| 单词 | presentable |
| 例句 | His mother was endlessly concerned with being proper and worried about things Joseph couldn’t understand, like parties, and guest lists, and looking presentable. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Here, it looks as if people care—as if they’re always expecting company, so everything has to look presentable for strangers. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I’m perfectly miserable, but if you consider me presentable, I die happy.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “A fellow in my position’s got to look presentable.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Being presentable played a major part in my overall mood. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z ‘Time to get up and make yourself presentable. You are summoned to the Lord of the City to learn your new duties.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z From a large handbag embroidered with beads she takes out a clean one and makes the child fresh and presentable. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z On Sundays, if our clothes were presentable, my mother would take me and my brother to Sunday school. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come in, Mr. Stokely,’’ Mom said, quickly putting stuff away so the trailer would look more presentable. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “You took a very long time to change,” the office manager said to Miss Trixie, noting bitterly that her new ensemble was only a little more presentable than the robe and nightgown. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Luna knelt down and proceeded to make herself more presentable before facing her grandmother and Glerk—both of whom would likely want answers about her absence. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The result was slightly uneven, although once I buttoned the blouse, it was presentable. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z My very shoes and stockings were purified and rendered presentable. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z "I will see them. Pray give me a few moments to change into something more presentable." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We were presentable and on our best behavior when we finally arrived in Oakland, where Mother’s sisters and other brothers were waiting with the three limousines. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z With the straight, fair hair well brushed and tied behind with taffeta, the handsome jacket, the frilled, immaculate shirt, Johnny did cut a very presentable figure. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I bought our food at the market and cooked it as best I could and tried to keep Prim and myself looking presentable. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They really made an effort to make me presentable, as though I were a debutante to be presented to the King of England all over again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Over a month was required before I could get even halfway presentable pictures. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I had helped a lot, and I looked totally presentable in my tuxedo T-shirt, which was a real work of art. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The one he kept was black, which seemed to hide some of the inevitable wrinkles that came with travel, so he could arrive at his destination looking somewhat presentable. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z To help the migrants look more presentable, he brings a haircutter to the church. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “I’m going back to sleep. Could you wake me up in a little bit so I can make myself more presentable?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She declared she was at her wits’ end to come up with a presentable meal. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At the Charlestown ferry slip he washed in the cold sea water, and because the sun was warm sunned himself as he did what he could to make his shabby clothes presentable. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s fine,” she says, “but this time, you’re going to make the basement presentable, or else you’ll be ringing in the New Year on the couch, smack dab in between your dad and me.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z With some fussing and coaxing, my hair looked presentable. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Then he dusted off the penguins as well as he could, for he wanted everything to look as presentable as possible, in case Mr. Greenbaum should appear. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z A borrowed jacket and tie, however, made me superficially presentable as our bus driver let us out in front of the huge country house. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Day wanted Henrietta to be presentable for the funeral, so he’d only given permission for a partial autopsy, which meant no incision into her chest and no removal of her limbs or head. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “It is imperative that you look presentable. The kind of girl a woman would want around the house. Clean and well-spoken. But not too—” She shoots the other one a look. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Now he must be clean and presentable if he wished, to walk, not run, stroll calmly across that wide boulevard. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “You need to get going, so I can help Miss McKeene get presentable.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Now came the time to decide what to wear to look presentable in front of whites. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z With a few hours’ more work, a presentable model should be on display. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I ask him when my face is presentable again. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z But when a sentence is lousy, you can take steps to make it more presentable. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “There, that ought to make you look presentable,” she said, severely. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He sat up, trying to pat down his floppy brown hair into something presentable. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “But if they are to continue living in the house, they must be presentable. What if important friends of Lord Ashton’s drop by?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “I better get going. Make myself presentable for the cameras.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Some individuals occasionally would come up to the door and ask if they could peek in, and if the house was presentable we’d usually show them around. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I realized I must have looked more presentable, too, because Celina Aunty had given me clothes, and I’d bathed and combed my hair. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Keep my hair presentable and pretend I was elsewhere. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I began school at Howard Institute at a later age than was usual; my mother had not been able to buy me the necessary clothes to make me presentable. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, the moment I was inside, die place seemed wondrously presentable to me. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z For the fair to be even barely presentable in time for the ceremony, everything would have to go perfectly. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "Make her presentable," he said to no one in particular, "and make certain she knows how to pour wine without spilling it." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Instead, check the “attic” and its stacked and piled-up multitude of reasons a person might refer to his home as “not being presentable,” from the banal to the bizarre. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A sibling withdraws, rolling up the welcome mat for family 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Jones, 47, beside him, is as you would imagine a showrunner on a global TV series to be: presentable, groomed, articulate. Charlie Brooker: 'Happy? I have my moments' 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z Alison Luz makes a presentable stab at conveying Rossini's score on the piano, but firmer musical direction would tidy up more loose ends. The Barber of Seville (or Salisbury) ? review 2010-10-19T11:58:00Z The result is something that, while as presentable as a suit, is not one. For Paris Men’s Wear, the Next Stop Is California 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Though presentable, my looks had never been those of a "trophy" woman, so I needed to make an impression in other ways – and I didn't do so. Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure 2013-06-22T07:00:00Z But its presentable cousin is far more my speed. Ostrichpillow Light - the sleep turban that has transformed my long-haul journeys 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z I usually write the separate parts, and I have a rough score for myself that’s not really presentable. Critic?s Notebook: Four Young Pianists on the Rise in the Jazz Scene 2011-10-06T22:37:04Z “Very presentable,” is the reply; she’s disappointed, and you sense this exchange is frequent. ‘Hitchcock’ is surprisingly sunny 2012-11-30T03:28:09Z Despite all they’ve been through, the bodies are presentable enough for an open casket. Autopsies are nothing like “CSI”: My second career dissecting the dead 2014-01-25T13:00:00Z Rather, both characters are attractive, socially presentable people who are ordinarily, aimlessly and stubbornly self-absorbed. ‘Wander Darkly’ Review: After Death, a Fractured Life 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z “He might have changed his mind later. My job is to make this smooth enough to be presentable, but not so smooth that it becomes a conventional narrative movie.” How Orson Welles’s “The Other Side of the Wind” Was Rescued from Oblivion 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Short of jackhammering it all up and starting over, what can we do to make this smooth and presentable? How to repair cracked concrete steps Thursday night at Irving Plaza, G-Eazy, from Oakland, Calif., was presentable as ever — black leather trench coat, black T-shirt and jeans, thin gold necklaces, sunglasses and mid-1950s slicked hair. Music Review: G-Eazy Shows Two Sides at Irving Plaza 2014-03-28T21:47:04Z That sound has been changing, clearing up by degrees without sacrificing the band’s greasy mysticism — “Blessed Black Wings” from 2004, engineered by Steve Albini, was a breakthrough — but here the band is really getting presentable. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-22T13:57:00Z Some spaces were definitely not presentable, and my acquaintance is extremely image-conscious. Perspective | Miss Manners: Save a seat, not a swath 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z I considered an instrumental track to be finished, whereas now, I need to know what the song is about in my mind at least, before I consider it presentable to the rest of the band. Playing by Johnny Marr’s rules: “I love living in the modern world, but I just don’t accept a laptop as being a band member” 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Another prototype is the presentable, clean-cut young man who spends years escorting debutantes to society balls and who, when asked if he harbors any homosexual inclinations, is at a loss for words. Music Review: A Bachelor, Five Couples and All Their Tuneful Discontents 2011-04-08T23:21:13Z And it’s not that I don’t look presentable. None of this was supposed to happen until I got thin 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z As an academic, my closet is built around business casual—khaki pants and black slacks, sweaters and collared blouses—but looking presentable centers around how those clothes fit my body. None of this was supposed to happen until I got thin 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z But, of course, grooming has another, more common meaning, referring to the everyday habits we perform to be socially presentable. Always Well Groomed 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z “We needed it to look presentable because we had customers coming in,” said Philip Krim, the chief executive of Casper, referring to the apartment work space he hired Mr. Sherman to design. Office Interior Design on a Dorm Budget 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z With prime ingredients, carefully organized plates and nonviolent menu prices, Mr. Chow seems intent on making Hawaiian classics presentable for their introduction to New York. Restaurant Reviews: Noreetuh and the Eddy in the East Village 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z According to Urban Dictionary this is the “shirt or blouse that’s kept on the back of your desk chair to quickly be presentable for video conferences”. 'The Zoom shirt': how the pandemic changed work dress codes 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z “It was quite literally the home movies of a rich boating enthusiast,” Scherstuhl remembers, more like “a professionally edited keepsake” than a presentable feature. 'Four-walling': how film-makers pay to see their work on screen 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z “I’m trying to finish them,” he said, “so they will be presentable to society.” A Japanese Crime Thriller in Which Crime Is the Least of It 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z But it was only after a year of intense research, and hundreds of experiments, that I got some presentable results. Experience: I will be plastinated when I die 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z It’s not just about wearing the right clothes and being presentable. His Own Best Character 2011-05-18T20:55:46Z “This is not just a great painting by Artemisia, but one that hasn’t been seen in a presentable condition for generations,” he said. Damaged by an Explosion, the Canvas Emerged a Gentileschi 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z It is true that one should try to be what is called “presentable,” whatever that means in a particular context. Perspective | Miss Manners: Practice the life skill of ‘pretending not to notice’ 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z “We were working really long hours and we weren’t exactly presentable,” Ms. Hutcheson said. Noted: A Glut of Beauty Booking Apps Like StyleSeat and Beautified Hit the Market 2014-04-30T23:38:21Z The scarcity of presentable paintings at auction this week contrasted with the rich offerings in the art trade. Tracking the Elusive Masters 2010-07-09T14:30:00Z “I didn’t look like I just left the salon, but I looked presentable,” says Tuck-Horton. When every day is a bad hair day: Getting to the roots of our new reality 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z He doesn’t want, he complains, “to put the best years of my life into making suburban old dears presentable.” ‘Medusa’s Ankles,’ a Selection of A.S. Byatt’s Wildly Imagined Stories Across Three Decades 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Nobody thought that the film would be presentable... French New Wave photographs to go on show in London 2010-07-11T21:59:00Z “A large cut of meat has to come with rice to be presentable to guests,” she said. For Arab Americans, It’s Not Thanksgiving Without Hashweh 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The office hadn’t been her favorite place — as a Black woman, she felt she was expected to be friendly to everyone, look presentable and field inappropriate personal questions. Many Black women felt relieved to work from home, free from microaggressions. Now they’re told to come back. 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z Vocal standards are consistently presentable and often far more. Don Giovanni ? review 2011-08-24T17:41:34Z “It’s easier to make the commercial interesting than it is to make the weird presentable,” Mr. Sullivan said. Fashion Review: The Theater of an Italian Summer 2011-06-22T20:21:31Z I have gotten upset and asked why this is, just to get a mumbled response about the house not being presentable and how I don't understand what he has to go through. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A sibling withdraws, rolling up the welcome mat for family 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Somehow, I don’t think most men with beards would go for the clean-shaven look, if that’s what it took, but many women think they have to do so to be presentable sexual partners. From mowing the grass to cutting the flesh 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z It feeds more than enough party attendees, and it requires a little bit less work and way less decorating to make it look presentable. 17 best St. Patrick’s Day cake recipes, from the very green to chocolate stout 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z To make them presentable on camera, Krejca glued two tortillas together and placed cosmetic sponges behind the meat to keep the shells open. WD-40 and microwaved tampons: secrets of food photography revealed 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z It is a graphic, heartfelt lament by an inner-city mortician, who despairs as yet another mother begs him to make her dead son, gruesomely maimed by bullet wounds, presentable for his funeral. Daemond Arrindell returns poetry to the people 2013-04-05T01:39:16Z What I mean is that I'm not going to soften a case in order to make it more presentable. The boor's head 2010-05-21T23:03:00Z In 1994, while he was still a student, his “Dust Dances,” a work based on African xylophone music that he now describes as “my first presentable orchestra piece,” was accepted for the readings. The American Composers Orchestra Looks Ahead 2012-05-25T18:36:30Z Others hung the finished fabrics over large poles so they would become crisp and presentable. The Virus Won’t Revive F.D.R.’s Arts Jobs Program. Here’s Why. 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Bargatze said the prospect of investing thousands of dollars in the equipment necessary to create a presentable show has deterred many magicians from going virtual, especially older magicians. What if They Could Make the Pandemic Go Poof? 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Good-looking, polite, pre-med, Sam seems eminently presentable — but not to this family. Review: Zayd Dohrn Plumbs Muslim-American Rifts in ‘The Profane’ 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Since there are only so many ways to hide a body like mine, I need to look presentable. None of this was supposed to happen until I got thin 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z Not your average serial killer, this one's sociable, presentable and a big fish in the fishkeeping world – even if there's a grisly explanation for his success. This week's new films 2011-04-08T23:06:46Z Rituals once thought fundamental to organizing a presentable version of oneself for the public were now called into question. Dressing Up for Work … at Home 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Maggie thought it looked "scrumptious" and "really quite pretty" as she pulled her loaf out of the oven, but others were less convinced that theirs were fully cooked or totally presentable. Malt loaf is the must-try recipe from "The Great British Bake Off" 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Sixty years ago, there was a different code of what was presentable. 'Mad Men' fashion line debuts 2011-08-10T20:52:03Z Away from the presentable public areas, those dark corners and secret basements and attics corresponded to the spaces of our unconscious. Re-possessed: exploring Hereditary and Hollywood’s love of the haunted house 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z “It happens on a daily basis,” he says, “so when I leave the house I think, ‘Oh God, I’d better look presentable.’ 'It was madness': Game of Thrones stars on how it changed their lives 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z It was a movement pushed by girlfriends who wanted their boyfriends to look presentable, and perpetuated by Bravo.” Straight Talk: A New Breed of Fashion Bloggers 2012-01-12T00:29:19Z The Crawleys’ need to dredge up a presentable male relative also resulted in the show’s most interesting and multidimensional character, Matthew, ably played by Dan Stevens. Review: For the Crawleys and ‘Downton Abbey,’ the Beginning of the End 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z It’s a movie about a movie being made, and the movie being made is about finding perfectly presentable plaintiffs. ‘The Case Against 8’: Lights, camera, equality I grew up with the expectation that women are supposed to look presentable in public, part of which means hiding bags and blemishes with makeup. Feeling naked and exposed on Yom Kippur 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z One more in the many depressing notes in this affair is the fact that making the hideous presentable is still mostly a woman’s job. What it takes to be in Vogue 2012-06-11T14:58:00Z Looking presentable means hiding the most shameful parts of me. None of this was supposed to happen until I got thin 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z “It makes them look presentable, but it also helps them, emotionally and psychologically, to deal with the types of things that they’re confronted with in the world.” For Hurvin Anderson, the Barbershop Is Haven and Inspiration 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z While boxing was on the decline, mixed martial arts was evolving into a tamer, more socially presentable version of itself. Mixed Martial Arts Catches On With the Internet Generation 2012-03-14T21:49:31Z Frustrated, she joined a local space called Link Coworking, which offers birthday drinks, mixers and potluck dinners to members, as well as colleagues to look presentable for. Solo Workers Bond at Shared Workspaces 2013-05-03T22:47:22Z Looking presentable is the runner-up to looking thin. None of this was supposed to happen until I got thin 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z “I shaved my neck so I would look more presentable,” he said. Date Lab: They enjoyed a spirited conversation about conspiracy theories 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z I put up a portrait of my mother and my grandmother above the plastic-covered couch — or the best I could do to cover it in plastic — and made it look presentable. How do you have the same couch for 40-plus years? 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Callum Wilson missed a number of presentable opportunities before the break but got his goal 10 minutes into the second half, heading in from close range following another pinpoint cross from Trippier. Rampant Newcastle put eight past winless Sheff Utd 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z But at heart, this is a heist saga designed to enthrall in its ingenuity and ambition, one of the more presentable cases of cowboy spycraft from an us-versus-them time. Review: 'Neither Confirm Nor Deny' tells a real-life tale of spies, nukes and Howard Hughes 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Consider who is meeting, the possible impact on others and just how presentable you need to appear. After Affirmative Action Ruling, Legacy Admissions Take Center Stage 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z “When placed in the pits, the hands must have been soft and pliable enough to be stretched into a presentable position,” Dr. Gresky said. In Ancient Egypt, Severed Hands Were Spoils of War 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z I felt pressure to look nice and if I had worn my natural hair for a game, it would take me two or three hours to feel presentable after. 'It’s time to talk about black rugby players' hair' 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z “Birch had staged the body to look more presentable, laying the victim on a pillow, folding her arms over her chest, and putting perfume on her,” DeMarco said in a statement. Maryland woman, 27, pleads guilty to strangling housemate, 92 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Nature reports that “ChatGPT can write presentable student essays, summarize research papers, answer questions well enough to pass medical exams and generate helpful computer code.” Column: Publishers and media watchdogs are struggling with an onslaught of AI-written content 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z If you’re craving one more variation on the well-worn theme of promiscuous bloodlettings accompanied by glib verbal filler, Leitch has served up a presentable slab of grist for an increasingly creaky mill.” The 22 movies we hated in 2022 — and how to watch them, if you must 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The agents presumed that H-9 had been chosen for the mission because he was more sophisticated and presentable than other H-2 lieutenants. The Cienfuegos Affair: Inside the Case that Upended the Drug War in Mexico 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Canada were also left nursing a sense of injustice after they had two presentable penalty appeals ignored in the first half. Canada miss penalty as Belgium seal laboured win 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z He agreed to answer some questions but first wanted to get presentable and put on more clothes. Perspective | Kyrie Irving lit a flame. The NBA, top to bottom, watched the fire spread. 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Khieu Samphan, urbane and multilingual, was the nominal leader and presentable face of the Khmer Rouge and a member of its tight-knit inner circle. 16 Years, 3 Convictions: The Khmer Rouge Trials Come to an End 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z He packed his one presentable suit for the train journey north and began studying law in 1950. Mikhail Gorbachev has died, Soviet Union's last leader helped end Cold War 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z If you’re craving one more variation on the well-worn theme of promiscuous bloodlettings accompanied by glib verbal filler, Leitch has served up a presentable slab of grist for an increasingly creaky mill. Review | ‘Bullet Train’: A chaotic trip to nowhere, with Brad Pitt on board 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “As a football coach, what I have to do is I’ve got to make this team presentable as a football team on the football field and in the community,” he continued. Commanders finally back on the field after a turbulent summer 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z “They needed much more than makeup to be presentable. They needed extensive restoration. Why? Due to the exceptionally large exit wounds of an AR-15 rifle.” Matthew McConaughey Meets Biden and Pleads for an End to Gun Violence 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z He wore a grey shirt with just a hint of wrinkles, but had two spare ironed shirts delivered just in case he had to make himself more presentable. Convicted killer turned tech whiz confronts his sordid past 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z Hill, though, was surprised to see Floyd dressed that way, knowing his mother had taught him to look presentable when he was out on the street. How George Floyd Spent His Final Hours Making sure Granny is presentable in public matters because it shows that she is cared for. Perspective | My desire to be a mother took root while taking care of my grandmother 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Ukraine’s defense intelligence agency said that Russians were cleaning Mariupol’s central streets of corpses and debris in an effort to make the city presentable as “the center of celebrations.” As Victory Day Looms in Russia, Guesswork Grows Over Putin’s Ukraine Goals 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z That juxtaposition has left Ms. Le Pen appearing as the more presentable and acceptable far-right candidate, though it is not clear that much actually separates them. A Reinvented Marine Le Pen Threatens to Upend French Elections 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z At least one study has indicated that constantly looking at yourself to make sure you’re presentable and reacting appropriately is part of what makes being in video calls all day so tiring. Zoom’s new virtual avatars let you show up to your next meeting as a dog 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z It said razor blade sales rose by 14% and spend on deodorant increased by 20% as Britons strived to make themselves presentable. Savoury snacks and beef drive UK grocery inflation -Kantar 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Myers’s guest, it turned out, had stripped the linens to restore them to a more presentable state — before TikTok had made the practice a pandemic sensation. What is laundry stripping, and does it work? 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z You should be able to wake up and do whatever you fancy with your hair, and be fine in a workplace, be fine and seen as presentable or whatever you want. The world according to Dina... 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Iorio surmised that they had been purchased specifically for Zoom meetings so that people could look presentable to their colleagues “even if they’re in pajama bottoms” under their desks. Farewell to bras, ‘hard pants’ and business casual: How COVID-19 has changed what we wear and how we feel about clothing 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Ms. Le Pen is maneuvering to look more presentable for an election next year in which polls suggest she will reach the second-round runoff and may even be elected. French National Assembly Backs Law to Combat Islamist Extremism 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z The first officer on the scene tells his sergeant that Mr. Warnock seems “like a very presentable guy in a Tesla” and that his wife is “hysterical.” Raphael Warnock, From the Pulpit to Politics, Doesn’t Shy From ‘Uncomfortable’ Truths 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z His quick footwork was a constant threat but unusually he was let down by his supporting cast as Watkins not only missed from the spot but headed over another presentable opportunity. West Ham go fifth after pulsating win over Villa 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Sixth place may look presentable for Frank Lampard's men at the moment but they could slide down the league over the weekend and evidently, a large summer outlay is yet to pay dividends. Man Utd and Chelsea play out drab draw 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Money had poured in from the Armenian diaspora in the United States, France and Russia to help construct well-paved roads and presentable municipal buildings. ‘Then I Heard a Boom’: Heavy Weapons Take Toll on Civilians in Armenia-Azerbaijan Clash 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z With no time to spare, Ms. Brown made him presentable, and he went before the cameras. Lillian Brown, Makeup Artist to Nine Presidents, Dies at 106 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z One official mentioned that negotiations went down to the minute the plane took off, including trying to persuade the six men to agree to haircuts so they would be presentable in public. To Get to Afghan Talks, Lots of Last-Minute Deals — and Nose Swabs 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The Republicans had apparently scoured the country for safe, presentable people of color for months, and every one of them made it to the podium over the last four days. A dictator on downers: Slow-motion mass hysteria at the Republican convention 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z But whereas then makeup was used for semaphoring sexual ambiguity, now it is about appearing more presentable in the digital era. Is it time to try Trump's favourite concealer? The rise of men's makeup 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z But if you want to keep yours — and make it presentable — here’s how. Gentlemen, Take Control of That Beard 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z It’s a hulk of plastic that, for the money, actually looks presentable and low-profile. Lenovo’s IdeaPad Gaming 3 is almost a good $1,000 gaming laptop 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Everything about Agent Cooper’s look is, as it is with Draper, clean, neat, presentable and uniform: short back and sides; crisp, fresh suit, trenchcoat. Twin Peaks at 30: some damn fine outfits but what do they mean? 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z A small mirror to make sure he looks vaguely presentable. Column: When homeless people lose their possessions, they end up further from leaving the streets 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z “That’s a fairly private art. In some cases I heard the songs the minute they were presentable.” Perspective | In 1964, Peter and Gordon caused a near-riot in Alexandria. Peter’s back for more. 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z “People like buying wildlife. They buy for themselves to eat or give as presents because it is very presentable and gives you face.” 'Animals live for man': China's appetite for wildlife likely to survive virus 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z Whereas we have thousands of people living on cardboard mats, in tents, under bridges or in filth that wouldn’t be presentable at the Academy Awards. Seattle is so far gone on inequality we’re beyond the movie ‘Parasite’ 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z I think you can say a lot of things if you manage to be presentable. Perry Bible Fellowship’s Nicholas Gurewitch on making comics for the internet’s golden age 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z “I told him, ‘Hey, you might want to tuck in your shirt to look more presentable,’” Wilson said. Mass murder divided them. The pursuit of justice brought them together 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z “Integrating this, cleaning it up and make it readily presentable involved quite a bit of work, and it created quite a bit of information for the baseball world that otherwise would have remained hidden.” Man helps digitize baseball index card collection 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z All this unfolds against a perfectly realized backdrop of chilly boardrooms, drab offices and an L.A. apartment that Charlie races to turn into a presentable home for himself and Henry. Review: Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson will break your heart in the masterful 'Marriage Story' 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z “They are everywhere and they look presentable. Please alert your family and friends.” ‘It’s a fine target’: Census bureau to fight misinformation 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z “Sorry, you don’t get to create beauty standards that require women to spend hundreds or thousands a year to be considered presentable and then hate us for it,” tweeted the writer Jessica Valenti. Price of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's hair salon visit sparks cutting remarks 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z At the same time, “for our civic pride, it’s nice to have a building that’s presentable and that people can walk into,” he said. Workers' unease over homeless population prompts LAPD to shift patrols to Civic Center 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z They are young or youngish, attractive, stylishly dressed, and likely well-to-do—presentable people, presented. The Amy Sherald Effect 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who started alone up front, wasted a presentable chance just after the half-hour mark, after being set up by Séamus Coleman, and in some ways that was a sign of things to come. Wesley and El Ghazi sink Everton to get Aston Villa up and running 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z There was comfort in being perfectly presentable despite dingy bathrobes, sweatpants and tousled hair. Neighbors, not ordinances, make a neighborhood great 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z The striker’s hit-and-miss night continued when he squandered a couple more presentable chances before making the points safe in the Group I match by pouncing when Marshall spilled De Bruyne’s effort. Euro 2020 qualifying roundup: Romelu Lukaku’s double sees off Scotland 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Acknowledging that it’s tougher for female candidates — “to always have to look presentable when they run, always worrying about whether people approve” — he does have advice for Elizabeth Warren. He's dressed Cher and Carol Burnett. But now Bob Mackie is finally getting his own star turn. 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z But the campaign’s strategy is to depict Democrats as too extreme for the country, and it fears that candidates will seem more presentable if Fox News introduces them in a friendly way. 2020 Democrats Seek Voters in an Unusual Spot: Fox News 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z If anything, they should have had more to show for their superiority in that period, with two presentable chances squandered either side of the breakthrough. Own goal costs dear as Wolves rip into Manchester United’s top-four bid 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z My advice is to keep things in the trouser department plain and simple, with a casual/formal edge – that’s fashion speak for more laidback than a suit trouser but more presentable than a pyjama. What not to wear if you are a man over 50 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z The employee said Schultz said to make the players appear more presentable. Howard Schultz’s ‘nightmare’: How his first big gamble outside Starbucks ended in defeat 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z “The piece is the most visual and presentable way of understanding how someone’s presence affects the world around them,” Pastukhova says. At Artechouse’s new high-tech exhibition, you become part of the show 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Diamonds, he said, are not dependable, presentable cars that will get you safely where you’re going. The Secret to Buying the Perfect Diamond 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Men and women are unable to make themselves presentable for job interviews or work shifts; thousands of girls skip school because they can’t afford sanitary protection. Sali Hughes on Beauty Banks: 'A schoolchild thanked us for shower gel' 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z More presentable still was the opportunity that fell the striker’s way moments later. Andriy Yarmolenko’s horror miss leaves West Ham and Chelsea at impasse 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z He said he left the shelter before having a chance to shower and clean up and wanted to look “presentable”. Man mocked online for shaving on train says he was homeless and trying to clean up 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z He said he left the shelter before having a chance to shower and clean up and wanted to look “presentable.” Man caught shaving on train in viral video says don’t judge 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z You try a joke again and again until it’s presentable, but various audiences hear it in all its flawed and misbegotten amoeba-like early attempts. Opinion | Who Gets a Second Chance? 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z However with consistency on his side as well as a much more presentable profile, Kittel – the big German – has the advantage of a sprint train that works impeccably. Tour de France 2018: full team-by-team guide | Philippa York 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z When I get dressed for a flight, I walk the line between relaxed and presentable. How the 35-Year-Old Executive Director of Wikimedia Travels 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z What is clear is why they are going to Wonsan, which is probably the most presentable city in North Korea after the capital. In North Korea nuke site closing, spectacle trumps substance 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z I stopped frantically cleaning the kitchen and making the house presentable when the baby napped. I was convinced my baby deserved a better mum 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z “It don’t matter what you wear or how you wear it as long as you’re being respectful and being presentable,” Crump said. Crean era begins at Georgia with 3s, earrings for everyone 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z For his next visit to a Sikh temple, Coffman, 63, wants to grow a beard so he'll look presentable in a turban. Can this Colorado Republican in a diverse district survive despite Trump’s racial politics? 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z They simply must have young, able, presentable people to offer as candidates. White House Prepares to Formalize Tariffs but Floats Exemptions 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z He should head into the far corner because it’s a presentable chance but he tries to cushion it for Davies but his header is overcooked and Davies can’t stretch to divert it on goal. Watford 1-0 Everton: Premier League – as it happened 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z The loose, light fits is perfect for warmer climates, while the length keeps the wearer modest and presentable. Zara's $100 lungi lookalike amuses Asia 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Before the 16th century, spines had no printed titles and were considered the least presentable part of a book. The Great Bookshelf Debate of 2018: Spine In or Out 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z “They did an amazing job, I thought, in getting the place in any way presentable.” Jimmy Buffett sails to aid of regatta on storm-hit St. Barts 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z After giving birth to her second child, Valenzuela wanted a slip-on sandal that was more presentable than an Adidas pool slide. Beatrice Valenzuela brings together her heritage and love for L.A. in her signature collection 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z But he knows plenty of men who stop in just to look presentable on court. The busiest person at the U.S. Open just might be the hairstylist 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Ms Winser says that using colour is important, but doesn't override the overall need to look as smart and presentable as possible. Do the colours you wear at work matter? - BBC News 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The former Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback said that Kaepernick should embrace a “clean-cut” style and look more “presentable” if he wants to play in the NFL next year, getting rid of his afro. Vick sorry for saying Kaepernick needs to cut hair to play in NFL again 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z According to Vick, the free agent quarterback should “try to be presentable,” even if that means simply wearing his hair more tightly to his head. Michael Vick thinks Colin Kaepernick should ‘cut his hair’ and be ‘presentable’ 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z “The thing he needs to do is just try to be presentable.” Michael Vick: Colin Kaepernick should get a haircut 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z How do they manage to always look presentable? ‘Brexit,’ Uber, Cristiano Ronaldo: Your Thursday Briefing 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z It covers everything from choosing a bike and other gear to how to stay safe, calm and even presentable. Michael Dubke, White House, Chicago: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z “We hit all the entrances to the city. We are doing our best to make sure the city looks presentable.” West Virginia city workers, volunteers help massive clean-up 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Eduardo Berizzo’s team looked more threatening than in any part of the first leg and by half-time could reflect on at least two presentable opportunities that would have given the night a different complexion. Manchester United into final after Celta Vigo’s Roncaglia sets up nervous climax 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z And it’s hard to stay presentable for tourists. In Hollywood, superheroes and villains delight crowds – and sleep on the streets 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Why is it that Grand Central is, at least, presentable and has several pleasant places to eat, while Penn Station is truly a pit? New York Today: Penn Station Problems, Then and Now 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z It’s quickly cleared, but then Herrera slings over another very presentable ball that no one can quite reach. Burnley v Manchester United: Premier League – as it happened 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z It was a night of wasted opportunities for Stoke, notably from Austria playmaker Marko Arnautovic, who spurned a series of presentable chances with uncharacteristically sloppy footwork. Burnley beats Stoke 1-0, boosts survival hopes in EPL 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Raheem Sterling could not find the final touch to David Silva's cross in the first half, with Fernandinho missing a presentable finish standing behind him. Manchester City 1-1 Liverpool 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Sutton were far from finished, and created four presentable chances in quick response. Sutton’s Deacon dares to dream but Arsenal finally end FA Cup fairytale 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Yet she wants to be, I suppose, very presentable but neutral. ‘Big Little Lies’ on HBO sees Nicole Kidman become executive producer 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z You will use at least half a pack of napkins in an attempt to look presentable. Your alternative Valentine's Day dining guide: No reservations required 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z My fear is that after his impeachment, he will be replaced by a more presentable/acceptable form of evil. A ‘Resistance’ Stands Against Trump. But What Will It Stand For? 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z He is the best finisher at the club by a mile and the sight of Silva or Raheem Sterling squandering presentable opportunities only reinforces the fact. The time has come for Manchester City to make a Premier League statement | Paul Wilson 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Ross’ private equity firm buys failing companies and repairs them to make them presentable to investors. Commerce Secretary Nominee Declares Favors 'Sensible Trade' 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Its grand structures are being Made Great Again — or, at least, as presentable as possible for a mass inauguration audience. What to Watch: Closer Look at Health Secretary Nominee 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z They’ve been on the good side of ugly so far, but they need to start looking presentable. Jay Gruden, Redskins need to try winning pretty 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z In person, they are known for being almost spookily presentable. Ivanka and Jared’s Power Play 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Or if you're going door to door to drum up the votes, you might easily talk yourself into buying a new outfit, to look more presentable. The Costs of Volunteering for a Political Campaign 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Going by the pictures I’ve seen, a very presentable looking man, clean cut, fit, good hair, nice smile, teeth in good repair, fashionable glasses, nothing outwardly suspicious about him. The Scope of the Orlando Carnage 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z ‘But I’m not so sure that you guys are very presentable.’ The man who answered the call to save BlackBerry 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z “Non-irons ensure you look presentable all day,” said Eugene Ree, senior director of men’s design at Banana Republic, who favors the brand’s Grant style, notable for its tailored fit. The War Over Non-Iron Shirts 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Once the media mob has worked you over there’s not much the undertaker can do to make you look presentable for the wake. WESLEY PRUDEN: The great Republican snipe hunt 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z He was considered by many to be the future of the Republican party, similar to his popular dad, Ron Paul, though less ideologically stubborn and more presentable to the American public. Is Bernie Sanders doomed to the same fate as Ron Paul? 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Your mom was right: You always need to look presentable when you leave the house. Look Ahead: Four Steps to Better Relationships in the New Year 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z All useful, smart and presentable, never frivolous or attention-seeking, hers are humble clothes. Carol: forget Cate Blanchett and look at Rooney Mara's beatnik style 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z He’s more presentable than Webb or Chafee but it’s the first time he’s ever tried to get to the left of anybody and it shows. This is still Bernie Sanders’ moment: He’s right on the big issues, now he must communicate it 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z He’s finding a decent variety, but unfortunately that variety includes a couple of presentable deliveries for batsmen, one of which is cracked straight down the ground for four by Hafeez. Pakistan v England: first Test, day one – as it happened 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z It says employees should be “conscientious, respectful, hospitable, high energy, infectiously enthusiastic, happy, presentable, smart, polite, motivated, ambitious, curious and honest.” Chipotle Is Hiring 4,000 New Workers Today 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Walcott looked sharp and lively, even if he turned another presentable chance wide, and Fabian Delph’s introduction gave England another player with the pace to get behind San Marino’s defence. Wayne Rooney the record man helps blast England into Euro 2016 finals 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z And you don’t want to stay doing something past the point where you feel confident and presentable. Garrison Keillor on retiring, the trouble with nostalgia, and the state of America 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z “I think we always gravitate to characters who are, on the surface, not the most presentable,” Mr. Pulcini said. ‘10,000 Saints’ film examines 1980s New York punk culture 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z They often reward the most presentable according to the Western cultural ideal of beauty. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Body Shaming Black Female Athletes Is Not Just About Race 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z My new haircut, given to me by a man who thought I was a cop, was the only thing that made me look presentable or sane. The Actual Hollister 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z At the 1987 PGA Championship, a fungus left portions of the greens at the Champions Course nothing but brown dirt and sections were dyed a dull green to make them look presentable on television. Maybe what Chambers Bay really needs is a little perspective: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z El Al says the directive to wear "presentable shoes" is standard in aviation worldwide. Israeli flight attendants protest airline's high heel policy 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Ivanovic then nets a presentable second serve, before Makarova is wise to the drop shot, charging to the net to seal the game. French Open 2015: day eight – as it happened 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z His disintegration is vividly conveyed by Mr. Glover in an extraordinary scene in which the president’s wife and his doctor try to make Wilson presentable for visitors. Theater Review: First Lady Runs the Country When President Wilson Can’t 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z "Mr Gray called today, he is presentable, but black," a War Office memo reads. The officer who refused to lie about being black 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z How do I—cheaply—keep the front of my house presentable and water-wise? My Lawn Is Worse Than Yours 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z I tried to look as presentable as possible. A Crash Course in Two-Wheeled Survival 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z Ivanovic then nets a presentable second serve, before Makarova is wise to the drop shot, charging to the net to seal the game. French Open 2015: day eight – as it happened 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z I could go in and make sure I looked presentable before the vote. At 68, an Art Professor and Lawmaker Sees Her Work as Unfinished 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z They can’t be washed in a machine, but wool naturally repels dirt and can be kept presentable with vacuuming and spot-cleaning. Davenport teacher continues the art of primitive rug hooking 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z Highway 6 past Walmart, is at least presentable these days and no longer looks like the main street in a zombie movie. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The group's website says the honor is meant to spotlight businesses that work to keep the neighborhood clean and presentable. Chicago Strip Club Is a Good Neighbor 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Even small things like making the town more presentable. Editorials from around Oregon 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z More than a fairy-tale phenomenon, “huffing and puffing” at the Rose Parade means forcing flowers to open up before they're ready so they'll look presentable for the New Year’s Day event in Pasadena. The coldest Rose Parade ever looms, but flower handlers carry on 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z You’ll be well on your way to making that rectangular piece of plastic, a little prettier or at least more presentable. 3 Secrets of Better Gift Card Giving 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z I’m trying, as our business grows and we have more important meetings, to look more presentable. ‘I have 200 or 250 pairs of trainers’: meet the men who are hopeless repeat fashion buyers 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z “Are you fat? No problem, but at least wear suitable clothes, so that you look presentable.” Motivational Speaker Finds Eager Audiences in a Struggling Iran 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z In Miami, Josefa Espinoza, 43, is all too aware of the struggles facing her family on the island to make sure their children go to school in presentable uniforms. In Miami, the Cuban school uniform finds a market 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Farrell missed a presentable penalty in what seemed to be the final chance for Saracens to steal the points, but Strettle's intervention secured the win and the bonus point. Saracens 34-28 Wasps 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Had some uneasy moments, particularly when a poor clearance opened up a presentable chance for Norway. How England rated against Norway 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Balotelli’s movement, link play and work rate were impressive but he was wasteful in front of goal, missing three very presentable chances. Liverpool’s ‘third man running’ tears Tottenham system to shreds 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z "The ottoman allows the room to look presentable," Chow said. A modern, beautiful interior in Silver Lake that goes great with kids 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z While the study was far from scientific, the CIO did some time‒motion analysis with wages across clinical workflows to arrive at a presentable figure for Board approval. What's The ROI Of A Smartphone Given To Patients With A Chronic Health Condition? 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z At times this exhibition is like going on a tour of east London with one of Ukip's less presentable candidates. Gilbert & George review – a dirty-mouthed atheist onslaught 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z It turns out that the green gunk was paint applied to the field to make it look presentable for television. World Cup Throwback Thursday: When Pele Came To America 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z There are also classes on the “upsell”: how to persuade customers to purchase the shampoos, conditioners, gels, mousses, foams, sprays, waxes, balms, creams and pomades they’ll need to look presentable. Getting your hair cut by a stylist-in-training is no big deal. It’ll grow back, right? The FN's problem is that no matter how hard it tries to be presentable in the present, its past is omnipresent too. Are the fascists coming back to France? 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z I watched our brave Fallen Soldiers return home through Dover Air Force Base, where a crew of trained experts would lovingly prepare their brethren to be presentable to their families for their final visit. SungardASVoice: On Memorial Day, Remember The Price For Freedom 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z “Our hope is get started this year with at least putting a new façade around the building so it’s more presentable, and further developing plans for tenants.” Redevelopment plan for historic Tumwater Brewhouse 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Remember you will be making a first impression on a potential landlord, so be sure you look presentable and show up to apartment tours on time. A Guide for Renting Your First Apartment 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z In the eyes of the young voters, candidates are rushing to be perceived as presentable, articulate, performance-oriented and of significance in their parties. India Ink: Bangalore’s Enthusiastic Young Voters Reflect New Kind of Politics 2014-04-17T14:56:34Z He began his political career as the slick, presentable TV face of Labour in the 1960s but ended it by campaigning against pretty much all that New Labour stood for. Tony Benn - a tribute 2014-03-14T12:31:50Z "I wish we'd been able to make it more presentable," he said. Fisherman Regrets Roughing Up Giant Squid 2014-01-14T18:15:05.326Z Swill contains an awful lot of animal fat, and these animal fats produce a very greasy, oily fat on the meat, it's not very presentable, it looks poor quality. Should pig swill from waste food be back on the menu? 2013-08-21T00:46:58Z The first part of your homework is to create a presentable profile for yourself. Get a Great Mentor Through LinkedIn: 5 Steps 2013-06-14T14:30:00Z Bustos Moyano missed two presentable chances from the tee as Argentina's resurgence at the start of the second half failed to make an impression on the scoreboard. Argentina 3-32 England 2013-06-08T21:10:22Z I want him to look presentable, be a professional.” On Basketball: Knicks’ J.R. Smith Wins Sixth Man Award 2013-04-23T01:53:24Z They spurned a further clutch of presentable chances, with the outstanding Mohamed Salah blowing a gilt-edged one-on-one with Brad Friedel and it was debatable who was the happier to hear the full-time whistle. Tottenham 2-2 Basel 2013-04-04T21:13:00Z These people are skilled at taking complicated reports and ideas and boiling them down to something more presentable. Former press secretary Mike McCurry on how to be a good communicator 2013-04-02T19:53:58Z The focus of many companies is now on comfortable and presentable offices, which would help attract employees, increase collaboration and be adequate for clients. Insight - A casualty of the financial crisis: The corporate palace 2013-03-04T07:02:30Z And there's another threat to Apple on the horizon: the upcoming Windows 7, which those who've tried it say is much more presentable and usable than Vista. Boot up: netbook chowder, tablet truths, comment stats, ZTE's newest and more 2013-01-01T06:30:00Z “But I’ve built it into something that is quite presentable,” he added, back on 72nd Street after the rehearsal, at nearly midnight. Character Study: The Maestro of Flushing 2012-12-08T07:21:23Z Brendan Rodgers saw Liverpool miss several presentable chances in the draw at his former club Swansea. Brendan Rodgers does not expect Liverpool to spend big in January 2012-11-26T11:15:22Z The Saracens director of rugby, Mark McCall, was an unhappy man after his side struggled to create try-scoring opportunities and botched a series of presentable kicks. Worcester 12-3 Saracens 2012-11-23T23:53:51Z "But if you want to be idolized by your students, looking presentable plays a part." India Ink: In Bangalore, a 'What Not to Wear' for Teachers 2012-11-22T05:54:05Z But that introduced a new wrinkle to their day: trying to find a presentable outfit. Displaced by Storm, Students Face Long Trek to Temporary School in Queens 2012-11-15T03:21:51Z WWE, as the wrestling extravaganza is now known, tried to clean up its image during the Senate campaign in an attempt to make itself more presentable as family fare. Big names in sports thrown for losses by voters 2012-11-07T17:04:13Z Rodgers watched his side secure a goalless draw on his return to former club Swansea on Sunday, where they lacked the cutting edge to claim the three points despite having several presentable chances. Brendan Rodgers does not expect Liverpool to spend big in January 2012-11-26T11:15:22Z During the time I was attending school, they took out the elevator to make the entryway and dining hall more presentable, figuring all they needed to do was provide a handicapped-accessible bathroom on this floor. A Wheelchair Tour of Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa 2012-11-05T17:45:34Z They have played in one 45-year-old ballpark that had to be overhauled just to make it borderline presentable and another $611-million palace with views of the Capitol dome. Ex-Expos have unique view of the Nationals’ rise 2012-09-19T01:18:46Z Unlike the other scruffy village children, Meena made an effort to stay presentable. Opinion: For India’s Children, Philanthropy Isn’t Enough 2012-09-16T00:39:00Z Italy dominated possession, struck the woodwork in normal time and extra-time, and spurned numerous presentable opportunities as England heaved to contain a team inspired by the peerless Andrea Pirlo at their heart. Euro 2012: Roy Hodgson upbeat about England's future despite exit 2012-06-25T00:05:20Z The Rakhine state violence is perhaps as big a test for Myanmar's media as it is for a government desperate to put on a presentable face for the outside world. Violence tests Myanmar's media, and its censors 2012-06-14T05:43:08Z Evidently, too, he had made some attempts to render himself presentable in general company. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z We started with just painting the building and making it a presentable and welcoming environment. SchoolBook: Susan Barnes: 'Believe You're Worthy' 2012-04-23T15:00:57Z She was glad that she happened to have on a presentable dress, so that she need not keep the minister waiting. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z After Boonen crossed the line, an employee of his Omega PharmaQuick Step team cleaned him up a bit with a quick wipe of his arms, face and legs, making him presentable for television interviews. Column: Federer, Messi and ... Boonen 2012-04-09T20:01:15Z It’s remarkable to think that in the 19th century “the park was simply a kind of protector, a presentable front yard,” said Christopher Gray, who writes the “Streetscapes” column for The New York Times. Big Deal: Central Park: Goodbye Malaria, Hello Condos 2012-03-24T11:15:23Z But I advise you to make yourself a little more presentable before you seek her. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z "Pardon me, Excellency; as you perceive, I am not presentable." Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z This is the proper foundation for a good specimen, and illustrates how all such subjects should be pruned to keep them stocky and presentable in form. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The brush had been cleared away, the ground leveled here and there, some rudely cut ties were set in place, and the layout showed a presentable and scientifically laid put and graded roadbed. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z The daughters of the professional class and of those below them in the social scale were as well educated, as intelligent, as personally presentable, as those whom a partial chance had made conventionally their superiors. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z Speaking of food reminds me that you probably have some sort of midday refreshment here, and that I would better arrange for accommodations and make myself presentable. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z She employed a young man - university-educated, articulate, presentable - seemingly an ideal choice. Africa's land of business opportunities 2012-02-13T00:28:53Z All this, at The Place, far up in the North Jersey hinterland and all to make him presentable for the Westminster Kennel Show at New York's Madison Square Garden. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z “How you do talk, Ag,” said Ruth, admonishingly, and considering herself presentable, she went through the bedroom into the front room, or “parlor,” of the flat. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z Then Sir Miles and his wife came, who I thought quite agreeable nice People, and Diana's Father and Aunt, rather Bourgeois, but, on the whole, presentable. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Leah, by the way, had made herself presentable, and looked tidy enough in a clean white cap and apron. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z “Yes’m, it’s done all cleaned up now,” murmured the old colored servant as he departed, having made the side porch presentable again. The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat How they sailed away, what happened on the voyage, and what was discovered 2012-01-20T03:00:16.183Z Eli Manning hangs around in front of his locker looking like a kid about to be sent back upstairs to change into something more presentable. Falcons-Giants: Eli Manning belongs among NFL?s elite quarterbacks 2012-01-06T17:00:00Z There they washed, and freshened up their apparel, and otherwise made themselves more presentable. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z We had no note of that sort to produce, and I perfectly recover the effect of my own repeated appeal to our parent for some presentable account of him that would prove us respectable. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z Even as the Schnorrer spake it flashed upon Grobstock that Manasseh was more presentable with the salmon than without it—in fact, that the salmon was the salvation of the situation. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z As soon as the doctor comes, we’ll make him more presentable; but as I’m not sure about the last bandages I put on, he can’t be moved till then. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z As the three labored to get Fenn into some sort of presentable shape, numerous turtles crawled around them, evidently disturbed by the unaccustomed visits. Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp 2011-12-11T03:00:12.153Z For, till then, they were hardly presentable, both having had every hair singed from their heads, while Sam, who wore a moustache, as a rule, merely retained a few straggling ends of that appendage. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z One of the actual penalties of this is that so few of such ancient importances remain definable or presentable. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z Have them cleaned, tidied, made presentable; Miss Lindsay shall commence on them as soon as she arrives. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z With the addition of sweater, scarf, blazer, and cap, it is presentable in social conversation—indeed, in the streets of the city. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z Rolls, butter, hard-boiled eggs, and fruits, together with the coffee, constitute a very presentable breakfast. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Five days later, when the ship put into Quebec, both were moderately presentable, though Joe still had his hands in bandages. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z Wouldn’t you prefer to make yourself presentable for the street and then join us there—in about ten minutes, say?” Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z If a bachelor has manners, discretion, and presentable evening dress, he need never pay for a dinner in Paris, so long as the Colony knows of his existence. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z She was a very nice and entirely presentable girl and he would not let her have even a cup of tea in the dining-room. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z That is they cannot be maintained in good presentable form and prolific bearing indefinitely, because it is difficult to reproduce the fruit spurs on the lower part of the stem. Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada 2011-11-17T03:00:30.320Z As for myself, I shall try to make myself presentable and to do you credit. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Though I remained there for some time, however, they did not emerge again, and at last I was compelled to go in and make myself presentable without having seen them. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z The possessor of a single suit of presentable clothes, the knees of which I was even now deteriorating past remedy—and of a heart tapestried with purple and gold, filled with an almost insensate ambition! In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z I told him, 'Enjoy the ride, and have your wife dress you so you look presentable.' He's no Charlie Hustle when it comes to bill paying 2011-11-05T04:38:04Z I had letters to some of the foreign ministers, but did not present them, as I was hardly presentable myself without my carpet-bag. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z Altogether, what with frayed garments, leaky boots, a battered hat, and a general out-at-elbows air, I was scarcely presentable in any society a grade above that of the hairy Ainu. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z On a rainy day, clean shoes are especially crucial for the presentable protester. City Room: #OccupyWallSt Roundup, Day 41 2011-10-27T18:12:36Z And so the pleasant facile days went by in idly roving, idly writing, meeting interrogatively his predestinate experience and setting the more presentable answers down. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z "A pretty housemaid, whom no training could have made presentable." A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z Now this was the very constitution which Paine, in his answer to Burke, had made comparatively presentable; to this day it survives in human memory mainly through indulgent citations in "The Rights of Man." The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z He was immediately called for, and to his great embarrassment, for his appearance was far from presentable, was asked by McClellan to make a report of the situation himself. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Taking into consideration the dirty and untidy habits of the Turks, the room was fairly clean and presentable. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z And there was no doubt whatever that her presentable but brainless young husband had fostered this fallacious conviction. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z Loyal disciples of the better-educated sort have assisted in its rewriting, and it is now a very presentable kind of affair as to its literary form. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z She was next informed that she could not be presentable without a French pelerine of embroidered muslin. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z I had enough clothes on to be presentable in white folks' society, when there come a whoop up the back stairs. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z And I certainly did want a lot, before I looked at all presentable. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z And they must take me in hand and try to make me presentable. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z Indeed, Winona had great difficulty in holding onto Hike the Camp Cat, who had grown by now into a very presentable, if fat, Maltese kitten. Winona of the Camp Fire 2011-08-28T02:00:35.510Z She had no relations, but she talked incessantly of her friends—for so she called every person whom she knew by sight, provided always that they were presentable people. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z Sin as plain sin shows a glazed surface, quite decently presentable; it is only when it is particularized that the monstrosities below are hideously revealed. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z She would have to change gowns again in order to be presentable for the trip to Hamilton. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z And I don't the least know what this girl is like, not even whether she is presentable. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z She sang with a presentable contralto, a passable baritone, an effete basso, and an almost despicable tenor. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z His regiment consisted of about twelve hundred presentable men, with an artillery company, furnished with six brass field-pieces, which the company had become expert enough to fire off twelve times in a minute. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z It's only envy if men condemn your conduct; their much-talked-of morality is nothing but malice, in a suitable, presentable guise. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z I must go on to the Hall and make myself presentable. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z Fitzhervey and the other men were in evening dress, drinking coffee; there was not a trace of bottled porter anywhere, and it was all very brilliant and presentable. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z We rouge our corpses in our time again, but with the idea of making them presentable for this world. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z He carries himself well, and he is altogether much more presentable than you would expect under the circumstances. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z Do go, and brush your hair, and put on another frock, and make yourself presentable. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z Evidences enough remain to show the visitor that these grounds must once have been in a much more presentable condition. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Jolly had got hold of a very presentable desk in his trading. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z His cloak and hose were shabby and weather-stained, his doublet was still less presentable, his cheeks were hollow, and there were dark circles under his eyes. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z In a very few minutes I was sufficiently presentable to proceed on my errand. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z It took time to get hold of Busy Buzzy and be assigned to our rooms, and more time to make ourselves presentable. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z They cannot act decently; with all their making up they are scarcely presentable. Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z Next to arsenic, which is no longer used, undertakers insist nothing else preserves the body long enough so that it is presentable for public viewing and can be shipped. Despite Cancer Risk, Embalmers Stay With Formaldehyde 2011-07-20T19:47:59Z If the whole case were presentable in English, none but English authorities would be mentioned. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z In the meantime we had made ourselves as presentable as possible, and had quite succeeded in convincing the lieutenant of the truth of our story. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z Though unfit for children, it cannot be called indecent; some slight omissions, and such a flattening of the heroine’s part as might confidently be expected, would leave it perfectly presentable. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Miss Miggs was dressed now and looked more presentable than she had when endeavoring to escape from the hotel in her raincoat and slippers. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z A bath and a shave did much towards making our young men presentable. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z When I was serving as literary editor of the Evening Post, a very presentable person came to me bearing a note of introduction from Richard Henry Stoddard. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Shorty was game and in a twinkling of an eye we had him rigged out as a very presentable if rather youthful "beau lover." A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z Affable and presentable, with hangdog eyes and a vast mesa of graying hair, the new mayor proved a natural politician. A City?s Wrenching Budget Choices 2011-07-05T02:53:57Z The descendants male of the ex-army vet were a great deal less presentable than the descendants female—and this she knew. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z After which, in renewed attire and presentable once more, they appeared among the rest of the household. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z He is perfectly presentable: tall, slender, elegant,—with a little more repose he would really look distinguished. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z She had done something to her hair, and had tried to make her hands more presentable. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z "May I wear long sleeves then, aunt?" said Agnes with considerable animation, from having suddenly conceived a project, by means of which she thought she might render herself and her sables presentable. The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z "But, Señor Conde, really we are scarcely presentable in such a company," he added, as he looked down on his dust-covered boots and dress. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Newly sponged and pressed, it was quite presentable, if a little heavy for the season; moreover, it lacked the lustre and style of her later acquisitions. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Servants came with water and towels, and cleaned his garments sufficiently to make him presentable, while other men groomed his horse. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z It did not occur to me that she also was very far from presentable in civilised society. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z Before we arrived, he opened the way for us so that we looked quite presentable, considering the fact that we were traveling. Riches of Grace A Compilation of Experiences in the Christian Life 2011-06-21T02:00:23.800Z Harriet and Miss Elting made the girls as comfortable and presentable as possible, though it was apparent that both girls and clothes needed a thorough scrubbing. The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike 2011-06-13T02:00:31.687Z With this Austin vanished, to return in a few minutes with a fairly presentable umbrella. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z He had bought an old ramshackly paint-shop on the main street of the town, and had fixed it up so that it was quite presentable as a garage. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z Why should I think of this, while looking in the glass to assure myself that I was presentable? Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z "You need only fresh garments, and a comb to be entirely presentable." Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z Some one must be presentable when we get to camp.” The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike 2011-06-13T02:00:31.687Z Obviously, some divisions are necessary in order that the variegated subject may be presentable. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z Ruth insisted upon stopping at the first brook they came to and Sammy was made presentable—his face and hands scrubbed and his clothing brushed. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z Dr. Prescott was in her stateroom, making it more presentable, she said, so it was the first opportunity to talk over Bess’ experience. Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays 2011-05-22T02:00:14.900Z "It's awfully good of you, Sophie, but I think my gown is quite presentable." Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Mr. Bursal, pray before you go to her ladyship, do send my ooman to me to make me presentable. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z It had been the opinion of the Army Board that Mr. Smith was far too fat to make a presentable cadet. A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism 2011-05-15T02:00:10.653Z “Be presentable this time, wear a suit,” Krause told Jackson, despite his own reluctance or inability as a short, rounded man to look the part of the well-groomed jock. On Basketball: Jackson?s Great Debt to Jerry Krause 2011-05-09T21:59:31Z Sarmento’s office in Recife turned out to be only somewhat more presentable. Magazine Preview: What Happened to Air France Flight 447? 2011-05-04T15:34:59Z "Now if you'll help us up with these bundles—" It was a presentable beginning for their collection. Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z Then Constance Hadlow, whom Mrs. Dormer-Smith had unwillingly invited to lunch one day with her former schoolfellow, proved to be in every respect "most presentable," as Aunt Pauline herself candidly admitted. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z I made myself presentable as quickly as possible and went forth to report to her. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z Well, these young beauties have given the lad the idea that he's the making of a great artist, a budding Rubens at the least, whereas I'm convinced he couldn't even turn out a presentable signboard. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z He spent some time in wringing out his saturated habiliments, and making himself presentable for the hotel. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Really, now that one could look at him well, the man was very presentable in person as well as in manner. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z And if you say the girl will be presentable I'd like to have her come. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z A tip spurred the hostler's efforts, and finally Satan was as presentable as a horse possessing his peculiar anatomy could be. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z I would, with pleasure; but, as you see, I'm not quite presentable just now—anything but fit for a drawing-room. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z "None at all, but I'd have been a tarnation sight more presentable if somebody had taken me in hand and licked me into shape." The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z The countess might have added, but she did not, as much from prudence as politeness: "And you, my good Podoi, will scarcely be of a figure to make a presentable husband then." Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z In fact, out of some two dozen passions, the only presentable personage was Self-esteem, a prettyish red-haired girl, with an expression of fun about the eyes. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Really," Mr. Ebling protested, as we came to Myrtle Boulevard, "I'm not presentable enough to lunch with your friends. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z “I thought we might make them presentable and then cut and paint symbolic totems on them to make them look like genuine Indian seats,” said Miss Miller. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z Suppose you leave me alone with him now, while I make his head a bit more presentable.” The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z She could be certain that M. Daubrel was an excellent man, rather commonplace perhaps, but presentable enough, and even fairly good-looking, who would no doubt do his best to make her happy. Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z In an hour they brought the unfortunate missionary, having taken some time to make him look presentable. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z He found soap and a razor resting behind the washstand, and with these started to make himself presentable. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z She looked far less presentable without her hat and things. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z Can you be induced to leave your work for the rest of the day and make yourself presentable to join us in the garden?” The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z She had to have a woman of whose character they were assured, and sufficiently presentable to pass muster with the master and the servants. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z He had built a new house at Swamp Creek, and his buggy and pair was highly presentable. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z There he made himself presentable before joining Lord George, to whom he said nothing of the night's occurrence. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z She is pretty, clover, frightfully cultivated,--too cultivated: it is rather bad form,--and for the rest, if she would only dress a little better, she would be quite presentable. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z The Chevalier de Courcelles makes "No. Three," and thirty years ago he might have been very presentable; but he belongs to a school even older than his time. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z I immediately made myself as presentable as a night of unprecedented emotions would allow, and went below to do him such service as opportunity offered and the exigencies of the case permitted. The Amethyst Box 2011-03-02T03:00:29.083Z A great Persian cat lay on a blue velvet cushion on one side of the hearth, and a very presentable black spaniel was curled up in a padded basket on the other. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z "I accept the risk," says Nolly, with much stateliness and forthwith retires to make himself presentable. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z If a tolerably presentable man appears, and one knows that he can buy one as many gowns, diamonds, and horses as one wants, why, one forgets everything else and accepts him. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z With the assistance of Mrs. Carter his greatcoat was made sufficiently presentable until he could borrow a uniform from an obliging shipmate. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z I spent way too much money on an outfit, but I was presentable. Frequent Flier: A Found Bag Earns an Airline Clerk a Much Nicer Bag 2011-02-21T20:25:44Z Uncle and nephew shook hands—Mr. Hinchford thought this nephew was a fine young fellow enough—not like his Sid, but a very passable and presentable young fellow notwithstanding. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:19.937Z James Standerton, as I have already said, was a presentable young man. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z There were, Harry said, of course, a few men in the club who were not quite so presentable; but that was to be expected in any large body of men. A Search For A Secret (Vol 3 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:19.437Z "I must let you out, Mr. Maxwell; my maid-of-all-work is hardly presentable, I——" "Oh, please don't trouble——" In the passage she whispered hurriedly in his ear, "Do you know him?" A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z I would, with pleasure; but, as you see, I’m not quite presentable just now—anything but fit for a drawing-room. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z The legislation is the latest in a series of attempts to make the country as presentable as possible for the tournament. Betting busts, bangers and Bhaji 2011-02-08T11:35:32Z A few moments given to making the hair smooth and presentable without any covering, will not be wasted. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z And so we sit together quietly on the terrace, and are as presentable as so many tidy, white-curtained houses in a decent street. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z Her mother was dressed untidily as ever, but there was also evident about her an air aggressive as it was unusual of splendour, significant of a desperate attempt on her part to make herself presentable. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z It was Blackpool, however, who were swiftly on the attack again and they had very presentable claims for a penalty waved away as Varney tumbled under a challenge from Rafael. Blackpool 2-3 Manchester United 2011-01-25T21:31:00Z It was not a perfect fit, but it was clean and neat, and gave to Harry a very presentable air. The Hazeley Family 2011-01-24T03:00:16.447Z The concierge at the hotel offered to shop for me, and by that evening I was presentable enough to attend some meetings. Frequent Flier: Helpful Strangers, the Upside of Travel Calamities 2011-01-17T21:37:37Z Romance is whitewash for the sepulchres of passion: it makes these things presentable; but if you say the affair was not prompted by love, then I absolutely fail to understand you. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z “Something that is presentable in a negotiation, rather than only in the context of a confrontation,” he says. Consumed: Branding Transparency 2011-01-16T03:30:30Z Some of this you will need for clothes, to make a presentable appearance, and to be able to entertain Sinclair, and play your part as a capitalist. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z I like to think of me and the wife as being very presentable but my daughter is interested in fashion and put it all together herself. David Fairclough 2011-01-07T00:06:00Z This makes a very presentable breakfast or luncheon dish. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z A capital meal had been prepared for us, and, when we had made ourselves presentable, we sat down to it, and related our adventures. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z With a little pruning as to speech and general behavior, he would make a rather presentable ballroom adjunct. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z I have manufactured a new Pierre Leduc, a very presentable one and entirely at my disposal. 813 2010-12-28T03:00:13.553Z That is to say, they numbered as many members who were presentable and quite as many who were not. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z This will give the effect of skewers, conceal the bone, and make the dish more presentable. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z Let the young gentleman go on ahead, and you can follow him as soon as I have made you presentable. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z Let the would-be d�butante but supply herself with presentable dancing frocks and slippers, and Louisville will do the rest.—For one season. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z They found it a fairly presentable place, almost directly opposite Old Mansion. The Vanishing Houseboat 2010-12-20T17:11:37.787Z He sliced a drive low to gully, where Mike Hussey put down a very presentable chance. Australia v England - live! 2010-12-03T23:19:00Z The garnishing makes it a presentable dish, and is a good accompaniment in place of other vegetables. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z When a man included a photo with his résumé, employers found that it showed confidence and that the candidate was presentable. Well: Beauty Discrimination During a Job Search 2010-11-30T22:25:00Z Each morning at these sites the shower blocks teem with commuters washing, shaving and making themselves presentable for a hard day's graft in the big smoke. London property prices forcing commuters to live under canvas 2010-08-16T03:59:00Z Torres had stubbed a presentable chance straight at the goalkeeper by the third minute and by six Villa crashed a terrific shot against Noel Valladares's bar from more than 20 yards out. Spain 2-0 Honduras 2010-06-21T20:58:00Z “I still think it’s real and it’s really presentable,” he said. Deng Was Said to Have Approved Bloodshed at Tiananmen 2010-06-04T14:10:00Z A roasted or boiled chicken is not presentable, which has not been securely fastened into good shape before being cooked. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z The full-back was fortunate that his handball in the area went unnoticed, and twice struggled to deal with the powerful wide man as United created, and wasted, two presentable chances moments before the interval. Man City 0-1 Man Utd 2010-04-17T13:44:00Z Yes: it is disgraceful,” cried Maude, and as if moved by some strange influence she rapidly made herself presentable and looked angrily from the window. Lady Maude's Mania Prosperity, high living, and a general good time had transformed him, smartened him up, and, backed by a certain native shrewdness, made him fairly presentable. A Poached Peerage Later on, we produced our razor and, one by one, for the first time since leaving Kastamuni, made ourselves presentable. A Kut Prisoner Ruth was taken in hand by a stewardess, undressed and put between blankets, and her clothing dried and made presentable before the steamer docked at the head of the lake. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway She looked in the glass: when she had taken off her wet cape, she would be less presentable than ever. Small Souls But he is certainly a very presentable-looking wrong 'un—far more presentable than I, Beatrice Lovelace, am—was, I mean. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Decorate square white cards with a huge pumpkin; one who cannot draw can cut a very presentable looking pumpkin from orange paper and paste it on the cards. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions On occasion, therefore, apparatus which has become stained with lead during its production, may be rendered presentable by suitable treatment in the oxidising flame. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students The Governor promised me better things, and thought himself a clever fellow to have made so presentable a fool out of me. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim The youngest son, a tall, presentable young fellow, had been partly educated at Tours and spoke very good French. Glories of Spain "I must bathe and become presentable, for this is another day." The Guarded Heights I intended to keep the few hundred thalers for pocket money in the great city, or use it at once if my outfit should not be presentable. The Children of the World The Westerner--is he--is he--" "Perfectly presentable. The Preliminaries And Other Stories They set about making the town presentable, entertain and bribe him, and bow down to him. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Such flowers last but a very short time, and, if used for decoration by night, are only presentable for one evening. Orchids And then Frank Houston was very presentable, was not at all bald, and was just the man for a girl to like as a husband. Ayala's Angel Here he made himself presentable as to face and hands. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus "A good-looking fellow, too; only wanting a little training to make presentable anywhere." Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Walker and Fernald made most presentable ushers, and, as their duties consisted principally of supplying programmes and answering questions, they did finely. The Crimson Sweater "You never guessed I could look so—presentable, did you?" demanded Susan. The Book of Susan A Novel "It seems to me that I spend half my time trying to keep this animal of mine presentable." Penny Nichols Finds a Clue Even the first summer they can be made to look quite presentable by planting the Japanese hop. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them I don't know him, but if he is half-way presentable you can teach him table manners in a week. H. R. It is the Editor's intelligent hand also that furnished most of the geographical date-lines, the paragraphing, the folio headings, the sub-heads, and the countless other editorial embellishments so essential to a presentable publication. An Artilleryman's Diary Hang it, I'm not vain—but at least I'm presentable, and I've been called amusing. The Book of Susan A Novel Then, if she is pretty and presentable, she will be useful in lawn and tennis parties. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance Potting and the like cannot very well go on in a place which must always look presentable. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them He ignored the given time above mentioned, and, calling at some unearthly hour before I was fairly presentable, he was away again before I could find my boots. Fragments of an Autobiography Just across the road was stationed a bathhouse and laundry unit, and before long the battery had replaced their uniforms, torn and dirty from digging, with more presentable ones. Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division Withal, he was optimistic and cheerful, even to the extent of remaining at home because he did not possess the means of purchasing presentable clothing. Stevenson's Perfect Virtues As Exemplified by Leigh Hunt There was a skeleton at this Feast of Fashion, however, for only tight gloves could make the stubby fingers and broad palms of Connor presentable. The Garden of Eden But it turned out that Hell-Roaring Bill had begun to celebrate the coming of the President too early in the day, and when we reached Medora he was not in a presentable condition. Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt When my few backgrounds and accessories arrive I shall have a very presentable studio indeed. Windyridge After descending to his cabin for a short time he appeared in more presentable shape, wearing a plaid travelling suit which was rather "loud" in the size of the diagonal figures. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia So he called out again to his friend, and the two of them held quite a conversation while Susette tried to make herself presentable. The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium In the holidays supper was not before nine o’clock at Wootton Beeches, so the boy had plenty of time to make himself presentable before the bell rang. The Youngest Girl in the School She appeared to wish to produce some explanation of her solitude, but I was quickly enough sure that she would never find a presentable one. The Sacred Fount His awkwardness disappears, I find, when my back is turned; and he is really a very capable workman, and he and Sar'-Ann between them have made my studio most presentable. Windyridge He was slightly thinner, a thought more presentable than of yore, but the small eyes had lost none of their sunken gleam. What a Man Wills I’d rather like to know my cousins, mother, if they were presentable. The Daughters of a Genius On his head was a fairly presentable top hat, and in his fat, ungainly hands he held a pair of black kid gloves. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War Lord Ickfold was a handsome, presentable man of about sixty years of age. The Intriguers He rebuilt the Park from more permanent materials, and succeeded in making it more accurate in some details, as well as more presentable in appearance. The Story of Chautauqua It took the underwear of the entire party to make Biscuit presentable, and meanwhile he had given an account of the proceedings at the church. Sube Cane I was made "presentable" in due time, and on the fifth day after my arrival made my appearance at the dinner-table. That Boy Of Norcott's One result is seen in the effort of the poorest mothers to make their little ones presentable when there is anything to arouse their maternal pride. The Children of the Poor La Belle Quéro, according to report, is very enamoured of you—an artist like herself, a handsome and presentable young man; vastly, in my opinion, superior to the brutal Zouroff. The Intriguers I confess I didn't look at him often, in spite of the fact that he was quite presentable. Accidental Flight But now the second gong is about to strike, and I must run away and make myself presentable.” The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley He had expected her to prove presentable, if a bit shy. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion "Thoroughly; he is, I am told, well-mannered, prepossessing in appearance, and presentable in every respect." The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Aunt Betty and Dorothy sat quietly, while the former made as presentable as she could the torn garment worn by the girl. Dorothy's Tour She was so fretful with her father and her ideas of how the place could perhaps be made presentable by being all done over had seemed to Ted "pretty airy." Fidelity A Novel |
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