| 单词 | insipid |
| 例句 | Her complexion was a faint pink, and her eyes were a light blue, and although she gave an overall impression of paleness and delicacy, her alert expression and mobile features saved her from looking insipid. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She weighed the plum in her hand, and for just a moment it seemed to represent everything she wasn’t—or perhaps every sweet, insipid thing she was. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “About the soup being insipid, or hell being interesting?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z By day she embroidered, read, or painted insipid watercolors around the house, under Nana’s approving glance, now that she could finally sleep in peace. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t put one more bite of this insipid mush into my mouth.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The sarcasm that had repelled, the harshness that had startled me once, were only like keen condiments in a choice dish: their presence was pungent, but their absence would be felt as comparatively insipid. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was cold outside, and dark, and a leaky, insipid mist lay swollen in the air and trickled down the large, unpolished stone blocks of the houses and the pedestals of monuments. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z This seems to placate her for the moment and I tell the same story to Elizabeth, with a few more details to Hilly, pinching my arm to bear her insipid smile. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When we woke in the morning, the rain had stopped, though the world was still insipid and dreary, and water was dripping from the trees. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z In 1905, Edward Elgar, a fervent admirer of German music, described the British music scene as ‘vulgar, mediocre, chaotic and insipid’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But why did the people I met, whether well or ill disposed towards me, also seem insipid? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She was not of so ungovernable a temper as Lydia; and, removed from the influence of Lydia’s example, she became, by proper attention and management, less irritable, less ignorant, and less insipid. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z They were dolls dressed up, insipid in blue and white, pious and lifeless. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The result is prose that is bland and insipid, something I, and I'm sure others are with me on this, find truly infuriating. Theodore Boone: The Accused by John Grisham - review 2012-08-30T14:00:00Z “Darker” is markedly less self-aware, and Anastasia — now a budding book editor — is a far more passive, insipid figure than in the first film. Women almost never direct big movies. ‘Fifty Shades’ shows why that matters. 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Look at the relative success of “The Masked Singer,” a concept that is fundamentally insipid. Bring the joy: Watch "The World's Best" and "Busy Tonight" for a shot of comfort 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Or maybe you’d rather spend 90 euros for a filthy Bécassine doll, or a third of that for an enamel kitchen canister that says “Chicorée” and is patterned with wallpaper stripes and insipid little flowers. T Magazine: Pigs and a Blanket 2011-09-29T14:00:20Z I'm glad I could visit Lyon and Munich before you could point out places there for insipid Instagram posting! 52 Places to Go in 2019 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z In the ensuing years, there were twenty-eight domestic and two American follow-ups, ranging in quality from the inspired to the insipid, often in the very same film. Godzilla Returns to Japan 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z It's a fine line between charming and insipid, and 18th century French painters crossed it all the time. La Vie en Rose 2010-02-18T17:35:00Z On one hand, the Tarzan legacy ends up with such insipid fare as the Disney movie: on the other, he is still a touchstone for cult writers. Tarzan at 100: lord of the superheroes 2012-06-08T13:13:36Z “Mornings in the office like an insipid overture that led into lazy evenings of crosswords and coffees.” Review | In ‘The Heart and Other Viscera,’ Félix J. Palma turns mundane moments into spellbinding tales 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Soave has been typecast as an insipid Italian white, fine for drinking icy cold to quench thirst but with little more to offer. 20 Under $20: Beckoning Bottles in the Dead of Winter 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z But of course one person’s insipid junk — whether books, movies, TV shows or games — is another’s masterpiece. Critic?s Notebook: The Court Has Ruled; Now Games Have a Duty 2011-06-28T22:04:38Z The worst thing in children’s films—and the curse of the Pixar universe—is insipid virtue. The Curse of the Pixar Universe 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z In my adolescence, Dylan was on the AM radio, which, with the exception of Motown, the Beatles, the Stones, and the Byrds, who were covering Dylan songs, mostly played music that was insipid. Our Favorite Dylan Lyrics 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Jackson's music, if not his reputation, truly was invincible: Even as critics panned the album as "insipid," it shot to the #1 slot on Billboard its first week in November. 10 year time capsule: When Michael Jackson spoke out about abuse 2011-03-08T15:32:00Z Boiling doesn’t always do them justice, often leaving them mushy and insipid — even boring. The Crunchiest, Creamiest, Tangiest Brussels Sprouts 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z The other reason exists in that far more complicated, grayer area outside the heteronormative, cisgender comfort zone in this, the year of insipid bathroom laws and other shoddily manufactured phobias. Better-than-ever ‘Transparent’ transitions into a study of American Jewish-ness 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z In his travel memoir “The Gentleman in the Parlor,” he reviled the city’s “dense traffic,” its “ceaseless din,” its “insipid” cuisine and “sordid” houses. Bangkok’s River of Kings 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The resounding answer is no, judging by this insipid recording of bonbons from the silver screen. Classical Playlist: Sting, Dvorak, Monteverdi Choir and More 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z One of them was the narrator in a recent New Yorker “Shouts & Murmurs” column with a list of insipid demands for the administration of the Shower of Blessings Junior Bible College. What is Paul Rudnick Doing Writing Young Adult Fiction? 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z A year and a half into her father’s Presidency, Ivanka’s representation of the interests of working mothers has been, at best, insipid. Ali Wong’s Comedy, Ivanka Trump’s Instagram, and the Rights of Mothers 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z And then there was that master class in comic timing, the Nairobi Trio: three expressionless gorillas in long coats playing Robert Maxwell’s “Solfeggio,” an insipid tune that, to slow-burn frustration, invariably involved drumstick-to-cranium percussion. That Kovacs Touch: Comedy?s Lunatic Fringe 2011-05-06T23:24:49Z It was also in part a racial movement: "funky," an old negro term for "smelly," came to stand for anything that was earthy, basic and unpretentious, as opposed to the white stereotype of insipid complexity. Profile of jazz maestro Herbie Hancock: From the archive, 12 Feb 1975 2013-02-12T07:00:00Z To anyone who doubts that there are hidden layers to Ryder’s occasionally insipid persona, her performance in Martin Scorsese’s poised period drama is as robust a corrective as could be hoped for. Heathers is back – but is it Winona Ryder's best film? Her top 20, ranked! 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z I found a few mousy bottles in this batch and did not include them among the 12 bottles, just as I would not recommend unbalanced or insipid wines, flaws more typical of mainstream labels. 12 Natural Wines to Drink Now 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z We assumed an otherwise good restaurant was having an off day, but it was just the first of many insipid sips we would be served at a variety of places. How to find a great cup of coffee in Charleston, S.C. — or wherever you go 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z “The cheese is gummy, the sauce insipid, the breading dissolved into library paste a long time ago,” Brown says, pushing the cutlet around on the plate. Alton Brown's delightfully nerdy, utterly satisfying "Good Eats" is back — and not a moment too soon 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z In reality it's clear who Noël Coward finds the more disgusting: the insipid Sibyl and Amanda's new husband, the decent but awfully dull Victor. Private Lives – review 2013-07-04T11:35:00Z Good god already seeing the insipid performative outrage at the Roald Dahl estate approving changes to his books, his estate approved this, nobody forced them. Salman Rushdie calls revisions to Roald Dahl books ‘absurd censorship’ 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z "They were not reduced to being insipid or kooky," said Churchwell. Why no future Hollywood star could ever match Lauren Bacall's allure 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z But Ms. ReMalia’s myriad layered moments amount to little, and the elements, taken together, are more insipid than bounteously askew. Bebe Miller Introduces Two Choreographers in Gibney Series 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z The current battle, insipid in most of its dimensions, over patriotism in America is a struggle to interpret the American flag, dream and idea. Who owns patriotism, the left or the right? American artists know the answer 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z This results in an insipid discussion in which Chloe and Izaak argue that the death of Robert Plant’s son was necessary because it led him to write Led Zeppelin’s “All My Love.” ‘The Idol’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap: Tedros Has Notes 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z In the end, Franco says his character, Dave Skylark, who hosts an insipid celebrity talk show, is equally the butt of the joke in the film as Kim. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg like that Kim Jong Un doesn't get the joke "How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart" has Wallace, a junior tennis prodigy himself, pondering the complex nature of sporting genius, having just read Austin's insipid, cliché-ridden autobiography. Sue Arnold's audiobook choice – reviews 2012-09-28T21:45:04Z Quotations from professional athletes and team executives are usually insipid, vapid and cliched, and we have come to expect that, even to demand it. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Guess what? Newspapers have published fake news for ages. 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z For many consumers, Riesling remains saddled with that stigma, a vestige of the insipid, sugary Blue Nun and Black Tower wines from Germany that flooded the market in the 1970s and their cloying American counterparts. Riesling, way beyond sweet Godfrey, meanwhile, works in an agency called the Department of Unclaimed Goods, which is as insipid as its name implies. Review: ‘The Future for Curious People’ by Gregory Sherl Even The Notebook’s writer, Nicholas Sparks, knew that there wasn’t much to Noah, the romantically deranged, mansion-restoring, beard-growing war veteran in this insipid tearjerker. Ryan Gosling movies – ranked! 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Still, she told me, she considered the cultural atmosphere of her youth insipid. The Widow of a Nobel-Winning Chinese Dissident Rebuilds Her Career as an Artist 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z The insipid pop music that cues emotional moments is annoying, but the writing isn’t. | 'Rookie Blue': Missy Peregrym Plays a Sexy New Cop on ABC 2010-06-24T00:03:00Z This energetic family movie, about a pod of whales trapped in Alaskan ice, is less insipid than it looks. Big Miracle: A Slice of 80s Nostalgia, With a Side of Whale 2012-02-02T17:37:40Z Will the groundbreaking animation studio, who managed such an impressive run over the four years between Ratatouille and Toy Story 3, now slink into mediocre middle age with a slew of insipid sequels? Pixar's new films: dinosaurs, Muppets and the human mind 2011-08-22T13:10:59Z It’s an insipid march to that grisly prom. ‘Carrie’ draws too little blood It would deserve sympathy if it weren't so shamelessly insipid. Songs with telephones, teeth and Tiesto 2010-03-17T16:24:00Z Anjou, in France’s Loire Valley, is known for light, insipid reds or rosés. A fantastic French red for just $15 a bottle 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, it was torpedoed by Ridley Scott in favour of Alien: Covenant, his own bland sequel to the insipid Prometheus. Where will Hollywood's search for authenticity end? 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z However, it should be emphasized that although the overall feeling in the house is indeed soft, the effect is certainly not insipid. A Free Hand 2010-11-01T04:00:00Z The insipid Aussie guy got by far the fewest. Big Brother; Father & Son; Dispatches; Luther 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z “Life was insipid and boring for those who didn’t know the underground,” he says. ‘Endgame’ — a Turkish seaside noir by Ahmet Altan 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z If you are a sports fan, as I am, and also a sentient human being, as at least a few of my readers are, you are aware of the stunningly insipid nature of sports interviews. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: When it comes to sports interviews, don’t be such a silly ask 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Maligned as soulless, insipid, ignorable, tasteful as paste, few sounds are as instantly reviled as the genre of “smooth jazz.” Perspective | 2021 was the year smooth jazz gave us some serenity 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Many may still prefer well-done fillet steaks, soggy carrots and insipid beans, but then there’s no accounting for taste, is there? Seven ways you're ruining your food, and why knife skills are life skills | Adam Liaw 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Wildhorn was last on Broadway this spring with "Wonderland," an updated telling of "Alice in Wonderland" that had some good songs but came with a book that was, at best, insipid. 'Bonnie & Clyde' has murderous leads, killer songs 2011-12-02T23:27:18Z The song is a rather insipid one, “The Blues Are Brewing,” but Holiday and Armstrong are inspired—and the images offer an apt inspiration to complement them. Cultural Clicks: Benjamin Britten, Billie Holiday, and Bill Murray 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z The photo looks like an insipid 3 day old bleached flour industrial bakery item. Paratha That’s Easy, Versatile and Burnished With Butter 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Nevers from above is “city skyscrapers transformed into innocent children’s building blocks”; Professor Q spends his days “dumping dry, insipid words into research-paper-shaped molds.” ‘Owlish’ Is a Darkly Fantastical Parable About Totalitarianism 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Guinevere gets to her father just in time to insipid him to death. Camelot: episode six 2011-07-10T21:09:00Z What kind of a bland, insipid question is that?’ Big mouth strikes (once) again 2010-09-03T20:30:00Z In this sense, art is the opposite of popular entertainment, which becomes more insipid with greater familiarity. How to view art: Be dead serious about it, but don’t expect too much To follow up childbirth with a "trivial trinket" seems "very shallow, stupid and insipid," Loen said. Push presents for mom: easy bling or heartfelt? 2011-06-20T17:33:09Z Under Sarah Hicks’s insipid conducting — merely accurate but not communicative — the playing wasn’t that great or exciting. Concert designed to blend best of pop and classical offers neither 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Instead, what I heard veered closer to sophomoric and insipid. Review: ‘The Present’: Even in Russia, It’s Hard to Turn 40 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z These 20 rosés, all under $20 a bottle, are far from the insipid rosés that clothe a little fruit and sweetness in chic pink. 20 Wines Under $20: The Savory Side of Rosé 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Their budding relationship is depicted in a montage so insipid one's eyes might glaze over. "Where the Crawdads Sing" is a stupefyingly bad adaptation of spoon-fed melodrama 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z As far as the political dark arts are concerned, this was relatively insipid fare and may have entirely missed the mark. ‘You didn’t hear this from me, but . . . ’: Why South Carolina primary politics are so dirty. 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z You've got flat form, hair that is not hair at all but is simply an opaque layer of dull and insipid paint. Chinese gold 2013-03-20T18:07:48Z But the beauty of Ms. Hadid’s design stems partly from the skill with which she knits her forms into this insipid context. Architecture Review: Chinese Gem That Elevates Its Setting 2011-07-05T21:43:47Z It’s a perfect medium for recording the insipid mundanities of daily life, which is to say, it’s the perfect medium for recording what you’re having for dinner. The Many Lives of Roberto, a Soup 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Instead of thinking of the possibilities of “the boundless art,” writers “were satisfied to keep the characters moving through a thin plot, insipid in conception, and pathetic in sentiment.” Lois Weber, Eloquent Filmmaker of the Silent Screen 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The new book also devotes more attention to watermelons, fruits way beyond the insipid seedless types you might buy. Perspective | The melon still wraps its tendrils around seed guru Amy Goldman 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Clara – despite being herself perhaps the only character in the history of the show who could rival this new Doctor for insipidity – thought he was insipid. TV Review: 'Doctor Who' Episode 801, 'Deep Breath' -- A Heroic Failure 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z Their old tracks are lovely, drenched in harmony, pop and blissed-out psych interludes, but next to the new songs they sound almost insipid, or perhaps just overheard. Cloud Control at Vivid Live 2013 - review 2013-06-01T05:26:00Z Even more insipid was Milan Misko’s stab at humor in “This, That or the Other.” Dance Review: Take Dance and Pulse at Merce Cunningham Dance Studios - Review 2011-12-18T22:33:43Z Most of all it is maple’s flavor that bothers me, even in its most artisanally correct form, as compared to the even more insipid Log Cabin. Perspective | What do I hate about maple syrup? Basically everything. 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z But so long as these wines are not insipid, shouldn’t we value them more highly? A Wine Worth Waiting For 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z To actually gain insight into the rhetorical gifts of the current president, along with the insipid ramblings the Republican nominee for president, Americans should turn to the written word. Communicator-in-chief: Where Obama’s rhetoric illuminated a complex world, Trump’s deceptive dialect dumbs down 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z They were very successful within the current Broadway trend of making insipid, boring, un-creative and overproduced versions of classic movies. Review: ‘A Christmas Story Live!’ Wasn’t Lively Enough 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z If you try to do that, it becomes insipid, unsubstantiated, and usually, little more than promotion. Secret Intelligence: Time to Draw the Line Against Spoiler Paranoia 2013-07-31T14:28:08Z Unlike the insipid text that most video games ask players to plow through, these readings are routinely engaging, clever and thought-provoking. The Talos Principle Prompts Thinking Beyond Virtual World 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z I have been known in the past to take against books because I can't stand a character – I know I shouldn't – but it's usually because they're too insipid. Are you reading novels to make new friends? 2013-05-03T15:24:48Z Back then, American beer culture was dominated by the insipid lagers of the big brewers. Brown Ales May Be Unfashionable, but the Style Is Timeless 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z I have found that you can put insipid tomatoes, sliced, on a baking tray for an hour or more in the oven on a low heat, and the flavor will intensify agreeably. Surveying the garden after a soggy summer 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The Bridcut report said technological and social change meant the spread of opinion went beyond traditional concepts of left and right, but warned that impartiality did not mean insipid programme making. Stuart Prebble to lead BBC impartiality review 2012-08-02T10:10:49Z That depends on audiences, who will need to suppress first and second impressions to get beyond the froth of this strangely insipid yet appealing painter. Bartholomeus Spranger’s wild, weird and voluptuous art at the Met —Jeffrey Wells, Hollywood Elsewhere. ”An insipid waste of time and money for the audience and for everyone who made it!” Pretty Boys Gone Wild, Part 1: Zac Efron in The Paperboy 2012-05-25T16:21:11Z Their artistic preferences, philosophy of collecting and views on what is aesthetically important guide the insipid show. National Museum of African Art hurts itself with show from Bill Cosby art collection 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z This was every bit as insipid and destructive as crack, but they were able to pocket 15, 20 billion, buy off a s**tload of politicians, coerce the FDA. Netflix's "Painkiller" puts a face on the "greedy evil" at the root of America's opioid crisis 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z This is an issue with carignan, which, when young, produces very high yields resulting in insipid wines. You Can Teach an Old-Vine Grape New Tricks 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z The pacing is deadly, the copious sex and nudity is unerotic, the comedy is unfunny, and the dialogue is insipid. From "Hillbilly Elegy" to "The Gentlemen," here are the worst films of 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Yet throughout “American Hookup,” I was dogged by a low-level hum of uncertainty, never quite sure how oppressive the insipid parties are, or how widespread the writhing bacchanals. Review: ‘American Hookup’ Gives College Sex Culture a Failing Grade 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Hollywood is impeccably good at turning a profit on insipid fads. An Emoji Movie Is In the Works 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The rhetoric against immigrants is so baldfaced and insipid that it’s hard not to be dragged down into a wrestling match in the mud. Expat, Immigrant, Migrant, Refugee: Why ‘This Land Is Our Land’ No Matter the Label 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z It is fast becoming the cheapest and most insipid way to sell a dance. Dance Review: Sydney Dance Company Visits the Joyce - Review 2011-11-09T23:16:01Z While insipid or pretentious merlot abounds, this one, from the consistently good Broadside, is fresh and plummy, well balanced and lip-smacking, with a pleasant bitterness to invite the next sip. 20 Wines Under $20: Touring the World, Familiar to Obscure 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Movies about cataclysm articulate our anxieties and — despite insipid dialogue littering the fiery road to oblivion — allow our vulnerabilities to be laid bare, our catharsis shared. 'Mad Max: Fury Road' an apocalyptic tale as old as man's existence 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Every BJ song is crammed to the very brim with a Big Shot’s worth of insipid lyrics, unabashed emotional pandering, 80′s nostalgia, and weepy songs about piano men and struggling steel towns. Ten bands I will be forced to listen to in hell 2012-07-11T14:15:00Z What surprised me was the term, “depression,” which seemed far too languid to apply—an insipid “wimp of a word,” as Styron himself put it, for “a dreadful and raging disease.” Barbara Ehrenreich: My search for truth as a non-believer 2014-04-12T12:15:00Z Why the melodious but insipid selections from “The Music Man” that dominated the early part of the 90-minute show? Music Review: Br?nnhilde Meets Broadway at Benefit for Collegiate Chorale 2011-05-20T21:17:07Z The occasionally insipid family scenes are leavened with bracing displays of bad behavior. Timeless Preoccupations and Old-School Virtues 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z So far, like “The Daily Show,” “Last Week Tonight” takes merciless aim at cable news and at talking heads, using cherry-picked clips to mock the media’s insipid treatment of major issues. John Oliver's 'Last Week Tonight' 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z Their successors adapted the formula by adding salt, garlic and herbs to the tomatoes, probably to compensate for the insipid tomatoes they found here. The Kings of the Dollar Slice Build a Better Pizza 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z But the fear factor eludes him, leaving "Stonehearst Asylum" more insipid than insane. 'Stonehearst Asylum' has gothic air, can't lock in the terror 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z When I, a late boomer, was drawn into wine, domestic beer was still almost entirely in the thrall of huge breweries with insipid products. The Wine Business Sees a Problem: Millennials Aren’t Drinking Enough 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z When I picture rugelach, I see only sad little lumps of dough, often more turtle- than snail-like, somehow both dry and soft and filled with insipid jam or chocolate. A Search for Superior Rugelach, and the Harlem Baker Who’s Making the Best in Town 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Mezzo-soprano Louisa Waycott smiled and powered her way through the role of the Drummer, the Emperor’s insipid mouthpiece, although it was hard to tell from the back rows if her eye makeup was intentionally smoky. Review | The In Series aims to make ‘Atlantis’ great again 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Despite its triumph at the box office, Robert Stromberg’s directing debut remains a deeply grey, insipid movie, the ultimate ill-advised, lazy star vehicle. Twist in the tale: super-spinoffs start to replace film remakes and sequels 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Each of these cornerstone characters is paired off with a younger and somewhat more insipid mentee. “The L Word” Reboot Seeks to Absolve the Original’s Sins 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z But she is the daughter of the mayor, who is busy arranging her marriage to a rich but insipid young man. What to Stream This Weekend: “The Bartered Bride,” A Brilliant, Rarely Seen Max Ophüls Opera-Based Musical 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z The gallop-style theme of the finale moved progressively from insipid to threatening, making for a satisfying conclusion. Review | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra plays on, and with gusto, despite no new contract 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Ever since, I’ve been preoccupied with a mystery: how one of the world’s most sophisticated and flavorful cuisines can be reduced to such a starchy and insipid mess. On the (Rising) Trail of Thai Food in America 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Weather seems to exert an only intermittent influence in this insipid holiday love story, directed by Gabriela Tagliavini and set in the run-up to Christmas — at least in theory. ‘Christmas With You’ Review: Pop-Rocking Around the Christmas Tree 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z “Moe” has always been cruise-shippy in pace and impact, and it seems especially so as audience members join an insipid conga line at the end of Act 1. “Five Guys Named Moe”: Vintage jump-jive goes modern boy band at Arena Whenever we passed something delightful such as a brace of ducklings, I said something insipid like “Wow,” or “So beautiful.” Among the Majestic Trees in Congaree, Slipping Into Silence 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z There are other exceptions, of course, usually romantic comedies that are so insipid and insulting I want to kill everyone on screen. Summer Movies: Gosh, Sweetie, That?s a Big Gun 2011-04-27T13:02:25Z In the last case, Bishop had been startled to find that so talented a poet could write such “insipid” and “superficial” letters; Bishop had not had a mother to humor with chatty letters like Plath’s. Elizabeth and Alice 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z She’s getting great reviews, too, after bombing two years ago with an insipid performance on “Saturday Night Live.” Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, from pals to divas | Concert preview 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z It doesn't help that the musical backing is so insipid: wisps of gentle guitar that too rarely surprise, as with the skewed chords of Wisely & Slow or the icy glint of Tongue Behind My Teeth. The Staves: Dead & Born & Grown – review 2012-11-15T21:45:01Z All things considered, these rather insipid and under-written mutants are probably best left trapped forever in this strange and barely recognisable version of the early 90s. Dark Phoenix proves the X-Men need a no-holds-barred Marvel resurrection 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z The others regard their insipid blobs with a mix of disappointment and disgust. TV highlights 30/08/2011: The Great British Bake Off 2011-08-29T22:00:00Z An empty shell with two overused presets – standing up for the good acts, ineffectual simpering for the bad – Scherzinger couldn't be more insipid if she was made of mist. The X Factor 2012: could Mel B set it back on track? 2012-08-20T11:19:31Z His sermons, however, are of the insipid sort, not spiced up with any of the vicious nonsense bespattering the Bible. Sean Hannity, very bad critic: Fox News, Sony, Sarah Palin pal help hit movie prey on the gullible 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z "What kind of bland, insipid question is that?" Big mouth strikes (once) again 2010-09-03T20:30:00Z This narrative form without style invites and even rewards a mode of bad viewing, a fusion of academic detail-hunting and political sound-biting that masks the insipid and laborious simplicity of the experience at large. “Captain Marvel” Wants You to Know It’s a Capital-“D”-Democratic Movie 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Most video games — like the vast majority of any medium — are insipid junk. Critic?s Notebook: The Court Has Ruled; Now Games Have a Duty 2011-06-28T22:04:38Z The reputation of each of these sank under the weight of a profusion of insipid wines. 10 Great Bottles of Italian White Wine Under $25 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Ruskin was the critic who found his Ophelia "insipid" – and invited Millais to the Trossachs to learn what landscapes were all about. When John Ruskin and John Everett Millais took the high road 2010-06-20T21:01:00Z Malick gets this treatment, while the most insipid, unadventurous movies here can fade to black and roll credits in respectful quiet. Malick confounds Venice critics 2012-09-03T09:25:58Z If you think of Soave as an insipid, boring white wine, think again. Recommended wines for late spring sipping By contrast, Ziegler’s work is more muted, perhaps a bit insipid and static, but by no means inept. Artworks labeled degenerate in Nazi Germany are N.Y. hit Well, the "original" movie wasn't much good and, judging from the concept, this one promised to be even more insipid. Review: ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ Has Dwayne Johnson as a Nerd 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z “There’s an insipid inclination to downplay these instances when the perpetrators are white women.” Perspective | The point we’re missing about ‘BBQ Becky’ and her sisters 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z This classic from Redchurch Brewery in east London should dispel any concerns that vegan Guinness will be thin and insipid without its fish jelly. The best vegan beers 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z The photo looks like an insipid 3 day old bleached flour industrial bakery item. Paratha That’s Easy, Versatile and Burnished With Butter 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Any show in which the male protagonist is as textured and nuanced as Don Draper, Dexter Morgan, Tony Soprano or Walter White is bound to make other characters look insipid and two-dimensional by comparison. Skyler White: the underdog who set the template for TV's antiheroine 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z The old image of kosher wines as insipid and sweet no longer holds. 5 wines that are perfect for Passover 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Yet while the writer is boorish, he’s never insipid; he’s pleasurably bad company. ‘Afire’ Review: His Flaws Are Petty, Pathetic and Funny 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z I saw very little anger on the ground, once I ignored the insipid speakers, just as a good portion of the crowd did. America's future demands hope: Is Joe Biden up to the task? 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z You find yourself wishing Skynet would come online just to put an end to all this insipid positivity. Sensei Schwarzenegger? The Governator attempts a reboot with a pallid self-help book 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Heckingbottom looks set to be given the chance to put things right and will have to show that this insipid display was an anomaly. 'Outfought and outrun' - Heckingbottom rues record defeat 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Marcus Rashford's effort into the side-netting after just 45 seconds may have given indications that this was a side rejuvenated, but it was another largely insipid and lethargic showing from the Red Devils. Fernandes stunner helps Man Utd to win at Burnley 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z We aim for pretty, and we end up with pretty insipid. Garden on the dark side with these plants that add a moody new dimension 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Then he quit journalism, calling it a “kid’s game” that was “insipid, sophomoric and superficial.” Column: Tucker Carlson's ludicrous falsehoods have no place in journalism 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Compared with other herbs, parsley is much less assertive, but by no means is it insipid. Parsley is more than just a pretty garnish 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z "I was at the Milan game last week where I thought their performance was really insipid," added Sutton, a Premier League title winner with Blackburn. Conte should leave Tottenham now - Sutton 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z The comments, many of them insipid and stupid, most inane and some comical, left me shaking my head. We went nuts over a balloon! Thank you for saving us, Rihanna 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z “Want to see if it really is a Walghvoghel, or ‘loathsome, insipid bird,’ one of the earliest Dutch names for the dodo, if our Wikipedia-ing is correct?” Opinion | These birds are not extinct. Welcome to … Dodo Park! 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z The insipid, spineless man who once delivered a speech entitled "How the GOP can solve problems in government" has been unable to solve the simplest of matters — getting 218 votes. GOP in utter shambles, and Democrats are loving it: But it's a bad look for America 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z The levelling up, housing and communities secretary said too many planning applications were "indifferent" or "insipid". Michael Gove: Better housing design could curb development opposition 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Paris harbored Edith Wharton’s Countess Olenska when the insipid society gentleman she fell in love with hadn’t the spine or the stomach to claim their life together. Emily Is Still in Paris. Why Are We Still Watching? 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Any further analysis of this insipid behavior only provides the perpetrator with the additional attention he craves, even at his own expense. A nation of attention junkies: Trump and Elon are the perfect symbols of America's predicament 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z “Mm … meaty. No, no, I wouldn’t call it, uh, loathsome. Possibly insipid. Chewy, though.” Opinion | These birds are not extinct. Welcome to … Dodo Park! 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z In comparison, he described Wonder Bread as “tasteless,” “insipid,” “charged with chemicals” and “without any interest.” A Slice of France, the Baguette Is Granted World Heritage Status 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z I do not want to hear your insipid conversations! Rant & Rave: Organized rental scooters, bikes bring joy to West Seattle 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Their nonstop bombardment of loud, insipid noise is ruining “The Greatest Setting In College Football.” Rant and Rave: Reader ruffled by Husky Stadium noise 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z It took both to brush off the insipid cruelty about her hair, her skin color, her body, her everything. Perspective | Serena Williams insists audiences see her, not just her stats 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z If you think you don’t like rosé, explore different types, especially if you’ve only had the very pale rosés that are in vogue or tasted ones that seemed insipid or too sweet. A Wildfire Year 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z These insipid actions, and the emotional toll inflicted by these congressional trolls, benefit would-be autocrats in our own country and serves as a handmaid's tale for Putin in Russia. The Putin caucus undermines Biden at home — while Americans risk their lives in Ukraine 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z As soon as everyone was seated, the lights dimmed, to muttering that whatever was coming — probably some insipid training film — at least we weren’t in a classroom. How this tech whiz became William Shatner’s eyeball double in ‘Star Trek II’ 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z You will have one of those long, blessedly insipid lives, and one day I may even do something on time. Opinion | My Husband and I Don’t Speak the Same Love Language 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z It has to contend with all the not-inconsiderable flaws of the show’s original text, of course, from its racial and cultural stereotypes to a love story that rarely rises above insipid. All 10 of the 2022 best picture Oscar nominees ranked, from worst to best 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z It begins with a montage of scenes that weave together America’s history of racism, violence and insipid patriotism. Perspective | A haunting, Hollywood-style vision of Jan. 6 as a product of the Trump propaganda machine 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z He comes unstuck, though, on Sandman - a suffocatingly insipid lullaby for his daughter, all coddled up in plinky plonky music box clichés. Ed Sheeran's = is a perfectly balanced pop album 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The Telegraph's Robbie Collin also gave it two stars, stressing that Marvel had attempted to "push boundaries" but with "insipid" results. Eternals: Mixed reviews for Chloé Zhao's 'insipid' Marvel movie 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Some 60 feet below is the borough of Iztapalapa, a warren of winding streets and alleyways, its cinder block houses encasing the neighborhood’s hills in insipid gray. Exuberant Art and Cable Car Can Lift a Poor, Violent Place Only So High 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Tottenham Hotspur were insipid in attack at Crystal Palace last weekend. Barcelona v Bayern Munich, Malmö v Juventus: Champions League – live! 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Their bowling was insipid, tactics baffling and fielding uninspired. Another Root century punishes India 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z It corporatizes holidays with insipid slogans, commemorative products and unrelated sales events. Column: Celebrate Juneteenth. But please, let's not turn it into a consumer holiday 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Watch highlights as another insipid batting performance on the third day of the second Test leaves England facing defeat against New Zealand. New Zealand dominate dire England 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z England face defeat in the series decider against New Zealand after another insipid batting performance on the third day of the second Test. England face defeat after batting fails 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z The celebrations were not dampened by the insipid way in which a number of England batsmen surrendered their wickets. Burns & Lawrence keep England afloat 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z They mostly worked from state offices with patchy supervision, and the quality of their work vacillated from inspired to insipid to just plain awful. Review: What lawmakers should know about the original Federal Writers' Project. (It was a mess) 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z "Offering nothing, offering insipid support for the government, causes people either to vote for somebody else or simply to stay home and disappear," he said. Elections 2021: Labour plans changes after election defeats in England 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z The lyrics are more mature but sometimes veer toward the insipid, especially when considered on their own. Review: Teenage Fanclub keeps it coming with signature sound 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Derek McInnes rectified his side's insipid performance at half-time, but a lack of cutting edge was again evident from a team who have netted one goal in eight matches. Celtic make winning start under Kennedy 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z But he will have to hope that this insipid display was a one-off and not a sign that last season's late collapse could be about to be repeated. Poor Leicester shocked by Slavia Prague 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z The home team's insipid performance - not a single shot on target in the 90 minutes - drove their fans into an advanced state of apoplexy. 'Old Firm game not life and death, but it matters' 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z Lectures on craft, including the craft of multiculturalism, can be insipid when contrasted with politics of this kind. Opinion | The Post-Trump Future of Literature 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Sadly, Jules Rivera, the new illustrator of this Americana classic, has transformed Mark into a hapless dolt bumbling through a landscape of insipid sketches resembling old “Archie” comics. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: This Barrett photo caption could have used more context 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Benjamin Mendy went from inspired to insipid in the space of 45 minutes. Anarchic spectacle leaves Bielsa's and Guardiola's heads spinning | Jonathan Liew 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z They went from wholly inspired to mostly insipid. Plaschke: Lakers go from 'Mamba Shot' to 'Miserable Flop' in Game 3 loss 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z “This is not about police budgets. . . . This is about insipid State overreach into Texans’ right to local government.” Texas governor says cities that cut police funding should not be able to raise property taxes 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z City were insipid, their performance a harbinger of disappointment to come. Premier League 2019-20 season review: our writers’ best and worst 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z He recounted its shortcomings: The insipid crust was neither tender nor flaky. It took years of searching (and some terrible slices) to get to a chocolate pie we all deserve 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z “It sounds a little insipid to say we’re valuing life more,” he said. U.S. news organizations focus on lives lost in the pandemic 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Best In Me is as grey and uninspiring as dishwater, with an insipid lyric about someone being the "air I breathe". How does the UK's Eurovision entry stack up? 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Now it was insipid and muddy to her tongue, like the pools of the temples of Heian Kyō when the Office of Gardens and Ponds had them drained for cleaning. ‘Mouthful by mouthful’: the 2019 Bad sex award in quotes 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z This one was above average, even though there were some truly insipid questions and any evening spent with Pete Buttigieg is an evening spent poorly. Joe Biden had a trainwreck of a night, but continues to show Trump-like resilience | Nathan Robinson 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z She had a six-month-old girl and could find nothing in stores to feed her that wasn’t insipid or sweet. Can Babies Learn to Love Vegetables? 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z It has been a case of one step forward two steps back for some time at West Ham and an insipid performance at Everton was the latest infuriating result. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z While Samuel Pepys called it “the most insipid, ridiculous play” he ever saw, it remains one of Shakespeare’s best-known and most adored comedies. Top 10 books about the night 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z When Kellogg began to sell cans of Protose, an insipid mixture of nuts and gluten, he claimed that it “resembles potted veal or chicken”—meat in general, rather than any specific one. Can a Burger Help Solve Climate Change? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z It was an impressive start, but Trudeau’s subsequent four years as an MP were generally seen as insipid. Justin Trudeau: the rise and fall of a political brand 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z An unsatisfying potpourri of insipid romances and lackluster musical performances, “Summer Night” offers one unintentional silver lining for everyone involved: It likely will disappear into the vast wasteland of mediocre and forgettable independent productions. Review: ‘Summer Night’ renders young adulthood as tiresome 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, onstage their thwarted human love affairs come across as so insipid and thin, at least compared to the pyrotechnics of their Holmesian adventures, that their obsessions don’t seem that tragic. Review: In ‘Mysterious Circumstances’ at the Geffen, the case of the Sherlock superfan 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z Jenkins came to Golf Digest in 1985 and has spent the better part of the past 16 years parodying selfish tour players, phony swing gurus, insipid sport psychologists and silly tournament sponsors. Dan Jenkins: The Golf Digest Interview - Golf Digest 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z In a backslapping musical world of insipid dilettantes, Mark and his music stand for absolute conviction, absolute meaning and the absolute refusal to compromise your vision. Musicians on Mark Hollis: 'He found hooks in places I'm still trying to fathom' 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z The ones at Popeye’s nearly work, but my batch was on the sad and insipid side. The official fast food French fry power rankings 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z My lasting impression of American Psycho is that it is surprisingly insipid, for all the violence. As American Psycho showed me, banning ‘immoral’ books makes them more compelling 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z The next six Cabernets I tasted, sans Burt, were sadly pretty simple wines, pleasant to insipid and sometimes disconcertingly green and herbaceous. Is This Chilean Wine Too Affordable? 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Your turkey, they want you to believe, is inauthentic, insipid or just plain boring. The Battle for Thanksgiving Heats Up 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z And then put that in the ads, instead of those insipid ads that pay 15 percent to their loser political consultants. Ralph Nader: Democrats are still weak and corrupt, “could blow it again” 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Most of all, it is maple’s flavor that bothers me — even in its most artisanally correct form, as compared with the even more insipid Log Cabin. Sweet sorrow: A food critic wants maple syrup to die 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The stew was loaded with pork and hominy, but the insipid broth had no depth, suggesting the ingredients hadn’t been acquainted with each other very long. Ethan Stowell’s Super Bueno may just be Fremont’s new happy place 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Relegation escapees Southampton looked disjointed and, at points, insipid but a brave second-half change by Mark Hughes steadied thing in the latter part of the match. Joe Hart clean sheet helps Burnley hold off Southampton surge 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Who it’s for Animation buffs and parents of very young children who are looking for a gentle movie that isn’t insipid. Pooh’s Heffalump Movie on Netflix pairs nicely with Christopher Robin. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Public universities are legally obligated to allow protected forms of speech, no matter how offensive or insipid. What does free speech on campus really mean? 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z But as in the previous match against Denmark – which Croatia also won on penalties after an insipid 1-1 draw - all too often his team mates failed to do anything with them. Modric shines again but team mates must do more 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Coming after the VAR drama, missed penalties and frenzied attacking football of yesterday’s earlier games, the first half hour felt rather insipid. Luka Modric penalty secures victory for uninspiring Croatia over Nigeria 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z As much as anything, credit must be given to the keeper that he managed to retain his concentration after the preceding insipid 30 minutes. Aziz Bouhaddouz own goal in added time hands Iran win against Morocco 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z It was served with a glass of sherry, which, Jensen explained, is a better accompaniment to fermented dishes than more insipid wines. Koks, the World’s Most Remote Foodie Destination 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z "Growth is anaemic at best, and retail sales look insipid. But with inflation falling back towards target and real wages finally growing, albeit only slowly, there's little cause for alarm either," he said. Retail sales bounce back in April 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z An insipid start to 2018 has seen a groundswell of frustration that had been bubbling under the surface for quite some time. Is the Seattle Sounders' era as an MLS superclub coming to an end? 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z It was a chance reflective of their own insipid showing. Olivier Giroud seals Chelsea’s comeback win to stun struggling Southampton 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z You might come up with the prisms and anti-prisms next, but to be honest, they can be a bit insipid. A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Pseudo-Rhombicuboctahedron 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Those vocally unconvinced by the return of Alex McLeish as manager found sentiments endorsed by the insipid loss to Costa Rica on Friday. International football: talking points from the latest friendlies 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z However, it was not the elimination itself that stung the most, even after a summer in which the club had spent the better part of €400m, but rather its insipid manner. ‘All that, for that?’ – PSG and Emery digest another Champions League exit 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The protesters were formulaic and insipid, as if going through the motions only because their protest had been advertised widely. Have Campus Protesters Given Up on Charles Murray? 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Blame Harvey Weinstein’s notoriously aggressive, bullying Oscar campaign that secured the best picture prize for the insipid Shakespeare in Love. The 20 greatest Oscar snubs ever – Ranked! 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Considering how insipid their performance was against a Manchester United second string, Clement must regret not resting the only one available to him on Tuesday for the more important league challenges ahead. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Oxford Dictionaries defines pablum as “bland or insipid intellectual fare.” Bannon accuses McCain, Bush of ‘pablum’ for critiquing Trump 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z An insipid, and sometimes embarrassing, qualification campaign ended in a 2-1 defeat to Trinidad & Tobago on Tuesday night. Bruce Arena resigns as USA coach after failure to reach World Cup 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Sometimes, one should be satisfied with necessary counterpoint in order to avoid an insipid chorus and the dangers of too much destructive harmony. Opinion | The Art of Thinking Well 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z “I don’t do insipid very well,” the celebrated American mezzo said with a smile. Mezzo solves ‘enigma’ in ‘Norma’ 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Swansea were booed off after an insipid first half and Clement took full responsibility afterwards. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z The four-minute exchange was your typically insipid TV pablum, totally incurious and utterly forgettable...at least until the very end. Maria Sharapova is the cringey bad actor of the week - Golf Digest 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z One of Spain and Italy will have to fight out qualification through the play-offs and, after a year of shadow boxing in an otherwise insipid Group G, it effectively comes down to this. International football: 10 things to look out for in World Cup 2018 qualifying 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The culture wars inspired by multicultural emoji are insipid at best, the last gasp of angry racists who falsely equate representation with exclusion. The neoliberal politics of emoji 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z In their insipid mea culpa, they are now going overboard the other way — instead of just admitting they were wrong and moving on to real news. Calendar Letters 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Following two insipid performances in recent days, the Socceroos were outstanding on Sunday. Martín Rodríguez strikes equaliser against Australia to take Chile to semis 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z This fawning piece over Melania and Ivanka’s “feminine power” amounts to little more than complementing the women for being pretty and well-dressed and each line is more insipid than the last. It was quite a week for toxic masculinity | Jessica Valenti 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Bella wished that the telescope had brought into her sight that night Miss Chu and her lover, instead of the insipid couple. “A Small Flame” 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Reds midfielder Can illuminated what had been an insipid opening 45 minutes with a moment of inspiration shortly before the break. Watford 0-1 Liverpool 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The charred, superbly seasoned pieces of dark meat will restore your faith in tandoori chicken, so often dry and insipid. Dera Restaurant: A trailblazing and terrific Pakistani eatery 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Add these insipid little devices and video games to their arsenal of ick. As my son dreams of the big leagues, puberty doesn’t make life’s curveballs any easier 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z The writings of the pre-Christian prophets and saints are often, though not always insipid. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z If the insipid talk shows don’t eat your brain, the food shows will. What's another little mouth to feed? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z It was not the kind of insipid start Washington anticipated following two months of cranking along as one of the best teams in the league. John Wall’s 19 assists help get Wizards back on track 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z A review in The New York Times called it “insipid and uninformative.” At World Chess Championship, Familiar Overtones of East-West Politics 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z The truth may be unpalatable for the supporters but the volume on Tuesday was insipid and Old Trafford is disappointingly muted most game-days. Manchester United fans will not like José Mourinho’s criticism – but he has a point | Jamie Jackson 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Perhaps, awake in the dark, James was annoyed by “the insipid image of a procession of sheep.” The Secret Life of Time 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z It shows that Austen’s mother, Cassandra, thought the novel not as good as Pride & Prejudice and found the heroine, Fanny, “insipid”. Not as good as P&P: Jane Austen mother's verdict on Mansfield Park 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Oh, yes, “Stronger Together” – which met exactly the same fate as the Remain campaign’s insipid “Stronger In”. ‘Make America Great Again’ – why are liberals losing the war of soundbites? 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z And through the raw power of mass replication, even their most insipid ideas are able to surface from below. Meme warfare: how the power of mass replication has poisoned the US election 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z He appears a few times over the course of events, mostly in propaganda videos, glacially speechifying in rote soliloquies garnished with insipid little dictums like “freedom is cowardice” and “death is no disgrace.” Review: 'Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare' Gets Lost in Space 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Life is too short, and in Compton’s case, that is not some insipid bromide but a medical certainty; heart transplant recipients survive an average of 15 years. Erik Compton's drug regimen, poor play has him considering 'packing it in' - Golf Digest 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z “Portlandia is fueling mass displacement in Portland,” it claimed, because realtors are using the show’s “popularity and insipid humor” to market the city as “something twee and whimsical for the incoming technocrat hordes”. Portlandia is ruining Portland: feminist bookstore publicly cuts ties with show 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Outside of Turner’s NBA on TNT, the halftime shows are insipid. Are You Ready to Watch Football Differently? 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z How will Joe Hart do after that insipid mess in France and subsequent shipping out of Manchester City with a return ticket in some doubt? Slovakia v England: World Cup 2018 qualifying – live! 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z To avoid at all cost: sharing pictures of your daily life, after posting images from, say, the migrant crisis off the Greek coast, which would be both in bad taste and insipid. Visa pour l'Image's Director: 'I'm Not Against New Technologies.' 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Nor were the Black Panthers, whose co-founder, Bobby Seale, made a brief, insipid intervention at Attica, quite the virtuous militants her account suggests. Learning from the Slaughter in Attica 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Trautwig forged ahead with a remark both insipid and insensitive to many female athletes. Sometimes it’s harder work when things don’t go right 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z The announcers offered insipid commentary about how important this victory was for “Smackdown,” which is a television show, and not for Ambrose, who is a human being the audience might actually be invested in. Dodgers mailbag: Would you rather pay the price for Zack Greinke or give up prospects for Chris Sale? 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z On top of that, reports the Daily Beast, “Sheen has also insulted women who work in the sex industry, trashing “the sex workers he once hired” as “unsavory and insipid.” Charlie Sheen named as LELO condom pitch man; feminists raise objections 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z United was just a footnote in the Premier League story last season, even when Louis van Gaal’s team was winning, due to the insipid football that was a turn-off for even loyal fans. As Man U aura fades, Mourinho can make club box office again 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Never in my life, travels or networking have I ever, ever encountered a professional “dean of students,” an appellation I suspect Hughes invented as it is immeasurably more amusing than the far more insipid “principal.” ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ celebrates 30th anniversary at FerrisFest in Chicago 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Will his song “Let’s Go Crazy” ironically define the insipid commercialization of his music? Don’t do your people like Prince did. Leave a will. 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Little of the High Priestess of Soul’s searing clarity of voice or profound struggle comes through in this insipid film whose fakeness is writ across Saldana’s dubiously darkened skin. Review: Issues of ‘Nina’ much more than skin-deep 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z It says a lot about Newcastle's fans - many travelling more than 330 miles - that they applauded their side off after yet another insipid display. Southampton 3-1 Newcastle United 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z And why not: who wants to be notified that your official team account is shilling for America’s most insipid coffee brand? LeBron James unfollows Cavaliers' official Twitter account 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z People who try end up seeming insipid and exasperating rather than entirely admirable. A Point of View: When does borrowing from other cultures become 'appropriation'? - BBC News 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Nothing generates more insipid analysis than a U.S. presidential election. Vote for Hillary, be a sucker: It’s OK to reject the choice of a tyrannical liberal or a right-wing tyrant 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Viewers can fast-forward past the uninspired and insipid theme song “Writing’s on the Wall,” yodeled by Sam Smith over the opening credits that feature a collage of characters menaced by a giant octopus. Blu-ray reviews: ‘Black Mass’ and ‘Spectre’ 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z The food - dinner comprises rice, lentil soup and some vegetable gruel - is insipid. A messiah for India's abandoned sick - BBC News 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z With the exception of the roasted beets, which were wizened and insipid, the interplay of textures and tastes — nutty crunch, sour yogurt, sweet and vinegary beets — was marvelous. Review: At Unionville’s Cure Restaurant and Bar, Bacon Is Basic 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Related: Louis van Gaal: Manchester United will not buy players for the sake of it Supporters jeered the side during another insipid United display. Louis van Gaal: Manchester United fans were right to boo at Southampton loss 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z This tradition had already become insipid before lawmakers got into the act. 2016 State of the Union by the Numbers 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z But his career took a nosedive after his first talkie, 1929's "His Glorious Night," which was an insipid mess and his voice seemed less than perfect for sound films. Classic Hollywood: Who edited 'Lawrence of Arabia' and '50 Shades of Grey'? 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Just begin to wrestle the influence that rightfully belongs to you away from the two tired, insipid parties. Here's Your New Year's Politics Resolution 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z This time round, the villains are more insipid than devilish, the paper adds. The Vatican fails to give 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' its blessing 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z I am not referring to the many insipid comments made by the people who are seeking the Republican Presidential nomination, although they are indeed stunning. How Not to Debate Nuclear Energy and Climate Change 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Villa were anaemic in attack, where the loneliest of lone strikers, Jordan Ayew, was distanced from his team-mates, insipid in midfield and dismal in defence. Everton’s Ross Barkley and Romelu Lukaku lead thrashing of Aston Villa 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z Against a somewhat insipid DC United outfit, Jesse Marsch’s Supporters’ Shield winners found goalscoring chances at a premium – contesting two rather flavourless legs, with only a single notched in each game. Timbers show control as Sounders fail in Conference semi-finals 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Sunday’s Cascadia Cup clash at Providence Park was more of the insipid sort – the kind normally decided by either a moment of brilliance or blunder. Canny Seattle top Dallas, and MLS says goodbye to Eddie Johnson 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z After Italy's insipid effort against France and struggle to overcome Canada, most pundits were expecting Ireland to win by a similar margin to the 36-6 victory at the last World Cup. Ireland 16-9 Italy 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z After an insipid first half, Angers created the best chances in the final 20 minutes but Reims keeper Johny Placide made two decisive saves. Reims secures 0-0 draw at Angers 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z A few weeks ago defeat to the Philadelphia Union - one of the league’s most insipid teams over the balance of the whole season - would have been catastrophic. The Didier Drogba era is officially under way in Montreal 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Americans led “petty” and “insipid” lives, “crowded with paltry interests”: their lives were “anti-poetic.” How Ralph Waldo Emerson Changed American Poetry 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z "The party hierarchy have been misreading the mood amongst members - they want a different kind of politics to the insipid stuff Labour has been serving up in recent times. "We can't lecture people. Andy Burnham: 'I will run the government ragged' - BBC News 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Now, 12 million-plus illegals and three decades later, we are far worse off than we were, thanks to the insipid spinelessness of all stripes of professional politicians. CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump hits mark on immigration, quickly grasps complex problem 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z The brewery takes a lot of flak, and is too often brushed off as insipid or boring, but based on the beer alone, it’s hard to criticize Boston Lager. Flashback Friday: Four classic craft beers still worth drinking 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z But after meeting violinist and guitarist Russell Senior, he began spinning a new vision for Pulp instead – darker, weirder, more experimental and with more bite – that would exorcise their old, insipid ghost. Pulp: 10 of the best 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z But after you bite into a rich, tangy Santa Rosa, almost anything else tastes insipid. Buy this now: Plums, with 12 recipes 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z "If you airbrush out the fact we are all sinners, you flatten out the funeral - it becomes insipid," he says. Happy funerals: A celebration of life? - BBC News 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Maybe television viewers need to be reminded how revolutionary “SNL” once was, especially with the taste of the 40th season’s final insipid episodes still fresh in our mouths. ‘Live From New York!’ looks back with fondness on ‘Saturday Night Live’ at 40 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z There was no spark about the team, they were utterly insipid and totally flat. England offer glimpse of new dawn 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Johnson, usually a game and energizing presence, is saddled with lines that veer between boring and insipid. MOVIE REVIEW: ‘San Andreas’ 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z The company that perfected the art of reissuing the same insipid plastic design is now the one that’s making the biggest strides forward. Innovative smartphone design isn’t dead, it’s just taking a really long nap 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Both were disgusted with the insipid aspects of American liberalism—a tepid consensus, corporate and bipartisan, that left each fearing not that the center couldn’t hold but that it would. Mailer and Buckley’s Combative Camaraderie 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z The film now squares off against Insidious 3 and the Warner’s Entourage movie, which should inspire a bunch of insipid battle-of-the-sexes commentary. 'Spy' Review: Melissa McCarthy Kills In A Terrific Action Comedy 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z He goes back to Dublin quietly, and, after all his electrifying flirtations with brilliant English aristocrats, has to marry his insipid Irish sweetheart. Why Trollope Is Trending 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Rather than evince a genuine intellectual or moral inner life, she simply fixes him with a smile that, the more Marlohe flashes it, begins to look less dazzling than dazed and insipid. The unabashedly romantic ‘5 to 7’ is modestly funny, if not believable 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z There is nothing inherently evil or insipid about the free market. Those Who Attack Koch Funding at Universities Assault Academic Freedom 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z It was a largely insipid display from Lin, the five-times All-England champion, who was baffled by the decision from television chiefs not to broadcast the standout clash of the tournament from the main arena court. Chen dismantles Lin to confirm changing of the guard 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z As the disgraced car fell behind, I asked Ive to critique its design: "It is baffling, isn’t it? It’s just nothing, isn’t it? It’s just insipid." 15 things we learned from The New Yorker's Jony Ive profile 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z As the disgraced car fell behind, I asked Ive to critique its design: “It is baffling, isn’t it? It’s just nothing, isn’t it? It’s just insipid.” Jonathan Ive and the Future of Apple 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z “It helps if you don’t get laughed out of the room, but it’s hard to know what will be viewed as inspirational and what will be seen as insipid.” State of the Union Speech Leaves Questions About Usefulness of Unlikely Goals 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z For many employees, these insipid protocols become the kindling for conversations that create an explosion of groans and frustration – leading to mediocrity. 3 Ways Your Company Is Sabotaging Its Future 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z They were helped by an insipid first-half performance from Barcelona, who rarely threatened an equaliser. Real Sociedad 1-0 Barcelona 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z Up ahead I spotted a rack of T-shirts sporting that ubiquitous logo - you know the one - black typewriter font with an insipid little red heart. How the fairytale of New York can become a nightmare 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z “But he has done an insipid job, offering nearly nothing to his supporters.” APEC'S New Political Reality 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z The manager’s strategy was also questionable in the insipid 1-1 draw with Roma when discerning precisely how he wanted his team to play was difficult. Five reasons Manchester City have not prospered in the Champions League 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Its mission: to find new ways of extracting meaningful semantic and social patterns from Twitter’s daily flood of selfies, rants and observations, both significant and insipid. Tapping the Twitterverse for Meaning 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Many music lovers who lament the habit of many Americana, country, rock and even folk artists of writing and performing vapid songs liken those artists to the most intellectually insipid frat boys and sorority girls. Country Times: Bros. Landreth’s soulful sound is a rare real deal 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z And, as much as it pains me to say it, he and the rest of the Texans should have no problem handling a New York Football Giants offense that has looked insipid thus far. Fantasy Football Week 3: Alt Bros In the Suburbs, Plus Nick Kroll’s Week 3 Picks There are rules for the crust — no added fats allowed; built upon a yeast that’s “insipid” in taste — and it must be cooked in a wood-burning oven, no substitutions. Pizza in Washington: An upper-crust tour of every D.C. style “The people work hard, but they get to relax a bit. It’s not stodgy, dull and insipid,” he said. Everything’s bright for Bethesda apps firm; clients include ESPN, Bacardi, Coast Guard And after you bite into a rich, tangy Santa Rosa, almost anything else tastes insipid. Sweet, tart plums are the perfect fruit for summer, with 8 recipes 2014-07-12T04:00:00Z Against France, though, with the Sami Khedira-Bastian Schweinsteiger partnership restored, Germany were solid again, making France look insipid, while against Brazil they held their nerve in the tumult of the opening minutes. Germany wary of Lionel Messi counter threat in World Cup final 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Turns out turkeys are vulnerable to a sudden illness caused by heat waves, which turns their meat limp and insipid. July 4 Barbecues Welcome Infrared Tomatoes and Meatless Meat 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z But unlike the vast majority of award shows, this ceremony wasn’t about honoring insipid quasi-talents. How The Pensado Awards Leveled The Playing Field - And Spoke Truth To Power 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z You’ll run a computer program that evaluates hours of insipid images and automatically culls together the most interesting moments into a personalized trailer. Software Finds Best Parts of Boring Video 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z That game at Bloemfontein encapsulated the insipid defensive style which dominated the dullest World Cup. Switzerland ease past Honduras courtesy of Xherdan Shaqiri hat-trick 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Hopes were high in Nigeria before the Iran game but all that positivism evaporated within 90 insipid minutes against a defensively well-organised Iran side. World Cup 2014 power rankings: who is highest after the first round of matches? 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z In fact, it often leads to insipid content. Silicon Valley's Secret Subculture, Not So Secret Anymore 2014-04-15T10:03:00Z Optimists will be buoyed by the spirit and intent shown by their side, especially given the insipid display against England a month ago. Scotland mugged by ramshackle France 2014-03-09T07:47:52Z He feared "an insipid approach" with "cliche-ridden speeches by German politicians". Germany's forgotten war 2014-03-03T00:44:03Z It was the only insipid currency ever printed. Why every household should have its own currency 2014-02-14T17:07:26Z The few second-half chances at least allowed for some excitement compared to the insipid fare on show in the opening 45 minutes. Scotland 0-0 USA 2013-11-15T21:56:47Z As long as the recovery remains so insipid, disinflationary pressures will remain intense in the euro area.The mixture of meagre growth and low inflation is dangerous. Euro-zone economy: Call this a recovery? 2013-11-14T12:42:03Z For long periods United were insipid, not inventive. Man Utd: Are opponents sensing weakness? 2013-10-19T20:12:59Z “This campaign looks like the inside of a white baguette: insipid,” he said. Paris Journal: A French Dining Staple Is Losing Its Place at the Table 2013-07-31T01:34:06Z And yet for the remainder of the half, they looked a side lacking cohesion, confidence and sustained threat - insipid not inventive. Brazil 2-1 Uruguay 2013-06-26T21:19:42Z "Its TV campaign is insipid, its in-store marketing is muted and its promotions don't land with the fanfare of those of other retailers," he said. Tesco recovery in doubt as UK sales resume slide 2013-06-05T10:56:00Z By the close, an insipid Everton had lost, and their hopes of European Cup football next season lay moribund. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend's action 2013-04-22T08:00:10Z Warren, whose prepared sermon for the Sunday after his son died was ironically entitled “Surviving Tough Times,” responded with wisdom and humility to this insipid barking in a Facebook post. Rick Warren, the father, grieves 2013-04-11T23:41:37Z Oscars had become soo bland, plodding and insipid that I had given up watching entirely in recent years, Seth brought me back. MacFarlane's Sexist, Unfunny Oscar Show Dud 2013-02-25T17:35:28Z Mean and insipid columnists -- I’m just guessing here -- are already planning the piece for the first so-called celeb who gets dissed. It's no stretch: Wrigley routine needs help 2013-02-20T15:41:00Z But in this election year, watching F&F’s amalgam of insipid morning chat with brazen partisanship was like attending a re-education camp run by Ken and Barbie. Vacation Robo-Post: The Worst TV of 2012 2012-12-24T10:55:00Z Dull and insipid Gooners and once again there is no atmosphere at Emirates.True fans excluded by daft ticket prices. Arsenal 2-0 Montpellier 2012-11-21T22:00:16Z O'Neill's side lacked cohesion, confidence and sustained threat; they were insipid not inventive. Fulham 1-3 Sunderland 2012-11-18T18:19:36Z Where they had previously looked disorganised at the back, insipid up front and overrun in midfield, they were now more composed and carried a far greater threat. Reading 2-1 Everton 2012-11-17T17:08:18Z This insipid update is not the sort of magical product launch on which Apple has built its reputation. We've passed peak Apple: it's all downhill from here 2012-11-07T10:49:20Z Where stupid people say insipid stuff to each other. Bret Easton Ellis hates David Foster Wallace 2012-09-06T15:32:00Z But despite Mexico's jitters as the added three minutes ended in pell-mell fashion insipid failure was the end-game. Brazil 1-2 Mexico 2012-08-11T16:07:15Z Unsurprisingly, she did not accept their insipid and insensitive offer. The worst Olympics ever: Britain wins no medals in time-keeping 2012-08-05T22:46:29Z What he was upset about was unclear: simply, an insipid GB were beaten by an Australia who fought back as their national sporting DNA always suggests they may. London 2012: Team GB crash out of basketball after losing to Australia 2012-08-04T22:51:37Z Let's face it, a life without fear--and without the courage to overcome fear--would be pretty bland and insipid. 4 Mental Tricks to Conquer Fear 2012-07-30T13:05:12Z In July 2009 against the Australians the bowling attack looked almost as insipid at Cardiff as it did at The Oval last week. England will not panic but this South Africa side will take some beating 2012-07-28T21:55:01Z Instead, we saw more of what we've grown numb to on the road: insipid play, a clear lack of understanding and terrible defensive miscues. MLS Week 20: fan previews 2012-07-20T13:44:00Z Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images If you're up to the eyeballs in insipid rousing montages of "our Olympic hopefuls", this fascinating documentary could be the perfect antidote. TV highlights 18/07/2012 2012-07-17T18:59:00Z To Dr. Powell’s surprise, tomatoes with the genes turned the dark green of a sweet pepper before they ripened, rather than the insipid pale green of most tomatoes today. Flavor Is the Price of Tomatoes’ Scarlet Hue, Geneticists Say 2012-06-29T18:57:16Z Immediately after the summit Mr Clegg described the outcome as "insipid". Nick Clegg defends Rio+20 summit 2012-06-26T16:48:42Z The British Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, went so far as to call it "insipid". Criticism marks Rio summit end 2012-06-22T09:42:12Z On Wednesday, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke warned that America's insipid economic recovery was slowing. Markets fall amid gloomy US forecast and global slowdown 2012-06-21T20:02:00Z In the Caribbean, the West Indies association has come to be regarded as too militant at times, but it has nonetheless played a valuable role in keeping in check an insipid cricket board. World cricket forum 2012-06-14T12:23:59Z Chavez, in turn, tarred Capriles as a candidate "who smells of nothing, tastes of nothing, is completely insipid." Venezuela's Chavez stages cancer-comeback rally 2012-06-12T01:37:49Z An England side without these players, wrote Albert Barham in this paper, "are like mutton without salt – insipid." The Joy of Six: classic European Championship matches 2012-06-08T10:02:43Z He, too, set Europe ablaze; even Paganini was forgotten, and the gentlemanly Thalberg with his gentlemanly playing suddenly became insipid to true music lovers. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z It was not exactly that without him their existence together would have been insipid—oh no, there was nothing insipid about Arthur, but one appreciated his delicacy after that rude and massive personality. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Some sort of introduction had been made—"Enid, my dear, Mr. Marsden suggests this vase;" and the girl had immediately transferred her attention from the insipid serving woman to the resourceful serving-man. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Arthur's "logic" is tougher than "toke," And much more insipid than "skilly." Punch, or the London Charivari, December 2, 1893 2012-04-23T02:00:33.287Z He knew perfectly well that the water on board was brackish and insipid, but it was condensed under his personal supervision. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z It was Tufton who provided Dorothy with a new elixir of life that was worth all the scent in Bond Street, and a restorative that made the most pungent toilet vinegar insipid as water. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z I seemed in the position of a juvenile Nestor, and made him some insipid 65 speeches, but this caused me the loss of a morning in Rome, which is a pity. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z There was silence for a moment, and the journalist tried to infuse into his insipid little face a look of sympathy. Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z Selina gave her a pretty, insipid kiss, and Maria bade her good-bye, hoping she would soon learn to keep the brats in order. Mabel, Vol. III (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-04T02:00:58.490Z She took one sip of the royal-brewed beverage, then tossed the cup into the fireplace, exclaiming: "France, your coffee is as insipid as your talk!" Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Her own nose, straight and small, was neither so straight nor so small as to be insipid, and her chin, tapering exquisitely, was cleft, not dimpled. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z I shall, therefore, probably remain here in a very insipid and insignificant state a long time, without any affront or answer. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z It was not till, alone again at his hotel, he pulled out the hollyhock flower with his ball programme that he awoke to a complete sense of the insipid flatness of the new situation. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z I do not mean a silly, insipid smile, that fools have when they would be civil; but an air of sensible good-humor. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z It would be a little insipid to refer every time to the pages where the phenomena have been described. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z To men who were accustomed to witness the fierce vicissitudes of deadly combat, any spectacle that did not elicit the strongest excitement was insipid. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The war has occasioned such a stagnation of business, and thrown such numbers of people out of employment, that I think it is impossible things should remain long in the present insipid state. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z One would suppose, to hear people talk of Burke, that his style was such as would have suited the Lady’s Magazine; soft, smooth, showy, tender, insipid, full of fine words, without any meaning. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z Its pleasures are insipid, its pursuits wearisome, its conventionalities, duties, and mutual dependence alike tedious and disgusting. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z The mock authoritative manner of the one, and the insipid mirth of the other. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z And you married that insipid scholar fellow, leaving me scorned, rejected. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z The yolk has an insipid, bland, oily taste; and, when agitated with water, forms a milky emulsion. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Compared with the lord of the ascendent for the time being, Shakspeare is commonplace, and Milton a pedant, a little insipid or so. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z Their speeches in reply were dull and insipid, void of that savage eloquence, which, springing from a wild spirit of independence, has so often distinguished the forest orators. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z But there the pleasure ends; for the fruit is both seedy and insipid. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z But not contented with so insipid a King as this was, they sent their deputies to petition again for another sort of one; for this they neither did nor could like. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z If it is long boiled it becomes a granular, friable solid, yielding upon expression, a yellow, insipid, fixed oil. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z But our desires are kindled by their own heat, the will is urged on by a restless impulse, and without action, enjoyment becomes insipid. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z You're so dreadfully pink here that your color, which in itself is beautiful, has become tame and insipid. Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies 2012-03-17T02:01:04.773Z The simple combat became at last insipid, and every variety of atrocity was devised to stimulate the flagging interest. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z When later tasted the raw blubber was found to be insipid, though the fresh oil therefrom was not unlike olive oil in its flavor. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z If the flesh is fine, it is juicy and richly flavored; if coarse, it is dry, fibrous, and insipid. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Marie is delightful, with her many lovers and the pathetic little vanities that make her innocence anything but insipid. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z Addison has remarked that an enthusiast in religion is like an obstinate clown, and a superstitious man like an insipid courtier. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z An Epicurean heaven, a place where eternally each should get his fill of pleasure at the expense of everybody else, would be insufferably insipid, incomparably unendurable. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z But in speaking of the impartiality required from the historian, this self-satisfied insipid chatter lets the distinction disappear, and rejects both kinds of interest. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z Their food is rice, plain boiled, which they eat either with salted fish, or by putting into the water in which it is dressed a spice, which takes off its insipid taste. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol II (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-03T03:00:18.053Z Many caught alongside the ship were, in truth, coarse and insipid; yet our people, who fed heartily upon them, called them ling, and thought them palatable. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The fruit, which ripens toward fall, is dry and bitter, or insipid. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The girl "on his string" who was at the moment enjoying his special favor suddenly seemed stupid and insipid to him. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z The long straight alleys appear to us insipid; the palisades cold and formless. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z Too much water tends to make this otherwise delightful beverage insipid. Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book Being a Practical Treatise on the Culinary Art Adapted to the Tastes and Wants of all Classes 2012-02-11T03:03:43.593Z The grass appeared to have been cropped by horses or guanacoes, and was much interspersed with cranberry plants, bearing a ripe and juicy, though very insipid fruit. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The taste is insipid, but is said to afford great nourishment. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z For all of us the passage to the grave is, alas! a string of empty insipid days, as of glass pearls, only here and there divided by an orient one of price. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z At the lower part of all the trunks, we 199 found small tubes of elder inserted, from which the insipid sweetish juice ran into the troughs placed below them. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Some say that fowls should not be bled to death like turkeys and geese, as, from the loss of blood, the flesh becomes dry and insipid. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z The common country folk in this insipid neighborhood Have nothing to confess, they're so ridiculously good; And if you marry any one respectable at all. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z Instead of being bitter, the powder, I found, was insipid and almost tasteless. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z Your mere good kind of people are really very insipid sort of folks; and as such totally unsuited to my taste. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z The artichoke salad — 12 tender hearts — was a garlicky delight one night, a tad insipid on another. | Clifton: Kamil?s Offers Lebanese Food and Offbeat Charms ? Review 2012-01-07T00:58:59Z How long shall we burn in the fire of this insipid world? The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z What Amusements there are in this Town, I cannot say; but if I am not deceived in Appearances, there are no Pleasures here but what must be insipid. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-07T03:00:17.127Z Again, we hear that artificially grown fowls are stunted and small, the flesh tasteless and insipid, and many other things which have no shadow of truth in them. Natural and Artificial Duck Culture 2012-01-04T03:00:33.923Z His language was insipid after the luscious speeches, and ardent but dishonourable warmth of Mr. B—, in the books before-mentioned. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z Mere winning seemed something insipid to him, after the flight of that admirable Greek. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z He says, �That is epigrammatic and witty in Latin which would be perfectly insipid in English.... The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z So the motion was brought before the House, and Pitt made a speech, which Thackeray, his insipid biographer, declares to have been most masterly, but which is nowhere preserved. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z I mean no one else; least of all that dull insipid tribe, the mediocre poets, rhymsters, and inventors of fables, that flourishes so luxuriantly at the present day in Germany. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z Prior to a single corps member stepping foot in a classroom, The New York Times and Newsweek lavished Kopp’s new organization with cover stories full of insipid praise. Teach for America: Liberal mission helps conservative agenda 2011-12-25T21:00:00Z Oh! my dear Rochebrune, pray don't put me on a diet of insipid compliments! Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z It is insipid, crackles between the teeth, occurs in variable-sized pieces, is tough, of a yellowish-white colour, and opaque, and has properties similar to gum tragacanth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Finest stuff that ever was made; that is, when you get the real article, and none of that sugar-water imitation some bee-keepers put on the market nowadays, which tastes as insipid as mucilage. Boy Scouts: Tenderfoot Squad or, Camping at Raccoon Lodge 2011-12-15T03:00:17.777Z For life, Se�or Castell, however balanced and physiological it may be, is a sad and insipid thing when the imagination is not moved to adorn it. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z The masks became more and more stereotyped, more and more insipid. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z While insipid, the lyrics are at least tame. City Room: Gingrich in New York, and Cain in the Dust 2011-12-05T13:40:46Z The flesh of sheep when dressed is equally well known to possess a variety of qualities: some mutton is coarse, dry, and insipid,—a dry sponge affording little or no gravy of any colour. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z Pshaw! the chit would become more insipid than ever, more delightful, more enthralling, more utterly subjugating. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Being Religious to Some Purpose.—There are certain insipid, traffic-virtuous people to whom religion is pinned like the hem of some garb of a higher humanity. Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits 2011-11-28T03:00:26.030Z It is our old friend the Doctor, with his Bolognese jargon, long-winded citations, insipid tomfooleries, and absurd pretensions to omniscience. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z This once popular mess is now found to be rather insipid, unless it is produced nicely garnished with plenty of Continental sauce, mixed with just an idea of invasion relish. Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces 2011-11-28T03:00:24.727Z Swedenborg's writings were, viz., "insipid with veracity," as your case now again demonstrates. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Another series of portraits, steel-engravings, as highly-finished and but slightly less insipid, illustrated my Father's edition of Thiers' French Revolution through which, one conscientious winter, I considered it my duty to wade. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z Of all forms of literature, pastoral tales, whether in verse or in prose, have been commonly the most artificial and the most insipid; but here was the breath of life. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z This place is insipid, yet soothing—very bosky and sedative and admirably arranged, � l'allemande—but with excessive and depressing heat just now, and a toneless air at the best. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z The simple, rather insipid melody was written by Moulton, the first husband of the present Baronne de Hegeman, and it was not long before it was the rage in the sentimental younger set of London. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z It is undoubtedly the greatest novel ever written—also insipid with veracity. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Thereupon several young men approached her and favored her with an assortment of the insipid, commonplace flatteries of which such a prodigious supply is ordinarily consumed in fashionable salons. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z He is deep but never turgid, pleasant but never insipid, lofty but never bombastic. Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) 2011-11-14T03:00:21.027Z Linnæus says, "A dry place renders plants sapid; a succulent place, insipid; and a watery place, corrosive." The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z The former is pretty poor stuff—cheap and insipid—I never liked to sing it. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z I'm sure that once in that movement, and at home, all other places would seem insipid. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z It can only occur in the soul of a hero, for mediocre and insipid people always bow to the opinion of the majority. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z Don't you hear what silly things they sing nowadays? what insipid, popular airs? The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Mrs. Gisborne had heard that she was married, and feared she had been sacrificed to a man whom she describes as “that insipid, sickening Italian mortal, Danieli the lawyer.” The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z Our young singers generally chose white or blue or pink or something insipid; but I had a very definite taste in clothes, and liked effects that were not only pretty but also individual and becoming. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Society, art, intellectual pursuits, became not only insipid but distasteful, and with this suffering a new element mingled, deep mental distress. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z It would be necessary to go once more in search of food, for they found the breadfruit too insipid to form their only vegetable diet. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z Doubt not that the Heart of Jesus gives greater delight and comfort to those souls which seek it with devotion and self-abnegation, than the world with all its pastimes and insipid pleasures. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Single gooseberries of nearly 2 oz. in weight have been occasionally exhibited; but the produce of such fanciful horticulture is generally insipid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z These are the first volumes of a proposed complete translation; which is, however, far from literal, and replaces the rough vigour of the original by the insipid language of conventional French piety. Ruysbroeck 2011-10-29T02:00:16.413Z Otherwise, joy all too easily becomes insipid and rotten to the taste, and counts, for whole strata of the people, among the adulterated foodstuffs. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z Your finest-flavored fruits are grown where man contends with Nature, not as in the tropics, where she drops her insipid increase into his idle lap. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z He had made up a little insipid picture of Annette picking flowers by day, and wrapped in maiden slumber in a white room at night. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z In justice to Gray, he ought to have added, that their Author rejected, from a correct edition of his works, this insipid series of verses. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z But the water was warm; sometimes it was positively hot, and always insipid and filthy looking. Campaign of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry April 25-November 11, 1898 2011-10-16T02:00:16.233Z And, at any Rate, an Evening of insipid Musique and weak Tea is better than sitting toping and guzzling after Dinner. Manners & Cvftoms of ye Englyfhe Drawn from ye Qvick 2011-10-15T02:00:25.137Z It is of slight value, but considerably less insipid than the Child of Elle. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z The kernel is insipid, sometimes bitter, occasionally rather sweet. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z His little performances, whether songs or epigrams, are sometimes spritely, and sometimes insipid'—and of course despicable. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z All that is here insisted upon is that any general fusion all along the line would result in weak, insipid, and uninteresting mathematics. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z Its leaves are broad and smooth; its fruit is long, white, sweet, and insipid. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z The tragedy is insipid; the rest of the players wretched. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z And what a trifling, insipid meat one finds, to repay the effort! Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z His Abyssinian tale hath many beauties, yet the characters are insipid, the narrative ridiculous, the moral invisible, and the reader disappointed. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z You’ll think this a picture of a dreadfully insipid society; but I hasten to add that it’s not all so tame as that. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z It also has the fault of over-bearing, when the fruit is often small and insipid. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z In the centre was a deep dish with a dozen small stewed oysters floating in an ocean of liquor, as tasteless and insipid as dish-water. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z Dead ripe, the flesh becomes almost transparent, fragrant, sweet, rather insipid, surrounding flat, wrinkled seeds an inch long. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z I comprehended that there is more nourishment for famishing humanity in the most watery and insipid broth of Christian charity than in the dry and musty spider-web of the Hegelian philosophy. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z There’s nothing to go out for in New York—only insipid boys and girls.” Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z A little insipid like most nice girls, but you have to take what you can get. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z It was half filled with amatory verses by juvenile rhymesters, and with tasteless insipid drawings in water colours, by boarding-school misses: which drawings my Dulcinea persisted in calling paintings. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z They have been too tame and insipid to arouse her energies, or excite her interest; but now there is a thrilling power in the tidings which daily meet her ears. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z Perhaps there is nothing that, to the uninitiated, appears more stupid, insipid, and purposeless than the progress of that game. Hand-Craft The Most Reliable Basis of Technical Education in Schools and Classes 2011-09-18T02:00:30.783Z I come to explain to you the principles by which I am actuated, clearly and roundly; without false modesty, insipid affectation, or artful ambiguity. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z She was always thrown in the dreariest places with the dreariest dead-and-alive people, flat and insipid and tiresome. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Who ever heard a dull and insipid tune played or sung in the streets, or whistled by the boys? Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z They have none of the many privileges of manufacturing districts—consequently their information is so very limited, that their conversation is, as a thing in course, quite insipid. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z Recently, I observed a CEO address a conference as a keynote speaker with a truly insipid presentation. The Big White Lie: The Truth About Corporate Accountability 2011-09-16T17:48:01Z Philip, Duke of Anjou, had a face of insipid beauty posed upon a little round body. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z The fashion at school just then, was to look down on boys and young men as green and insipid. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z So we will sit down with the women and children upon the green grass, and eat of it, however fastidious people whose appetites have been spoiled by high-spiced meat, may find it coarse and insipid. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z Besides, none but those who have made the experiment know how insipid fish is to those who do not eat it, as all men of true taste do eat it, for variety only. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z Composers when writing for a first-rate singer noted down merely a simple tema with the slightest possible accompaniment, which, if sung as written, would be cold, bald, and insipid. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z But, anyhow, it's horribly insipid here, and I suppose it will be like this always now. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z Inwardly chafing to have my sweetheart to myself, it was with the utmost difficulty I could engage myself in the insipid conversation, through the mazes of which the gallant captain led us. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z Do not deal in insipid generalities, but suit your words to your hearers, “that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.” The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z There was a hidden sympathy between the qualities of his own mind and the exquisite critical genius and reasoning power of Lessing, which made him find the writers of the first class insipid and trivial. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 2011-08-13T02:00:20.940Z A kind of inspiration now seemed to take possession of the most insipid and common-place characters. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z But we will not judge harshly of the author who lives by supplying innocent, if rather insipid, food for public amusement. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z The flesh of spawning fish is loose and watery, insipid and tasteless, and rarely brings more than a few pence per pound. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Speech that fits close to the characteristics and wants of the people to whom it is spoken is sure to be interesting, and that which does not will for them be insipid. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z “The economy is insipid, no more than that.” King May Prevail as ‘Insipid’ Recovery Hurts Rate-Increase Case 2011-08-03T23:24:04Z All the fictions that I had invented seemed to me utterly absurd and insipid. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z Forward-looking surveys continue to point to an economy handicapped by insipid demand at home and weakening demand abroad. UK growth figures undermine George Osborne's recovery strategy 2011-07-26T19:17:28Z Far better seize on general topical characteristics, only select those that are prominent, colourful, and vigorous, rather than neutral, insipid traits or happenings. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z To say what others said, to utter a few familiar scriptural phrases, diluted by ignorant earnestness, seemed to me, even at that time, an insipid offering of praise. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z The sincerity commended by the fortuitous, insipid, apathetic, inherited consent, which so often passes for honesty, because too indolent or too cowardly to inquire, and too stupid to doubt. The Principles Of Secularism 2011-07-22T02:00:17.390Z Shall I sacrifice this superb creature to an insipid prejudice, because she sacrificed herself and everything else to a childish delusion? On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z But following an insipid display from his new team, against Steve Cotterill's industrious Portsmouth side, this was a neat response to Pinto da Costa, the Porto president. Portsmouth 0-1 Chelsea 2011-07-16T18:50:15Z One of the Baluchis handed him a bowl of rice, cold and insipid, and a chunk of mahogany looking substance, which smelt abominably rancid—and which he turned from with loathing. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z I don’t believe that in all his life he has perpetrated an obscure or insipid line; in fact, he could not become a bore, if he would. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Love without work and achievement is first insipid, and then stale. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z |
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