| 单词 | piquantly |
| 例句 | Amid the cousins’ piquantly expressed reproaches relating to the cultural, religious and historical aspects of Judaism, “Bad Jews” also hones in on the kind of long-simmering resentments that are the bane of many families. A zesty iteration of ‘Bad Jews’ at Studio Theatre 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Long fabled as a director, script doctor and dramatist, Ms. May first became famous as a master of improvisational comedy, instantly inventing fully detailed, piquantly neurotic characters who always leaned slightly off-kilter. Review: Elaine May Might Break Your Heart in ‘Waverly Gallery’ 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z After admiring a daffodil or tulip, the next step is to smell it; some are piquantly fragrant. Perspective | Gardens have largely lost their fragrance. Here’s how we can bring it back. 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z That was a half-baked story of adolescent growing pains, which lacked the piquantly detailed character portraits with which Mr. Gurney is associated. Review: ‘What I Did Last Summer,’ a Letter of Apology From an Ex-Teenager 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Maxwell has used this fact of life to his advantage in his own plays, when personality piquantly insists on asserting itself within the imposed numbness of his house style. Theater Review: ?Early Plays? by O?Neill From Wooster Group at St. Ann?s 2012-02-23T05:07:20Z But the character who registers most piquantly is one I scarcely remembered from the film: Travis the stoner. ‘Clueless, the Musical’ Review: The Film’s Charm Is Replaced by Sparkle 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z “What am I supposed to do about it? Dying day,” Mr. Schatz sang, confronting mortality with confidence and exasperation in his piquantly reedy voice. Landlady Previews Its First Album at Rough Trade NYC 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Like Mr. Hughes’s movie, “Spur” piquantly summons the mores and language of its time, filtered through the anguished self-consciousness of one girl at a particular moment in a particular culture. Theater: In London, Young Playwrights, Including O?Neill 2010-07-30T22:49:00Z With the strings often evocatively gauzy, wind solos slicing piquantly through the textures, he and Guerrero conveyed the work’s mercurial swerves of mood without affectation or exaggeration. Review: Schumann at the Philharmonic. Robert, Too. 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z But it all made for an evening of glorious music, tenuously and piquantly tied to history. Critic’s Notebook: A Boston Biennial Celebrates the Baroque Tradition 2013-06-18T21:16:06Z When asked about his influences, Albee once piquantly paired Sophocles and Noël Coward, and his work can be seen as a unique blend of tragic vision and hyper-articulate wit. The genius of Edward Albee and the inner voice that brought difficult truths to the stage 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z The five-member group that most people know as the Temptations is embodied with piquantly detailed individuality by charismatic, supple-voiced actors who astutely convey the imbalanced equations of ego and accommodation in their characters. Review: An All-Star Team in the Temptations Musical ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z You see it time and time again in the splendid film and television adaptations of her piquantly civilized novels. This is how you bring Jane Austen to the stage 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Like Mr. Hughes’s movie, “Spur” piquantly summons the mores and language of its time, filtered through the anguished self-consciousness of one girl at particular moment in a particular culture. London Theater Journal: 12 and Miserable 2010-07-29T15:47:00Z The chicken was not fried, and it was served sans the piquantly sweet sauce, relying instead on garlic and soy sauce for flavor. Peng Chang-kuei, credited as creator of General Tso’s chicken, dies at 97 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z But it carries many other levels of metaphor too, some of them piquantly lost on this audience. 55th Venice Biennale – review 2013-06-01T23:05:00Z Rather, taking literary license with the title character’s documented history, Palmer spins a cracking tale that, despite its disconcerting subject, is piquantly cheerful and compassionate. Birthing Bunnies: An 18th-Century Woman’s Bizarre Medical Hoax 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z The opening credit line — “Upside Down Films and Les Films Upside Down Inc. Present…” — piquantly suggests that the movie is a co-production of the twin planets. Upside Down: Defying Gravity and Logic 2013-03-15T12:00:10Z We also learn piquantly that “in Clementine’s mind what happened would forever be tied up with sex. Skanky, sleazy sex.” Review: In Liane Moriarty’s ‘Truly Madly Guilty,’ a Very Unfortunate Barbecue Indeed 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The effect is both piquantly engaging and dishearteningly synthetic, like a well-turned sound effect—one simulating the thud of a screenplay dropped on a desk. “The Kitchen,” Reviewed: An Engrossing Mob-Wife Drama That’s Relegated to a Table Read 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The festival’s most fully realized play was Jordan Harrison’s piquantly funny “Maple and Vine,” directed with verve by Anne Kauffman. Critic?s Notebook: Louisville Dreaming: Characters Exploring Boundaries 2011-04-04T21:55:20Z Long walks, long talks, long embraces behind the locked doors of his chambers had resulted in nothing more tangible than a series of headaches and sleepless nights or unusual tenderness towards his piquantly startled wife. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Also," she continued, "your voice is cultivated and modulated with just enough of the American accent to make it piquantly agreeable. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z The adana kebabs with ground chicken are redolent of red bell peppers and paprika, while the ground lamb version is more piquantly spiced — mainly by Turkish red crushed pepper that is less fiery than insinuating. | Englewood: At Levant Grille in Englewood, Turkish-Persian Fare - Review 2011-09-17T02:33:26Z It was enough for him that she was piquantly attractive in any character and that he found her marvellously stimulating and uplifting. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z Her nose wrinkled piquantly, her lips fell into beguiling curves. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z If, as the Cannes declaration proclaims, the Festival is an oasis of free expression, then it should allow filmmakers the right to express themselves, however piquantly, on screen or at their press conferences. Von Trier, Banned! Why Cannes Overreacted to All the Nazi, Hitler Talk 2011-05-20T00:45:23Z It addresses itself piquantly to the eye, and murmurs like a shell in the ear; but once out of sight and hearing, and it is only an excuse for light talk and laxity of thought. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z It was not ridiculous at all—it was piquantly delightful. The Belovéd Traitor That night Prince Boris wrote a long letter to his "chère maman," in piquantly misspelt French, giving her the gossip of the court, and such family news as she usually craved. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 In the pitiless daylight she was still piquantly beautiful, though her pale face was still smudged with the remnants of her ceremonial make-up and her eyes were veiled, withdrawn. World of the Drone He said so, bluntly, piquantly, in half a dozen memorable words, fetching yawn for period. The So-called Human Race Frank lent her his sealskin cap and she felt very grand, and looked piquantly radiant, as she revolved for her mother’s inspection before slipping into her big coat. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John The delightful sprite named Expectation, who had whispered so piquantly of this same eventful morn, had basely changed herself into a hideous vampire, and she muttered at him, in frightful, raucous tones. The Missourian The idea was delightfully novel; the girl beautifully audacious; the situation piquantly amusing. Carmen Ariza "Neither do you," he stated, in the matter-of-fact tone which he felt to be suited to the piquantly matter-of-fact in her style. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Then trim into even sticks and season it very piquantly with French mustard, a few young onions, pepper, salt and finely chopped parsley. Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them A lady piquantly relates her trials with an army of moles that she cannot "catch, kill, or drive away," although she has tried everything she has ever heard of. The Mayflower, January, 1905 The words suggested something piquantly metaphysical, magnificently vague, and Audrey followed the sermon a little way. Audrey Craven These, the only offspring of the iniquitous dame, were piquantly dressed in the journals for public parade. The Strollers The one nearest bowed to him and touched her hat: the action could not be called "fast;" still, it piquantly broke the bounds of very exact stiff propriety. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 The modes of speech and general atmosphere of a Scotch rectory differ piquantly from those of the manse. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland She raised her dreamy eyes as I passed; I had never seen her piquantly expressive face so grave. The Maids of Paradise I understood the signal, so piquantly given; and obeyed it. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness “How piquantly wicked he is!” she exclaimed, softly. The Strollers It was not, I need hardly say, told all at once, but was subject to the inevitable interruptions which render a dinner-table intimacy so piquantly precarious. The Talking Horse And Other Tales She reveals herself almost as piquantly in moods. Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath She was delighted with them and soon began to hum and croon unconsciously, the velvet of her voice mingling most piquantly with their sweet throaty English singing. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Her wide eyes were china blue, her nose piquantly retrouss� and she was as vacuously pretty as a wax doll. The Fifth Ace Those brown eyes assorted piquantly with his very fair hair. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales The fact that she had resisted the expert persuasions of the Baron—a subject on which the nobleman had discoursed piquantly on their ride to Berlin—had appealed to him. Erik Dorn Ah, I will write more about this blubberer, for the answer to him is piquantly involved. Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath And Fairy, her piquantly bright features clouded with an unwonted frown, crumpled a letter in her hand. Prudence Says So Really, she was most prepossessing, lively in her movements, her eyes burning, her mouth plastic and piquantly inquiring. Brazilian Tales She saw in his resolute mien the outward and visible sign of his inward determination, and she realized that the game so bravely and piquantly played since she met him was lost. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution With such peppery passages in great abundance the Diary is thickly and piquantly besprinkled. John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series The only trouble is that Fred—" and she turned to face him piquantly—"always takes in the whole world when he gets mad. The White Desert And yet, of whose face did hers piquantly remind him? The Heather-Moon Also he saw that she was piquantly pretty; a bravura type, slightly suggesting the Rialto at its best, perhaps, but equally suggestive of sophistication, travel, and a serene disregard of chaperonage. The Price She sang a Scottish song, she spoke piquantly of the amusing phases of life in a new country, and of her husband's need of congenial literary associates. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett With her dark, wide-brimmed hat, her remarkably fair hair, her fresh, clear complexion and her diminutive but piquantly womanly figure, she assuredly need not fear any ordinary comparison. Enter Bridget But oddly enough, this girlish jealousy of hers, this pretty spite—he found it piquantly charming. An Alabaster Box The whole is so piquantly flavoured and seasoned. The Black Cat A Play in Three Acts With this dark and venerable mass is piquantly contrasted the garish row of glittering shops filled with gaudy wares which forms the lowest story. A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg "Twenty-seven cents," piquantly answered the ribald urchin, grabbing the crouching dog by the nape. 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading It is chocolate-color and sharp, piquantly pleasant when hard and dry. The Complete Book of Cheese If as a boy I wanted to read something of a piquantly exciting character I sought in my father's encyclopædia for articles like: Obstruction, Constipation, Hæmorrhoids, Fæces, etc. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy We installed ourselves in one of the alcoves, with supplies of China tea and multitudinous cakes, and grew piquantly intimate, and then she explained her visit to my tailor's. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories And often the prospect thus sketched would piquantly allure a client. The Pretty Lady Viewed in profile her gracefully moulded nose, quivering with vitality at the nostrils, filled out a beauty that was distinctly modern, piquantly charming. The Torrent Entre Naranjos He was a member of various groups—the Imagist group, the Egoist group, the Sphericists, other groups piquantly named; versed in the new psychology, playing upon the word "pragmatism" as upon a violin. The Wrong Twin That night Prince Boris wrote a long letter to his "chere maman," in piquantly misspelt French, giving her the gossip of the court, and such family news as she usually craved. Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home It was the cleanly-cut, piquantly pursed-up mouth of William Pitt, as represented in the well or little known bust by Nollekens—a mouth which is in itself a young man's fortune, if properly exercised. A Pair of Blue Eyes Aye, but have you ever considered how much harder it is to praise than to censure piquantly? Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" I don't know when I ever read anything about myself that struck me so piquantly as that story about the old gentleman. Authors and Friends When Halibut or Flounder are steamed or baked in fillets, they call for a piquantly flavored sauce: Caper, Brown Tomato, Shrimp or Lobster. How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration Forty years ago Lady Kirkbank's long ringlets had been darkest glossiest brown, to-day she wore a tousled fringe of bright yellow, piquantly contrasting with Vandyke brown eyebrows. Phantom Fortune, a Novel Naturally, therefore, she was well acquainted with the new development at Tower Cottage, although the isolated position of that dwelling made thorough observation piquantly difficult. The Secret of the Tower And her lips were anything but haughty; they were a deep red and piquantly upturned at the corners. The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix She settled her dainty hat more piquantly on her rich dark hair, and smiled agreeably. Innocent : her fancy and his fact Lamb Chops Broiled: Potatoes in any form desired, Cauliflower or Brussels Sprouts, and practically any green vegetables, but piquantly served, are in order. How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration It had an infantile simplicity about it which contrasted most piquantly with her prophetic manner. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose But you are sure to have far more interesting and original things to tell about; it will read so piquantly, I'm sure, at Honolulu.' The Whirlpool The events of the next few days were piquantly bewildering to the world at large; to Belturbet, who knew dimly what was happening, the situation was fraught with recurring alarms. The Chronicles of Clovis The bright color came to the pink, girlish cheeks, gratified vanity danced in her violet eyes, and as she piquantly bowed her acknowledgments, this great breath of praise seemed to transfigure and possess her. Susy, a story of the Plains There was something piquantly mysterious about the man—who called himself an adventurer. The White Moll |
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