| 单词 | pinched |
| 例句 | “What time is it?” she whispered, and he pinched her arm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She pinched his cheek and went bounding down the steps. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She was adept in creating any number of hair styles, but each one left her with a pinched and harassed look. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z So the three of us pulled weeds and picked beans and pinched dead flowers off the marigolds. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z A sharp, pitying smile pinched the corners of her lips. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I hope you get to Virginia Beach, I really do, but—” He pulled the glasses off his face and pinched the bridge of his nose. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Her pinched face grimaced and she waved me to her. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z To make it last longer I pinched up little bites with my left hand while I nursed Martin on the right. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked rapidly away toward the pinched lights of the village. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She holds out the phone to me, wearing a pinched expression that says she doesn’t quite approve. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Elisabeth strides through my bedroom entry with her arms crossed and her signature pinched expression. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Her expression is pinched today, like she’s walked into a room to discover a forgotten ham covered with maggots, which is just what happened over Thanksgiving vacation just one year before. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Her mouth pinched as she stared at it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Quickly now—I knew I had to—I rolled Ben back onto his back, then I bent over, pinched his nose shut, covered his small mouth with mine, and gave him two breaths. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Already the children were looking better, and at the sight of their faces, still pinched but content, a great weight lifted from me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Peach snorted his snotty self upright, took one look at Aunt Florentine’s casket, whooped like he’d been pinched to death, and dove into Aunt Goldie’s armpit again. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Therapist Dad, n.: pinched eyebrows, lowered voice, lots of questions, feared by daughters everywhere. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z His dæmon—a seagull—vanished as if she’d been pinched out of existence like a candle flame. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She went quiet for a moment, face pinched with frustration, as if she were deciding how best to dispose of my body once she’d followed through on her threats. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I pinched my arm viciously, but the soil only spread. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He looked down at the rope, which pinched tightly. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z With one final yank, I wonder if I’ll wake up as a balloon animal, pinched off in the spots the suit covers. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She began to look more and more like a fruit bat, with her pinched face and cloudy complexion and print dresses that billowed around her body like wings. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I was trying to get my hair to do this front frizz thing that I saw in a fashion magazine I pinched from Miss Anderson. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Her face was pinched as though she hadn’t been eating enough. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When she looked at him, his mouth was pinched into a line behind his dirty beard. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She liked the way her hand sank into the dough as she pinched off a small bit, the rhythm of it soothing. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Ophie finished pulling on her new dress, all black like the rest of the household staff at Daffodil Manor, along with heavy stockings and her shoes, which pinched just a bit. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Poppy put his hand to his forehead and pinched it, massaging the skin the way he sometimes did when he was trying to work out a problem. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He pinched the thread with his other hand and then said, “Anya! It broke!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Antain pinched his neck—a nervous habit that he couldn’t break. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They neared a group of abandoned train cars, and Seven pinched her nose. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He pulled his wet hand from the bucket and pinched at the spot, pulling off as much of the grease as he could. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her face was pinched up even more than usual. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Arman—the pinched grandfather I told you about from the picture—her husband, was a bad husband, who was known as “the Governor,” and governed mostly a bunch of affairs with other women. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Just then, I get pinched and drop the crab, which makes another run for it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I pinched him again, and his eyes flashed open, staring at me in outrage. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Uriah pulls his own jacket on, his mouth pinched. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A man talked of seeing his wife pinched by children who he could not scold nor wave away with his stick, but must suffer them to torment her as she stood, eyes closed, twitching. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The man pinched the top of his nose and wrinkled his brow. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Where Byrd sits with one small piece of glass pinched between her thumb and pointer finger. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Mr. Flux clasped his hands behind his back, pinched his lips together, took on a troubled posture. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The back of my neck felt pinched, and my heart smote like a drum. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They were real and filled with water if you pinched their petals. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Liam offered to trade seats as soon as his face lost that familiar pinched look, and a healthy color began to return to his cheeks. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She pinched her arm, hoping she was dreaming. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I pinched a chunk of my arm and gritted my teeth. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Oh, that Gable,” she said, and pinched his leg. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He pinched my cheek, and whispered, “We’ll teach these city slickers that they can’t come up here and beat our dogs.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I pinched her, or at least tried to. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He peered at her, and Winnie saw that his face was pinched with the effort of explaining. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The guard’s fingers passed over the spot between Kaz’s teeth where he’d wedged the baleen, then pinched and prodded the interior of his cheeks. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He did this thing where he grabbed the skin on my arms and pinched it between his thumb and forefinger and twisted hard. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I pinched the two bones on the sides of his wrist. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “I suppose,” he said in his pinched, polite voice, “in just one reading, one might. . . .” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose as if trying to dispel a headache. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He took a fold of the Wart’s arm between the nails of first finger and thumb, and pinched for all be was worth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Their eyes were pinched shut and they sniffled a little in discomfort at the light. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His mouth was hard-set, the skin between his brows pinched hard. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I pinched my inner wrist to ground myself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She stuck her gloved fingers through the bars and pinched the monkey’s toe while she watched for any eye movement. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Bailey nearly closed the door again, but Uncle Willie asked, “Who is it?” and Mr. George Taylor’s pinched brown face swam out of the gray and into view. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He caught bright green lizards, pinched their jaws at the side, and forced them to bite his earlobes, to which they clung like festive, squirming decorations. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Climbers have fallen into crevasses and gotten stuck like that before, pinched between the walls of ice. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In frustration, she caught up the fleshy part of his upper arm between her fingers and pinched. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Before they emptied out, the inner cities were swarming with desperation-hungry bellies, pinched guts, lousy scalps, dirty necks, and the people who made money off of it all. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It was shaped like a pinched hockey puck. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She was thin and her face was pinched. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His face, which I had grown used to seeing relaxed and proud, was pinched with what was either annoyance or anger. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I bopped her on the head with a pot, grabbed the baby and pinched her. She howled then all right. They couldn’t pretend she wasn’t alive.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Her face was drawn and pinched, her sweet blue eyes haggard and unnat-ural. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z They stared at each other, the small boy with tousled, mousy hair, the pinched pale woman with not a silver hair out of place. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Cara has the hem of her shirt pinched between her fingers, and she is moving her thumb over the fabric, frowning. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She put all the nickels in Fern’s hand and pinched her cheek faster than I could do anything about it and was gone, as big as she was. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She was ready to climb into the back seat when Portia pinched her on the elbow. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They looked at each other, and she reached out and pinched the skin of his neck. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Their faces were pinched, their expressions indrawn as though they felt themselves being dragged down the jail stairway, felt their own heads bumping against the steps, experiencing the terror . Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But Pa’s voice was steady and firm and his eyebrows pinched together. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He pinched his lower lip with his thumb and index finger, and pulled it back and forth in small tugs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I wrestled on the ground with Teddy, and sometimes I pinched him, but a fistfight? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face wasn’t pinched from thinness and sorrow like the last time I saw her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He lay back on his pillows and looked into her pinched gray face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “But it wasn’t that interesting. I pinched it in the tackle.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A quarter mile to the east, pinched between the Nuptse Wall and the West Shoulder of Everest, the Khumbu Icefall spilled through a narrow gap in a chaos of frozen shards. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Then one of the ladies pinched her nose, and the other pinched her nose, and they laughed louder and the camera man took more pictures. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Dustfinger perched on the edge of the table and pinched out one of the candles, gently and slowly as if waiting for the pain, the sharp little stab of the candle flame. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Still, she had managed to inflict some unpleasantness: In addition to the knot on Jackson’s head, his pointy nose was swollen and red where she’d pinched it to encourage her release. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And I won’t lie: It feels good, just this once, to know that my words have pinched her hard for a change. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z June’s expression changes from pinched apprehension to pinched dread. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He pinched the wattles of skin at his throat and turned his good eye on Judge Fielding. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He crossed his legs and pinched the bridge of his nose between thumb and forefinger. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The first one who dared move was Bud Gleason; raising a hand, he wearily pinched his nose. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven pinched his cheeks before a test for an extra boost. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He pinched the name tag and ran his finger under the letters. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z With his thumb and index finger, Dr. Spires grasped a fold of Fig’s skin high on the back of the neck and pinched firmly, tenting the skin. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Our teacher, Miss Page, was a small, pinched woman, given to sudden rages and savage thrashings with her ruler. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Yet Charles wrote that Emma “would not in the least recognize her with her poor hard sharp pinched features.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When she didn’t offer anything else, sitting there with her mouth pinched, Arturo said, “And? What is it?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z When he goes back to retrieve his bike, it’s been pinched. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As the man opened his lips to scream, Kaz covered his mouth with one hand and pinched his nose shut with the other. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was a pinched life the women led, and it easily could have been hers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Closing his eyes, he pinched the bridge of his nose. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Cook pauses again, her face growing pinched and pale. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Bunny pinched a piece of the rich, yellowy cloth near the cuff and rubbed it back and forth between his fingers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He pinched my nose until my eyes watered. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z It’s like one of those claw games from the arcade came and pinched nearly every box clean. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They yelled obscenities, pinched and groped the women, and used canes to knock off the women’s hats. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Baaz’s brows had pinched together in confusion; now they shot up in surprise. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I tilted Ben’s head back a little, pinched his nose again, and started by giving him one breath. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose as if her head ached. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I pinched my wrist to banish the thoughts and turned my attention back to the task at hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She always had on a brown cotton smock which was pinched in around the waist with a wide leather belt. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The Isleta turned to her; his eyes were pinched with rage. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The pebbles from the holes in the bottom of my shoes pinched every step, but I didn’t slow. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The woman sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I measured and poured and pinched and mixed until the batter was done. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then she rose gracefully to her feet, walked across the grass, and came back with a single cyclamen pinched between her thumb and forefinger. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The skin between his brows was pinched hard in confusion. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She pinched the runt petal between the nails of her thumb and finger and plucked it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Mom smiles, sometimes even giggles, when she’s around him, and I can see a little of the tired, pinched look leave her face when he comes into a room. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z His mouth was hard, his nostrils white and pinched. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She pinched the kid’s little cheeks to put more color in them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Her motions were taut and full of panic. Her breathing was pinched, almost panting. The boy was the opposite. His movement was smooth and lithe, like he was accustomed to moving silently.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He fluttered to his former throne, his face as pinched and solemn as a pigeon could look. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She introduced herself as Thrym’s sister, and she reached down and pinched Loki’s pretty cheek between her fingertips, and she prodded Thor with one sharp fingernail. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Cal’s face was tired and his shoulders sagged with exhaustion, but his face was pinched and closed and crafty and mean. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, maybe we live another day to be decent human beings. Besides, jerks always look like they’re constipated. You can tell from their faces. They’re always pinched.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He held out his hand, pinched the Tic Tac between his thumb and pointer finger, flipped it into his mouth — and promptly threw up onto my sneakers. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaltain pinched her cheeks as she emerged from the dressing room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z His aunty reached out and pinched his arm. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In desperation I wrenched his ears, pinched him black and blue, but still he continued hollering. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t even notice when I pinched it Three SpagBols a day for nine days. I could hardly stomach the stuff after day two, but you get so hungry.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Mabinty Suma pinched my arm and said, “If you wear such a grouchy face, the American families will not like you.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Bast licked his fingers and pinched the match between them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z To get away from the monks and the rules and the chores and the life that pinched like tight shoes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Capricorn strolled over to the candle that Dustfinger had pinched out, passed his forefinger over the wick, and looked at the soot on his fingertip. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In truth, I pinched her as hard as I could. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But Lasaraleen, now quite selfish in her panic, fought back and pinched her feet. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Her face was pinched and her expression was disapproving. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Powell stared and then pinched at his mustache. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Others did not, but their faces were pinched with the strain of not asking, not saying. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She stuck her finger in her pocket and pinched the ring between two fingers. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “So a man pinched you on the El,” she said. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As she pinched and rolled the dough she turned over her questions in her mind, searching for a way to bring up Clara. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Layla is holding her arm and covering the spot where I pinched her. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I pinched some colour into my cheeks and stood waiting for them to come into the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I think about the last thing that little boy said after I pinched his friend. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z At her touch, I remember the mestiza teacher and her cruel nails that pinched me and called me a stupid longa whenever I spoke Quichua. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They pinched her feet and made her long to go barefoot, but she wore them, if not meekly, at least with determined obedience. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I pinched a corner, pulled the paper away from the professor’s knees, and passed it up to my dad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I kept glancing at the blank, stony, pinched faces of the men and women staring at me from steps and doorways, and at the children, all white-headed just like you see them in the Appalachians. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She took off the dangling green earrings and pinched the lobes of her ears. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I pinched the clean end tight with my lips to keep it from falling and clamped my tongue against the roof of my mouth to keep from choking on the pointy end. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Though she is only a few inches smaller than me, she seems tiny somehow, her stick-thin body swimming in her dress, her face pinched and frightened, like that of a starved mouse. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I pinched my right forearm to make the pattern stay, but it didn’t. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He pinched the curves of many women, careless of the spilled wine that stained their costumes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He was filthy, haggard, and pinched with weariness, but he cowered no longer, and his eyes were clear. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As if each relay antenna were a candle flame and a pair of fingers came along and pinched it out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Anne’s sheik was wearing a black-and-orange-striped blazer, gray Oxford bags, a bow tie on an elastic band, and a brown triangular porkpie hat, pinched into a bowsprit at the front. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice had gone all pinched, like the neck of a deflating balloon. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Uncle Al is sitting in his chair, his face pinched and sour. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She pinched Boo’s beak shut, much to his annoyance. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She told Grandpa in a small pinched voice that what Mr. McAllister really came for was to get her to marry him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I took my hand away and pinched him. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He pinched off a couple of inches of stalk and handed it to me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z In their beaks they pinched the edges of the town, plucked it up and flew away with it, as if it were a Christmas tree display on a tablecloth. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Then he turned again, came back to me, and pinched my cheek. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I must not have pinched the other one hard enough. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then he darted his hand forward and pinched the air. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She held it out at arm’s length, pinched between her thumb and forefinger. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They were exquisite, shimmering with white resin that left her fingertips sticky when she pinched them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I pinched my eyes shut, tried to close my ears to the sound of sirens and the voices of cops. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The woman had thin lips and dull dead eyes, set in a pinched and narrow face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The first thing I noticed was that her face was pinched and tired. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Several of them had extra résumés pinched in their fingers. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I did get pinched, but I had my dinner. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z His mouth was relaxed and calm, not pinched like Miss Grybas’ or the bald man’s. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z And then the frosted doors slide open and once again they are officially there, no longer in transit, swallowed by hugs and kisses and pinched cheeks and smiles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Her stomach pinched as she peered around the side of the house. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, . . .” He folded his small hands across his chest, his voice no longer pinched and polite, but soft and warm. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I pinched my nose and threw the stuff down my throat. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He zeroed in on my scalp and pinched a group of hairs at the root, sliding mysterious debris to the end and setting off a ripple of chills from my shoulders to my face. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Chuck found him, and the look of fear on the boy’s face pinched Thomas’s heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He clicked the light on, and I pinched my eyes shut at the sudden brightness. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The mother pinched little bits off her Kleenex. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z His face was pinched with tiredness, and he seemed to have grown older over the past two weeks. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z When there wasn’t much left of that limb, the saw got pinched. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Once or twice he pinched his arm with his fingers, really hard, but the only thing that did was make his arm hurt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I pinched my way around the pies with my good thumb, and they did look better, although no one would be fooled into thinking they were Viola’s handiwork. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She pinched the bridge of her nose, as if there were a mark there that she wanted to rub out. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Dr. Finch put his hand out and pinched her chin. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I wanted to scream and pinched myself hard to fight the urge. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a tough thing that didn’t want to go with me, but I pinched off a number of new blooms and tucked them in my pockets. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I shook my head and rubbed my eyes, thinking I might be dreaming, so I pinched myself and looked at the windowsill. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She rubbed my chest and pinched at my nipples. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He stood no higher than her knee, his faced pinched and pointed, snoutish, but he was dressed in delicate livery of purple and blue, and his tiny pink hands held a silver tray. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Einstein-Rosen bridges didn’t last long enough for a spaceship to get through: the ship would run into a singularity as the wormhole pinched off. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They had taken her to a witch doctor, who had pinched her thin arms and rubbed a thick paste on them. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Madge and I glide our slides together, reaching for C, back up for F. Sometimes when I see her pinched face in perfect embouchure, I start to giggle. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z You plunge down into the darkness, down until the space gets narrower and narrower and you’re finally stuck, pinched between two ice walls, far from any rescue. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He felt for the edge, found it within a minute, and did as Giacomo Paradisi had told him: pinched the edges together. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He wiped at his nose and then pinched it closed again. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She read both sides, her face pinched with anger, and flung it to the floor. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Another gently reached over and pinched my cheek. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She stood in back of me and prodded and pinched, forcing me to translate her bargaining, word for word. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time we reach the battered cars of the Flying Squadron, his face is pinched in disgust. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She pinched the money hard to remind herself not to cry. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Her waist was so pinched in, it seemed as if part of her body were missing. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Twig’s eyebrows pinched as she noticed my mood shift for the first time, but she stepped back and handed me the egg. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Five of them were fluttering over the top of the dimes—plump little hags with pinched faces and talons and feathery wings too small for their bodies. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z My Sunday school shoes pinched my feet, and I’d forgotten how hot my funeral dress could be on a warm afternoon. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He was pinched perspiringly in the epistemological dilemma of the skeptic, unable to accept solutions to problems he was unwilling to dismiss as unsolvable. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She pinched her ear and winced at the pain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They have Mirren’s strong legs and blue eyes but their faces are pinched. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He shaved his pinched, pale face every third or fourth day, and most of the time he appeared to be growing a reddish- gold mustache over his skinny upper lip. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I knelt down, pinched my nose, and peered into the nasty depths of the head. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He went back down into the cabin and opened the front hatch to loosen the pinched jib. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I did my best to keep up, but I was hampered by the metal plate, which pinched my skin with every step. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “This can't be real.'' Prosper obeyed. He very gently pinched her arm. “It's real!'' The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She released me, stood back, and pinched my cheeks. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z They noted that his usually smiling face looked pained and pinched. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “Stop dreaming,” she ordered, and pinched my toe. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Still, something that felt a little bit like jealousy pinched at her chest. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The cold crept and pinched at them, filling and overflowing the room. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z His visor was a full face mask fashioned like a gorgon’s head—curved tusks, horrible features pinched into a snarl, and golden snake hair curling around the face. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “What?” she hissed at the Captain of the Guard as he pinched her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She just grabbed the cup, pinched his nose, and poured it down his throat. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He pinched one of the scraps, then carefully withdrew his hand. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He pinched his calves to stop his legs from falling asleep. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She pinched the skin the hair grew out of and gouged into it with her fingernails. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pardon me,” cut in Thyon, with the pinched look of someone who believes he’s being mocked. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She pinched up a little of the material, feeling it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Her ankle-length marigold skirt and white blouse were pinched together with a large leather belt, giving her the narrowest waist Percy had ever seen. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The eagerness he felt was so keen that his nose was too pinched to breathe through and his cheeks were scarlet. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Watching her pinched face, I went through a spectrum of emotions. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The face was pinched and pale and angry. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At mealtimes he sometimes pinched me under the table. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Lyddie looked at the housekeepers face, pinched with anger, and then down at the top of Rachel’s head. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Nels Gudmundsson raised his chin, fingered his bow tie, and pinched experimentally the wattles of skin at his neck—a habit of his when he was thinking. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Soon’s we get down we can make a fire and get warm. I got some matches in me pocket. I pinched ’em out the kitchen at Bolvangar.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Jennifer leapt up from her hiding place and pinched the guard’s neck near the clavicle. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Frantically, Mother hovered over me while pressing Maha to her chest, and Basel and Muhammad shook me and pinched my cheeks until I woke up again. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Squeezing back and not wanting to let go, I whispered, “Love you too,” and climbed out of the car with a brave face, but my lungs pinched shut. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Harold fished his tin of snuff from his back pocket and pinched off a piece. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Alec took a step back, his face pinched with an expression Mark didn’t quite get. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Her features, too, were narrow, with nostrils so slim that they appeared to have been pinched with a clothespin. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He had a pinched look at the corners of his eyes, from the pain, but it lessened almost instantly. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I pinched the bag closed and placed it back in the drawer, and that’s when I noticed the label: iris germanica. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If the supply of blood to the brain is pinched off, the brain cannot get oxygen, and it dies. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Caroline’s face was red with rage, but she pinched her lips together. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Hornet pinched his cheek affectionately and shook her head. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, she stands back up like something pinched her butt. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He bent down, pinched them between his fingers, and deposited them in his cupped palm. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She pinched the bridge of my nose and closed my other nostril and said, “Blow.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She reached out and playfully pinched the skin of his neck, a gentle pressure between her fingers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I tasted red wine for the first time, and my new friends laughed at my pinched face. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His nose was pinched and he breathed with quick, short breaths through his slightly open mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I called his name and pinched him, but he did not look my way nor speak a word. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since those men had beaten her, her face had been so pinched and tired, her eyes dull like they’d had the light knocked out of them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After the first two weeks, Turner was pegging lobster claws as fast as Willis and not getting pinched any more than anyone else. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Ms. Jones smiled at Millie as she pinched her daughter’s arm. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He pinched her arm as he walked inside the door. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z When he didn’t move, I pinched him, then covered his mouth with my hand when he yelped. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She reached up, took a chunk of his arm between her fingers, and pinched. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Dana glared down at him and, in a pinched nasal voice, said: “I am not believin’ this.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z So Roz pinched the broken quill closer to the skin, and then, very slowly, she pulled it out. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He wore steel-rimmed glasses that gave his face a pinched, old man’s look. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He grabbed her nose and pinched it closed, and try as she might, she could not dislodge his fingers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The opponent's quarter was getting pinched or the opponent was getting punched. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z No synthetic yellow bangs suspended over marble-blue eyes, no pinched nose and bowline mouth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped and pinched his chin between his fingers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I could even catch a rich old woman whose tight strand of pearls pinched in the sags of her neck whispering to her friend right behind me, “Oriental Jews.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baker’s face was pinched when we came back into the class—the disappointment of a failed assassination plot. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He was getting drowsy, but he pinched her leg playfully because he was glad she took things the way he wanted her to. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Miss Williams looked satisfied in her mean, pinched way. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’d pet ‘em, and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they was dead—because they was so little. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben had watched her at church and her pinched bloodless face and the stiffness of her bearing, as though her joints lacked oil, made him grant her a wide and respectful berth. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Bod thought of Miss Lupescu and her awful food and her lists and her pinched mouth. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Lizzie was talking about how hard it was to stand up all day, how it made her knees ache, how her shoes pinched her feet. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Beyond, the walls pinched in sharply, and the stream led them to the foot of a tall twisting water-fall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But the driver just blew his breath out through pinched lips. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I pinched my inner wrist as I sensed myself beginning to drift off, but it was as though lead ingots had been tied to my chin and eyelids. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Petra pinched the other side of the guy’s neck and he dropped like a sandbag. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z His head is pinched in on the sides where the ears should be, like someone used giant pliers and crushed the middle part of his face. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z She was late and she had every reason to run, despite the shoes that pinched her toes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Sam Houston pinched me, daring me to cry out as we walked behind the grown-ups. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He pinched one of my nipples and I jumped. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Hannah pinched the tips off die Kentucky Wonders and snapped their long pods. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Gilly calmly pinched a blob of gum off the end of her nose. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Then she put a hand over his mouth and pinched him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I pinched my nose closed, which was the way Mom had taught us to get down things that had gone a little bit rotten. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She pinched the tabs and pushed the screen up. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I carefully tuck the edges of my winter jacket inside my locker so the sleeves don’t get pinched. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Lamar and Sam Houston, on the other hand, turned all pinched and squinty. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I pinched Laertes’ elbows and with a little cry, he released his hold on it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z From the corner of his eye, Genie watched as Dr. Maris grabbed one of Ernie’s teeth and pinched it between two fingers. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The field doubled over on itself, and the hinge was Seabiscuit, who was pinched back to ninth. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled one out and pinched off little pieces of it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mustering all his strength, he raised his head, and with a weak and pinched voice he called into the darkened branches, “Are you okay?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I see the way he studies the writing, his eyes squinted, his face pinched. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A streak of slime smeared across his lip as he swiped and pinched and dug just enough for it to count as a dig, but not enough for it to count as diggin'. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath and pinched the back of my hand, twisting the skin until my eyes watered. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Bailey pinched me and said without moving his lips, “I’d like to see him eat dinner now.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When you are old, and it hurts just to get up from a chair, you have a reason to have a permanently pinched face. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Despite the hard times and their pinched circumstances, they smiled easily and openly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She pinched her nose and watched me wade out to where the water reached my knees. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He would give a girl an extra penny if she did not shrink when he pinched her cheek. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z With that, he reached to my upper arm, took ahold of the flesh, and pinched without cease. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A widow’s peak, close-set dark eyes, pinched cheeks, a mustache wriggling like a worm above a mouthful of broken brown teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My cheeks were chubby, and people pinched them constantly, so I scowled a lot. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Through my blurred eyes, I pinched the skin lightly on the back of his hand like Papa did to me when we had no water. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She pointed at the pillowcase that Valencia still had pinched between her thumb and index finger. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Liza Hamilton died with a pinched little smile on her mouth, and her cheekbones were shockingly high when the red was gone from them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I pinched all the way up the stairs to Kyle’s bathroom and closed the door and that’s when I remembered the problem. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The captain pinched her arm, a little bit with joviality, a little bit with meanness to get her to look at him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z They drew up her bosom to giddy heights, pinched in her waist, flared out her rear, and managed to suggest that Alexandra’s had once been an hourglass figure. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But first I wanted to shed my bodice; it pinched something awful under my arms. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He sniffed, he licked his lips, he pinched a drop of water from the end of his nose, he smiled. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The suit guy backed out of the case, turned, and pinched a bag of tortilla chips against one of the six-packs he was carrying, Then he winked at me. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Aru’s heart pinched when she reached the Hall of the Gods. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Emma says how mean I’m being and Mrs. Johnson gives me her pinched lip stern look and says, What’s this all about? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She pinched the bridge of her nose tightly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The old man pinched their heads off with his thumb and forefinger and ate them chewing up the shells and the tails. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When she saw how pale he was, she pinched his cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Rosie pinched a berry with her fingers and rolled it between her lips, shivering at the tart taste. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I pinched the bridge of my nose and concentrated until my sinuses burned. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Then she reached over and pinched Summer’s cheek affectionately. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He pinched a hunk of meat from the spit and chewed it thoughtfully. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I pinched my wrist to rouse myself, but it did no good. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He flicked his eyes to Otto, whose face was pinched with concern, but not dire concern. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z My mom appears, the skin between her eyebrows pinched. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She crossed her arms and pinched her sides. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Before she could do much more, you came over, pinched off another bit of dough, and rolled it between your palms, just as she was doing. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Mean old hog,” muttered Rita, and yelped when the She Elephant pinched her. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Miss Trotter said—” She made her face like our great-aunt, down to the pinched nose, and said, “Dentures? Dentures?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z That one sounded as if the speaker’s nose were being pinched. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z As he passed behind me, he slipped his hand under my raised arms and pinched my left nipple. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The man who had pinched her was a plump middle-aged farmer called Arnold Hemsley, whose dæmon was a ferret. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Cole pinched his eyes closed against the piercing rain. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z In any case, there they hang, their backs and mouths stiff, their breasts constricted, their faces pinched, their caps starched, their skin grayish white, guarding the room with their narrowed eyes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z At the prep table Cook wiped at her brow as she pinched dough into dinner rolls. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z His jaw was clenched tight, his eyebrows pinched together. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Pressing the jockey to the floor, he pinched his nose between his fingers and twisted it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew it was bad news the moment I saw her pinched lips and tired eyes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z If the mother and her children had not come down the path on this day, the pinched tree branches would have grown larger and the fat-bodied spider would have lived. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He pinched her in the side and ignored what she said. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She came over to me, pinched the ends of a few of my plaits, then patted my edges as if she was touching up my baby hair. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Joey pinched the bag closed inch by inch. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I remember the way his features pinched when the pain hit him, the sound he made. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She lined them up next to one another and pinched the tops together, then started braiding the six strands together. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She pinched the strand carefully as it shimmered close to her fingers. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He circled her nipples with his thumbs, pinched them between thumb and forefinger, then began to pull at her, very lightly at first, then more insistently, until her nipples stiffened and began to ache. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Not long after they started their daily walks, Ginny stopped wearing her leg braces, claiming they pinched her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Watching them was when Turner got pinched the most. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I looked it over as he pinched it in front of my face. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Doctor had funny glasses that pinched on his nose. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re just tired from the ride. Put some blood into your cheeks,” Brave Orchid said, and pinched her sister’s withered face. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re right,” Tori said, still rubbing her arm where her mother had pinched her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z On the other women, strangers, I can recognize a curled lip, a sidelong glance, pinched shoulders. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z From the comfort of the passenger seat, I watched Fang slouch up his front walk, the battered Converse box pinched under his arm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z If he hadn’t looked so upset, I would have pinched him for ruining our moonlight bike rides when they’d barely begun. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Struggling, he pinched a finger, which bled pink in the rain. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood quietly until the Runners finally came out of their building, all of them looking exhausted, their faces pinched from deep thinking. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The old man’s nose was pinched and sharp, his lips thin, his eyes small and close-set. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She smiled, and pinched my arm, and I thought about being placid, how quiet and comfortable it sounded, someone with knitting on her lap, with calm unruffled brow. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I picked up the syringe, grasped a fold of Fig’s flesh high on the neck, and pinched firmly, tenting the skin. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z When he pinched her breasts to see if she was in flower, the metal was cool on her skin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I walked to the window and pinched my nose to block out the smell of a building that Dad said was sick and I had to agree. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He curled up and tried to sleep away his pain; the tight thongs pinched, but his swollen hands were mercifully numb. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I pinched my leg through my jeans and focused on the pain. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She pinched Tiller’s nose and thought of Dallas trying to breathe air into Joey. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z As an afterthought, he pinched a cucumber loose from its vine nearby, and pulled some leaves from a clump of basil. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I bent over, pinched the bridge of my nose, and blew out as much blood as I could. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the one full-length mirror in ladies’ wear, a medium-tall figure is hunched over a cart, her face pinched in absurd concentration—surely not me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He checked my pulse and lightly pinched the skin on the back of my hand. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Picking up the shard again, he pinched the snake all the way around the sharp edge to protect it. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Mr. Keeney closed his eyes and pinched the top of his nose. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I started crying, but I pinched my arms to stop. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead they could see a few pinched lights where the village was. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I keep peeking over at her on the ride home, but she has a sort of pinched expression on her face. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z But if one of the playful apparitions got close to us, I pinched it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She screamed and raged and pinched us when we were content. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I looked at Marcus as he pinched the bridge of his nose before turning away for a second. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Her eyes, much too big for her pinched little face, gazed at Kit with longing. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z And Amanda Wilkinson, whose face was always pinched up like she was smelling something real bad; and Sweetie Pie Thomas, who was only five years old and still mostly a baby. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He pinched the bridge of his nose and massaged his temples. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He reached down and pinched Penny on her cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As she whispered, “thank you,” Carney fixed a rusty junked look on her and pinched her cheek hard. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He mussed my hair and pinched my cheek. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He rubbed his hands with delight and pinched my cheek. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She pinched a tiny bag hung from the metal frame of the loom. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z To stop the blood loss, Kelley had pinched off an artery using a hemostat, something he wasn’t officially rated to use. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The shoes she had to buy with her own money fiercely pinched her toes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He pinched his eyes shut again, opened them slowly, just a crack, let the light in more slowly. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The end of the gun barrel was pinched together with tongs and given a rough, sharp edge. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z TeeTee pinched the corner of a picture of Frida, the one where her neck is too long and a small monkey's looking over her shoulder, and turned the picture around. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I took a deeper breath, reached out, and pinched the spotted old skin on her lifeless forearm. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I got pushed or pinched by invisible hands in the crowded halls between classes, a few times by Jenny herself, but other times I looked behind me and saw no familiar faces. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She reached over and pinched my cheek like I was one of the kids. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It takes me only a few seconds to realize that they are photographs of suffering: narrow, pinched children with huge eyes, ditches full of bodies, huge mounds of burning papers. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He took the baby and pinched its lower lip until it opened its mouth. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z It's Ollie who speaks next, in a pinched voice he struggles to keep neutral. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Is the / for ‘illustrious’ or perhaps ‘impertinent’?” My face burned both in the scar and where his lavender- smelling fingers pinched my skin. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the brim was pinched between his thumb and forefinger, the arm retracted like fishing line on a reel. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Her eyes were vacant, and when Serafina pinched the skin of her forearm, she merely looked down slowly and then away again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d hollered and hissed and they never heard her, pinched them and they never felt her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z You pinched off one mountain and they pinched off another but when something really started every one had to get down off the mountains. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It made him think about that girl in the bar, her pinched face and the hate in her eyes as she lay on her back on the dirty floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He pinched my cheek as though he were my grandmother. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Three times that first morning she pinched my ear with her sharp fingernails. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Each kabob looked like a soft brown log, shiny with oil and fat, dimpled where Dad had pinched it to seal it onto the skewer. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z There was an unusual, prickly hair, and I pinched it between my thumb and pointer finger, then tugged. I was a secret hair puller 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z I remember looking her way and seeing a pinched smile as she tried to put the best face possible on her disappointment. Thanksgiving Aha! moment: Before the plate-filling frenzy begins, let there be soup In the climax of the Windsor Park scene, Verdi’s Falstaff is supposed to be pinched and poked by townspeople pretending to be goblins. Critic’s Notebook: Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-06T21:00:31Z Shy once described his pinched tone as something he couldn’t “escape.” Review | Shy Glizzy is bigger than ever — but he still sounds like D.C. 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z It also has the controlled chaos of “Malcolm in the Middle” or ABC’s “The Middle”; like them, it’s about a financially pinched family and has a good sense of the individual dynamics among its members. Review: In ‘Speechless,’ Balancing Family Needs With Special Needs 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z In a palette of chartreuse, ocher, cinnamon and gamboge, Ito overlaid uncommon shapes, such as a rectangle rounded and pinched at the top like a loaf of Wonder Bread, into compositions of preternatural calm. 10 Galleries to Visit Now Around SoHo and TriBeCa 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The newest look, a lightly pinched cuff that should fall about an inch or two above the ankle, is likely a result of two factors. Front Row: Men Refine the Art of Rolling Up Pants Legs 2010-07-12T22:14:00Z Sometimes there were things to watch: the pinched armor of a vanished cricket, a floating maple leaf. Claudia Rankine on the Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z The production is spare and airy, Ms. Spears’s vocals pinched and over-manipulated. The Playlist: Britney Spears Puts on a Show and Tove Lo Plays it Cool 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z A factoid about the So Solid entourage declaring war on Dizzee Rascal's Roll Deep crew after the latter pinched So Solid's Lisa Maffia on the bottom was also widely believed. So Solid Crew not feeling Lovebox after 'another band' pushes them off bill 2013-07-19T14:18:35Z The best idea he's had in years and it's pinched from under his nose. Mad Men recap – season six, episode 13: In Care Of 2013-06-26T22:00:00Z In To Walk Invisible, her stunning account of the three pinched years in which the Brontë sisters wrote the novels that made them famous, we got a version of then that was viscerally now. Bodice-rippers! How period drama went from buttoned up to sexed up 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z In videos from the event, there is a crowd of pray-ers at the front of the stage, their bodies swaying to the music, their hands lifted, their faces pinched with the effort of intercession. Faith in America: From evangelical teen rallies to the Women’s March on Washington, Christianity still informs my politics 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Instead of round was pinched at the ends like the Georgian khachapuri. Pizza for Breakfast, but Not What You Think 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Later, on Sunday night, Mr. Tweedy had the main stage to himself, and he held it captive, singing in his pinched croak and playing acoustic guitar. Music: Jeff Tweedy and Wilco Build a Festival at Mass MoCA 2010-08-16T22:44:00Z It’s so cool to see a woman wearing a Borsalino really well — brim down, crown pinched, tilted to one side, with such confidence.” Noticed: Culture Hopping in a Fedora 2011-04-29T23:33:25Z “I pinched her cheeks and made her cry,” she recalled. Lower East Side Tenement Museum Welcomes a Former Resident 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z I first spied the book last spring, in the lap of a vaguely witchy young woman pinched between two men on the subway. The Wild Woman Awakens 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z You should have a moist, malleable dough that holds together when pinched. Attention, America: Dorie Greenspan’s bringing back the quiche 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Medieval glassblowers pinched, molded and torqued the walls and attached filigree and spiral color trails. Antiques: Tepper Galleries Closes With No Notice 2010-05-13T21:47:00Z Emoting with her usual generosity, Ms. Goerke reveled in her chocolaty middle voice, but sounded pinched as she pushed upward through her range. Review: A Gussied-Up Gala of Mozart Opera Excerpts 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z At times his sound was leathery and his top notes pinched. Review: In ‘Daphne,’ the Cleveland Orchestra Takes on a Difficult Strauss Opera 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Then he pinched the tips together, gluing the flower shut. Perspective | This popular perennial flower can be turned into a tasty summer snack 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z THE works of several of the artists who pinched bowls and other forms in the “Earth” exhibition at the Arts Exchange in White Plains are also included in “American Craft Week @ The Peekskill Clay Studios.” Crafts Are Celebrated at Peekskill Clay Studios 2011-10-23T00:48:55Z Her pinched face is not a face but a mask of greasy seborrhoeic skin, her lips are stretched rubber bands that pull away from crumbled gums set with two or three stray teeth.” Books of The Times: ‘Umbrella’ by Will Self 2013-01-17T21:22:51Z The film pinched such a national nerve that it inspired mass email campaigns and a song by the rapper, Yas. Ben Affleck's Argo takes Iran's revolutionary themes as its own 2012-11-07T15:09:52Z I was very conscious of the fact that readers were no less spent; no less pinched for time or enervated by illness and uncertainty as my own family. Times Critics Discuss 2020 in Books, From ‘Pandemic Blur’ to Favorite Discoveries 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Personally, I found it far more convincingly bleak in its more satirical sections dealing with the attitudes of the supposedly tolerant middle-classes, and their pinched and loveless relationships. The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling – full review 2012-09-28T10:30:01Z She deploys the classic piercing stare of disapproval, the pinched lips and bird-like head movements as Miss Shepherd assesses the deeply unsatisfactory nature of everything around her. Maggie Smith's 20 best films – ranked! 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The only thing off was his voice, which was distinctively pinched, as though he were always in the middle of a terrible cold. Super Dave, in Memoriam: Bob Einstein’s Mass-Culture Parody 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The dumpling is then pinched at the top to form a swirled, pleated fold. “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 A handle in the form of a slightly swelling ribbon effortlessly pinched into matching peaks rises gracefully and above it all. Some Favorite Things Not Hanging on a Wall 2011-12-30T00:11:48Z I heard stories of women being shouted at, pinched and slapped by hospital staff and female relatives during labor. Modern Love: A Gift From Allah ? Modern Love 2012-02-23T22:25:46Z She pinched the thick red fabric between her thumb and held it up to my face like a specimen. Flamenco and Fervor: Inside Spain’s El Rocío Pilgrimage 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z He also once pinched her cheek after an interview. The end of the Chris Matthews era: How the bombastic host got forced out at MSNBC 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z And few leaders use the mouth as acrobatically as Trump, whose expressions shift among the open-mouthed scream, the sarcastically jutted jaw, and the exaggerated, pinched pout. The Medical Mask Becomes a Protest Symbol 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Her pale, almost pinched little face and steady, cornflower-blue eyes bewitch us even when the movie doesn't. In Hanna, Saoirse Ronan and Cate Blanchett Put a Feminine Twist on the Bourne Formula 2011-04-07T09:20:00Z Even when women were trying to organize a union, they would get pinched, be called "girl," and patted on the head by union leadership within the labor movement. New doc "9to5" spotlights the women who rose up against sexism and harassment at work in the 1970s 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Daves, who grew up in Atlanta, is a guitarist and singer with a tense, pinched, nasal voice that harks back to old Appalachia. Michael Daves Brings Bluegrass to the Bell House 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Nurses pinched and insulted the laboring women if they made too much noise. Modern Love: A Gift From Allah ? Modern Love 2012-02-23T22:25:46Z Immediately after the slip, Amis pinched his reading glasses, checked his notes and continued. Martin Amis: a new chapter in America 2012-06-02T23:04:03Z Just as quickly he crumpled the paper, pinched it small, and pocketed it. Paul Theroux’s Mexican Journey 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Shot in the pinched, virtually square format of filmdom’s earliest works, “First Reformed” is a minimalist throwback, displaying a maverick approach to moviemaking in an age of widescreen special effects. Paul Schrader, the writer of ‘Taxi Driver,’ shifts gears with ‘First Reformed’ 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Their cheeks "pinched" by a "chill" that implies something colder than cold weather, the next generation joins in the hymn of blessing to Africa. Poem of the week: Jasmine by John Eppel 2010-07-12T13:28:00Z Hekselman was invited back as part of the quintet, and aside from Wendel’s pinched, effulgent sax, he is the song’s main driver. The Playlist: Bad Bunny Gives Drake a Spanish Lesson, and 12 More New Songs 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z A pinched look flashed on his face, and he nodded. Critic’s Notebook: Chris Hardwick of Nerdist Industries 2012-08-20T22:05:41Z But other than "drowning the shamrock" and getting pinched for not wearing green, what do we really know about the holiday? St. Patrick's Day: The history behind the holiday in the United States 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z When a Hollywood producer pinched her cheek, she reacted – and that was that. Agnès Varda: ‘I am still alive, I am still curious. I am not a piece of rotting flesh’ 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Back then, “babes” with pointy bras and pinched waists sashayed around the lobbies, and showgirls backed up headliners at the Copa City and other nightclubs. Discover your inner movie star at this glamorous, ’50s-inspired Miami Beach hotel 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Indeed, the only woman to consistently fail the "Chris Matthews" test was Clinton, a woman he referred to as a she-devil and "witchy," and whose cheek he pinched because, you know, it's him. Goodbye Chris Matthews, MSNBC's reigning Ron Burgundy 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Kennedy, who suffers from the rare speech impediment spasmodic dysphonia, speaks in a pinched, slightly quavering voice, but crams shotgun sentences with statistics, like one of those characters on "The West Wing." Robert Kennedy Jr. says West Virginia coal industry out of control in documentary 2011-07-14T21:09:07Z She weighed and measured me and pinched my fat with claw-like callipers. Suzanne Moore: 'I've joined the gym!' 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Of the soloists, Sara Jean Ford brought a thin, pinched tone to the soprano arias, but Ryan MacPherson, the tenor, illuminated his solo contributions with a rich, warm tone and thoughtful phrasing. Music Review: Distinguished Concerts International New York in ?Messiah? 2011-11-28T23:12:37Z Even when singing about long division in his pinched, bookworm voice, Ben Gibbard swayed his body to the grooves that Nick Harmer fueled with his lumbering bass lines. At Hideout Block Party, a little twang, and little funk There was sometimes a slightly pinched quality to her sustained notes. Metropolitan Opera Opens With ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z At Tuesday's opening, Echalaz still sounded nervously monochromatic and some of the intonation was pinched, no doubt attributable to first-night nerves. Tosca; La fille du r?giment; Takacs Quartet 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z It comes from the head and the nose, gets pinched and flat as it rises and turns to a half-rasp. New Music: Music From Yeasayer, Tamia, Lionel Loueke and Divine Fits 2012-08-27T21:53:22Z And then, at last, the addict’s reward: the pleasure and pride that results when the seeds have mostly sprung, the extras have been pinched out, and the seedlings are beginning to strengthen. Seeds, the Gateway Drug to Gardening 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z He pinched the neck of a four-inch key on my key ring and handed it back to me with two fingers, like a silver snake. Euro crisis? vultures 2012-05-17T15:25:00Z She pinched the sleeve of his shirt.Beatrice did the same. Fancy dress by Kate Horsley 2010-12-26T00:05:12Z “Forging I” and “Forging II” involve only small thickets of pounding marks; mostly, the beams appear to have been simply heated then manipulated, their edges pinched here, tucked there, slightly cut back or curled. Art Review: ‘David Smith: The Forgings’ at Gagosian Gallery 2014-01-02T21:55:28Z The reception area and teachers' offices feel pinched and underlit, but these things can be improved in future versions. Michael Gove's standardised schools not such a class act 2013-04-13T23:05:30Z “When I was in my training, in 1989, I got my bum pinched as I walked past by male patients,” says a nurse who works in Harrogate. Health warning: why the sexy nurse stereotype is no laughing matter 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z While there was a definite party atmosphere, the financially pinched Santorum campaign wasn’t quite liquid enough to pay for the banks of desks, wireless Internet and refreshments that often accompany such affairs. Scene City: In Iowa, the Drama Behind the Drama - Scene City 2012-01-04T23:26:54Z Bridget’s mother tells her what to wear and parades her around family events like a sullen child while she endures having her bottom pinched. My favourite film aged 12: Bridget Jones's Diary 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z A hug? – we just sat very still behind the microphones and pinched each other's arms. Going to the Glastonbury festival for the first time 2013-06-30T05:37:00Z He scowled as his crew labored to get it just right, while I pinched myself at this private concert. The Day Prince Tried to Convert Me Into A Jehovah's Witness 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Although certainly carved by different artists, the figures share similarities, including attenuated, bent-over torsos and expressively pinched faces, with the mouth of the woman open, as if she were in pain. Art Review: Glimpsing Africa Anew in Its Art 2011-06-23T21:58:34Z Even the sudden onset of stupendous wealth couldn’t save the day: the best that even Marlo Thomas can achieve is a face that—forgive me, dear Marlo—looks pinched and pulled, like a taffy mask. Farewell to my face: I’m middle-aged and I look it — but don’t ask me to like it 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Her pinched, high-pitched tone imitates a little girl’s voice; even worse is the shrieking that follows. Dance Review: Andrea Miller’s ‘Sit, Kneel, Stand’ at Joyce Theater 2012-06-10T21:20:46Z The pan-fried ones are also crispier, which makes for a sublime contrast as your teeth crack through the browned base of a dumpling and right into the doughy flesh of its pinched wrapper. Review | At this Maryland restaurant, hand-pulled noodles are the star attraction 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z And her tender voice carries nicely in the house — certainly as well as that of the gifted young tenor Alek Shrader, who sounded a little pinched as Camille in his scenes with her. Susan Stroman’s ‘The Merry Widow’ at the Met 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z You, next to me, pinched my arm and handed me a canteen, as my lids slipped into the Southern Hemisphere. Best of Salon: Army of one, soldiers undone: The hope that died in basic training 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z For me, that has meant mountain biking, kayaking, trail running and kitesurfing — all of which have been somewhat pinched by weather, work, parenting duties and governors’ orders. Amid the pandemic, an adventure addict finds solace in imagination 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Only when we pedaled to the foot of the mesa did a small gash in the cliff appear, a pinched gravel byway that scissored up the rock face: the Mokee Dugway. A Bicycle Tour Through Remote Southwest Canyon Country 2010-07-31T04:30:00Z He humored me by twisting his hands to put his thumbs in his ears while his forefingers pinched his nose closed. Farting in love 2013-03-23T22:00:00Z At times she had the slightly nasal, almost pinched, yet engrossing sound of traditional Chinese vocalists. A Dazzling Chinese Singer’s Riveting Song Cycle 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Her sensitive and judicious new book, “Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America,” is neither an outraged sermon delivered from a populist soapbox nor a pinched, professorial lecture. A Community Cracked Open by Fracking 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z It makes me feel god-awful while drinking it — nose pinched, pinkie out, face scrunched — and even worse afterward. I sent in my DNA to get a personalized diet plan. What I discovered disturbs me. 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z I also tend to keep tabs on my body: Happily, the neck and pinched nerve problems I was fearful of haven’t plagued me at all. In Transit Blog: Just Me and My Shadow, Pedaling Toward Chicago 2011-09-09T15:53:53Z In 1904 he made a painting after Degas’s “Woman Ironing,” translating the earlier work’s sturdy Parisian laundress into a pinched figure with a bony, raised shoulder. Art Review: Who?s the Voyeur Now, Picasso? 2010-08-26T22:37:00Z At the two university campuses most associated with Cosby, there was a pinched terseness from administrators. Bill Cosby’s legacy, recast: Accusers speak in detail about sexual-assault allegations Rossini tenors have often been caricatured as pinched and nasal — you try to hit those high notes! — but Mr. Camarena is melting and nuanced, clarion in coloratura, his sound sunny and earnest. Review: ‘Semiramide’ Returns to the Met, Unglamorous but Excellent 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Employing a pinched, nasal French accent of stage stereotype, Mr. Kayden is very funny in her sniffing acceptance of the absurd behavior of her employers. Theater Review: ?Don?t Dress for Dinner? at American Airlines Theater 2012-04-27T02:00:01Z I pinched off a piece of the bun. America votes the way it eats 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z I pinched a bit with my fingers and popped it into my mouth. In Scotland, Guts, Glory and Haggis 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Agape Pappas, from Chicago, told reporters, "It's a dream," as she pinched her arm. State dinner has it all: Beyonce, world-class chef 2010-05-20T10:53:00Z Bruce Miller throttled back the engines of his 27-foot boat and entered the pinched harbor at Ireland’s Eye, an uninhabited, rock-rimmed island that lies eight miles off another, much larger island: Newfoundland. Ghost Towns, Puffins and Unspoiled Views 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z At last, sometime around 1 in the morning, the performers stood up and stared out, locking eyes with spectators so intently that one came onstage and pinched the performers’ noses. Hearing Yoko Ono All Over Again 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z He expanded the second movement with spacious contemplation and allowed the climax – the famous 10-note chords pinched from Mahler's Tenth Symphony – to really blaze. RSNO/Oundjian – review 2013-02-11T18:44:00Z I found out later that Matt had a different idea -- I think she was a little more conservative and pinched and uptight, and I interpreted it in a different way. Women rise to the top in "Mad Men" 2010-07-30T18:00:00Z My pal avidly pinched a pearly morsel with her chopsticks and popped it into her mouth. The expected and unexpected appear on menu of Lynnwood's O2 Sushi 2012-10-18T20:14:07Z And he used his hands as an emoji keyboard, punctuating his words with slashes, stabbing fingers and pinched O.K. gestures. How the Split Screen Framed Trump and Clinton 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z But while the script and art direction summoned the pinched dreams of postwar Britain, neither was capable of doing much with the dramatic inertia of the source material. Rewind TV: Downton Abbey; Restless; Loving Miss Hatto; The Girl; David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul – review 2012-12-30T00:06:04Z Ms. Robertson convincingly portrays Sophia’s defensiveness and irritating energy, but there’s a pinched, limited quality to her performance. Review: In Netflix’s ‘Girlboss,’ a Heroine Who’s a Tough Sell 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The banquet itself was a blur of pinched toes and formal introductions. Modern Love: Guns, Ammo, Romance? - Modern Love 2011-11-17T22:03:02Z She giggles nervously and smiles in a pinched way. "The Big C": Kooky, unsexy cancer 2010-08-14T23:01:00Z Tennessee Williams, too, felt pinched and confined by expectations. Review: Unearthing the Late Curiosities of Tennessee Williams 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Ayoade, who speaks in a soft, pinched voice and wears thick-rimmed glasses beneath a mass of curly hair, was in town to talk up his movie, but he is allergic to self-promotion. Growing Funnier Each Serious Minute 2011-05-27T22:25:59Z But Mr. Weller’s pinched, artificial performance tends to emphasize the hoary nature of his dialogue. Theater Review: ‘I’m Getting My Act Together’ at City Center 2013-07-25T21:07:09Z A cattleman with owlish glasses and a pinched smile, the real Hale had nurtured such close relations with the local Native American population that he was revered, Grann writes, “as King of the Osage Hills.” ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Premieres at Cannes: First Reaction 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z With the will strong, but money thin, we did what any travel-savvy family would do: pinched pennies. How to visit Paris on the cheap: dos and don’ts for budget-minded families 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Hills might as well be pinched and molded mounds of brown paper. Video Game Review: Tearaway Is Designed for the PlayStation Vita 2013-12-16T23:11:11Z The saddle’s leather pinched painfully against my thighs. For visitors to Senegal’s Lac Rose, a closer look at the colorful lake’s salt harvest 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z And Davis, in the Carter role, deploys a pinched, tightly focused sound and no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners personality. Fats Waller says he 'Ain't Misbehavin',' but the party's going strong at La Mirada Theatre 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Ms. Shen sings in the traditional pinched, nasal style of Chinese opera, her voice rising and falling with an oboe’s penetrating tone and an erhu’s haunting slur. Music Review: ‘Feng Yi Ting’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-27T21:15:25Z Even the cheerleading, life-affirming Bunny, as embodied by Ms. Leigh in an emotionally pinched and vocally strained performance, behaves as if Artie were already down for the count. | 'The House of Blue Leaves' : A Papal Visit Has Dreamers Dreaming 2011-04-26T02:01:06Z They had stuck their hands down her top and pinched her bum. Rapes at Latitude prompt launch of safety awareness campaigns 2010-07-19T18:38:00Z Although arrestingly beautiful, she is Hollywood thin, and the ethereal impression of fragility is heightened by a watchful demeanour, hesitant sentences and eyes that look pinched with fatigue. Michelle Dockery: 'I consider myself a widow' 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z This was the month that became a hinge between the pinched grey days of the 50s and the Technicolor decade to come. October 1962: the month that modern culture was born 2012-09-29T22:12:23Z How do institutions build financial support at a time when both donors and the government feel pinched? Arts & Leisure Preview: Pondering Brooklyn Museum?s Mission and Future 2010-08-05T15:17:00Z The Train frontman Pat Monahan, on the other hand, sounds a little pinched on Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” and “Stairway to Heaven,” as if he ran out of gas after reaching into his upper register. Review: Roll Over, Beethoven? At ‘Rocktopia,’ It’s Time to Roll Back 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z She and her tailor padded his shoulders to make them look broader, and designed shirts with extra high collars that pinched, creating a roll to give the impression of a thicker neck. Clothes and Character: 'Theory,' 'Selma' and 'Hobbit' 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Everyone poses endlessly for self-taken photographs, fanning cash and wearing pinched luxuries. Cannes 2013 roundup 2013-05-18T15:00:06Z Parked cars shifted into a strange Contemporary geometry, pinched in so it was impossible to move, even with tow trucks, The congested clogged world in a not unpleasant standstill. 2016: Our Year in Poems 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z The face that looks pinched as a flower girl is delicate when a would-be duchess; her singing is dulcet and strong. My Fair Lady; The Dance of Death; Midnight's Pumpkin – review 2012-12-23T00:09:26Z One couple did the shuffle while a group of women pinched their noses with one hand and raised the other while dancing to “The Swim.” Things to Do With Kids in N.Y.C. This Summer 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z She plays Natalya with the pinched, fretful air of a studious college sophomore facing a physics final. Theater Review: ‘A Month in the Country,’ at Williamstown Theater Festival 2012-08-10T23:46:48Z The woman with whom my husband was meant to have had a dalliance pinched someone else’s husband in the end; he was easier quarry than mine. A friend told me that my husband was having an affair. I didn’t want to know 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z It said there was no reason for alarm over the health of the 77-year old Argentine pope, who is known to suffer from sciatica, or leg pain caused by a pinched nerve. Pope to miss procession but no health alarm, Vatican says 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z He added, “It’s not like I’m hanging on the side of a plane. I’m just getting my face pinched.” Judd Hirsch Can Tell You a Story or Three. ‘The Fabelmans’ Is Just the Latest. 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z DeJoy endured the verbal beatings with a soft scowl, which often pinched into a light grimace, which sometimes flicked into an attempted eye roll — as if he couldn’t quite believe or stomach his predicament. Louis DeJoy was always his own boss. Whom does he serve now? 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z First, there were my brown Cabbage Patch dolls with black yarn hair, pinched faces and plush bodies that smelled like baby powder. We were American Girls: What Addy taught me about Black hair, freedom and myself 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z It’s like a nerve you don’t think about until it’s been pinched. We now know that the Postal Service can change history. This museum has argued that for decades. 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z He marked a place over each knee, pinched the fabric, and tested its draping. Planning my wedding as a non-binary bride 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z My father pinched a piece of fudge from the tin and told me to thank my partner, while my mother just stared deeper into her rice bowl. At Sea, and Seeking a Safe Harbor 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z “You pinch your skin and it just stays pinched.” Gym, eat, repeat: the shocking rise of muscle dysmorphia 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z The inability to experience pleasure is a common trope in comedy, but what Marc Maron or Woody Allen would take a minute to describe, Mr. Newhart gets across in a pinched glance. Bob Newhart, Master of the One-Sided Conversation 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z It needs to be pinched and folded, stretched and kneaded, a perfect outlet for rage baking and stress relief. This Focaccia Isn’t Your Garden-Variety Flatbread 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z On a visit to Rangoon last spring, I was told in perfect Queen's English by a pinched 70-something tea-shop owner, his mouth full of silver, that I looked like Rock Hudson. The Rangoon of The Glass Palace 2010-08-26T08:35:00Z This is the face This is the face of today’s Republican Party: The nose is pinched, the hair is sandy blond, the eyes are intense. What happens when you tie your career to Donald Trump? Ask Sean Spicer in a few months. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z My leg had been pinched between his knee and the bed’s hard rail. My prison redemption 2012-10-03T22:23:00Z He went to the map and pinched his fingers on the map because he thought it as a touch screen! John Cho: Why Skeptics Should Watch 'Selfie' 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Reflecting the pinched sound of Oliver Lake and the pith of Jackie McLean, Mr. Wilkins allowed the melody to teeter and crash, making his feelings known without overstatement. At the NYC Winter Jazzfest, Learning How Less Can Be More 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Even with lives that feel pinched and small, Lanchester writes with a large and knowing heart. John Lanchester's 'Capital': Lost in London on a not-so-easy street 2012-06-27T20:25:04Z “In this show, both Liza and Kelsey are very focused on their career, and they don’t come out like pinched spinster schoolmarms,” she said. ‘Younger’ Departs a Covid-Free New York, a Fantasy to the End 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z Vocal lines, steeped in the pinched timbres of Chinese opera, take chromatic turns foreign to that tradition. Music Review: New Works Enliven Spoleto Festival USA 2012-06-04T22:14:32Z Once the tree roots reach the edge, the leading root hairs grow through but then are pinched by the fabric. Preparing trees to go from green pastures to the concrete jungle 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z "It would be nice if, metaphorically speaking, it pinched Prince Charles's bum a few more times," he wrote. Critics pan "charmless" Spice Girls musical 2012-12-12T16:10:56Z He threw dazzlingly thin-walled vessels on the wheel and then twisted and pinched them into sinuous, sometimes beautifully rumpled, often asymmetrical forms; his metallic glazes were also innovative. The Met Museum Sees More Clay in Its Future 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z When the wimples start quivering, the pinched mouths break into sunbeam smiles, and the nuns start rocking to raise the Gothic rafters, all’s right in the kingdom of musical comedy at “Sister Act.” | 'Sister Act': Different Church, More Sequins 2011-04-21T02:30:24Z Christopher Eccleston only has one look: pinched, so woundedly feral he makes Robert De Niro look house-trained, so intense that he could face down anybody, perhaps even God. TV review: Blackout; Jamie's Summer Food Rave Up 2012-07-02T21:00:01Z While it was Ford’s third year in a row of improved profits, the results were pinched by higher costs for everything from steel to advertising. Ford Sees North America As Engine For Growth 2012-01-27T16:59:06Z His expression seemed scrunched, pinched, so taut that no blood could flow to the surface. His face held rage. End of the affairs: the dangers of internet dating 2012-02-10T22:59:54Z To Douglas’s surprise, his once attractive practicality has grown pinched and cold over the course of a long marriage. ‘Us’: A fractured family’s trip into parenthood’s regrets Neither of us could watch as I pinched a tent of skin from Judy’s back and jabbed the needle in. Keeping This Fluffy, Fragile Beast Alive 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z And so Bride grows up, pinched by hunger and shame, craving love and acceptance. Toni Morrison’s ‘God Help the Child’ 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Plants that are stretching in pots indoors can be pinched back to promote bushier growth. New survey offers a glimmer of hope for declining native bee populations 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z These spaces, some quite wide and others more intimate or pinched, will double as circulation space; in certain ways the success of the building as a whole will depend on how they turn out. Tan is the new black: Latest LACMA design calls for changes in color and other details 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Tweed capes were trimmed in falls of feathers, and a jacket was nipped in at the waist and pinched in back — almost as if grabbed by a hand, to flare over the hips. The Glamour Cure 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Designer shoes I bought at sample sales but never wore because they pinched my feet did not spark joy. Making a Marriage Magically Tidy 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Gregg’s version starts out in the same mode: some pinched singing, a guitar. Postscript: Gregg Allman, 1947-2017 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z On hearing these words, Grandpa pinched my hand affectionately and closed his eyes. Short story: England and My Clan by Yan Lianke 2010-03-22T12:02:00Z Later a teacher clumsily strums his guitar as he sings "House of the Rising Sun" off-key, eyes pinched closed, as his students deflate at their desks. "Education" culminates Amazon's "Small Axe" film series, finding beauty in the necessary struggle 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Characters in “A God in Ruins” have only one life, usually a pinched and diminished one that they’re looking back on with melancholy or regret. Kate Atkinson’s ‘A God in Ruins’ 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z The witness, "overwhelmed with a feeling of calm and peace," pinched himself several times to make sure he wasn't simply dreaming and scanned the room in vain for some other explanation. 11 strange stories from the national UFO reporting center 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z In her pre-David Siegel life, she put up with getting her butt pinched while serving booze and cleaning out bedpans in a nursing home. Pick of the week: The beauty queen and the time-share tycoon 2012-07-06T00:10:00Z Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Any bleary-eyed Londoner overlooking exposed stretches of the District or Circle lines in the small hours of Sunday must have pinched themselves. Steam train back on tube track for 150-year anniversary celebrations 2012-12-16T19:00:03Z She patted my face, pinched my chin, and said, “What a beautiful girl! What a beautiful girl!” “Now that’s a Jewish face!”: They all agreed cheerfully that should the Nazis come, my sister was doomed 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Bowen sounded a bit pinched at the start but settled into better form. Review: Masaaki Suzuki Conducts Young Musicians in Bach 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z As they talked, my parents’ faces became strange and unfamiliar: expressions pinched, eyes wide yet guarded, like windows at night whose view onto the outside world has been eclipsed by the reflection of the interior. I told my biological dad goodbye — and it made all the difference 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z It certainly made it harder, post-credits, to stroll out into Cannes, where the pinched lips and harassed foreheads are a depressingly familiar sight. Cannes 2013 round-up, week 2: Gosling for breakfast, skinflicks for lunch 2013-05-25T10:59:01Z At a time when every penny is being pinched, what are some of the best ways for a fledgling theater company to stay in business? ArtsBeat: Q. & A.: How to Start Your Own Theater Company 2011-07-06T11:00:28Z Photograph: Alamy When a mural by the British street artist Banksy disappeared from a wall in North London recently, nobody expected that the pinched painting would end up back in the public eye. The Banksy mural affair: art market or art racket? 2013-02-25T18:15:01Z The men pinched the fish tails and lifted them from the fire, peeled back the bones and flung them into the sea. Ignoring the Warnings for a Honeymoon in Mexico 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Even the faces look more in period than usual: more pinched, more merry, less confected. The Accrington Pals; Di and Viv and Rose; One Monkey Don't Stop No Show – review 2013-01-27T00:06:22Z But in the range where Wagnerian heroines are made — above the stave — her tone could turn pinched and strained, her intonation a little wayward. Review: Heidi Melton Debuts With a Daunting Recital Program 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z At the center of one of her favorite images a model spoofs fashion, posing before the Louvre in a fur coat, countenance pinched in an endearing grimace. From Einstein to Couture, This 96-Year-Old Captured It All 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z This sensitive and judicious book “is neither an outraged sermon delivered from a populist soapbox nor a pinched, professorial lecture,” our critic Jennifer Szalai writes. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z His “Resurrection” drypoint is somewhat more visceral, with its pinched and pulled bodies in angular, abstract space. Art in Review: ?Decadence and Decay?: ?Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, George Grosz? 2011-05-06T06:15:07Z He owes me one after Edward Scissorhands: he pinched my whole look. John Cooper Clarke, poet – portrait of the artist 2013-05-21T16:12:39Z Erica Pereira’s slightly pinched Butterfly needed more verve; she always seemed to be lagging. Balanchine’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z But Spanx squeezed and pinched me in all the wrong places, and a Spanx-clad Samurai was not something I wanted to see in the mirror. | Under Cover 2012-10-04T21:24:20Z Like many small wineries, Smith Story relies on its relationships with independent growers, the same people being pinched by the grape oversupply and the fallout of the Constellation-Gallo deal. Wine grape growers felt the squeeze in 2019, and 2020 looks no friendlier 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z A perfectly cooked potato should give a little bit upon being pinched but shouldn’t squash like salted butter. Crimes against potato salad: How not to get uninvited from the cookout 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Less fortunate was his hammy approach to showmanship, and for that matter, his pinched singing. Music Review: Frank and Personal Don?t Rule Out Commercial 2010-10-15T22:53:00Z Jianjiao, on the other hand, are the same shape as a steamed dumpling, with pleats pinched at the top. Learn how to make delicious pot-stickers two ways — with meat or without 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z We also have to remember that many of these plots were themselves pinched by Shakespeare. Ian McKellen’s favourite Shakespeare roles on film 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Kerry King’s guitar solos, with whammy bar, pinched harmonics and screaming tones, become a usefully decadent element; but besides that, a Slayer set is stoic. Slayer, With New Players, at Wellmont Theater 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Her beat was the decayed gentry of Hove and Kensington, people who were struggling on fixed incomes pinched by the first world war. Maid in England 2011-08-19T21:55:04Z College administrators grappled with shriveling state support by jacking up tuitions, tacking on new fees, and so asking more each year from increasingly pinched students and families. California education’s painful decline 2012-10-02T17:01:00Z Seymour, an 18th-century English artist, seems to have taken a dislike to the man shown with a pinched face. Auctions: Charles Ryskamp: The Collector Who Liked to Be Amused 2011-01-28T12:30:07Z But when the major violence does kick in, it feels pinched and mingy, rather than resplendent, which is uncharacteristic for Tarantino. Review: Quentin Tarantino's Hateful Eight Revels in Snow, Not So Much in People 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Made of steel painted white, it's pinched at its center and flared at the ends, punctuated by lines of open circles. Courtyard bridge by Michael Maltzan to open at Hammer in February 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z As a fiddler, though, to reach the top, she will need to cultivate a much wider range of tone color, particularly in slow, lyrical sections; the sound was too often dry or pinched. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra debuts two works from two ‘uncommon’ women 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z She sings softly on "Can We," but when she gets louder her tone takes on a slightly pinched quality, and sounds a little like a horn instrument. Music Monday: OC Notes, JusMoni, Velella Velella 2010-11-22T17:59:00Z As a novice teacher, coping with crisis on the job and at home, Heather’s panic and reticence are written all over her pale, pinched face. ‘Gidion’s Knot’ a tangle of confrontation, tragedy 2014-04-03T20:45:37Z The collection was engaging, mainly for the strange pinched proportions of jackets and some fabulous wide-leg denim trousers, including one ballooning style pegged at the ankles. On the Runway: Paris Men's: All That 2011-01-21T22:39:44Z Like Emily, Charlotte has her own stories, including, in time, “Jane Eyre,” but for the most part the role she plays in this story, fairly or not, is that of the obedient, pinched scold. ‘Emily’ Review: A Brontë Sister’s Savage, Hardy and Free Life 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z There’s a touch more to this story, including pinched pennies and a new pregnancy, as Ip Man opens his school and attracts his first recruits, most of whom are as poor as he is. | 'Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster': This Martial Artist?s Fists Never Leave His Body 2011-01-27T22:47:34Z And many people feel pinched for time and energy. Can I Confront My Dad About His Possibly Secret Relationship? 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z The setting renders them more than friends: “We lived together for 10 months . . . An island of girl. We brushed each other’s hair. We pinched each other’s waists. . . . We wept secrets. We eavesdropped nightmares.” Review | ‘I Hold A Wolf by the Ears’ offers the greatest distillation of Laura van den Berg’s talents to date 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z The governor, who is expected to accompany Obama to Master Lock, said it was necessary to rein in costs in a time of pinched budgets. Obama to stress "insourcing" as China counterweight 2012-02-15T13:38:02Z That meant delicate crepe dresses embroidered with lilies of the valley and pinched with tiny pleats at the front, wide-shouldered jackets and fur-trimmed coats. | Fashion Review: Exit Paris, Winking 2011-03-10T23:42:03Z In it, she drew on her experiences as an actor in repertory theatre to tell a tale of thwarted ambition and strategic sex, amid dusty stage flats and dustier streets in a pinched 1950s Liverpool. Which is the greatest Beryl Bainbridge book? 2010-07-02T11:24:00Z Cannes Chorus Vampire makeup, pinched breasts and an onslaught of sequins sometimes define Cannes fashion, as it does this year. On the Runway Blog: Cannes Chorus 2012-05-25T21:38:09Z “Because nobody wants to get pinched. Hit in the face, sure. But pinched? No way.” ‘The Hunt’ Showdown: 7 Months of Training; 7 Minutes of Combat 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z So the unsavory Peachums plot to have him pinched and hanged. Review: Mack the Knife would approve of Seattle Shakes' sharp 'Threepenny Opera' 2011-02-22T04:48:04Z Some dance with exaggerated technique, their faces pinched tight with discipline. Bomba: The Enduring Anthem of Puerto Rico 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z There is a video of Jane dancing on her own to each of these songs, apparently pinched from Hugh Grant's similar turn in Love, Actually. The BT wedding is hideous, but I've got a Polanski-inspired plan to liven it up 2011-03-20T22:30:01Z She shucks off layers: an overcoat belonging to a girlfriend, a scarf she pinched from around the throat of her husband. Margot Robbie: ‘I asked my girlfriends what they'd been through. And they were angry’ 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z He described numerous later incidents of abuse; he said that once Mr. Levine had pinched him painfully until he cried, and then continued pinching him, to wound him. James Levine Denies ‘Unfounded’ Sexual Abuse Accusations 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z “I pinched money to be able to see films and to make films,” he told The Guardian in 2007. Jean-Luc Godard, Daring Director Who Shaped the French New Wave, Dies at 91 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z You let out a clipped chuckle, then paused, took out your pocketbook, your brow pinched, and recounted our money. A Letter to My Mother That She Will Never Read 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Barasky has broken a hand and sprained a wrist in these games; lately, he had been playing with a pinched nerve in his back and a partially torn ligament in his thumb. ‘We don’t talk politics out here’: Democratic staffers vent stress on football field 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Some sweet dumplings are pinched in dough like the savory ones, such as tart dried hawthorn berries with white wood ears, or pear with eight treasures, which I now think of as fruitcake pirogi. Restaurant Review: Dumpling Galaxy in Queens 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Growing up in Orlando, he once begged his Taiwan-born mother for “white-people food” after classmates pinched their noses and mocked his lunches. The Acquired Taste of Fresh Off the Boat 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z She pinched a coat with military filigree, which belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte, at the shoulders, looking down on it. Tilda Swinton Stars in ‘The Impossible Wardrobe’ at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris 2012-10-01T02:54:14Z But he also injects into Trump’s speech an exaggerated shrillness, a pinched whine, that, when paired with the low notes, makes each sentence a broadly comedic seesaw. A Trump Impersonator Worthy of Being Called “A Disgrace to the World” 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z She even includes an innovative variation for chocolate puff pastry, which, following her detailed instructions, I pinched and sugared into adorable chocolate palmiers. The Year’s Best Baking Cookbooks, for Novices and Pros 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z Bunn says as the ceremony ended, she helped direct treatment and pinched and shook people to gauge their level of consciousness. Victim's roommate testifies in AZ sweat lodge case 2011-03-12T00:17:28Z And if a leprechaun spots you not wearing green, you’ll get pinched. Did Saint Patrick get rid of the snakes in Ireland? 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z His figures are pinched and elongated, like Mannerist cartoons, and often limned with thick, confident outlines. What to See in Art Galleries Right Now 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Dermota’s singing, though lyrical and tender, is sometimes a little reedy and pinched at the top. Classical Playlist: Puccini, Messiaen, Schubert and More 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Tight and pinched like lamp shades, full-length skirts trailed the paillette-strewn runway, and all-black evening dresses bristled with beetle-like clusters of jewels that twinkled in the glare of stage prop street lamps. Chanel dazzles Paris with starlit haute couture show 2011-07-06T01:10:54Z As an employee of Morrison's Hotel in 19th-century Dublin, he serves meals, polishes shoes and quietly stands at attention, acknowledging the guests with a pinched, almost inaudible "sir" or "ma'am." 'Albert Nobbs': Gender-bender is wistful, intriguing 2012-01-26T22:08:01Z From his tight-muscled posture to his pinched, effortful voice, Mr. Shannon here suggests someone for whom continuing to live is a painful act of labor. Theater Review: ‘Grace,’ With Paul Rudd and Michael Shannon, at Cort Theater 2012-10-05T02:00:00Z Historically, women bit their lips, pinched their cheeks, put dropper-fulls of belladonna in their eyes to reduce pupil size and enhance seductive powers. Cancer, animal cruelty, feminism: So why can’t I quit using makeup? 2014-01-04T23:00:00Z |
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