| 单词 | inelegance |
| 例句 | Throughout, Ms. Castle sang with conviction and vividly conveyed the character of each poem, compensating for occasional moments of vocal inelegance. Music Review: Surrendering to Muses, Poetry and Song Unite 2010-10-22T21:18:00Z With typical utilitarian inelegance, the Pentagon called it the Human Terrain System. Books of The Times: ‘The Tender Soldier’ Examines the U.S. Counterinsurgency Strategy 2013-08-27T20:58:37Z Watching Ron live out this double-consciousness immediately triggered vivid memories of my own management of double consciousness — conducting that tricky dance that leaves no room for inelegance. BlacKkKlansman: the grim topicality of Spike Lee's 70s-set KKK film 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z In his straightforward traversal of the three-part Sinfonias, Goode’s attempts to sustain a more meditative mood for some of the minor key pieces were let down by the inelegance of his touch. Richard Goode lends a lively voice to an exuberant all-Bach piano program 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z “Its opening act is staggering in its inelegance,” wrote the Guardian’s Jordan Hoffman in his three-star review. Final Hunger Games film beats Rocky spin-off to stay atop US box office 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Instead of truly manifesting awkwardness, they are poseurs of inelegance. Ivy Baldwin Unveils 'Oxbow' at BAM Fisher 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Simkin looks no more at home in it, and its choppy construction exaggerates his inconsistency: bursts of brilliant elevation and effort arcing above a resting state of inelegance. Review: ‘Intensio’ Suggests a Self-Portrait, With Help From Friends 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z And, as in “Little Miss Sunshine,” Ms. Breslin, with her ungainly physique and overly dimpled smile, didn’t hide her age’s inelegance. Girls of a Certain Age Challenge Hollywood 2011-06-03T16:57:32Z To pay close attention to the news is to trap oneself in a daily cycle of outrage, self-righteousness, a pained recognition of the inelegance of that self-righteousness, and, finally, a feeling of futility. This Is the Joke That Liberals Need 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Eifman deserves credit for devising his own technique, though he sometimes does so dubiously — women occasionally cross their legs in a lift with a touch of inelegance. New twists and turns enliven 'Don Quixote' 2011-04-22T15:34:23Z “Teach me how to not be afraid,” the clergyman, a composite figure of several acquaintances, asks Rustin, a line emblematic of the film’s occasional inelegance. Review: Colman Domingo brings the activism drama 'Rustin' to life, thrillingly so 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z But this time he committed the twin sins of inelegance and indiscretion. Opinion | The Revenge of the Middle-Aged Frenchwoman 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z The sheer sublimity of this sequence — the eerie silence, the stillness and clarity of the image — stands in sharp contrast to the rest of the movie, which is framed with almost defiant inelegance. Review: 'First Man,' starring Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong, thrills, moves and perplexes - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z “It was OK to show the inelegance of the juggle … having those cameras around when you’re putting your kids to bed at night.” 'The Final Year' captures the closing stretch of Obama's presidency — and the rise of a new order 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z There is a kind of intentional inelegance, a stubborn awkwardness to Lynch’s work, something akin to outsider art, that keeps it from ever seeming glib,soulless or less than felt. As the reboot of 'Twin Peaks' unfolds, a reminder that it is meant to be experienced, not necessarily understood 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z “The disrespectful gossipers in the media there, narcissistic and baring their fangs, seemingly retain vestiges of the inelegance of barbarians,” the report said. China Derides U.K. Press After Queen's Comments 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Yet, four days on, we are left not in awe of the galvanizing power of autocracy but with aversion to its inelegance. How China Drastically Mishandled the Yangtze Tragedy 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The startling power of the music derived partly from its inelegance: poky, sullen introductions led to off-kilter paroxysms, as the drummer frantically tried to keep pace with the hoarse singer, Roger Miret. Outpunking the Punks 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z All game long, the teams wallowed in their collective inelegance. Facing 76ers, Knicks Earn a Win. Someone Had To. 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Whatever the true answer is, this debate underlies the inelegance of the corporate income tax. No Inversion Is Not Unpatriotic. Yes We Need Corporate Tax Reform 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z The response is a risky endeavor, often marred by inelegance and blunder. Some Republicans Departing From Response Script 2014-01-27T02:52:47Z The elegance of that oversize, sweeping swing and of his fielding, the smooth precision of his arm, made an agreeable contrast with the homey inelegance of his speaking style. Essay: Yaz’s Triple Crown: Work, Resolve and Concentration – Robert Pinsky 2012-10-04T22:26:46Z Later, art critics lamented the inelegance of the work. ‘Civic Virtue,’ Much-Maligned Statue, May Be Moving to Brooklyn Graveyard 2012-07-21T18:32:58Z Sam had been—you must excuse the inelegance of the phrase, but it was much in vogue in Daffodil's Delight—'on the loose' again for a couple of days. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z Little can be gathered from the scanty remains of his works, except some idea of the harshness and inelegance of his diction. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The inelegance of the term might be overlooked, provided a precise meaning were attached to it. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z And some leading liturgical scholars, called to assist with the preparation of this new text, objected to its alleged inelegance. For Catholics, the Word Was a Bit Different, Amen 2011-11-27T21:41:00Z It was a room that shocked you with no inelegance, while it invited you by a sort of generally sympathetic upholstery and appointment. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The inelegance and tautology of this definition I pass by; but why should he profane the names of Milton and Shakespeare to support such monstrous nonsense? Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z The expression "equal legs" is now being discarded on the score of inelegance. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z A fortnight ago Lady Sarah would have exclaimed at the inelegance of the position, but to-day her gaze rested upon the girlish figure as if the sight were pleasant in her eyes. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z How proud he was of its garish colors and its holes and dropped stitches, the inelegance of it all. Justin Torres: “Reverting to a Wild State.” 2011-07-25T04:00:00Z There is tact necessary in dismounting, in order that the lady may avoid the exposé and inelegance, attendant upon, as it were, being lifted from the saddle in a groom’s arms. Graceful Riding A Pocket Manual for Equestrians 2011-07-12T02:00:27.770Z His later writing was emphatic in its stiff inelegance, but usually legible; the script of his middle period was, at its best, lax and straggling, at its worst almost indecipherable. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z They sat down, she with her habitual inelegance, her legs wide apart, her thick garden boots firmly planted on the gravel. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z Leaving this bit of strategic inelegance aside, though, there are inherent differences between what Democrats faced in 2006 and the situation for Republicans this year — factors having nothing to do, really, with failures of leadership. Political Times: For G.O.P., Sorting Out Candidates Gets a Bit Messy 2010-06-10T01:31:00Z They detected elegance or inelegance in every dumb and senseless object: down to the basest of utensils there was nothing which escaped the epithet of elegant. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Thy prose is admirable, better than acute, idiomatical, off-hand, conversational, without inelegance, fresh as the laugh on the young cheek, and full of brain. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine But it is not their inelegance which rendered the poet necessary. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem He was very much disturbed by what he regarded as inelegance, and picturesque phrases or words were likely to give way to more commonplace ones. Noah Webster American Men of Letters Pray excuse the inelegance of this scrawl, and believe me yours in haste, William D. Pitman.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Then, too, they betray an occasional inelegance of expression like the following: "I find that I am stuck." Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 A man writing against time may be driven to dulness, or commonplace, or inelegance of style; but he need never commit any of the faults just noticed. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 And as it was, the charge of gross carelessness and inelegance lay at her door; a charge above others that she was unwilling to bear. Trading I beseech of you to pardon the inelegance of my expression, and also my pertinacity in insisting upon some explanation of your manner toward me. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 You can be the most exasperating thing at times!” cried Jessie excitedly, and Evelyn, with an inelegance that was none the less forceful, “If you have anything up your sleeve, let’s have it!” Lucile Triumphant Bandello's novels are esteemed the best of those written in imitation of the Decameron, though Italian critics find fault with them for negligence and inelegance of style. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The verb had its distinct uses, and one generally applied it to the colonel’s outbursts without being depressed by the feeling of inelegance. The Place of Honeymoons “Poverty, inelegance, and poorness of diction,” will be no longer so “generally observed,” and even hearers of taste will cease to be offended. Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching Yet the girl and dog made rather a pretty picture, despite the inelegance of Vixen's attitude. Vixen, Volume I. The women are not subject to any labour, which, as in the case of the American Indians, might have accounted for the inelegance of their appearance. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Whatever they had among them before, whether of learning or acuteness, was commonly obscured and blunted by coarseness, and inelegance of style. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II The inelegance of the appellation perhaps explains why the bird has been permitted to retain it for quite a long while unchanged. Birds of the Indian Hills To these had been added here and there pieces of many different styles and shades of modern inelegance. One Woman's Life And as long as meanings are clear, good Logic is compatible with false concords and inelegance of style. Logic Deductive and Inductive She descended from the fence with pronounced inelegance, and, approaching the old double doors of the "carriage-house," which were open, paused to listen. Gentle Julia I think Dr. Ramsay failed from the inelegance of the translation, and the translator's having departed entirely from the Doctor's instructions. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 There were nearly twenty men in the delegation, representing every shade of inelegance. Bruvver Jim's Baby Its inelegance and rawness are excused in part by its evident solidity and sincerity of appearance. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. But great inelegance of diction disgraced our language even so late as in 1736, when the "Inquiry into the Life of Homer" was published. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Spenser and his queen neither of them scrupled to write afore, and the former feels no inelegance even in chaw and idee. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell He was good looking old man, with something the air of a gentleman, in spite of the inelegance of his dress, his rough manner, and provincial accent. Marriage "His indifference to a confusion of rank," she thought, "bordered too much on inelegance of mind." Old and New Masters It has been wrongfully accused of inelegance; when wading about in shallow water, which is its favourite resort, its gait is far from awkward. The Voyage of the Beagle Of pride, indeed, there was, perhaps, scarcely enough; his indifference to a confusion of rank, bordered too much on inelegance of mind. Emma In the act there was the inelegance of one whose feelings are nipped and wishes defeated. The Mayor of Casterbridge It will be recalled that the young man frequently expressed himself with regrettable inelegance; that he habitually availed himself, indeed, of a most infelicitous species of metaphor. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation They exerted themselves to suppress the grossness, inelegance and sensuality to which they had commonly been habituated, and to cover the looseness of the passions with the veil of simplicity, delicacy, and softness. Imogen A Pastoral Romance The rude inelegance of poverty Reigns here alone: else why that roof of straw? The Farmer's Boy A Rural Poem Intolerant of inelegance and bombast, the Athenians required not only graceful speech, but speech to the point. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius You must tell me what you think of them, and you must not spare a single blunder or inelegance. Pages from a Journal with Other Papers The general effect of the Church is very fine, though there is much inelegance in the sculptured details. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain FEJEVARY: Quite likely your inelegance will not affect it one way or the other. Plays To illustrate the inelegance of the inferior classes, two juvenile venders of the piscatory tribe were this day ushered in, and instantaneously, without the accustomed preliminaries, plunged into a familiar conversation with Lord Viscount Ipsden. Christie Johnstone The inelegance of costume gives an unpleasant peculiarity to their figures—the whole crowd of girls and women looked as though they were about to become mothers. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 Maurice was struck for a moment, but soon saw that the remark was innocent of any inelegance of speech. The Puppet Crown For the first time his soul revolted against the dull inelegance of Capel Street. Dubliners One had a charming face, the other would have been thought ugly if health, frankness, and intelligence beaming on his features had not compensated for their irregularity and inelegance. The Deputy of Arcis She first wounded her husband's vanity when, in spite of vain efforts, she betrayed her ignorance, the inelegance of her language, and the narrowness of her ideas. At the Sign of the Cat & Racket Pray excuse the inelegance of this scrawl, and believe me yours in haste, William D. Pitman.' The Wrong Box Such is the inelegance of the jealous state. The Research Magnificent "Yet," replied this person, with a confessedly stubborn inelegance, "you call me by the name of Ho." The Mirror of Kong Ho |
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