| 单词 | inelegant |
| 例句 | Growing up, it had been male alcohol, gruff and inelegant. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Then she flies past the rows of gangly bird of paradise, past the pawpaw tree with ripening fruit, and loses a sandal taking the three front steps in an inelegant leap. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He supposed he’d have to learn to write in cursive if he became a scythe, but right now he’d be stuck with inelegant, sloppy printing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It seemed so American to her, flossing, that mechanical sliding of a string between teeth, inelegant and functional. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Lexie perched at the counter, inelegant in sweatpants and a tee, hair clipped in an untidy bun, picking sesame seeds off a bagel. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Its blade was dark, inelegant; the textured skin that covered the hilt was nearly black, as though many hands had held it over the decades. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The effort to connect them is awkward, unfinished, inelegant, but ongoing. Piero di Cosimo, a misunderstood master, at the National Gallery of Art 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Nijinsky's "anti-ballet" involved inelegant jumping, stamping, limping and squatting and, most scandalously, the pointing inwards of the dancers' feet – Stravinsky, much later, remembered the curtain rising "to rows of knock-kneed Lolitas". The Rest Is Noise festival: the third instalment – Paris 2013-02-08T16:32:00Z We are disillusioned, undoubtedly — cynical, perhaps — but inelegant? Review: ‘Sylvia’ at the Joffrey Ballet, a Myth Revamped 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z In the middle of an already awkward adolescence, one marked by resilient pimples and even more resilient pudginess, the smattering of hair made my face look even more … inelegant. What My Father Gave Me 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z It was only a matter of time before Julius left, but having him quit for this reason is inelegant writing. ‘The Good Fight’ Season 1, Episode 6: Potency and Perspective 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Rogers, like Fadell, is convinced that much of the smart-home gear that’s currently in vogue among designers–kits that plug into and control a variety of appliances, for example–is overly complex and inelegant. Nest CEO Tony Fadell on The Future of the Smart Home 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Nijinsky's "anti-ballet" involved ungainly stamping, inelegant jumping, limping and squatting and, most scandalously, the pointing inwards of the dancers' feet, giving rise to Stravinsky's memory of the curtain rising "to rows of knock-kneed Lolitas". The Rite of Spring: still crazy after all these years 2011-02-03T22:30:01Z But these interludes are written in the same restrained, inelegant prose and read like a series of news updates, a body of text that was rushed to print on stringent newspaper deadline. Books of The Times: Kidnapped Reporter and His Wife, a World Apart, Enduring Their Test 2010-12-26T22:14:24Z I began to wonder if what I had been admiring as purposefully inelegant expression in the service of an authentic adolescent voice wasn’t something different: careless prose or an awkward translation. In Orhan Pamuk’s New Novel, a Youthful Obsession Yields a Haunted Life 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z It would be hard to imagine a more inelegant piece of ceramic artistry, and yet it is riveting to behold. Art Review: In ‘Making Pottery Art’ at the Met, Beauty Is Political 2014-02-13T21:07:22Z Putney's river was messy, inelegant and functional; I spent a lot of time sitting by its edge and thinking, though I no longer remember about what. Tony Judt: My London 2010-08-13T23:05:00Z This is really an inelegant response, but there are times when you’re not reaching somebody. D.C.’s teacher of the year grades himself 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z He's a delight to watch as he copes with the outrageously inelegant situations into which he's thrust. At Taproot, 'Chaps' is a nostalgic trail ride 2012-07-26T20:17:05Z There, the renovations he made in 1978 using inelegant materials such as chain link fencing, corrugated metal and plywood were at first widely derided, then recognized as groundbreaking. Frank Gehry wins Getty Trust's annual career achievement medal 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z There were uncertain moments, with inelegant phrase endings and insecure high notes. Music Review: Returning to Realism and Revisiting a Tragedy 2010-10-03T22:15:00Z Honestly, there are times where it feels like it's only possible to fully encapsulate the hellscape that was 2020 by using some, well — inelegant language. Why Nic Cage was the perfect f**king host for a show about cursing etymology 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Stephen Burt, a poetry critic and professor of English at Harvard University, described some of Mr. Pardlo’s verses as “deliberately inelegant in a modernist kind of way.” Gregory Pardlo, Pulitzer Winner for Poetry, on His Sudden Fame 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z But there continued to be unsteady moments in her singing, including an inelegant, restless account of the great aria “Dove sono.” Music Review: Mozart’s ‘Nozze di Figaro’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-10-28T21:12:53Z The copyright difficulties he encountered on his previous film are sidestepped by a cinema history first: the practical, if inelegant, innovation of placing the studio trademark in the film itself. Georges Méliès's Robinson Crusoé film resurfaces in Pordenone 2012-10-10T14:22:02Z As a large, dark-skinned Black man coming of age in the 1950s and ’60s, he felt sorely underestimated — he sensed that white America instinctively considered him inelegant and unintellectual. In His Autobiography, the College Basketball Giant John Thompson Is Plainspoken and Profound 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z The large, inelegant reception desk belongs in an airport; you half expect to be asked if you’re checking any luggage. The Pool Strives to Deal With Its Famous Dining Room 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z The rest of the program sounded less technically secure, with rough moments and inelegant passages. Music Review: Celebrating an Irishman Who Preceded Chopin 2011-03-14T23:00:13Z It also includes artists who combine clay with unusual and sometimes inelegant materials. Review | In the galleries: The American character, as molded by 11 female artists 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z And charging the wireless Bluetooth version through its USB port is inelegant: You have to open the fabric headband to get at the wiring. Tools for Sleeping Well While Traveling 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Joyce reminds us that there is something inelegant about relying on the universal, Hollywood stand-ins for certain emotions. The Magic of Dubliners 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z It was inelegant, to say the least, but it erased the safety hazard posed by broken glass. Green Swag: Play-Doh for grownups who want to fix things 2014-02-27T19:24:00Z The proposal looks banal and inelegant, extruding the library and the 70th street facade. The Case Against a Mammoth Frick Collection Addition 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z But I also find it so inelegant, especially when it comes to love affairs. Richard Marx reflects on fame with a healthy dose of self-deprecation 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z The men jump high without pointing their feet, and the women are clean but inelegant stylists. ArtsBeat: The Nutcracker Chronicles: The One Where Mom Is the Sugar Plum Fairy 2010-12-03T13:23:00Z The medical profession was reluctant for many years to acknowledge a condition oncologists now call, with inelegant if commendable candour, “chemo brain” – and like every other side-effect, it does not afflict everyone. How to get through chemotherapy: Decca Aitkenhead on cancer treatment 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z She returns to a role that wasn't originally in the “Mockingjay” novel, and it's fun to see her at odds with her newfound, inelegant surroundings. Review: 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1' 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z By and large, they are an unpleasant, inelegant group, yet they are nonetheless visited with some form of divine grace. An Ex-Jesuit Who Wrote Tales of an Ironic God 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z There is not one inelegant or badly composed frame in the entire three-film epic and, despite a few omissions, it's as close to seeing a book brought to life as we'll ever experience. The Lord of the Rings trilogy: No 18 2010-10-21T10:37:00Z I put one foot in front of the other, sometimes for hours, the Faro lighthouse sending its blinding beam into the sea, the cries of the gulls, like my grief, inelegant and ancient. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z The real news about “The Grand Design” is how disappointingly tinny and inelegant it is. Books of The Times: Many Kinds of Universes, and None Require God 2010-09-07T17:30:00Z Paris is an elegant role with marvelous costumes, so why did Thomas Forster employ the same lumbering walk he applies to inelegant characters? 4 Buzzy ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Debuts, 1 Fainthearted Production 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The terrible dialogue is awkwardly delivered, the desktop special effects are cheap and clumsy and the camerawork inelegant. TV Picks: 'Community,' 'Decker,' 'Empire,' 'iZombie' 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z It's so inelegant, it looks like it shouldn't be able to fly. Fiona Banner: fight and flight 2010-06-21T20:30:00Z As those jumps show, the style is often slightly inelegant. Dance Review: Deborah Hay Dance Company at St. Mark’s Church 2012-12-01T00:48:25Z I decided to slip into the bra, though, to check the fit — only to discover, in the most inelegant of ways, that it was too small. Designed by You, Made By...Who? 2011-05-11T21:49:49Z The filmmaking may at times be direct and inelegant, but “Breakthrough” isn’t without nuance. ‘Breakthrough’ Review: A Remarkable Story of Survival, Told Through a Religious Lens 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Is there something galumphing and inherently inelegant in this relationship with technology? | To Have and To Hold 2014-03-06T14:00:39Z Points were subtracted for inelegant taping, dripping sweat on the art, and, once, for failing to “waste time properly” when a team that finished early didn’t leave to smoke a cigarette or get a beer. Art Handling Olympics on the Lower East Side 2010-03-22T22:28:00Z Even when the romantic trio seem too aware of the laughs, watching them — particularly the wonderfully inelegant Ms. Khosh — is a delight. Review: A Bad Romance with Operatic Overtones in ‘Dido of Idaho’ 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z This is a brutal, occasionally inelegant film, but it pulls no punches and shines a stark, pitiless light on its subject. Welcome to New York review – Abel Ferrara is unencumbered by good taste 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Split infinitives are worth avoiding to keep pedants at bay, but there's nothing actually wrong with them, and a split infinitive is preferable to an inelegant alternative. Grammar rules everyone should follow 2013-05-09T13:56:00Z An ascot was tucked into a bandeau top, recalling the way an inelegant businessman sometimes tucks his tie into his shirt to prevent it from falling into his soup. Perspective | Chanel, what has become of you? Paris Fashion Week ends with a bust and then a bang. 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z It's the inelegant banality of the lyrics, delivered with a tooth-aching earnestness that, on the title track, tip headlong into self-righteousness. Jonathan Jeremiah: A Solitary Man ? review 2011-03-17T23:40:01Z For a career that was propelled by a relentless pursuit of elegance, it was an inelegant finale. Civilised and civilising 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Furthermore, historians now accept that the inelegant humiliation of Royaume-Uni that night led to the rise of a particularly distasteful form of nationalist authoritarianism. In its bid to win the Eurovision war, the BBC is going nuclear with Bonnie Tyler 2013-03-07T17:42:09Z Yet body, density, weight and texture, often combined in the inelegant term ”mouthfeel,” are essential parts of the wine-drinking experience, though often ignored in discussions about it. When Thin and Bitter Are Welcome Wine Words 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The Chicago Theatre Addict was particularly scathing of Catherine Zeta Jones's "inelegant, mannered and lip-sweaty performance of Send in the Clowns". Noises off: Views from the edge of the red carpet 2010-06-17T10:04:00Z Sully and I watched as the seal made its slow, inelegant way to the sea. Experience: I was attacked by a seal 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Michael’s work as a minor drug lord on the Turkish Riviera provides a sybaritic but inelegant lifestyle, one punctuated with threat and then actual violence. ‘Holiday’ Review: Sun and Fun on the Turkish Riviera, Then a Lot Less Fun 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z His comically inelegant works look as if they were created by a manically inventive but not especially skilled handyman in his basement workshop. ‘Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony,’ at the Noguchi Museum 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Livestreaming may be an inelegant, unsatisfying remedy for live music’s absence, but there’s widespread acknowledgment that, for now, it’s what we’ve got. Concerts Aren’t Back. Livestreams Are Ubiquitous. Can They Do the Job? 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z The work of accepting this is inelegant and often challenging. When Your Family Becomes a Noah’s Ark-Style Experiment With Race 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z The inelegant approach to securing your bag is to mummify it in plastic wrap. Suitcase GPS? Scented bags? Collapsible sunglasses? The latest travel gadgets. 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z “With the internet, it’s too inelegant a machine to accurately carve truth.” Justin Theroux Is on the Prowl 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z This is intensely physical music, inelegant and powerful, coming off like soundtracks to mixed martial arts bouts and military invasions. New Music: Dumpstaphunk, Five Finger Death Punch and Ben Monder 2013-07-29T22:08:11Z Other than that, this cake is almost as simple to make as it is sublimely delicious — aside from the inelegant matter of flopping one cake atop the other. Nothing beats my Mom’s carrot cake, which is as simple to make as it is sublimely delicious 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Even when these two are going at it hammer and tongs, you have the sense of their watching themselves, on some level, and being elegantly amused by their inelegant behavior. Theater Review: Kim Cattrall Stars in ?Private Lives? - Review 2011-11-18T03:02:49Z She'd made Becca feel extremely inelegant and uncomfortable when they met, the day before, though that may have been the mental crackle off her. Wilderness by Sarah Hall 2013-03-18T13:22:56Z Despite the summer vibes — and late-night joy rider “Dreamboy” — “Pearl” is actually a breakup record, written as Bowman’s first foray into cohabitation was coming to an inelegant halt. Seattle rapper Dave B, riding wave of momentum, to play Neptune 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z But it was an inelegant overwrought performance, with a dancer doppelganger of the singer, more Martha Graham than Noh. International music fest compares Latin, Asian sounds with Tambuco and Toshio Hosokawa 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z But neither the inelegant dialogue nor the narrative progression allows us insight into how Franklin's mind works or uses artistic license to illustrate where her singular inspiration came from. "Aretha" crowns the Queen of Soul in glory, thanks to star Cynthia Erivo's own genius 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z Although physicists are indeed tenacious in their attempts to rescue theories they admire, the tendency to modify a theory fades to the degree that the alterations become artificial or cumbersome, and therefore "inelegant." Book Excerpt: Stephen Hawking's 'The Grand Design' 2010-09-15T18:45:00Z Sure, some might argue that lockers are a touch inelegant — more fitting in a gym than a concert hall. So You Have $500 Million? Here’s a Shopping List for the Philharmonic’s Hall. 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The spare budget is evident, and the style and script contrivances are often inelegant. 'The Music Never Stopped': J.K. Simmons memorable as a distraught father 2011-03-31T20:36:06Z “What is the Grass” doesn’t possess a single inelegant sentence or poorly expressed thought. Review | In ‘What Is the Grass,’ Mark Doty looks at Walt Whitman through an autobiographical lens 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z In another sign of Washington’s uneven and inelegant recovery, a cooling tech industry has been overtaken by a cash-strapped healthcare sector as the state’s hottest job market. Health care, not tech, is now the top player in WA’s unsettled job market 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z According to Sharon’s program notes, the idea behind this inelegant shuffle play was to create a “visual depiction of interwoven humanity.” Perspective | Anna Deavere Smith takes a fresh step with first opera, ‘The Walkers’ 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Unlike “Hero,” with its retina-tickling bursts of color, “Full River Red,” while as impeccably mounted as all of Zhang’s work, has a more functional, inelegant look. Review: The laughs and the corpses pile up in the Chinese blockbuster 'Full River Red' 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z As they watched or eventually didn’t, a rugged bunch of Bulldogs sprinkled the field with both the elegant plays and inelegant stops necessary to elevate their college football to among the finest forms yet seen. Georgia hits repeat, defends national title with CFP final rout of TCU 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Motorik has become almost synonymous with krautrock, the inelegant term coined by the British press to lump together the groups emerging from Germany at the time, but “Neu!” is an album built on contrasts. Neu! created a rhythm that’s still beating 50 years later 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z It was decidedly inelegant football on a mostly cloudy afternoon at Bank of America Stadium. Browns edge Panthers, Baker Mayfield with long field goal in final seconds 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Then I took the lead with an inelegant hop, skip and dash across the rocks to the other side. A midsummer ramble in the Dolomites 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z According to the story, the manufacturer figured out a simple, if inelegant, fix for the issue: making it so their computers simply wouldn’t play that specific frequency. Janet Jackson’s "Rhythm Nation" apparently vibed too hard for some laptops 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z We start to prune out the inelegant data formats and architectures, just like moving off of GIF to MP4 for lighter performance. Is the metaverse going to suck? A conversation with Matthew Ball 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Dongles are an inelegant solution, however, because they are tiny and easy to lose, so you’re better off not buying accessories with proprietary connections. What Europe’s Universal Charger Mandate Means for You 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z It was the default option for listening to audio shows on the go, if an inelegant one. The iPod is dead, but the podcast lives on 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z It’s a heartrending vision, the kind that Faustian bargains are made of, and it floods the script’s sometimes inelegant, herky-jerky plotting with unexpected rivers of human feeling. Review: An enjoyable ‘Doctor Strange’ sequel delivers the flyin’, the witch and the red robe 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z But it proved insufficient against an experienced Kansas team that was effective, even if sometimes inelegant. N.C.A.A. Men’s Tournament: St. Peter’s Extends Its Magical Run to the Round of 8 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z For more than a year, the Tour has been rattled by the inelegant attempts of the upstart Super Golf League to change the game. How a Saudi challenge changed the PGA Tour and Phil Mickelson’s legacy 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z He later acknowledged on Twitter that the obscene gesture was “very inelegant.” Far-right pundit to launch campaign for French presidency 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Kate, hailing from Virginia, is a scholarship student and an inelegant outsider, while Marine, the daughter of the American ambassador, has been training for this honor her entire life. Review: In the subgenre of bleak ballet, 'Birds of Paradise' takes a hopeful turn 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The thick velcro straps, while being inelegant, blend nicely into the dark black S3 model. VanMoof’s PowerBank is a range extender and problem solver 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z “They speak to the last overt remains of the disreputable, unsocialized, inelegant parts of themselves the grown-ups are trying so hard to push firmly underground.” Review: New collection of columns by the late Jenny Diski 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Three balls later, he spins one past Buttler’s inelegant prod, which is gathered by Pant. India v England: Root hits double hundred on day two of first Test – live! 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Biden often says the wrong thing, the awkward thing, the inelegant thing, on the subject of race. Perspective | Biden: The imperfect antiracist 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Today their inelegant looks are seen as a benefit. Crocs, the kicks you love to hate, are 2020’s cool shoe. Blame Bad Bunny and Bieber 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Dr. Gregg Gonsalves, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, called curfews a “crude, inelegant instrument” being used to address a problem without a simple answer. Why Are States Imposing Virus Curfews? 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z It was an inelegant position for the leader of the National Zoo’s troop of western lowland gorillas — the boss, the arbiter of disputes, the ultimate authority. Baraka, the zoo’s giant silverback gorilla, gets a checkup — inside and out 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z For one thing, Alexander didn’t have an inelegant bone in his body, and neither does his art. Appreciation: How artist Peter Alexander caught clouds in a box and used color to profound effect 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z This was a truth I had come to recognize when playing some of the old Metal Gear Solid games, whose inelegant controls and outdated graphics now significantly dampened the experience for me. Hideo Kojima’s Strange, Unforgettable Video-Game Worlds 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Commoners hurling bile, cauliflowers and inelegant language at every preening public figure in their line of sight has always been a vital part of the culture. Eric Dier's trip through the fourth wall was an oddly moving act of defiance | Barney Ronay 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Right now it is officially “2019-nCoV,” which is inelegant at best and does little to describe the virus or the resulting disease in humans. Coronavirus came from bats or possibly pangolins amid ‘acceleration’ of new zoonotic infections 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z It was the race that demonstrated, both to Mr. Bloomberg and to those who might doubt him, that an inelegant campaigner with bottomless resources, party agnosticism and a heap of political baggage could prevail. How a String of Flukes Helped Pave the Way for Mayor Michael Bloomberg 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z At the other end of the spectrum, the Outback is practical for hauling, but it’s bulky and inelegant; in other words, it’s a Subaru. Station Wagons on Endangered List as S.U.V.s Crush All in Their Path 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z There are little green lizards that flash pink throat pouches and shiny, black-and-blue skinks that are too gorgeous for such an inelegant name. I lost my hearing overnight. Here's how I coped with my new silence 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Unhappy residents ridicule the fact that the statue’s legs don’t reach the ground, requiring an inelegant footboard to keep his shoes from dangling and earning the likeness a new nickname: “The Short Bard.” New Statue Unsettles Italian City: Is It Celebrating a Poet or a Nationalist? 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z “Coaches yell ‘Scoop’ after every single play,” Fitzpatrick said after his second touchdown in as many weeks helped the Steelers put together an inelegant 17-12 victory that pushed their winning streak to four. Mighty Minkah: Safety Fitzpatrick leads Steelers’ turnaround 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z The game was as inelegant as it gets and undoubtedly not what Kyle Shanahan had in mind when he envisioned a triumphant return to FedEx Field as the head coach of an undefeated team. Kyle Shanahan savors the Niners’ win over the Redskins, gives game ball to his father, Mike 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z The office of the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem is an inelegant and nondescript building north of the Old City. The Precarious Position of Benjamin Netanyahu 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z “It was messy and inelegant for people to look at,” says Blake. Artist Nayland Blake toys with race and queerness 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Perhaps unsurprisingly, we found that it’s still a pretty inelegant solution, as these things tend to be. Samsung Galaxy S10 gets DeX support and Note 10 camera features 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z But the effect is as inelegant and overpowering as dousing white bread with ketchup. Review: The Farmhouse at Roger's Gardens suffers from convoluted cooking 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Biden’s flip-flop, as inelegant as it may have been, illustrated how brisk the Democratic party’s shift on the issue has been. Biden’s abortion flip-flop shows how fast and far Democrats have shifted 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z “I think they can’t figure out a way to do infrastructure, and they came up with a very inelegant way to get out of it,” Schumer said. Trump angrily walks out of meeting with Democrats after Pelosi says he is ‘engaged in a coverup’ 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z The instruments were fashioned in an inelegant, utilitarian manner, uniform with the design of other military equipment. Piano recital chronicles history of music as soldier therapy 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Not only is this inelegant, it doesn’t work in many plant species, including important crop varieties. Corn and other important crops can now be gene edited by pollen carrying CRISPR 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z And each takes care to tie up loose ends, with the somewhat inelegant effect of seeming about to end a few times before they actually do. Review: Amazon's thrillers ‘The Widow’ and ‘White Dragon’ are potato-chip bingeable 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z She’d been part of a short, choppy, inelegant Clause before, serviceable, but nothing to be proud of. A mysterious lever can reset the world. Do you pull it? 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z I’ve abandoned Red Dead Redemption in favour of a comparatively inelegant Indie survival simulation where you’re stranded on a water planet. 'A hidden gem!': Readers on their top video games of 2018 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z It’s an inelegant solution to a unique problem. Project Fi promises privacy with Google-run VPN 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z But while it may be inelegant to refer to them as “anthem protests”, it is not inaccurate. Colin Kaepernick's protest might be unpatriotic. And that's just fine | Mychal Denzel Smith 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The perfect Connors environment, inelegant as it is? The Stories That Would Have Been: The 1978 U.S. Open 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z But the Mariners played inelegant baseball in the fifth and allowed the Dodgers to build a comfortable advantage, even for this group of relievers. Dodgers find one cure for a bad bullpen in 11-1 victory over Mariners 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z Young and fat Monica is a slob – she eats pizzas, falls into bean-bag chairs, and is awfully inelegant and desperate to be kissed. Insatiable’s fat-shaming is dangerous. Don’t do it, Netflix | Sofie Hagen 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z In exchange, Russian investigators would get access to various people living overseas “who have something to do with illegal actions on the territory of Russia,” in the inelegant phrasing of Putin’s real-time interpreter. Bill Browder and Vladimir Putin: A tangled tale of two nations, two centuries and a lot of history 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z “It was 1975 and San Francisco, however, and expressing fear at the unfamiliar or threatening would have been inelegant.” A feral California childhood is revealed in Glen David Gold's 'I Will Be Complete' 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z There are little hassles and plenty of inelegant things to complain about, but there’s also a coherence that you won’t get on other desktop platforms. Seven utilities to make your Windows PC more powerful 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z James spread 35 points, 15 rebounds and 9 assists across 48 minutes of an inelegant but compelling war of inept 3-point shooting and attrition. Look Who Answered LeBron’s Call: Jeff Green, the Former Celtic 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z And, however inelegant, we were both delighted to celebrate a win. Are We Even Playing the Same Game? 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z The cramped room, complete with inelegant furniture, one witness said, “looked like a classroom from an underfunded junior college in the 1970s.” Buckle up’: As Mueller probe enters second year, Trump and allies go on war footing 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Passers-by offered their assistance at those inelegant moments, but she politely turned them away. Barbara Bush Mourned in Houston as a Revered Matriarch and ‘Salty’ Neighbor 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The inelegant solution was to keep using census figures from 1971, an arrangement that became indefinite. Indian states squabble over how to share out federal cash 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z The truly sad, tragic, and pathetic thing is that it will have happened so easily, and at the hands of such an unclever, boorish, inelegant man. Taunted by Trump and Pressured From Above, McCabe Steps Down as F.B.I. Deputy 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z He noted that skaters still receive points even if they fall on a quad jump, leading to more attempts and infecting some competitions with inelegant spills on the ice. Nathan Chen Has Taken the Quad to a New Level. Is It Good for Figure Skating? 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z On the tarmac in South Korea, its proportions became exaggerated and inelegant. Analysis | For Melania Trump, 2017 was the year of the sleeve 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z A world-class talent by her teen years, Harding’s scores are kept down by judges who prefer poised princesses and classical music to Harding’s inelegant Southern rock routine. Retelling the myth of Tonya Harding 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z It’s a trend those who study the grocery business call by the inelegant name “grocerants” — that is, grocery restaurants — signifying the business strategy of selling an experience, offering restaurant-quality food within a grocery store. Small groceries thrive by providing ready meals to youth 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Friedman’s introduction to the city of Los Angeles three years ago was especially awkward, starting with an inelegant reading of a prepared statement. Andrew Friedman’s bold moves paid off 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Jason Kipnis ripped a laser to right field, where Aaron Judge gave inelegant chase and let the ball deflect off his glove, allowing Kipnis time to race for a triple. Yankees force Game 4 vs. Indians after Masahiro Tanaka outduels Carlos Carrasco 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z It’s as uncomfortable as it is inelegant, and it was the case with two different review units I tested. Jaybird's Run wireless earbuds are ruined by unreliable Bluetooth 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z He wore a hooded leopard-print robe into the ring and fought with a stubborn, inelegant fury that led him to be called the Bronx Bull. Jake LaMotta, ‘Raging Bull’ of boxing, dies at 95 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z The tax hike is inelegant, but there simply weren’t any other options. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z New York’s subway was considered dirty and crime-ridden, and its stations cramped and inelegant. Call it Metro schadenfreude: As New York’s subway woes worsen, Washingtonians offer sympathy. 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z So the Affordable Care Act was a complicated and inelegant attempt to address those who are uninsured, while protecting to the extent possible the system enjoyed by people who are already insured. Understanding the GOP’s health care failure — and the deeper existential crisis of conservative politics 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Add that to his inelegant break-up with Taylor Swift after three months together amid accusations their relationship was a publicity stunt. Bafta TV Award nominations: Why did The Night Manager do so badly? - BBC News 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z It was “all the inelegant work of the ship,” said Edward “Sonny” Masso, a retired rear admiral who served with Bannon. How Bannon’s Navy service during the Iran hostage crisis shaped his views 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z “Most dictatorships are very clumsy, raw, inelegant. But this one isn’t. They have it sussed.” A human rights activist, a secret prison and a tale from Xi Jinping's new China 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Sometimes it is very important to be awkward, inelegant, jerking, to be neither poetic nor prosaic, to be positively bad. Zadie Smith: what Beyoncé taught me 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z The American team used the inelegant term “partial helper” to describe its assistants in the 1990s. With Glut of Vice Captains at the Ryder Cup, Will Tiger Woods Fetch Lunch? 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z There will be those who call this suspension political correctness run amok, and that Clevenger merely did an inelegant job of presenting a viewpoint held by many. Mariners did right thing by suspending Steve Clevenger for Black Lives Matter tweets 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Paré makes YouTube videos that poke fun at the plight of a “homeless minor leaguer,” a light-hearted look at the lonely hours and inelegant lifestyle the common fan rarely sees. Baseball’s minor leaguers pursue their dreams below the poverty line 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Visitors to the Accademia will notice a large, inelegant plastic brick mounted behind the David to monitor all of its vital signs: temperature, motion, angle of inclination. David’s Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the World’s Most Perfect Statue 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The two scores are added together, and what the audience sees is an inelegant string of numbers, such as 13.667. Five myths about gymnastics 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z That didn't stop Donald Trump from making a very inelegant go of it. Mother of US Muslim soldier hits back at Trump over speech silence - BBC News 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z The fast-growing city is an inelegant sprawl stretching into groves of coconut palms. Southern comfort 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Trump is inelegant, but so was Graham last year at AIPAC; and both of them are communicating anti-Arab and anti-Islamic sentiments to which Republican audiences were receptive before Trump took the party’s center stage. You make it, you bought it: The Republican establishment’s dangerous Donald Trump delusions 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z He even correctly noted that "you never have to default because you print the money," a perhaps inelegant but nonetheless true assessment of the U.S.'s situation. Dangerous Debt Games 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z They tote all they own in inelegant bags and pass the hours in cavernous passages between track gates or bus bays. Among Travelers and Commuters, the Homeless Stop In and Stay 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Lubbock's picked at the inelegant ways in which Airy had constructed his equations. Peer review: Troubled from the start 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The editing is shoddy and inelegant, with images and audio that don't flow seamlessly, providing at once too much information and not enough. 'The Syndrome' takes a one-sided view of the controversy about shaken baby syndrome 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Several people defended his valiant if inelegant use of Spanish at a recent debate, after Mr. Rubio accused him of not knowing the language. Ted Cruz Plays Up Cuban Heritage Before Florida Primary 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z And yet, Wayne has an undeniable cinematic cool – the same kind of simple, inelegant appeal that Trump has employed to woo voters since last summer. Why John Wayne remains an icon of the right 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z But the organization found much to applaud, saying the architects “did elegant things with an inelegant material.” Catholic student center at UW-Madison prepares for last Mass 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Inadequate battery life, high cost, and inelegant designs were the norm for smartwatches, and even the arrival of Apple's long-awaited Watch didn't move things forward as much as expected. What we got wrong this year 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z But for all the inelegant lines and ingenuous sentiments in his poem, poets were intrigued and charmed that Bryant, one of the world’s most famous athletes, would choose the form. Bryant the Bard Earns Mostly Positive Reviews 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z There are lots of little things about the Earin buds that contribute to a very inelegant user experience, and there was no mistaking that the Earin earbuds were made by an inexperienced startup. Earin wireless earbuds review 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Immediately, Romney distanced himself from the comments, arguing that they represented little more than inelegant phrasing. The GOP is the reverse Robin Hood party: Inside their long war against the “lucky ducky” poor 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z “I just know that I don’t have that kind of a voice, and I don’t think that I ever will,” Mr. Duchovny offers in a strikingly honest admission of his own inelegant vocal stylings. David Duchovny tours debut album ‘Hell or Highwater,’ discusses ‘X-Files’ revival 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Yet the primary term used to explain the art of pitching, which often determines who wins and who loses, is an inelegant word of ill-defined mush. The Mysteries of Pitching, and All That ‘Stuff’ 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Cloths were hanging to disguise the walls and whatever else hid behind them, making for an inelegant space—a jarring departure from the label’s carefully cultivated tradition. New York Fashion Week Recap: Day Six 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z In the 1990s that hack was clumsy and inelegant. Grand illusions 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Speaking for the shakeout that will face the TV business overall, he said, “It’s going to be a messy, inelegant process.” FX boss: There’s ‘too much television’ with decline ahead 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z In an age of wireless devices, plugging drones in is an inelegant solution. Some Drones Are Put on a Leash 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z “I wasn’t at that lunch,” Paul said, executing a rather inelegant pivot. Why Is Rand Paul Winning on the Issues But Losing the Election? 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z There's an inelegant recipe to Mission: Impossible films. The next Mission: Impossible is coming way ahead of schedule 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z It's an inelegant and at times unsightly solution. Better Apple Watch charging stands may finally be coming 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The son of Swatch’s founder grumbled the screens were too small, batteries too weak and designs inelegant. Swatch Smartwatch To Be Launched in the Summer 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z They’re stories of spectacular, inelegant, or just stupid failures in the lab that weren’t severe enough to permanently damage a career, so they end up being funny. 'The Laser Cavity Was Flooded' And Other Lab Disaster Stories 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Not even two storeys tall, the concourse has a low-hung roof, held up by stumpy, inelegant columns and dotted with air conditioning ducts, fluorescent lights and security cameras enclosed in smoke-glass half-domes. How Penn Station saved New York's architectural history - BBC News 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Pimlico’s neighborhood is inelegant, to say the least, with no restaurants, hotels or shops that a racetrack visitor likely would patronize. Preakness Stakes deserves a home worthy of a Triple Crown jewel 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z A tiny fraction of the estimated 23,500 North American foals from 2012 have reached the inelegant and coveted backside barns, and they have dragged along the usual bounty of subplots. Dortmund is the big star of the Kentucky Derby 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z They inspire such exhaustive mastery from their players that a first run of the game is almost a throw-away, an inelegant muddling through new places and enemies before discovering the “real” Dark Souls. Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is a remaster that proves not all change is progress 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z So the Apple TV channel is functional, but also a bit bland and inelegant. HBO Now hands-on: it's HBO Go without cable. What else do you need? 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z But the state’s inelegant question reveals a deeply disturbing logic – one which undergirds the precarious state of reproductive rights in this country: We treat reproductive rights like luxury cars by reserving them for the rich. No, Wisconsin, getting an abortion is not like getting a Mercedes 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z But, be it cramped and hot and inelegant, Media Day serves its purpose. Seahawks vs. Patriots: What the national media say about Super Bowl 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z And the slow-motion, inelegant dismissal of David Gregory from “Meet the Press” kicked up additional negative chatter about her management approach. Media Companies (and Executives) on the Hot Seat in 2015 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z His campaign manager also physically blocked Ms. Teachout from approaching the governor at a parade on Saturday, an inelegant moment that was caught on video. A Primer for the New York Primary 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z The correspondence made public by the Icac process sheds light on the inelegant and seat-of-the-pants scramble for cash that the escalating Australian political fundraising arms race promotes. Icac emails shed light on escalating political funding arms race 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Her traditional attire was fiercely mocked on social media as inappropriate, too conservative and inelegant. Severed Heads And Righteous Religion: Not In My Muslim Name 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Adam Jones flared a line drive to right field, and Werth’s inelegant fielding allowed Jones an RBI double. Ian Desmond suffers hand injury as Nationals fall to Orioles, 4-3 If you look through a large collection of images of Rams’ products, you will be hard pressed to find a single line as coarse and inelegant as the purported iPhone 6 antenna detail. Finally, An iPhone 6 Rumor That Confirms That Jony Ive Is Not Losing It! 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z But rewriting the Constitution is an inelegant — and dangerous — way of fixing this very real problem. Dana Milbank: You can’t stop billionaires from buying elections Plantation metaphors are generally considered an inelegant way to speak about America’s ongoing problems with racial discrimination. White racism won’t just die off: No utopia awaits when retrograde attitudes like Donald Sterling and Cliven Bundy’s are gone 2014-04-29T11:45:00Z The man doing the shouting was broad and dark, with a boxer’s broken nose, thin, silky black hair cut in a Caesar style, and a chin with a huge, inelegant cleft. Zadie Smith: “Moonlit Landscape with Bridge.” 2014-02-03T05:00:00Z According to Anna Cabana, a biographer of Ms Trierweiler, many women will see the president's behaviour as distinctly "inelegant". A bachelor in the Elysee 2014-01-26T15:50:49Z But he knows many visitors enjoy the sheer oddity of the members’ offerings and the often inelegant graphics. In the Loop: He’s the poster boy for lawmakers’ quirky activity and props on floor of Congress 2013-11-06T23:32:52Z On an average-sized male wrist it is a little inelegant but not clownish. Should You Buy A Pebble Watch At Best Buy Today? 2013-07-07T16:02:00Z At the risk of being inelegant: Say “thank you.” 5 Ways To Get the Most From Your Ad Agency 2013-05-23T13:15:14Z At a particularly heated community meeting, an inelegant analogy was drawn between the Bloomberg administration and the Taliban. Complaints Rise as Bike Share Program Nears 2013-05-14T14:04:29Z It was crude and inelegant and something we never would release to the public. The Importance of Quick and Dirty 2013-04-30T04:00:00Z The store may be inelegant and the staff are rude, but the company has its standards. The app store: good deeds, poor communication 2013-04-22T09:34:07Z Sequester is definitely an inelegant and possibly the worst way to cut spending. Sequester budget bludgeons families with two government jobs 2013-04-19T14:14:31Z These are predicted by supersymmetry, a theory which removes mathematically inelegant fiddle factors from the Standard Model, the reigning rule book of particle physics, by doubling the number of species in the particle zoo. Dark matter: Fractional distillation 2013-04-03T16:48:49Z Collegiate, a small yet fiercely competitive all-boys school, is renowned in private school circles for its academic rigor — its college placement list is the envy of many — its students’ self-confidence and its inelegant facilities. Collegiate School, New York’s Oldest Private School, Plans 17th Move 2013-02-06T02:17:34Z The current solution for opting out of these is inelegant at best and the lack of any kind of ad review process is disappointing. Why I Can't Claim My $10 From Facebook In The 'Sponsored Stories' Settlement 2013-01-30T00:36:17Z "The comments were inelegant, inappropriate and unbecoming of a judge and a Supreme Court hopeful," one politician, Sarifuddin Suding, told the AFP news agency. Indonesia judge in rape joke row 2013-01-16T09:48:01Z But in the end the consensus among them boiled down to a single, if inelegant, word: Nah. City Room: The Day: After Petraeus and Broadwell, Considering the Ethics of Biographies 2012-12-11T14:16:35Z Statistical analyses are used to reject each bad and inelegant hypothesis until one is left with something approaching, as close as is possible, the truth. Going Deep: Soliciting Explanations for the Mysteries of the Wild Life of Your Belly Button 2012-11-16T14:15:00.193Z To achieve this, the iPad 3’s A5X needed to be inelegant: it was physically huge, it drew a lot of power, and it ran noticeably warm even under routine tasks like web browsing. Links 13 Nov: The Apple iPhone 5S Rumours Are Flying 2012-11-13T15:32:09Z That's a change from his first reaction when the video was released, which was to defend his comments but call them "inelegant". Unemployment falls to 7.8% – US politics live 2012-10-05T12:43:45Z But Obama noted that he immediately apologized for the statement — an apparent contrast to Romney’s defense of his comments, which Romney called “inelegant” but reflective of his views. On Letterman, Obama says Romney ‘writing off’ much of country 2012-09-18T22:26:00Z Given the costs of break-up, evidence of progress towards resolving the crisis, however inelegant, is to be cheered. The euro crisis: Game change? 2012-09-13T08:17:36Z The U.S. women won't win any awards for aesthetics in this tournament, but the Germans and Italians don't apologize for their inelegant World Cup victories, and these women won't either. One of Soccer's Great Rivalries Bounces in America's Direction 2012-08-10T10:23:43Z Our names start off well with "Robert" or "Amy", but they always end up clunky and inelegant. Readers most ridiculed names 2012-07-10T11:25:06Z A very extraordinary and not inelegant little creature, having a bill totally different from any other bird. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z St. James’s Palace.—This is an inelegant brick structure, having its front towards Pall Mall. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z Until a month previous to this week of Mardi Gras he had operated rarely; he had robbed with a stark and inelegant forcefulness, a brutality. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z As yet we have only entered into one room, the floor of which is formed of mosaic work, not inelegant. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Are there things leaders are told to do that are inelegant?Immediate action is supposed to be a sign of a forceful leader. How to Be an Elegant Leader 2012-02-28T05:01:00Z After an inelegant first half that featured a combined 38 points scored by both teams, Saturday’s matchup between No. 14 and South Florida still was up for grabs at the start of the second half. Georgetown basketball vs. South Florida: Hoyas? defense stifles Bulls 2012-02-04T20:43:18Z "It's an inelegant procedure with an elegant outcome." Enema transplant works for stubborn infection: study 2012-01-26T18:28:11Z In spite, however, of the liberality for which I was applauding myself, my expectations were influenced by my early prejudices; and I presupposed the preacher, zealous indeed, but loud, stern, and inelegant. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z “It’s the cat’s high hat,” was the inelegant way that Jimmy phrased it. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z Viewed from behind, half-hitched trousers and bulging shirt, he had a lumpish appearance, and it was the more inelegant for the contortions of his arms and shoulders, characteristic of a clumsy shaver. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z Returning to the living-room, they sprawled in those inelegant attitudes that tired laborers assume. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z You chuck the silly old geyser,” he counselled in the inelegant phraseology he affected, “before you tie your life into a hopeless knot.” Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z In the first place, I point out that young ladies in colleges and in ballrooms give a lot of time and thought to sex, even though they do not call it by that inelegant term. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z It was an inelegant moment, particularly for a onetime Democratic nominee for president, but Mr. Kerry stooped down and gathered up his own documents before he made an escape. Deficit Talks Put John Kerry Back in Spotlight 2011-11-24T03:26:06Z The word "bore" has an unpleasant and an inelegant sound. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z We have long needed a manual of horsemanship, to correct the inelegant habits in which many of our riders indulge, and to produce uniformity in the art of equitation. A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee. 2011-11-07T02:00:17.560Z His style is hardly to be called good, being diffuse and often inelegant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z His way with the oars was inelegant enough, without a pretence at feathering; but it was quite effectual; and Olivia, in the stern-sheets, had her back still presented to the Argus-eyes of the Towers. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z Still, in his inelegant fashion, the governor laid bare a fundamental reality about 9/11 and its aftermath: Politics is often front and center, no matter what the mayor says. City Room: The Ritual Draping of Politics on Sept. 11 2011-08-22T12:51:06Z I also visualize now his handwriting: thin, with extremely fine strokes, careless at first sight and inelegant, but, when you look closer, it appears very distinct, tender, fine and characteristic, as everything else about him. Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov 2011-08-21T02:00:35.470Z Jobs considered the noise of a fan to be industrial and inelegant. Agile Part 2: Can The Manifesto Be Defended? 2011-08-13T12:49:51Z And Plato says, in his Phædrus—"Nature has mingled some pleasure which is not entirely inelegant in its character of a flatterer, though he is an odious beast, and a great injury to a state." The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z He would still be but the inelegant, misshapen inhabitant of the ocean, “wallowing unwieldy, enormous in his gait.” The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z To please them she made spasmodic efforts toward polite English, but when excited or angry she was certain to drop back into this forceful but inelegant vernacular. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z Not because he was a boring batsman to watch, but because he was so inelegant. England v India ? live! 2011-07-22T09:23:03Z The first delights the elegant, the second the inelegant part of an audience; by which means all parties are gratified. The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts 2011-07-09T02:00:12.740Z That also was a trick acquired in the States, an inelegant one. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z He was, however, entirely uncritical, and his style is singularly inelegant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Eunice, inwardly provoked at the irreverent and inelegant description of the royal cherub, could yet respond, with apparent composure. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z But he recognises that controls on inflows, though inelegant, may be necessary at times. Economics focus: Wanted: chief firefighter 2011-06-02T11:04:01Z The Tory ex-Prime Minister appeared to have left most of his courage behind him in Ireland, where he went as 'Clara,' and stayed to earn the more flattering, if inelegant, sobriquet of 'Tiger Lily.' The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z Her robe, besides, however inelegant it might be, was nevertheless town-made. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Quite close to him Lord Eglinton was standing, laughing softly and discreetly and looking down on the prostrate and distinctly inelegant figure of the handsome cavalier. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z She fell back into inelegant habits and careless speech, and every time she realized it, it put Mason far off and far above her. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Compact, unfussy, sometimes a little inelegant, he rarely missed out on a bad ball, and so compiled his runs quickly. Benkenstein in the zone for Durham 2011-04-08T20:36:08Z His inelegant inquiry was addressed to the company generally. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z It was especially common in the hardware counties of England, where it is still frequently seen; the simple conventionality of its form is not inelegant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z His style, besides, is coarse and inelegant; and, while he aims at being familiar, he is commonly low and vulgar. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Altogether the costume of the woodman was not inelegant; and the wearer affected a certain air of rustic dandyism, which showed him conceited of his personal appearance. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z It is very inelegant never to be bored,—to like so many different people, ways, thoughts, things. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z This sincere, if rather inelegant tribute brought a pleased smile to Jane’s face. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z It is to this latter I shall address my remarks, rather than to the reproduction of the curious, the inelegant, or the deformed, such as an undesirable number of toes, which are impediments to utility. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z That of the early annalists, as we have already seen, was inelegant and jejune; but style came to be considered, in the progress of history, as a matter of primary importance. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z If the whole figure be either too broad or too tall; because, the first is inelegant, and the last unfeminine. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z He was fully prepared to admire his fair neighbour’s bright eyes, and at the same time enjoy the repast spread before him; it was plentiful, savoury, and far from inelegant. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Quintilian, who recognized that prose has often metrical feet that read like verse, thought it ugly and inelegant that an entire verse should appear in a prose composition. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z When angry, they said very emphatic things in inelegant language. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Though often as ungrammatical and inelegant, it was seldom the Duke was so explicit in his correspondence as he is in the above letter. Memoir of Queen Adelaide Consort of King William IV. 2011-02-07T03:00:25.780Z It is attended with a common look and an inelegant appearance. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z It does, though, expose the extent to which football is defined by inelegant phrases and cliches. Get rid! Verbal barbarisms and cliches are a barrier to success for young footballers 2011-01-31T10:00:02Z On the other hand, the habitual readers of the slang in the comic paragraph of the newspaper will talk in a careless and inelegant manner. Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School Modern Sunday School Manuals 2011-01-25T03:00:24.873Z Mr. Doctoroff said Google’s decision to air its grievances in the open was “inelegant.” 2010-01-20T04:53:00Z The politics have been inelegant - but President Obama is on the brink of a major achievement, removing a nightmare of insecurity from millions of American lives. 2010-01-19T09:11:00Z Their dress was uniform and clean, but very inelegant. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams The brims were broad, raised at the sides, and pointed over the face in a manner not inelegant. Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress But the housekeeping pride of his lady forbade so inelegant a repast. The Gay Adventure A Romance He smiled grimly, and then added with inelegant directness: "We aim to get pictures of some of those birds—for use in court later." The Tempering They said there was "some class" to Mrs. MacCaffery—and if their expression was inelegant, what they meant by it wasn't. The Night Operator Indeed his work, written in a diffuse and inelegant style, passed almost unnoticed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The hip girdle, properly used, is, however, by no means inelegant. Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress Roy hadn't given any thought to hazing, but now he concluded that, to use his own inelegant expression, he "was up against it." The Crimson Sweater This morning he sat in the anteroom of Morgan Wallifarro, ready, in the inelegant but candid parlance of his ilk, to "spit up his guts." The Tempering Jean did not know why they both made her feel so awkward, as though it were dreadfully inelegant to have one's skin tanned and hair blown by a long, glorious ride across the open country. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series Much of the so-called Bombay furniture is clumsy and inelegant in form, defects which it is suggested by experts, like Sir George Birdwood, it owes to the circumstance that the original models were Dutch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Dorothy was apt to poke, and her attitude when writing was most inelegant; but it is difficult to remember physical culture during the agonies of following a quick dictation. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days Smith walked back to the bench and Roy, moistening his mitten in the inelegant but effective manner of the ball player, trotted out to his position. The Crimson Sweater He communed with himself a moment in eloquent but inelegant language. The Black Watch A Record in Action Eguiburu was a tall, lean man, with pale and wrinkled face, small blue eyes, thinnish red hair, and very inelegant in his whole person. Maximina On the whole, however, no one would think of reading Comines for the merit, or even the quaintness of his style, nor can he be commended as a vivid, even if an inelegant describer. A Short History of French Literature It is a question, in this time of restraint, of formalism, where anything could be made plain, cut in a cumbrous fashion, rendered inelegant, it was done. English Costume And a good deal more of the same sort; for when Madge was indignant, she had an extraordinary flow of very forcible but inelegant language. The Eagle's Nest Some species, it is true, do not lend themselves gracefully to the dwarfing process, becoming clumpy and inelegant, but this charge cannot be brought against many of the Cypresses and Junipers. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens It is too forcible and inelegant for print, but it admirably illustrates the rapidity with which Radicals become perverted by travel. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal But his historical manner is exceedingly dry, as also is his style, though it is correct and not inelegant. A Short History of French Literature It is a modern edifice of enormous dimensions, and not inelegant. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. One has almost a difficulty in naming an inelegant bird. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series It has a rather gaunt, yet not inelegant habit, and assumes a somewhat tree-like form when old, being often reduced to a single stem at the base. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens By his side is his trusty page, the inelegant and insipid Malmesbury, of whom, in a passing freak, the author of “Vivian Grey” not merely made a statesman, but actually Minister for Foreign Affairs. Here and There in London To stoop to the inelegant, the ridicule "got his goat." Sube Cane Fortunately, however, a few architects existed whose more correct taste kept them within some bounds; and who, in deserting the old models, replaced them by a style, if less pure, yet by no means inelegant. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. And by this uninteresting minuteness, his style, for the greatest part, is rendered inelegant. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem According to these writers, Phaon was a good-looking young brute engaged in the not inelegant occupation of ferryman. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern These were the poorest and most inelegant people at the Center, and had somehow herded together. Helen Grant's Schooldays This, even when it does not produce confusion, is always inelegant. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) They are not in themselves inelegant, with the exception of the portion immediately rising from the old tower, and containing the bells. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. It is regarded as an inelegant word, diagonal and diagonally being preferred: though it is probable that this opinion has been caused by the abominable pronunciations catty and kitty cornered. Every-Day Errors of Speech Lasting, though inelegant, monuments these; for after twenty-five centuries have passed away, and after so many Romes have arisen and fallen above them, the cloacae of Tarquinius Priscus still remain and admirably serve their purpose. Roman Women Irregular, incongruous, and inelegant, it yet, by its very size and extent, possessed a certain air of grandeur. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day On every window was portrayed, in glaring and inelegant colours, some horrible tale or preternatural incident, so that not a ray of light could enter, untinged by the medium through which it passed. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time The finest modern lady need not disdain the arrangement of her table, which was So contrived as not to mix Tastes not well join'd, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste, upheld by kindliest change. Coelebs In Search of a Wife To say first three when there is no second three is inelegant, because superfluous; and three first is absurd, because impossible. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected It was erected in 1684, after the Great Fire, and is in the style of Inigo Jones—"not inelegant," says Ralph. Old and New London Volume I To all of which queries the response was in negatives, with certain inelegant expletives added thereto. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years His house and family are altogether in an inelegant state of elegant disorder; and with really a comfortable income, if properly managed, he is eternally in debt. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Had your mother been a woman of an uninformed, inelegant mind, virtuous and pious as she is, what abatement must there have been in the blessings of my lot! Coelebs In Search of a Wife “They returned back again to the same city from whence they came forth:” omit the italicized words, which are redundant and inelegant. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected She might be able to struggle through the piece without really breaking down, but of course she would stand awkwardly, handle her bow like a stick, and do everything else that was bad and inelegant. Camilla: A Tale of a Violin Being the Artist Life of Camilla Urso Never was there such a chance, he thinks, for clearing away the rubbish which has accumulated for generations in our clumsy, inelegant language. Noah Webster American Men of Letters On the left, and oldest of its class, was the Bonsecours Church, with its high-pitched roof, and airy, but inelegant, campanile, refulgent as if cut from some rock of diamond. The Advocate The short sack-coat and tight trousers of the foreigner are looked upon as certainly inelegant, if not actually indecent. Across Asia on a Bicycle Hither, thither, and whither, which were used formerly, are now considered stiff and inelegant. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected Men who possessed the thing were just the men to snub elegance and stun propriety by giving it an inelegant, though vitally appropriate name. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 A sudden, forcible, inelegant oath, ripped forth by the blind captain, startled the group. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story She sighed as she resumed her rocking-chair by the window, and crossed her seldom idle hands over her comfortably inelegant front. The Rustler of Wind River For if the words that proceeded from Letty's mouth were inelegant, her thoughts, whenever they dwelt on either Mr. Jessup or Herr Klutz, were invariably clothed in the tender language of sentiment. The Benefactress The other word is inelegant, and nearly obsolete. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected It is a very inelegant way of doing, as well as of speaking. What She Could It is inelegant though grammatical to say I ain't but absolutely incorrect in other persons and numbers. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses He ran a hand through his hair—an inelegant gesture for him at table—and laughed a little. The Million-Dollar Suitcase “Convinced nothing,” was the inelegant reply of his new ward. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine “He is a cute man:” this is an inelegant abbreviation of acute, and employed to mean smart. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected Maria, that is a very inelegant way of speaking. What She Could It is an inelegant word; it is an inelegant feeling. Whispering Smith Although hanging by the left crutch of the saddle, over the near side, is not only inelegant, but objectionable in many important respects, the near crutch, properly used, is a lady’s principal dependence on horseback. The Young Lady's Equestrian Manual But I imagine that some people have become accustomed to feel a repugnance to Latin writing because they have fallen in with some unpolished and inelegant treatises translated from bad Greek into worse Latin. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero The sculptor probably found the straight line of the hair inelegant. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. A very trifling and yet important thing that every woman should know is that it is exceedingly inelegant in rising from a chair to raise herself by pressure on the arms. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society I am obliged to confess it, these two inelegant objects on a very elegant piece of furniture are the hero and heroine of my story. Donald and Dorothy ‘Tastes not well joined, inelegant,’ as our Paradisian bard directs Eve, when dressing a sallet for her angelical guest, in Milton’s Paradise Lost.” The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual The so-called representative of women lost his temper, and gave vent to some inelegant expletives, for which he was promptly reprimanded by the chair. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III "This little girl, I understand, then, is awkward and inelegant?" Nobody So far from this fashion giving them, as might be supposed, a dowdy appearance, it is not inelegant when the garment is gracefully arranged. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. It will be inelegant, but it will be orderly and clean. Home Life in Germany The general style of building offers little to admire; the houses being for the most part flat-fronted, monotonous, and graceless, without any species of architectural decoration to relieve their inelegant uniformity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 It was an old-fashioned prayer, such as the girl had never heard from the Bishop's lips; ungrammatical, inelegant, and long. Moods It was a most inelegant attitude, and peculiarly exasperating to Mrs. Caldwell. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius But against this indefinite, vitreous background the opaque white uric cells stand out distinctly in their myriads; and the effect of this stippling is a sketchy but by no means inelegant costume. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles They can only jerk their heads and grin, an inelegant proceeding, which places them at a disadvantage with the fair sex. The Rough Road When he had taken sufficient time to study her character, he decided that the inelegant mirth, and ungoverned vanity of Amaranthé were preferable to the dawdling insipidity of Claribel. The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale Why, then, should man dislike it that his anatomy without flesh is inelegant? Gilbert Keith Chesterton “Same here,” chimed in Herb Fennington, sprawled out in a fashion which if certainly inelegant was quite as certainly comfortable. The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room Moreover, though possessing no great elegance, they are not inelegant; though it is difficult to forget how differently Bacon and Browne treated not dissimilar subjects at much the same time. A History of Elizabethan Literature Oliver poured himself out a glass of port and filled his pipe—an inelegant proceeding of which Doggie disapproved. The Rough Road The handkerchief looked inelegant, if you like, but it would have prevented me this trouble. Major Frank No one starved in the public ways, and no rags, no costume less sanitary and sufficient than the Labour Company's hygienic but inelegant blue canvas, pained the eye throughout the whole world. Tales of Space and Time "I have often slept two in a bed," the suave but inelegant Napoleon was heard to say at a subsequent meeting, "but never three." The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) Young, tall and fair-haired, there is nothing to suggest that he will ever have that inelegant paunch which prevented the father, even in his loftiest moments of moral indignation, from being dignified. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia The trees were lopped into proper shape, cut down where their presence seemed inelegant, planted to complete the symmetry of a group. The Hero In a few brief remarks, inelegant but expressive, the guide outlined his intentions of taking measures which would utterly eliminate the physical energy of the other. The Associate Hermits In the lofty, spacious, and by no means inelegant middle apartment of the house, a little table stood spread, looking exceeding diminutive in contrast with the wide area and high ceiling of the room. The Old Helmet, Volume II The wood of which they were made had, however, come to be of a soft brown colour, through the influence of time, and the form was not inelegant. A Red Wallflower The other apartments of the palace are small and inelegant. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests I wish——" Milt made a toothpick out of a match, decided that toothpicks were inelegant in his tragic mood, and longed: "Never did see her among her own kind of folks till now. Free Air "Don't get your tiller-lines snarled, and bring your 'nose-warmer'"—by which inelegant term she referred to the megaphone which, when they were really trying for speed was strapped to the coxswain's head. Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers Possibly a good deal of this was rumor rather than fact: an uncharitable interpretation of pleasures which were inelegant, certainly, but possibly not quite vicious. Children of the Desert Her habits are bustling, her air is mock-important, and her manners very inelegant.” Anna Seward and Classic Lichfield "Only it is a very inelegant expression, as Miss Wiggins says." Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success It is said, the expression will be poor, inelegant, inaccurate, and offensive to hearers of taste. Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching As with all other laces, the introduction of machinery killed the industry as an art, and the only Blonde laces now made are by machine, and are quite inartistic and inelegant. Chats on Old Lace and Needlework Sanders said nothing, though he winced at the inelegant description of his people, and the three evangelists went back to their huts, which had been built for their use by the Akasava chief. The Keepers of the King's Peace One of the French dressmakers, hurrying from the palace, stood stock still in surprise at seeing so inelegant an equipage in the street of magnificent 'Louisbourg.' A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Rather intimate, I say—well, very intimate, rather! would be a clear expression, if a trifle inelegant. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly He sat on in the ordinary inelegant position which Indians maintain round a council fire, deliberately smoking a pipe of tobacco which the captain had presented to him. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting An occasional whale is seen blowing in the distance, and many grampuses come rolling about the ship,—most inelegant brutes, some three or four times the size of a porpoise. A Boy's Voyage Round the World This cannot be said of his most inelegant "Valse Élégante," or of his numerous dances, except, perhaps, his "Valse Caprice." Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions I verily believe Madame Friedrich de Grävenitz prefers peasant German to our own speech, and at court no word of that inelegant language could be tolerated.' A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Shall we, like domestic, inelegant Fowls, As unpolish’d as Geese, and as stupid as Owls, Sit tamely at home, hum-drum with our Spouses, While Crickets and Butterflies open their houses? The Peacock 'At Home' AND The Butterfly's Ball AND The Fancy Fair Curious persons, indeed, making a collection of the faults and errors and solecisms, not of lines or poems but of people's lives, render their memory a most inelegant and unlovely register of dark deeds. Plutarch's Morals Shall we, like domestic, inelegant Fowls, As unpolished as Geese, and as stupid as Owls, Sit tamely at home, hum drum with our Spouses, While Crickets and Butterflies open their houses? The Peacock 'At Home:' A Sequel to the Butterfly's Ball Though worse than inelegant, and partially unintelligible, it was plain enough that what he wanted was there if he went for it, and he had replied that Pinkey might look for him shortly in Prouty. The Dude Wrangler To use a phrase graphic if inelegant, he jumped on Conkling with both feet and literally tore him to pieces without any attempt at dignity. Fifty Years of Public Service After tinning, the surfaces are laid together and heated so as to "sweat" them together; the phrase, though inelegant, is expressive. On Laboratory Arts I suppose he owns the show—his wife follows, a very black thing, a Madrassee, to judge by her not very white and inelegant hangings. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah An excessive regard for disused metaphor savours of pedantry: disregard is inelegant. How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition Some of the Greek words are frankly plebeian, such as a foreigner would pick up without realizing that they were inelegant. The Books of the New Testament The use of this word in the sense of determined is not only inelegant but indefensible. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. The latter implies fully as great lack of knowledge of social usage, and, in addition, conduct which is primitive and perchance inelegant. Stanford Achievement Test, Ed. 1922 Advanced Examination, Form A, for Grades 4-8 Sturdy black and hairy scamps the Irish—never German boor so inelegant—but venomous in their courage! John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn He made a few Violins, large Stradivarius form, sound-holes straight and inelegant. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators In this somewhat inelegant form, Stair expressed what was the truth. Patsy This word, when used as a substantive, may at the best be accounted an inelegant abbreviation of luncheon. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. With a desperate effort he got her on his knee; with an inelegant hitch he sent her across his shoulder, where she hung like a limp bolster, as he made for the fence. Post Haste I know that sounds very inelegant, but it expresses my idea perfectly. Prudence Says So Sigonius, a learned and well-known scholar, would never marry, and alleged no inelegant reason; "Minerva and Venus could not live together." Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 At sunset, Monsieur Manuel returned, led us into another apartment, where a not inelegant dinner was served up to us. Rattlin the Reefer At table, we ask for and offer beef, mutton, veal, steak, turkey, duck, etc., and do not ask for nor offer meat, which, to say the least, is inelegant. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. His movements and carriage were not inelegant, but there was a certain retinue wanting. The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook It is somewhat in appearance like an overgrown gondola—very picturesque, and not altogether inelegant. Mark Seaworth But, "though the dinner might be careless and inelegant, and the servants awkward and too few," the talk was always pleasant, and no invitations to dine were more eagerly accepted than his. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 A couple of inches added to the bonnet itself would serve the end; but this would give a regular and not inelegant protection. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852 But you are too old for such inelegant positions. More about Pixie “Skriggles” was an inelegant but descriptive title for her most becoming coiffure, which she had already decided must be adopted for the first eventful evening at the Court. The Fortunes of the Farrells Cornelia had tossed her hat on the ground and clasped her hands round her knees in comfortable, inelegant position. Flaming June The design of the east window is inelegant, the transom is heavy, and the tracery in the large circle at the top spoils the effect of the window as a whole. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See At first glance, such things seem rather disagreeable, common, and inelegant. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852 The stones laid in the underpinning may be coarse and inelegant, but, even so, each such stone perpetuates itself in silent echo clear up through to the finial. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune For the American professional seeker after the night romance of Paris, the French have a phrase which, be it soever inelegant, retains still a brilliant verity. Europe After 8:15 In fact, the expression is so homely and natural that his grandson, William Temple Franklin, in editing the work changed some of the phrases because he thought them inelegant and vulgar. Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin The word "from" was superfluous, ungrammatical, and inelegant, according to Ireland, and, accordingly, it was not in Kirk's edition. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Concise without abruptness—without extraordinary stress, always clear and forcible; if sparing of ornament, never inelegant. Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) There was not a tennis court in the town; physical exercise was thought rather inelegant for the daughters of well-to-do families. My Ántonia Indeed, so unconventional, so crude, shaggy, utterly inelegant, are Moussorgsky's scores, that they offend in polite musical circles even to-day. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Breck with his heavy features, black hair brushed straight back, eyes half-closed as if he was always riding in a fifty-mile gale, deep guffaw of a laugh, and inelegant speech does not resemble his mother. The Fifth Wheel A Novel Though the style is antiquated, it is not inelegant. New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words They are inelegant; but they have a careless, natural air, like letters hastily written between familiar friends. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. To say the least, this is inelegant, and the affectations proceed— "From vases in the hall Flowers of all heavens, and lovelier than their names, Grew side by side." Early Reviews of English Poets Morose as I am in judging of poetry, I could find nothing inelegant in the whole piece. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Goodnatured, though rather inelegant, jokes and jests are howled at the bride, who coyly conceals herself behind a neighbor, and at the bridegroom, who does not seem at all abashed. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir The dance was performed by men, mostly in imitation of the women, and was also of the usual inelegant and indelicate description. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government The sonnets are inelegant; insomuch that both Brantome and Bonsard, who knew Queen Mary's style, were assured, when they saw them, that they could not be of her composition. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. I am sensible that my taste in music must be inelegant and vulgar, because people of undisputed and cultivated taste can find no merit in my favourite tunes. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Reducing this to Fig I., we should get for the minor premise, Some Greek was Socrates: which is certainly inelegant. Logic Deductive and Inductive The apparatus of Indian synthesis was cumbersome and perhaps inelegant, but it was nicely adjusted to its work. The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages Upon Kitty’s return from boarding-school, “she could neither read, nor sew, nor write grammatically, dancing stiff and awkward, her musick inelegant, and everything she did bordered strongly on affectation.” Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book The head is gently turned aside, as well as inclined: the mouth is very beautiful, and has an uncommon sweetness of expression: the hair, behind, is singular but not inelegant. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three For a lady to run across the street to avoid an approaching carriage is inelegant and also dangerous. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society Spelling is not appropriate or inappropriate, elegant or inelegant; it is right or wrong. Certain Personal Matters The steady stream of inelegant English helped to ease the torture of his mind. The Parts Men Play Resolve that you will never use an incorrect, an inelegant, or a vulgar phrase or word, in any society whatever. Talks on Talking Jill sat labouring with her needle upon a dainty tea-cloth, pausing now and again to hold a whispered and one-sided conversation with Nobby, who lay at inelegant ease supine between us. Berry And Co. "Humph!" she said with a little inelegant sniff; she looked at her friend. The Second Honeymoon For some days there was an interregnum, and a coal-scuttle from downstairs—a black unstable thing on flat foot and with a vast foolish nether lip—did its duty with inelegant faithfulness. Certain Personal Matters In the inelegant phrasing of the day, me for the cellars! Hearts and Masks The latter are in general heavy and inelegant. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two One for whom Molière is too eccentric, grotesque, inelegant, was not likely to do much justice to the mightiest but most irregular of all dramatists. Critical Miscellanies (Vol 2 of 3) Essay 1: Vauvenargues His style is inelegant and incorrect, harsh and petulant to his adversary, and his reasoning flimsy enough. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 There is just one right way of spelling, and all others are held to be not simply inelegant or undesirable, but wrong; and unorthodox spelling, like original morality, goes hand in hand with shame. Certain Personal Matters May this last acknowledgment appease all those critics whose hair is made to stand on end by my inelegant mode of writing. Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances But Priests like the showman in question, answer, in language less inelegant to be sure, but substantially the same, 'Vichever you please, my little dears, it makes no difference votsomnever.' An Apology for Atheism Addressed to Religious Investigators of Every Denomination by One of Its Apostles But until you do this—until you demonstrate that his proceedings are essentially inconvenient or inelegant, essentially irrational, unjust, or ungenerous, he will persevere. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library Besides these French ladies, there was a Miss McC——, a very delicate, elegant-looking Irishwoman, and a Miss ——, who, in spite of her noble name, was a coarse and inelegant, but very handsome Englishwoman. Records of a Girlhood But a dainty little cupboard can no more entertain black coal and inelegant firewood and keep its daintiness than a mind can entertain black thoughts and yet be sweet. Certain Personal Matters Their dress, upon the whole, is convenient, and would, by no means be inelegant, were it kept clean. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order, so contrived, as not to mix Tastes, not well join'd, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change. What Great Men Have Said About Women Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 77 The O'Keeffe convoyed her across the two Channels, and took the opportunity of visiting a "variety" theatre in Montmartre, where he was delighted to find John Bull and his inelegant womenkind so faithfully delineated. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Tacitus tells us that she continually reproved Nero for his simple customs, his inelegant manners, and his rude tastes. The Women of the Caesars His style is "abrupt, uneven, inelegant," but also poetical, figurative and abounding in metaphors. The Bible Book by Book A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books Gold is found in beads, ear-rings, and other ornaments, which are in some instances of a fashion that is not inelegant. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. It was the dining-parlour, but a pretty room still; for Lady Verner would have nothing about her inelegant or ugly, if she could help it. Verner's Pride This inelegant jeu de theatre is severely ridiculed in the "Rehearsal." The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 Still, we would hope, that, as relics of the past rescued from the oblivion to which they were inevitably hastening, they are not either an uninteresting or inelegant addition to the literature of our country. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 His style is neat, yet animated; concise, yet clear; familiar, yet seldom inelegant. A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements They have likewise a strong taste for music, and even compose verses, which, though rude and inelegant, possess much pleasing native simplicity, often more interesting than the laboured compositions of cultivated poets. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time In the woody district of the Orinoco, on the dreary banks of the Cassiquiare, I heard the natives in the Mission of Vasiva use terms still more inelegant than the German 'star snuff.' COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 He saw before him a nervous, frowning girl in inelegant black, and Miss Ingate with a curious look in her eyes and a sardonic and timid twitching of her lips. The Lion's Share His simple and primitive views of life—as natural as the instinct which governs all creatures in his God-cultivated world—were now unrefined, ignoble, inelegant. When A Man's A Man In this indiscriminate world there was no illuminating criticism, nothing but small talk, elegant or inelegant. Là-bas Meanwhile we must avail ourselves with thankfulness of the nervous though inelegant copy of that original, which the Latin translation affords; imperfect and corrupt in many parts, as that copy evidently is. Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary This sentence, though rendered inelegant by a bad choice of words, is strictly grammatical. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures All of which was inelegant, unladylike, and nonsensical. Kitty Trenire They spent a whole day in Portland—spent, also, a deal of money there replenishing an utterly exhausted galley—and then, to use Perry's inelegant phrase, "bummed around" Casco Bay for three days more. The Adventure Club Afloat "If you will permit the use of so inelegant an expression, I was 'fired.'" No. 13 Washington Square "What?" cried Mrs. Hastings in two inelegant syllables, on the second of which her uncontrollable voice rose. Romance Island When one of the two negatives employed is joined to another word, it forms a pleasing and delicate variety of expression; as, "His language, though inelegant, is not ungrammatical;" that is, it is grammatical. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures When ornamented and wrought in patterns with dyed quills, I can assure you, they are by no means inelegant. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America In the inelegant but expressive phraseology of Perry, "she was a rip-snorting corker of a boat." The Adventure Club Afloat Can any of your correspondents obligingly inform me to whom these not inelegant or unclassical lines are to be attributed? Notes and Queries, Number 14, February 2, 1850 I tried to have a plate made, and they showed me a wireless apparatus for flashing from the doorstep the name of the visitor—an electrical entrance which Mr. Hastings would have considered most inelegant. Romance Island After this, few find any time to arrange, and make use of, the mass of elementary knowledge they have acquired; and fewer still have either leisure or taste for the inelegant, every-day duties of life. The American Frugal Housewife I was agreeably surprised by the appearance of this exquisite little creature; the pictures I had seen giving it a most inelegant and batlike look, almost disgusting. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America This suit, though rich, is of late and inelegant form, as may be seen by observing the breast and the treatment of the feet. Authorised Guide to the Tower of London She read a great deal, used phonetic spelling, called her husband, not Dmitri, but Dimitri, and he secretly considered her unintelligent, narrow, inelegant, was afraid of her, and did not like to be at home. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories His sot is merely a broad sounding of sat, no more inelegant than the common got for gat, which he further degrades into gut. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell Antonyms: homely, ugly, repulsive, unlovely, hideous, uncomely, inelegant. beautify, v. embellish, adorn, grace, garnish. beauty, n. loveliness, fairness, elegance, comeliness, pulchritude, grace, exquisiteness, charm, attraction. Putnam's Word Book On Sabbath days he finds the church, but mourns the fact that he must worship with so many of the inelegant, and says, "They are perfectly awful!" The Abominations of Modern Society The patient was a tall, stiff, fair man of about thirty, with a tousled head and inelegant but durable clothing. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories It is easy to read in this illustration the parable of death destroying a fruitful vine, and as a picture it is not inelegant. In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious Where I come from folks don't step so lively as they do up here, and old Colonel Tayloes, he used to say there ain't nothin' so inelegant as hurry, lessen 'tis worry. The Man in Lonely Land The exterior is plain and offers nothing remarkable: the interior retains statues of various saints, which, though not very ancient or in very good taste, are still far from being inelegant. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 People smiled, not unkindly, when they mentioned Mrs. Errol, a good sort, they said; but, like many another woman of inelegant exterior, how good a sort only her Maker knew. The Knave of Diamonds Her dress was plain, but not inelegant; and altogether she had a neat and engaging appearance. The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney It was evidently not the work of a novice; it was as much out of place in this obscure and inelegant domicil, as a diamond set in filigree, or a rose among pigweed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 Mother says a loud voice is so inelegant. The Man in Lonely Land Seeing how well this plan worked, two gentlemen of inelegant leisure, and at least one pickpocket, provided themselves with rolls of paper and pencils, and, giving the password, were admitted. Round the Block Wipe your lips before and after drinking, and do not breathe too loudly then or at any other time, for that is very inelegant. 100th. George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway The Court, it must be remembered, was more than half French in its general character and tone, and every Frenchman of that day habitually sneered at every Englishman as dull and inelegant. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Cossar was a large-bodied man with gaunt inelegant limbs casually placed at convenient corners of his body, and a face like a carving abandoned at an early stage as altogether too unpromising for completion. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth From his works he selects several instances of harsh, inelegant, and even inaccurate diction. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author A few, and those inelegant, terminate with a preposition; as, unlooked-for, long-looked-for, unthought-of, unheard-of. The Grammar of English Grammars They were not inelegant even, though it was not usual, in that period of the republic, to fit up vessels with a magnificence little short of royal yachts, as is done at present. The Crater His style was, in fact, much beneath his station: it was inelegant, destitute of force, and even occasionally incorrect. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 535, February 25, 1832 "Go on with it!" cried Cossar, convulsed with inelegant astonishment and pitching his note higher than ever. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth We doubt whether the "Autocrat" has ever read with proper attention any of our own modest, but not, we hope, inelegant effusions. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 This inelegant alteration makes as a nominative dependent on was. The Grammar of English Grammars As a result of this night of horror, Antwerp, to use an inelegant but descriptive expression, developed a violent case of the jim-jams. Fighting in Flanders "Have I referred, Sir," said I, "to the inelegant coin you name?" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Below, Mrs. Skinner, inelegant but resolute, had involved herself curiously with Wilmerding's stile. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth Though misplaced, its form is not in itself inelegant, while its architecture and mechanism are extremely ingenious, and deserve minute examination. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829 His pathetic, and not inelegant, complaint may be read as the epitaph of his country. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Usually derogatory, implying that the original was being overextended and should have been thrown away, and the new product is ugly, inelegant, or bloated. The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 He arose in the seat, applied his thumb to his nose, and vigorously and vivaciously waggled his outspread fingers at Cleggett in a gesture, derisive and inelegant, that is older than the pyramids. The Cruise of the Jasper B. And what he stole he ate with an inelegant voracity. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth On the other hand, expressions that once were not considered inelegant are looked at askance in the period following. Ponkapog Papers He had stopped drinking, had "cut out the women," had made a beginning toward a less inelegant way of speaking the language. The Conflict There was not a tennis-court in the town; physical exercise was thought rather inelegant for the daughters of well-to-do families. My Antonia The priest had only watched for a few more minutes the absurd but not inelegant dance of the amateur harlequin over his splendidly unconscious foe. The Innocence of Father Brown Then the great lady herself became visible, in a hat and mantle disdainfully inelegant, peering through her glasses. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth It is not, however, without faults; some lines are inelegant or improper, and too many are irreligiously licentious. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Thanks to my famished state I was in no mood to criticise his efforts, which he presently set forth upon the rough deal table in a hearty but quite inelegant manner. Ruggles of Red Gap |
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