Old Habits Delayed Fight 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z Klobuchar said she would “bring our troops home” from Afghanistan, while adding incongruously, “Some would remain for counterterrorism and training.” Democrats differ on US-Mideast wars, with no clear exit plan 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z The movie being screened, maybe a little incongruously, was “Joker.” Who Gets to Pick Best Actor? Actually, I Do 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The effect was incongruously cheery, like a grade-school science project in some wacky high-tech future. The Gene Drive Dilemma: We Can Alter Entire Species, but Should We? 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z A Christmas tree flashes incongruously in the corner. 'The closest thing on Earth to interplanetary travel' 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z One of the Aquarium’s stated goals of the Ocean Pavilion, which incongruously focuses on marine life in the far South Pacific, is to establish a connection for visitors to the one ocean concept. Seattle Aquarium expansion misses the mark on conservation 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z His moment of political pathos unfolded, incongruously, on a stage alongside a novelty election candidate called Nick the Incredible Flying Brick, who wore a large yellow and black hat. Battered U.K. Labour Party Ponders Next Move, as Corbyn Plans Exit 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z He added, incongruously, that Wallace should make sure to bring his computer. A Cybersecurity Firm’s Sharp Rise and Stunning Collapse 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The end of visitors enjoying the panoramic views of the incongruously flat Outback surrounds from the rock’s summit also marks indigenous Australians finding a new voice in national decision-making. Climbers rush to beat ban on Australia’s iconic rock Uluru 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Away from music, he took up rally driving and, somewhat incongruously, developed a love of polo, building up a sizeable collection of ponies, despite his tendency to get injured. Cream drummer Ginger Baker dies aged 80 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z There are some ugly, self-serving messages in the movie, which is incongruously bent on creating sympathy for Batman’s worst enemy and one of DC Comics’ most notoriously callous mass murderers and atrocity architects. Love it or hate it, the Joker movie presents a tempting fantasy 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z The surreal footage pans over a street and home covered in a thick, smoky orange-red haze, as a bird incongruously chirps in the background. 'This is daytime': bright red haze from Indonesian rainforest fires envelops village 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z One aspect of Epstein’s life of luxury seems incongruously out of place though. Private jets, parties and eugenics: Jeffrey Epstein's bizarre world of scientists 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z He had spotted a man around 50 metres away, incongruously wearing a suit to the beach – perhaps an office worker on his lunch break – and Summerfield could tell the scene had potential. The big picture: a suited man on Brighton beach 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z After months of claiming exoneration, and only hours after stating as much in the fundraising letter while the hearing unfolded, Trump incongruously flipped, saying “He didn’t have the right to exonerate.” AP FACT CHECK: Mueller’s words twisted by Trump and more 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z “The Republicans haven’t won the great state of Wisconsin in decades,” Trump incongruously reminisced in Florida in March. Trump to tout trade, economy in formerly blue Wisconsin 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z There, sitting incongruously in the arid Spanish plains, is a laboratory. The woman who makes cannabis oil 'to help people' 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z They are a big part of the library now, sitting rather incongruously in the Victorian building among its old card-filing cabinets and wooden desks. Hugs, sleep and Islam for Dummies 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z When I first came across it, in an Alsatian restaurant perched rather incongruously on the side of an Alp, I thought an onion tart sounded rather dull. How to cook the perfect onion tart - recipe | Felicity Cloake 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z It’s been a solid year for the most incongruously named team in US sports. The NBA playoffs: all 16 contenders reviewed and ranked 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z On the surface, it may seem incongruously absurd. The Masters is the golf industry's annual ignition switch - Golf Digest 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Items posted by the network have also described Mr. Gantz, somewhat incongruously, as being gay and having a mistress. Twitter Network Uses Fake Accounts to Promote Netanyahu, Watchdog Finds 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z “Over the rest of 2019, though, the rising oil price sits incongruously with slowing economic growth in major markets.” Darkening economic outlook threatens to cap oil price in 2019:... 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Red-haired children, and others with green eyes and pale skin, mix incongruously with the offspring of locals. Agonising hunt by US father for children trapped in Isis enclave 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Resentment eased during the cold war thanks to Britain’s role as a key adversary of communist Poland’s Soviet overlords, and the emergence – incongruously, for many – of Margaret Thatcher as a heroine of the Polish proletariat. 'Un big mess' – how the rest of Europe views Brexit 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z You’d be going through the scruff of urbanity — Ethiopian restaurants, a laundromat, a comic book store, a gas station — then enter a modest residential neighborhood and incongruously come upon a bit of Eden. Perspective | Celebrating two men who left their marks on Washington in very different ways 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z A bottle of hand sanitizer sat incongruously near the unopened liquor bottles in this legislative man cave. He’s wielded power for decades. Now a legendary lawmaker faces a deadly illness. 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z The apartment to which Israel returns is, somewhat incongruously, on upmarket Riverside Drive. Fakes and fortunes: has the time come to forgive literary forger Lee Israel? 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Most are six-story brick rectangles with incongruously aristocratic sounding names — Saxony Hall, Westminster Apartments, Green Park Essex. As the Trumps Dodged Taxes, Their Tenants Paid a Price 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z KINGAKATI, Democratic Republic of Congo — His favorite dish is Nile perch “à la Congolaise” prepared by a Flemish cook, on his farm in a private safari park populated by lions, rhinos and, rather incongruously, camels. He’s Handing Over the Presidency but Not Necessarily His Power 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z When Mr. Harari toured the Bay Area this fall to promote his latest book, the reception was incongruously joyful. Tech C.E.O.s Are in Love With Their Principal Doomsayer 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z He has veered incongruously between trying to unify the country and attacking his perceived enemies. Trump and aides struggle to balance midterm attacks with empathy after synagogue massacre 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Yet, incongruously for an automotive museum, none of this will be found in the Petersen exhibition, nor in the catalog that accompanies it. Critic's Notebook: Why is the Petersen Museum ignoring Von Dutch’s racist past? - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z The latter was his solitary UK No 1, reigning incongruously over a Top 40 that contained Slade, Sweet and This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us by Sparks. From drag queens to dead marriages, Charles Aznavour was far from easy listening 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z As people milled and took pictures under an incongruously sparkling sky, Trump seemed to enjoy his role as consoler and doler in chief. Trump tells storm survivors ‘we will never leave your side’ as he tours the Carolinas 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z But he acknowledged that hard work still remained to be done, despite the incongruously sunny skies. Touring Storm Damage in the Carolinas, Trump Follows His Own Script 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z And yet, as seen on an actual tennis court, the dress was incongruously glamorous, less a grace note than an emblem of actual grace. Serena Williams Came In on a High Road. It Made Her Fall More Devastating. 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z After the freezer is closed, the peppermint lingers through the entire wing as an incongruously fresh reminder of the body’s natural decomposition process. Inside the Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Office 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z Other prisoners said he spoke, incongruously, of someday being president of the United States. John McCain, War Hero, Senator, Presidential Contender, Dies at 81 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z The church’s gothic windows look down incongruously on spinning bikes and a weight room. Where Churches Have Become Temples of Cheese, Fitness and Eroticism 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z I recall the sun was shining, incongruously, but I do not remember what we kids hoped to accomplish. Opinion | Politics were unimaginable without RFK. Then they were unimaginable with him. 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z It isn’t hard for Stokes to conjure these imaginary scenes, because “there’s heartbreak in everything,” he says, flashing an incongruously enthusiastic smile. In a world of anguished love songs, Rob Stokes thinks heartache feels weird 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z A small bulldozer sits incongruously in the basement. Perspective | The past will get a bright new future at the Mount Vernon Square Apple store 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z One of the bombs used in that blunder could be the one shown in the interactive graphic, the W87 warhead designed for use with the incongruously named “Peacekeeper” ICBM. What would happen in a nuclear attack? Interactive graphic shows blast zone in Seattle, other cities 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z After the second public screening of his latest film, "Support the Girls," this past weekend at SXSW, the admittedly shy Bujalski was incongruously sitting in a Hooters restaurant right across the street from the theater. Andrew Bujalski's SXSW premiere 'Support the Girls' gives the spotlight to Regina Hall 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Many of his utterances were jokes, which a voice synthesizer delivered in an incongruously deep, authoritative voice. My Alarming, Inspiring Encounter with the Late Stephen Hawking 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Rather incongruously she’s rapping in English and asks ‘Where my bad girls at?’ sounding a little like she’s from Brooklyn, rather than Seoul. Winter Olympics 2018: closing ceremony – as it happened 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z I like the details: the font on the Underground station signs and the hundreds of sea gulls that perch, looking incongruously seaside and skeptical, on the Millennium Bridge each night. Opinion | London’s Concrete Ladders 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Somewhat incongruously, North Korean cheerleaders were still in their odd form in Pyeongchang, urging on their country’s few athletes with their highly ritualistic singing and swaying. Column: A visit to Observation Post 717 in the DMZ 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Mr Matadi, incongruously wearing slippers and worrying that they were the wrong footwear, gets caught up in a crowd gathering before a stage surrounded by soldiers. The dictators who ruined Africa 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Strohm has been coming to this tiny agriculture supply store incongruously located in the heart of North Austin for years to buy feed and treats for her backyard chickens. Longtime feed store in Austin set to close in February 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z And at the same time, the Seahawks, incongruously, find themselves at a very auspicious emotional place. Seahawks delay doomsday for at least a week 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The plane taxied and stopped, the forward door opened and an incongruously chipper man climbed aboard. Alka Pradhan v. Gitmo 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Its website now incongruously shows a sleek blockchain logo alongside large stretches of a tea plantation. Tea, juice, and vape companies add ‘blockchain’ to their names to profit on bitcoin mania 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Pleasant, clean-cut and “incongruously cheerful,” he chain smoked through the interview, offering an gripping biography with a “fluent command of language.” Father’s History Could Offer Insight Into Mind of Las Vegas Gunman 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z A bicycle stood incongruously amid the wreckage of war in one room. The fall of Raqqa: hunting the last jihadists in Isis's capital of cruelty 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z An outsized framed picture of a cartoon mermaid jars incongruously with her suburban Tokyo living room’s quaint floral wallpaper. How Japan Is Preparing for a North Korean Nuclear Attack 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Caught in the glare of camera lights, the Trump spokesman ordered they be switched off, then incongruously joked: “Relax, enjoy the night, have a glass of wine.” 'There's nothing there': White House staff deny Comey sacking is linked to Russia 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z It’s a windowless spot, tucked away in an alley and decorated incongruously with a mural of penguins in Dupont Circle and a poster of Marcel Duchamp’s “Nude Descending a Staircase.” These tasty downtown lunches will cost you $6 or less 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z All this hardness, the sanity and exactitude and rationality, often made me wonder how he came to acquire the incongruously silly nickname we used for him: Daddy Loopy. A Father’s Final Odyssey 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Clark, who took office in 2011, leads the conservative but incongruously named BC Liberal Party. British Columbia, once a leader in fighting climate change, embraces fossil fuels 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The effect of all these stuffed creatures is incongruously cheerful, perhaps because, as Calle says, to her they are “totally alive, people I see every day.” The Fertile Mind of Sophie Calle 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z “Leo!” her own voice says on the recording, incongruously upbeat. Cold comforts : Nature : Nature Research 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z In front of the showroom, dozens of life-size sculptures of seals perch incongruously in the equatorial heat. China’s New Limits on Money Outflows Hit a Would-Be Paradise 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The Newman admission officers were impressed by TaTy’s 3.7 grade point average, but she had scored an incongruously low 16 on the ACT, and their threshold was 18. College Is the Goal. The Problem? Getting There. 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The largely Russian- and Kazakh-speaking cast is so incongruously dubbed into English it evokes an old Japanese monster movie. Kazakh crime thriller 'Diamond Cartel' is a best-forgotten mess 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z The arch over the waterfall, however, was crafted from a simple piece of wood, which Zisa found incongruously flimsy for such a substantial home. From a factory in Paterson, mansions for the 1 percent 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z And incongruously, the best way to attain that, at least in the near future, is to keep Romar in a job his recent record says he doesn’t deserve. Keeping Lorenzo Romar is right call despite Huskies’ embarrassing season 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z A tense 30 seconds later, the first IED detonated with a shockwave that kicked up an incongruously graceful bloom of sand. Iraqi commanders say a spot in the desert is key to winning control of the city of Mosul 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z In the video, Altintas, dressed incongruously in a black suit and tie, shouts, “We are those who pledged jihad to Muhammad!” Turkish police officer, invoking Aleppo, guns down Russian ambassador in Ankara 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z The backlash was swift and incongruously culminated in a brief interview with Paper on 12 December in which he spoke about “the fight against poverty”. Young Thug's airport rant reveals a misogynist in a dress 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z An incongruously upbeat song plays loudly along this battered block all day every day: Scott Joplin’s ragtime classic, “The Entertainer.” Where ‘Depression and Rage’ Intersect in Chicago 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Twisted hulks of wrecked army vehicles sat incongruously in the coarse dust that was kicked up by still-moving trucks as they crept around Mosul’s urban fringe. The battle for Mosul stalls: 'we are fighting the devil himself' 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z “I love being closer to death and an eternity of nothingness,” said the Irish writer-actress, grinning incongruously in the clip. In 'Catastrophe' and now 'Divorce,' Sharon Horgan finds humor in the 'horrific awfulness' 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Astley—skinny and pompadoured, with an incongruously soulful voice—became a pop heartthrob. Did Melania Trump Rickroll America? 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Some in America today incongruously find such parallels encouraging and see the situation as calling for the same solution at which Rome eventually arrived: replacement of a dysfunctional democracy with strongman rule. The Man Who Would Be Caesar 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Kiley managed to win another $8 billion infusion for the authority’s capital program, recruited competent managers, and wrought concessions from organized labor, which incongruously represented most transit supervisors as well as rank-and-file workers. Robert Kiley, Who Helped Renew 3 Mass Transit Systems, Dies at 80 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Which brings us back, not so incongruously, to that galaxy in New York in that shudder-to-think-about-it time before special effects. Meet Jeff Walker, the man who brought Hollywood to Comic-Con 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Their vivid green and red argyle pattern incongruously evoked Christmas. Riders Get Little Room for Fashion at Tour de France 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z Others poked fun at his left eyebrow, which floated incongruously high on his forehead as he spoke. What’s a nice guy like Sen. Tim Kaine doing in a campaign like this? 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Suk calls the six-month jail sentence “incongruously short for crimes of this severity” and agrees that the “petitioners and supporters of the victim have every right and reason to protest the sentence imposed by Persky”. Stanford sexual assault case revealed racial bias. We must recall the judge. 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z A six-month sentence is incongruously short for crimes of this severity. The Unintended Consequences of the Stanford Rape-Case Recall 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Rising incongruously above the steppes of southeastern Kazakhstan is a structure as famed for the myths that surround as for the sound it produces -- a single, singing dune. Singing dune draws visitors to Kazakh steppe 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Characters grow incongruously older and younger throughout, a result of the fact that it was not shot in chronological order. ‘Raiders!’ documents an eight-year labor of cinematic love 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z A recent seizure of elephant tusks were displayed incongruously in the airport lounge - testimony to at least 11 elephants which fell prey to this spiralling crime. Inside Africa's biggest bushmeat market in Angola - BBC News 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z The Rumble in the Jungle, when Ali regained his title in Zaire from George Foreman in a bout that began incongruously at 3 a.m. to maximize TV viewership back home. The essence of Muhammad Ali: legend, symbol, icon and one hell of a fighter 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z She was struck by a row of palm trees planted incongruously. Fraying at the Edges: Her Fight to Live With Alzheimer’s 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z The Famous Monk Family allowed Bobby to mingle with the District’s music community, including, somewhat incongruously, Maria Fisher, a German-born former opera singer and founder of the Beethoven Society. What the world needs is a statue of Thelonious Monk, says jazz giant’s cousin 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z The incongruously named London Irish were founded in 1898 by Irishmen living in London, and the team is nicknamed the Exiles. English Rugby Teams Visiting U.S. (This Is Not an Exhibition) 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z On the ledge just outside the window of the office Dr. Hamilton inherited from his predecessor sits, somewhat incongruously, a messy collection of sticks. Big Man on a Global Campus 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z He loped to the podium, incongruously rickety in this lithe company, and in his croaky New York whine rattled off his idealistic policies, some reasonable, most unachievable. Slow Bern 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Various farms that are part of the prison complex, the Collins Bay Institution — whose headquarters are in a vaguely chateau-style building topped with an incongruously festive red roof — have operated since its opening in 1930. Ontario Farmers Fight to Send a Herd of Ex-Cons Back to the Pen 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z As a military band played incongruously in the background, Mr. Castro addressed a crush of television cameras and then led an entourage of officials and reporters into the courtyard of a nearby hotel. Brazil Pushes Public to Do Its Part in Fighting Zika Spread 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z We are sitting, incongruously, on leather couches placed on the concrete pits at a racetrack in Qatar. Inside Lamborghini's radical tech transformation 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z But amid the crumbling masonry, there is an incongruously neat little building, shaded behind a line of flags, with smartly outfitted security men behind its glass doors. ‘Trident is old technology’: the brave new world of cyber warfare 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z He has incongruously fine LA teeth, which he had installed after his natural ones were pulled out as a child. Lemmy interviewed in 2004: 'People don’t know how to be outrageous any more' 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Clumsy, linear, and – thanks to a lack of any kind of auto-aim – overly difficult, Bulletproof is a woefully generic, resolutely dumb shooter with incongruously lavish production values. The 30 worst video games of all time – part one 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z “You can’t interview traders,” insisted one of the officials, a man who said he was not carrying any identification but whose black T-shirt somewhat incongruously proclaimed the word “Happiness” in English. ‘Foreign media welcome,’ China says. But the harassment continues. 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Fall starts tomorrow, with the incongruously warm temperature of 78. New York Today: A Host of Holidays 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z I found myself thinking of Sontag’s essay, incongruously enough, while driving home late Sunday night from the U.S. When Will We Appreciate Novak Djokovic? 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z The skulls are kept, incongruously, in a small museum built in 2013 to mark the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity to this remote district. Can India's Land of Former Headhunters Make Peace? 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z In 1994, Trump incongruously promised to turn Bridgeport, Connecticut, into “a national tourist destination” by building a $350m office and entertainment complex on the waterfront. Donald Trump's eminent domain love nearly cost a widow her house | David Boaz 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z They included a number of Cubans who, incongruously, waved miniature American flags as well as Cuban ones, while a series of gigantic Cuban flags hung from the façades of adjacent apartment buildings. An American Flag in Cuba 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z It’s built around a crisp, breezy synth – almost pleasing, almost friendly – until Curtis arrives to spoil the party: “Surrendered to self preservation / From others who care for themselves,” he chirps incongruously. Joy Division: 10 of the Best 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z On the front page of the site, incongruously nestled between listings for a 20-pack of Modafinil and a tutorial for magic tricks, is a volume titled “Drug Abuse Handbook”. Silk Road sentencing: why governments can't win the war on darknet drugs 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z The Speaker has a broad, square face and truck-windshield eyeglasses, but his lips, when you see him in person, are full and incongruously sensual; they make him cute. Takes: Jonathan Franzen's Profile of Dennis Hastert 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The hatchery, 13 miles south of Marseilles, sits incongruously close to the Exelon nuclear power plant, 2,000 feet to the west. EXCHANGE: Hatchery near Marseilles grows millions of fish 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Even the small, rounded, pale rock that incongruously overhangs the minimalist metal roof line of the two-car garage built into the hill at the bottom of the footpath will stay. Rock Legend 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z There is only the incongruously named “East Far” Chinese takeout on Mermaid Avenue. Influx of Chinese Immigrants Is Reshaping Large Parts of Brooklyn 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z It is now home to the largest mosque in Britain, the East London Mosque, a massive, sprawling structure set somewhat incongruously next to — and surrounding three sides of — the tiny Fieldgate synagogue. Her Majesty’s Jihadists 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z He received a visiting reporter in his office, an incongruously serene redoubt with three turkeys roaming in an adjacent garden. Fallouja illustrates Iraq's challenge in retaking cities from Islamic State 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z "We've heard that many of their fighters are running away," said the militiaman, who incongruously wore an American flag pocket patch — a gift from "Jack," one of the U.S. military advisors here. Islamic State suffers serious reversals in northern Iraq 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z Somewhat incongruously, he shows in his videos images of himself praying in church. Young Cuban artists testing the boundaries of dissent 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Young travelers and the more on-trend among their elders are put off by gratuitous status symbols like gold leaf, crystal chandeliers, incongruously located Corinthian columns, and ostentatiously staged cars in front of hotel entrances. Millennials And Other On-Trend Customers Hate Your Old-Fashioned Luxury (But Here's What They Do Like) 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z It offers college-level classes to students at the company’s Doral Academy, a charter high school tucked incongruously in a warehouse district just west of the Miami airport. The Education of Jeb Bush 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Even with celebrities being incongruously handed honorary senior and advisory positions by tech companies left and right, he's still one of the most visible. Every CES has a constant, and it is will.i.am 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z The Baltimore County police tracked his postings and the location of his cell phone and sent a warning to their counterparts in New York—incongruously, in part via fax. An Ambush, the Police, and a Tragedy in Brooklyn 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z In that slightly overgrown field on a recent afternoon, there was, incongruously, a line of snare drums. In Mazatlan, Mexico, bands' field concert goes unexplained 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z The atmosphere is part speakeasy, part pharmacy and — incongruously — part candy store. Charles Lane: Colorado’s marijuana experiment has a bitter aftertaste Still, the Golden Pass project remains a somnolent hub of high technology and giant structures perched incongruously in alligator-infested swampland. A U-Turn for a Terminal Built in Texas to Import Natural Gas 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z It was somehow a typically Israeli setting: rolling farm fields incongruously nestled near an air base abuzz with the bustle of war. Israel losses in Gaza prompt debate about offensive 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Fans stood incongruously on the pavement, looking up at the glare of the foyer. Jack White's secret London gig: surgical masks, dry ice and disease 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z There are 11 beers on tap, televisions, tables inlaid with checkerboards and, incongruously, a fireplace, which was roaring away on a warm day in early May. Craft beers crash the party at Maryland, Delaware beaches Mr. Carlson and Mr. Schreiber first collaborated in 2011 on a short film, “Felt,” narrated by the actor, in which a character in a cheerful bunny costume reveals an incongruously dark past and existential crisis. Advertising: With Hollywood Stars on the Agency Team, Clients Take the Call 2014-04-03T23:37:13Z DJ Schmolli’s “Trooper in Love” is an exception, as Paul Di’Anno belts out his cautionary message about war to the incongruously celebratory funk of “Crazy in Love.” Beyoncé’s good, the bad, and weird: 12 crazy mashups of Queen Bey 2014-03-29T22:00:00Z "I thought it might all be over," he concedes, perched on an incongruously small window seat in a smart Surrey hotel. Hartley thrives in last chance saloon 2014-02-21T06:53:13Z These incongruously premium offerings by two of Japan's biggest retailers are part of a strategy to lift profit margins by enticing thrifty shoppers to splurge on little luxuries. Bargain cashmere tests thrifty Japan's taste for little luxuries 2013-10-06T21:04:23Z She sang a fragment of a song from their youth, her voice incongruously soft and sweet beneath the fluorescent lights of the examining room. A young geriatrician on the struggles of Alzheimer’s patients — and their caretakers 2013-09-02T22:09:39Z When they are not shooting a video, the partners in Porta dos Fundos are incongruously serious and earnest in explaining their work. On YouTube, Comedy Troupe Tickles Brazil and Ruffles Feathers 2013-08-31T23:43:42Z The cemetery sits on a slight hill overlooking an emerald lagoon, incongruously beautiful. A Day’s Toil in the Suicide Bombers’ Graveyard 2013-08-03T22:40:39Z Just across from the park at the elegant Divan Hotel, tourists and demonstrators mingled incongruously. An Uneasy Calm in Istanbul as Protests Continue 2013-06-12T22:35:39Z Soft spoken, deeply religious, rake thin and awkward, his lean face cut horizontally by an incongruously thick walrus mustache, his fellow Army officers nicknamed him affectionately “The Pink Panther.” Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentina's Disappearer-in-Chief, Dies at 87 2013-05-18T01:05:22Z Freshly shaven and smiling incongruously, the mafioso - one of Calabria's most-wanted - was only a quarter of an hour late for the deadline he had set for his own surrender to the authorities. Mafia boss gives himself up 2013-05-17T23:42:49Z His nickname "Cuddles" is the most incongruously sweet moniker since Sugar Ray Leonard. Jamie Cudmore: 'I never thought in 1,000 years I'd be in a Heineken final' 2013-05-17T14:17:59Z Their T-shirts are torn, some are incongruously wearing just one sock. Romario: From football rebel to politician 2013-05-14T23:34:37Z Just as sustainable as the ongoing deficits that we continue to decry while incongruously complaining about a deficit-reducing sequester. Washington got deficit reduction done despite itself – then sabotaged it 2013-04-26T16:12:41Z Yet when he spoke, a high and reedy voice twanged forth incongruously. Oscar Countdown: How the Legacy of Lincoln Still Influences Politics Today 2013-02-24T00:35:24Z Two dreadlocked men riding horses emerged from thick camp smoke before dawn, followed by a crowd of ash-smeared and naked holy men, or sadhus, one incongruously wearing a suit jacket. Millions of Hindus take to the Ganges at largest festival 2013-01-14T07:13:48Z Failure, Then Accomplishment The stories sit so incongruously together in the headlines, a surreal clash of the best and the worst you can find in sports news. Leading Off: Sandusky Sentencing a Low; Baseball Offers Inspiration 2012-10-10T15:43:15Z Likewise Terry should take the hint, forego his right to appeal, and get on with serving a suspension that now appears incongruously lenient. Ashley Cole may be a Twitter but he didn't hang about like the FA 2012-10-06T21:50:01Z Most data centers, by design, consume vast amounts of energy in an incongruously wasteful manner, interviews and documents show. The Cloud Factories: Data Centers Waste Vast Amounts of Energy, Belying Industry Image 2012-09-23T03:24:17Z A middle-aged woman, incongruously dressed in heavy winter clothing, sang to herself and appeared oblivious to questions; she was no longer there Monday. Occupy Hong Kong Protesters Defy Court Order to Leave 2012-08-27T16:22:21Z This year's meeting in November takes place incongruously and intriguingly in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, a country with a particularly poor record on free expression and suppression of dissent. The fight for control of the internet has become critical 2012-08-22T18:30:00Z With hindsight, in the moments before epoch-changing moments in history, the details of people's everyday lives often seem incongruously dull. Mitt Romney's big fat Greek yogurt 2012-08-07T18:57:00Z Police said Monday that 6,000 people were detained over the weekend in Athens in a massive operation incongruously named after the ancient Greek god of hospitality, Zeus Xenios. 6,000 Detained in Greece During Raids on Immigrants 2012-08-06T13:31:56Z Sheherazade was waiting on the runway in a government car, incongruously with a bouquet. Syria’s Fake First Family 2012-07-30T05:00:00Z It has stores for Prada, Apple and Armani Jeans, as well as lingerie shops, art galleries and — a bit incongruously — a TGIFridays with a dining booth built into a yellow New York taxi. Going to the Olympics? The First Event Is Mall Walking 2012-07-28T16:08:06Z “It is big,” General Manager Billy King said Wednesday at the team’s training center, which remains, incongruously, in East Rutherford. Rebranded and Relocated, the Nets Are Desperate to Re-Sign Williams 2012-06-28T02:45:02Z Standing, rather incongruously, in front of one of the museum's two Daleks I got a chance to hold this extraordinary artefact. World's oldest football up close 2012-05-18T23:22:14Z Yet, incongruously, a robot army seemed to be marching across yon hill. Green Blog: How Robots Inspect the Oklahoma Sky 2012-05-02T19:36:34Z Instantly, a gillie incongruously in a flower-seller's dress, she was on her feet and walking a little ahead. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z PARIS—Don't be surprised if your French friends start tweeting incongruously shortly before 8 p.m. on Sunday. France Readies to Network Around Electoral Law 2012-04-20T20:33:10Z But many smaller commemorations are going on including, perhaps incongruously, an exhibit of baseball cards at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bats: Celebrating Robinson and Other Black Players, on the Field and in an Exhibit Hall 2012-04-15T19:02:05Z The mention of a Jew as traitor is also peculiar and unreasonable, since no motive for his action appears until later, and then incongruously. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z A frown incongruously distorted his round, floridly curved face. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z The northern Spaniard agrees with the stranger in his dislike of the noisy spectacles that so incongruously commemorate the saddest death-scene of the ages, and there are many Andalusians, too, who wish for their abolition. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z There is even a cafe with three dusty courts for boules, a lawn game popular in France, incongruously tucked away in a basement on Hong Kong island. French Expatriates Flocking to Hong Kong 2012-02-27T16:47:05Z For one stretch of the afternoon, visitors to the site got an error message, accompanied, incongruously, by the Chinese character for Zen Buddhism. City Room: William C. Thompson Unveils Web Site in His Run for Mayor 2012-02-23T22:02:38Z At the close of the third act the orchestra did its part once more, and the celebration ended, somewhat incongruously, with a lively bit of modern comedy. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The building, a 1950s gray behemoth with screens covering its metal-framed windows, looms incongruously over one full block of Atlantic Avenue and rejoins a greatly changed neighborhood. Reopening of Brooklyn House of Detention Worries Neighbors 2012-02-04T04:28:21Z Horse-play and buffoonery or racy comedy often contrasted incongruously with events of momentous importance. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The man wore the dress of the priesthood, yet it went incongruously with his bearing. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z The autumn of Occupy Wall Street has been followed in New York, however incongruously, by a winter of showcasing wealth’s traditions. Big City: A Glimpse of Wealth?s Past and Present in Antiques and Museums 2012-01-28T23:55:27Z They are princesses of the tropics, incongruously banished to Northern swamps, but scornfully at ease. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z The idea of a replacement dropped incongruously into the public domain on Monday, courtesy of a leaked copy of a letter written by the education minister, Michael Gove, and published in The Guardian. London Journal: Education Minister Suggests a Yacht for Queen Elizabeth II 2012-01-17T01:16:24Z It rang and clanged—an outraged and intimidating ding-dong of virtuous platitudes which she had incongruously rigged up in the sensual warmth of her nature. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z His defence of the principle of freedom of association led him, incongruously enough, to support the religious Congregations against �mile Combes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z "S. Marie's" brought in so many innovations that it came to be called "New College," a title which, incongruously enough, it has retained for more than five hundred years. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z "There's Fahoura now, gentlemen," said the carman, pointing downwards with his whip to a group of whitewashed farm buildings, that had gathered themselves incongruously about a square grey tower. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z The afternoons and the aspects here are most incongruously lovely—and so must be yours. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z Summer bloomed incongruously in the small city park. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Well, I don't know," growled Mr. Milligan, scowling crossly at the constantly growing heaps of incongruously mixed household goods, "where in Sam Hill you're going to put all that stuff. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z A few solitary trees having incongruously survived the bulldozer, whose tracks are still etched in the ochre mud. Clashes Between Tribes and Agribusiness Increase in Malaysia 2011-10-26T19:12:02Z Beyond is a second and larger cloister, surrounded by very inferior frescoes of the life of St. Dominic, full of old armorial bearings and architectural fragments arranged rather incongruously. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z It was a party style, incongruously for an idiom that is also associated with impenetrably dense theorizing and profoundly dull prose. Grace Jones, Frank Gehry Party in London Po-Mo Show: Review 2011-10-11T23:22:08Z I passed through there in 2009 and remember hundreds of squat, little huts packed together, an incongruously tall cellphone tower and sandy roads littered with donkey dung. Taken by Pirates 2011-10-08T04:27:21Z She looked up with an expression that struck him as incongruously triumphant. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z “What you really need is a square one,” Ralph Branca cracked from his seat in the dugout, a former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher incongruously wearing a Yankees uniform. Video Shows Rizzuto, Ford and Berra on the Road in Austria 2011-09-16T00:48:56Z Only its head emerged, flat with the water, the great horns wreathed incongruously with the floating lilies, the thick nostrils exhaling ecstasy in shuddering riplets. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z Within the space of a few days, we endured an earthquake and a storm incongruously called Irene, a destructive force assigned the name of the goddess of peace in Greek mythology. City Room: The Day: Stirring Back to Normal After Irene 2011-08-29T12:46:51Z To the left of this apartment is the entrance to the chapel, which to-day seems a bit incongruously placed, leading as it does from the dining-room. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z And, incongruously enough, the whole recollection is heightened by the remembrance of a pair of black cloth breeches worn by me on that melancholy occasion for the first time. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z His face was glum of cast—drawn at the brows, thin-lipped, still; but yet with an abundant and incongruously benignant white beard which might have adorned a prophet. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z A stylish hat was perched, incongruously, on her head, and identification tags hung from their coats. A Wall to Remember an Era?s First Exiles 2011-08-06T04:28:34Z But even businesses that deal less in cash and jewelry sport bulky shields, barriers through which vendors pass fried fish sandwiches, or even the incongruously innocent ice cream cone. Lens: Through Plexiglas Barriers, a Noirish New York 2011-08-05T09:00:20Z Now, nothing could well be conceived more incongruously inartistic than a white man blacked up into the semblance of a negro, and then impertinently caroling an impudent Irish lyric. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Even more incongruously, at the end of the series Rahul Dravid approached Michael Vaughan to ask if they could discuss how he played spin. England can learn from Duncan Fletcher's past tactics against India 2011-07-20T11:43:16Z The façade has four series of columns, arranged rather incongruously. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z She was at once and incongruously not sleepy and thoughtless. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Large green flags of the Gaddafi regime fluttered in the breeze and, somewhat incongruously, the square's fountain was running. Zawiyah's heart a ghost town after rebel advance 2011-06-12T23:01:27Z The word seemed so incongruously ridiculous, after what she had felt, that she burst into exaggerating laughter. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z The old scholar made a sweeping gesture of surprising swiftness, suggesting incongruously the possession of great muscular power. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z Lamartine, the man, was an image incongruously molded of gold and of clay. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Simple, and even cheap, her garments still owned a certain distinction which she would without hesitation have termed "stylish": a quality of smartness which somehow contrived not incongruously to associate with inferior materials. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z He was deep-chested and thick of neck, but his legs were straight and incongruously slender in comparison with his shoulders. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z The two are become one, and the lambent laughter of this comedy is due to the radioactivity of the thing itself, and not to glow-worms incongruously stuck over its surface. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z In a sunlit, incongruously cheerful room, with his psychologist and a group counselor present, the Baghdad shopkeeper, M., described his arrest and imprisonment by Iraqi soldiers in 2008. Tugging at Threads to Unspool Stories of Torture 2011-05-02T20:43:07Z Here tenements and the old-fashioned dwellings of New York’s early days incongruously rubbed shoulders with one another. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z A slight titter of delight rippled through the room, incongruously enough, and Mrs. Forest glared at the offenders. Peggy Parsons at Prep School 2011-04-01T02:00:43.170Z It was to correct you from expressing yourself in that style of yours, mixing up things and ideas so incongruously. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z A pair of pistols in their leather cases swung incongruously there. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z My work greatly extended my list of acquaintances, and often I found business and pleasure strangely bound together in one's daily life and occupation, and sometimes a little incongruously. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z Yet at Perón-Perón, a makeshift altar to Evita, adorned with candles and flowers, sits incongruously among tables where curious tourists clink champagne glasses. In Argentina, Anger Over the New Peronist Chic 2011-03-02T00:10:00Z Most incongruously and lugubriously, Lucy is pacing to and fro in silent concern. Why Marry? 2011-02-26T03:00:44.307Z Mr Trethick, sir,” he continued, incongruously, “we may stop the engine, for a dozen such could not master the water gathering there.” The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z His heavy, bristling, up-turned moustache contrasted incongruously with his small beady eyes that peered through a large pair of spectacles of enormous magnifying powers. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z In Washington, he turned his back on the Federalists and ardently -- although somewhat incongruously, given his wealth and high status -- supported Andrew Jackson and the rising populism of the Democratic Party. Who's the worst president of them all? 2011-02-21T12:30:00Z The imagery and the diction are mainly those of the old heroic poetry, and in some of the poems Christ and the saints are presented, often very incongruously, under the aspect of Germanic warriors. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z "You will have to work very seriously," she remarked, rather incongruously and with a rapid change of position. Louisiana 2011-02-18T03:00:21.217Z The Duchess occupied another vast chamber, made incongruously modern by a low bedstead representing a lily, and bought for a fabulous sum from France. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z The fourth wall was unbroken, and faced the window, but against it stood a common deal table covered incongruously with an embroidered Indian cloth. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z “Pitty Sing” chuckled softly, but there were tears in the old, wise little blue eyes set so incongruously in a tiny, wizened face no bigger than a baby’s. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Which brings me to this week's experiment in Abu Dhabi, where Wasps and Harlequins will be incongruously doing battle in the Anglo Welsh LV= Cup. Spreading the word only works if there is there is something to say 2011-01-25T11:02:17Z Next to it, incongruously, are several lounge chairs facing a wall of enormous flat-screen monitors. Meet Dr. Robot 2011-01-23T17:36:12Z The incongruously matter-of-fact voice of the professor asked: "Are the hands all here?" and the circle counted in a low tone while the raps went irregularly on. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z Cedric, like most other little boys of his age and standing, was forced to wear a Lord Fauntleroy suit, from which his cropped bullet head and spectacles emerged incongruously. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z Mr. Swinburne’s noble rhythm sang itself into his soul, and he gave it forth again in an incongruously comic theme. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Yesterday Billy was incongruously playing the theme tune to Coronation Street. England's Barmy Army revel in new-found respectability in Melbourne 2010-12-28T20:36:27Z "There it is!" she exclaims, pointing to a dark blob, perched incongruously halfway along the main girder supporting the rig's permanently burning gas flare. A working life: The gas rig technician 2010-10-15T23:05:00Z When I asked Ryan about the Cowboys, “America’s Team,” the crusty baseball lifer shifted, briefly and incongruously, from his native tongue to one he’s still struggling to master, the language of the boardroom. Nolan Ryan?s New Pitch 2010-10-01T20:19:00Z "It is time to hand over the ball to those a little younger," said Sidebottom, in an incongruously softly polite and erudite statement issued on his behalf by the England and Wales Cricket Board. Ryan Sidebottom announces retirement from international cricket 2010-09-20T18:23:00Z It was a miracle of humorous counterpoint, a marvel of incongruously associated ideas.” The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Just before we crossed the Dong Nai River on Highway 1, a billboard of Lee Trevino popped up incongruously, advertising the new sport. From the archives: In Search of Tiger Phong 2010-09-13T04:00:00Z A pair of red pumps hangs incongruously from the ceiling. Freddy?s Bar, in Path of Atlantic Yards, to Close 2010-04-30T02:48:00Z For others, like Mr. Lam, who opened three months ago, the murals from the Mexican restaurant that previously occupied the space still incongruously on the walls, it wasn’t what they were led to expect. Our Towns: In Bound Brook, the Water, and the Questions, Return 2010-03-18T01:47:00Z Cars lazily circle the block, their passengers peering in the windows, trying to understand the purpose of the incongruously cheery purple storefront. 2010-02-08T11:00:00Z The talk between the three of them remained incongruously upon the surface always. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath They repel one another also with a greater velocity than when pole is put opposite pole incongruously. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments The grotesque and the humorous mixed incongruously with the pathetic. The Black Watch A Record in Action She knew that she looked incongruously young for the soul that inhabited her. Shadows of Flames A Novel His sincerity was indisputable, but his countenance was so incongruously droll that even Good, sitting quietly in the shadow, and not feeling at all like laughter, found it difficult to repress a smile. Thirty A sense of humour rose incongruously to check loss of self-restraint. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath Or rather," he immediately and incongruously added, "she is. The Sacred Fount Her sudden laughter rang through the hall of death incongruously, and at the sound they fell silent again and did not speak for thinking of the corpses waiting there for what would never come. Daughter of the Night It was a strange scene; cocoa-nut palms growing incongruously out of coal stores, and gorgeous flowering creepers climbing over the workmen's sheds. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses But a lock of blonde hair that fell over his forehead lent an incongruously boyish cast to his grimly set features. Monsoons of Death Fifine knew only too well what it all meant, as her soft infantile face, incongruously maternal with compassion, bent above the hideous record of a hideous deed. The Story of Old Fort Loudon I notice with a diabolical satisfaction which persists through the all-pervading peace by no means as incongruously as you might imagine—I notice particularly that the Commandant doesn't like this part of it a bit. A Journal of Impressions in Belgium As I passed close to one a faint clicking sounded, incongruously like the tapping of typewriter keys, but muffled. Where the World is Quiet Mingled incongruously with these seraphic, and, as far as my boyish experience extends, novel, elements of pantomime, there were yet some of its old and fast-expiring elements. Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work These charms contain some of the most interesting relics of the old heathen religion of the Anglo-Saxons incongruously mingled with Christian practices. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose “This’ll never do,” exclaimed Davis, the merchant seaman’s horror of breaking into cargo showing incongruously forth on board that stolen ship. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston Society—and this is a truth which held equally strong of succeeding decades—was incongruously inverted. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times The marks of neglect were visible on every side, in flower-bushes straggling beyond the borders, in the ill-kept turf, and in the broken windows that were incongruously patched with paper or stuffed with rags. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) And yet, incongruously enough, the surface ridges of it had dried, and were lifting into the air in the form of dust! Gold And my description somewhat incongruously unites a sunlit summer landscape, rich in flower and foliage, with the brown wintry river. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. Grim humor and charity were incongruously mingled with the most brutal inhumanity. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 I'm afraid," said Horace, with a sudden consciousness of his incongruously Oriental attire—"I'm afraid this is not quite the sort of dress for such a ceremony. The Brass Bottle His half-naked body had an animal skin draped over it, and, incongruously, around his forehead was a band of cloth holding a feather. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Many of the buildings were mere shacks incongruously painted in brilliant colors, and there were more dogs than were ever before gathered into one place. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune He was garbed in white flannels, with bare ankles and sandals, and an old, collarless silk shirt, with sleeves rolled back on virile arms incongruously tattooed with gauzy green cicadas. Wild Oranges On others sea-monsters disported themselves, and the pagan gods of the water, somewhat incongruously clothed in cloth of gold or various colors, serenely looked on. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 The armed Vogarians looked incongruously out of place among the girls and were sweating profusely. The Helpful Hand of God With a swiftness that went incongruously with his awkward bulk, his free arm dropped for his hand ray. Slaves of Mercury At its very summit was a clearing among the trees, and, incongruously motionless in that world where every one was rushing from inescapable death, a man stood calmly there, gazing up at him. When the Sleepers Woke His eyes, incongruously alert with all the rest of him so fat and lazy, twinkled at me. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 Next he picked a few blossoms from a bowl that stood, incongruously enough, on the table, and threw them under the glass hemisphere. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 From a point slightly above and to the rear of the tiny, ruby eyes, two slim and graceful antennae, iridescent and incongruously beautiful, rose twice the height of a man. The Terror from the Depths A line was formed to the polls and a struggling mass of humanity in which male and female citizens were incongruously and indecorously mixed, surged towards the ballot-box. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III Night, falling with little twilight, as always in those climes, found her still ranging the house and barnyard, the rose incongruously in her hair, the ribbon at her throat. The Readjustment And unless you looked up at the black, lava-rock rim of the bluff which cupped this Eden incongruously, you would forget that just over the brim lay parched plain and barren mountain. The Ranch at the Wolverine The revelation struck him dumb, for incongruously and unreasonably there flashed before his mind a memory of this face with twenty years wiped out. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker The temple was gaudily decorated for the occasion with bold and vulgar caricatures, mingled most incongruously, the sacred with the profane. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months A cottage piano lurched forward drunkenly on three legs, with the keyboard ripped open, the treble notes on the ground, the bass incongruously in the air. The Rough Road Barnes was incongruously named when he was given the name of Harry. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. Diamonds blaze incongruously on arms and neck, a scarlet flower in oily black braids completing her startling attire. Through the Malay Archipelago When Mary had secured the living-room door and windows, she took the four bedrooms in turn, ending in the one whose incongruously 293 masculine appointments had once aroused the curiosity of Buck Green. Shoe-Bar Stratton "But he will have chance enough," she thought, somewhat incongruously, as she met and returned her sister-in-law's greetings. The Old Helmet, Volume II Eleanor read it, even in the half-glance which took in incongruously the graceful figure and easy attitude; she did not feel ready for contention with Mr. Carlisle; the man's nature was dominant over the woman's. The Old Helmet, Volume I There were the oval face and the short upper lip of one imperishable type; on the next page one of Punch's Fancy Portraits, with lines underneath which set Stingaree incongruously humming a stave from H.M.S. Stingaree In the same way palatial banks and prim business houses are incongruously scattered amongst saloons and drinking bars. From Paris to New York by Land Colonel Capadose appeared to be aware of nothing, and this circumstance, incongruously enough, rather irritated Lyon than gratified him. A London Life and Other Tales By 1809 some nuns bought it again, and for long the old donjon decorated incongruously a portion of the garden in the Ursuline Convent. The Story of Rouen They used the weapons ruthlessly upon a civilian who flung himself at an incongruously brand-new signalling apparatus in a corner of the shattered house. Talents, Incorporated I felt remote from them; fenced apart by a heavy sense of guilt and defilement left by those hateful books, most incongruously blended with contempt for my companions' childish light-heartedness. The Thing from the Lake The sun burst suddenly through a rift in the flying clouds, and his golden radiance fell incongruously upon the scene. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest She spoke, too, in the voice of a stranger, in accents that thrilled with a force produced incongruously from so emaciated a body. Sacrifice But both of them, to skip very many other faults that may be found with their Metaphoricall Descriptions, speak incongruously to the Chymists own Principles. The Sceptical Chymist or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes, Touching the Spagyrist's Principles Commonly call'd Hypostatical; As they are wont to be Propos'd and Defended by the Generality of Alchymists. Whereunto is præmis'd Part of another Discourse relating to the same Subject. There is an occasional cow; here and there a really old barn and farmhouse standing, incongruously, among the settlements of modern kindling-wood cottages; and a mysterious agricultural engine at work with a spinning fly-wheel. Pipefuls And the girl believed him, because, incongruously enough, even through her terror she noticed that at this, the most immodest speech of his life, Alfred did not blush. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life He thought incongruously of a restaurant where he used to order lemon pie—and invariably get apple. The 4-D Doodler His companion was talking again, but just then, incongruously, made his need to communicate lose itself. The Finer Grain The affairs of life and death mix themselves incongruously enough, in this confused world. The Daughters of Danaus Captain Bunting’s plethoric breathing alone told that human beings rested on that wild spot; and this, somewhat incongruously united with the tinkling of the rivulet hard by, and the howling of coyotes, constituted their lullaby. The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West And Connie was a freshman herself,—rather tall, a little awkward, with a sober earnest face, and with an incongruously humorous droop to the corners of her lips, and in the sparkle of her eyes. Prudence Says So People along the streets regarded us with surprised interest, for there were two gazelles hanging out of the carriage and our four rifles gave the vehicle an incongruously warlike aspect. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country This view prevailed at the colonial office, and maxims of Father Paul Sarpi's sort, incongruously combined with a paper constitution, worked as ill as possible. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 I see that you are incongruously situated, but don’t you think that you may be wrong yourself? The Daughters of Danaus She was followed by a rather dapper young man of medium height, and who, most incongruously in that wild Northland, sported a single eyeglass. A Mating in the Wilds She looks just like a fluffy little kitten, Bart thought incongruously. The Colors of Space The room in which the Committee sat round a table of green cloth was incongruously gay with the clocks, the bronzes, the mirrors, the tapestries, of the ruined court. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre She toyed incongruously, in her unbuttoned wrapper, with a large tinsel fan which resembled a theatrical property. The Tragic Muse If, for instance, the apparition were that of a Sister of Charity, why should it appear incongruously attired in a long trailing gown of lace? Scottish Ghost Stories Eleanor and Harold stood facing each other where he had left them, he with an air of apologetic amusement, and she with an angry dignity that rested incongruously on her childish prettiness. Quin It not rarely happened that never were men more incongruously grouped. Tancred Or, The New Crusade The room was furnished, incongruously enough, in quite a modern fashion, rather shabbily, and I daresay rather mannishly. The Lady Paramount He hastily arranged for a patrol of the only road by which Briscoe could return, incongruously feeling at the moment absurd and shamefaced in view of his host's indignation and ridicule should he presently appear. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee There was a wide fireplace, with a fine old pair of brass andirons, and a few pieces of old mahogany furniture, incongruously assorted with half a dozen splint-bottomed chairs. The Colonel's Dream These carven figures, wet and glistening in the light of the street-lamps, stood out incongruously gloomy and ghostly, like the high relief on a sarcophagus. Phantom Wires A Novel But he likes to view it from afar, and supported by his fellows, not thrust incongruously into the midst of things, as was the case with this panic-stricken engineer. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont P�re Marquette stared and muttered strange, awestruck French oaths and made no move to unclasp his hands, lifted before him in an attitude incongruously like that of prayer. Wolf Breed As he worked away, thoughts of his mountain home intruded strangely, perhaps incongruously, upon his mind. Ralph Granger's Fortunes His daughter continued to live with her aunt and uncle, but Tedham used to spend his holidays with them, and, however incongruously, they got on together very well, I believe. A Pair of Patient Lovers But on one side of the narrow door she could make out an incongruously ornate and showy cigarstore; on the other, an equally unlooked-for woman's hair-dressing and manicuring parlor. Phantom Wires A Novel "Mr. Smith," he said to me, in his thin, high, sarcastic voice—a voice incongruously at variance with his bulk—"has anybody had the infernal impudence to enter my room and nose about my desk?" Police!!! It is adapted to a beautiful old air, "Logan Water," incongruously connected with some indecorous stanzas. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century In this last play a parasite is introduced, and in general these plays abound with classical allusions, sometimes very incongruously intermixed with modern concerns. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour For answer there was a tightening of the lad's blue eyes and an added watchfulness in the incongruously long childish figure; but that was all. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman Questions came on the heels of one another incongruously. Wych Hazel His thoughts sped back incongruously to a day in the years that had gone; when he and she had been children together down in the country at Upton House. The Second Honeymoon The back door of The Trellis House, as the quaint-looking, long, low building to the right was incongruously named, opened into the stable-yard and by the door was a bench. What Timmy Did Before their lawful custodians had recovered from this spectacle, a tall lady in black was suddenly merged in the mêlée, alternately calling loudly and incongruously for "Bismarck," and blowing shrill blasts on a whistle. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches Sharply, and, as it seemed to him, incongruously, he wondered that he had never learned to pray; not knowing that, in the unfinished phrase he had uttered true prayer. The Clarion This is one of the many striking instances in which the past and the present are incongruously united in Rome. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood He had immediately recognized the girl as a vision he had seen fluttering around the hotel with an incongruously dismal couple of unyouthful ladies, and he had mentally affixed a magnate's-only-daughter-globe-trotting-with-elderly-friends label to her. The Palace of Darkened Windows He would turn and talk, as it were, to all about him, and seemingly incongruously. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest "Take 'em over," said one heavy-jowled director who incongruously held a cigarette between lips that seemed to demand the largest and blackest of cigars. Bunker Bean "Yes—I'm—scared to death!" she smiled incongruously. The Indiscreet Letter Quite incongruously, then, with a soft little hand in which there lurked no animosity whatsoever, she reached up suddenly and smoothed the astonishment out of her father's mouth-lines. Little Eve Edgarton He was a powerful negro, with a close-cropped bullet-head, a massive bulldog jaw, and a pair of incongruously gentle and credulous eyes. Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories The chronicle of Robert is written in Alexandrines, and, except for the French words incongruously interspersed, is almost as "barbarous" Saxon as the Brut of Layamon. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction He did not fade after the manner of the busy Aunt Clara, that gay little wretch whose girlish graces lingered on incongruously—like jests upon a tombstone. Bunker Bean The actual world retreated; his memories, as bright as ever, became a little confused; the years, figures, mingled incongruously; famous arias were transposed to operas in which they had not been sung. The Three Black Pennys A Novel The bubbles danced on the pavements, the gutters ran floods, and fragments of umbrellas and garments floated incongruously on the tide. The Man Thou Gavest Into this has now been incongruously thrust a set of clauses intended to give effect to a novel and highly controversial proposal for the creation of an International Prize Court. Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) Some of the wildest revels of Paris had taken place in the restaurant now incongruously lined with rows of dolls dressed in every national costume of Allied Europe. The Living Present |
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