Tristas staggers up from where I left him, his face lit with frightening intensity as he finds me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lawrence worked on the tube design with an intensity he had not shown since the Alpha racetrack project. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Quickly glancing at Zion and Zarra, I admire their intensity, focus. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In conversation he listened with an intensity that was almost alarming, as if Belknap were the most fascinating man in the world, not just an elderly uncle visiting from Big Foot Prairie. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The thing was tremendous, a gangly sprawl of clawed arms and legs, and just the sudden intensity of its presence threw Sierra backward. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Zero stared at him for a moment, with the same intensity with which he had been staring at the letter. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

There was an intensity in his voice now. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I had to look away from the intensity of his stare. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He looked at the sky: it had a bright blue intensity that only autumn and the movement of the sun from its summer place in the sky could give it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

At home, the big security lights washed out the stars, but here they stared down at him with an intensity that was almost frightening. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Holding it with the right degree of intensity, she could pass through a crowded room, or walk beside a solitary traveler, without being seen. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks me in the eye with an intensity that makes my head throb. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She was so pretty and slight and vivid and always bubbling over with intensity and fun. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see the intensity in his eyes; all I heard was "he went down," and then static. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Indeed, shortly after dark, after Beidleman’s group failed to return and the storm had risen to hurricane intensity, Boukreev realized they must be in trouble and made a courageous attempt to bring oxygen to them. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Keenan leans forward, his eyes nearly black with intensity, his face so close that I can feel his breath against my cheek. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was her intensity, it was her manner, it was her—way. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He had heard people speak of mirages, and had already seen some himself: they were desires that, because of their intensity, materialized over the sands of the desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sparks jumped across the river as the machine’s windstorm stirred the fire to a new intensity. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The intensity of his stare increases with these eyes; looking at him now she can see deeper, without being distracted by the color. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I played lightly at first and then with more force and speed as the song now playing in my head increased in intensity. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it is doubtful that the drug war would have been launched with such intensity on the ground but for the bribes offered for law enforcement’s cooperation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They were at You Gelato Be Kidding!, a sketchy little shop that had somehow become their favorite place to get dessert in the intensity of the last three weeks. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His intensity and loneliness are, and so are the gun magazines that she sometimes sees him thumbing through during boring lectures, and the way he doesn’t even seem to feel guilty for what he did. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The pain grew in intensity, throbbing in his forehead. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man watches me with real intensity as I leaf through the documents. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Whoever had made the picture was no trained artist, but there was a rough intensity in it that was very powerful. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Momma’s letters started off with pale pink envelopes that increased in intensity over the years to a bright fuchsia. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But her husband was not so easily deceived—he had noticed the unusual intensity in the blue eyes. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Readers of black newspapers around the country followed the exploits of the Tuskegee airmen with an intensity that bordered on the obsessive. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

That he was passionate enough to cry demonstrated his growing intensity concerning the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Fire—everywhere, climbing the walls of the room, burning with all the intensity of the sun. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His face was calm, but his eyes burned with a cold intensity that Pong immediately recognized. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Mist hung just above the trees, burning off in patches where bright sun dulled the intensity of red hibiscus blossoms, yellow morning glories, the purple centers of passion fruit flowers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The little girls had come into the kitchen and were leaning on either side of their fathers chair, listening with the same dark-eyed intensity. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, the speed with which we talked about possible types of DNA structures gathered intensity as the morning went by. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He began polishing the bar again with a fierce intensity. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But there’s something more, a crazy intensity to his gaze. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam’s eyes hurt watching it, they were so bright, and they seemed to grow in intensity as they lifted off. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

This longing may change in intensity, but it's always there. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

His throat hurt like a raw slash from the strangling intensity with which he shrieked each command to McWatt. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

If it were right, however, the model would also accurately predict the relative intensities of the various X-ray reflections. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He looks out at us with astonishing directness, as if he were reading us with the same intensity that we bring to bear on his strongly modeled features. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what gave it an air of breathless intensity was that Daisy lived there--it was as casual a thing to her as his tent out at camp was to him. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

His intensity seemed even greater than when he was playing a tournament or match game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had studied and asked questions with the same unwavering intensity as when he had trapped and pelted and cured a Hebrew verb. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Evans recounted, “I had no idea that I was talking to a future world’s champion, just a very young master with great intensity. It was the beginning of a long and sometimes turbulent friendship.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The door was partly open, and just as I came up to it, the hissing started up again with a new intensity. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

What could you make of that, except to suspect some intensity in his conception of the affair that couldn't be measured? The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The intensity of the last few days at Langley had been matched only by the extreme heat that had enveloped the peninsula. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I had almost forgotten the intensity of the experience of addressing a crowd. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The camaraderie, intensity, and passion for the job, and the sense of duty to something larger than myself, was something I had missed desperately. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It was never established whether it had really caused the death of the birds, but the newly married women did not bear the predicted monsters, nor did the intensity of the heat decrease. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Small slips these are, memories they wouldn’t expect from a two-year-old, but my memories don’t differentiate—two days, two years, or ten—they are all the same weight and intensity. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Then the witch turned to Will, and he felt the same tingle of intensity, but like Lyra he controlled his expression. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though, I have to admit there’s something fascinating about Nick’s nervous intensity when he likes someone. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

No one yet had accused Holmes of foul play, but the intensity of this new wave of inquiry was greater, more obliquely accusatory, than anything he previously had experienced. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Her mind had contemplated it and rejected it with an intensity that left her nauseated. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The softness of her voice was unable to hide its intensity, and she was already pushing Pinmei into the darkness. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But the intensity and the severity of things didn’t quite hit until a few days later, when she paid her regular visit to a small nail salon in Tremonton. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

His voice climbed in intensity as he got to the end of his pitch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The chaplain loved his wife and children with such tameless intensity that he often wanted to sink to the ground helplessly and weep like a castaway cripple. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I saw him now, leaning toward the front seat, speaking with an intensity which had not been there before. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isabelle, startled by his intensity, reached into her pocket and handed it to him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He said it with such intensity that I could almost see him pounding his fist into his palm. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, especially as it got later and her last dose of painkillers wore off, she would flinch for a second, but her eyes never lost the intensity I had noticed earlier. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no need to call retreat—for at the intensity of that first volley, we had stumbled backward—and now we found ourselves split into two parties. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It was overwhelming in its intensity, and she felt as though she could not breathe. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we walk toward the guards, the intensity of her gaze is impossible to disguise. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Thus deployed, they were watched with intensity by the crowds of winter-carapaced people who lined up in neat rows to gaze down at them. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think back to the intensity I’d seen on his face during our first meeting, when he was talking about his newest creation, about his passions. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The intensity of his gaze made her blush. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Nyame glanced at me, and I swallowed at the intensity of his gaze. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Several observers commented on Ellsberg’s intensity, the fire in his eyes. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

These were women who, like me, understood the level of intensity and sacrifice required to reach athletic excellence. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But running beneath them is a quiet rumble, inconsistent in its intensity. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I sidle a glance at the red-haired fighter, to find his attention fixed on me with an intensity that sends an unexpected flutter through my chest. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When he glanced at me again, his dark eyes were burning with a kind of intensity that made me feel like my head was full of air, ready to float away. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She holds it out, staring at it with remarkable intensity. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

After the fierce front of the storm had passed, the rain lessened in intensity. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could tell by the degree of intensity in the shout how bad a thing it was that was happening. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Coming closer to the river, faintly at first, faint as the pale yellow light emerging across the southeast horizon, the sounds gathered intensity from the swelling colors of dawn. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The behavior of the crowd, its silent intensity, was the other thing that forced me to reassess the speakers and their message. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

A boy holding a pencil between his hands, studying it with a terrifying intensity—the pencil bursting into flames. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He didn’t realize the intensity of the fire in his throat until that soothing ice chip began to cool the flames. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Forrest stepped closer, staring at me with such intensity I thought I must need to wipe my nose. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The intensity of the pain produced a flash in front of my eyes. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Anytime old friends came to visit us at the White House, they were amused by the intensity with which both Barack and I quizzed them about their jobs, their kids, their hobbies, anything. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His black eyes focus on me with new intensity. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Such is His mystery: that beauty requires contrast, and that discord is fundamental to the creation of new intensities of feeling. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think back to the glint of intensity that I saw in Hideo’s eyes when he showed me the contact lenses. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His gaze was fixed on her with an intensity that indicated nothing else mattered or existed. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He had doubled the intensity of his workouts. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I find them inspiring for lots of reasons: the intensity of work, intellect, and emotion they bring to the stage; the obstacles they overcome; the love they show one another. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Myrna was not astigmatic; the lenses were clear glass; she wore the glasses to prove her dedication and intensity of purpose. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, the place was an inferno, and Septimus was forced to take several steps backwards, from the intensity of the heat. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

These days, the habit has become an addiction: we are hooked on living; the tenacity of its grip on us, and ours on it, grows in intensity. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re adorable,” she said, and I felt the intensity of her eyes on me and looked away nervously. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The men smoked with increased intensity, looking deep into the fire as the breeze came up and dusk lowered. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Isabelle, startled by his intensity, reached into her pocket and handed it to him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Paul may have been small and delicate physically, but she had an intensity and passion for her work that those around her found inspiring. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I tried to laugh it off, but there was a scary intensity to Diego's voice that made me think he wasn’t joking. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Freeman’s smile never grew, it stayed at the same intensity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was still a lingering intensity in his words. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was getting too dark to see her expression, but I didn’t need light to feel the intensity of her stare. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The higher the intensity, the better the high. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I realized I was making him nervous with my ignorance and my sudden intensity. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It would have the capability to produce neutrons ten times more energetic than those emitted by the twenty-seven-inch machine, an intensity that “would make it possible to carry on actual clinical therapy of human cancer.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I stood with care, worried my balance might have been affected by the strange new intensity between us. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And then Scythe Faraday spoke up—his voice quiet and measured, but somehow carrying an intensity that was chilling. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t keep up this intensity all game. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He all but shuddered with the intensity of his loathing for this house and all it had made him feel since he had first come into it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Let us remember what is so easy to forget in the mad intensity of wartime: that prejudice and hatred are never right and never to be accepted by a just society. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The intensity had not abated after two years, nor had her awe at his self-assured eccentricities and his fierce moralities. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Although she weighed just ninety-one pounds, her sparrowlike proportions disguised a formidable resolve; to an astounding degree, Yasuko had been propelled up the mountain by the unwavering intensity of her desire. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Behind it, Captain Reed prowled back and forth at the rail, looking into the mist, then turning around again to stare with equal intensity at the crate. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Laila had lain on the bed, groaning into the pillow, missing her parents suddenly and with an overpowering intensity she hadn’t felt since those terrible days just after the attack. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

With their fields disappearing beneath their feet and a growing population to feed, Maya farmers were forced to exploit ever more marginal terrain with ever more intensity. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There’s an intensity in his gaze that makes me stand up a little straighter, despite the dirt. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She could hear her voice rise in pitch; its intensity frightened her. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Research mathematicians attack their problems with an intensity and compulsiveness which seem related to the purity of their research. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke curled from his proud lips, as though the same crackling sparks that lent his blue eyes their intensity now stoked a blaze beneath his skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you worry about me,” he said with such intensity that I instantly gave in. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His face took on a new intensity as he raised it above Martin’s rude coffin, squeezing it like he meant to drive his fingers through. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The drums beat more loudly, with a pulsing intensity. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Look at the fluidity of motion in this Raphael—how it brings intensity to the visual story he tells.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The words made his body shake as if they had an intensity of their own which was released as he spoke. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I can picture her face, and her intensity surprises me. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of the battle in the north grew steadily in intensity. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His ailments, his frustration, and the mounting intensity of the work taxed his spirits and caused him to feel older than his age. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When the girls would practice lazy or not play with intensity she would say “Girls, you should work hard. Joan would work very hard to get back on the team.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The intensity of Eric's gaze made the direction in which he looked terrible, for Sam had his back to it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are wide open, searching, and when her gaze alights on Vivian’s face, it is startling in its intensity, stripped of any pretense or convention. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

There’s just something kind of mortifying to me about the intensity of those feelings. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

From that day, my studies took on a new intensity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lyra could see the intensity in his body, saw his jaw working, and then saw an authority descend over it, calming and relaxing and clarifying. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were examining works of art with a toughness and intensity usually seen only in the buyers of new cars or electronics. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Impressed by her intensity, the counter man shoved six loaves and the least battered of the rejected pies at her and took her two dimes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s running at three-quarter speed; he doesn’t shoot when he’s open; there’s no intensity. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Whatever the case, when Orion rose again from Tartarus, he was Artemis’s bitterest enemy. No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The Corporal listened with great intensity, as if the sound of fife and drum brought a special message to his ears. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a spectacular sight, which grew in intensity as the air became denser. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine,” I replied, surprised by his intensity. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A dream couldn’t possibly capture the intensity of this moment. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Through the soles of my shoes, I felt the shuddering with increasing intensity. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But it took more time to get used to the seesaw intensity of the place. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

A woman in her seventies, with a broad face and short graying hair, she had a gentle, scholarly manner that masked an inner intensity. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“The Chief God’s purpose in the creative advance is the evocation of novel intensities. He is the lure for our feeling.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw myself speaking with intensity and conviction and never letting up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

You can measure the quality of the work by the intensity of astonishment. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only stories of love pass through our post-mortal filter, yet even then, we are baffled by the intensity of longing and loss that threatens those mortal tales of love. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“What we were unprepared for was the intensity of the change and the speed at which it happened,” Zimbardo says. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The whole country was lighted by a searing light with the intensity many times that of the midday sun,” recalled General Farrell. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of us walk unseeing through the world, unaware alike of its beauties, its wonders, and the strange and sometimes terrible intensity of the lives that are being lived about us. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And he looked at every painted face closely and with intensity as though each were real. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The children watched him with a familiar intensity I couldn’t quite identify. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The intensity with which young people live demands that they “blank out” as often as possible. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be one of those people who have streaks to maintain, who scorch the ground with their intensity. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Gradually, the intensity of his sensations subsided and he was aware of the room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mama asked now, her face almost burning with intensity. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

One of the gunners makes unimaginative comments about the smoke, a dead horse he can see at the base of the walls, the intensity of certain quadrants of fire. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The two film towers had been pushed back, at Fischer’s request, and the lighting intensity on stage increased. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I can see a similar light in his eyes here in the way he throws his punches—but this is a darker intensity. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

California searches vehicles for vegetables and fruits which might carry pernicious insects and diseases, and regulations of these are enforced with almost religious intensity. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The constrained wind had built itself up to mini-cyclone intensity and could not be constrained. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Illustrations of disasters and holocausts bloomed over the turbaned heads of men with bulging eyes of frightening intensity. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Angel at first refused to notice, but as the beauty of the music grew in intensity, all of the pain and memories of her past grew within her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time Ralph expressed the intensity of his emotion by pretending to Knock Simon down; and soon they were a happy, heaving pile in the under-dusk. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Every Chicago resident who could read devoured these reports from abroad, but none with quite so much intensity as Dr. H. H. Holmes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In a funny way, his eyes held the same intensity that the cruel pretties’ had, though without their coldness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

You could tell from the intensity of his stare, his constant alertness, the coiled-up energy in his frame. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There was a slight, furtive boy whom no one knew, who kept to himself with an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Your Honor,” Max said, his voice breaking from an intensity of emotion. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sat curled in fetal position, hovered in the tiny space between the bathtub and toilet, exhausted from the intensity of the sickness. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Irmgard whispered harshly in his ear; she had grabbed him by the shoulder, her nails digging into him with frantic intensity. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Even in the darkness of the woods, the intensity of her gaze was piercing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Faithless creature,” Oriana says, looking at me as though through the sheer intensity of her gaze she might ferret out my secrets. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The other three adults watch us with a quivering intensity. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He stares at Marlena with such intensity he looks like a different man. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Material profit. Increase of knowledge. The augmentation of the complexity and intensity of the field of intelligent life. The enrichment of harmony and the greater glory of God. Curiosity. Adventure. Delight.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the intensity of her feeling began to subside, and exhaustion took its place, she made her way slowly down the hill toward the village. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Though they were separated by several feet, she was disconcerted by the intensity of his gaze; she felt as if he could pull her open from afar. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

X-ray treatment, which she did receive, was by no means novel at the time, though the intensity of her treatment might have been unusual. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Over the ashheaps the giant eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg kept their vigil but I perceived, after a moment, that other eyes were regarding us with peculiar intensity from less than twenty feet away. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

His face is bright red, eyes burning with an intensity I’ve never seen before. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

And the way he’s looking at me, the intensity of it, is so nice that I am embarrassed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Rocking back and forth, her arms tightly folded, she regarded him with intensity. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I'm startled by his intensity but recognize an excellent opportunity for getting food, so I try to keep up. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She was a more polished version of her daughter, but lacked Audrey’s intensity, which she claimed to have inherited from her father. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

His good eye stares at me with familiar intensity that almost feels comfortable. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

His intensity had lessened and he was friendly again, smiling and patting me on the back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Boots said, her voice rising in pitch and intensity. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time in my life I felt hate and anger rage with furious intensity inside me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was envious and a bit overwhelmed by the intensity with which they cared for one another—and for him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He had a quiet intensity, a bit of gravel in his voice. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Iowa was a wrestling-mad school, but the intensity was nowhere near what it was in Odessa over football, the relationship nowhere near as intertwined. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His red eyes fastened upon Snape’s black ones with such intensity that some of the watchers looked away, apparently fearful that they themselves would be scorched by the ferocity of the gaze. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Something about the low intensity of Kvothe’s voice broke the stare between them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We had thrust our daughters into all the strangeness and intensity of White House life, not knowing how it would impact them or what they’d take from the experience. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We are trained to think that what goes into any transaction or relationship or system must be directly related, in intensity and dimension, to what comes out. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just didn’t want to be around the guy, his intensity, those eyes that cut right through you and made you feel like you were hiding something, even if you weren’t. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Her lips are soft as flower petals, but with an intensity behind them. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The sound and intensity and time of the burn seemed to exceed the best of my black-powder combinations. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And, quite suddenly, he missed the Bog with an intensity that nearly knocked him to his knees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He admitted he needed to take occasional breaks from the intensity of the clinic, but mostly these time-consuming excursions were to set an example for the doctors and nurses who worked beside him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Beacon Fire,” Yishan whispered, watching the shooting star with surprising intensity. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But instead he continued to gaze with probing intensity into my eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

With his quiet, penetrating intensity, he said that it’s not a “mistake” if a reasonable person knows the risks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

My dad has retreated into the garage again, welding and sawing with full-tilt intensity, so I take it that they haven’t quite made up yet. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He meets my eyes with an intensity I haven't seen in him before. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“The augmentation of the complexity and intensity of the field of intelligent life,” he said, quoting one of my Ekumenical quotations. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve talked about it before, of course, how Vivi thinks we’re stupid for not being able to resist the intensity of Faerie, for desiring to stay in a place of such danger. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Framed by strong blue, purple, and green hues, her features stare back at her with fiery intensity. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

His whole body craved food with such an intensity that it quickened his breath. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were easily frustrated, and aside from Kanue—playing all out as usual—the players were walking and showing little intensity. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, if the patient worsens, the dosage or intensity of the treatment was not great enough; if he dies, he delayed too long in coming to you. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his first few words, the boos grew in intensity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

An onlooker, not understanding the situation, would have wondered at the strange intensity of the two; an onlooker might have believed for a moment that they were man and boy suddenly bereft of their reason. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I envied them with an intensity near to love, and near to rage. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped and a shudder ran through her, increasing in intensity for a few seconds, till, at the end, she shook as though in a palsy. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Nor that he’s regarding my face with the same intensity I am his. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The intensity of the song swells, though Aquilla keeps her voice low, as if she doesn't want to be heard. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He stares at her with burning intensity, completely oblivious to Rosie. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Finally he looks up at you with the same intensity with which he scoured the map. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

His body was bent over to the left by his crooked spine, and his eyes lay deep in his head, and because of their depth seemed to glitter with intensity. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next, her head would bob a bit and her eyes would take on the intensity of a wild predator. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Three teenagers pass laughing and Max watches them with great intensity. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Again, everybody meant well, and I was really hoping that the money this raised would take a load off of my parents’ shoulders, but the intensity of all the attention was pretty high. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, the discussions in the drawing room appeared to reach a new level of intensity and by lunchtime, the exchanges were becoming rather heated. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The intensity with which the family undertook the defense had a self- perpetuating and escalating force: Reggie denied texting, the family backed him up, and Reggie, never someone to let others down, dug in deeper. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Paqo and this man stood nose to nose, interlocking gazes with an intensity that caused me to avert my eyes. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It made me feel boneless to meet his gaze straight on, but I wanted the truth from him even as I worried the intensity of his gaze would burn me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

There’s a specific intensity in his gaze now, a glow that brightens his entire expression. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He peered down on me through his glasses with a laserlike intensity. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“They went armed with a shotgun and a dagger. They went to rob and kill—” His voice trembled, toppled, disappeared, as though strangled by the intensity of his own loathing for the debonair, gum-chewing defendants. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something about its color and intensity made it clear that this time she hadn’t summoned a light, but a weapon. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A mirror bright ocean, almost white with its intensity. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

America’s pride in its growing power and international stature had fanned patriotism to a new intensity. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But the intensity of his feelings wasn’t normal. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The intensity of the veterans’ reactions took her breath away. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She puts on records of slow jazz so we can relax before the intensity of our meeting. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And this idea filled him, in a moment, wholly, with the intensity of a vision: What better woman could be found? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And then, with quiet intensity, “Don’t take them. Please.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In later years they change faces, places and maybe races, tactics, intensities and goals, but beneath those penetrable masks they wear forever the stocking-capped faces of childhood. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The judge had short, manicured hair, slightly graying, and he spoke quietly in a way that suggested he was restraining an intensity. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The oldest leaders of the Ridgefolk, still guiding and inspiring their people even after death, had stared at me with such intensity that it was almost a relief when they were gone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

If the universe were expanding faster in some directions than in others, the intensity of the radiation in those directions would be reduced by an additional red shift. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The intensity of his voice and eyes made me blink. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She was looking at him in a sidelong way, but with curious intensity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And he was staring with such intensity the air around him seemed to crackle. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He had been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right through to the end, waited with his teeth set, so to speak, at an inconceivable pitch of intensity. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

All evening they paused the movie to watch the news reports about the storm’s intensity and direction. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She held him off but could not deny that Mudgett aroused within her an intensity of desire that colored her dreams. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Maya picked up another shirt and started folding it with way more intensity than necessary. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Anu holds his gaze, and Ranee can feel the intensity in their silence. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One of them had such intensity and fierce determination in his eyes that it made me shudder, and I quickly looked away. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She forced herself to look up at him, and felt at that moment the intensity of the attention that Florence fixed on her, as though she were trying to shout a warning. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The Last Hoorah party was their chance to celebrate and let off some steam after the intensity of the last six weeks. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She lowered her gaze to the assassin, pinning her with the intensity of it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Betas would process less material but at higher intensities, leaving less flexibility for loss. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I could see her talking to two girls next to a row of lockers and she didn't have the same intensity. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“No, I don’t,” she answered, refusing, with a small shake of the head, to credit his intensity. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Franny was staring at the little blotch of sunshine with a special intensity, as if she were considering lying down in it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The wrinkle had appeared between her brows again, and she stared hard at the symbol in the center of the cover, as if she could bore through it with the sheer intensity of her gaze. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But, anyway, the kid is staring at me with a level of intensity that I find very troubling, particularly given that I am holding a copy of Mano a Mano. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

But then they snapped open—on the bus, in the pharmacy—and I felt the intensity of all that looking, the desire and the desperation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Malia, meanwhile, was in South America on a gap-year adventure, feeling the freedom of being as far away from the political intensity as she could. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was like the sun suddenly poked through a stormy sky Everything changed color and tone and intensity. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Students at that black school had been protesting since February 5 a segregated bowling alley in town, with demonstrations growing in size and intensity over the next few days. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As he reached the door, the lights went on again, blinding in their intensity. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben would give Him the shoulders of Virgil Hedgepath, the innocence of Karen, the spoon and tears of Mary Anne, the high-pitched laugh of Sammy, Matt’s intensity, and the loyalty of the Gray. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pro-French demonstrations were held near the president’s home and escalated in intensity. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Something bright reflected from his chest with such intensity that the boy was momentarily blinded. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore kohl around her dark eyes—the only makeup she bothered with—amplifying their brooding intensity. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The roar came again, if anything with greater intensity, momentarily drowning out all the other commotion. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The pitch of the metallic whine coming through the walls increased in intensity as each minute ticked on. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Clay- tor s demanding, rapid-fire instruction had laid the foundation both for the content of the work at hand and for its intensity. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

From over scrubby cheekbones eyes looked into Winston’s, sometimes with strange intensity, and flashed away again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He had counted on a rest after May 1 but realized now that the intensity would persist until long afterward. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The intensity in Fin’s tone was sobering, and Kaede said, “I will.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then the intensity of the soldiers’ shouting and laughing swallowed me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I drift off only to be roused by nightmares that have increased in number and intensity. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was not at all like the ordinary robot, attending to his specialized task at the station with the intensity of a deeply ingrooved positronic path. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She would tell them about parents who came to comfort their children when nightmares woke them, and they would all go still and quiet, listening with a terrible intensity. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I glanced at him, caught him watching me with unexpected intensity. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“And we are determined here in Montgomery,” he said, his voice rising in intensity, “to work and fight until justice runs down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Hickock did not write with his companion’s intensity. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can’t speak, but his one good eye fixes on me with such intensity, as if he’s trying to memorize every detail of my face. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

One morning in August 1886, as heat rose from the streets with the intensity of a child’s fever, a man calling himself H. H. Holmes walked into one of Chicago’s train stations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I can feel the intensity of her emotions radiating from her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Stunned only for a moment, he got up, glared at Gerald, saw the growing intensity of the fire, and moved toward the open door. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those green eyes fixate on a point with such intensity that you find yourself trying to make out what she sees in the empty air. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

That year the monsoon broke early with an evil intensity such as none could remember before. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gunwoo stepped back, his eyes still burning with the intensity of his emotions. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

His attention suddenly withdrew, his eyes lost focus for an instant, and then snapped back to the moment with an extra charge of intensity. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Moreover it was filled with a sort of exaltation, a lunatic intensity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

First the pregnant young woman recoiled and then she spat with a vicious intensity that wrinkled her forehead. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I slept in rain or sun, on soft grass, moist earth, or sharp stones with an intensity of indifference that only grief can promote. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hamlet said with an intensity that made the veins in his temples stand out In a strange passion himself, he seemed desperate to control the players, their every movement and word. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She’d also been around politics enough to be unfazed by its intensity and pace. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Haymitch stares at it, puzzled, and then his face takes on a strange intensity. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was also possible that the sun wasn’t doing this at all, but a certain intensity, a soul ray, from my eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But Henrietta’s cells weren’t merely surviving, they were growing with mythological intensity. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Some are blue and wrap me gently in their glow; or green and soothing like oxen eyes in the night; but there are others, yellow and red, that sear me with their intensity. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The intensity of the pain corresponded to the nearness of the hollow and the frequency of the hits with its strength. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was deeper than the Bodleian instrument, but the golden case was equally worn with handling, and glowed in the lamplight with as much intensity and fire. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was narrow of face; his eyes were unusually large and bright, and shone with the intensity of his thought when he spoke. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

This is consistent with the observations of the microwave background radiation, which show that it has almost exactly the same intensity in any direction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It probably had something to do with the horror show hook-up with Faith and the intensity of Howie’s visit, but mostly it was thanks to Pastor Ted. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He missed the city life, its speed, its intensity, its hustle. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes his intensity was frightening, but afterwards he seemed calmer. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I suspect we had a similar intensity, a similar heedlessness, a similar agitation of the soul. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The intensity of his eyes and his touch rushes over Celia like a wave and she takes her hand from his before it pulls her under. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Those small changes wrought an undue transformation, replacing his dreamy vagueness with a hunting intensity. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Just as it had been at Whitney Young, my intensity was spawned at least in part by a feeling of I’ll show you. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mike had a way of getting an intensity of feeling into shaking hands. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her wails were full of an agony whose intensity told me that my punishment would be measured by its depth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blistering intensity of the collective wrath over Everest—and the fact that so much of that wrath was directed at her—took Pittman completely by surprise and left her reeling. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I slumped back under the intensity of their stares. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One clear illustration of this is the fact that war hysteria increases in intensity as one rises in the social scale. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But then, with ever- increasing intensity, I devoted myself to my studies. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time, the colour and intensity of the flames were different. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In the last two years of his life, now profoundly deaf and mosdy bedridden by severe illness, Beethoven withdrew into a private sound world, composing six string quartets of astonishing, unapproachable intensity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Collishaw gives his imagined picture of her last meal a spiritual intensity. Mat Collishaw: still sensational 2013-04-26T15:30:00Z

Petit scrutinises London – seen in the first third – with a fierce Ballardian eye, contemplating the tower blocks and flyovers of Shepherd's Bush with monochrome intensity. London and Radio On: watch the double bill 2012-11-30T15:02:03Z

And while anxiety is a difficult condition, its intensity falls on a spectrum; official ESAs are intended to aid those who suffer only from its most debilitating manifestations. The number of fake assistance dogs is exploding – but who are the owners behind it? 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z

The best lack all charisma, while the worst are full of panache and intensity. ‘Succession’ Returns, With No Real People Involved 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

That tic where Rose devours her cuticles with increasing intensity? In Horror Movies This Fall, Three Faces to Watch 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

On Tuesday she conveyed fiery intensity and poignant vulnerability. Review: Listening at the Met, After James Levine 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

Simultaneously awkward and self-possessed, he has the sleepy delivery and needling cynicism of Bill Murray and the haunted intensity of Daniel Craig. Paul Sparks Hones Tragic Persona in ?Dusk Rings a Bell? 2010-06-19T06:39:00Z

Now, the app store is sprinkled with dozens of tranquil smartphone portals that are antidotes to the maddening intensity of traditional video games and the quickening pace of online life. The Slow-Game App Is the New Smoke Break 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

I loved its weird intensity: I didn’t know what Joel was saying but it all sounded so important! Even Billy Joel Mocked ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire.’ I Loved It. 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z

But "within Orthodoxy is a whole spectrum of levels of intensity; there are some whose social conventions are more stringent than others," he said. Chicago woman says airline should 'stop the bullying' of women 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

This time, the colors, drawn faithfully from nature — poppies, crocuses, tulips, pansies — had the intensity and clarity of digitally enriched images. Fashion Review: Paris Couture Shows Stress Lots of Colors 2010-07-07T20:36:00Z

Arrindell’s intensity builds and builds, yet never overwhelms the words, which hit home and engender loud applause. Daemond Arrindell returns poetry to the people 2013-04-05T01:39:16Z

Feelings at full intensity simply cannot be sustained. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: We feel pain, because we love 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z

Topakian, the box’s curator, writes that a postwar Beethoven Seventh in Vienna represents Furtwängler “at his purest,” while the intensity of his Berlin account from 1942 was “nothing to do with the work.” A Conductor’s Impossible Legacy 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

After a race of this intensity, the ceremony itself, on 24 February, is guaranteed to be a let-down. Academy Awards: season's splits pave way for the Mr Potato Head Oscars 2013-01-30T18:10:01Z

Mad as the Mist and Snow, however, reaches the messianic intensity of the Waterboys' This Is the Sea. The Waterboys ? review 2011-02-02T18:34:59Z

During the episode in which the music breaks into militaristic intensity, the Philharmonic played with steely power that shook the hall yet never turned harsh. Music Review: Lorin Maazel and New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-01-25T22:03:14Z

As on her previous album, which was meaningfully titled “Turn Me Loose,” Ledisi stamps this one with an earthy intensity and a deceptive sense of abandon. New Music 2011-06-13T22:00:32Z

For almost two hours, the audience looked on as epic and often metaphysical questions—of faith, language, taste, value, ownership, legacy—were debated with ferocious intensity. What Happened After Mexico’s Greatest Architect Was Turned Into a Diamond 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z

There were some fine transitions within scenes, in which the orchestra pushed the action into new dramatic territory with a darkening key change or a tautening of intensity. Santa Fe Opera Stages ‘Carmen’ 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

From Velázquez’s former slave to the king himself, each is portrayed with respect as he or she fixes the viewer with that unsurpassed intensity of gaze. With brush and eye 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

With laser intensity, she researched West's condition and just what sorts of therapies might pull him through. Diane Ackerman's 'One Hundred Names for Love': A wife brings her stricken husband back from the brink 2011-05-25T22:51:05Z

The intensity never let up, nor did the steady current of lyricism that informs the drama. Triumphant 'Otello' marks Muti's return to CSO 2011-04-08T16:30:00Z

Tall, rail-thin and bald-headed, Debs spoke with an intensity and clarity that electrified audiences. All-American socialism, from Eugene Debs to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z

The common theme through them is a sense of immediacy, or what she called intensity. 10 Fall Pop and Jazz Albums (and One Festival) You Shouldn’t Miss 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

Then Everts likes to ratchet up the intensity. Personal training for seniors doesn’t mean an easier routine 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

I didn't get that kind of intensity from him at all. Stepping, samba and more damaged goods on "SYTYCD" 2010-07-22T12:01:00Z

Playing “Kullervo” on Saturday evening the orchestra still struggled to sustain intensity, but it was roused to a mighty finale by powerful singing from the Bard Festival Chorale, prepared by James Bagwell. Hearing the Mystery in Sibelius 2011-08-15T21:18:14Z

She sings with beguiling tenderness in moments of composure, but her voice throbs with penetrating intensity when Blanche is overcome with anxiety. Music Review: ‘Dialogues des Carmélites,’ at Metropolitan Opera 2013-05-06T22:35:02Z

A graduate of the Cormac McCarthy school of elemental language, Ms. Froderberg isn’t one to let up on the intensity; the weight of her words can feel biblical. Newly Released Books 2010-12-16T06:34:36Z

Mr. Minervini’s method is a remarkable blend of curiosity and sensitivity, and his intimate outsider’s perspective gives the film both dreamlike intensity and documentary immediacy. New Directors/New Films Festival Opens With Bold Strokes 2014-03-18T21:30:55Z

Written when the composer was roughly the same as age as Mr. Dolan, it expresses a boundless intensity that matches the sensibility of a filmmaker who fearlessly embraces extremes. Review: In ‘Tom at the Farm,’ Psychosexual Games Down at the Farm 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

Without visual distractions, the cooking had to get your attention almost entirely through the intensity of the flavors. At Dhamaka, Chintan Pandya Shows He’s Not Fooling Around 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z

As a test run suggests, they will sometimes reflect sunlight with spooky intensity, in what Ms. Mutu calls “a stunning message from beyond.” Wangechi Mutu: A New Face for the Met 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

There's a depth and intensity to his gaze that is quite chilling, and it's hard to tell whether Sunil is happy to see Paul or not. "In Treatment" finale recap: Frances makes amends 2010-12-07T13:15:00Z

"Revise, drastically, the amount you say and the intensity with which you say it," he writes. The real Larkin 2010-06-26T23:04:00Z

But there was an emotional intensity to it. Dave Navarro’s ‘Mourning Son’ Tells the Story of His Mother’s Murder 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

For some psychological profiles, keeping fear out of sight only enables it to expand in size and intensity. Exposure therapy: why we're obsessed with watching virus movies 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

His eventual reputation may well, in the end, be founded on his early works for his ensemble — their intensity an unlikely, still-bracing mixture of gaudy and spartan, bare yet glowing — and the early operas. Philip Glass Is Too Busy to Care About Legacy 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

The difference in intensity has to do with the number of green juices consumed every day. The Juice Cleanse: A Strange and Green Journey 2010-10-27T21:21:00Z

So great was the intensity of the performance that Parker stopped at one midpoint to mop his brow before continuing. Jon Kimura Parker’s ‘Rite’ packed with power | Classical review 2013-05-09T17:32:36Z

The very description of the plot shines with the film’s ingenuity and emotional intensity. “Viktoria”: A Great Film About Women, by a Woman 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

The score risks sounding amorphous at times, but Ms. Saariaho prevents this by injecting shards of dissonance, elusive harmonies that slip and groan, and spiraling figures that create moments of dizzying intensity. Three Varied Visions of Spirituality at the White Light Festival 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z

Zao’s earlier representational works are isolated in a small gallery suffused with great intensity of feeling. Zao Wou-Ki, an Abstract Fusion Master 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

As in the Strauss, Thielemann conveyed a sense of continuity, of great arches, that pressed intensity through the work’s endless, hypnotic repetitions. The Vienna Philharmonic Tends the Classics With a Perfect Partner 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z

One of the first things Edelman told me in our interview was: “The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” A Comic With Many Questions About Jews and Whiteness 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

A show like “Early Shaker Spirituals,” say — an austere interpretation of an album of Shaker music — might strike you as thrilling or tedious, but either way the intensity of its interrogation is fascinating. Review: ‘A Pink Chair’ Explores a Polish Playwright, but Finds Little 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine, reviewing a live recording on the Pan Classics label earlier this year, recalled four hours of “hypnotizing intensity.” Recognition for a Composer Who Captured a Century’s Horrors 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

But in exchange you get an excitement, an intensity and a sense of the unexpected that are at the core of chamber music’s eternal appeal. Music Review: Chamberfest With Juilliard Students at Paul Hall 2012-01-19T23:25:59Z

He quickly developed a reputation worldwide for his brilliant technique and the sheer intensity of his playing, but he also showed an underlying exploratory brashness. Gidon Kremer: A Violinist on a Mission, or Several of Them 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

Ratmansky, one of the greatest living choreographers and most important figures in ballet, has thrown himself into supporting Ukraine, where he spent his childhood, with an intensity matched by few other artists. A Leading Choreographer Joins the War Effort, With Classical Ballet 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z

Slayer simply are metal: its purest essence brought to life and delivered with imperious intensity. RIP Slayer's Jeff Hanneman 2013-05-03T13:54:00Z

It’s this intensity — and our deep emotional responses — that the movie tries to appropriate for itself. | 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close': ?Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close? With Tom Hanks - Review 2011-12-22T19:40:23Z

Ferraro says he knew the news would bring an outpouring of emotion from the community, but the intensity of it took him aback. East Village Radio: a onetime pirate station's road to redemption 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z

Their physical movements and intensity of concentration became part of the dance. Bowl concert plays as an elegy to James Horner, and an ode to composers of movie music 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

Then there are settings that allow the app-controller to get creative: The way you touch or tap the screen, or the way you tilt your iPhone, create corresponding changes in the blueMotion’s intensity or pattern. Is this the future of sex? What I learned from trying a remote-controlled robotic sex toy 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

What unfolds is a story of personal discovery with the intensity of a spy thriller. Review: ‘Unorthodox,’ a Stunning Escape From Brooklyn 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z

Yet the overall impact of the music, at least in Mr. Davis’s impressively Apollonian performance, balanced fearsome intensity with cool majesty. Music Review: Colin Davis Conducts the Berlioz Requiem at St. Paul’s 2012-06-27T22:51:51Z

He commits himself to every song with a scary intensity, draping the melody almost recklessly over the driving rhythm from his right hand. Pop: Glen Hansard, Touring Behind His ‘Rhythm and Repose’ 2012-06-22T16:00:01Z

Swinton and Díaz are subtle, charismatic performers, and their scenes together, which make up most of the film’s last section, bring it to a new level of intensity. ‘Memoria’ Review: In Search of Lost Time 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

One hears the rumble of these guilty pleasures, these tiny rebellions, these momentary flares of intensity or escape, and yet, in the end our vices are so minor and controlled. Cultural Studies: On ?Mad Men,? The Allure of Messy Lives 2010-07-30T21:05:00Z

“She brings the intensity in her vocal delivery on a bare bones musicality level,” Stewart added. Moor Mother’s Musical Galaxy Grows Even Bigger 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

Mostly the album moves quickly, with pneumatic-drill intensity, like on “Shame in the Way” and “Aimless Arrow.” Playlist: Fort Lean, Kristen Kelly, Chingo Bling and Other New Music 2012-11-25T01:10:06Z

It recorded pieces by the contemporary composers Jonathan Berger and John Adams with the same intensity as those by Shostakovich, Schumann and Tchaikovsky that it released on the EMI label. Geoff Nuttall, First Among Equals in Acclaimed Quartet, Dies at 56 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

Throughout the season, Devi spirals through adolescent feelings whose intensity is exacerbated by her willful avoidance of her grief. Now on Netflix: Portraits of Grief With Unplanned Relevance 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

The fragile ballad Antique brought an improvisation of tender intensity from Julian Siegel on tenor sax. Mike Gibbs ? review 2011-02-17T17:07:40Z

Here, too, there was an alluring surface shimmer to the playing that was never quite matched by dramatic intensity. Music Review: Marlboro Chamber Ensemble in Peoples’ Concert Series 2014-04-09T21:19:01Z

“He stood out as a freshman to me. He was relentless, he would never give up. He played with a lot of intensity. As he got older, he started adding offense to his game.” The Unseen Student Victims of the “Varsity Blues” College-Admissions Scandal 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

Despite a translation that struggles to render the tautness and lyricism of Andras’s prose, the intensity of both Iveton’s principles and the political moment he’s embroiled in still manages to shine through. He Planted a Bomb That Never Went Off. He Was Executed Anyway. 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z

And Huie's Sermon, again it's about that kind of incantation, the intensity of speech that goes into complete ecstasies. Werner Herzog: 'I've made bigger films than Jack Reacher' 2012-12-20T18:00:00Z

Beyond this he must reassure his generals that the war will be prosecuted with full intensity, and he must deal with his family. Lincoln – review 2013-01-27T00:06:12Z

In the face of such intensity, most husbands fear they can’t measure up,” writes Boteach in “The Kosher Sutra: 8 Sacred Secrets for Reigniting Desire and Restoring Passion for Life.” From “kosher sex” to love maps, 5 tips for keeping your sex life hot 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

But there was never a gleam in his eye as he did these things with any girl - a sparkle I noticed early on, and with definite intensity, in his two younger brothers. Motherlode Blog: Coming Out by Christmas Card 2012-11-18T13:30:32Z

We also study Romeo and Juliet as a way to explore the intensity and emotional surges of adolescent love. I <3 you: meet the NYU professor whose love course is becoming a phenomenon 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

From the ostracized Grizabella of “Cats” to the broken Norma Desmond of “Sunset Boulevard,” Buckley has often strikingly blended intensity and vulnerability in the cause of a woman seeking redress for the losses life inflicts. Review | Betty Buckley joins the ‘Hello, Dolly’ parade. And the pleasure of it doesn’t pass us by. 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z

They will decrease in intensity as you move on from this relationship. I Had an Affair With a Co-Worker. He Betrayed Me. Now What? 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z

His Laight Street apartment was called the Battle Station, and almost everyone who describes visiting him there noted, with retroactive concern, the intensity of the chemical smell. Rammellzee, From Living Letters to Living Sculpture 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

This is a calm film about strong emotions, but it does find a reservoir of intensity in the two central performances, in particular Mr. Del Toro’s. Movie Review: ‘Jimmy P.’ Recounts a Case Study of a Noble Soul in Torment 2014-02-13T23:39:27Z

Other places, the poems’ furious compression feels carnal, and the intensity of feeling becomes almost mystic, in such lines as “A bird is a vessel. It carries a field.” Four New Poetry Collections Confront Despair With Wonder 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z

Apparently she's been like this for years, performing Nina, Mariah and Whitney songs with searing intensity as a child, doing "brooding menace" when kids her age were playing with dolls. Nadine Shah (No 1,366) 2012-10-05T08:00:06Z

But Dafoe brings grit and intensity and a sense of danger that is also a necessary corrective. Baryshnikov sings, Dafoe dances in avant-garde 'Old Woman' 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

The audience now knows and loves her burning Romantic intensity and her rapturous, youthful eagerness, though even these aspects of temperament change from role to role. Critic?s Notebook: From a Season Aloft, High Hopes Linger 2011-06-14T22:48:59Z

But I will most remember the way Ms. Frank reached the climaxes of phrases with an unlikely, perfect combination of peacefulness and intensity. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2012-10-09T22:16:43Z

But it was as a dancer that she astounded audiences in many countries with her dramatic intensity, seemingly boneless fluidity of movement, physical abandon and innovative characterizations of famous roles. Lynn Seymour, Acclaimed Ballerina and a Dramatic Force, Dies at 83 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

He might hate chairs with an intensity that borders on the psychopathic, but go and Google photos of him directing Dunkirk. Seat of the problem: why does Christopher Nolan hate chairs? 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

The debate over the nature of reality has been growing in intensity for more than a half-century; it generates conferences and symposiums and enough argumentation to fill entire journals. What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z

Mostly, what’s changed in the portrayal of post-Communist Russia is not the tone but the intensity. On ‘The Americans’ and Other Shows, Russian Spies Invade 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z

Salonen's conducting was exceptional, not for its sense of line or febrile intensity, but for calm, almost nonchalant authority and musical clarity, combined with wonderfully sculpted playing from the Philharmonia. Tristan und Isolde 2010-09-24T20:29:00Z

The integrity and intensity of the actors stayed the same. Why Directing 'Game of Thrones' Is All About "Fear" 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z

This is music of concision and compressed intensity. An Appraisal: Elliott Carter, Composer and Master of ‘Gear Shifting’ 2012-11-06T22:51:30Z

The play is a report back from an emotional abyss, yet for all its intensity, it isn’t grim or overwrought. Review: ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ Gets Joan Didion’s Intention Just Right 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z

“There’s a lot of lateral movement, your heart rate is increasing, you’re doing short, sharp bursts of high intensity, so it’s like mini interval training. You’re forced into dynamic movement.” Fit in my 40s: Tennis is no longer a languid game of gents. It’s for fitness freaks | Zoe Williams 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hegarty’s work derives its power and luminosity from American soul music, in particular its capacity to intermingle a gospel-derived intensity with more secular and earthy concerns. Matters of Spirit In a World Of Hectic Clamor 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z

He recently left Batsheva to focus on his own work, which retains the same physical intensity of his former company but in a fresh, original form. 10 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

I cannot remember a wine that so captured the magical Burgundian formula of weightless intensity. Wines That Resound in Memory 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

Yet Hurley felt that his photographs didn’t adequately capture the intensity of Passchendaele, and so he started to combine multiple negatives into single images of hellish drama. How to Remember a War Without Glory? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

It’s probably Kurlansky’s most innovative idea: the notion that, if you focus with enough intensity on a single product or commodity, you end up telling the story of everything. A History of Everything, Served in a Cold Glass of Milk 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

Mother Nature waited until I was in the Pocono Mountains to send golf-ball-size hail to crash down with such intensity I thought the windshield might crack. Road Trips are Great. Except for the Driving. 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z

With infinite games, there’s no rest – only a waxing and waning of competitive intensity. Why are men so foolish? 2013-02-17T18:00:00Z

Fugazi routinely played with enough intensity to convince you that you were listening to the greatest band in existence, but this time, that greatness was consecrated in lightning. Can listening to nature improve how we listen to music? 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

Clashing minor seconds suggest the intensity of bright light. CD reviews: Late works by late composers Rautavaara, Henze 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

People who study violence on entertainment platforms say the intensity of the fare on Netflix can also be greater than on competitors. Does Netflix have a killer problem? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

I watched Chef Josh Lewis, who started Fleet with his partner, Astrid McCormack, work in the open kitchen with the intensity of a mad alchemist. In Australia, Diving Right Into Summer 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

Inside a small voice crying "please don't leave us, don't go" for I knew the horror to come and replace him and this horror grows in scope and intensity every single day. 50 Years After Dr. King’s Death, New Lessons for Today 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

In this raucous celebration of Naples, and Neapolitan women in particular, ritualistic song and dance reach feral intensity. Review: Five Contemporary Ballets, Zero Female Choreographers 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

The harmonic intensity of Rameau, in particular, is exceptional. Classical Music This Week: The Met’s ‘Otello,’ San Francisco Opera and Rameau 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z

But Ms. Paulus’s cast sings them all with a ringing intensity that can be thrilling, funny, soothing or chilling depending on the mood being evoked. | 'Hair': Back When Even War Seemed a Bit Less Scary 2011-07-14T02:01:04Z

Only when Mr. Radcliffe turns the blue laser of his gaze directly on the audience, as Billy contemplates his terminally limited lot in life, do we detect an uncommon intensity. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Daniel Radcliffe as Cripple Billy 2013-06-27T17:08:49Z

A muscular, imposing figure on the podium, Van Zweden’s mature conducting style crackles with energy and seethes with intensity. L.A. meets the future conductor of the New York Philharmonic 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

There was a distinct sense of restlessness here, and a building of momentum within each section, culminating in sharp physical intensity. Beijing Dance Theater’s ‘Wild Grass’ at the Kennedy Center: A superficial spectacle

The intensity of Fallaci herself, the way she went to extremes, leaks into her biographer’s style. Review | Oriana Fallaci: the journalist, the agitator, the legend 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

And also because of the intensity and spontaneity that the dancers brought to such elemental ways of moving. ‘Vortex Temporum,’ a Sensual Blend of Music and Dance 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z

But LaBute's play starts by echoing the sibling intensity of Sam Shepard's Fool for Love and ends up resembling Ira Levin's Deathtrap. In a Forest Dark and Deep - review 2011-03-15T00:35:22Z

Mr. LaChapelle’s drive and intensity on set and off have contributed to a reputation for nearly maniacal perfectionism he does little to dispel. David LaChapelle: An Unexpected Life 2011-05-27T19:05:28Z

If Mr. Haas, 60, has previously composed music of Wagnerian intensity, with touches of the Alpine brass of Strauss’s tone poems, then “dark dreams” shifts the emphasis a bit. Music Review: Georg Friedrich Haas’s ‘dark dreams,’ at Berlin Philharmonic 2014-02-23T18:48:18Z

The intensity of the music is more a reflection of their "chaotic, unsettling" life on the road, he explains. Living the dream 2011-05-05T07:22:54Z

Most of the music, I actually asked the players to play quietly, but with great intensity. Ticking Watch. Boat Engine. Slowness. The Secrets of the ‘Dunkirk’ Score. 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

He discussed the distinction between intensity and volume, noting that the latter too often is mistaken for the former. Muti, Yo-Yo Ma offer CSO some lessons 2011-05-11T14:55:00Z

The symphony’s brassy bursts had shine and authority, but the intensity didn’t quite extend through the quieter passages, which meander if focus wanes even a little. Music Review: Program by the Book: Orchestral Colors? Check. Solo Showcase? Check. 2011-03-27T23:30:19Z

In a mystery novel, for example, the characters’ relationships generally evolve in tandem with the plot, becoming strained as the mystery ratchets up in intensity and then resolving on cue. Welcome to Another Novel Set in Brooklyn. This One Is Different. 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z

The extraordinary intensity, melodic inventiveness and control exhibited on these two guitar passages can still thrill, decades after the track’s initial release. Eric Clapton: Still at the Crossroads 2013-04-12T20:18:12Z

Throughout, there is a sense of humor, as the show strikes a balance between the intensity of the artists and the cartoons that poked fun at the movement. Exhibition Review: At the Victoria & Albert, Muses Let Their Hair Down 2011-04-11T14:37:06Z

Perhaps his suffering and hardships imbued his poetry with its signature passion and intensity. “Auld Lang Syne” and Four Generations of My Family 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z

Mr. Tetzlaff, who will return to Carnegie Hall next season as the featured performer in a Perspectives series, is internationally renowned as an orchestral soloist and recitalist, and valued for his intensity and finesse. Music Review: 3 Players Make Odd Pairing Singular 2010-03-02T22:24:00Z

Though Nesbit was the family’s primary breadwinner, her daughter is almost entirely unforgiving of her intensity and aloofness, her life in overdrive. Her Father Was a Drama Critic, Her Mother a Superstar Agent 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z

He had the right understated intensity in “Le Voyageur” and “L’Absent” and lightened his voice to smoky intimation in moments of “Barcarolle.” Music Review: Susan Graham in a Concert Inspired by Carpeaux Sculptures 2014-04-29T20:09:02Z

It was a sharp and spirited debate, with both candidates delivering some lacerating blows, but Mr. Ryan at times seemed disconcerted by the sheer blowhard intensity Mr. Biden brought to the night. The Tv Watch: Biden Takes off Gloves in Vice Presidential Debate 2012-10-12T05:09:03Z

Its profanities can’t be printed here, but are best summarized as a call for levity by an artist of evident seriousness and intensity. Art In Review: MARIANNE VITALE 2012-02-09T22:53:27Z

Her fear, exhaustion and ferocious maternal determination dominate the first half of the movie, and Ms. Watts moves through these emotional states with instinctive grace and an intensity that is never showy. Movie Review: ‘The Impossible,’ With Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor 2012-12-21T02:00:13Z

Caretakers Needing Some Care Themselves A delicate intensity of feeling shapes “Short Term 12,” a drama about young, lost people hoping to be found. Movie Review: ‘Short Term 12’ Delves Into Life at a Group Home 2013-08-22T21:47:18Z

The contrast between this extreme intensity and the dance’s listlessness is likely intentional, the music screaming emotions that the dance mumbles. Review: A Mumbling Tribute to Dancers’ Misalignment 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

The Pundit is lush and deep, with blueberry and blackberry flavors and an intensity that won’t quit. Wine recommendations 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

Williams brought the same level of intensity and expansiveness to many of his subsequent characters. How Michael K. Williams Made Omar Little His Own on ‘The Wire’ 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

They don’t like the heat of our summers, and they lose their intensity of color as a result. Three head-turning perennials Washington gardeners should try this year 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

Son Volt’s urgency and intensity only gathers strength with the second song, “The 99.” Son Volt's Jay Farrar is "singing about the dark times" on "Union," the new protest album 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

When our muscle tissues receive higher amounts of blood and oxygen, we are able to exercise at a higher intensity and for a longer time period. The health benefits of watermelon juice 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z

Not as played here by this duo, which brought visceral intensity and utter conviction to the piece. Review: Juxtaposing Contemporary and Classical, Sometimes With Forearms 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

More important, Davis, an actor with wide-ranging talents and perfectly aimed intensity, totally sells it. TV Picks: 'Foyle's War,' 'Allegiance,' 'The Fall' 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

And, unhappy with the angry intensity of my “real” personality, I did as instructed. Confessions of a pot addict 2013-02-18T02:00:00Z

The couple thrilled audiences and critics with the smoldering intensity they emitted. Review: Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo Sizzle in ‘Roméo et Juliette’ at the Met 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z

But that intensity has come with practice and at considerable cost. Ben Miles Takes on ‘Wolf Hall’ Onstage 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

To witness Mr. Reid infuse popular standards with the immediacy and intensity of diary entries on Thursday evening at the Metropolitan Room was to observe an unfaltering emotional high-wire act. Music Review: Sensitive Revelations, Free of Anguish 2011-02-11T22:31:59Z

The intensity of the debate has put a spotlight on the museum association, in existence since 1916, but largely out of public view. Selling Art to Pay the Bills Divides the Nation’s Museum Directors 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z

If Mr. Stanley radiated a deeper intensity in his stage-stealing solos in Mr. Abraham’s “The Runaway,” that was in part because of his Gaga immersion. A Ballet Hamlet Becomes a God (Apollo, That Is) 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Their words, in the absence of images, have a harrowing intensity beyond what any pictures might convey. ‘Babi Yar: Context’ Review: Unearthing Footage of a Nazi Massacre 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

Maybe some distance — the Philharmonic hadn’t performed it since 1992 — helped put the sincerity and intensity of the music, as well as Mr. Corigliano’s impressive technical skills, in perspective. Review: The Searing Power of an AIDS Symphony 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z

Fortunately, Ann Petersen's portrayal of the Irish princess was so strong as to command the attention: a wonderful voice, accurate and wholly flexible with a comparable physical litheness, and radiating emotional intensity throughout. Tristan und Isolde – review 2012-05-22T11:57:52Z

The orchestra needs to feed the intensity in this opera, and under James Gaffigan the stakes felt low. Putin Says Tchaikovsky Is Being Canceled. The Met Opera Disagrees. 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z

Despite the injuries, he “loved the intensity” of playing the Pistols frontman, Boon said. Becoming Johnny Rotten, When John Lydon Would Rather You Didn’t 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z

The abbreviated quality of Ma's compositions might thwart their legibility as stories, but it amps up the spatial and emotional intensity. Scenarios of distress from China's Ma Ke 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z

She applies his style with a clear, strong voice and her own intensity, which encompasses feminine tenderness along with declamatory force. Music Review | Alim Qasimov: At Asia Society, Mugham, the Classical Song of Azerbaijan 2010-03-15T21:39:00Z

Everything — murder, betrayal, self-sacrifice, great physical and psychological suffering — ultimately comes to seem trivial compared with the visceral intensity connecting Tim and Virginia. New life for a noir masterpiece: ‘Black Wings Has My Angel’ 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z

He brought burnished tone and deep feeling to his famous aria, "Avant de quitter ses lieux," then came close to stealing the entire show with a death scene that was riveting in its raw intensity. Review: Alagna as a cartwheeling `Faust' at Met 2011-12-24T21:31:04Z

Her performances in these movies—for all their dramatic intensity—enact the drama of her life at the time of the filming. Ingrid Bergman’s Great Sacrifice for Cinematic Art 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z

Lisa’s flaxen hair and wholesome eagerness do not quite match the knotty intensity of her story about a girl suffering from an eating disorder. | 'Collected Stories': Linda Lavin as Donald Margulies?s Vision of Faded Fame 2010-04-28T23:01:00Z

Less successful are their attempts to dial down the visceral intensity a touch. Fuck Buttons: Slow Focus – review 2013-07-18T14:30:01Z

The musical performance, however, was prone to mishaps, with some flashes of intensity but many inert stretches. Review: ‘Tosca,’ From NYCO Renaissance, Puts a Grand Ambition to the Test 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

It fails to achieve the lifelikeness, not to mention the dramatic intensity, that Ibsen bequeathed as a legacy, or rather one of his legacies, to modern playwriting. Review: Doug Wright’s ‘Posterity,’ a Portrait of Ibsen 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

But Ms. Whelan brings such clarity and intensity to the material. Dance Review: Whelan and New York City Ballet Newcomers at Koch Theater 2012-02-02T23:07:50Z

A fine steak calls for an equally fine red wine, ideally with structure and intensity, yet without leaving the impression of fruity sweetness. Meat and Potatoes Made Magical 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

A good love scene, she said with intensity and precision, “needs to have a purpose and it needs to be moving the story forward,” she said. A romance novelist struggled with Asperger’s. Now she writes about love on the spectrum. 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z

Mr. Demme said he was “struck right away with the intensity of Rosemarie’s eyes — she was the relatively rare actress whose eyes held my attention no matter what she was saying.” Rosemarie DeWitt Explores Family Friction 2010-05-18T21:11:00Z

Besides providing even more intensity, a bit more gas at this point would have highlighted the connection to the Shostakovich’s furiously, perhaps bitterly celebratory fourth-movement Burlesque. Music Review: Frank Peter Zimmermann and Philharmonic Play Shostakovich 2012-11-25T23:04:20Z

In Tolstoy's novella The Kreutzer Sonata, a husband murders his wife after hearing her play Beethoven with a stranger: the intensity of their musical connection drives him mad with jealousy. Scottish Ensemble ? review 2010-12-17T22:45:00Z

Taking the extra step of letting gay couples get married increases the intensity of the debate and deepens the opposition's concern. Illinois push begins for gay marriage, amid much skepticism 2012-02-21T13:27:00Z

The play is written with a poetic intensity, and if there are some silky loose strands these only add to its appeal. The Only True History of Lizzie Finn; The Taming of the Shrew; How Like an Angel – review 2012-07-07T23:05:44Z

Beyond the polemical intensity of the Fridericianum, the show loses coherence and often subsides into dross. Art Review: Documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany 2012-06-14T21:44:01Z

Randall Jarrell once praised Moore for not putting on “Poetic airs,” for “her restraint, her lack — her wonderful lack — of arbitrary intensity or violence.” Books of The Times: Stealthy Insights Amid Short Phrases 2010-03-05T00:07:00Z

The light salmon color belies the intensity of flavor and nervosité — the tension that grabs your palate and makes you take notice. Toast the dog days of summer with this crisp rosé for just $13 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z

Focused with sympathetic intensity on the ordeal of a single soul, it illuminates, as though from within, a complex spiritual struggle. | 'Higher Ground': ?Higher Ground,? Directed by and Starring Vera Farmiga 2011-08-25T22:13:02Z

Young is an expansive, almost relaxed writer — blistering intensity isn’t his signature. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

And Willow's polished, M.I.A.-meets-Rhianna intensity is clearly only one aspect of her personality. Will Smith's child labor question 2010-10-19T21:15:00Z

The truth, the power, the intensity, shocked me – and inspired me. 'This is the best moment of my life,' he said, lying in the bath: Ian Holm remembered 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z

And for another, this painstakingly paced thriller displays an intensity of purpose that makes it impossible to dismiss as well-executed trash. Review: ‘Brawl in Cell Block 99’ Features a Revelatory Vince Vaughn 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

“Amidst Neptune,” the 2003 piece that opened the set, started with a low, rumbling drone, modal woodwind figurations and a viola solo that sounded almost devotional with its liquid intensity. Music Review: Alarm Will Sound Oozes With Resolve at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-06-16T21:50:06Z

“Queen and Country” doesn’t quite have the bittersweet intensity of its precursor. Review: With ‘Queen and Country,’ John Boorman Continues a Tale 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

It also revealed the fierce, potentially deadly intensity Alicent will apparently bring to the battle. ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 1, Episode 7 Recap: An Ugly Game 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z

Mr. Thomas conveyed all of the music’s taut intensity while shaping the whole with savvy command and astute musicianship. Music Review: Michael Tilson Thomas Opens Tanglewood 2010-07-11T22:38:00Z

So the display cases focus on the jewelry, in all its hefty intensity, giving some inkling of the significance of these pieces and their origins. The Curious Beauty of Berber Jewelry 2014-04-14T05:51:36Z

To leaven the intensity of our yoga and meditation classes, we toured the acres of Yogaville’s grounds, replete with wooded walking paths. Who knew nirvana was tucked away in Virginia’s back roads?

And he was superb, singing alternately with suave, seductive phrasing and menacing intensity. Music Review: ?Don Giovanni? at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2011-10-14T18:50:40Z

Their combination of lapidary detail and casual process reveals the intensity of Mr. Johns’s mind with unusual clarity. Art Review: Sculpture in High Relief 2011-05-19T22:00:20Z

Still, his performance is impressive for its intensity and commitment. Review | Akram Khan delivers a powerful indictment of war in ‘Xenos’ at the Kennedy Center 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

The Sonata No. 1 came across as a work of jarring originality, especially in its rhythmic character, as the music unfolds with nonstop intensity through sweeping bursts and organic gestures. Recalling Pierre Boulez, a Conductor-Composer With an Ear to the Alternative 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

Here, the dynamic intensity of the preceding panels wanes; it’s more like a staged tableau than like a religious vision. Art Review: ‘Antonio Canova: The Seven Last Works’ Debuts at the Met 2014-01-23T22:50:58Z

It displays intensity and elegance in the same sip, with deep flavors of dark cherries and cocoa, as well as a hint of a forest on a cool autumn morning. Keep summer vibes going a little longer with this $15 crisp Spanish rosé 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

All the sweat beads and clutched hands get their intensity slowly diluted until you're left with a grotesque parade of nip slips, Peacocks underwear and wretched winking sauciness. Rhye: the sounds of seduction 2013-04-13T05:00:00Z

It’s a novel that has both the feel of a great epic and the focused intensity of standing on a highwire. Bret Anthony Johnston: I’m just trying to write a PJ Harvey album 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z

Ravel’s strategy in his 1928 classic was to increase intensity, bit by tiny bit, through relentless repetition, an excruciatingly steady crescendo. A Dance Steals the Show at an Opera Festival 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z

Bonnie was not quite ready for the intensity of Nick & Toni’s. Nick & Toni’s, A Restaurant in the Hamptons Where Bonnie Is the Word 2013-05-24T20:41:56Z

As the showiness of the first act yielded to the more serious, sustained intensity of the second, the cast was entirely on board with Mr. Honoré’s vision. Review: Mozart Reimagined in a Violent, Racist World 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z

He loved the intensity of her eyes; she loved, as she put it, that “the whole composition was in him from the first note, just flooding out.” The Remarkable, Resilient Loren Connors 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z

Tchaikovsky asks for a sforzando accent, a momentary thrust of intensity—and Bychkov really nails one, while most conductors place the accent more discreetly into the context of the genuinely soft dynamic. Tchaikovsky for Christmas 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

“But if I can get 30 minutes of high intensity in two or three times a week, I feel that’s pretty effective for basic fitness.” Fitness experts see wearable technology, group fitness and HIIT leading 2019 trends 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

No to taming the intensity of a magma-spicy dish, or making substitutions of any kind. Have it our way or else, say New York chefs 2011-03-05T04:57:18Z

But it is conceived with intelligence and arresting intensity. Film review: Perestroika 2010-09-02T21:49:00Z

He has remained a method actor, even if he dispensed a while ago with the actorly intensity. Al Pacino: ‘What’s the point of quitting?’ 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Nonetheless, Al-Maria suggested that the stories have remained relevant from a feminist point of view because of their intensity of feeling. In ‘Little Birds,’ Anaïs Nin Erotica Gets a Revolutionary New Context 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

Thirty-five carved, polished, assembled, adorned and otherwise fabricated upright totems by Kenzi Shiokava coax a keen intensity from mundane material substances — wood, glass, bamboo, cord, etc. 'Made in L.A. 2016': Hammer Museum biennial proves a thoughtful place to ponder the possibilities 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

What I do give Robbins credit for, the thing that makes me want to talk about him the way he talks about Kael, Willis, et al., is the intensity of his enthusiasms. Taylor Swift joins Rilke in Michael Robbins' 'Equipment for Living,' reviewed by Justin Taylor 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

Bruce was contained and tentative, but sang with cutting intensity. Review: PWR BTTM Is Part Theater, Part Punk, Entirely Captivating at Joe’s Pub 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z

Swirling figures in the Third Quartet’s finale become a bee swarm of savage intensity. CD reviews: Bartók by heart, for the heart 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

"It was like making a movie," he recalls of the intensity of his three-month schedule. New portrait book 'Art of Discovery' examines celebrity inspiration 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

“I was very drawn to how it was making me feel life with the intensity that I felt in the most intense moments in my own life, which were quite a few at that time.” His Shows Take On Big Issues. They’re Also Good Yarns. 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

The scenes in Thailand capture the intensity of the heat, sweat, and smell of the streets and the jail authentically. Why Josh Hartnett became addicted to making indie films: "It just feels more honest" 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

It’s not just that the show, which arrives Thursday on Netflix, shares the intensity, cultural specificity and psychological acuity of Winger’s earlier series. Review: ‘Unorthodox,’ a Stunning Escape From Brooklyn 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z

As Cheyenne Jackson closed his eyes and crooned “Falling Slowly” with an unwavering intensity on Tuesday evening at Café Carlyle, this great ballad from “Once” never sounded more profound and mysterious. Cheyenne Jackson at Café Carlyle 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

In this sort of picture, the madness spectacle comes at the end, having been prefigured, usually, by hallucinations of steadily increasing intensity. Movies: ?A Dangerous Method? and Mental Illness in Movies 2011-11-27T04:53:01Z

"By weakening the BBC, you also weaken the competitive intensity that underpins the success of UK broadcasting." BBC head defends license fee as critical for quality 2014-02-24T11:40:37Z

But what’s glossed over ultimately mitigates the intensity of their romance. He Wrote a Novel From Jail. She Wrote One About a Different Kind of Imprisonment. 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

"They show that being monumental is not to do with the size of your canvas, it's to do with the intensity of the image and the subjects you tackle." Tate Britain makes room for William Blake art found in railway timetable 2010-08-12T06:00:00Z

“All you have to do is protect the birds,” she says, with the succinct intensity she brought to her dramatic roles, “and you begin to protect everything else.” The lasting testament of Jane Alexander 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z

A slow burner that builds in intensity and eventually becomes irresistible. Readers recommend: songs about leftwing politics – results 2013-04-18T10:56:59Z

The writing is spare and clear, and the depth and physicality of Ocean Way’s sound add to the intensity. Blake Mills Releases His Second Album, ‘Heigh Ho’ 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

In Act IV, when they can no longer constrain their illicit attraction and confess their love, Mr. Rattle brought out all of the music’s teeming intensity and fitful shifts. Music Review: Real Strangeness in Imaginary Kingdom 2010-12-19T19:20:50Z

But this soprano sells it with a floating tone that takes on agility and bite when the music’s speed and intensity increase; Bolton and the Mozarteum Orchestra are crisp without being cold. Classical Playlist: David Lang, 'Fiamma del Belcanto' and More 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

Alex, gripping his iPhone, leads the group up one street and down the next, insisting with young male intensity that we are “almost there.” Newest New Yorkers at Play 2011-08-11T22:00:11Z

In the opening movement, the violins dispatched the main theme — a jabbing phrase of four sustained whole notes that breaks into restless flourishes — with incisive attack and somber intensity. Music Review: At Mostly Mozart, Osmo Vanska and Antti Siirala 2010-08-15T22:23:00Z

When I tasted this wine without food, it lacked intensity. Different Grapes From Different Regions, All Screaming Italy 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

He did bring a devilish intensity to the details of his work. Yuri Rasovsky, Radio and Audio Book Dramatist, Dies at 67 2012-01-25T21:43:55Z

Some credit for the almost unbearable intensity of “Perilous Bodies,” the group show that inaugurates the Ford Foundation’s new gallery for art concerned with social justice, goes to its 19 artists from around the world. New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

“That hints at the way that, as our technologies increase the intensity of stimulation and the flow of new things, we adapt to that pace,” Mr. Carr said. The End of Reflection 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z

It provides a potpourri of flavor options, including the warm, aromatic spiciness of chai, the heady floral essence of jasmine and the smoky intensity of Lapsang souchong, to name a few. These poached pears get a little boozy kick 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z

In the opening show, Smith and Stephens navigated the churning rhythmic currents unleashed by Williams and Janisch, exploring long, weaving improvisations that accumulated with an irresistible, trancelike intensity. Walter Smith III – review 2013-01-29T15:14:01Z

It is an austere place, one whose ecstatic carvings create an atmosphere of quietly humming spiritual intensity, something like a fission lab for souls. India in One, Two or Three Weeks 2012-03-23T18:57:13Z

Whatever intensity he brings to daunting pieces by Rachmaninoff or Liszt, he never appears pushed to his limits. Review: A Star Pianist Finally Lets Us See Him Sweat 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z

As his mother spoke, she held my gaze, her large brown eyes lit with intensity and seriousness of purpose. Why My Daughter Got (Temporarily) Married at 13 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

The figures, which are painted by Mr. Wiley, convey a certain intensity, but the backgrounds, painted by assistants, often seem skimpy, filled in, not quite up to the task. Review: ‘Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Joss Barratt It is pouring with rain, thunderclouds gathering with theatrical intensity over the Soho streets, yet when walks into the room he is absolutely dry. Any Human Heart: William Boyd on telling the story of the 20th century 2010-11-21T08:00:00Z

Factory, contains 16 films made from 1970 to 1999 and captures the stunning breadth and intensity of his work while still representing only a fraction of his output. Filmmaker Werner Herzog on his new box set and more 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

Mr. Akin, whose previous features include the explosive “Head-On” and the sprawling, wrenching political melodrama “The Edge of Heaven,” observes his characters and their social environment with a rigorously measured mix of intensity and detachment. Review: ‘In the Fade’ Is a Tale of Grief and Violence in Modern Germany 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z

Pale, with intensity, staying power and flavors of minerals, herbs and flowers. Tapping Into the Potential of Falanghina 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Mirella Freni, an Italian soprano whose uncommon elegance and intensity combined with a sumptuous voice and intelligence to enthrall audiences for a half-century, has died at age 84. Famed Italian soprano Mirella Freni dies at age 84 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

Ms. Paz is the kind of performer whose beauty increases with the intensity of her focus. Review: Jimena Paz’s ‘Yellow’ Glows Radiant in the Dusk 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

Rountree happens to be a very wound-up conductor, and the intensity of the musicians proved incredibly visceral, making everything that was played feel fresh and immediate. A different way to experience John Adams' music: Sitting onstage, next to the musicians 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

But in these weeks, as his long Seattle Symphony music directorship winds down, national and international publications are focusing on the history of this city's man of music with considerable intensity. In the music's service: Gerard Schwarz reflects on 26 years with Seattle Symphony 2011-06-08T22:23:03Z

The prose is lyrical – if a little over-baked in places – and the inner life of Diony is rendered with a Woolf-like intensity, raising the novel high above the clichés of its genre. The Great Meadow by Elizabeth Madox Roberts – review 2012-11-27T14:08:30Z

Some pianists emphasize the turmoil and intensity of the stormy first movement in this challenging work. Music Review: An Intimate Entree, Escorted by Beethoven 2014-03-13T22:21:16Z

But his central relationship is with the fellow who holds title to his soul, and their contractual bond takes on an increasingly strange intensity. ‘Faust’: Alexander Sokurov’s version casts a dreamy spell 2014-01-09T21:21:26Z

Weekly TV is the slave of intensity—the cliffhanger, the double-twist, the surprising reveal. House of Cards Watch: I Ate the Whole Thing 2013-02-08T14:00:42Z

Part of what makes The Suburbs a leap forward is the realisation that they don't have to maintain that intensity in every song. Arcade Fire: 'It's a lot easier to get smaller' 2011-02-10T21:36:01Z

Shredded social safety nets and weak bonds of community and kinship mean that there’s little to mute the intensity of anxiety that never seems to fade. Love in the time of layoffs 2012-08-03T20:12:00Z

Mr. Travolta teeters between tough-guy menace and soulful, artistic intensity, but you don’t ever believe that he can paint or that he can beat up a whole squad of younger, bigger, meaner dudes. Review: ‘The Forger’ Stars John Travolta as a Convict and Painter 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Anonymous and Patiently Waiting Here in TX: These are completely different situations with very different stakes, generating hurt feelings of understandably different intensities — but for advice purposes, they are the same. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Is it time for mom to revisit her expectations of a distant son? 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

Heifetz touched audiences with the expressive intensity of his playing, purity of tone and almost superhuman perfection, his aristocratic elegance and authority. Jascha Heifetz's vast recorded legacy lives on 2011-06-08T13:53:00Z

Not to cross-pollinate two very different shows about troubled teens, but there is a scene on the intensity level of Zendaya's Emmy-winning "Open the door!" monologue from "Euphoria" in pretty much every episode. "The Wilds" review: Stranded on an island? Whatever. Just try being a teenage girl (spoiler-free) 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z

Mostly they blur into a sustained electronic twang of varying volume, increasing and decreasing in intensity, like a persistent headache. | 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark': Good vs. Evil, Hanging by a Thread 2011-02-08T03:01:17Z

But Mr. O’Neill’s performance holds the attention fast with its understated, almost offhand intensity. | 'Absolution': One Man?s Wrathful Vengeance 2010-09-16T04:30:00Z

And yet the emotional intensity of “Human Acts” does not arise from its devastating depictions of violence alone. Han Kang’s ‘Human Acts’ explores the long shadow of a South Korean massacre 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

Khaled Khalifa writes about his native city with sensuality and an almost feral intensity in his new novel, “No Knives in the Kitchens of This City.” Review: ‘No Knives in the Kitchens of This City’ Describes a Syrian Hell 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

I'd never heard a voice that combined religious intensity with such natural poise. Solomon Burke: gone but never forgotten 2010-10-11T12:58:00Z

Regina King tears through the screen with the immediacy and intensity of her performance in “If Beale Street Could Talk.” My 2019 Oscars Predictions 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

Most persuasive, however, is the intensity of their sound. This week's new live music 2010-11-20T00:06:00Z

“A Batalha do Passinho,” having its United States debut, brings the intensity and combative spirit of the form to Lincoln Center. Dance Listings for July 18-20 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

Over time, maybe a new class of rappers will emerge, ones with extreme vocal character that holds up against the industrial intensity of modern American dance music. Critic’s Notebook: Growlers Finding a Refuge in Dance 2014-04-23T21:55:54Z

“Don’t waste the time I don’t have,” Clarkson wails with a fiery force that could fuel a small country’s power grid, and the backing singers rise to meet her intensity. The Daily Revelations of Kellyoke 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

Another is that Thérèse — a woman whose moral intensity seems to evolve before our eyes into potentially self-destructive passion — is played by Juliette Gréco. Review: Jean-Pierre Melville’s ‘When You Read This Letter’ Is a Vexing Noir 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Tetzlaff drove the bursts of runs and flashy stretches with such headlong intensity that the music seemed to anticipate the frenzied episodes of Ligeti’s Violin Concerto, a work he plays thrillingly. Music Review: Christian Tetzlaff With the Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2012-05-21T22:18:57Z

If her passagework lacked the spitfire intensity that some sopranos could bring to the music, she treated the runs and embellishments as decorative extensions of the vocal line. Music Review: Rossini?s ?Armida? Has Its Premiere at the Met 2010-04-13T20:20:00Z

Indeed, as Charles Spencer sees it, Knightley's performance "displays confidence throughout before rising in the final act to dramatic heights that are shattering in their intensity and deeply affecting". What to say about ? Keira Knightley and Elizabeth Moss in The Children's Hour 2011-02-14T16:27:55Z

Ideas are stripped down to their essence and the intensity of your involvement becomes ever more personal and passionate. My Beethoven moment 2010-09-07T20:30:00Z

“With fixed intensity and supple quicksilver emotional changes,” she wrote, “Deadwyler rises to the occasion as Mamie, delivering a quiet, centralizing performance that works contrapuntally with the story’s heaviness, its profundity and violence.” Danielle Deadwyler Is the Beating Heart of ‘Till’ 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z

The dark intensity was relentless, the mélodies she chose not the repertory’s most melodic. Review: Anna Caterina Antonacci Charms With French Art Songs 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

“Arrival” Anthony Lane reviewed the movie: “What lingers from this alien encounter is neither the wizardry nor the climax but the zephyr of emotional intensity that blows through the film.” The 2017 Oscar Nominees in The New Yorker 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z

To be honest, I'm not sure what it is, but Make Me Stinked carries their point emphatically and with single-minded intensity. Readers recommend: songs about smells – results 2013-07-04T13:00:02Z

Its urgent string tremolos unfolded with intensity, and the score’s ominous undercurrents ebbed and flowed in dramatic arcs. Music Review: Riverside Symphony Performs Works by Takemitsu and Honegger 2014-01-26T21:13:20Z

The scheduling intensity continued after she graduated from the College of William and Mary in Virginia and began working in private client services at Bear Stearns in 2007. Michelle Wolf Is Not Afraid to Joke About Vaginas 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z

I was just so stunned by the intensity of the practice, and also how aggressive and impressive the stunts were in practice. Netflix's "Cheer" director: Cheerleaders are "the toughest athletes I’ve ever filmed" 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z

The lineup includes one of her signature works, Kodaly’s soulful Sonata for Solo Cello, to which she brings a haunting intensity. Opera & Classical Music Listings for July 25-31 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

This combination of intensity and weightlessness is pure joy to sherry lovers. Manzanilla Sherry: Singular, Saline and So Polarizing 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

And though I’ve often grappled with such questions while poring over ancient sources, it was only when I faced an anguish beyond my imagining that they acquired a new, startling intensity. Finding the Heart 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z

Fortunately, this impression didn’t persist through the entire piece; in the fast, loud passages, I was again won over, even sometimes bowled over by the orchestra’s volume and intensity. Review | A gleeful resumption of routine: Standard program makes for diverting evening 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

A. I don’t think there will ever be any slackening of the intensity related to the threat either to homeland security or to Carrie’s well-being. Arts & Leisure: Damian Lewis of ?Homeland? on Showtime 2011-12-09T21:13:41Z

Rising sea level, increased intensity of storms, warmer waters, overdevelopment, the sheer precariousness of it all. Hurricane Sandy: Rebuilding is madness 2012-11-04T00:44:00Z

Howard, played with frazzled, manic intensity by Adam Sandler, is at the end of his rope. Adam Sandler Grows Up (Mostly) 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

Then, we trained human panelists to evaluate the intensity of dryness in the same wines and in a wine containing no tannins. What makes wine dry? It’s easy to taste, but much harder to measure 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z

I was a serious drug abuser: I’d do anything for intensity. My twisted rehab sex life 2012-12-20T23:41:00Z

Bigelow has been working on the film with such intensity – "You work in this dark room, you work in this tunnel" – that there has been nothing much outside it for almost a year. Kathryn Bigelow: under fire 2013-01-12T00:01:00Z

Mr. Stevens remains a little baffled by his nomination, and the intensity of being part of an awards campaign. The Agony, Absurdity and Ecstasy of the Oscar for Best Song 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z

It's the physical intensity with which he tells the story. Our friend in the north 2010-06-18T23:03:00Z

He has also been disheartened by the intensity of the debate. The Met, the opera on Leon Klinghoffer’s murder and the politics of protest

Obviously there’s a big demand for this kind of intensity, right? Dead Tree Alert: TV’s Bumper Crop of Blood; Plus: Kurt Sutter on the Uses of Mayhem 2013-02-28T13:14:43Z

It evokes Bach’s form and craft but not his sustained intensity. Music Review: ‘The Gospel According to the Other Mary,’ by John Adams 2012-06-01T21:51:19Z

Instead, Dudamel emphasized a raw dramatic intensity that too often gets buried under cartoon cuteness or Masonic exoticism. Why 1791 in 2017? Gustavo Dudamel searches for meaning in Mozart's last year 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

The chemistry and intensity build as their encounter becomes more visceral, but further fine-tuning would help to achieve the full impact of this profoundly disturbing play. In 'Blackbird,' the wreckage of childhood abuse, laid out on the table 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

What shimmers even more brightly than Coutts’s honesty is the force behind it: the quality of her love for her husband and son, and the intensity of their love for her. ‘The Good Death,’ ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ and More 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

Matthew Gamble brought an appealing lyric baritone voice and uncommon intensity to Ford, Alice Ford’s husband. Music Review: ‘Falstaff,’ Part of Prelude to Performance at Kaye Playhouse 2012-07-15T21:49:41Z

They varied from idyllic nature study to space-age transcendence and from ebullient, novel classicism to feral intensity. Looking Back: Cunningham, Morris, Ratmansky, Hallberg and Cojocaru 2011-12-17T05:26:08Z

They all spoke of Gaye's intensity, with Hicks in particular recalling the sessions for "I Heard it Through the Grapevine." Motown's unsung female trio finally gets acclaim 2013-04-04T11:23:09Z

Consider the type of cheese on the plate and pair similar intensities. A 1-2-3 guide to building the perfect charcuterie board 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

Unfolding on dark streets and in shadowy rooms, this gloomy, punishing debut from Michael Morrissey maintains a discomfiting intensity. | 'Boy Wonder': Caleb Steinmeyer in ?Boy Wonder? ? Review 2011-10-21T01:18:32Z

There’s scarcely any singing, but he does play Mr. Abramoff as a larger-than-life figure whose intensity veers from the moralizing to the comical. The Carpetbagger: For Kevin Spacey, a Reviled Lobbyist Is No Mere Villain 2010-12-16T20:44:04Z

It never quite gets the blend of dramatic intensity, comic-book embroidery and cathartic action that it seems to be going for. Review: Al Pacino and Nazis, in Amazon’s ‘Hunters’ 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

“An Ant,” the fourth section, depicted that tiny creature with scurrying sounds and solemn gestures, while the ominous whirlwind of “Hurricane” concluded the suite with dramatic intensity. Music Review: Contemporary Solo Piano Music at Le Poisson Rouge 2010-05-31T19:17:00Z

Yet this is achieved without the showy intensity that usually emanates like waves of radiation from actors who portray the Thane of Cawdor. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z

She sang with wily lyricism when Medea is trying to win back her husband, Jason, and steely intensity when, unhinged by his betrayal, she seeks revenge by killing their two children. Critic?s Notebook: A Blizzard This Summer at Glimmerglass 2011-08-02T16:06:03Z

Few other drummers were as integral to the development of fusion as Mr. Mouzon, who combined volcanic intensity with a brisk attunement to dynamic flow. Alphonse Mouzon, Jazz and Fusion Drummer, Dies at 68 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

With all its loose energy, its generosity of attention and invention, its puckishness and wild similes, its lyric intensities and its sudden lurches of feeling, The Yips is a novel that's more than just odd. The Yips by Nicola Barker - review 2012-07-18T07:00:03Z

I need someone that has the physicality and the intensity, but also the vulnerability.” Jeremy Renner Takes Aim at TV in ‘Hawkeye’ and ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

“Loving you is complicated,” he knowingly declares into the mirror on “u,” a song he performed Tuesday with an almost frantic intensity. The sound and the fury of Kendrick Lamar at the Kennedy Center 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. MacFarlane imbues Jonathan with a contained intensity that telegraphs a deep wound still festering somewhere, kept tightly under lock. Review: In ‘Reverberation,’ Singles Adrift in the Big City 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

Even so, that was the second tier of his theatrical portfolio; he was first and foremost a Shakespearean, one who brought febrile intensity and fierce intellect to his preparation. Christopher Plummer, Actor From Shakespeare to ‘The Sound of Music,’ Dies at 91 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z

And the cast, if at times overdoing the grim intensity, enact Benington's intricate staging with precision. New play 'Sextet' explores link between misery and art 2010-10-21T17:11:00Z

The next year Shostakovich parodied Stalin in his Ninth Symphony, which Valery Gergiev conducted with brilliantly snarling intensity when he brought his Mariinsky Orchestra to Walt Disney Concert Hall last month. An L.A. Phil reminder that but a mile, and fate, separate Disney Hall from skid row 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z

He believed the play is saved by its poetry, by the intensity of its vision. A King Lear Set in India, Wild and Tragic as Ever 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z

The fierce homophobia in my family, the intensity of relation I always want with other women. My girl problems 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Here, in chronological order, are 10 tracks that reveal Beck’s range and intensity. Jeff Beck’s 10 Essential Songs 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

But while the production has a few moments of fiery intensity, we never really get inside the hero’s head as we do in the book. Theater Review: Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man,’ at the Huntington Theater 2013-01-28T22:57:11Z

Various Web sites, like Foliage Vermont, help travelers catch this Technicolor wave at its photogenic best, but many don’t account for year-to-year variations in the peak’s timing and intensity. In Transit Blog: Leaf Peeping? There's an App for That 2011-10-05T17:34:55Z

“My intensity for the sport got a lot of guys playing tournaments,” he told me. The Unseen Student Victims of the “Varsity Blues” College-Admissions Scandal 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

Mr. Mitchell’s male-male duet, however, begins at a peak of intensity. Dance Review: Poetry in Motion by Anne Carson and Rashaun Mitchell 2010-07-21T22:15:00Z

The "The Moor's Pavane," subtitled "Variations on a theme of Othello," is an overtly narrative work that echoes silent film in its expressionist intensity. Jos? Lim?n company sneak-previews a new dance 2012-03-02T18:01:59Z

The Wagner was superbly presented, with no sentimentality but simply an evenly breathed tenderness, the slow-burn intensity provided by the strings' exceptional warmth of tone at the low dynamic levels. Prom 27: BBCSSO/Runnicles – review 2012-08-05T13:28:28Z

As such, it is also the story of the author’s own life, one that she relates with intensity and wit. Books of The Times: ‘She Left Me the Gun,’ by Emma Brockes 2013-05-13T19:31:09Z

As with much of etiquette, the extent of the infraction depends not merely on the activity but on its intensity. Perspective | Miss Manners: Bouquet toss should include only willing, enthusiastic participants 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

Or that, in “Doubt,” her commitment to dramatic intensity has waned. Film: That Unmistakable Streepness 2010-02-20T04:19:00Z

Mr. Westerberg, 54, still has the slender build, flashy wardrobe and insouciant intensity of a rocker. The Replacements Play at Forest Hills Stadium 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z

And “Break Down These Walls” has the rigor and intensity of mid-career Mary J. Blige, after her worst wounded years but before optimism set in. New Music: Albums From Wiz Khalifa, Melanie Fiona and Lost in the Trees 2012-03-19T22:16:52Z

“This was about the same level of intensity and stress.” Presidio Asks Filmmaker to Try Again 2014-02-05T23:09:33Z

And Ms. Dhavernas and Mr. Short pull them off, adroitly underplaying Mary’s slightly loopy intensity and Des’s facade of sarcasm. Review: ‘Mary Kills People,’ but It’s for a Good Reason 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

Still, there’s an intensity to the job — emotionally, too. They Scream! We Scream! 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

The screeching guitar riffs, jagged rhythms and wailing intensity of Superstar’s rock score; the bouncy, hyperbolic, Latin-pop lyricism of Evita — next to them, almost any Broadway score today sounds like kids’ stuff. Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita: One Sings, the Other Doesn't 2012-04-10T12:00:32Z

It is a dramatic turning point whose intensity and psychological depth would be impossible to achieve with the spoken word alone. What's Wagner's secret? Love, actually 2013-04-25T16:00:01Z

Do you find the intensity of festivals hard? Romy XX shares her dark festival experiences 2013-05-09T09:37:02Z

Some critics maintain, as Raine has noted, that "whereas in the early work excision creates intensity, in the later stories it merely creates obscurity". A brief survey of the short story part 41: Rudyard Kipling 2012-06-21T11:28:42Z

The piece dips and swells from quiet reflection to frenetic intensity, allowing a showcase for each instrument. The Complete Glastonbury Festival Post Mortem: 30 Top Moments 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

Usually this serves us well, but during a life-threatening incident the intensity of the experience results in the creation of more memories. What does it really feel like to fall out of a building? 2013-05-25T22:30:00Z

The intensity and scale of the fighting was the trigger for a wave of political, economic and social upheavals that destroyed empires and forged national identities, sometimes for the better, very often for the worse. A most terrible year 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

The screech will only escalate in pitch and intensity. A New Book Argues That Trump Is Television in Human Form 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

And at Thursday’s sensational opening-night show of her debut at 54 Below, Ms. Holliday infused that howl of refusal with the same defiant, fearsome intensity she displayed onstage three decades earlier. Music Review: Jennifer Holliday Performs at 54 Below 2013-12-27T21:08:56Z

But Cottin, a charismatic performer whose febrile intensity is its own gravitational force, easily keeps you engaged and curious. ‘Stillwater’ Review: Another American Tragedy 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

Gifted with hyper-extended line, Jackson partnered powerfully as Siegfried and made what he could of an utterly unsympathetic role through sheer intensity. Australian Ballet's 'Swan Lake' a royal disconnect 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

The intensity of preparation for the shows became notorious. How Eddie Braben saved Morecambe and Wise's careers 2013-05-21T14:52:31Z

Mr. Gilbert, intent on illuminating the Webern work’s Romantic spirit, focused on its roiling textures; its dark, shifting coloration; and an undercurrent of emotional intensity. Music Review: Many Different Sounds In a Wide-Ranging Week 2010-10-15T21:26:00Z

Richard Dormer is given a cameo in which the bug-eyed intensity he brought to “Fortitude” and “The Watch” gives a comic twist to some obligatory exposition. ‘Secret Invasion’ Review: Marvel Welcomes Back Samuel L. Jackson 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z

I remember not only the classes with their different bell-jar intensities, but also beatnik scenes beyond the studio. New York City’s Gift of Motion: A 1970s Tale 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

There's no way to duplicate that intensity at home, with a much smaller image, and the ordinary interruptions of phone and email messages, of the ordinary importuning of kids and spouses. Avatar on DVD Review: Pandora's Skimpy Box 2010-04-24T04:50:00Z

The spoken material was all in Morganti's native Italian, yet the comedy and intensity of her performance transcended language as she described how Bausch and her dancers collaborated on the creation of material. Pina Bausch's World Cities – what's the verdict? 2012-07-08T17:30:01Z

The piece segues between exuberant Prokofiev-like sections of rhythmic intensity and interludes of nostalgic introspection, reflecting the composer’s conflicting emotions as a new immigrant. Music Review: The Pianist Maxim Anikushin at Carnegie Hall 2012-04-09T20:31:22Z

Cassel has a restless, chatty energy that he channeled into a coiled intensity for his role — an energy that crackled over during our call. ‘Liaison’: Vincent Cassel and Eva Green Simmer as Global Tensions Boil 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z

But its intensity practically burns the rest of the story away. Christopher Nolan’s 'Dunkirk' Is a Masterpiece 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

He’s Faustian only in the sense that he strives for intensity of experience at whatever cost to those around him. Review: Alpha Male Romantic Problems in ‘Devil of Choice’ 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z

While individual notes were impressive, he didn’t sustain long phrases, so intensity never accumulated, and he carried himself onstage with the hangdog impatience of a man in line at the post office. Mariella Devia Returns to New York in ‘Roberto Devereux’ 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

The search for intensity — knowing that moments can only come fleetingly — is the only answer that people have. The age of atheism: “If God exists, why is anybody unhappy?” 2014-02-15T15:45:00Z

The skill of these artists is always impressive, as is their intensity. Why I've rediscovered Victorian art 2011-08-12T15:42:11Z

These four novels have the symphonic intricacy of Anthony Powell’s “A Dance to the Music of Time” and the intensity and sense of place of Lawrence Durrell’s “The Alexandria Quartet.” Review: Elena Ferrante’s ‘The Story of the Lost Child,’ the Finale in a Quartet 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

Appearing at Assembly@Princes Street Gardens in Feline Intimate, she said she wants to break down barriers with the intensity of her performance. Edinburgh festival 2010: cabaret takes on standup comedy at the fringe 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z

In Charles Spencer's five-star in The Telegraph, he said Duff "brings a thrilling raw intensity to the stage". Anne-Marie Duff heads to Broadway 2013-07-18T09:59:24Z

This same story delivers pulverizing intensities of feeling. Review: ‘A Manual for Cleaning Women,’ Lucia Berlin’s Soul-Baring Stories 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

It takes but a whiff of two new mushroom elixirs made in the Périgord region of France to understand their vibrant intensity. Mushroom Essences and More Thanksgiving Helpers 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

Mr. Nézet-Séguin drew slashing chords and searing intensity from the orchestra. Music Review | Yannick N?zet-S?guin: Youthful Intensity, Onstage and in the Program 2010-02-19T04:51:00Z

But this concentration of focus does not generate a matching intensity. Review: In ‘Misery,’ With Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf, the Ghost of Productions Past 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z

With its sheer artistry, muscular idealism, and the passionate intensity of the acting — along with Leonard Bernstein’s bright, clamorous orchestral score — Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront is a true classic. What is the best Oscar-winning film of all time? 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

Eating lunch at an outside table, I was distracted by the intensity of a woman's voice nearby. Michael Holden's All ears 2010-04-23T23:14:00Z

They are not overly concerned with shaping phrases, the rise and fall of intensity that lend melodies much of their emotional impact. Sitkovetsky, Qian show their talent and enthusiasm at Phillips 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

During these sessions, her intensity picks up and her face lights up, Kochikyan said, “like she drops 20 years off her age.” How housing that mixes young and old can improve the lives of both 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

I found the relentless hammering and emotional intensity a little wearing; others were powerfully moved. Review | Christian Gerhaher’s Mahler recital stabs listeners in the heart 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z

“We have been sending postcards and snapshots since the early time of photography,” Mr. Chéroux said, though noting that the volume and intensity of communication have of course grown with social media. Tracing the Roots of Photo Sharing, From Mail Art to Instagram 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

For maximum calorie burn, he recommends an elliptical workout performed three nonconsecutive days a week, starting with a 40-minute workout at low intensity. Five moves to get the most out of your elliptical workout 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

I was excited to hear elements of raw vocal intensity in her singing. Review: A Soaring Soprano Helps Bel Canto at Caramoor Say Farewell 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

The intensity of their concentration pulls a viewer in. Katherine Bernhardt takes a large look at consumerism 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

That kind of intensity is something that Kurtág is always looking to create. A guide to György Kurtág's music 2013-03-12T10:13:00Z

When Mr. Lake joins the quartet, his saxophone playing sparks new heights of intensity. The 25 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z

By contrast, Ghotbaldin — who resembles a more svelte and handsome Gerard Depardieu — exudes intensity. Foundry Gallery’s ‘Colors of Kurdistan’ artists show courage as well as talent

The three full days of campaigning in the state lacked the intensity of the four contests that preceded. Romney heavy favorite in Nevada caucuses 2012-02-04T17:01:00Z

Ryne Cherry was a fierce Sam, exploding with his disappointment over his gay, mentally ill son and his own failures in life; Dominik Belavy brought a haunting intensity to the troubled Junior. The Glimmerglass Festival and ‘A Quiet Place’ Reviews 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z

Though damaged intensity is her signature, she can convey it quietly and understatedly. A powerful faith 2010-05-08T23:05:00Z

Dr. Michele Olson, a professor of exercise science at Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama, said it's not high intensity unless the heart rate is elevated to near 90-plus percentage of its maximum. Key to High Intensity Interval Training found outside comfort zone 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

What at first seemed random proves not to be; it’s a very tight package, and part of the intensity of the experience is trying to peel the wrappings. Review: In ‘Make Believe,’ Four Children Meet Their Inner Adults 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

"It showed that weird intensity where things are unknown and a discovery at the same time," he said. The real Nick Cave? In '20,000 Days on Earth,' take your pick 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

Throughout this long work, Mr. Nézet-Séguin conveyed the subliminal intensity that courses through even the most seemingly languid and diaphanous passages. Review: In ‘Pelléas,’ the Met Opera’s Music Director Takes Charge 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

This is the same intensity that Luke brought to a chance encounter with presidential candidate Bill Clinton on July 21, 1992. Those babies who got kissed by presidential candidates? Here’s who they became. 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

“She gets your attention with the thickness, intensity and edge of her sonorities,” Leon Botstein, one of the few conductors in the United States to program her music this centenary season, said in an interview. She’s Rising From the Depths of Soviet Music History 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

I train almost robotically, but as a tournament such as Wimbledon approaches the intensity ramps up and I focus more on my technique. Tennis player Grigor Dimitrov: ‘Alcohol? I’ve never tried it’ 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z

The intensity of feeling around Apple is often attributed to the smugness of many devotees. David Mitchell: are smug Apple users losing their cachet? 2010-06-05T23:06:00Z

We learn also that Shia LaBeouf's screaming intensity knows no human limits. Transformers: A 'Moon' to howl at 2011-06-28T05:19:00Z

"The best way to deal with the worry … is directly. Sometimes when we reflect on how we feel, and we acknowledge it, the intensity, the emotions around it, diminish their hold over us." How to cope with COVID-19 anxiety two years after monumental lockdown 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

The intensity of every dancer — as always with Mr. Peck’s creations for City Ballet — is a thrill. New York City Ballet’s Very 21st-Century Steps 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

Nothing awkward or emo here, though — Grow's oblique lyrics and unorthodox production keep the music at a weird, unpredictable smolder even as the whole band sings with neck-vein-bulging intensity. Fall album roundup: The Moondoggies, Truckasauras, Drew Grow and the Pastors' Wives, THEESatisfaction, Blood Hot Beat 2010-09-26T00:23:00Z

Donoghue has written, with crackling intensity, about its power to destroy. Stephen King Reviews Emma Donoghue’s Latest Novel 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

When Norma, now ready for vengeance, calls upon her warriors to revolt, Mr. Rizzi drove the choristers to frenzied intensity as they cried for “Blood!” Compelling Singers Lift a Muddled ‘Norma’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

Eschenbach kept the intensity without the ponderousness — indeed, his tempos were positively fleet in the second movement, in which he struck the downbeats and trusted the orchestra to fill in the rest. At the end of his tenure, the NSO’s Eschenbach delivers a performance to remember 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

His surprising opening track transforms "Human Nature" from Michael Jackson's "Thriller" into a jazz ballad — as Miles Davis did previously — embellishing the catchy melody with percussive chordal playing that gradually builds in intensity. 9 of the year's best overlooked albums 2011-01-07T22:04:04Z

ENO managed to reassemble most of the original 2009 cast, too, intending that the Prom would recapture as much as possible of the extraordinary emotional clarity and psychological intensity of the stage version. Proms 2012: week seven in review 2012-08-30T14:28:34Z

The intensity of my attraction also created an insecurity and mania in me that nearly destroyed us several times. The Tallest Man I Ever Loved 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

For all the intensity and breadth of her work, however, Nova didn’t achieve the renown she deserved during her lifetime. She Brought New Sounds to Colombia. The World’s Catching Up. 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z

One way this shows in his work, for good and ill, is in the intensity of his nostalgie de la boue, his guileless desire to wallow in human muck. Stephen King Visits an ‘Institute,’ Where the Kids Who Enter Can’t Escape 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

It’s an inviting landscape smudged with soft color, but as she stares at the signs with furrowed intensity, she chews on a fingernail so ferociously she seems on the verge of tearing it off. Review: On Violence and the Pain of Others in ‘Three Billboards’ 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

CNN's ratings traditionally fluctuate based on the intensity of the news. AP NewsBreak: CNN chief Jim Walton calls it quits 2012-07-27T15:35:09Z

And genug with the well-meaning but lazy young adult novels that use the Holocaust as an atmospheric, high-drama backdrop for a love story, providing emotional intensity without true gravitas. Why Are There So Many Holocaust Books for Kids? 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

Striving for exacting execution and intensity seemed not the point, especially during the first two movements. Music Review: Vienna Philharmonic Plays the Ninth Symphony 2014-02-26T22:13:26Z

It’s much more demanding than my regular game — a lot of zone offenses and defenses, a constant intensity. Urban Athlete: The Ultimate Game: Disc in Hand, Expecting to Fly 2010-07-29T21:59:00Z

At the Swansea sleep lab, Blagrove and his students recently asked participants in their research to keep a diary and evaluate the emotional intensity of their experiences. Night terrors: what do anxiety dreams mean? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

Multiply the intensity of that longing by seven to imagine the sort of withdrawal that has been afflicting the music industry for nearly a decade. Rihanna: Since She’s Been Gone 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z

White was an excellent advocate, prioritizing ease and fluency over intensity, suiting the music’s lyric and episodic nature. Review | The National Philharmonic presents and proposes music of black composers 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z

Post-election gloating is a patriotic duty Topics: , , gloating, , rachel mad, , , Many people are surprised by the intensity of the Schadenfreude being directed at the Republicans right now. Post-election gloating is a patriotic duty 2012-11-12T16:23:00Z

Owing perhaps to the violence of his plots, the density of his poetry and the intensity of the emotions he describes, Ford isn’t often staged in New York. John Ford?s ?Broken Heart? and ? ?Tis Pity She?s a Whore? 2012-01-27T18:00:00Z

And one of the things “Prismatic” does well is show you the intensity of their youthful devotion. Katy Perry's concert movie: 5 takeaways from its world premiere 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

Nonetheless, “Robert Lowell: Setting the River on Fire” achieves a magnificence and intensity — dare one say a manic brilliance? — that sets it apart from more temperate and orderly biographies. Review | Kay Redfield Jamison puts Robert Lowell on the couch in an exhilarating biography 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

This at-the-buzzer Dvorak push is just one example of the visceral intensity that many argue sets the Berlin Philharmonic apart in the impossible, irresistible game of Who’s Best. The Berlin Philharmonic Comes to New York 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

Both performers came together in Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 by Schnittke, whose works often show a preoccupation with blending together intensity and lightness. Music Review: Wendy Sutter and Olga Vinokur Perform at Bargemusic 2013-07-15T21:40:35Z

There is an intensity of attention in a crowd, fully engaged and sharing a space, that is absent in looking at your screen. I Miss Being Part of an Audience 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

Thus, I missed the temporal dynamics of the “average” visit, full of the intensity of expectation, extended periods of waiting, and brief moments of enjoyment. Perspective | I went to Kusama and all I got was this lousy selfie 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

This documentary, which draws on 16-millimeter footage of McEnroe competing for the 1984 French Open title, captures the intensity and artistry that separated the American master from even his comparably talented contemporaries. What’s on TV Monday: ‘I May Destroy You’ and ‘Love Island’ 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

Some conductors might have been inclined to emphasize the music’s frenetic intensity. Music Review: An Unlikely Pair, Making Musical Sense 2011-07-14T23:06:24Z

“Most people checked out of the intensity of those times — and Frank never did.” Who is Robin Raphel, the State Department veteran caught up in Pakistan intrigue? 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

Due from Capitol Records in late September, the album emphasizes the duo's flair for shapely melodies and thoughtful lyrics more than the rhythmic intensity that keeps the genre running. Disclosure looks beyond EDM for 'Caracal': 'We've got a lot more to give' 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

A tartare of minced cucumbers, honeydew melon and smoked daikon is suffused with an acrid intensity. Eleven Madison Park Explores the Plant Kingdom’s Uncanny Valley 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

He intends more Gnarls Barkley albums, but making them clearly takes a toll; the Lady Killer is his way of escaping from the emotional intensity. Cee Lo Green: 'I'd do a lot more damage if I could' 2010-09-30T21:00:00Z

“The movie never sacrifices the intensity of the emotions that the community is experiencing — it validates them. It says, ‘You know, if we’re being honest, there is no Hollywood ending available here.’ The Unreality of Racial Justice Cinema 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

He dared to stretch the aching second theme, coaxing the strings to play with thick, dusky-colored intensity. Music Review: Mariinsky Orchestra Plays Tchaikovsky at Carnegie - Review 2011-10-11T20:45:23Z

Through the film, gradually, the tooth thing gains in intensity to the point where it frustrates him. Why horror flick "The Night" is the first American film to be released in Iran in four decades 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

He imagines evenings which "pass in seconds", such is their intensity. Made in Heaven; Cruising, Clubbing, Fucking: An Elegy – review 2012-06-30T23:05:46Z

The solo is an island of intensity, but Ms. Anspaugh just lets it wash away. Dance Review: Vanessa Anspaugh’s ‘we were an island’ at Danspace Project 2014-02-23T21:49:16Z

There’s something invigorating about outsized bass physically shaking your core, and it undoubtedly heightened the intensity throughout his nearly 90-minute set. Travis Scott’s Astroworld thrill ride throttles anxious Tacoma Dome crowd 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

The alarm clocks “produce light that gradually increases in intensity, just like the sun,” he says. Easy home hacks to help you fight SAD and kick the winter blues 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z

That doesn’t mean he lacks ideas or industry or intensity on the podium. Nelsons Turns Tanglewood Into Bayreuth-in-the-Berkshires 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z

Largely stripped of its shock, “Thérèse Raquin” can approach its initial power only if the telling of the tale convulses with the same lunatic intensity that consumes Zola’s criminal lovers. Movie Review: ‘In Secret,’ Directed by Charlie Stratton 2014-02-20T22:51:13Z

There was no hysteria to this Brahms, just resolute intensity. Review: A Ukrainian Orchestra Speaks With Quiet Intensity 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

It is an ancient loop, but in nearly everything he did Mr. Twombly exposed its wiring with a new clarity and exultant intensity. An Appraisal: An Artist of Selective Abandon 2011-07-06T18:34:22Z

The syllables she sings, basically, are express lanes to intensity. 10 Fall Pop and Jazz Albums (and One Festival) You Shouldn’t Miss 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

It is a convention for new artists to name their inspirations, but with Normani there is special intensity to the activity. Normani and the Work of the Pop Princess 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z

Let’s not permit restroom business to blind us to the obvious truth that intensity is more alluring in our age of distraction than extended duration. Oh, the dreaded intermission: Long plays at a time when shorter is sweeter 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

Bar-Josef once again shined, attacking the theme of the future queen with intensity and grace — especially its more saw-toothed reemergence in the final movement. Review | At the NSO season opener, Noseda leads a show of force and a showcase of talents 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z

In her lengthy first-act scene, the mother’s music reaches a tragic intensity. Local singer Marcy Stonikas stakes a claim on Seattle Opera’s main stage 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hamelin was thoroughly in his element in Scriabin’s Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, providing a full range of colors and, even before the Presto con fuoco finale, a blazing intensity. Music Review: Marc-André Hamelin Blazed Through His Recital 2013-07-26T19:44:13Z

My guess is that she loves this work especially for its ruminative, profound slow movement, which she played with noble calm and quiet intensity. | Martina Filjak: Birthday Gift: New York Debut 2009-12-17T05:42:00Z

The evening opened with Haydn’s last-ever symphony, number 104 in D Major, in a performance that had the lugubrious intensity that often marks Eschenbach’s rhetoric, an audible effort to say something important. A maverick soloist offers a classic new work 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

But Ms. Burleigh, clutching a coffee cup during an interview shortly after the court’s decision last week, conveyed intensity about Ms. Knox’s innocence. Between Journalist and Advocate: The Amanda Knox Case 2011-10-07T23:33:56Z

Adolescents are prime for poetry: its intensity, its hormonal rhythms, its power to unpack pretense and probe deeper are in sync with that time of life. If You Could Add One Book to the High School Curriculum, What Would It Be? 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z

“Come Fly Away,” for all its intensity, is shallow by comparison. Dance: Sinatra, Focused on Sex and Sizzle 2010-03-26T23:19:00Z

The torrential intensity of her acting as Juliet was one of her breakthroughs this season. Opposites Who Reveal Ballet’s Expressive Range 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

But the actor brings the ardency and intensity of a much younger man. An actor transcends age: John Douglas Thompson melts away the years to play Hamlet at A.C.T. 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

From the exacting and refined to roughshod experiments, they rekindle the period's flaming intensity. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-04-16T23:09:00Z

His fury has no real shape or purpose; its virtue lies in the contrast between its singular, uncompromising, heedless intensity and the pablum all around it. How novels came to terms with the internet 2011-01-15T00:06:06Z

The fan intensity also runs high for the crowd in the parking lot at Lincoln Financial Field, in Philly. The Top Tailgating Towns 2010-08-27T21:20:00Z

This is extremely expected: a CEO who sees long hours as a prime measure of professional dedication, who prizes performative intensity over strategic intentionality and young stamina over old wisdom. Perspective | I don’t think ‘hardcore’ means what Elon Musk thinks it does 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z

Though “Madeline’s Madeline” runs barely an hour and a half, it packs an epic’s worth of expressive detail, imaginative incident, emotional variety and intensity, and aesthetic invention. “Madeline’s Madeline,” Reviewed: Josephine Decker’s New Film Features One of the Great Teen Performances in Film History 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

Mr. Russell pointed out that this heartfelt intensity is harder, and braver, than it looks. Summer Movies: Mark Wahlberg Joins Will Ferrell in ?The Other Guys? 2010-05-01T03:47:00Z

But even more important is the intensity of the animus against her, and the sad mountain of baggage she carries with her as a candidate. Hillary will never survive the Trump onslaught: It’s not fair, but it makes her a weak nominee 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

But he quickly saw the intensity of his new client. Action Bronson, Eater by Trade, Finds a New Craving: Fitness 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z

Someone, usually my Uncle Jim, says a grace of greater length and intensity than the ones at other holidays. One Holiday, and Countless Ways to Say Thanks 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

The narrator's material privilege gives a special intensity to her account of pregnancy and motherhood, partly because she does not have other things to worry about. The Millstone by Margaret Drabble 2011-03-26T00:05:29Z

Spring greens range from pale to dark, but whatever their intensity, they are emblematic of the season. Vegetarian Lasagna Goes Green 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

The expressive force of his paintings derives from the intensity and conviction of their engagement with colour, scale and abstract form, rather than with any direct expression of personal feeling. John Hoyland obituary 2011-08-01T19:14:31Z

Relief at the sight of him surged through her, its intensity catching her off guard. Exclusive: An Excerpt from Valerie Plame’s Upcoming Spy Thriller 2013-05-28T19:43:55Z

Olson and Lass are both resourceful performers, who under Erin Kraft’s direction don’t let up on the intensity of their encounters. Sisters face off in play set in Ballard 2012-12-13T22:01:04Z

In ­“Vision,” he adopts a slower, more deliberate tempo and constructs a weighty, imposing structure that builds in intensity. Recordings in review: the Transcendental Études, twice. ​ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

So it’s funny to have that intensity and then it’s like, I know I shared my life with you, but I can get out of this. Forever Angela Chase: “For young women who were just forming and just getting angry, it was the only thing out there” 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

As the band’s lead singer, she was as tender and angry as a bruise, delivering songs with an alluring intensity that earned comparisons to Ian Curtis and P.J. Savages’ Jehnny Beth Is Going Solo. Don’t Tell Her It’s a Mistake. 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

In both cases the performances were reasonable but lacked the intensity and sweep to make these moments, and the evening in general, really crackle. Music Review: Bernard Uzan, Director, Adds Context to Seattle?s ?Attila? 2012-01-26T22:27:32Z

Both use a "passacaglia" or "ground bass", and share an intensity and sobriety of mood. Britten & Shostakovich – review 2013-06-08T23:05:25Z

Another acting turn is vivid to a fault: The dramatic intensity of Nicolás’s Mamá Elena seems rooted in an entirely different world from the rest of the story. Review | GALA’s uneven ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ offers sweet moments 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

The work was composed for Widmann, and it's hard to imagine any other violinist bringing quite the same intensity and commitment to this elusive, two-movement piece. BBCSO/Bringuier ? review 2012-02-13T17:51:34Z

Strand was an “overly emotional person,” but his courtesy warred with his intensity. Mark Strand’s Last Waltz 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

“Last time,” she said, “I danced four pieces I would never normally do together. They were all on the sad side, about longing. Normally this would just be too much, too much intensity.” In India, a Dance Haven Shuts Out the World 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z

Although Mr. Messina doesn’t have to do much of anything beyond look the way he does, he imbues Dave with an anguished intensity that conveys the depth of his volatile frustration. Movie Review: ‘Fairhaven,’ With Tom O’Brien, Chris Messina, Sarah Paulson 2013-01-10T22:41:32Z

That same intensity, if not the same compositional elegance, is shared by “Finishing the Hat” the book. Books of The Times: Sondheim?s Rhymes and Reasons 2010-10-21T17:45:00Z

The percussive jabbing of a djembe reverberated throughout the large space, its counts growing in intensity as Ms. Dallas, 93, held her position with visible ease. She Learned From Katherine Dunham. At 93, She’s Teaching Her Technique. 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

He also allows Tines and Koh — exemplary technicians and artists of profound intensity — to explore their full tonal and textural ranges. Review: Musicians of Color Reclaim Control in a White Space 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

The intensity of the resistance to the idea of black citizenship — the terror and violence that white authorities unleashed against it — shocked many whites and helped make civil rights a national cause. Review: In ‘Two Trains Runnin’,’ the Convergence of Idealism, Brutality and Artistic Genius 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

All this makes sense for a writer who is devoted to “the compressed intensity of the moment,” yet whose most frequently used transition is “Years later.” A Writer Who Finds Grace Beneath the Violence in His Stories 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z

Though this 1939 work poses technical challenges — passages in double-stops, some fairly quick, are plentiful — it is less about artifice and surface dazzle than intensity and foreboding. Music Review: Recreating a Bill of the Obscure and the Familiar 2011-02-25T23:59:27Z

As one of the reviewers who admired the collection, I liked its combination of linguistic nuance and emotional intensity. Poem of the week: A Mind of Winter by Martha Kapos 2010-09-20T09:21:00Z

But on Tuesday, as Odette in “Swan Lake,” she showed her marvelous intensity. Critic’s Notebook: New York City Ballet’s Tchaikovsky Celebration 2013-01-26T01:22:39Z

The alcohol level is a whopping 14.5%, thanks to south-facing vineyards that soak in the Tuscan sun, but the wine remains refreshingly acidic despite its weight and intensity. What is Chianti, really? Chianti Classico and the black rooster, explained 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z

It was the only one of countless versions I’ve heard that matches, and maybe surpasses, Holiday’s in intensity. Vivian Reed Turns Up the Intensity at Below 54 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z

But then I felt I needed that intensity back. An Artist Who Paints in Cryptic Pastel Symbols 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

That’s a bold claim, but there’s something to be said for the way Gage’s film articulates the emotional intensity of being a teenage girl. All This Panic: the most relatable film about teenage girlhood ever? 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z

He's lost some charisma too, but Dudamel made up for that with spiritual intensity and, in "Fiddler," jazzy joy. John Williams' mastery on display at L.A. Philharmonic season opener 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

Great power and intensity yet beautifully balanced, with long, penetrating flavors of stony minerals and lime. Austrian Rieslings Set a High, Dry Standard 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

But his muscular singing crackled with intensity, incisive diction and gravelly power. Opera Review: A ?Walk?re? Still Obsessed With Its Big, Expensive Toy 2011-04-23T18:40:58Z

Netrebko, in a haze, her eyes vacant, sang the music hauntingly, shifting from phrases of breathy delicacy to bursts of steely intensity. A Met ‘Macbeth’ worth a trip to the movie theater 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

It’s a psychological thriller, a scathing political satire, a powerful and upsetting family drama, a dark comedy and a work of magnificent landscape cinematography and startling pictorial intensity. “Leviathan”: A tragic, ironic masterpiece from Putin’s Russia 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

The foreshortened lifespans of Kathy, Ruth and Tommy are meant to invest their loves, losses, mistakes and redemptions with heightened intensity, and thereby to inspire the rest of us to live our lives more heedfully. How Never Let Me Go gave up and died 2011-02-14T13:07:30Z

In its infancy, Return to Forever already rivaled the intensity of most ’70s rock bands. Chick Corea: Hear 12 Essential Performances 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z

Vladimir Shklyarov – delivering the best male dancing of the season yet – is not only a fine partner, but, given centre stage, inscribes the air with the clarity and intensity of forked lightning. Mariinsky Ballet: Balanchine/Robbins triple bill ? review 2011-08-05T15:12:21Z

Stephanie’s intensity — her beauty, her dark eyes and her seriousness — draws the reader in. ?A Very Young Dancer? and the Life That Followed 2011-11-17T12:00:00Z

So with their quiet intensity and disintegrating contours, her songs work like memories: What actually happened in our lives never comes back as clear as what it felt like. Review | Lana Del Rey makes music out of vague, vivid memories. How will it be remembered? 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

His hands clasped, Mr. Appleby veered between resignation, introspection and intensity — his own artistic journey complete. Music Review: A Song Cycle by Schubert Mirrors an Artist?s Journey 2010-12-01T22:47:00Z

These extraordinary artists’ lairs might have had their sumptuous intensity projected on multimedia screens. Exhibition Review: At the Victoria & Albert, Muses Let Their Hair Down 2011-04-11T14:37:06Z

In the same sense, the traditional movie business doesn’t really monetize intensity of interest. Why the World Needs a Kickstarter Veronica Mars Movie 2013-03-13T15:37:45Z

“There was an excitement and intensity with her,” he said. Starting a Life Together Where Others Are Laid to Rest 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

He’s recentered the band’s urgency from its head-rush musical intensity to Mr. Johnson’s voice, which is clearer and more melodically driven than before. Even Punks Learn Regret. ‘Cody’ Is Joyce Manor’s Take on Aging 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

She said the experience taught her about the challenges of sustaining emotional and physical intensity over a long period of time. What Do ‘Hamilton,’ ‘Amélie’ and ‘Great Comet’ Have in Common? Phillipa Soo 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

Strauss’s score is an irresistible mix of voluptuousness, bristling modern harmony, heaving orchestral intensity and high camp. Music Review: Vienna State Opera Presents ‘Wozzeck’ and ‘Salome’ 2014-03-02T17:51:50Z

But it’s a welcome sign that the Folk Art Museum is upping the intensity and embracing the spirit of competition. Art Review: In ‘Folk Couture,’ Fashion Designers Buck Constraints 2014-02-27T23:02:24Z

The kit instructed me to log the name of each odor, along with its intensity, duration, pleasantness, expectedness, and any associations it inspired. The Graphic Designer Who Maps the World’s Cities by Smell 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

But the sophistication of the graphics and the intensity of decoration, created within a streamlined silhouette, is impressive. Special Report: Fashion: Burberry: A Crowd Pleaser 2011-02-21T18:29:01Z

Bistro Pierre Lapin, which the chef and restaurateur Harold Moore opened last May in the West Village, is either a very late entry into the genre, or else a homage of impressive intensity. Serving All the Food Nouvelle Cuisine Couldn’t Kill 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

Mix in a spoonful of honey to tame the intensity. Herbal teas give me an anxiety-free boost. Here are my five favorites 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

"Though it was difficult, I'm grateful we got that kind of level of fear and intensity," she added. Naomi Watts pulls off "The Impossible" to critical acclaim 2012-12-18T21:21:56Z

For all the movie’s stylization, its closely observed details make for a realistic work with a tactile, searing intensity. Spike Lee’s Necessary, Overwhelming “Chi-Raq” 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

These composite images are hyperrealistic in their textures and colors, and in the captivating intensity of the animals on display. Simen Johan’s Wildlife Illusions 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

The only hint of intensity, and just a tinge of anger, comes when he discusses other movies. About That Bear: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Discusses Making ‘The Revenant’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

These occasional jolts of intensity do not snap us out of the film’s hypnotic spell, which remains persuasive enough to make the 163-minute duration feel like something to luxuriate in rather than an endurance test. Sedate expectations: will Blade Runner 2049 give birth to the slow-burn blockbuster? 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

Yet he ignored a dark historical reality: not only are intensity, beauty, and devotion insufficient to halt violence, they can become its soundtrack. Making Art in a Time of Rage 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

But it didn’t scream “sequel potential,” at least not until Cameron directed “Aliens” and figured out how to raise a sequel’s stakes by amping up the story’s scope and intensity. The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z

He was also known for the volume and intensity of his playing. Zoltan Kocsis, Pianist and Conductor, Dies at 64 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

Frontloading a narrative means that nothing else is likely to match the beginning for sheer intensity. Hostage Three by Nick Lake – review 2013-02-07T13:08:08Z

The mussel broth adds depth and intensity to the tomato sauce but doesn’t weigh it down. A Simple Recipe for Pasta With Mussels 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

All of this is performed with dreamy, hypnotic intensity. Resolution! – review 2013-01-20T00:06:33Z

Michael London, a producer on “Lola Versus” whose other credits include “Sideways” and “Milk,” believes that the porous line separating the couple’s professional and personal lives infuses their work with a peculiar intensity. Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones: Partners in Life and in Movies 2012-06-13T20:25:22Z

Even though he did not go to Vietnam, he depicted the field of battle — and the death of the central character’s best friend — with brutal intensity. Thom Jones, onetime janitor who shone as a literary star in the 1990s, dies at 71 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

Ms. Brown shows vividness and versatility; Ms. Miller shows large-scale unity without loss of complexity or intensity. Dance Review: Gallim Dance and Camille A. Brown at Joyce Theater 2010-08-10T22:30:00Z

The drug-dealer-turned-fiction writer of “A Love Story” tries to bring intensity back to her marriage by imagining bad things happening to their young children. Samantha Hunt’s imagination runs wild in 'The Dark Dark' 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

Her voice becomes strident and slicing as it rises in pitch and intensity, but it’s never ugly. A Trio of Dangerous Women in a Met Opera Week to Remember 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

So, being desired with that intensity, puts women back in that sort of omnipotent place that their mothers once had for them as infants. The truth about female desire: It’s base, animalistic and ravenous 2013-06-02T00:30:00Z

Plot the intensity of protests via Twitter on Save Our Libraries Day. Save Our Libraries day: map your protest via Twitter 2011-02-04T13:37:49Z

The music reaches its expressive apex in the section called "Asturianada," in which Rami Solomonow's eloquent viola suggested the mournful intensity of Shostakovich's string quartet writing. Frank's energetic chamber works reveal multi-cultural roots 2011-01-19T16:19:49Z

Roberts recently talked to Salon from Toronto about the enduring appeal of the show, the “crazy intensity” of adolescence and the generation-defining power of Claire Danes. Forever Angela Chase: “For young women who were just forming and just getting angry, it was the only thing out there” 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

Whatever the medium, the artist seeks to convey intensity and ephemerality at the same time. Review | In the galleries: In two exhibitions, three painters put aside their brushes 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

“But once he settles in and he just starts going, there’s some energy there and some intensity, which we loved.” Television: Chris Gethard Carries Comedy Central?s ?Big Lake? 2010-08-13T17:38:00Z

The upside of Mr. van Hove’s approach, at least for aficionados of acting as an extreme sport, is that it allows a dedicated ensemble to tackle, pummel and jump into roles with a dignity-spurning intensity. | 'The Little Foxes': A Dysfunctional Family, Greedy With ?the Gimmes? 2010-09-22T02:10:00Z

When Turandot referred to her ancestor, who cried out in anguish as she was ravaged by men, Ms. Netrebko delivered the piercing phrase with an intensity that sent chills through me. Review: Anna Netrebko Rings in the Year With a Met Gala 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z

There are plenty of songs I’ve done with the Smiths and elsewhere, that have also valued intensity. Johnny Marr interview: A guitar hero who serves the song 2013-04-18T21:32:00Z

Even the climactic showdown — lately the dullest, noisiest, least imaginative part of any superhero movie — has a crazy, psychedelic intensity. ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Review: A Fresh Take on a Venerable Hero 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

This heated number was rendered with forceful intensity by Mr. Lavrov, whose vocal finesse was not matched by Michael Barrett’s pianism. Review: New York Festival of Song’s ‘Letters From Spain,’ Some by Russians and Germans 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

Polaris culminated with a final chord of blinding intensity that Michael Tilson Thomas and the young players of the New World Symphony played with visceral commitment. Come to Miami Beach for sun, sand ... and classical music 2011-01-28T16:14:17Z

Though never a compelling actress, Ms. Sutherland exuded vocal charisma, a good substitute for dramatic intensity. Joan Sutherland, Opera Soprano, Dies 2010-10-11T16:29:00Z

The explosiveness of her jumps, the intensity of her acting, the keen focus with which she heightened the significance of Giselle’s relationships with every other character all made powerful impressions. Many Giselles, but Only One Osipova 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z

How that changes a dancer’s intensity, believability and commitment is the foundation of Ms. Hay’s work. Review: Deborah Hay, Choreographer and Disrupter 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

The fine young tenor Matthew Plenk brought ardent, operatic intensity to his arias. Oratorio Society of New York Performs ‘St. Matthew Passion’ 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

The narrator howls, “The best had lost all conviction, and the worst were filled with passionate intensity and the weakness of the just was revealed by the wrath of the unjust.” Salman Rushdie launches a novelistic attack on Trump 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

Last week, Murawski shared their painstaking recreation of a scene from Matilda, a project she had worked on for a month “to help break up the intensity of the last few weeks”. You've got snail: why molluscs are the best pets for 2020 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

He said that under his direction, without what he called Mr. Gelbart’s “comedic intensity,” “M*A*S*H” had a more serious bent. Burt Metcalfe, Who Left His Mark on ‘M*A*S*H,’ Is Dead at 87 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z

Though Berger conjures lovely antiquarian images, “Blancanieves” never quite achieves the uncanny, haunting intensity of the silent films it so studiously and lovingly mimics. ‘Blancanieves’: the fairest matador of them all 2013-04-11T20:39:37Z

Stephen Hough played the solo part in Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor with intensity in its virtuosic passages and a willingness to restrain his sound within the orchestral textures. Music Review: Mostly Mozart Festival with Stephen Hough and Andrew Manze 2012-08-22T21:35:17Z

But there was a dutifulness both to the piece and its performance, a deficit of intensity that characteristically keeps this company from being first-rate. Dance Review: New York Theater Ballet’s Takes on the Past and Present 2014-01-26T22:54:24Z

And these visions moved fast, creating looks that settled in at different intensity levels on either side of the Atlantic. Anarchy in the Met 2013-04-25T11:55:06Z

Often their voices are neutral, though underlined by the meditative intensity of a reader trying to figure out what’s on the page. Review: ‘The Sound and the Fury,’ Elevator Repair Service’s Take on Faulkner 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

"Isol's great talent as a picture book author is apparent in the overall experience created by the dramatic composition, the choice of colours and the intensity of the drawn line," said the announcement. Argentinian illustrator Isol wins Astrid Lindgren award 2013-03-26T13:03:35Z

“The Chambermaid,” Lila Avilés’s quietly stunning debut feature, is a work of closely observed workplace realism, but at times it achieves the strangeness and intensity of science fiction. ‘The Chambermaid’ Review: Amid Luxury, an Entrancing Drudgery 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z

So, a big thing for me is creating strategies to feel the full scope of the emotional intensity of work — journaling, meditation. Sunrise Movement's Varshini Prakash on not losing hope on climate change: "I'm still here fighting" 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z

The injuries Rachael, a physio, sees are from cross fit, running and rowing, but it’s not the activity so much as the intensity. Fit in my 40s: sedentary day job + stupid attitude = weekend warrior injuries 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z

The passion with which she says it — and the shadowy intensity with which Antonioni shoots their furniture-hunting expedition — is part of what makes this movie so enchanting and strange. | 'Le Amiche': A 1955 Antonioni Movie Gets a Film Forum Run 2010-06-17T21:57:00Z

The intensity of the yoga scene has increased dramatically in the last three years. Stretch: Rebel Yoga 2011-01-22T01:50:05Z

Complaints about the American cultural juggernaut still arise across Europe, of course, but their intensity doesn’t seem as fierce. Abroad: Do-It-Yourself Culture Thrives Despite Globalism 2010-04-14T17:23:00Z

This same wild-eyed, macho intensity — the actor’s trademark — is on full display in “Irreversible.” Twenty Years Later, ‘Irreversible’ Still Shocks 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z

This has always been true to some degree, but the intensity of the competition and the global reach of the market it has spawned are new. The Movies Are Back. But What Are Movies Now? 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

On Friday, as soon as I started up the steps, mellow sustained strings blended into a bed of wistful, tremulous chords, which swelled and subsided in volume and intensity. Over Headphones and in a Truck, the Philharmonic Stays Alive 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z

Although I’ve watched Diaghilev ballets and visited Diaghilev exhibitions for more than 30 years, this show added to my knowledge, and gave several old thrills new intensity. Art Review: ‘Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes,’ at National Gallery 2013-05-23T20:40:40Z

He still radiates intensity bordering on mania, but without the familiar “what, me worry?” air of invincibility. | 'Mission: Impossible ? Ghost Protocol': ?Mission: Impossible ? Ghost Protocol? - Review 2011-12-16T00:00:15Z

Another unusual piece of research looked at the relationship between parental unhappiness and the “intensity” of parenting attitudes. Stop fetishising parenting - you’re sucking all the joy out of it! 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z

The conversations flow well and a viewer is frequently startled at the soundness of the reasoning and the intensity of the feelings expressed. Autism documentary entertains rather than preaches 2011-04-03T23:01:11Z

A 2009 study by Oxford University, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, found that those taking SSRIs reported "a general reduction in the intensity of the emotions that they experienced". Does Prozac help artists be creative? 2013-05-19T06:00:00Z

What emerges is a world all too real in its veracity – and almost unreal in its intensity. Photographer David Moore's dingy, deteriorating Derby is the real deal 2013-04-10T16:29:00Z

His readings, which are becoming ever more dramatic and daring, have a raw intensity. St John Passion | Classical review 2010-04-05T20:45:00Z

Despite some tangled passagework, my playing, if I remember, was full of tragic intensity. A Critic’s Ode to a Childhood Joy in Classical Music 2013-07-17T16:12:32Z

Undertaking the first Macbeth of his career, Mr. Brück was superb, often singing with quiet intensity but also stressing the character’s volatility with sudden shifts to firm, resonant full voice. Operas in Contrast: ‘Macbeth’ and ‘La Donna Serpente’ 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

I located the diamantine intensities in so many of her poems, which are as vital and influential in their way as Sylvia Plath’s or Elizabeth Bishop’s. ‘The Power of Adrienne Rich’ Captures a Forceful and Complicated Poet 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z

“Margin Call” may remind you of “The Social Network” in the way it charges the stubbornly undramatic activities of looking at screens and scrabbling at keyboards with intensity and suspense. Critic?s Notebook: Modest Methods, Big Ambitions 2011-03-22T22:58:03Z

The pipe organ, with its power and intensity and clarion sound, is an antidote to the superficiality of modern culture, “of people glued to their tech contraptions, of the inability to develop any interior life.” Freeing the pipe organ from the usual grind 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

Yet they were all capable of holding the stage with a similar intensity, as if they were dance spirits, one shadowing the other. Review: Three Dancers, One Solo. How Do They Make It Their Own? 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

“I was trying to produce through someone else’s eyes and ears — someone who’s not here,” he said with vexed intensity, while sitting at his control board. Avicii’s Death Left Many Questions. Will His New Music Provide Answers? 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

It is worth the effort, however, at least it was on Wednesday evening at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater, when the Limón Dance Company performed the work with intensity and palpable joy. Dance Review: Lim?n?s Spiritual Heights and Depths 2011-06-09T22:42:37Z

Chatting informally with the audience, Parker established a relaxed, friendly vibe — and then knocked everyone’s socks off with a powerhouse recital of jaw-dropping intensity and finesse. Jon Kimura Parker’s ‘Rite’ packed with power | Classical review 2013-05-09T17:32:36Z

The tightly wired intensity of Pierce’s performance lends a new ferocity to the dysfunction of the Loman family dynamic. Review: Arthur Miller’s Dying ‘Salesman’ Is Reborn in London 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

His recording of the Paris version of Gluck's Orphée revealed a talent for tragic intensity new to his work. Juan Diego Fl?rez 2010-05-11T21:05:00Z

Fried chicken sandwiches are usually made with pallid cutlets, so the intensity is startling. Restaurant Review: Meat Hook Sandwich in Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

Her rare intensity has long emitted a palpable spark from the stage. Critic?s Notebook: In the Mysteries of Everyday Movement, Multilevel Stories 2011-03-06T22:56:33Z

This is not spoiling anything: When a story begins with its intensity needle as firmly in the red as this one does, there are no options left besides self-combustion. Review: ‘Master of the Crossroads’ Embraces Irrationality 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

Yet, while this one-off format was enjoyable, it lacked the hilarious intensity of the usual show. Radio review: An Audience with Ed Reardon 2010-10-21T08:00:00Z

“I could just feel his desperation, his intensity and his vulnerability,” Reeves said of those performances. ‘The Batman’ and Matt Reeves: Emerging From the Shadow of Other Caped Crusaders 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z

The book’s warmth comes from the intensities of its language and the intensities that emerge from a life that seems well lived. Sharon Olds, Laureate of Sexuality, Scrutinizes the Body in ‘Odes’ 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. Brett aspires to catch the intensity and emotion of the artist at the moment of creation. Style: Outsider Art Finds Its Place in Fashion 2011-01-10T13:50:04Z

Moore channels the moody intensity of Raymond Chandler’s crime fiction and saturates “The Dark Room” with the brooding cinematic qualities of the mid-20th century’s black-and-white film noir genre. Best mysteries and thrillers to read this month 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

As you "hitchhike across the floor" and "shake a tail feather", you might consider whether a dancefloor routine been set out with such intensity as Harlem Shuffle. Readers recommend: songs about dance styles ? results 2011-07-28T15:08:29Z

The song begins with Moriondo singing in her signature, sweetly muttered register atop some bright, pulsating synths, but as it builds in intensity her vocals become increasingly urgent and start to warp like melting plastic. Blackpink’s Genre-Clashing Return, and 8 More New Songs 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

They often express Burgundian intensity and complexity for a fraction of the price. 20 Wines for Under $20: The Fall Edition 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

What the tart crumbles of longaniza give up in intensity they gain in tenderness. Taqueria Ramírez Brings a Mexico City Specialty to Brooklyn 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z

It must be really gratifying for you and the team to see that level of intensity and detail, and just watching. What would Kim Wexler wear? Rhea Seehorn on her iconic ponytail, Marshall’s separates and class 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z

Those characteristics, in his mind: intensity of flavor, texture, volume, and piquancy. So what's a cocktail, really? 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z

These days, at 56, he retains his hunched intensity, his thinning lock of hair, the same crooked tooth of adolescence. Rewind TV: Chatsworth; Roundhead or Cavalier: Which One Are You?; Starlings; 56 Up 2012-05-19T23:05:46Z

“Be gentle but diligent, and time is more important than the intensity.” Brush up on how to care for your teeth with these tips from dentists 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z

There is operatic intensity in such command and restraint. Review: Mahler, Distilled by Classical Music’s Greatest Duo 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

But with her rich, gleaming sound and vocal charisma, she was a Manon of rare intensity and emotional depth. Music Review: Anna Netrebko in ?Manon? at Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-27T22:50:54Z

We are swamped by their intensity, and the void never seems far away. The Blue Book by AL Kennedy ? review 2011-08-12T21:55:06Z

Chris’s prickly presence, rendered with funny, agitated intensity by Mr. Shamos, comes to seem a device by which to stoke what little drama the play musters. Review: In ‘The Qualms,’ a Sex Party Winds Up Being All Talk 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

Taylor from the start had a rare intensity, sincerity, confidence and vulnerability, and she was blessed with that indefinable, attention-grabbing presence we call charisma. Elizabeth Taylor remembered by Philip French 2011-03-27T00:08:05Z

When the Cold War gained intensity in the 1950s, Robeson became a prime target for the F.B.I. and was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Review: Daniel Beaty as Paul Robeson in ‘The Tallest Tree in the Forest’ 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

As articulated in his seminal 1972 book “The Empty Space,” Brook sought a simplicity of intensity, a peak immediacy, a theatrical communion that spoke to the times, yet was universal. Peter Brook on his ‘Suit,’ tailored for its Seattle dates 2014-03-12T19:32:39Z

Asserting authority from the onset, Mr. Watts opened with a nuanced show of mounting intensity. Music Review: New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-12-06T21:56:27Z

Vinothraj palpably summons the violence and oppressive nature of their relationship — and their bleakly impoverished milieu — with intensity and tremendous visual flair. New Directors/New Films Turns 50 With a Bracingly Eclectic Lineup 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z

Orfeo itself, however, lies awkwardly for a counter-tenor, and Davies is occasionally forced to sacrifice intensity for the sake of integrity of line. Iestyn Davies: Arias for Guadagni – review 2012-06-07T21:55:01Z

My intensity would only worsen after Election Day. Bullied, autistic and obsessed with presidents: How the 2000 presidential election changed my life 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z

What is finally most riveting about this strange and unsettling book is not the grim fascination of Lasdun's situation; it's the moral intelligence and intensity with which he examines it. Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked by James Lasdun – review 2013-02-16T14:00:01Z

They are presented here roughly in the order of the intensity of my desire to go back again, which diverges here and there from the number of stars that flew above their reviews. Top New York Restaurants of 2016 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

Fear that any parent might feel when a child doesn’t return home in the middle of the night — yet fear that takes on added intensity because her son is a mixed-race 18-year-old in the South. Kerry Washington Has Something to Fear 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

Watching any theatrical work from behind a screen can dim its intensity, and perhaps the initial vibe could use a bit of dimming. The Best and Worst of the 74th Tony Awards 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z

There was also some detailed discussion about the challenges of translating Brel without losing its intensity and anguished passion. Behind the Brel ? The Story of a Musical Genius | Radio review 2010-03-17T06:45:00Z

Despite the intensity of the criticism levied against Wallen, fans remained loyal. Morgan Wallen’s Career Seemed Over. Now He’s Broken a Billboard Record. 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z

“She raged through her big aria with power, precision and expressive intensity that left no doubt as to the Queen of the Night’s character,” Allen Hughes wrote in The New York Times. Rita Shane, a Met Soprano Known for Range and Intensity, Dies at 78 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z

A Letter that Never Reached Russia", Nabokov's exiled lover writes home, "At night one perceives with a special intensity the immobility of objects – the lamp, the furniture, the framed photographs on one's desk. Writing at night 2010-12-21T15:05:18Z

Most of Harrison’s stories lack the intensity and suspense of domestic terrorism. Want to reject America’s Puritanism, workaholism and toxic obsession with stuff? Read Jim Harrison’s brilliant books 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

The company also believes it will see ClassPass users make bookings based on their mood, which could range from wanting high intensity to calming workouts. ClassPass names 2021's top fitness and beauty trends ahead of new year 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z

They are stuck in that tragedy, and for them the story never varies; a moment of pain lasts forever, always with the same searing intensity. ‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’ at BAM 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

While relying heavily on the sustain pedal, Perahia went for broke in the devilishly challenging fugal finale, with ferocious playing of white-hot intensity. Buttoned-down pianist Murray Perahia cuts loose in Strathmore concert 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z

And it was the intensity and variety of the rhetoric generated by Thursday’s performances — the clarity of their speech — that lifted this Pacific MusicWorks concert far above and beyond the ordinary. Music that speaks, thanks to Pacific MusicWorks 2014-04-11T18:02:17Z

The first time around, I found that after “Helpless” and “Satisfied,” the personal aspects of the story lost a bit of focus and intensity. Debating ‘Hamilton’ as It Shifts From Stage to Screen 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

In this place where her beloved family flourished - "my husband is Indian and so are my children" – her complicated makeup asserted itself with increasing intensity. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala obituary 2013-04-03T15:24:01Z

Ms. Christian has a terrific soulful voice that can ache with yearning intensity at one moment and vibrate with the fervor of roof-raising R&B the next. | 'Mission Drift': ?Mission Drift,? a Musical at the Coil Festival - Review 2012-01-12T00:17:21Z

But for all the intensity and drama of the performance, it was full of immaculate, careful, perfectly judged details. 2013 SSO opener: Lang Lang, Morlot, Prokofiev are the stars 2013-09-13T14:01:09Z

Lulu is a character of terrifying intensity and exposure for any soprano. Soprano Barbara Hannigan: 'Where's the crazy stuff?' 2013-03-14T19:25:00Z

The dancing finale, though breathless and exuberant, was dispatched with fierce intensity. Music Review | San Francisco Symphony Orchestra: Carnegie Hall Concerts Mix Mahler and Kissine 2010-03-29T04:39:00Z

Most important, Mr. Dillon, who played Amir in a London production, brings a coiled intensity to his performance that makes Amir’s increasing antagonism all the more unsettling. Josh Radner and Gretchen Mol Star in 'Disgraced' on Broadway 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

The voice is thrilling — bloodcurdling almost — in its solidity and power, and it is used with a richness of musical understanding and an emotional intensity as rare as they are compelling. Music that speaks, thanks to Pacific MusicWorks 2014-04-11T18:02:17Z

The smaller theatre, and a better sound system, meant that what it lost in perspective it gained in intensity. Second thoughts: return visits to favourite productions 2013-07-09T01:37:19Z

Those at the convention, and contributing to this programme, shared a peculiar intensity. Radio review: Magic People and Places 2010-07-30T06:59:00Z

She is a classic Russian soprano with a cool, penetrating intensity, fearless high notes, and a glint of steel in her sound. Music Review: A New Vision for ‘Prince Igor’ at the Met 2014-02-07T11:38:03Z

But the action in the movie doesn’t compare in intensity to the crazed heat in “Cruising.” Critic’s Notebook: NewFest of Gay Films Opens at Lincoln Center 2013-09-05T21:36:08Z

The youthful intensity they share in this ballet has nothing sweet about it; it does have tremendous pathos. Review: At 53, an Effortless Return to Dance ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z

The dancers moonwalk and roll their necks; their motions are smooth and spasmodic by turns, and several of them present bulging eyes and pained expressions that recall the existential intensity of butoh. Review: In ‘Monochromatic Light,’ Artists Saturate and Vacate Space 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z

Dance critic Sarah Kaufman sees a correlation between the intensity — and rarity — of the artistic experience and collective good behavior. How to act in public spaces in a digital age 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

But the intensity of this year’s amateur fireworks, in the context of recent clashes between police and racial justice demonstrators, have made some people suspicious. Fireworks proliferate across U.S., but why is unclear 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z

What is most unnerving about the way their story is presented here — Andrew Jay Cohen directed, and wrote the script with Brendan O’Brien — is the absence of that kind of dramatic intensity. Review: ‘The House’ Is a Comedy Built on Despair 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

That is not a problem with the debut from London quartet Savages, which burns with a feverish sense of purpose: the sheer intensity with which She Will or City's Full are delivered is breathtaking. Savages: Silence Yourself – review 2013-05-02T22:15:01Z

He’s easy enough to talk to, with a pleasing dose of oddball intensity lurking beneath his sleepy exterior. Jake Gyllenhaal: ‘I would love to not talk about my personal life’ 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

The central relationship here is between Law and Chillingworth, an admirer of Mark Turner who shares the American's ability to generate intensity without hectoring. Ant Law: Entanglement – review 2013-02-28T23:00:01Z

The intensity of the chili pepper combination grows, and the flavors meld after a day or two. I know how the sausage gets made — and you can, too 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

Woods often attacked his strings with furious intensity, while George’s dancing combined solid muscularity and sinuous movements. Review: In ‘Difficult Grace,’ a Cellist Moves Beyond Classical Confines 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z

But there’s no doubting her intensity of purpose, or the deep measure of her confidence. Mary Halvorson on Guitar: Unflinching and Full of Grace 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

If headlines from North American newspapers are any guide, this shift started sometime in the 1980s and then took off with an intensity reminiscent of the Summer of Love. China’s schizophrenic sexual revolution 2012-12-23T14:00:00Z

Our friendship had lasted less than three years, but gained intensity in part because it developed in isolation. Michael Hutchence: in the eye of the storm 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z

A burst of violence, indirectly connected to Queen and Slim, feels jarring and overwrought, especially because of the way it’s intercut with a sex scene — a mash-up that produces more cacophony than intensity. ‘Queen & Slim’ Review: Love on the Run 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

Preceding Elbow, Nick Cave added a biblical intensity to the story of Lazarus with 2008's Dig!!! From Help! to Build A Rocket Boys!, exclamation marks rock! 2011-01-15T00:07:06Z

Due to the intensity of shipping in the area, mobile fishing gear has been banned since the 1930s. Callum Roberts' Ocean of Life is a manifesto for marine management 2012-06-07T06:30:01Z

They may not express much — no smiles, no frowns, no obvious agitation — yet they register intensity. Face value: Chuck Close, who revolutionized portraiture, has major retrospective in Everett 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

Melrose, giving the performance of a lifetime, charts Wozzeck's disintegration with unflinching veracity and an extraordinary expressive range that veers from lyrical intensity to snarl or eerie falsetto. Wozzeck – review 2013-05-12T13:50:43Z

"Frank's" strangely engaging fun is in great measure due to the agility of Michael Fassbender's physicality, rather than the intensity of his face. 'Frank' strangely softens an icy Michael Fassbender 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

The glue holding the film together is Adam Newport-Berra’s elegant hand-held cinematography, which captures changing shades of winter and the frightened faces in natural light with an astonishing intensity. Movie Review: ‘First Winter,’ a Benjamin Dickinson Film 2012-11-16T00:09:10Z

There was a certain hypnotic allure to the pummeling intensity of the music in this section. Music Review: Salzburg Festival Features Wolfgang Rihm 2010-07-30T22:59:00Z

But he's become so synonymous with the word "intensity" that MTV once did an ironic skit in which he wore a pink bunny hat and made cute puppy noises. Man Of Steel: eye to eye with Michael Shannon, the new General Zod 2013-06-08T05:00:00Z

The big, new "My Rules" is not his first book, but it is his most complete and inspired, presenting those scenes with all the color and intensity required. Punk, hip-hop and rock are the focus of new photobooks 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

It was a lack of intensity that worried Campion when she first considered Moss for the role of Griffin. Elisabeth Moss: 'How I found my inner tough guy' 2013-07-02T17:12:01Z

He and the orchestra, under Mr. Levine, brought both playfulness and intensity to the finale. Music Review: The Met Orchestra Ends Its Season at Carnegie Hall 2014-05-12T22:37:50Z

Ms. Hall brought a sultry, slow-burning intensity to “Why Try to Change Me Now?,” with lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Jr. Review: ‘Witchcraft: The Jazz Magic of Cy Coleman’ Summons a Bygone Era 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

The new film shows Dylan in 1975 performing songs such as “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” in white face paint with wild-eyed intensity. Scorsese gets playful with Dylan in 'Rolling Thunder Revue' film 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

The color standard for the wide screen of the day called for sharp, bright, primary colors of saturating intensity. Oswald Morris, Artful Cinematographer, Is Dead at 98 2014-03-27T07:11:58Z

Ms. Jungr, 60, used her whole body and expressive face to illustrate lyrics with a carefully determined intensity that made it appear as if she were living inside the songs from moment to moment. Barb Jungr in ‘Hard Rain’ at 59E59 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z

But instead of bemoaning the loss, romance novels are reminding us that emotional intensity isn’t disappearing along with paper and pen. Perspective | Technology is transforming our love lives — and our romance novels 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

That, in and of itself, is beguiling: To peruse these works is to vicariously share in the concentrated intensity he devoted to the acts of writing and drawing. Astounding Feats in Pen, Ink and Magnifying Glass 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

Office affairs are conducted with the humorless intensity of “9 ½ Weeks.” Television Review: ?Boss,? With Kelsey Grammer on Starz - Review 2011-10-20T20:03:50Z

Len loved “the drama of the dance and the passion and the intensity that went on throughout it.” 'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Tommy Chong eliminated; four remain 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

When we first meet Gene in the 2001 movie Wet Hot American Summer, he is a bearded, bandana-sporting summer camp chef running his kitchen with all the intensity of a military commander. Christopher Meloni: Playing Gene in the "Wet Hot" Prequel 'Was Like Going Home' 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

It felt rushed, he admitted, but one wonders if Kateel — one of the city’s most technically proficient young rappers — could have so potently captured his intensity any other way. Seattle musicians tell the stories of our historic year through song 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

Most people would not be able to distinguish that sort of difference of pain intensity, which he describes as "minimal". Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle 2013-07-26T09:31:00Z

But you’re also aware of a searing intensity that burns through the baroque surface and to which Ms. Lucas’s Tree responds with awakening warmth. Theater Review: ‘Red Velvet’ Recalls One Shocked London Audience 2014-04-01T13:23:28Z

First, although it might sound better for weight loss to burn a higher percentage of fat, the real-world effect of that intensity on your body composition is next to nil. Perspective | The fat-burning heart-rate zone is a myth: How exercise and weight loss really work. 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

“The Democratic debate last night reflected the intensity of the battle for president,” Zirinksky wrote. Rough debate performance by moderators a blow to CBS News 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

Bowie often had the intensity of a lizard assaying a stranger. David Bowie: A Starman Not Just in Music, But in the Movies Too 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

And they did so with the intensity of cable crime show characters who scream, "Enhance, enhance!" as they zoom in on an image of a suspect's license plate. Online sleuths spot a Coca-Cola bottle in Trump's office mere days after he called for a boycott 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the intensity and density was to reiterate what Mr. Simons said before the show: “I am not a minimalist.” Fashion Review: Dior's Global Vision 2013-07-01T17:50:31Z

A performer of controlled and relatable intensity, Davis brings a vivid humanity to every role she plays. NBC's 'Allegiance' places its trust in Hope Davis 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

Their reckless intensity reflected and encouraged the new freedoms of a modern age. These Are The 25 Most Influential Marriages of All Time 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

Especially when that man, Leo Frank, who was murdered in Georgia in 1915, is played, with his usual intensity and vocal drama, by Ben Platt. Review: A Pageant of Love and Antisemitism, in ‘Parade’ 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

Ice shape and density, glassware, the water’s carbonation intensity and minerality, the kind of whisky, the proportions, preparation process, and presentation all matter. In the watering holes of Tokyo, the highball reigns supreme 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

When we did Metal Box there was a great intensity – though it was only in the studio that it worked. How we made ... Public Image Ltd's Metal Box 2012-02-13T21:46:01Z

Life suddenly, and startlingly, comes to match the intensity of Tracy’s vision of it. ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win’ Catches Up With a Hard-Luck High Achiever 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z

To maintain the intensity throughout the session, he suggests shorter intervals, ranging from 20 seconds to a minute. Some trainers tout HIIT as the best way to burn belly fat. Here’s what science says. 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

Conflict arises as the young men cope differently with their father’s intensity, as well as with their own professional aspirations and desires. In 2019, Netflix and Amazon Set Their Sights on India 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z

But her relationship with Mr. McKinny’s Billy lacked intensity, the electric charge that presses the strange, moving plot forward. ‘An American Tragedy’ and More at Glimmerglass 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

Without the ceremony, I think sometimes the intensity of the focus on food when all that's stripped away can be quite a lot for people. "Great British Bake Off" veteran Ruby Tandoh: "I see the show and I feel a pressure from it" 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z

Even as an adult who is fully aware that TV is not real, though, it is bizarre to hear the two talk with such intensity about their production process. Broad City: meet the 21st century comedy queens that even Hillary loves 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

That’s why his new show, “A Gershwin Holiday” at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, has a focused emotional intensity not usually associated with this traditional crooner, pianist, musical archivist and outspoken champion of the American songbook. Music Review: ‘A Gershwin Holiday’ at Feinstein’s 2012-12-04T20:20:07Z

The immediate, unnerving intensity that springs up between them is both a portent and a misdirection. ‘Ahed’s Knee’ Review: A Filmmaker’s Agony in the Desert 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

SAT Discover biodiversity and habitat in young forests of the Cedar River watershed; hikes of moderate intensity through brushy terrain steep slopes, 9 a.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

“Every day is a blessing,” he whispers with menacing intensity. Alex G and the Art of Interesting Choices 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, the songs whose musical structure I’d found “baggy” now seemed more compelling than they did in the theater, where the intensity of the action interfered with their reception. Listening to the Best (and Worst) of Broadway 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z

In one moment, she lowers herself to the floor in a squat with her eyes closed; he watches with the intensity of an animal tracking its prey. 2010-01-30T05:27:00Z

The muscles wrapped up in spandex, the end-zone celebrations clearly practiced before a mirror, the physical intelligence masquerading as athletic talent, the intensity of focus on one, purely pointless endeavor. My father, the woman 2012-06-15T23:30:00Z

On her own, though, Blige powered through her song “Doubt” with the kind of full-on emotional intensity you rarely see at an insiders’ event like this. Grammys 2015: Surprisingly rowdy vibe envelops Clive Davis gala 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

The novel drew a three-part equation between sadness, intensity and profundity, and I was all in, fully committed to its vision of truth as something dark and broken. Cult of the Literary Sad Woman 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

In videos posted to Facebook, you can see her leading rehearsals with a bustling intensity, demonstrating knotty chord patterns with her voice, then on the keyboard, before quickly moving on to the next thing. Esperanza Spalding Will Record ‘Exposure’ in Front of the World 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. van Zweden drew warm, wafting sounds from the orchestra and sensitively followed Ms. O’Hara whenever she brought breadth and intensity to crucial phrases. The Surprise of Jaap van Zweden’s Philharmonic Tenure? Surprise 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

Objects — a yellow car, a red dress, a blue doorway, even traffic lights — assume the heightened visual intensity of symbols in a waking dream. | 'Wild Grass': Alain Resnais?s Film of Anarchic Imagination 2010-06-24T23:40:00Z

"The quality and the intensity of the musicians that T Bone brings is intimidating," says the singer. Lisa Marie Presley: Why I left LA 2012-10-19T06:49:01Z

Depending on the intensity, challenges of this sort can knock films to the back of the Oscar pack, awards strategists say. Before the Oscars, Some Films Face the Truth Test 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

But I also fell hard for that Bourdainian swagger—that machismo, the wild intensity that seemed intrinsic to the restaurant experience. When I wanted to find my people, I found them in the "food women" living all across the globe 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z

"I was just so stunned by the intensity of the practice, and also how aggressive and impressive the stunts were in practice," said director Greg Whitely. How the real-life "Cheer" team became fodder for an "SNL" spoof and memes 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

You can imagine the intensity with which those fabled stars might have endowed Erie. Review: In ‘Hughie,’ With Forest Whitaker, Two Desolate Lost Souls 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

On “Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America,” Questlove and his collaborators approach their topic with the intensity of true nerds. Four Shows at the Center of a Golden Age of Hip-Hop Television 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

The result is imagery that emblazons itself on your mind with a fever-dream intensity. Sarah McRae Morton’s painterly talents serve her vivid dreamscapes well 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

Guests on the journeys choose from activities like kayaking around the Baja coastline, snorkeling with sea lions and classes led by an Exhale instructor like power yoga and high intensity interval training. Where to Get Healthier in 2018 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

With their pasty skin and cartoonishly large eyes, they have hypnotic intensity. It’s ‘Salome.’ But With Puppets. 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

She stares directly at the viewer, with the kind of classical intensity that made me vaguely afraid of portraits as a child. How Radical Can a Portrait Be? 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z

It's very hard not to be distracted from the intensity of focus that creativity requires of you. Jude Kelly: the ideal host for the first Women of the World festival 2011-03-04T07:00:03Z

What he did get done is mighty, in scope and in tangled intensity. Books of The Times: ‘Updike,’ Adam Begley’s Look at a Novelist’s Career 2014-04-08T17:28:46Z

But what counted more for Mr. Lee was the intensity of their interaction as artists. Music: Standing Small, Singing Big, All Sulfur and Zest 2011-02-20T02:01:27Z

Jobs, who died merely the 42nd wealthiest American, was worshipped by liberals with the same intensity that Gates was hated. When Apple took over 2012-10-14T15:00:00Z

But what’s extraordinary is that Rohmer perfectly integrates Ogier, her energy, her physical intensity, her meteoric passion, into his own closely contained cinematic system without sacrificing or subordinating her character to his own. Lost and Found: Shirley Clarke and Pascale Ogier 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

The violently contrasted chiaroscuro effects and the thrust of the brushwork charge the scene with dramatic intensity. For Old Masters, It's Dealers' Choice 2010-07-16T13:00:00Z

Beyoncé, a picture of steely intensity; Jay Z, a paragon of casual cool. Beyoncé and Jay Z Kick Off Shared ‘On the Run’ Tour 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

There may be, as Bob Dylan says, no success like failure, but far from failure being no success at all, in its very visceral intensity, it is perhaps the only success there is. Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure 2013-06-22T07:00:00Z

“I was surprised by the intensity of the discussion,” Ms. Lupton recalled her saying years later. Carin Goldberg, Who Transformed Book and Album Cover Design, Dies at 69 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z

“It reminded me of my own experiences being a teenage girl and my peer relationships — the authenticity of those girl friendships and the intensity of them. Love one day and hate the next,” Russo-Young said. 'Before I Fall' explores Groundhog Day themes, for teens 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z

So we still get the full intensity of the showdown immortalized in “My Fair Lady,” by book writer/lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe. Review | Brittany Campbell as Eliza carries a strong, slightly racy ‘My Fair Lady’ 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

But it’s compelling mainly for the intensity that Wilson exudes. In Praise of Patrick Wilson, Scream King 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z

It would be unfair to say more, but as played with quietly charged intensity by Ms. Sanders and Mr. Birney, this painful encounter is the play’s most moving scene. | 'The Dream of the Burning Boy': Flying Above Emotions, Then Grounded by Trauma 2011-03-24T02:30:27Z

What greater emotional torture, after all, for an intensity addict, than his dull gaze and mechanical speech? 'Homeland' Recap: Carrie Takes on the Men 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z

“I try not to think of actors as I write, but Cillian’s eyes were the only eyes I know that can project that intensity,” Nolan said in a telephone interview. The Eyes of Cillian Murphy 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z

Sections calling for mutes dampening the strings whispered with increasing intensity. Dover Quartet begins Kennedy residence with style 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

Her technical abilities serve a taste for sweep and intensity; she performs with soulful expression and physical abandon. Music Review: Weilerstein Trio, With Alisa Weilerstein, at Bargemusic - Review 2011-10-02T21:27:27Z

Capturing the intensity and intimacy of such a complicated relationship could have been daunting for the cast. The Black Sitcom Steps Out of the ’90s and Gets Real 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

Despite the escalating intensity of crime across the book, these rivalries stay local. ‘Endgame’ — a Turkish seaside noir by Ahmet Altan 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z

But there's no mistaking the intensity and commitment that Elschenbroich and pianist Alexei Grynyuk bring to it, and the closing pages, which look unflinchingly towards extinction, are unnerving in the extreme. Shostakovich/Shafran: Viola Sonata; Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata – review 2013-05-09T21:40:01Z

“It’s the intensity of the experience, the interaction with the terrain,” he says. My first rollercoaster ride: are they really safer than a golf cart? 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z

More characteristic, including of Costello himself at his best, was a critical intensity, a ruthless and creative anatomy of problems, individual and collective, coupled with skepticism about the possibility of solutions. Riff: Riff: The Iron Lady as Anti-Muse 2011-09-25T04:33:02Z

As performed by her with a physical focus and intensity that even the most probing cameras could never capture, this hourlong work of very live theater felt like the most bracingly intimate show in town. Best Theater of 2019 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

To be back inside the Met; to be lifted by the dedication of superb artists; to be hearing Verdi’s great music performed, as it was on this memorable occasion, with beauty and intensity. Review: For 9/11 Tribute, the Met Opera Returns Home 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z

“I’m not stabbing or slicing anybody up. But there’s an intensity being in front of a live audience again that’s so much fun.” Kathy Bates Finds Peace, With ‘Disjointed’ and Some Herbal Medicine 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

Both move with a bland evenness; there is little phrasing or a sense of differentiated dynamics that would bring life and intensity to their dancing. A Proudly Unsentimental ‘Nutcracker’ at Paris Opera Ballet 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

We know how the story ends, but Keri Russell plays Elizabeth’s concern with such earnest intensity that I could have, for moments, believed I was watching alternative history. The Americans Watch: Honey, I Forgot to Duck 2013-02-21T14:29:25Z

It moves with revving-engine intensity, except when it eases off the gas pedal a bit, for a moment of potent atmospherics. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 105 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

"It's easy to tell when black pepper is grown by a really good farmer — you'll taste the intensity and complexity that's missing from commodity spices." How pepper went from "black gold" to everyday seasoning 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

“The song kept building in intensity,” she later recalled. Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ and the Weaponization of Memory 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z

They all have at least moments of the probing intensity that they’ve shown in their previous work. Review: ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ Is a Tempest in a Bourbon Bottle 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

And Mr. Royston was the trio’s catalyst, regulating the intensity of the output. Music Review: At Jazz Standard, Steve Cardenas?s Flinty Spine 2010-06-02T21:55:00Z

“It’s the closest I am to the physical intensity, the adrenaline, the fear.” Savages’ Jehnny Beth Is Going Solo. Don’t Tell Her It’s a Mistake. 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

He brought a touch of sly playfulness to the Allemande, and dispatched the syncopations in the snappy Courante with biting intensity. Noted Pianist Piotr Anderszewski Takes a Break From His Career 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

There was the buzz of conversation and laughter, against a backdrop of low intensity music and lighting, amid expressionist art on the exposed brick walls. Once a fixture of downtown New York, Weinstein is now a ghost amid scandal 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z

In the intensity of its broken phrases, Rameau approaches the declamatory heights of French spoken theater. An Opera Worth Fighting Over 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

The Piano Sonata No. 4 is equally tense, its dark undercurrents illuminated here with riveting intensity and the bravura finale dazzling for its energy and clarity. Review: Yefim Bronfman Plays Prokofiev at Carnegie, Channeling Rage and Grief 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

Here, the choreographer’s bladelike intensity stands in sharp relief against the younger performer’s softer attack. Dance Review: Molissa Fenley and Dancers at Judson Memorial Church - Review 2012-01-10T23:37:41Z

If you aim for authenticity, if you aim for intensity, a deep excitement, you don't have to say I think I'll write about vampires because that's a philosophically rich concept. Anne Rice: 'I thought the church was flat-out immoral' 2010-10-24T19:59:00Z

And you have to remember: I don’t know how much longer I can do this at the intensity that I’m doing now, so I needed to make up a lot of miles. Bettye LaVette comes roaring back 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

They looked relieved after the intensity of the author tent. Scene City: At the East Hampton Library Authors Night 2012-08-15T21:28:02Z

This is a book, then, about a time, a place and a particular mood, which veers between intensity and ennui. Tractor Boys by Martin Bogren – review 2013-07-07T13:00:01Z

For all its intensity, Son of Saul is never ponderous. Review: Holocaust Drama Son of Saul Is Rigorous, Demanding and Rewarding 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z

And Ms. Gunn digs into the play’s meatier material — the sudden death of Pierre, and Marie’s subsequent, scandalous affair with Langevin — with a focused intensity that enlivens the play’s later scenes. | 'Radiance': ?Radiance? by Alan Alda at Geffen Playhouse - Review 2011-11-27T21:00:09Z

“Readers familiar with Donoghue’s masterly 2010 best seller, ‘Room,’ will recall the focused intensity she can bring to bear on constricted spaces,” our reviewer Karen Thompson Walker writes. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

They caroused with the same intensity they brought to the workplace. The hard-charging space program: Breakthroughs, breakups and breakneck 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

Here, played with controlled intensity, it was the most stunning part of the piece. Music Review: New York Philharmonic, at 15,000, With Stravinsky 2010-05-06T21:19:00Z

All of that is true in Mike Leigh’s subtle, tragicomic “Mr. Turner,” which among other things possesses a pictorial intensity and a sense of widescreen spectacle not heretofore seen in Leigh’s talky and claustrophobic films. “Mr. Turner”: This gorgeous story of a wounded misanthrope genius will surprise you 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

On more a scramble than a hike, we hauled ourselves carefully along pinnacles of volcanic rock as enormous ocean swells filled and drained the gullies with a noisy intensity. On This Caribbean Island, It Doesn’t Take Long to Feel Local 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z

The solution, it seems, is partly in the choice of songs, and partly in the intensity that some performers bring to their interpretations in this volatile season. When the Wrong Singer for the Song Is Just So Right 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

Is it hard to maintain that intensity every night? Passing the Torch: Denzel Washington and Michael B. Jordan 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

That Ekland is still best known as Sellers’ former wife is testament to the star power – and infamous intensity – of their pairing. Britt Ekland: 'I was put through emotional and psychological warfare' 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

For casual, short or low intensity sporting pursuits, supplements might be overkill, but for activities of high intensity or long duration, they can have benefits. Sport gels and protein powders can be convenient boosts for athletes, but be sure to read the label 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z

As directed with a solemn intensity by Les Waters, “Dana H.” — which had its official opening Sunday — ultimately succeeds as an ideal, entirely serious, synthesis of interviewee and actor. Review | A harrowing hostage story is told with stunning subtlety in Broadway’s ‘Dana H.’ 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

The reflective second movement, a showcase for Mr. Gaisford’s rich, penetrating tone and searing musicality, ebbs and flows into the harmonically rich final movement, with its virtuoso challenges and almost brutal intensity. Classical Recording: Michael Hersch: Sonata No. 1 & 2 2010-04-30T18:41:00Z

I contrasted the way I felt about David to the way I once had pined for men who had left me waiting, and I found the intensity of my passion for David lacking. He Cared About Me, So I Broke Up With Him 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

Expect the intensity of previous seasons to remain. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Patriot Act’ and ‘Ray Donovan’ 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

She did not, she said, ever worry about the intensity of the spotlight. She?s Leaving Home; Grab a Camera 2010-10-24T02:23:00Z

How would his precision find more intensity in moments of stillness? What Set tWitch Apart as a Dancer? His Generous Spirit. 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

That intensity, consistent and bitter, usually makes up for its mistakes. | ‘Blood Potato’: James McManus’s ‘Blood Potato,’ by Apothecary Theater Company 2012-11-14T01:00:25Z

Mr. Weiss conducted an alluring performance, with David Bowlin as the brilliant violin soloist, traversing his complicated part with ferocious intensity. Music Review: Oberlin Conservatory Plays at DiMenna Center and Carnegie 2013-01-21T22:22:40Z

Elsewhere, his expert directorial touch displayed the immaculate craftsmanship of his choral writing, while soprano Hila Plitmann's solo in a spiritual arranged by Moses Hogan scaled the concert's highpoint of intensity. Proms 61 & 62: BBCSO/Brabbins; BBC Singers/Whitacre – review 2012-08-30T11:08:10Z

The December grind of scrambling for status finds Aunt Agatha sealing her Christmas cards with furious intensity, for they are destined to earn her two weeks of visibility on the refrigerators of the local élite. “Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas” Is the Most Eccentric TV Special of the Festive Season 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

It takes some guts to move between intensity and boredom cinematically yet that is what being on the road is. I've never seen ... American Honey | Suzanne Moore 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

Grenache blanc is enjoying a mini-boom in Southern France and Central California, producing white wines of grip, mineral intensity and impressive subtlety. This $15 Spanish white wine is a great introduction to grenache blanc 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

From this point onward, the performance acquired more intensity, with a lot of motor energy and drive kicking in as the third movement got underway. At the Hollywood Bowl, a young piano virtuoso draws fire alongside the L.A. Phil 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

Interval training, which involves alternating high intensity exercise with recovery periods, is another way classes are paced, according to Cyrus. To make the most of a workout, experts say set the proper pace 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

Infinitely less laconic than Josh Holloway, Fox’s Sawyer was a wobbly-headed ball of misplaced intensity and bulgy neck veins who is singularly impossible to love. No thanks for your time: the worst movie auditions from A-list stars 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

In his muscular performance, Goodyear emphasized tension and intensity, with sharp accents, propulsive rhythms and a taut sense of drama. Canadian pianist continues daring performances 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

It was the way Ms. Bachmann spoke, smiling and gesturing with an intensity that almost cracked the screen. The Caucus: TV Watch: Michele Bachmann's Rogue Rebuttal Defies Unity Theme 2011-01-26T13:44:58Z

In the study, 109 beer consumers rated liking and intensity of two pale ales and a lager, and the intensity of two bitter solutions - quinine and hops extract Tetralone - under blind laboratory conditions. Pale ale, IPA beer drinkers more likely to be adventurous, study claims 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z

‘I knew what kind of material I was choosing,’ said Joseph Strick, ‘but I was still surprised at the intensity of the reactions to the film’. Joseph Strick obituary 2010-06-17T18:02:00Z

As the music unfolds, the intensity subsides, but the overall flow remains radically formless, until strands of lines and inner voices slowly coalesce. Music Review: ‘The Baroque Vanguard,’ at the Miller Theater 2013-04-30T20:55:35Z

Even when Jit changes physical emphasis — several dancers sit or lie midsolo — the speed seldom pauses for a second; and so the controlled intensity expresses a violent inner dynamo. Detroit Jit, a ’70s Street Dance Reborn and Revved Up 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z

The inner workings of the White House, with its war room intensity, never ceases to capture readers’ attention. New & Noteworthy 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z

Sarah says the intensity of 24/7 togetherness feels similar to the nonstop nature of parenthood. The grand slam of covid dating: This couple fell in love, moved in, had a kid and got engaged — all during the pandemic 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

“What we liked in Anastasia is her intensity — without speaking, she is very intense in front of the camera,” Ms. Müller said. Thoroughly Modern Polina 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z

The language of the play is vibrant and rhythmic, but the direction tends to labor for significance and spurs the actors toward high intensity at every turn. Theater Listings for Feb. 12-18 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

By the way, there’s so many moments in this that you could transpose to normal dad life by dialing down the intensity level. Better Call an Ambulance: Bob Odenkirk Is Out for Revenge in ‘Nobody’ 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z

“She is the job,” he tells a quizzical Philip with the intensity of impending death. ‘The Crown’ Episodes 1 and 2: Stiff Lips, Warm Heart 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

Their newness to this world distinguishes them when the screen becomes too crowded; so do the intensity of their contrapuntal performances and the pathos of their characters’ back story as refugees turned lab rats. Review: ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Gets the Superband Back Together 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

But the uneasiness inherent in such encounters acquires a shimmering intensity, as in a nightmare that’s both set in a place you know and as alien as a distant planet. Review: Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano Go Mano a Mano in the Riveting ‘True West’ 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

Mr. Garchik played fast and exact phrases, finding strange routes through familiar chord changes and leaving a lot of empty space; he was temperate, building intensity without shouting. Music Review: Two Weeks, One Stage: The Forging of 40Twenty?s Sound 2010-08-02T22:17:00Z

But there’s enough talent and intensity here for me to step behind the tent flap, to see if all this can cohere into something super freaky. REVIEW: Freaks and Shrieks on American Horror Story: Freak Show 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

His intensity doesn’t mean the album is monotonous. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

When roused to passion and torment, she sent Marie’s outbursts soaring with visceral intensity. Opera Review: Matthias Goerne Fills In as Lead at the Met 2014-03-07T22:34:23Z

Ms. Lewis has a rich, powerful voice, and invests her rendition of the show’s most famous song, the much-recorded, indisputably gorgeous “Memory,” with a fervent intensity. Review: Does ‘Cats’ Have Nine Lives on Broadway? Two, Certainly 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z

"Let's put the negativity behind us, play with some freaking intensity, and continue to work on playing the game the way we need to play — and we're not," Quade said. Quade: 'Let's play with some freaking intensity' 2011-07-21T00:14:00Z

They brought spooky calm to “Unrealistic Love,” a Very Very Circus tune, and some solar-flare intensity to “The Flew,” a piece that courts free improvisation. Henry Threadgill Festival at Harlem Stage 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z

Behind them, a huge LCD display flashed at high intensity. Review: Meghan Trainor Performs at Irving Plaza 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

It is oracular, delirious and American — rich with the intensities of Melville, the expansiveness of Whitman and Toomer’s own bedeviling preoccupation with color. A Century Later, a Novel by an Enigma of the Harlem Renaissance Is Still Relevant 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z

Skarsgård will talk with intensity about the nine months he spent getting into shape for Tarzan: the relentless gym and dance sessions, the six precisely weighed meals a day, most of them tuna. Alexander Skarsgård: ‘Hollywood is very silly. People are so anxious’ | Tim Lewis 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z

The standards for this juried exhibition have tightened, and its mission — contemporary art with a visible connection to the traditional studio practice — has a new clarity and intensity. Art Review | '185th Annual': Academy Gives Art Some Wiggle Room 2010-02-19T05:57:00Z

Together they brought out the work’s intricate complexities and surprising intensity. Music Review: Philharmonic and Gerald Finley in ‘Il Prigioniero’ 2013-06-07T20:26:14Z

Here he tones down his natural intensity to remind us that the seemingly soft, spineless and charming can be as damaging, in their way, as two-fisted bullies. Review: In ‘Love, Love, Love,’ All You Need Is Selfishness. 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

“Beloved” is at once whimsical and heartfelt, alive to the absurdity and perversity of amorous behavior and also to the gravity and intensity of human emotions. Movie Review: Catherine Deneuve in ‘Beloved’ 2012-08-17T15:23:01Z

They occupy a room of their own, low-lit and filled with brooding intensity. The Tate's Mark Rothko exhibit: a room with a view of the subconscious 2011-03-30T13:58:43Z

This persuasive and blackly funny book of poems takes its tone and subject matter from old Hollywood movies, but the intensity of the attack is all Minnis’s. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

The intensity of good music is too much to bear. Kristin Hersh: 'I hate music' 2011-08-22T20:31:01Z

And while not receiving the publicity of its sister city 140 miles to the west, it easily rivals New Orleans in intensity and fun. Mardi Gras in Mobile — where it started 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

But there’s no denying Miss Brodie’s incendiary presence, in a play that implicitly poses the haunting question of what happens to such intensity when it’s deprived of an outlet. Women Set London’s Stages Ablaze 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z

“Sometimes I’m surprised by the physical intensity of them,” she said. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Early Works at Lincoln Center 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

For crazed teen intensity, however, it’s hard to top “Carrie: The Musical,” which will be prominently featured in a new installment of the Theater Channel series. Theater to Stream: Cabaret Lives Online and Zombies Walk the Stage 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. Masur managed its transitions deftly and drew a performance of sharply focused intensity from the Philharmonic’s strings and woodwinds, with vivid contributions from its brasses in the more extroverted sections. Music Review: Kurt Masur Leads the New York Philharmonic - Review 2011-10-28T23:49:22Z

He had the gear operated by blindfolded performers moving through a space, the devices clicking at different speeds and intensities as they approach walls and other objects. Alvin Lucier, Probing Composer of Soundscapes, Is Dead at 90 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

In view of Mr. Paxton’s reputation for intensity and seriousness, it’s surprising to find how often they’re playful and witty. Review: At MoMA, Dances by Steve Paxton, an Original Too Rarely Seen 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

The yellow eyes glow, their intensity magnified by concentric ringlike markings that spread outward, like a feathery vortex. ‘Audubon’s Aviary: The Final Flight’ Alights at the New-York Historical Society 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

To one onlooker what was most striking was the extraordinary emotional range and intensity of their performances. ‘The Visitors,’ by Ragnar Kjartansson 2013-01-06T04:59:41Z

The beauty and restraint on the album is coupled with an intensity that hearkens back to Let Love In or Tender Prey. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Rush Into the Unknown on Push the Sky Away 2013-02-20T14:30:07Z

When I read I need an interest, a theme, an intensity. One shade of grey: how Nicola Beauman made an unlikely success of Persephone Books 2012-11-25T00:05:20Z

But this music is equally demanding emotionally and intellectually, and the group’s powers of concentration and sustained intensity were at least as impressive. The Emerson Plays Shostakovich at Tanglewood 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

And we rehearse all of it with the same intensity and same attention to detail. Carpe Diem String Quartet takes its music to the people 2010-11-18T02:52:00Z

It inspired the music site Pitchfork to note the single-minded intensity of this “possible madman and authority-critiquing refusenik that was marginalized in his own time, only to later be viewed as a seer.” Mark Stewart, Fiery British Rocker, Is Dead at 61 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

It more than succeeds, with all the intensity, humor and deep feeling of the novellas flourishing in a more complex and ambitious structure. Visit These Science-Fiction Worlds to Make Sense of Our Own 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

There was an intensity on Black Adam’s face. Dwayne Johnson Is Ready to Embrace the Heel Again in ‘Black Adam’ 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z

It’s clearly and meticulously made, but you long for a moment of madness, or at least intensity. Dance Review: Bare Bones, Fleshed Out With Music 2011-02-06T22:22:41Z

The volume and intensity of the ensemble rose, with howling spikes in the violins and tapping on the bodies of the cellos. Music Review: Orchestra of the League of Composers at Miller Theater 2012-06-05T21:54:39Z

And he can't really transfer that intensity to other shows that hope to stand on their own. What "The Boys" Cinematic Universe has learned from the MCU 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z

Each account had an intensity of feeling, wherever it came on the political correctness scale. Radio review: Parting Shots 2010-09-30T07:00:00Z

Ms. Zhang pushes forward to achieve more intensity from the orchestra. Breaking Conductors? Down by Gesture and Body Part 2012-04-06T12:00:28Z

Mr. Gethard is a short, unassuming fellow with the sneaky intensity of someone with a chip on his shoulder. Critic’s Notebook: The Rise of the Anti-Talk Show 2012-06-07T21:51:11Z

But combining exquisite singing, youthful allure, affecting vulnerability and, by the end, bleak intensity, Ms. Oropesa emerged on Wednesday as a major Violetta. Review: Lisette Oropesa Makes ‘La Traviata’ Her Own 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

“I love the structure, the architecture and the intensity of the musicality in these ballets,” she said. A Sugarplum’s Swan Song 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z

She, by contrast, lived her part with reckless intensity. Opposites Who Reveal Ballet’s Expressive Range 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

Mr Key is tall, thin, bald and energetic; Mr Peele is short, soft and bespectacled; his characters often have a quiet intensity that balances Mr Key’s bouncing around. Beyond black and white 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

Amell's range runs a scale that starts at brooding before moving through to scowling and unspecified intensity before landing at last in sadness. Starz's "Heels" proves wrestling isn't fake by creating a show about it that doesn't feel genuine 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z

With more homes being built in fire-prone ecosystems, and wildfires increasing in frequency and intensity, such measures may need to become more common. Building for Resilience in California’s Fire-Prone Future 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

“The most gripping scene in this near-perfect little sports comedy is a fraternal arm-wrestling contest that reaches apoplectic intensity,” Stephen Holden wrote in July in his review in The New York Times. The Week Ahead: Sept. 23 — 29 2012-09-23T08:00:05Z

Like Mr. Ford, she has become more of a supporting player in a crowded room that also includes Adam Driver, who brings intensity and flowing physical grace to Kylo Ren. ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Delivers the Thrills, With a Touch of Humanity 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

They were candid street shots with a twist: diCorcia lit his pictures with strobe lights, from above, infusing them with the compositional drama and intensity of a staged portrait. A Candid Look at the Drivers of Los Angeles 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z

Her brew of folk and electronica radiates spooky intensity; for this set, streaming on Constellation Chicago’s YouTube channel at 9:30 p.m. 8 Things to Do This Halloween Weekend 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

“The way Beanie can use intensity and self-awareness for comedy and how that makes you also love a character, I thought of all those things in writing Monica.” By giving Monica Lewinsky a voice, Beanie Feldstein may redefine her own 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

The title track begins the record, and with thunderous intensity and velocity, Metallica demonstrates that despite all of the seasonal jeering accompanying their more recent music, they are still the masters of metal. Art is not an escape — it’s our most powerful weapon against apathy 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z

Though the issue of rightful ownership has been looming for a decade, the intensity has recently increased. A Long Way Home for ‘Looted’ Art Is Getting Shorter 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

The work, which includes lyrics, long elegies and a coda written about Levis’s son, demonstrates the intensity and singular voice that distinguished five collections during his lifetime and two other posthumous books. The best poetry books for January take on race, current events, love and loss 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

Quite the opposite: Ms. Barrio’s solos crescendo to an almost frightening intensity. Flamenco Festival Enters Its 14th Year 2014-03-01T00:04:35Z

Clichés are prophylactics against the complexity and intensity of direct experience, tools used to distance ourselves from reality, but this photograph brings love near enough that we can feel its hot breath. The Most Intimate Photograph 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

She sings this demanding role with plush sound and emotional intensity and brings her star power, in the best sense, to a riveting portrayal of the ruthless character. Opera & Classical Music Listings for Oct. 3-9 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

Those merits are substantial, and they include a stellar technique, a dark and burnished tone quality, a secure sense of intonation, and a passionate intensity of interpretation. Seattle Symphony concert lives up to ‘spectacular’ title | Classical review 2013-05-18T15:37:36Z

First performed in 1924, the music shifts from passages of dense, chromatic intensity to bursts of pulsing burlesque energy. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z

But Ms. Wertenbaker’s text, which retains all of the stiffness of Racine’s original but little of its lyricism, manages to excise much of the story’s poetic intensity and savage emotion. 2010-01-31T03:59:00Z

The hot referred, not to temperature, but the intensity of my grandma's home-made ginger beer. Ginger beer is a Jamaican holiday tradition — and my grandmother's is the spiciest 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

Still, her voice has distinctive colorings and shimmering intensity. Critic’s Notebook: Musical Chairs at the Met 2013-12-06T22:52:05Z

Listen to how the cellos add tension to the song's intro or the way the violins enhance the emotional intensity of Nelson's soulful vocals. Elton John, the Beach Boys and the fine art of pop alchemy 2010-09-30T21:45:00Z

Familiar melodies aside, the music had a frisson of added intensity, even melancholy; Ms. Lamon was an exciting soloist, conjuring a whirlwind in the final Badinerie. Music Review: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra at Zankel Hall ? Review 2011-11-21T23:08:19Z

They move through harmonic progressions with scientific curiosity and patience, but also with an intensity of feeling that keeps excruciating and releasing, over and over. Yo-Yo Ma Wants Bach to Save the World 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

There’s a compressed intensity to it — a channeling of the larger world that she conveys in the amount of space that a full-length novel usually takes just to warm up. Dread, War and Ambivalence: Literature Since the Towers Fell 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

When I returned to the United States, I missed them with a surprising and lingering intensity. Personal Journeys: ‘Behind the Veil of the Forest’ in India 2012-12-21T16:57:27Z

The intensity of his emotions is occasionally overwhelming, and Gray said that the new LP “wasn’t a fun album to make.” Conan Gray, a Budding Pop Singer Who Feels It All 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z

“The sheer size of Burning Man drives its intensity,” says Jane Lyons, head of communications. Catching fire: Burning Man is sparking sister festivals around the world 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z

Are the xx the first pop act you can imagine being on ECM – the flat, cryptic titles, all those gleaming bare bones, the limpid, ultra-sparse propulsion, the sedate intensity, either spellbindingly beautiful or frustratingly repetitive? Paul Morley on music: In search of shifting sounds 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z

Bradley played Pat much more extreme when we started shooting, in terms of his awkwardness, his intensity, his darkness, his edginess. Q&A: Silver Linings Playbook’s Bradley Cooper and David O. Russell 2012-11-15T16:00:55Z

Mundruczó creates a mesmerizing early sequence, but the rest of his film never quite matches that intensity. In "Pieces of a Woman," Vanessa Kirby survives the worst in a heartbreaking, measured performance 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

Sondra Radvanovsky, known for her booming voice and dramatic intensity, takes on the title role of the sorceress who protests her lover’s betrayal by killing their children. The Met Opera’s New Season: What We Want to See 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

After the concluding performance of the Ninth, which pinned all of us to our chairs with its ferocity and intensity, the Usher Hall erupted in wild applause. Charles Mackerras 1925-2010 2010-07-15T12:52:00Z

Each day will include a training run focused on efficiency and economy, ascending and descending, proper intensity, strength running and managing endurance on mountain trails. In the Tetons, a Camp for Runners 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

Elsewhere, it works best when the pace or intensity drops slightly – Applesauce's bug-eyed prettiness; the woozy, percussive Pulleys; or the skittering rhythms and bending synths of the more downbeat New Town Burnout. Animal Collective: Centipede HZ – review 2012-08-23T14:31:01Z

The sugar balances the lemon’s tartness, the butter smooths its acidic edges, and the flour mellows its intensity. The Ideal Lemon Bar: A Fierce Filling and a Strong Supporting Crust 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z

There is a slider beside the 3-D screen that adjusts the intensity of the 3-D effect or turns it off altogether. Critic?s Notebook: Nintendo?s New World of Games: Three Dimensions, Zero Glasses 2011-03-25T23:02:27Z

Color-coded lines correspond to the intensity of traffic: green for no traffic jams, yellow for medium congestion, red for heavy congestion, and red and black for stop-and-go. Practical Traveler: Airport Apps Put You First in Line 2010-12-15T23:08:37Z

Its texts, initially sung by the sopranos, unfolded over a gentle humming that increased in intensity, with the line “What makes us choose” sung with declamatory passion. Review: Musica Sacra Highlights Living Composers 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Both musicians played with profound sensitivity and technical brilliance, achieving an expresive intensity that made for compelling listening. Power/Crawford-Phillips – review 2013-02-27T17:50:19Z

Further down the page, however, he pulls back from this youthful intensity. Man of letters 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z

Calling the drawings “a kind of catmint to adolescents,” Clark wrote that they “suggested vice . . . with an adolescent intensity which communicated itself through every fold and tightly drawn outline of an ostensibly austere style.” The Faith Behind Aubrey Beardsley’s Sexually Charged Art 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

There’s a level of intensity and scrutiny that I tried to convey in the book. After a tumultuous run in the White House, Sean Spicer is ready to talk now 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

But quickly, the intensity of her critique makes her book unputdownable. Clampdown: Pop-cultural Wars on Class and Gender by Rhian E Jones – review 2013-05-16T06:00:08Z

That is to say that the Calidores were remarkable for the precision of their expression, their understated but relentless intensity. With remarkable concert at Soka, the young Calidore String Quartet declares: Take note 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

Xenakis's music – and its preternaturally brilliant performers - allows its listeners to witness seismic events close at hand, to be at the middle of a musical happening of cosmic intensity. A guide to Iannis Xenakis's music 2013-04-23T16:57:59Z

The intensity of their bond is evoked in a scene of the pair slow dancing to the Mamas and the Papas’ recording of “Dedicated to the One I Love.” Review: ‘Notes on Blindness’ Is John Hull’s Trip From Darkness to Light 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

For a moment the cruelty of death is forgotten, and for a moment our distance from the soulful intensity of Bergman’s film is collapsed. | 'Cries and Whispers': ?Cries and Whispers? at BAM - Review 2011-10-26T21:27:23Z

Research suggests that this technique, called “opposite action,” reduces the intensity of the original emotion. Need a quick stress-reliever? Try one of these surprising science-based strategies. 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

He trails off and stares at me, ramping up the intensity of his eyes like he’s done in so many roles. Jake Gyllenhaal: ‘I would love to not talk about my personal life’ 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

It remains a huge challenge, in scale as well as intensity. Evgeny Kissin ? review 2011-02-15T19:10:04Z

Umami also isn't capable of reaching the level of perceptive intensity of the other four tastes. Why is umami so hard to describe? 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z

Embracing the gnarls of the Fourth’s Prelude, he breathes audibly as its Sarabande quietly builds intensity. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

With Mr. Chéreau, she pushes past the intensity for which she is known, revealing layer after layer of pain and vulnerability, and singing with total commitment. Critics Name Their Favorite Wagner Recordings 2013-08-22T20:50:13Z

The resulting arrangements had a cabinet of curiosities intensity. Best Art of 2019 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

American actors have a reputation for emotional intensity, if less verbal grace and dexterity than their British counterparts. Trevor Nunn, British Shakespeare Master, Tries Something New: Directing Americans 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

Like Caravaggio’s “Flagellation,” its depiction of violence in chiaroscuro reaches Baroque heights of intensity and drama. High Drama, High Contrast: Finding the Baroque in Contemporary Art 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

Passages of teeming intensity are rendered with wondrous clarity and lightness. Yes, We Need (Yet) Another Rachmaninoff Recording 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

Nevertheless, Little and Vavrek manage to make the bleakness work dramatically, in part by ratcheting up the intensity over the opera's entire span. L.A. Opera's 'Dog Days' goes out with a bang, not a whimper 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

Abigail Fischer sang them with a suppleness and intensity that emphasized their meditative qualities and underlying drama. Music Review: Missy Mazzoli and Matt Mehlan in River to River Festival 2012-07-13T21:22:07Z

But surprisingly for a hurricane of this intensity -- it made landfall as a monster Category 3 storm -- there were no reports so far of fatalities directly related to Odile. Mexico airlifts tourists after Hurricane Odile 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

The drumming surged with fevered intensity and the jagar — a ceremony in which the goddess enters into the body, or bodies, of one or more of those in attendance — began around a smoldering bonfire. Following a Folk Tale Through the Himalayas 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z

David Fincher's direction creates just the right intensity and claustrophobia for a story that takes place largely in a stupefyingly male environment at Harvard University in 2003, shown in flashback from various acrimonious legal proceedings. The Social Network ? review 2010-10-14T20:29:00Z

She also often uses hand weights to increase the intensity. The many benefits of walking 30 minutes a day 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

Mr. Scott, with Jessica Gould, the soprano, and Jennifer Lane, the mezzo-soprano, performed these sections with a dramatic intensity that honored the texts. Music Review: Sacred Works by Pergolesi at Church of the Epiphany 2010-03-29T21:11:00Z

That the president’s rallies are potential spreaders of the coronavirus may be adding intensity to artists’ desire not to have their music contribute. Stop the music! Chorus of artists tell Trump to turn it down 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

Somehow, by placing her dancers in a landscape of stationary art and normal people moving at a normal pace, her work gained greater intensity. Review: Maria Hassabi’s ‘Staged’ Might Have a Better Title as ‘Runway’ 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

When you’re in the stands, just feet from a rowdy bull, the intensity is immediate. Why Hollywood Is Bullish on Bull Riding 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Dance is ideally suited to the language of dreams, and Bruce animates his characters with true-to-period physical intensity. Made in Heaven; Cruising, Clubbing, Fucking: An Elegy – review 2012-06-30T23:05:46Z

The aspiring boxers’ devotion to old-fashioned concepts of manliness, which she portrayed in the book “The Modern Kids,” reminded Ms. Frank of how her suburban mother endorsed with religious intensity a 1950s stereotype of femininity. Jona Frank: Between Reality and Fantasy 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z

That test is repeated in a series of quiet confrontations of a mind-bending intensity, in which mortal stakes are on the line; those scenes are the source of the film’s devastating power. Highlights from the New York Film Festival: Martin Scorsese’s Colossal, Mournful “The Irishman” 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z

In both, a lonely boy tries to summon up a mystical intensity, as vision and reality blur. Cults, human sacrifice and pagan sex: how folk horror is flowering again in Brexit Britain 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z

She's particularly good at describing the arcana and intensity of Oxford life. The Lessons by Naomi Alderman | Book review 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z

When Lynn Seymour later stepped into the same role, her intensity and naturalism proved yet more astonishing. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater in ‘Onegin,’ at Metropolitan Opera House 2012-06-05T21:29:30Z

For Seliger, photographing musicians is often a special event, working with subjects of intensity and a strong sense of their own style and personality. Photosynthesis festival at Annenberg focuses on music, photography 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

Would you trade activity intensity for a schedule that left room for nightly family-cooked dinners, instead of a few times a week? Motherlode Blog: Parenting, American-Style 2012-04-10T16:59:00Z

“There was such maturity to the work and this kind of intensity. There is probably not another person who’s looked at art longer than Greg.” Making Art by Day, Guarding It at the Met by Night 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z

As a pianist he lacks Mr. Joel’s supercharged kineticism, although he approached that intensity with a boogie-woogie fantasia based on “Great Balls of Fire,” in which he even kicked the keys with his right heel. Music Review: Tony DeSare at 54 Below 2012-10-05T04:30:05Z

It is a sober, slow-paced set with tunes that build in intensity, like “High Hope,” a hymnlike track expressing optimism that the singer can, in time, be at peace with a former lover. Pop: Glen Hansard, Touring Behind His ‘Rhythm and Repose’ 2012-06-22T16:00:01Z

ZOFO’s arrangement loses some of the lyrical quality but little of the original’s manic intensity. CD reviews: Diana Damrau, ‘Fiamma del Belcanto’; ‘ZOFO Plays Terry Riley’ 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

I wanted to write a story of stasis—but not of stasis as lacking intensity or drama. Garth Greenwell on Transitional Spaces and the Burden of Action 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z

Bushfires, a regular summer occurrence in Australia’s dry eastern forests, are happening with greater frequency, intensity and reach. In Australia, Diving Right Into Summer 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

Helen is a wild child, whose intensity will be her blessing and curse throughout life. ‘The End of the Point’: a family and their seaside retreat 2013-03-13T21:43:32Z

Rather than tossing off these virtuosic showpieces as mere appetizers, though, Baráti probed into them with extraordinary intensity and an almost orchestral range of expression. Review: In a violinist’s high-wire act, virtuoso Kristóf Baráti transfixes 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

The oxygen for early movies was guileless intensity and what looks to us like broad overacting. Classic antics of ‘Laugh’ an uphill climb in Beth Henley’s latest 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

The recording I grew up with, whose intensity imprinted itself on my musical consciousness, was Jorge Bolet's, combining moving lyricism with massive architectural sweep. The hot Liszt 2010-12-27T21:30:01Z

It glows with the heat and intensity of Catalonia. Joan Mir?'s art is more alive than ever 2011-08-15T12:08:33Z

Miller, a bass-baritone who was in Washington recently preparing for “Madama Butterfly,” said the intensity of football made opera a natural second act. Feel Locked Out? Nothing to Tackle? Well, Try Opera 2011-03-16T01:25:13Z

Q. The idea of “Goldberg” is to create an enhanced intensity of listening. Igor Levit Discusses ‘Goldberg,’ a Project With Marina Abramovic 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

The marriage portrayed in Two for Joy is one where the spouses call each other "dear" and where there is an expectation of long friendship as much as intensity. Two for Joy by Dannie Abse | Book review 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z

Always capable of brooding intensity, he is at his finest in a staggering-forward solo in which he thrusts one arm forward at a time: lame, yet driven, issuing Cassandra-type warnings. Dance Review: A Golden Age Continues Without Its Midas 2011-03-23T22:27:34Z

Viewers accustomed to the ocular intensity and conceptual creativity of post-1960s advertising will find these signs bland and cautiously polite. Art Review: ?Art for All? at the Yale Center for British Art 2010-06-17T21:44:00Z

Then, in moments of intensity, he drew vehemence without a trace of melodramatic excess. Review: ‘La Traviata’ Opens a New Era at the Met Opera 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

Parenting, Donoghue reminds us, is a common experience of uncommon intensity. From the Author of ‘Room,’ Another Bittersweet Family Novel 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

At this year's E3 — the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the industry's largest U.S. gathering — some attendees were stunned by the intensity of violence on display. Newtown slaughter renews debate over violent video games 2012-12-20T05:16:04Z

It was two weeks before I identified the pattern: classes based on moving quite swiftly through 26 positions, which is why they don’t drag, and focusing on different things – flexibility, strength or intensity. Fit in my 40s: 'a month of daily yoga made me impossible to live with' 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

Instead, its images and scenes are suffused by an intensity that seems almost to be a quality of the light and air as they play across Ms. Chemla’s watchful, sometimes inscrutable features. Review: Indelible Heartbreak, Moment to Moment, in ‘A Woman’s Life.’ 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

And with Gabriel Macht, the show’s Harvey, pulling the strings in his directorial debut, the barbs hit their mark with the intensity of quarrels from a crossbow. Taking Shots, on and Off ‘Suits’ 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z

We don't know yet which side is going to have more intensity. Antiabortion leader Marjorie Dannenfelser: ‘You can never build human rights on the broken rights of other people’ 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z

I saw it with my equally stage-struck friend, Scot Osterweil, and after the show we dissected it with the intensity common to know-it-all theater nerds the world over. Perspective | With Terrence McNally’s death, the theater has lost a voice of consummate wit and passion 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z

This world serves at once as inspiration for the artist's palette and as metaphor for Roberta's awareness of the intensity of human connection and potential. The Beloved by Annah Faulkner – review by Kristina Olsson 2013-06-18T05:28:36Z

Mr. Payne writes with the intensity and urgency of a man trying to save his own life. Novels by Kathleen Alcott, Vu Tran and Alaa Al Aswany; a Memoir by David Payne 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

McKinnon’s performance on Saturday was toned down just a touch from the one a month ago, without losing any of its startling intensity. Kate McKinnon’s Genius Hillary Impersonation 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

Mr. Lewis played with such calm intensity that the repeated notes were mesmerizing. Music Review: Beethoven Devotee Makes Some Keyboard Time for Schubert 2011-05-01T22:22:48Z

She was utterly singular – actually more than a little uncomfortable to watch because of the sheer intensity of her performance. Why it's not easy to spot the stars of the future 2012-06-13T13:59:05Z

More important, they both brought to their roles tremendous dramatic intensity — Jennings was able to register her reaction to Tristan’s death while standing motionless, only through the expression of her face — and vocal ability. Review | When it comes to opera, it doesn’t have to be grand to be good. Case in point: ‘Le Vin Herbé.’ 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

Tasters map the contours of flavor perception by tracing the spokes corresponding to the qualities they detect, designating the intensity of each on a scale from one to five. Food for thought: will an era of hyper-personalized meals leave a sour taste? 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

There are untold things that static sheet music can’t capture: tone, feel and intensity or texture, all of which are as important to modern songwriting as the notes, and probably more so. What’s Wrong With the ‘Blurred Lines’ Copyright Ruling 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

Hear him with his own orchestra, the St Petersburg Philharmonic, and you're often struck by the intelligence and intensity of his musicianship. Philharmonia/Temirkanov 2010-07-01T21:30:00Z

The book was able to shed a little bit of light into how I had to address the concern, criticism and intensity that went along with it. After a tumultuous run in the White House, Sean Spicer is ready to talk now 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

A colleague aptly compared the heady tone, building upon itself in intensity, to elements of a Catholic Passion play, when the audience is asked to play the crowd condemning Jesus. Convention's Angry Tone Sets a New Standard for TV 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

A lesser writer might not be able to pull off this wondrous mix of intensity, silliness and despair. Diane Williams is at her unconventional best in 'Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine' 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

Kapur has his talents — the story is suspensefully structured, and I consumed it with a febrile intensity — but he has a deadly attraction to cliché. Revisiting a Utopian City With Fondness and Fury 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z

As he played his guitar with a frenzied intensity, a geyser of liquid would spew forth from the guitar’s neck. Prince, mysterious, inventive chameleon of music, dies at 57 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

But figures and background are united in an intensity of paint-handling, achieving a kind of blazing artifice and an irony that seems implicitly modern. Looking Twice at Renoir and O’Keeffe (Ida, not Georgia) 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

Tops in rich ultramarine, vivid jade and vermilion saw colors blocked together in changing intensities. Simons in confident Christian Dior style evolution 2013-03-02T00:08:15Z

Komunyakaa tends to reach peak intensity in longer works that afford him the space to stretch out, gather momentum and amplify resonances. Review | Yusef Komunyakaa again brings his distinctive music to the page 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z

For all the high-tech gadgetry that's involved in his creations, Hill is an artist who, with increasing delicacy and intensity, focuses on human frailty and wonder with humanistic warmth. The Henry's Gary Hill retrospective continues to challenge eyes and ears 2012-08-17T21:10:05Z

Today it was stretching and then high intensity interval training stuff. 24 Hours With Andra Day: Afrobeat and the Nixon Tapes 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z

“There’s definitely a clear link between everyday life and whisky throughout the country. There’s an intensity about it. It feels like it permeates everything.” The Whisky Chronicles 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

She loves people, and she seems to understand the intensity of people’s love for her. Oprah Earned This Museum Show. And It’s a Potent Spectacle. 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

But everyone soon learns about the intensity of the sequester rules. ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’ Season 1, Episode 8: We the Jury 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

For all the fireworks and intensity, Mr. Ozawa and the players never indulged in mere show or flash. Music Review: Leader and Players, Deeply Bound 2010-12-16T23:06:23Z

The sweetness and intensity repeated itself, and for an instant, I was back on the porch at Tuckamore Lodge. T Magazine: Fly Zone 2011-03-21T14:00:14Z

The sprinkle of confectioners’ sugar that dissolves into the fruit as it cooks offsets the intensity of the peel without making it markedly sweet. The balance of flavor is just right in these healthful chocolate-orange crisps 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

“The Kindergarten Teacher” — the film as well as the character — yearns for different values, for intensity, beauty and meaning. Review: From Israel, ‘The Kindergarten Teacher,’ a Drama About Poetry and Obsession 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

Horrible things happen in the pilot, and the only release from the intensity and suspense is during commercials. Television Review: ‘The Following,’ Starring Kevin Bacon, on Fox 2013-01-20T20:35:11Z

His fan base, from both camps, tends to accept that the intensity of feeling in his playing is worth whatever limits he chooses to impose. Review: Keith Jarrett at Carnegie Hall, Precise and Aglow 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

Not that Haze is solely defined by her intensity. Rapper Angel Haze on religion, rape and survival 2013-01-31T19:10:01Z

“Sports day wearing girls’ socks for example was mortifying, but you can play that for laughs in retrospect; likewise the live-or-die intensity of teenage crushes. Robert Webb: ‘Jokes are important for men – we think we invented them’ 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z

The soprano Christine Brewer sang splendidly, floating the soaring solo lines yet bringing some Wagnerian intensity even to hushed pianissimos. Music Review: ?Missa Solemnis? Ends New York Philharmonic Season 2010-06-24T21:09:00Z

Ms. May has a rich, tangy voice and a sultry presence, attacking the songs with the intensity of a ’60s soul singer, and striking glamorous poses in slinky dresses. Music Review: Beck?s Back, With Roots Rock the Les Paul Way 2011-03-29T21:58:33Z

But arguably nobody outclassed Byron Tittle for assaultive intensity. Dorrance Dance turns tap on its head: Mesmerizing moves at the Wallis in Beverly Hills 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

History and suspense collide in shocking ways - and the intensity never lets up. Review: Brad Meltzer delivers another winner 2013-01-14T19:35:09Z

And just like those Cirque scores, it indicates intensity — “wow, look at that trapeze!” — rather than being intense. Lindsey Stirling’s Music Combines Classical and Dance 2014-05-02T22:32:38Z

A fugue was given the intensity of Bach. Review: All-star piano trio leaves listeners with a royal flush 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

There is a sudden mood shift, and the couple begins an argument—or, more precisely, the exchange of a series of rants—that gains in intensity as the story progresses. Why Brazil’s Greatest Writer Stopped Writing 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z

People, weather, landscapes, memories - all throbbed with the intensity of the palette of another hero, Vincent van Gogh. Painter Joan Mitchell finally gets her due 2011-05-02T10:57:09Z

Being in your house, cooped up, and then finally being let out — a lot of people experience stress around high intensity music or light. 5 Pros in the Concert Trenches on Getting (Carefully) Back to Work 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

He made it compact for travel and added a component to gauge galvanic skin response, which measures sweat gland activity that could reflect the intensity of an emotional state. Are polygraph tests reliable? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

Azaleas blaze in intensities of purple and dark pink at the Azalea Garden’s entrance of the New York Botanical Garden. ArtsBeat: The Week in Culture Pictures, May 7 2011-05-06T23:29:44Z

But it is only in recent years that I have gained the distance from these horrors – the sense of security in myself – to acknowledge their intensity. ‘I couldn’t deal with it, it tore me apart’: surviving child sexual abuse 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

No camp, no ham, but beauty, terror, confusion and high intensity. Review: The Spirit of Hitchcock, Distilled Into Dance 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

That intensity should mark a change in how Beach House are usually portrayed. Beach House and the curse of the big time 2012-05-18T23:01:00Z

It doesn’t shy away from intensity, yet delivers the action and thrills you’d expect to find in this galaxy far, far away. Holiday Movies to See (or Skip) 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

Fishback has brought the same intensity to "The Hate U Give," "Judas and The Black Messiah," "Project Power," and now stars as Elena in "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts," in theaters now. More than meets the eye: Dominique Fishback on becoming a "Transformers" star, "Swarm" serial killer 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z

If the emotions begin to lessen in intensity, get curious with your son. When a fifth-grader’s school frustrations boils over, here’s how to help 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

That intelligence, and intensity, repeatedly comes up in reviews, and not a few critics have observed over the years that Jackson, who died on Thursday at 87, often seemed smarter than her material. Highlights From More Than 50 Years of Glenda Jackson Reviews 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z

The director Stuart Rosenberg cranks up the sweaty atmosphere and high intensity, placing the viewer right alongside Luke as he fights, runs and bets his way through his sentence. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

He seemed to delight in the text and did not hesitate to whisper in the moments of greatest intensity. Diderot String Quartet’s odd rendition of Schubert’s ‘Winterreise’ 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z

There was rosy bloom but also coursing intensity in her singing. Review: An Ecstatic ‘Rosenkavalier’ Introduces a Conductor to Carnegie 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

The almost offhand intensity of Mr. Knausgaard’s prose is a secular sort of miracle. Ben Lerner’s '10:04,' Leslie Jamison's 'Empathy Exams' and More 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

Janie Taylor, making her New York debut as the heroine of “Serenade,” showed her wonderfully individual nervous intensity but also her insecure footwork. Dance Review: Leaps and Bounds of At-Home Season 2010-09-16T04:15:00Z

Murray plays with a fierce intensity and commitment that gave each of the works a veneer of greatness. Review | A violinist veils herself in virtuosity 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

This will inevitably end in a sudden embrace of teeth-bashing intensity, while the emotional background music soars as if someone's just leaned on the remote. The top 10 lesbian-movie cliches 2013-03-27T18:30:01Z

Without a touch of movie glamour, she wowed critics and forged identities with her young fans through her quiet intensity. REVIEW: There's Nothing Urgent About "Insurgent" 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

Thanks to his brooding intensity and showman’s swagger, he quickly made inroads into Hollywood. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Who Plays Aquaman’s Nemesis, Gets Schooled in Chess 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

It's an impressive first album, though at times I was craving that one really rocking song to break up the down-tempo intensity. Breakout dream-pop duo Lemolo sells out Columbia City Theater — twice 2012-06-28T20:46:08Z

Often recalled as his best feature, it contains performances of great intensity and probes darker corners than any of his other films. Blake Edwards obituary 2010-12-16T19:36:35Z

Darcey thought it had plenty of intensity, and her turns were so crisp and clean, but it needed to be more languid. Strictly Come Dancing 2015: week three – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z

I like everything that has to do with the extreme, with angst or suffering or intensity in life. John Callahan obituary 2010-08-17T17:15:00Z

The young Russian maestro achieves a deeply personal identification with the bitter intensity and weary desolation that pervade this wartime masterpiece from 1943. 10 best classical-recordings list includes Seattle Symphony's Schuman 2010-12-29T22:53:09Z

Ms. Menzel, who brings an anxious intensity to a featherweight part, has an enviable fan base among young female audiences. Theater Review: In ‘If/Then,’ Idina Menzel Travels Two Paths 2014-03-31T02:00:13Z

Ms. DeYoung’s singing had radiant bloom and molten intensity, which conveyed Judith’s youthful naïveté as well as her willful determination. Review: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Offers a Glimpse of the Met Opera’s Future 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

Ms. Koh played both with the intensity they demand, in beautifully shaped, mesmerizing readings. Music Review: Jennifer Koh at the American Academy of Arts and Letters - Review 2011-10-25T22:11:59Z

The room’s intensity, which had built up so slowly, dissipated quickly after that, like an airlock unsealed. How Much Silence Is Too Much? I Found Out 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

I read the first half with a frenetic intensity, though as the book went on, with a mild annoyance, too. Review: Dan Vyleta’s ‘Smoke’ Is a Supernatural Take on a Victorian Novel 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z

The Philharmonic played well throughout, riding the many waves and swerves of intensity and pigment, from dewy dawns to mellow dusks. Review: At the Philharmonic, a Taste of Holiday Bounty 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

But this turned out to be part of a farsighted plan: intensity and power increased gradually and inexorably as the music progressed, reaching a volcanic peak by the end of the still more tumultuous finale. Review: The return of the ranking cellist ? Yo-Yo Ma 2010-12-08T19:22:00Z

But the interview was a fascinating listen, driven by Sondheim's difficult intensity. Composer of the Week | Radio review 2010-03-23T06:45:00Z

We were face to face, the distance in my eyes no match for the focused intensity of his. U.S. soldier finds his identity as a gay man while serving in silence 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

There are few songwriters around at the moment who can match Marling for emotional intensity. Mercurial Marling 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z

Koga's voice has that same, not hectoring but slightly overdetermined tone to it, as though he's overeager to communicate his intensity and depth. New band of the day ? No 827: Chief 2010-07-16T15:56:00Z

Julie Makerov brought a searing intensity to the part of Lady Macbeth that largely made up for a certain lack of finesse and articulation. Review: 2 Murderous Men in 2 Operas About Killing for Politics 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

This performance met his usual high standards, though he uncharacteristically showed momentary signs of tiring toward, hardly a disgrace in a role that is sorely taxing even when not performed with such intensity. Review: Bach Passions in New York 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

There was an intensity, there was a rawness, to the scenes where that material was discussed that felt like it kind of went beyond acting. Oliver Stone: Our empire is in decline 2010-09-23T11:01:00Z

A lot of these women were passionate about the subject matter and understood the intensity and the urgency of it early on and stayed with it. A Former CIA Analyst on the New Osama bin Laden Documentary, Manhunt 2013-05-01T14:45:23Z

His intensity was undiluted, even as his use of dynamics became more pronounced; by the close, he was playing left-handed figures with accents in the upper register. Review | McCoy Tyner proves to be worth the wait at Blues Alley 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

What we said: “A lab-rat experiment of a film with flat, facetious humour and a single insidious joke maintained and developed with monomaniacal intensity.” The best films of 2020 so far 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

But look back over clips of Neal's career and her remarkable talent and intensity once more come into sharp focus. Patricia Neal: a career in clips 2010-08-09T11:06:00Z

For me, it's that I remain enamoured of their intensity, their urgency. 'Your child is going to experiment': what teenagers really think 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

But instead I was struck with a plethora of emotions, avalanching with such intensity that I was unable to negotiate them. Patti Smith on Singing at Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize Ceremony 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

For all his intensity, Mr. Yousef never really tries to explain why he acted as he did. ‘The Green Prince,’ About a Hamas Son Recruited by Israel 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

If Ms. Bacall never again matched the sultry intensity of her early promise, she became a disciplined Broadway performer and bedazzled a series of powerful men in arts and politics. Lauren Bacall dies at 89; iconic film legend known as ‘The Look’

My mother’s faith both revealed and masked her secret: revealed it through her astonishing intensity and passion; masked it in Nigerian culture, where ostentatious devotion is not unusual. My son was diagnosed with autism at five. Did he inherit it from my misunderstood mother? 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z

Horns and timpani were given plenty of leeway to shake things up, and the surprise oboe solo, interrupting the recapitulation of the first movement, was played with intensity by assistant principal oboist Jamie Roberts. At NSO, a rewarding introduction 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

And I loved the volume and the intensity of the music, because you felt it. Depot gig opens Manchester festival 2013-07-05T05:52:27Z

“You have an effortlessness, but also an intensity,” he said. In ‘Dangerous Liaisons,’ Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton Play the Game 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z

The brain-frazzling uniqueness of that experience  might account for the innocent intensity of the performances. "Glee's" utterly charming season finale 2011-05-25T08:26:00Z

And does the addition of elaborate digital video enhance or detract from the dramatic intensity of the climactic “Confrontation” number, in which the good doctor performs a duet with his own bad self? Theater Review: Frank Wildhorn’s ‘Jekyll & Hyde,’ at the Marquis Theater 2013-04-19T02:00:54Z

I understood the herbal intensity of parsley when I tasted whole leaves mixed into a butter lettuce salad. These Ingredients Deserve Your Attention 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

The search for truth in historical fiction – in fiction of any kind – is really a search for intensity of illusion. Barry Unsworth, Booker prizewinner, dies at 81 2012-06-08T10:54:11Z

During “Moonlight,” subdued, chorale-like string chords had uncommon clarity: You could really hear the harmonic intensity generated by softly clashing intervals. Review: She Returns to Lead the Philharmonic. For Real, This Time. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

There are few, if any, dancers as generous as Woodward, whose vivacity lit up MacKinnon — it almost seemed like Woodward was urging her on; MacKinnon responded with more in-the-moment intensity than she has ever shown. It’s a Season of Vintage Gems, and Female Bonding, at City Ballet 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

The film is complex and densely plotted but San's strength and intensity are never in question. 5 bad-ass movie princesses 2013-02-28T23:41:14Z

Like Judi Dench, she defies time and knows how to weight every syllable to communicate meaning: when she cries "Give me my Romeo" it is with the intensity of a woman enslaved by love. Juliet and Her Romeo | Theatre review 2010-03-17T22:20:00Z

Instead of plain soy sauce, soup dumplings are served with a side of finely julienned ginger muddled in black vinegar for a tartness and zest that cuts the intensity of the broth. “A lot of people in this area used to go to New York” for Shanghai soup dumplings. “Now they can stay here.” 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

The funeral gives their bickering a greater intensity, but their argument is essentially trivial. Astonishing Archie – review 2012-11-21T18:15:47Z

Perhaps politically engaged theater for the 24-hour news cycle demands a different intensity? Hard Truths or Easy Targets? Confronting the Summer of Trump Onstage 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

Blue reminds us of the ocean and skies, but Ms. Khan, who lives in Chicago, added, “the saturation of cobalt blue adds an intensity and strength that feels provocative.” Cobalt Blue Is Color Rushing Our Summer 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

On Friday they reunited for the first time since then, and the spectacle was largely unchanged, with Mr. Alagna trying to gin up the intensity and Ms. Garanca keeping the temperature stubbornly cool. Elina Garanca Reprises Her Role in ‘Carmen’ 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

I’ve been looking for one for a while, even bought a tan one in compromise, assuming I wouldn’t find one with the sucker-punch intensity of the one I spied on a mannequin here. Critical Shopper: Critical Shopper - J. Press York Street in Greenwich Village 2013-04-16T17:00:39Z

I do gravitate towards humor, but I didn't want that to detract from the intensity of what everything else that was happening. "The Ugly Cry" reveals the pain and humor of growing up "Black and weird" 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

The conversation was “awkward at first but gradually gained in intensity.” Review | ‘Two Spies in Caracas’ conjures international intrigue in Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

But the intensity of the drought has left me with less of an appetite for emerald lawns and generous tree canopy. The runner's view of Los Angeles: Its landscape, its people, and the BBQ at mile 10 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z

She and Dr. Lindsey are studying those changes across Southern California in multiple ways, including by comparing and dating charcoal and pollen cores, which indicate frequency and intensity of fires. A Fossil Museum Uses the Past to Reimagine Climate’s Future 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

Adopting an impeccable American accent, Molina is absolutely superb as the Russia-born Rothko, anchoring the proceedings with a ferocious intensity that never wavers. "Red" a superb rendering of modern art history 2010-04-02T21:55:00Z

Her voice is gleaming and penetrating, and Mr. Mehta draws surprising intensity from an artist who could be stolid. Classical Playlist: Puccini, Mendelssohn, Wagner and More 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

Real-life father and son infuse their characters' interactions with a deeply tangled competitive intensity. Scott, James Cann go head-to-head in "Mercy" 2010-04-14T01:40:00Z

Had I been among the roomful of locals, I would’ve wanted to know more about this odd foreigner watching the televised match with such intensity. Lost in Ireland 2010-10-22T21:19:00Z

In a season of serious fashion, with a lot of intensity surrounding the ready-to-wear collections of Raf Simons at Dior and Hedi Slimane at Saint Laurent, there were still bursts of levity. Fashion Review: At Paris Shows, Welcome Touches of Levity 2012-10-02T01:46:42Z

Still, the intensity of recent attacks is noteworthy, as is their social organizational basis. Why conservatives hate college 2013-03-31T22:00:00Z

What Lamar has to say about the King of Kings and the way he depicts Him stands apart from other modern artists’ reckoning with religion — chiefly because of the intensity and direction of his reckoning. Good kid, mad country: Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN.” finds the rapper reckoning with God and America 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

But the mix of intensity and poise in Ms. Mutter’s account was very special. At Carnegie Hall Opening, Delving Into Levity’s Layers 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

The group’s debut album, “Black Focus,” pulls these and other influences into an elliptical orbit, with a chilled-out intensity. The Playlist: The Gospel According to Alicia Keys 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

All three works, though quite different in style and intensity, are beautifully crafted, and under Bayolo’s sure leadership Friday, all three got the kind of focused, intelligent performances a composer dreams of. D.C.’s Great Noise Ensemble reprises favorites as celebrates 10th season 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

Mr. Lang embraces the severe intensity of the monologue format in his adaptation. Review: In This One-Man Opera, It’s All in His Head 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

Leigh Honeywell, chief executive of Tall Poppy, which helps companies protect their staff members from online harassment, offers a few tips on navigating all the updates amid the intensity of working and pandemic parenting. Perspective | Remote school is stressing parents out. Here’s how to tame the anxiety. 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z

“Promenade” has the same careful intensity of perception that characterizes waka, and the flower petals burying the pavement could have drifted in from a Bashō haiku. The Startling Poetry of a Nearly Forgotten Japanese Modernist 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

But what amazes me is how studiously Schweblin shuns this low-hanging fruit, pushing the book’s thematic content into the background and spotlighting instead the intensity and specificity of her characters’ inner lives. The Cute Little Devices Are Watching You 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

That book is one of the strongest debut novels in recent years, and “Overthrow” occasionally struggles for a similar depth and intensity. Review | Surveillance, hacking, government overreach: ‘Overthrow’ tackles modern fears 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

Capsize, like many of Bates's songs, is melodically simple, the emphasis placed on layers of sound, and how to maintain intensity. New band of the day – Big Black Delta (No 1,332) 2012-08-16T15:21:42Z

High above the scene glowers a sky of operatic intensity, all scudding clouds and sudden bursts of sunlight. Watercolour at Tate Britain - review 2011-02-05T00:05:30Z

It is the frequency, duration and intensity of your son’s meltdowns that are important in assessing what these behaviors are telling us about his interior world. Perspective | Our 6-year-old’s meltdowns are taking over our family 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

The play and the band share an intensity of atmosphere, perhaps, but not much else. White Lies star writes theatre score 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

But “13 Rivers,” his new one, is filled with the spark of his peak moments: a grim urgency, an unflinching gaze, a lean intensity to the music. The Playlist: Lana Del Rey’s Smoldering Return, and 12 More New Songs 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

Speed and intensity soar in a schizophrenic finale, leaving Beethoven far behind, revealing his powerful admirer. St. Lawrence String Quartet at the Library of Congress 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z

The piece certainly had its longueurs: There were moments when I wondered how the creative team could possibly sustain the emotional intensity through some of the less-powerful musical passages. Review | Art, exposed: In Series strips away convention, and hits a nerve 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z

“He throws an inordinate number of pitches and works with such intensity and combative fire that you sense that anything less might bring on disaster,” Angell wrote of Cone. More Than 25 Years After “Private Parts,” Howard Stern Has Another No. 1 Best Seller 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

There’s elasticity in the way the ensemble’s sound expands and contracts, reacting to fluctuations in the intensity of the characters’ feelings and enlivening music built predominantly from strings and continuo. Review: Handel’s ‘Serse,’ With Yuks and Exquisite Playing 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z

The austerity and intensity in her movements only heightened the drama and tension in Mitski’s sweeping compositions. Review: Highlights from Capitol Hill Block Party 2019 — the year of Lizzo 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

The intensity of that passion is exemplified by a scene of Mr. Feinstein, better known as a singer and pianist than as an archivist, bristling with indignation as he stands on a Los Angeles freeway. | 'Michael Feinsten?s American Songbook': Saving Old Scores From Pop?s Dustbin 2010-10-05T21:54:00Z

Hadelich, who joins Ehnes among the preeminent violinists of this generation, tore into the Franck Sonata with a passionate intensity that infused every line with significance and beauty. Seattle Chamber Music Society is back with its first in-person, post-pandemic concert — and it was wonderful and weird 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z

Long before the films are screened, the lineup is dissected with the intensity of a presidential campaign. Cannes film festival releases 2015 slate 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

The 2012, made under the ancien régime at this storied property, is gorgeous, with wafting, opulent aromas of melon and white peach and a laser-focused intensity of flavor. The Un-Chardonnay: Limited Edition, Cutting Edge Gems 2014-03-31T13:00:00Z

The dragon scenes in the 1959 feature, for example, are notable for their intensity. Evil queen from "Sleeping Beauty" to star in film 2010-03-24T04:43:00Z

A wallow in some prelapsarian idyll this is not – Janáček confronts the reality of his feelings and the impossibility of their physical realisation with an intensity that is still shocking, 85 years after its composition. Heart strings 2013-02-14T15:21:00Z

The whirring bikes streaked over the rough ribbon of asphalt through the Sahara in Mauritania, and the intensity of the landscape shifted. 4,000 Miles, Seven Countries: An African Adventure on Two Wheels 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z

The Man I Love” swelled in intensity from shy uncertainty into an impatient demand for true love, as he played a gay man emboldened by marriage equality. Review: Brian Stokes Mitchell Blends Songs and Theater in ‘Plays With Music’ 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

These are beliefs that, she said, she might not hold with the same intensity if she had not played the piano. Boston’s Mayor Trades City Hall for Symphony Hall 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z

We know he means business by the intensity of his jumping jacks and self-exhortations. In 'The Conduct of Life,' witness an American classic that's more often taught than staged 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z

That finally changes in the play’s third hour, when Karen Lange and Aubri O’Connor square off with smoldering intensity as friends forced into political corners by the rising Nazi tide. Early Kushner and a play on domestic violence, now playing in little rooms 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

It escalates in intensity until it erupts into violence as they try to begin their forte number, Frankie Teardrop. Hidden treasures: Martin Rev – Martin Rev 2013-01-10T17:03:53Z

Though the Halperins continued to make low-budget films into the ’40s, none of their subsequent work has the disturbing intensity and inventiveness of this peculiar work. DVD: New DVDs: ‘Our Man Flint,’ ‘White Zombie’ 2013-01-25T23:58:36Z

Photograph: The National Gallery The strange erotic intensity of this history painting by Degas is a clue to the passions that pulse within his later impressionist and post-impressionist works. The impressionists, Degas and Shepard Fairey – the week in art 2012-06-29T10:18:23Z

Though Mr. Mitchell has been a leader in experimental music for over half a century, the new album finds him still pushing his art to new extremes of slashing intensity and melancholic beauty. A Pioneering Black Composer Keeps Pushing 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

They are so eager to be nice to each other, and to avoid conflict, that as the initial intensity of their connection starts to cool, there is nothing to replace it. Movie Review: In ‘About Last Night,’ Couples Map Differing Paths to Love 2014-02-13T23:23:40Z

And more memorable yet were the signs of abandon and intensity in Ms. Borree’s performance. Dance Review: City Ballet?s Fresh Adventures and Jazzy Footwork 2010-06-03T22:29:00Z

The intensity with which Mr. Lee spoke about Mr. Trump and Charlottesville finds a corollary in a section of “BlacKkKlansman” that incorporates some of the rally’s most agonizing images. Spike Lee Turns a Period Piece Into a Protest of the Trump Era 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z

Mr. Cook, as a man who spends most of his time deflecting the intensities around him, has the trickiest role and carries it off beautifully. Review: In ‘The Children,’ the Waters Rise and a Reckoning Comes Due 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z

These girls are focused with full-beam intensity on one another and the feelings of profound attachment and loneliness that emerge from being part of a team. Review: ‘Dance Nation,’ the Power and the Terror of Girls at 13 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

Even by the standards of the New York fashion world, she has an intensity that can be rattling. Ikram Goldman, High Fashion’s Ambassador From the Midwest 2013-05-02T09:00:02Z

While the scenes in the North – from the Wall to Winterfell have had a frozen, almost terrifying intensity this season – Dorne still seems slightly incidental to the plot. Game of Thrones recap: season five, episode six – Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

Weisteen as Julie couldn't look more the part, and in later moments does capture the character's intensity as it flickers from vulnerable to majestic and back again. Miss Julie 2010-06-18T21:30:00Z

Baby, on the other hand, is a model student, laboring over her classwork with a kind of rigid, petrified intensity. Review | In Elisabeth Thomas’s ‘Catherine House,’ an exclusive university harbors sinister secrets 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

The intensity, scope and sheer unrelenting literalism of this approach marks a significant change in how we choose to mark national trauma. Architecture review: At 9/11 Memorial Museum, a relentless literalism 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

Her crazy, swinging rhythms gave the trio's post-punk pessimism a singular intensity. Portland's Hungry Ghost punches out crazy rhythms 2012-07-30T21:41:04Z

It can't be done, but why not "push through with intensity" in your bid to make the impossible happen? Will Adamsdale: the guru of nonsense 2011-01-05T22:01:01Z

From their 2013 debut album to last year’s “The Bluest Star,” this Philadelphia indie-pop group’s songs about adulting, loving and mourning bristle with the quiet intensity of stolen glances in crowded rooms. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

It's really about how things are communicated through the intensity of the gazes. Caravaggio and me 2010-07-24T23:04:00Z

The orchestra offered effective mood and intensity to complement a fiery and dexterous performance by Laila Josefowicz in Adams' difficult Violin Concerto. Bruckner's Second Act 2011-07-16T14:05:00Z

By the final chorus, she was singing with intensity, tears streaming down her face. Karaoke Singers Live the Dream at the Illinois State Fair 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

A soprano saxophonist with a streamlined intensity and a flinty iconoclasm, Mr. Newsome is most often heard these days on his own solo-sax recordings. The Playlist: Mavis Staples Warns of Deadly Force, and 9 More New Songs 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

As David, Pascal Charbonneau pushed his light tenor to its limits but performed with expressionistic intensity. Critic’s Notebook: Very Old and Brand-New Operas at French Festival 2012-07-23T21:53:26Z

The intensity is there, but orchestration takes priority. Punk folk band O'Death takes a breath but still rocks 2011-03-25T00:05:17Z

The performance conveyed the plaintive brooding of the first movement and the driving intensity of the second. Review: A Symphony Talks Politics 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

Both Potok’s novel and Mr. Posner’s adaptation have something old-fashioned about them: a high moral seriousness and an earnest intensity about matters like religion and art, faith and God, duty and calling. Theater Review: ‘My Name Is Asher Lev,’ at the Westside Theater 2012-12-05T04:57:17Z

As an actor he veered between long stretches of wooden inactivity and moments of white-hot intensity in portraying Don José’s murderous jealousy. Santa Fe Opera Stages ‘Carmen’ 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

Mr. Levy’s drums are there for power, not elegance, and in this live setting, at least, he prized the intensity of a four-on-the-floor beat, and did less meddling with it than on “Aleph.” Music Review: Gesaffelstein, a.k.a. Mike Levy, at Webster Hall 2013-12-05T23:36:19Z

The first was an unexpected thunderstorm of extreme intensity. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: A sudden storm, followed by utter panic — and a road map for world peace 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z

The audience, meanwhile, is left agog at both the intensity of the dance and the searing emotion beneath it. Theater Review: Dancing to Twyla Tharp and Sinatra?s Music 2010-03-26T04:27:00Z

The shoot was fairly demanding for cast and crew, but some of its demands helped fuel the episode's particular intensity. A Comprehensive History of Game of Thrones’ Battle of the Bastards Episode 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z

Here and there, passages of gritty harmonic intensity, brief eruptions of skittish instrumental lines, and other restless touches remind you that he earned a doctorate at Princeton under the serialist Milton Babbitt. Review: A Maudlin Trip Down the Amazon, With a Star in Disguise 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z

He plays with both an attunement to abstraction and a keen intensity. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

Bamford is a much kinder, gentler figure than Jerri—for all her mental illness, she’s a grownup who wants to be happy and good and successful—but she shares some of that same hapless intensity. Maria Bamford’s Melancholic, Hallucinogenic, and Very Funny “Lady Dynamite” 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z

“Basically, the greater the intensity of the exercise, the more gradual the increase,” Prokopy says. Starting up or heading back to a fitness routine? Here are tips to prevent overdoing it. 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

Have the scripts, working in that medium, have they informed the novels which have great moments of dramatic intensity? Toni Morrison on Her Last Novel and the Voices of Her Characters 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

“That’s the level of control that there was, and we performed with a level of intensity, but that all had to do also with being skinny.” What Is a Ballet Body? 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z

Even if you’re not sparring, classes involve short, sharp bursts of high intensity fitness training. My workout: ‘Mixed martial arts is a lot like chess’ 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z

“The moaning grew in intensity, turning into screams,” Agee wrote. Do Whistle-Blowers Damage National Security? 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

Jackson pleads with a yearning intensity he hadn't mustered in years. The New Michael Jackson Album: Not Bad, but Pretty Good 2010-12-10T08:00:00Z

Smith's book avoids much of the verbal excess of other rock autobiographies, but retains all the intensity of her music. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z

The final movement of the Third Symphony charts the journey of a C-major chord as it builds, swirling, in intensity and grandeur. Review: The Minnesota Orchestra’s White Light and White Heat 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

SAT Hikes into some of the lowland old growth, including ancient forests, 2-3 miles moderate to strenuous intensity hike over rough terrain on and off trail, 9 a.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

Objectivism, he said, was “the attempt to construct meaning, to construct a method of thought from the imagist intensity of vision.” When the Oppens Gave Up Art to Fight Fascism 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

It might seem like an odd combination, but the milk and butter mellow the intensity of the acidic tomatoes. The ‘Gold Standard’ Meat Sauce 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

Once the intensity, however platonic, of the relationship between Holly and his teacher becomes clear, middle England exacts its revenge. Review 2010-06-01T23:29:00Z

Dessau’s spare scoring for this moment is a delicate depiction of resignation, though one that still hits with true operatic intensity. A New Album Reflects a Composer’s Stubborn Versatility 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

In their intensity, the actors’ incisive, impeccably coordinated performances are pitched slightly above normal conversation but not so much that “What’s in a Name?” shatters credibility. Movie Review: ‘What’s in a Name?,’ a Farce About a Fractious Evening 2013-12-12T23:26:35Z

“Lugosi ... had a palpable intensity and a presence that you can’t buy,” Landau said, just prior to his Oscar win. Martin Landau, star of Ed Wood and Crimes and Misdemeanors, dies at 89 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z

“The intensity of both Iveton’s principles and the political moment he’s embroiled in still manages to shine through.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z

Jordan fanatics would race to a store designed to cater to their obsession, and everything about Flight 23 appears designed to dissuade such intensity. Critical Shopper: At Flight 23, the Best Jordans are on the Customers 2014-03-19T21:35:12Z

But what gets you, more than his skill, is the intensity of his focus on Kristian. Dancing dads are the new darlings of social media. Here’s why we need more of them. 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

He also told the young man to work at some point in New York, where “the intensity is extremely high, and I think that seasons you mentally and physically.” Rose’s Luxury chef Aaron Silverman masters the art of serious play

A barrier that was no match for the crowd’s intensity during Ski Mask the Slump God’s set. Rolling Loud Brings Melting Rap Songs and Moshing Crowds to New York 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

"But this poem was written with so much intensity that it is one of the great poems of English poetry." Professor Borges: A Course on English Literature by Jorge Luis Borges – review 2013-05-30T11:00:01Z

“Everyone is fine until they are drowning in someone,” Riolino sings on this ode to devotion, with the intensity of someone hanging on for dear life. Billie Eilish Contemplates Distraction, and 10 More New Songs 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z

The difference is that the latter three all had the good sense to appreciate that nerve-shredding intensity tends to sag at around the 100-minute mark. The never-ending story: why are Oscar movies often so long? 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

The quiet intensity of Pay's performance often belied the music's technical difficulty. OAE/Zinman ? review 2011-02-10T17:38:23Z

Ultrarunning may, on the surface, seem to be extreme, but in practice it is usually undertaken at a very low intensity – with walking forming a large chunk of most ultra races for most competitors. When 26 miles just isn't enough – the phenomenal rise of the ultramarathon 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

Even in his funniest moments, he has an intensity that makes comedy dramatic. What Makes Katt Williams Great? It’s Not the Jokes, It’s the Performance 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

But his art is not all sublime landscapes, plowed fields and gorgeous village intensity. Review | After 450 years, the frighteningly modern visions of Bruegel get the showcase they deserve 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

Corporate game plans and family ties entangle, often with great intensity of feeling. Art Review: Like Living, Only More So 2011-06-23T22:30:31Z

But Ramsay would be an inspired and outside-the-box choice, and arguably someone who can bring suspense and intensity to a franchise that lacked requisite tension the first time around. The “man crisis,” continued 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z

A shot of soy sauce gives the aguachile negro its color and the sort of savory intensity associated more with seared meat or mushrooms than with raw Mexican seafood. In Queens, Fiery Aguachile Lives in a Yellow Submarine 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

Yet the vibrant Ms. Manson works effectively to bring transparency and balance to the orchestra, without loss of plush colors and harmonic intensity. Recordings: A New Recording of Philip Glass?s Opera ?Orph?e? 2010-08-01T02:00:00Z

In this staging, a climactic aria for Aci becomes a veritable mad scene, which Ms. Braid delivered with unhinged intensity. Review: A Baroque Opera Muddies Lines Between Him and Her 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z

They progressively increase their intensity until their breathing and perceived exertion tells them they can’t continue. How heart-rate training can help you target your exercise and improve your fitness 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

She plays a character who is a terrible role model in Twilight, but in person is a blessed relief, with her trainers on the red carpet, crumpled clothes and intensity. Kristen Stewart: 'Twilight was so intense. I'm still a very intense person' 2012-05-17T19:00:02Z

“Mothering Sunday” never conveys the intensity of erotic passion, the ardor of creative ambition or the agony of grief. ‘Mothering Sunday’ Review: Sex, Death and Literature 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. Muti made the work a long, feverish convulsion, unfolding with unrelenting intensity. Review: Riccardo Muti, the King of Verdi, Still Rules With a Firm Baton 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

It met the band’s intensity with its own. Music Review: Depeche Mode’s Tour Stops at the Barclays Center 2013-09-08T21:46:59Z

Combined with Mr. Altinoglu’s often restrained tempos, the overall performance, for all its intensity, sometimes dragged. ‘Don Giovanni’ Revival by the Paris National Opera 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z

But there’s a method to its madness, demonstrated every week with OMG intensity. A nutty finale for ‘Scandal,’ TV’s craziest show 2014-04-18T19:34:19Z

They spoke about Cardy’s music and the unlikeliness of his performance intensity, joked about living in close quarters and celebrated hating authority. The Dream of the ’90s Is Alive in Rat Boy’s Punk Rock 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

Those movies did not so much transcend the conventions of their genres as fulfill them with unusual intensity and conviction. Review: ‘Dheepan,’ About Sri Lankan Refugees, Looks Like a Prophecy 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

Whether told from the perspective of adults or kids, “Night at the Fiestas” is most notable for conjuring the intensity and mythmaking of childhood and adolescence. Reviews: New Books From Thomas McGuane, Hanif Kureishi and More 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

There's exceptional playing from the London Philharmonic, and Vasily Petrenko maintains a consistent forward drive, though keener attention to Verdi's extreme dynamics would underline the score's blazing intensity even more. Macbeth 2010-06-15T21:40:00Z

They begin it in alternation, like shepherds singing rival songs on opposite hills; the number then builds in musical intensity. 2010-01-12T07:42:00Z

Even today, nearly 60 years later, there’s no denying the intensity of On the Waterfront. Which Is The Better Best Picture: On The Waterfront or Titanic? 2012-02-09T13:58:00Z

As he explained: “This will mean working long hours at high intensity. Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade.” Perspective | I don’t think ‘hardcore’ means what Elon Musk thinks it does 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z

It has the calm intensity unique to Italian art of this period: simultaneously acknowledging the darkest corners of the human imagination, where lurk violence, death and evil – yet praising the beauty and grace of nature. The Italian Renaissance drawings at the British Museum show what lies beneath 2010-04-04T20:30:00Z

The group began discussing the intensity of law firm work and the challenges of building a family while being employed by one. They Didn’t Need a Dating App After All 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

“Constantly varied, high intensity, functional movement” is another definition Glassman uses.  CrossFit mirrors American militarism 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z

At any given moment, I can log onto Twitter and experience a sequence of flat, oddly juxtaposed phrases being shouted at me with the intensity of a man growling “Trouble in the Sueezzzz.” Even Billy Joel Mocked ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire.’ I Loved It. 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z

Mills describes Bening as having the vision and intensity of an athlete. Annette Bening: ‘Women don’t have to do everything’ 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z

Apologies for still more Abbado-Lucerne paeans of praise, but this was yet another interpretation of cathartic power and intensity. Lucerne festival goes Lupu for Brahms 2011-08-15T16:19:09Z

It rejuvenates appropriation art through the incisive use of digital animation, achieving an intensity that rivets the ear and the eye while perturbing the mind. Art In Review: JORDAN WOLFSON 2012-01-26T23:26:19Z

If “Intrusion” has one redeeming feature, it’s Marshall-Green, whose performance as the husband with a dark secret has a crackling, tightly controlled intensity far more nuanced and persuasive than anything else in the film. ‘Intrusion’ Review: We’re All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

When Welsh National Opera's staging was premiered in 2003, it realised an intensity that was wholly compelling. Jephtha – review 2012-10-01T17:20:52Z

It was magical to fall in love on top of all the intensity of this performance. "You Mean Everything to Me" star Morgan Saylor on this seductive cautionary tale: "I love bleakness" 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

His own principal instrument was soprano saxophone, which he played with focused intensity. Willem Breuker, Dutch Composer and Bandleader, Dies at 65 2010-07-29T06:19:00Z

The moment Sophie sets her eyes on Keith, she makes awkward small talk while gazing at him with a fixed intensity, her lips slightly parted, as she patiently waits for him to notice her. Movie Review: ‘Breathe In,’ a Tense Marital Drama 2014-03-27T22:54:05Z

On Fall Over the music builds and builds, increasing in metallic intensity as Banks' voice breaks free of its low, sultry moorings and becomes a full-tilt screech. New band of the day (Banks 1,552) 2013-07-12T11:11:55Z

“Film is a variable intensity of light, an internal balance of time, a movement within a given space.” Ernie Gehr?s Films Traffic in Images and Light 2011-11-12T22:00:05Z

Whatever intimacy may have been sacrificed when the String Orchestra of Brooklyn performed here, conducted by Eli Spindel, was more than compensated for by the vivid intensity of the interpretation. Manhattan School of Music Symphony - Review?The Penal Colony? by American Opera Projects - Review 2011-10-03T22:40:28Z

Her performance is a wonderful combination of feistiness and fragility, sung with unflagging intensity; while he continues to be more impressive with every new challenge he takes on. La Traviata – review 2013-02-03T18:38:41Z

As a result, wetland restoration and conservation "is not happening at scale, with the intensity we need," he says. Can more farmers be convinced to conserve and restore wetlands? 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z

The audience doesn't know yet, but in a performance noted for its restraint, this scene offers a rare glimpse at the intensity bubbling behind Curtis's eyes. Clip joint: Table flips 2012-06-27T11:52:35Z

The intensity of such an experience may be rooted in Tsushima’s life, but focussing on this resemblance ignores the book’s artifice. The Overlooked Autofiction of Yuko Tsushima 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

Do you applaud, awed by the courage and intensity of the performance, stunned by the grisly poetry of the lyrics, sensing history moving through the room? Strange Fruit: the first great protest song 2011-02-16T08:00:05Z

To preserve the intensity of the fear and emotion reported by participants, Williams chose to present their questionaire responses in poetic structures. Interview with a real-life vampire: why drinking blood isn't like in Hollywood 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z

It was an often impressive performance, but the intensity of her best songs was almost lost in the slick, rapid-fire set. Maria Bethania 2010-07-21T21:30:00Z

The older vines give lower yields but greater intensity of flavor. For about $20 total, these two wines deserve to be your house favorites 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

It aims to tell the story "compulsively", to remain steadfastly "macro in scale" yet "epic in intensity". On the set of 127 Hours, the first big film of 2011 2011-01-01T00:04:00Z

“I have an obvious predisposition to handling the material of 1978 and ’79 with an exaggerated, personal intensity,” he told me. Are literary classics obsolete? 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z

The intensity of these poems — which seek to know more about the lives of others and our world — is difficult to forget. Review | Can poetry both challenge and uplift? Four new collections show us how. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

There was no such hesitation in the excellent performance of Schoenberg’s “Verklärte Nacht,” which opened the program with brooding intensity from the strings. Music Review: ‘Gabriel’s Guide to the 48 States,’ at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-28T21:06:11Z

Two recently released box sets from Sony celebrate the power and intensity of Tucker’s voice in religious, popular and operatic selections. Critic’s Notebook: Singing in the Rain in Tribute to Richard Tucker 2013-08-29T22:07:53Z

I was very drawn to writing about the intensity of a single-parent relationship. Let’s talk about ‘Sex Education’ — and all the bad info we got as teens 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

"I can't believe the extent to which history still owns me.... And I live in it with increasing intensity and fervor." James Ellroy talks up his new L.A. Quartet 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

Fans might have expected Pee-wee levels of intensity, but face-to-face, he said, “Now I’m kind of like this. Putting people to sleep.” Pee-wee Herman Was Exuberant. Paul Reubens Was Almost Serene. 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z

During “Mannish Boy,” Scorsese never once takes his camera off of Waters, revealing his unique vocal artistry and unmatched artistic intensity. 100 Years After His Birth, Muddy Waters Still Looms Large 2013-04-05T16:16:48Z

There remains an unequaled intensity of intimacy when you are singing in a nightclub to a rapt audience. The Unsinkable Marilyn Maye 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

He brings some of that energy and intensity to "The Gunman," but the interior life of a man trying to remake his fate remains in the dark. 'The Gunman' with Sean Penn a misfire that wastes strong cast 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

These are not players who seem particularly interested in period practice; they played the slower sections with Romantic intensity. Music Review: A Breathless Boccherini, an Unnerving Shostakovich 2010-11-23T23:40:00Z

As in their “Giselle” last year he and Ms. Osipova plainly stimulated each other, not just in intensity and virtuosity but also in responsive nuances of interpretation. Dance Review: Ballet Theater?s ?Sleeping Beauty,? 2 Auroras at the Met 2010-06-20T22:57:00Z

In the intensity stakes, Fiennes could be auditioning for a serial killer. Ralph Fiennes's full-metal Coriolanus 2010-05-06T21:00:00Z

“I’d like to think that lots of teachers at CSM and great art schools are as well, but there was a kind of intensity about Louise that you were always aware of.” Louise Wilson's High Standards Shaped Young Designers 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

The unblinking gaze from her ice-blue eyes, which once telegraphed a monastic intensity, looks, in hindsight, like the mesmerizing stare of a hypnotist. The Vexing Inscrutability of Elizabeth Holmes 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

Midori contorted her body as if doing battle with her violin, and produced vast arcs of melody with greater intensity than one usually expects of her. LSO/Pappano - review 2010-12-17T22:00:00Z

Next to all these intensities, last night’s finale could not compare. “Mad Men’s” genius fifth season 2012-06-11T14:30:00Z

That is just one of the ways in which “The English” commits to the intensity of the emotions it encompasses. In ‘The English,’ Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer Saddle Up 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

The soprano Ah Young Hong, a frequent collaborator, delivered the eerie texts of “a breath upward” with expressive intensity, although she sometimes had to sing in such a high range that the text wasn’t audible. Review: A Dark, Haunting Work by Michael Hersch Gets a Premiere 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z

The intensity of such moments may result from how the nose communicates with the brain. Aromas can evoke beloved journeys — or voyages not yet taken 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z

A vegetarian dish of carrots and eggplant included a savory miso cream and a vegetable broth whose clarity belied its intensity. At Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, Art on the Plate 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

They testify — not for the first time — to the intensity of her ambition and also to a mean, vindictive streak in her character. | 'Sarah Palin: You Betcha!': ?Sarah Palin: You Betcha!? - Review 2011-09-30T00:09:45Z

But in this recording, when the first movement bursts into bouts of back-and-forth intensity between piano and orchestra, Mr. Lewis easily holds his own. Recordings: Mixing Urgency and Relaxation 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z

Still, Ouazzani found playing Satan this time quite a challenge, as he tried to convey intensity with little more than his eyes, delivering the devil's grim temptations to Jesus in sepulchral tones. Morocco actor amused by Satan-Obama comparisons 2013-04-09T11:43:10Z

It's something Oddone called "the intensity frontier … where the currency is not the highest energy, but the greatest flux of particles." Fermilab poised to hit the off switch 2011-09-30T14:41:00Z

And if her performance is uneven vocally, her intensity as an actress supplies a measure of continuity. Opera Review: Natalie Dessay, Becoming Violetta 2011-07-19T11:00:05Z

The intensity of her process began with auditions last spring, which she described as “unconventional, bordering on unorthodox.” ‘The Wolves’ Uses Soccer to Visit a World of Teenage Girls 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

“The jump in intensity was unreal,” he said. Meet Axel Mansoor, the Clubhouse Whisperer 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z

On Wednesday, she brought effortless power, gleaming sound and dramatic intensity to this unforgettable Elektra, earning an ovation so ecstatic she was overcome with teary emotion. Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra Delivers Electric ‘Elektra’ 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

The sprawling hotel was so empty, the staff upgraded Morby to Room 409, a suite, where he focused on new songs with an intensity and patience that had always eluded him. Kevin Morby Chases Ghosts, and a New Album, in Memphis 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z

In the final movement, “Escape, Flight, Sanctuary,” having been condemned, the heroine breaks free: Her escape comes across as an exploit of searing intensity, with the violin playing frenetic eruptions. Review: John Adams Unveils ‘Scheherazade.2,’ an Answer to Male Brutality 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

But none have the Dutchman’s lurid intensity and knack for frenzied, high energy set-pieces. The next Paul Verhoeven? I'd buy that for a dollar 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

These stories have a peephole intensity, a willingness to take detours and then stay still when the moment counts, using economically edited montages to build characters in a flash. Emily Nussbaum: “High Maintenance,” “My Mad Fat Diary” Reviews 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

The second performance, in fact, was more than a minute slower and revealed considerably more intensity. 'Recovered Voices' initiative studies grim history of Nazi censorship 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

Augusta looked me directly in the eye with the intensity of the wolf she descended from. You changed me: I rescued my dog Augusta, but really she rescued me 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

In the first three episodes, the men bring nothing more surprising than intensity to their roles, which are familiar to the point of banal. 'True Detective' turns cautious at the beginning of Season 2 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

His fight to be taken seriously in the face of hardened convention was captured in Michael Lewis’s nimble book; in this film adaptation, Brad Pitt plays Mr. Beane with quiet, affable intensity. What’s on TV Wednesday: A Baby Elephant Documentary and a Beatles Musical 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

Literary critic Boyd Tonkin, chair of the panel that chose the winner from 155 entries, said Han’s book combined “tenderness and terror” in a tale of “volcanic, visceral intensity.” Han Kang's 'The Vegetarian' Wins Man Booker Fiction Prize 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

Of the three, Lindsay — Nigel Lindsay, that is — brought the most to the play, managing to maintain the intensity and speed that the snappy dialogue needs to land right. Lindsay Lohan Doesn't Make or Break the London Production of Speed-The-Plow 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

In the read-through of the complete first act of “The Turing Project” on Thursday evening, those words glowed with intensity when Mr. Estabrooks, a gifted actor, delivered them. Critic’s Notebook: InsightALT, a Festival of Operas in Progress 2013-05-31T21:38:00Z

Made without spices or oil, it’s almost comfortingly null in flavor, gently muffling the intensities of the curries and pickles that surround it on a thali platter. At Nepali Bhanchha Ghar, Splendor Comes Served on a Plate 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

The excellent cellist Felix Fan brought intensity to the part, which was less melody than a constantly shifting array of textures. Music in Review: Annie Gosfield 2011-03-06T22:22:02Z

His work jumps between Romanticism, fad diets, philosophy, and ecology, and is pervaded by a breathless intensity, like an academic version of the genre jumbling of Bill Simmons. Don’t Call It Katrina 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

It would have been more telling to explore the intensity generated by its impotence. Reflections on Black Mirror – by those for whom science fiction became reality 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

But as Miguel’s feelings for Santiago come to the surface and gain intensity, so too does the credibility of the relationship. Director Helps Put Peru on the Film Map 2010-09-28T11:41:00Z

His quiet intensity is what startles at first, setting up the roar. In Jerry Stiller, the Rage of Jewish Fathers Found a Hilarious Outlet 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

The buzz: "If she can maintain this level of intensity, the world will be bowing at her feet" – This Is Fake DIY. New band of the day – Lowell (No 1,382) 2012-10-29T17:08:21Z

With him, the many pauses between eruptions are structural techniques for creating suspense; during her solo, the audience needs the breaks as much as she does, such is the intensity of her performance. Review: Noche Flamenca, With Soledad Barrio, at Joe’s Pub 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z

There are worries and tears and clever retorts, minus premium cable’s penchant for anxiety-ridden intensity and heavy violence. PBS wants its own hit drama, but ‘Mercy Street’ lacks more than just a British accent 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

But as appealing as Yogi’s ethereal aims are, the film’s highly variable performances and on-the-nose scenes sap the film of intensity, which its often slack assembly doesn’t supply either. ‘I Was a Simple Man’ Review: Letting Go 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

But Kosmas’ ferocious intensity, the cascading and looping of the language, the quiet underscoring hubbub of Russian, work a weird spell on you. ‘There There’: a baffling, intriguing take on Chekhov 2014-01-11T02:41:38Z

You’re probably going to want to have an intimate, thoughtful experience away from big cities and intensity — to lose the crowd. Rick Steves tells us what to expect when Europe reopens to tourists this summer 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

The pummelling intensity of Stuck Together Pieces is such that its lack of a real tune seems almost beside the point: it just works as a piece of writhing dance music. Atoms for Peace – review 2013-07-25T15:06:00Z

“Hold my hand under the table,” she sings with quiet, breathy intensity. PinkPantheress’s Bittersweet ‘Barbie’ Tune, and 11 More New Songs 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z

Channeling such intensity and energy can take a great deal out of a person on a physical, emotional, psychic, and spiritual level. Disney-esque and demented: Ti West on how his slasher flick "Pearl" compares to "Rocky Horror" 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z

These are spliced into Ms. Wolfe’s score, which is performed with driving intensity and joyous spontaneity by the Bang on a Can All Stars. Review: In ‘Steel Hammer,’ a Man and a Train in a Race and a Legend 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

The suggestions include lowering the intensity of your workouts until you’re used to wearing a mask, practicing your breathing, and taking vitamin B12, folate, iron and creatine monohydrate with your supplements and nutrients. Life Time health club chain to require customers wear masks during workouts in coronavirus fight 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

He begins by playing the opening aria at a gently lilting tempo and with pristine clarity, though a hint of intensity hovers within. 5 Hours of Glenn Gould Outtakes. Why? Listen and Find Out. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

The dishes in these stories were rarely the same, but all convey emotion of singular intensity — of love, of being cared for, of resilience, of celebration. Those first post-birth meals are the most special — 6 parents explain why 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z

But the burning intensity of his playing hasn’t dulled in the almost 30 years since his death. Stevie Ray Vaughan Remembered by Those Who Knew Him Best 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

Performing on her 28th birthday, she delivered a short set — a strict hour, and the stinginess was felt — at high intensity. Music Review: On Stage, Lady Gaga’s Artistry Endures 2014-03-30T01:32:27Z

I knew what kind of material I was choosing," Strick declared, "but I was still surprised at the intensity of the reactions to the film. Joseph Strick obituary 2010-06-17T18:02:00Z

What hasn’t changed is the purity of her intonation, the intensity and beauty of her tone, the ease of her clean technique, and the probing intelligence of her interpretations. In a concert of old and new, Hilary Hahn enchants 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

In Ms. Clarke’s rendering, those socially suppressed feelings churn with such intensity that it makes sense they should endow the inanimate with life. In Revelatory Revivals, Women Sing Through the Pain 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

The financial hardship and loneliness my grandparents endured dealt easier hands to those of us who followed, though the same intensity and perfectionism burns just as bright. Do not rage-cook mapo tofu, and other emotional kitchen lessons 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z

She became a cult comic, both in the sense of the level of her popularity, but also the intensity of her fans. Kate Berlant Can’t Hide Any Longer 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z

They performed with an intensity which I found almost spiritual. Midsummer Night's Dream by Lake District pupils 2010-07-20T07:30:00Z

But there’s an intensity that colors all his anecdotes about “Vengeance,” whose central premise he had been kicking around for several years. B.J. Novak Went to Texas Looking for ‘Vengeance’ and Found America 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z

He listens with the patient attentiveness of a therapist and the quizzical intensity of a gumshoe. Review: ‘Wormwood’ Confirms That Errol Morris Is Our Great Cinematic Sleuth 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

A singular hybrid of emotional intensity and crisply patrician presence, Ms. Seldes was not a natural chameleon. How Marian Seldes Took the Stage 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

During those grueling days, “the hardest part was to keep up the intensity,” Amos said. ‘The Hunt’ Showdown: 7 Months of Training; 7 Minutes of Combat 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

Unlike his reticent, hulking hero, Mr. Diaz has a slight build and a wide smile and an expression that gains intensity as he listens and weighs his words, which he delivers with rapid precision. A Debut Novel. A Tiny Press. A Pulitzer Finalist. 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z

“It’s exciting to me because I know I can play with a certain intensity every night, and not second guess it or worry whether people will come with me,” Mr. Pirog said. To Make the Messthetics, Mix a Reunion With One Virtuosic Newcomer 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

The photos are of varying intensity, by photographers with varying degrees of intimacy with their subjects. The Year in Yesteryear: Standout Music Books and Boxed Sets 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

Yet even in this scene of internalized emotions Mr. Gergiev’s performance was charged with intensity: the phrases of dramatic recitative evolved in fits and starts; the orchestral chords were heavy and lingering. Music Review | Mariinsky Theater Orchestra: At Carnegie, Gergiev Fosters Teamwork for Berlioz ?Troyens? 2010-03-12T00:22:00Z

The sayings have been stripped of their literal meaning so entirely that the only way to revive them, to experience their drama and intensity, is through translation or reconfiguration. “Marriage is an uncut watermelon”: How translation brought my native language to life 2014-03-21T22:58:00Z

Treating them as dance, Pitts reveals and revels in a masculine softness, but in leaching out aggression, he’s leached out much of the tension and intensity too. Review: Where a Boxer’s Clinch Is a Slow-Dance Embrace 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

Graphic novels excel at moving smoothly from the internal to external world, combining the action and intensity of a movie with the access to inner life of a novel. The Nao of Brown by Glyn Dillon – review 2012-11-22T08:00:03Z

“There was always intensity and heart,” Mr. Shicoff, whose father was a cantor, added. Critic’s Notebook: Singing in the Rain in Tribute to Richard Tucker 2013-08-29T22:07:53Z

It allows Thompson an intensity unlike anything we find in his other secular poems. Poem of the week: An Arab Love-Song by Francis Thompson 2012-12-17T10:52:15Z

As for where that intensity came from, I guess we’re supposed to take it on faith that the 10 years we didn’t see instilled a murderous rage within her. ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 1, Episode 7 Recap: An Ugly Game 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z

Those who stick out most are marked by a certain intensity. The Other Side of the Counter 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

Andrews' own solos worked straightforward variations on clearly stated themes, growing in force and intensity, often finishing with him flailing his body in seeming exhaustion. Trombone Shorty no mere blowhard 2011-04-05T14:44:00Z

Despite its likable energy, Goodman’s novel does sometimes seem to be falling prey to the manic, scrabbled intensity of the games it describes. This Story of Love and Gaming Pits the Real Against the Virtual 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

Stevens’ indirect, seductive, enigmatic direction creates a noir intensity and gives the ecstatic relationship of Taylor and Clift a tragic sheen. Greatest Oscar winners ever: who is the best director of all time? 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

Flo took a page from Sam’s book and declined to describe the nature and intensity of said kiss. Date Lab: Forget happily ever after. They chose to live in the moment. 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z

But I think that’s just because of the physical intensity of it. Letting go of being No. 1, Katy Perry finds her ‘Smile’ 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z

This performance needed a conductor to instill some intensity into the music, to keep the cast more on edge, especially in the early scenes. The Metropolitan Opera Performs Donizetti?s ?Anna Bolena? 2011-09-27T12:51:23Z

Dorrance, based in New York City, is an extraordinary performer; she articulates rhythmically complicated moves with oversize physical intensity without sacrificing finesse. All of the L.A. arts events and exhibitions to check out this fall 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

She still dances beautifully, with dignity and the intensity to the marrow that takes your breath away. Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin - review 2011-07-07T21:56:00Z

Its only flaw was an elevated alcohol level of 14.5 percent and an intensity of flavors that some of us feared would be tiring over a long meal. Your Easy, No-Sweat Guide to Picking Wines for Thanksgiving 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

The program notes for “Lucky Stiff” unabashedly proclaim it “a zany piece of fluff,” and Actors Co-op's revival of this 1988 musical farce pursues that objective with single-minded intensity. The humor is deadpan, or just dead, in 'Lucky Stiff' 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

"There was an intensity to his honesty and his intimacy with all kinds of people." HBO's 'Look at the Pictures' is as explicit as its subject, Robert Mapplethorpe 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

Yet these phrases teem with intensity and patches of poignant lyricism, meltingly conveyed by the impressive Ms. Damrau. A Lively, Stylish Met Debut For Rossini?s Last Comic Opera 2011-03-25T14:01:52Z

Eschenbach knows where he’s going, but his intensity is such that it can seem a very long journey. Eschenbach and the NSO play Brahms and Tchaikovsky

Adding an unexpected "Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you" twist that undermined the intensity of the previous 60 minutes in the last 20 seconds felt unnecessary and cheap. TV review: Islam: The Untold Story; Accused 2012-08-28T21:40:01Z

“It’s a gigantic project for me, in terms of the intensity,” Herzog said of his feelings about Calder as an artist and the new structure’s value. Calder Gardens in Philadelphia to Honor a Native Son 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

He discovered that using a Pacojet meant he could add less sugar to his sorbet and yield more intensity from his main ingredient. | Scream Sorbet 2010-10-08T21:30:00Z

She brings a notable religiosity to her conversations with the show’s protagonist, Celie, and a greater intensity to both her anger and her desire for Celie’s abusive husband, Mister. Heather Headley’s 15-Year Intermission 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

This version of “New Orleans” is an original arrangement done by Leroy, and captures the beauty, intensity, creativeness, spontaneity and groove of what New Orleans is. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love New Orleans Jazz 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

“My clients lead intense lives, and we fuel that intensity,” he said. The Man Who Made Working Out Cool 2011-04-27T23:27:25Z

Stan acknowledged being somewhat intimidated by the drumming scenes, especially since Lee operated at a gonzo level of intensity. ‘Pam & Tommy’: A Story of Sex, Crimes and Videotape 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z

A Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament is underway in the corner, the players presenting their cards with all the intensity and concentration of chess masters in the shadow of a colossal Transformer and a serene-looking Na'vi. Comic-Con: Preview night 2010-07-22T12:58:00Z

Moore’s voice may be the overarching unifier, her lithe coo grown in intensity in places from its precocious lovey-dovey warmth on Cape Dory. For the band Tennis, Being Cute Isn?t Just a Gimmick 2012-02-15T13:00:21Z

The combination of the plums’ intensity and the cooling tang of the labneh sits beautifully atop a piece of toast, which absorbs all the rich juices. How to make the most of the season’s ripe plums | Cook residency 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

“There might be benefits of relaxing and getting centered, but in terms of the physical component, many classes probably involve less intensity than activities that raise your heart rate, like playing basketball or running.” Young Fitness Fogies Ditch $40 Classes for Hoops, Laps and Jogs 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

But there’s little about his motivations for pursuing Iridium with such intensity. 'Eccentric Orbits' chronicles the stunning failure (and improbable revival) of the Iridium satellite phone 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

The “Dance of the Adolescents,” with its insistent repeated chords, was held in check at first, to haunting effect, allowing the music to build inexorably in sound and intensity. Music Review: Philharmonic Opens Season at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-09-20T16:22:20Z

This can be uncomfortable, but the risk of tedium can deliver a special kind of intensity, a slowing of the metabolism and an awakening of the senses. Review: ‘Jauja,’ a Desperate Odyssey in the Argentine Desert 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

Here was a group grappling with ambition using several different, sometimes competing tactics — songs that had the feverish intensity of metal, songs that touched on politics, songs that ran nine minutes long. Boxing Up the Past: The Year in 16 Pop, Rap, Soul and Jazz Sets 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

As he maintained an emphatic tempo and drew controlled intensity from the music, the playing was vigorous and mostly solid. At Avery Fisher Hall, Dudamel on a Joy Ride 2010-05-21T22:43:00Z

Her dramatic intensity burned through the constraints of the stilted stage directions. ‘L’Incoronazione di Poppea,’ a Robert Wilson Production 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z

Indeed, Hines says he has started running longer races since he learned about the risk of heart scarring, because, he says, they are generally safer due to the lower intensity of effort. When 26 miles just isn't enough – the phenomenal rise of the ultramarathon 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

“Alleluia” is a fever dream of sex, jealousy and murder whose intensity leaves you spellbound. Review: ‘Alleluia’ Follows Partners in Crime, but Not Necessarily in Love 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

Although Wilder is anything but a detached observer, I was intrigued by the intensity of his comments. Lohan director explains why we hate Lindsay 2010-07-08T15:30:00Z

Adnan’s paintings are remarkable for how much existential intensity they manage to contain in a tight field. Etel Adnan’s Bittersweet Arrival at the Guggenheim 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

She listens carefully, laughs often and occasionally grabs hold of the conversation with the same ferocious intensity she brings to the screen. Juliette Binoche on her new Tuscan-seductress role 2011-03-12T22:01:00Z

If his fleet approach stinted the weight of the Lacrimosa and the intensity of the Sanctus’s joy, it propelled the Requiem through the passages characterized more by Süssmayr’s squareness than Mozart’s genius. Mostly Mozart’s Final Notes Include ‘Passion’ 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

London, Paris and New York remain amazing places to visit for sheer complexity and intensity. The insiders' guide to the arts 2010-10-17T20:31:00Z

I still believed in God, but my faith's intensity was gone. My night in Judgement House, the church play about hell that made me a teenage born-again zealot 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z

They met rarely — she was in Italy, with her cellist husband, and he was mostly in America — which may explain why the relationship in all its intensity lasted so long. A Life of Toscanini, Maestro With Passion and Principles 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

When Mr. Znaider began the winding solo line, he played with such subdued intensity that the shifts from elegiac lyricism to craggy virtuosic flights seemed inevitable. Music Review: London Symphony Orchestra, With Colin Davis - Review 2011-10-20T21:57:49Z