| 单词 | sag |
| 例句 | He looked sad; his rectangular lips seemed to sag. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Under those sturdy towers of legs are spindly shanks, thin and not too straight; with his chest ruff removed one can see the sagging stomach of the middle-aged. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I sag around, not able to make decisions and I feel tired tired. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I sagged back against the chair and looked around his room. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z John moved forward, hearing his feet crack against the sagging wood, to where the golden cross on the red field of the altar cloth glowed like smothered fire, and switched on one weak fight. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Now I'm picking my way around the heaps and piles and sagging shelves. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The mesh sagged in certain places where it had come loose from its posts, a victim of the kids who used the yard to play soccer. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Its roof beams sagged in the middle, its shingles clung loosely, and the chimney pipe swayed with each wave, trying to be jaunty but not very good at it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The old man had a stooped back, a sagging belly, and a concerning amount of white hair peeking out of his ears. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It was sagging down in the middle with a great pool of water. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She sagged for a second and then spun away for Mr. Sabbatini’s class. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He was tired; his shoulders were sagging and his face was grim. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The black craters in my father’s chest often materialized on chalkboards, and I saw the sagging cavity of his mouth on the pages of my textbooks. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I struggle into the bathroom where I sag against the wall, staring bleary-eyed at the ring of products around the sink. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They were made of wood, with lopsided porches, sagging roofs, rusted-out gutters, and balding tar paper or asphalt shingles slowly but surely parting from the underwall. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We took the sagging mattress off the bed and placed it on the worn yellow linoleum floor so Papá and Mamá could sleep on it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I was wearing old jeans, which had once been tight but now sagged in weird places, and a yellow T-shirt advertising a band I didn’t even like anymore. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe he’s in a conversational state,” is all he said, but the lines of his face sagged. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Kreacher lay flat on the cold stone floor, tears gushing from his sagging eyes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A baby wailed behind the sawhorses, and a Salvation Army lady took it and rocked it quiet while its mother sagged in the arms of another woman. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Redemption sagged, and the anger he’d been clinging to slipped away, replaced by worry. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Just like I had, Voxy nods in understanding, but his eyes sag. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I was so relieved to see it was our uncle that my whole body sagged. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The priest sagged faintly: he had hoped his task was over. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She just panted and shook, not taking her left hand from the hilt of the sword, even after those hungry eyes turned dull and its body sagged atop hers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Old chairs with sagging backs sat next to crooked lamps. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Through the window we could see him sag against the trunk of our big mahogany tree. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Cracked walls, sagging ceiling, twin benches that have borne child after child after child for as long as the mine has made orphans. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The water was standing in the curved brim of his derby hat and his collar was wet and sagging. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It looked tired and dragged out like those big workhorses do, but it had a teeny-tiny body with a big sag where most horses have a straight back. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z More banks failed, layoffs increased, industrial production sagged, and strikes grew more violent. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z His lordship sagged into his seat, his shoulders slumped, his legs splayed, his hands resting on the arms of his throne as if the weight of them were too much to bear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She sat down at the kitchen table and sagged a little. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “That’s better,” said Hagrid, breathing heavily and sitting back down on the sofa, which this time sagged right down to the floor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Ned watched his old friend sag softly into the pillows as the milk of the poppy washed the pain from his face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Under this dark weight the walls leaned, under it the ceiling, with a great crack like lightning in its center, sagged. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z "You got to Thursday—" Alfred closed the door behind him just as his knees sagged, shuddering violently. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to wear his silly bellhop’s cap tilted sideways, its tight plastic strap sunk into his sagging dewlap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They both looked so old—their eye sockets hollowed, the skin sagging from their exhausted faces. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z But for working, I carried a .32, a .38 or a .45.1 saw how when the eyes stared at the big black hole, the faces fell slack and the mouths sagged open. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, very slowly, his grin sagged and vanished, to be replaced by an expression of utmost horror. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It was a souvenir from a spiritual retreat she and Papa had attended; the words GOD is love crawled over her sagging breasts. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just her head that went down this time—her entire body sagged after Alexia’s nasty comment. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Jody sagged farther against the post until he was sitting on the ground. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad eyed me and sagged in his chair. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The back side of the car sagged but everything fit. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The building was ringed by a rickety porch—sagging rockers, peeling paint. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Instead, he saw a middle-aged man with sagging jowls and pouches under his eyes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Stopping, he looked down; his angry voice sagged. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I have no idea if she had any medical certifications beyond a vague notion of CPR, but she pulled Grace’s sagging body to the ground all the same. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Right before their eyes, Brahmasura’s skin began to wrinkle and sag. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We drive down another identical suburban street, past endless rows of tightly spaced homes, once full of life, but now their facades look like dead faces with sagging eyes seething despair. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The soggy wooden planks of the deck squelched and sagged under my feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The knots in the wet and swollen rope were loose, and I figured that Mr. Kendall had already struggled with them while the branch he stood on sagged further and further toward breaking. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Once he caught himself sagging behind the steering wheel, so he slapped briskly at his cheeks in order to stay awake. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z You could tell something was badly wrong by the way the woman’s smile twisted and her body sagged. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Just out of holoscreen range were a sink full of dirty dishes, a muddle of food containers and a sagging couch. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z For a moment her knees sagged and she caught at the tree for support. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Lupita, who sagged with fatigue in her chair, watched her aunt lumber over to the bed in the corner and grab the two small children in it. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z In his frustration, Matthias gave the sagging armchair a hefty shove. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I have never seen his face sag that way before. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He could tell from the whole feel of the place, which simply seemed to sag, as if all hope had been given up long ago—if there had ever been any to begin with. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The chairs, the carpet, the tables—all had rotted away; they sagged in mutual ruin, victims of the despotic force of time. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Pouches sagged beneath her eyes, brown and crescent-shaped. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Is she fat, have her breasts sagged, does she have little gray hairs at the comers of her mouth? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z His mouth sagged and his hands hung limply at his sides, twitching, as if he wanted to raise them, to do something. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I stepped out as regular Rashad Butler: T-shirt, sneakers that I had to perform a quick spit-clean on, and jeans that I pulled up, then sagged down just low enough to complete the look. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Laila examined Mariam’s drooping cheeks, the eyelids that sagged in tired folds, the deep lines that framed her mouth—she saw these things as though she too were looking at someone for the first time. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Jim Fuller’s shoulders sagged, and he lifted his hat to his head with trembling hands. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When we at last reached the air-conditioned ranger station, we sagged into chairs next to the water cooler, drank down the cooler’s last half-gallon of water, and asked the ranger for another bottle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He sagged behind the wheel, shaking his head. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Turner caught sight of me, wincing at the sag of my stockings. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z His shoulders sagged and a low, soft moan come outta him. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z As he said that, one of them came apart; the door sagged and hung crazily by one corner. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z My shoulders sag, and I offer the sketchbook to her hesitantly. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z After while, the locusts in the trees start humming, the shade get cooler and I feel my eyes, trained on the kids in the pool, start to sag. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It looked like a sagging face of black rubber, with wide glass portholes like eyes that were frozen in shock, and a droopy snout that ended in a perforated canister. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He wore a peach shirt under a baggy indigo sweater, black drainpipes, one of those studded belts that sags loose off your hips, and winkle-pickers with white tube socks, like everyone's wearing recently. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The moths were no bigger than the startled mouths of children, and even dozens together could only pluck at the strands of her darkening hair until their wings sagged, sodden with her blood. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He touched the sagging flesh on his own face with amusement. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z In the South his white folks would desert him; he would be discussed far and wide, and all of the trustees' money couldn't prop up his sagging prestige. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no crack in her voice, no sag in her shoulders. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z When they found tracks and sagging wires on the fences with bits of light hair caught in the barbs, they rode through the Acoma gate and brought the cows back again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z His whole body had sagged into a timeless repose. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately below it were row upon row of threadbare clothes dangling from sagging ropes suspended across the ceiling like a gigantic spiderweb. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The tents in the yard were half-buried, sagging under the weight of the accumulation. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sagging front steps of his boarding house creaked a warning as he climbed them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Often, in her mind’s eye, she saw Neewo’s tiny makazins, forlorn in the firelight, as they sagged, tipped over when in his fever he kicked them off. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I could even catch a rich old woman whose tight strand of pearls pinched in the sags of her neck whispering to her friend right behind me, “Oriental Jews.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A potbellied man with thin hair, sagging jowls, and a week- old beard squinted into the sunlight. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The left side of his face has sagged, as if every muscle in it has died. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Weather-beaten chairs, their cane bottoms sagging and broken, were arranged to serve as sawhorses. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The metal frame of the once-lighted sign of his name has melted, and it sags down limply over where the big front windows used to be. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t mind that sagging porch,” Sairy said, leading the way inside. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The not-so-great news: the sagging porch and drooping roof make it pretty clear that just waltzing in and finding the right room isn’t the smartest idea. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I expected the landscape to be barren and dead but it wasn’t: the hedgerows sagged under the weight of life, berries and flowers and birds’ nests. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She was curled up in one of the sagging armchairs with The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They seemed to brace their legs for the next blow, and Pete sagged. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even over the river’s roar, his frail words make my heart sag. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She sagged as if all her spirit had bled out, and Kasusu dropped from her limp fingers. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The roof sagged from the two rough posts which held it, almost closing the gap between his head and the rafters. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was the fish, caught only by one fin, and its tail wildly thrashing and shining in the sun. There was the web, sagging dangerously under the weight of the fish.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Dill motioned for her to sit on his sagging, tragic sofa. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The cover sagged beneath them, and she fell down, shrieking with laughter. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The Golden Hours grabbed her shoulders, and she sagged like a puppet whose strings had been cut. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Steps, sagging with the weight of countless centuries, crisscrossed the sides, and there were paths too straight and angular to be anything but the work of stonemasons. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Piggy held up the conch and the booing sagged a little, then came up again to strength. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The roof sagged and the plaster was cracked. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her bunk was about two inches from the ground, but there was no sag, so she couldn’t feel the floor. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The chaplain sagged limply beneath the mountainous weight of his despair. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I watched as he placed staples in the splintered wood cabinet and on the sagging but meticulously lined shelves above the sink. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course the sagging mattress analogy can take us only so far because it doesn’t incorporate the effect of time. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Mother’s face sagged as she took in Pernilla’s gown of gunpowder gray silk, striped with white and blue. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The steps are made of thick wood, but slick and punky soft where the water has been dripping all these years, and I can feel how it sags under my feet. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Fito arrived and stood in the doorway, stricken, the skin on his face sagging. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I came again to the sagging wooden sign for Grovepoint Acres. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z We had sagged closer together while I calmed down. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Roy could feel his shoulders sagging in defeat, while Beatrice’s face had become a mask of grim resignation. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She recognized the sagging features, the bitter expression. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He slipped the nickels into his right-hand pocket, to jingle as he walked home at the end of the day, the pocket sagging against his thigh. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Fool, he thought to himself afterward, as they lay in the center of the sagging mattress amidst the rumpled sheets. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But now Mom sagged back against the chair she was trapped in, and Emma could feel her mother’s despair like it was something contagious. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I watched the food slide down his throat, struggling to get past his sagging Adam’s apple, which pushed out of his neck like a wrinkled nut. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Her voice died, muffled in the closeness of Dill’s sagging, dusty living room. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I don't sag my pants or wear my clothes super big. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Now it’s sagging a little at her neck. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z It had been sagging, loose on my emptied sleeve. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The bull-necked man would sag to his knees, the boy thought, and crumple into a heap on the floor. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The full moon falls on his sagging shoulders. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The sheets had already begun to sag on top, and the water ran down into the tent, spattering inside. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z During my second week in the enclosure, giant green gourds began to soften and sag and drop from the trees. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z In the half-darkness he could see the sagging dilapidated porch and the shaky steps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As I got nearer I noticed that below his long tan canvas coat with sagging pockets, below the red and black plaid woolen knickers and green puttees, he was wearing skis. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He held a black jumbo that sagged at the bottom, containing something heavy, something powerful. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z His shoulders sagged even more than they normally did. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I lean close and open my eyes very wide, trying to see beyond the sagging flesh. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “There must be a kill,” the Arbitrator repeated, his face gray as he sagged against the broom for support. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The mule whinnied and leaned against the sagging gate; Tayo reached into the coffee can and he held some corn under the quivering lips. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The chief mate was a handsome figure, with his square jaw, his wide mouth, though the skin around his neck was beginning to sag, and the wrinkles in his face were like ravines. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He felt the bed sag gently and heard the bed-covers rustling as she pulled them over her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He leans his entire body into the wall, and his shoulders sag. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Kaltain blinked this time, unsure whether she could sag with relief just yet. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z People that been in my house have seen the sagging ceiling, the cracked wdndow, the broken plaster on the wall and they know that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The main building, which stood in a cluster of pines on high ground, seemed to lean heavily to one side, like a cripple, the roof sagging toward Canada. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Hollis and Sonny were sprawled on the long, sagging couch, snapping their fingers to a scratchy record. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She stumbled toward me, then held out the sagging stumps of her melted arms. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The sagging flesh of her face quivered; her eyes, large, dark, deep-set, wide apart, glared at me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore a pair of grey sweatpants and a droopy wife beater that showed the sagging skin on his arms and the strength still hard in his chest. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The sky sagged toward the ground and a small funnel cloud appeared, which began wobbling south along the lakeshore, toward the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Even on television you can see ivy overtaking the crumbling facade, the sag of the roof. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Granny sagged down weak against the pillows, exhausted, her fingers plucking the sheet. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Before I had taken six steps I sagged like a sail when the wind fades. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His shoulders hunched and his cheeks sagged like they were too tired to cling to the bone beneath. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He had a pig-person face, a coarse skin that sagged at the jowls, little blue eyes and pale eyebrows, and a fat, pushed-back nose. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z His shoulders seem to sag lower still; he’s weary. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z One of her wrists sagged to the table, followed shortly by the other. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Jam sagged with relief, but before she could reply, a door close to them opened and Redemption stepped out in his pajamas. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z My sagging bed with its carving of a robin in the headboard. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He let the paunch of his belly sag over his folded legs. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z As the autumn of 1933 began to wane, daytime temperatures in Seattle sagged into the low forties, evening temperatures into the twenties. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When he opens the door, his face is sagging and deeply wrinkled. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And Jasper, dear Jasper, with his soulful eyes and great, sagging jowl, would be stretched upon the floor, his tail a-thump when he heard his master’s footsteps. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z This Hampden was a bombed-out expanse of water towers, rusted railroad tracks, sagging warehouses and factories with the doors boarded up and the windows broken out. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Slimy pink intestines coiled over his wide face and draped around his neck; sagging sacks of stomachs and bloated bags of bowels dangled from his torso. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z On our way back from the candy store, Brian and I liked to spy on the Green Lantern—a big dark green house with a sagging porch right near the highway. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Now the skin sags over Javier’s brown irises, milky with age. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Past the equipment, there was a dusty old paisley chair with a sagging seat, a desk, and a bookshelf above the bed containing the collected works of Soren Kierkegaard. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The potato was beginning to grow moist and sag. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The little hut with its sparsely thatched roof sagged at one comer. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Ash moving over the road and the sagging hands of blind wire strung from the blackened lightpoles whining thinly in the wind. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She walked down the street with her shoulders sagging. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned and walked up the sagging steps to the little blue house, her head held high. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z At one time he must have been immensely strong; now his great body was sagging, sloping, bulging, falling away in every direction. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Atop each corner of the cell-block’s wall, rounded guard towers seemed to sag sadly at their edges as though the prison itself had exhaled a final dying gasp. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Father sagged in his chair and rested his hands on his knees. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Her shoulders dropped, her body sagged, and she seemed paralyzed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Of course, since Morrie only wore soft cotton shirts that hung loosely on his ever-shrinking frame, the microphone sagged and flopped, and I had to reach over and adjust it frequently. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As he stood up, Hyena felt his belly sag beneath him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Though the old stairs sagged beneath us, the stairwell was draped in a filmy light from the open doorway to the floor above. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Four red-eyed guys in sagging pants buy almost every bag of chips we have. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Harry’s brain seemed to be sagging under the weight of what he was hearing. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Red, mangled, sagging, it looked like a plastic drama mask that had been held too close to a candle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Lissa and her father were sitting at a sagging old picnic table that had been in the yard as long as the trailer. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z This gave him a harsher, older look—until he smiled, of course, and the sagging cheeks gathered up like curtains. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His skin became ragged and dry, sagged into pathetic folds on top of itself. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z We found him in a place with a sagging roof and the customary ivy growing up the front wall. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Her hair, however, was as gray and dusty as moth wings, and her sagging wrinkled skin almost hung off her face like a worn leather sack. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He stood with his back toward me, sagging against the rest stop’s wall. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Our building is old, and the roof sags in some parts. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The floorboards sagged, and the wooden pews had been rubbed smooth by all the bodies that had slid across them over the years. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His heart was hammering again in aching terror as he hurtled upward and downward through the blind gangs of flak charging murderously into the sky at him, then sagging inertly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I yank my stockings up from sagging around my feet—the trouble of all fat, short women around the world. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Both of his sisters seemed to sag against him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She was about to say something comforting to Willy, when she saw a church steeple sag, then topple over and disappear into the dark smoke and flames. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z When Emma had been holding her breath for so long that she swayed with dizziness and her eyelids sagged down over her eyes, she finally thought, We just need to buy more time. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He saw a heavy gun sagging at the man’s hip. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Chiron’s shoulders sagged, but he didn’t look surprised. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Same old sagging porch. Same old creaky swing.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z At the top of die hall a sagging platform stood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her skin sags, and she sways unsteadily as she makes her way down the ramp. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He drops his arms to his sides and his shoulders sag. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He keeps stopping to pick up rocks, examining them, and then either tossing them back or stuffing them in his sweatshirt pocket, which is starting to sag with the weight. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The door leading up to the dentist's office and the gym was sagging off its hinges, half-open. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z An empty building, crumbling and covered in kudzu, sagged in front of them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The porch sagged with singers—grown men in their underwear, still partying from last night. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He was leaning against the wall, bent shoulders sagging as if under a heavy load. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was ringed by hurricane fencing; a padlock sagged from a chain wrapped around the gate. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She sagged, just like he had when I told him. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Will stood up, meaning to say “Hold him tight,” but even as the words came to his mind, the angel sagged against the ground, dissolving and spreading out like mist, and then he was gone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The way Henry talks about him is a physical feat, drifting up in the corners with fondness but sagging in the middle under the weight. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We hiked around the formation for an hour, returning to Grandma with our shirtfronts sagging with stones. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was in the room another five minutes but never again addressed the solemn quartet that stood with heads down, their heavy legs sagging, the light dwindling from their eyes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The front of the building sagged, crumbled, and I staggered as the world fell out from underneath me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It could have been the way his shoulders sagged, sloping down in a way that was so defeated. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He started to walk past the sagging door. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His whole face seemed to sag down as he said this. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z At first Lem didn’t answer, he only stared, his jaw sagging. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched them place all extra baggage, all blankets, all kitbags, and post one lone guard—a frail young man who looked genuinely ill, who sagged against the fence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His shoes kicked lightly against the yellow oak wood, his sludge-brown socks, garterless, collapsed in sagging circles below ankles that were surprisingly small and white. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I sag under the weight of the members of my parents’ faction, their lives, their tears. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z They were surrounded by younger men of various shades of brown in sagging pants. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z My body sags and I begin to grow tired. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In his sagging eyes we found the language we’d been searching for, a language more eloquent than the cheap bead necklaces of words my mother offered. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard a dry popping sound and saw the man sag, and the pipe rang upon the walk; then someone caught me hard in the stomach and suddenly I knew that I was fighting too. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The icing sags and bunches out on one side like a slow-moving glacier, bringing tipping candles along with it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z And man, she went all shattered pixie on me then, fingers fluttering to her throat, staggering backwards, sagging against the door frame, all the energy that usually holds her up gone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I looked back at the sagging farmhouse, sure that I was missing something “So what do you think happened here?” she asked. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Drifts climbed the walls and filled the crenels along the battlements, white blankets covered every roof, tents sagged beneath the weight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In comparison to theirs, our raft wallows dangerously low, its inflated sides loose and sagging. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z With each passing minute Ms. Bethune’s face sagged and her eyes filled with tears. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Eventually, she and the baby moved into the dining room, sleeping on a sagging foldout bed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z And suddenly Inigo’s body sagged and in his eyes, bright a moment ago, now there was moisture. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z By Wednesday the petals began to fall, the stem to sag. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z She stands on one foot, then the other, her feet must hurt; her spine sags slightly. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It sagged as he settled his weight on it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The rubbery sandwich sags like a sad frown. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “We’re done for!” he moaned as the ceiling sagged, but suddenly the floor of the car was vibrating — the engine had restarted. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The colt sagged inward, muscling his shoulder and hip into the smaller Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought I’d gone too far, but then he looked down at the mosaic and his shoulders sagged. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe he’s in a conversational state,” is all he said, but the lines of his face sagged. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Their names all ended with Y. Her husband, Clarence Pastor, had black lung and sat on the front porch of their huge sagging house all day long, but he never smiled or waved at passersby. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He managed it, finally, after hefting himself up and sagging back down a few times. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Those shoulders that bloomed in Nsukka, that grew wide and capable, have sagged in the thirty-one months that he has been here. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Whatever he read in her expression made his shoulders sag. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The bag sagged around them, and light rushed in as the water rushed out. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Clara’s shoulders sagged, the manic excitement draining from her just a tad. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Her shoulders sagged, and she turned her head back, as though recoiling from an insult. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Instead, his shoulders slumped and his neck sagged. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z She drew a deep breath, then seemed to sag. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z His limbs seemed stretched, even more so than when they last saw him, the way a sweater sagged after Grandma pulled it from the washer but before she put it in the dryer. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Even if she feared the worst, she stayed positive, lifting his spirits when they sagged. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Longstreet saw the old man sag, breathe deeply, his mouth open. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The blotched and sagging face twisted grotesquely into the grimace of extreme grief. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The weight of the iron ball causes the material on which it is sitting to stretch and sag slightly. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Mami asked, looking around our apartment, the kitchen and living room crisscrossed with sagging lines of drying diapers and bedclothes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z These roughhewn logs were filled with sap, and as they dried out, the wood contracting and expanding with changes in temperature, the roofs sagged, the walls buckled. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Each sagged under the weight of their heavy task. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Hopefully the soldiers were far enough away so they wouldn’t notice the coat’s torn bottom and how it sagged off Nate’s shoulders. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z We’re living in a larger place now, the three of us: the upper two stories of a red brick semidetached house with a sagging wooden square-pillared porch, on a side street west along Bloor. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He looked in wonder at the sagging door and at the broken window. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Dorian almost sagged with relief, but he kept his face blank, kept his words steady as he said, “Thank you for hearing me out.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z This interaction would feel worse if he were older, if he were wrinkled, if he had stained teeth or a sagging belly. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Jenny’s dark eyes flashed with quick anger, but they softened as she looked at his thin body, sagging with fatigue. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z His face sagged every time Mother turned a woman away. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes I’m afraid my face is going to sag with all this sorrow and that my mouth is going to permanently droop at the corners. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The first thing he did was to remove die sagging Venetian blinds from the front windows to let in more light. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The bed sagged, the TV picture jumped as if it were being mercilessly goosed by an electronic component, and my door didn’t lock. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Somkit's spine sagged ever so slightly, but he flashed that easy smile of his. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The huge creeping vine that cloaked the house had shriveled; the main trunk and stems sagged and dripped oily sap. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His pink cheeks sagged, like sofa pillows that had lost some stuffing. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It was small and, even before it was close enough to reveal its peeling paint, seemed to sag in the water. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood there as if he had not even the strength to step around it; his head sagged, and his whole body was trembling. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a sag now to his eyelids and the skin of his neck, which was wrinkled and leathery. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The entire building sagged to the side, like a crooked tooth. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z She was sort of sagging into the couch and the remote in her hand wasn’t quite as pert. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z P.M. touched her shoulder, and Wiki sagged from her previous frozen state. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I felt myself sagging into Ty'ree like he was a wall, felt him put his arms around me. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Later, she would knot the palm fronds into sagging cross shapes and hang them on the wall beside our gold-framed family photo. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Beyond rose Middle Mountain, just 2,500 feet high but acutely angled and an entirely different experience on a hot day with a cumbersome pack sagging down on tender shoulders. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Left empty, it sagged in the middle and just didn’t look right. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z His prosperous-looking belly that used to thrust out so pugnaciously and intimidate folks, sagged like a load suspended from his loins. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Her shoulders literally sag when she doesn’t find it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z His hair was longer and his face sagged a bit more at his hard jaw, and then there was the missing lower half of his leg. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z His mind sagged round and round on the same track, like a ball falling again and again into the same series of slots. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Who’re you?” he demanded, then sagged down on an old sofa. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It sagged around his shoulders, and its color matched his hair. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Mother protruded her lower lip, sagged her shoulders and let her hands hang down to her knees. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I breeze into the kitchen and sure enough, there is a tray of chocolate mousse, the whipped cream dollops just on the verge of sagging. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He releases the rudder, slumps against the sagging sides. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Every wave sloshes over the sagging sides, bringing more water. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Tally swallowed, trying to erase the image of his sagging features from her mind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Why was I so focused on myself that I didn’t notice his deep frown and his sagging posture? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Brushing aside the sagging brown stalks, I entered the next row. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Professor Trelawney had gone rigid in her armchair; her eyes were unfocused and her mouth sagging. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She saw women in brightly flowered summer dresses, the dresses wilted by the heat as if they were real flowers, the women’s faces sagging after the work day. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I hold her there, against the wall, until she sags, until the fight goes out of her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I looked closely at one doll that sagged and bent over. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We dropped it into place, and I sagged against the repaired fence with a sigh. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It fit me like a sack, the sleeves falling past my fingers and the bottom sagging halfway to my knees, but at least it was warm. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z There’s a frantic child in there, behind that locked, sagging face. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z No more than five minutes later the bedsprings sagged under new weight. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She catches sight of the bottle next to my bed and her shoulders sag. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie pulls out a totally flattened hat, and his shoulders sag a little. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Aunt Pooh pulls her sagging pants up before she hops in. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Even things I had completely forgotten—the lamp on my small desk, the way the middle shelf of my bookcase sagged—suddenly came back into clear focus. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He was sagging, his head down on my shoulder. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His cheek seems to sag on his left side. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The crisscross metal fence around the apartment we rent sags in the middle from the weather, from the weight of too many kids leaning up against it, from the neglect of the owner. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z There seemed to be a couple of dozen people in each house, men drinking beers from paper bags, young mothers nursing babies, old ladies sunning themselves on the sagging, weathered porches, and hordes of kids. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Rain is falling and night is falling in Moca as we pass, the palm roofs sagging, the soil soggy with drowned seeds, the drenched jacarandas losing their creamy blossoms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath the sag of the buggy the hooves neatly rapid like the motions of a lady doing embroidery, diminishing without progress like a figure on a treadmill being drawn rapidly offstage. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to determine when it had been built, but except for the sagging screen all around the long porch, the house was like the mesas around it: years had little relation to it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Violet’s back was kind of sagging as she walked down the stairs in front of me. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard, his shoulders sagging with disappointment, stood at the clubhouse rail and told reporters that they weren’t going to make it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Above us, the sails lose their stiff convex tone, and sag limp and lifeless. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Where his belly sagged, the shirt hung out over his pants. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But the boat sagged as soon as the current got hold of it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The bleachers also needed attention—they sagged, peeling paint like leprosy on the benches. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z An old brown crate covered in layers of dust, with sagging hinges and a partially splintered lid, sat there. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Hibiscus sagged immediately, unconscious, and Redemption massaged his hand as he looked back up at Jam and Pet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The small, sagging house in front of her has faded gingerbread trim. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Past that was the kitchen with its sink, stove, and a brown table that sagged in the middle. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Across the street, the liquor store is open, a magnet to the wiry man in the sagging tan suit cajoling people for spare change. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He wears ragged brown clothing and skin sags from his jaw. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Her desolation was pathetic as she sat with her tempestuous, proud, lovely head bowed, her shoulders sagging, her spirit melting. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He bumped into the couch and sagged into it. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z For another fraction of a second, the Husky Clipper sagged slightly under the boys as nearly a ton of deadweight resisted being put into motion. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I sag and let him pull me along. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She skinnied farther out, until the branch began to sag under her weight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The man stopped dead at the sight of us, his gun coming up and then, just as quickly, sagging again. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z "Sure, it's good to be seen, but we've got to go now," I said seeing her about to sag to the bed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The sails sagged limp and soundless, and the Dolphin rolled sickeningly in midstream. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She was still wearing her waitressing uniform, and the puffy skin under her deep-set eyes sagged heavily. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z There were pouches under the eyes, the skin sagged from the cheekbones. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The windows were broken and sagging and weeds were growing up between the floorboards, and even one old rusted cookstove had fireweed springing from the firebox. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The front porch was sagging and the chimney was tilted to one side, as if it were considering something important. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to scream at her, to blame everything on her, but she sagged against the wall as if she’d never move again, her face colorless, her eyes unfocused. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z And the sagging cheeks, with those purplish blotches. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Tables sagged under the weight of venison, roast pig, smoked fish, and every kind of vegetable and desirable fruit. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They clustered around the car as I sagged onto the bench seat. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z His chest was concave, and mere skin sagged over a bony rib cage. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Some seemed new, some old, some were straight, while others sagged. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Two others held him, and he sagged between them. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The rope was not taut, and the curtain sagged in the middle. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His shoulders sagged forward as if tired from a long hike. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He sags and the scowl leaves his face. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The hallways were decorated for Halloween with orange-and-black crepe paper strung in sagging zigzags across the ceiling. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Its rulers rebuilt Monks Mound, but the poorly engineered patch promptly sagged. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She sags forward, but I don’t have time to adjust her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Still, the walls sagged inward on the verge of collapse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I seemed to see President Johnson’s sagging face through the rest of the news. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Arm looked around at the sagging furniture and peeling paint. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In January she moved with her parents into one of the houses I shade, a tiny blue house with a sagging porch and a tidy garden. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The hallways were decorated for Halloween with orange-and-black crepe paper strung in sagging zigzags across the ceiling. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In the depression caused by the sagging of the floor, pieces of animals manifested themselves, the head of a crow, mummified hands which might have once been parts of monkeys. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He’s sagging a bit in his uniform, slumped behind his counter. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was not a building to sag pathetically. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Gerris sat upon a sagging bed and pulled off his boots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Slowly, he let himself sag, letting go with his hands but keeping his feet planted firmly in a large crack. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Conor could hear the wood groan and saw the roof sag. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He’s pallid, and his face seems to sag, like his skin has grown tired of clinging to the bone. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Even the stands and press box seemed to be sagging. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The great drowned city of New Orleans didn’t come all at once, it came in portions: the sagging backs of shacks ripped open by banyan trees and cypress. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z There was a loud murmur from the crowd, and Danny’s body sagged as the tension went out of him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He carefully dabbed rouge on his sagging cheeks and lined his eyes with thick streaks of kohl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z His father comes to the doorway, heavy, especially in the sagging fleshiness of his face and neck. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He looked at her through the sagging screen that had a fluffy ball of cotton stuck in the middle to scare the flies away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He looked down at the toy and his shoulders sagged under some invisible, impossible weight. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z His head dropped forward, his body lost all muscle control and sagged against the rocking chair. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Though tautly stretched at the end of the boat, it sagged a little in the middle; it made for three or four toilsome, bouncy steps. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His skin had begun to sag, and his face turned gray. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The magician’s already sagging, ruddy face reddened even more. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He sank to his knees as the last of his feathers fell and the wing structures sagged. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It was only as the last nail went in that Grandpa sagged. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z No. I exhaled slowly, my shoulders sagging in relief. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z After about fifty yards, we come to a small wooden house—a shack, really—unpainted, with a sagging front porch piled with junk. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His normally strong features sagged in exhaustion, as if he were in the final hours of a battle he had been fighting for years. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z But there it sat, sagging a bit, squat and honest as her father had built it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Most of the paint on the clapboard siding had peeled off long before, and the sagging roof over the porch looked ready to cave in with the next strong wind. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The backs of her legs were mapped with dark blue veins, and her upper arms sagged like the flesh of a roasted eggplant. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The place was dismal; plaster was falling from the walls; the wooden stairs sagged. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It nauseated him to see Harley’s body jerking and twitching in the sagging barbed wire, with hands and knives so greedy for human flesh. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The front porch of the spooky house is sagging, the windows have no panes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She slowly began to sag to the left, throbbing horribly, and fell in the dust. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z These things bunched at the ankles and sagged at the crotch so you always felt as if your pants might be falling down. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I picked him up and held him to me; his limp, emaciated body, so light I might have been holding a handful of leaves, not a child, sagged lifeless against mine. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z A moment later, Whichcee wavered and sagged a few inches to his left just as Wedding Call’s momentum carried him slightly to the right. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His face sagged beneath his ragged, new-grown whiskers, and he looked so weary Catelyn feared he might fall off his horse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Thanks. So do I still have to get all the ripe vegetables from the garden?” she moaned, sagging against the shovel. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But with time his face has sagged to a perpetual sigh. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And he walks off the stage, shoulders sagged. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The wall hangings were green with mildew, the mattress musty-smelling and sagging, the rushes old and brittle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Yossarian gorged himself in the mess hall until he thought he would explode and then sagged back in a contented stupor, his mouth filmy with a succulent residue. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z His sword sags a little, and he looks at me in sudden comprehension. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her eyes were bright, but her face sagged with fatigue. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He was standing there, his blue eyes sagging with tiredness, but with a warm smile parting his lips above the beard. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they were stiff and upright and sometimes lax and sagging. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z And she watched the swaying, sagging back of the woman who rode him. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam sagged with relief, mopping at his brow with a scrap of silk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I felt her shoulders sag as she sighed. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Two minutes later the door hung sagging on the staple alone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There was so little sag, she could hardly tell Akira lay above her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Shoulders sagged, but the little boys backed away obediently. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She touched Jam’s cheek and gave her a soft, worried look before leaving with the serum, and Jam sagged with relief as soon as the door slid closed again. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Herbalist lifted her arm gendy and felt the thin, sagging skin. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Without a gown to hold them up, they sagged against her chest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z From behind, Chess saw the exact moment Finn’s shoulders sagged, as if a terrifying idea had just hit him: What could Mom do to prevent someone from selling the house if she wasn’t even there? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The lower eyelids sag so much they almost look like a piece of invisible string is pulling them downward: you can see the red part on the inside, like they’re almost inside out. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z His mouth turns down, and his eyes sag as he looks away. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The house needed a paint job and the roof sagged. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Her uncle remained seated in the office’s sagging visitor’s chair. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z His house—with its well-maintained lawn—sits on a street of sagging roofs, chipping paint, and overgrown yards. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He hit the first step, feeling it sag under him, but he kept going, up wooden steps worn so smooth his loafers slipped backwards, but the chilly legs were getting warmer now. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Wrinkled, withered petals littered the floor, and all the huge bouquets were now just moldy stalks sagging in their vases. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Papi nailed new boards under Mami’s treadle sewing machine, and under their bed, but the floor still groaned and sagged to the corners, threatening to collapse and bring the house down with it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The two women are both white tourists and old, with sagging skin and too-short shorts showing off their blue veins. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He’d clearly once been strong, but now his skin hung in loose folds and his muscles sagged. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Tucked in a grove of old lilacs, it is surrounded by barns and outbuildings that are sagging toward the ground. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The Old Man stared back at Alaska like a bull at a matador, then raised a hand to his sagging face and slowly rubbed the white stubble on his cheek. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Stick sagged a little, then drew himself up. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z His shoulders sagged and he looked out of the window, seeing nothing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Jeans sagged just below the waist, T-shirt, sneakers. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Thick, sinuous branches hung over our heads, sagging with immense age. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Pippin, Merry, and Sam were by that time nearly asleep on their stumbling legs; and even Strider seemed by the sag of his shoulders to be weary. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He saw how she sagged against the window frame, and put out his arm to support her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He give a long hard sigh and his shoulders sagged whilst he put his hands o’er his eyes. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He tapped the sagging folds under his chin and frowned. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I liked to sleep out, too, when the weather was fair, the sky sagging with stars. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It hung there, half asleep, sagging in its own loose hide like it was dead. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be nice to have jeans that didn't do anything worse than sag. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Shingles were missing all over the roof, half the windows had the glass broken out of them, and the porch sagged in the middle. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She sagged onto the sofa and tucked her legs up under her tatty pink bathrobe. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I sagged against my mom’s shoulder and muttered, Please kill me, Mom. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, I exhale and let my shoulders sag. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Here, on the house fronts, the paint was peeling and the porches sagged. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z A sofa and a chair covered in a faded floral pattern sagged where people had sat. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z His face looks as though it is sinking into itself, his shoulders sag. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt something heavy sagging in his shirt; it was the gun. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The porch sagged, the windows were boarded up, and the chimney had crumbled to bits. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z She sagged away from him and slid down the wall, and sat on the floor looking at the books. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit in the sagging seat of the Ford Leroy’s still paying his boss twelve dollars every week for. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Leading the dense pack of horses around the turn, He Did took an awkward, sagging step. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His body sagged a little, a smile played on his lips, and I thought I even heard him sigh quietly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She did an excellent job of sagging from her waist down, but from the waist up she seemed to be pulling for the top of the oak tree across the road. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His face sagged, and Pong was struck by how such a huge man could suddenly seem so small. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The small group stands staring at the sagging tire a moment, the two men kicking at it as if punishing it for having failed the señorita. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Old men and young ones draped themselves in front of the Elmira Theater, Irene’s Palace of Cosmetology, the pool hall, the grill and the other sagging business enterprises that lined the street. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Cal’s face was tired and his shoulders sagged with exhaustion, but his face was pinched and closed and crafty and mean. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I am told,” the king said, sagging like the winter branches weighted by snow, “that the workers are treated worse than slaves and the emperor has the fallen buried under the wall.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She had colored her hands purple with washable markers that Gregor thought maybe a sandblaster could remove, and her diaper sagged down around her knees. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As the hour got late, however, I could feel myself starting to sag. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He was mostly dead weight, and I felt his head bounce softly on my shoulder and his body sag against me like a big damp loaf. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Don't listen to the crowd, no one's hitting them, pop-pop, in and out, jab and run away, circle left, and Rivera's eyes were bloodshot and swollen, his thick arms were sagging. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Kitchen was clean, but the shelving sagged like a triple-decker smile. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Watching the neighborhood go by—the sagging row homes, potholed roads, trash blowing around, tree bark tagged with graffiti—I wonder if Boy21 will really visit me tonight. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A few outbuildings, a toolshed, a little barn had all sagged into piles of faded slabs and rusty nails. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His shoulders sagged and he turned to stare into the fireplace. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He still cannot see well with his left eye, and the lid sags. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Harris’s shoulders sagged like a flotation device losing air. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Her wisdom and musical integrity are manifest in every phrase, although I took issue with various things, particularly the willingness to let the tempo sag in calm passages. A true collaboration from cellist Sharon Robinson and pianist Anna Polonsky 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Many histories written by professors sag under the weight of sociological details, but this narrative is gripping. 'Preachin' the Blues': the life and times of enigmatic bluesman Son House 2011-06-30T19:35:04Z If the drama occasionally sags it's more to do with Lothar Koenigs's conducting, imposing in the orchestral set pieces, less convincing in the longer dramatic paragraphs, than anything else. Die Meistersinger von?N?rnberg 2010-06-20T20:31:00Z But in its time, ratings sagged, and NBC executives lost interest. With ‘Welcome to Flatch,’ Paul Feig Comes Home 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z If the pace occasionally sags, that is as much the fault of the work as of its presentation; even the usually acerbic Britten occasionally lets his audience get too comfortable. Albert Herring – review 2012-10-07T15:33:49Z Unfortunately, things sagged a little thereafter as he failed to explain fully the alternative options, at least to total CFP ignoramuses like me. Hugh's Big Fish Fight and True Stories: The Kids Grow Up 2011-01-12T08:00:04Z In this world of faded charm and sagging excess, Icona Pop cut striking figures. Icona Pop put some punk spirit into dance music 2013-06-15T05:00:00Z The box office is expected to take a dip Sunday night — at least Hollywood hopes it does, since the industry has labored frantically to jack up the Oscar ceremony's sagging ratings. Box Office Report: Alice's Wonderful Weekend 2010-03-08T18:15:00Z They have worked their way out and now the cushions are sagging. How to restore antique opera glasses 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z I sank into the sagging velvet sofa and caught sight of myself in a huge gothic-style mirror, my eyes wide. Coffee and calories in chilly Gothenburg 2010-12-18T00:06:48Z Adding interior bracing helped straighten the sagging walls. Backyard Beauty on a Budget 2010-05-26T17:49:00Z The fabric was generous, heavy but airy, designed with just a bit of sag in mind. | Peter Elliot Men: Peter Elliot Men: Looking Like You Don?t Try Too Hard 2010-07-07T00:42:00Z Just because my pants are sagging doesn't mean I'm up to no good. Brad Paisley defends 'Accidental Racist' duet with LL Cool J 2013-04-09T20:15:37Z As hilarious as their childishness was as young men, it's even funnier and a tad more haunting when viewed in the form of late middle age folds and sags. "The Kids in the Hall" are old now, and that makes their comedy still very much alright 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Maybe it just sags, like a heavy load. A Poet’s Tale from Obama’s First Inaugural 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Had he taken any old job and/or concrete steps to tend to his sagging mental health, would we be having this conversation? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: He lost his job and his mojo, and his partner’s patience is next 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Instead, this sags and lurches like a first date with someone who just wants to talk about their job. You review: Date Night 2010-04-26T14:24:00Z Her legs look like those of a decrepit old woman or a starving child, the skin shriveled and sagging over twigs of bone. Review: In ‘Girl in Glass,’ Deanna Fei Shares Her Baby’s Struggles 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z There is a gentle sag to the flesh around his mouth, a hollowness under the eyes, which droop slightly, and a small crease in the skin of his forehead. Met exhibit shatters 19th-century myths about ancient Egypt 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z The sagging roof, siding, windows and floors have been rebuilt. Yale Buys Collection of Scattered Medieval Pages 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z With two major deadlines in front of him, he worked furiously, sitting on a sagging old sofa surrounded by overflowing ashtrays and empty beverage containers. A Chinese Artist Consumed by the Idea of Inevitable Change 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Instead, there are stilted purple and yellow thatch-roofed cabanas, and hammocks strung between sagging palms. Next Stop: Off Nicaragua, a Quieter Caribbean 2012-11-07T17:48:36Z Yet despite Marrakesh’s new cachet, the true treasures of the enigmatic city still hide down dusty side streets and behind sagging storefronts. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Marrakesh, Morocco 2010-12-23T21:08:40Z A: As you discovered, most plastic lumber sags easily. Fixing a sagging garden bench 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Best of all, it had Sim himself, whose magnificently expressive face could, as needed, explode toward heaven or sag to the very pits of hell. 2009-12-25T01:45:00Z Sunburned concertgoers sank into sagging plastic chairs in front of the fans, screaming to chat with each other over the noise, their hair blowing in the breeze. Hair metal forever! 2012-07-22T01:00:00Z Now there's no such thing as a definitive version of the score, and each performance has its awkward corners, its moments when everything sags. Tracks of our tears: the songs that make G2 writers weep 2011-04-08T07:00:02Z That way the young Robin Wright is free to live on as a movie star, while ageing, sagging Robin Wright can shuffle off into moneyed obscurity. Robin Wright: 'I'm in my 40s and I don't inject my face with Botox' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The first act sags a bit at the midpoint, and Hamilton remains a political figure whose politics aren't all that clearly delineated. 'Hamilton's' revolutionary power is in its hip-hop musical numbers 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z With broad, sometimes slashing brushwork, this series stretched the female figure in grotesque ways, giving her features that include gaping eyes, fang-like teeth and enormous, sagging breasts. Sacred or Sexist? After a Brazen Theft, Seeing de Kooning in a New Light. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Despite sagging ratings, "Law & Order" had been considered likely for renewal next season, when it would be poised to surpass "Gunsmoke" as TV's longest-running drama. Will 'Law & Order' live on, to break a TV record? 2010-05-14T11:36:00Z As exacting as the synchronized movement strives to be, this airless work lacks detail; the dancers’ imprecision is a constant source of irritation, as are Christian Joy’s unitards, which sag in all the wrong places. Review: At American Realness Festival, Mirrored Movements and a Nearly Naked Yvonne Meier 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z And David’s backstory is arguably more elaborate than it needs to be, causing the book to occasionally sag. ‘The Unseen World’ — a cerebral thriller about a girl ‘more machine than human’ 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z The grainy black and white photographs of a wretched woman with her nose cut off and her stomach sagging like a burst balloon from where she had been mutilated. Why Jack the Ripper and other serial killer narratives endure 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z Overflowing with vivid and sagging flights of fancy, “Mood Indigo” is an example of that subgenre known as the cinematic cabinet of curiosities. 'Mood Indigo,' Starring Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The dough is supple enough that the bottoms sag under the weight of the soup, but sturdy enough to prevent breakage. Balanced Soup Dumplings, and Much More, at 3 Times 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z The broader culture has become adept at absorbing the extremes and sanding down harsh edges, whether it be sagging jeans that hang off the rear or mohawks paired with shredded denim. To fight the status quo, the activists of 1968 harnessed the power of fashion 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z "Ash moving over the road and the sagging hands of blind wire strung from the blackened lightpoles whining thinly in the wind." Anthony Horowitz's top apocalypse books 2012-10-04T10:49:38Z It’s always the same: two men, with bare knuckles and sagging or ridged bellies, square off in a rural corner and smack each other to cheers and jeers of the crowd. | 'Knuckle': ?Knuckle,? Documentary About Fighting Irish Travelers - Review 2011-12-09T02:03:03Z The surprises wear thin, and the middle portion of the album sags. Album review: Beach House, 'Bloom' 2012-05-14T14:53:00Z The chest hair and shaggy sideburns would go and those pale, sagging bodies would be redefined as drawing boards for tattoos, with decorative muscles added at the gym. The big picture: the England squad relax at their hotel in Leon, Mexico, on 14 June 1970 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z Her sunken eyes are dark, her bony shoulders sagging and her thin hair lies flat on her shoulders. Your stories: The Last Goodbye by Lydia 2013-04-05T11:00:00Z Intonation sagged in unaccompanied choral sections, and there were discrepancies in sustained high woodwind chords and in the agreement of cellos and double basses on the bass line. Review | National Philharmonic soloists boost an otherwise delayed, derivative event 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z They’re a bit sinewy and sag ever so slightly, but let’s not kid ourselves: they’re also bulging out of his tight polo shirt. Why is Stanley Tucci making a negroni so hot? I decided to investigate 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z “Sweatshop Overlord” sags a bit in its last third, and one moment meant to be solemn is puzzling instead. ‘Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord’ Review: Our Sewing Superhero 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Studios are looking for ways of making revenue amid sagging DVD sales but want to avoid hurting box office results. Movie at home that's still in theaters? Sure, but it's $60 2011-10-05T22:43:13Z He had settled into one of two graciously sagging white couches in his Upper East Side living room, a mug of tea in his hand, his dachshund, Tilly, resting her head in his lap. Harry Benson, an Early Photographer of Trump, Looks Back and Forward 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Modeled after Christopher Guest’s movie “Best in Show,” the Philadelphia canine contest was supposed to be a one-time experiment to boost sagging midday ratings on Thanksgiving. A beefy bulldog named Thor hammers the competition to win National Dog Show 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z It’s too awkward — because scenes drag when they should swing and jokes sag when they should pop — and not awkward enough. Review: Amy Poehler and Tina Fey Come Home in ‘Sisters’ 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z And under the category of bad ideas: “There’s that weird hybrid that happened: a slim jean that sometimes sags. And you get this waddle” as you walk, Kamarake says. Fashion puts men in a tight spot with pants that keep shrinking Men have gravitas and women have... "sagging breasts!" she says, as quick as a flash. Doyenne of Irish fiction 2011-02-06T00:05:42Z He had been recommended as a good person to talk to about staving off wrinkles and sagging jawlines. Dr. Brandt, the Lonely Showman 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z We knew the landmarks that measured its progress: maybe a pub sign, a red post-box, an old, sagging stone wall weighed down by ivy … Each delivered the same message. The A303: Highway to the Sun by Tom Fort – review 2013-05-14T10:00:01Z I am really looking forward to that not-too-distant day when my breasts begin to sag and wrinkle — I can only imagine what they will say then. The politics of my cleavage 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z In another photo, taken on a recent trip to Ghana, four shirtless boys confidently pose against a crumbling wall, their shorts sagging. Campbell Addy Up Close 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z “Before everything sags I might as well,” Rimes joked of the string bikini and laser cut bottoms seen in the show. Rimes applauds skimpy bikinis at Miami Beach show 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z If only the film didn’t sag and slump elsewhere. Why Do We Remember Gallipoli? 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z A stockily built man’s pants sag below his waist when he stands to take a document from a court official. Migrants risk it all seeking asylum. The answer in court is almost always ‘no.’ 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z “A Delicate Ship” occasionally threatens to sag under Nate’s rhapsodic eloquence. Review: ‘A Delicate Ship’ Plumbs the What-ifs of Love and Heartbreak 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z But shimmer this collection did — from the boxy Lurex copper knitwear and padded jacquard skirts to silk T-shirt dresses that sagged under the weight of their embellishments. Special Report: Fashion: Taking It Out West 2011-02-28T18:43:44Z Inside, white curtains, still knotted, drape like ripped cobwebs from windows, and mold-matted mattresses sag without their frames. Caneel Bay: Why a Caribbean Paradise Remains in Ruins 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Two girls sprawled on a sagging velvet couch, bent over their spiral-bound notebooks in serious concentration, searching for imperfections. I hated the girl in the mirror 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z That tension is felt throughout the film, and keeps the action engaging, when the film sags, especially during a subplot involving William going on his first hunt for pheasants. Kristen Stewart stuns in the moody "Spencer," a gorgeous yet superficial biopic of Princess Di 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z “Her head is too large, her ears barely formed. Her legs look like those of a decrepit woman or a starving child, the skin shriveled and sagging over twigs of bone,” she adds. In ‘Girl in Glass,’ mom of ‘distressed baby’ takes on Huffington, the system 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The roof leaked, the upstairs floors sagged, and the place was poorly insulated. Before and After: Modern Bungalow 2010-10-06T14:55:00Z Admittedly, extra sagging skin formerly stretched around chunky necks and stomachs does not flatter anyone's appearance, but certain contestants have returned to the finale looking a bit, well, anorexic. Why "The Biggest Loser" is the most American show 2010-05-25T19:01:00Z Beauty Spots THE many aesthetic benefits of pregnancy — thick, shiny hair; an enhanced bustline; that glow — are sometimes followed by glaring stretch marks, sagging skin and the onset of acne. Beauty Spots 2013-01-02T21:51:08Z However, once I installed the new polylumber slats, they started to sag. Fixing a sagging garden bench 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Her shoulders sag and her head bows, she blunders and shrinks from others, sighing and weeping. ‘Belle’ Review: Soaring and Singing Over the Online Rainbow 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z It sprawls, it sags, it grinds its gears and at times almost crashes from frantic multitasking. Review: ‘Steve Jobs,’ Apple’s Visionary C.E.O. Dissected 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z There was a huge tumor under my father’s jaw that jutted and sagged, pulling at the skin of his neck. I took my dead father to a Red Sox game 2013-03-09T15:00:00Z The Seventh Symphony and “Tapiola” sag, and the First needs more snap. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Some stretch to the ceiling, pulled seemingly to their limits; some sag under the weight of sand, and recall breasts or stones or tumors. Gehry’s Quiet Interventions Reshape the Philadelphia Museum 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z More or less child’s play at first, the war becomes darker and more violent, even as it sags under the weight of Mr. Barratier’s broader purpose. Movie Review: ‘War of the Buttons,’ Directed by Christophe Barratier 2012-10-12T01:42:43Z Under the oriental rugs and cushions, its upholstery is sagging and its seams wearing. Interpretation of seams? Sigmund Freud's couch needs £5,000 restoration 2013-05-06T05:00:03Z He’s often a marvelous actor, in performances ranging from teasingly sly to stonily grave, but here, he’s so unreproachfully earnest that the movie sags around him. Once Cool Magnificent Seven Now a Middling Septet 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Even the otherwise magnificent Great Expectations sags in the second half as the Compeyson mystery unfolds at the expense of the Pip story. Reader reviews roundup: Critic picks 2012-02-13T16:26:39Z The bleakness of early winter—the short, hazy days, the bony trees, the way the sky grows dense and unanimated, a sagging gray blanket—can, on the right day, seem nearly funny. Doug Paisley’s Winter Melancholy on “Starter Home” 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z The company specializes in leveling sagging concrete slabs, foundations and steps throughout the Washington area, including in Lorton. How to shore up a concrete patio 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Missing women haunt its frames, their faces on sagging posters and their names on the tongues of those searching for them. ‘She’s Missing’ Review: Gone Girl 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z A corpulent woman in a bedroom faces forward, hiking up her dress to display her sagging breasts. Art Review: Behold the Anonymous Downtrodden 2011-06-02T21:57:17Z Their foundations slant, their sills sag and they are squashed together, dormer windows at the top and little storefronts at street level. The French Side of Basque Country 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Garland overhead sags against a mirrored wall, doubling the effect of its holiday cheerfulness. Here’s how professional decorators dress their home for the holidays 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Clarke's group served the music well with lucid textures, clear articulation and taut lines that sagged only temporarily in the closing minutes. Baroque Band ends season with a special performance of Handel 2011-06-03T17:05:20Z It’s 2 a.m. at the La Factoria bar in Puerto Rico’s Old San Juan, a hipster joint with a sagging couch, tile floors, and Christmas lights that wouldn’t be out of place in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg. Puerto Rico: Tropical Tax Haven for America's Super-Rich 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Veals' narrative of a bank crisis sags in unsavory yet dull and repetitious details of his "Fantasy Finance" dealings. 'A Week in December': Faulks' novel of 7 London lives over 7 days 2010-03-24T23:34:00Z From space: Female astronaut: “Mine never sag up here, and yours won’t sag down there — if you beat gravity with a Playtex bra.” Style Invitational Week 1411: The back end of a Bulwer 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Stripping songs to their essence was a rewarding and revealing approach, but it did cause the set to sag at times, as baroque ballads blurred into one another. Tori Amos at Constitution Hall: Playing to the house, to wild success But while the score starts and ends funkily, its quiet-storm middle is slow and sticky, and the dance, sensitively following the music, sags. Dorrance Dance and a Mythili Prakash Premiere at Jacob’s Pillow 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Some of the most intriguing work I saw came from the young local artist David Alekhuogie, whose lush, flower-festooned photographs of young black men in sagging jeans shiver with both political ire and sexual potency. The Los Angeles Art Scene Looks to the World 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z But the roof leaked, mold thrived, plaster fell and floors sagged. Home & Design: History helps breathe life into a Georgian manor in Virginia The difference is that the latter three all had the good sense to appreciate that nerve-shredding intensity tends to sag at around the 100-minute mark. The never-ending story: why are Oscar movies often so long? 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Her longtime boyfriend Ken, whose buff chest and chiseled face also are encased in silver in Lange’s rings, brooches and necklaces, underwent a makeover of his own to bolster sagging sales. Childhood love, adult outrage drive Barbie jewelry artist 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z If a mattress starts to sag and lose its comfort after several years, that’s normal wear and tear. How to shop for a mattress 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z No, not with sagging knitwear, but at a more fundamental level, giving the fun-loving brand a much needed shot of street smarts. Special Report: Fashion: Taking Charge at Kenzo 2011-03-07T19:23:37Z Ms. Ellsworth’s diatribe, however impressive, is a little like a stand-up act that begins to sag under the weight of so much material. Dance Review: Andrew Dinwiddie and Michelle Ellsworth at Danspace Project 2012-05-25T22:30:07Z Once the action returns to 1933, alas, the movie sags despite the persistent frenetic action. ‘Amsterdam’ Review: A Madcap Mystery With Many Whirring Parts 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z At the children's emergency unit at the Thawra hospital in the port of Hodaida, tiny patients with skin sagging over their bones writhe in beds. Yemen central bank crisis raises new famine fears 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z The terrifying, dark eyes, the sagging limbs—to me, they look precisely the same. My mother, the drug war and me: Reading Ta-Nehisi Coates and forgiving my own black family in the age of mass incarceration 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z My heart sagged into my stomach when I saw the silent tears slide down her ashen cheek. "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" helped me reconsider my painful Evangelical childhood 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z The set sags a bit in the middle, with a string of shorter, less memorable works. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Suggesting frail bodies, they sag rumpled on the floor or hang in fleshy folds from ceilings. This week's new exhibitions 2011-07-08T23:08:45Z It's not all perfect – the album sags briefly during the final third – but Without Why is a rewarding, expertly crafted collection of sophisticated pop. Rose Elinor Dougall: Without Why 2010-08-26T21:30:00Z Nothing is as smart as it was; it's not as edgy, it's not as cute, it's sagged a bit. Sex and the City 2: what did the critics think? 2010-05-26T19:00:00Z As someone with an already unmanageable collection of cookbooks, I see a stack of new titles and wonder what they could possibly offer that I can’t already find on my sagging shelves. Eight Dazzling New Cookbooks 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z I looked around: All along the white walls were shelves crammed with skeletons from the past half-century of his work: wood casings, sagging bellows, and mangled keyboards that looked like irreparably crooked teeth. He’s the Brusque Mr. Fix-It for Mexico City’s Accordions 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z It finally opened to critical boos, but became a big hit, only recently sagging at the box office. ‘Spider-Man’ Musical Co-Writer Spills the Beans 2013-11-01T14:41:43Z More bits sag and wobble than anyone could want to touch, but I am desperate for a touch, especially now that hugs from the children are more to humour me than anything else. My life in sex: ‘I am a female incel. I am desperate for a touch’ 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The ceiling is crumbling, the walls chipping, the floorboards sagging; stray wooden planks are strewn against the walls. Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Gets ‘National Treasure’ Designation 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z As I’ve grown older, I’ve been able to let go of that body anxiety more — just in time, I fear, for all of my body to sag. Never show them your back 2012-11-24T01:00:00Z But in recent years he’s also grappled with hemifacial spasms, a nervous system disorder that causes one side of his face to sag, and he says he also needs cataract surgery. After 40 years on the air in Washington, Arch Campbell says goodbye — sort of Not perfect -- there's a point, about two thirds of the way through, when Nolan lets things sag -- but very well done and very satisfying. Where to see 'The Dark Knight Rises' 2012-07-18T18:12:05Z Even a die-hard fan like David Emerson, who buys an all-festival pass and attends as many as 35 shows, acknowledged this year’s sagging middle. What Earshot Jazz Festival does and doesn’t offer Seattle’s jazz fans 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Berry keeps the tension almost unbearably high throughout, even as the plot sags a bit at the end. They Hooked Up at Her Bachelorette Party. Now He’s Stalking Her. 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z And the tension, meta and otherwise, sags when McGee pleads guilty to manslaughter, arson and burglary to avoid a possible life term instead of going to trial. 'God'll Cut You Down' misses the mark in Southern murder case 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Context is key to revues; without legible situations or some sort of thesis, they can easily sag into generic concertizing. Bringing Out the Best of Sondheim, Herman and … Schraubstader? 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z We meet one, sagged on the sofa, accompanied by gloomy piano plonks. The new O2 ad: are you a cat or a dog person? 2013-07-20T05:00:00Z When Mr. Mariotti took his foot off the accelerator, tension sagged in the early going, and it occasionally fell to the singers to nudge things ahead. Music Review: ‘Carmen,’ With Anita Rachvelishvili, at the Met 2012-09-30T21:49:45Z Another wall sculpture, “Neon Templates of the Left Half of My Body Taken at Ten-Inch Intervals,” is an unprepossessing network of weakly glowing light tubes and sagging writing. Bruce Nauman Reappears: Pay Attention 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z They were featured during a long, sagging mid-concert stretch of unaccompanied solos, and it took the show some time to recover momentum afterward. Queen + Adam Lambert Take On Madison Square Garden 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Contained in their flaking paint, sagging roofs and enveloping vines are the traces of lives that have been lived and the joys and sorrows of the people who once occupied them. An artist captures the ‘ghost voices’ of abandoned houses 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z He looked suddenly stricken, shrunken, immensely old, as though the frightful impact of the bullet had paralysed him without knocking him down…he sagged to his knees. The war that made Orwell 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z On occasion, it buckles and sags under the colossal breadth and weight of its intellectual hedonism. Review: Partying to End the Patriarchy in a Dionysian ‘Girls’ 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z But even in this five-minute party piece tension sagged as soon as dynamic levels dropped. RSNO/Oundjian – review 2012-10-09T15:39:33Z The shelves of my bookcase sag in the middle, and not just because it’s made of cheap plywood. How Bibliophiles Flirt 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Contrasting Warhol's sagging male tits and self-conscious poise – the trussed-up belly, that wig, the neatness of his shoes – she gets both his woundedness and his affectation. The weird world of Alice Neel 2010-07-07T20:30:00Z Jorge was also charming, and through broken English he had enticed me from the touristy environs of downtown into what was eerily morphing into a barren, crumbling neighborhood of sagging rowhouses. On the Cigar Trail in Cuba 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Without adequate bridging, you might hear rattling as you walk across a floor or get significant sag if something really heavy, such as a piano, weighs down on a single joist. 20 years later, does it matter if the joist bridging was installed wrong? 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Doug pointed to a ramshackle tavern sagging on the side of the road; the place looked as though it had survived more than one grease fire. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z Because this story revolves, with a high degree of accuracy, around historical events not generally on the American curriculum, A Royal Affair enthralls where many historical dramas start to sag. A Royal Affair: The Enlightenment Brings Sexy Back 2012-11-08T15:00:36Z And here was a host who knows he needs to do something — something big, big, big — to resurrect a sagging brand. Chuck Todd’s ‘Meet the Press’ debut: A straight-talking work in progress The satire is sagging, the irony's atrophied and the funny is flabby. Sex and the City 2: what did the critics think? 2010-05-26T19:00:00Z With its elegant documentary-style approach, Brooks's novel reignited the sagging zombie genre in the literary world, so it's incredibly disappointing that the movie adaptation looks unlikely to do the same for its celluloid equivalent. World War Z: is Brad Pitt making the most expensive disaster movie of all time? 2013-05-03T10:38:00Z She sags at the knees; her shoulders decline; her spine yields. Dance Review: Sara Rudner and Dana Reitz at Baryshnikov Arts Center 2010-05-14T23:15:00Z He revs engines and cuts loose bodies, adding energy to a movie that often sags, especially when the floundering youngsters open their mouths. Movie Review: ‘Red Dawn’ Remake Trades Soviets for North Koreans 2012-11-21T00:08:48Z It included a makeshift home office, an exercise machine, a futon, a play area filled with toys, stacks of boxes and luggage, and sagging shelves stuffed with plastic storage bins. A flood pushed this family to create its dream basement, spa included 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Future Tat will analyze a picture of that tattoo you are about to get for how deformed it will become over time after expanding, sagging, etc. Style Invitational Week 1087: The core ridiculum — courses you’d like to see “That thing was so eerie when I was here writing,” Morby said, pointing as he passed, his grin briefly sagging. Kevin Morby Chases Ghosts, and a New Album, in Memphis 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z The horizontal cut sagged like a smile, and we thought it might serve as a charm against being broken into again: potential thieves could come and see that somebody had been here before them. You’re the kids who robbed us: Our strange online encounter with our burglars 2014-04-12T23:00:00Z In a few passages, the orchestra and singers were a bit out of sync, and the energy level of the cast seemed to sag as the long, great Act 2 finale came to a head. A by-the-book 'Marriage of Figaro' from Los Angeles Opera 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Saving the Andante for later, however, did leave the symphony sagging after about 45 minutes. Review: Absent 20 Years, a Conductor Rescues the Philharmonic 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z The company’s recent performance has been strong, even as the results have sagged at other major publishers. A Huge Merger’s Collapse Breaks a Pattern of Consolidation in Publishing 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z The space is dark, with glimmers of light through slats along the side and a sagging blue tarp at the top. In the galleries: ‘Spring Solos’ at Arlington Arts Center 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z As a play to her fan base it’s ingenious, and yet “Pieces of Me,” the song, sags under its unoriginal premise and noble self-regard. New Music 2011-06-13T22:00:32Z The house is about to undergo a $1.5 million exterior overhaul, with work on the roof and the sagging balcony where George Washington paced in 1776 while plotting against British troops. At Historic House Museums, Time for a Face-Lift 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Haney thought she’d had a stroke, even though she showed no other symptoms: no physical weakness, no sagging in her face, no slurring. Meet the encephalophone: An instrument you can play with your mind, just by thinking 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z The early inroads have been experimental, but turning social media users into audiences is a bright new hope for a Hollywood looking to counter sagging DVD sales. Startup tries to put sociability back into movies 2011-08-30T21:16:04Z A huge yellow fish paddles aloft, fins waving, doleful mouth sagging open. Spur of the Moment; Pygmalion; The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist; The Magical Menagerie 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z In 1980, at 80, four years before her death, she would unveil her own sagging nakedness in one of art history’s most quietly shocking and forthright self-portraits. It’s Time to Put Alice Neel in Her Rightful Place in the Pantheon 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Rock stars, after all, face the same battles with crow’s feet and sagging jowls that everyone else eventually does. ‘12-12-12’ Concert Performers and Issues of Aging 2012-12-19T23:07:03Z Pursuing that single aim, “Last Work” sags in the middle, as the successive contrasts cancel out. Review: Ohad Naharin’s ‘Last Work’ Isn’t 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z The buildings they constructed for themselves, dictated by penury, tended to sag after a few years, as if worn down by the humidity or just the weight of living. After a lifetime of capturing what was, Christenberry faces what is 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z To keep the covert accessory from sagging, he explains, the sides of the hat were reinforced with metal. Mansion Of Secrets: An Espionage Expert's Outrageous Spy Lair 2012-12-06T15:00:00Z Yet when Smith tries to fill in the long life that preceded Eliot’s final months, the prose sags and reminds one too much of stale biographical exposition. George Eliot’s brief marriage got off to a really, really bad start 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z One of the reasons last season sagged so hard was the invincible plot armour Negan was wearing, and he was still wearing it like a cosy gown in Mercy. The Walking Dead season eight, episode one – Mercy 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z The lunar glow of Gheorghiu's voice sounds wan, and her intonation often sags; never having developed as an interpreter, she can only compete with our memories of her dewier prime. La princesse jaune/La colombe; La rondine – review 2013-07-13T23:05:23Z His abode was a mobile home, so full of books and pamphlets and other debris that it sagged on its foundation. My Absent Father 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z His calling card is the depiction of rural Alabama buildings sagging, falling, collapsing over years — unstated observations about our own mortality. After a lifetime of capturing what was, Christenberry faces what is 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Studios increasingly look instead to the Venice and Toronto in the autumn to debut key hopefuls, wary of the potential for a sag in momentum between mid-May and next spring. The week ahead: Catherine Shoard on Douglas and dogs at Cannes 2013-05-12T18:45:36Z Several years later, as the economy sagged, he read in the Wall Street Journal that Indian artifacts were increasing in value. From Navajo Blankets To Yokuts Baskets, American Tribal Art Reaches New Heights At Auction 2013-06-04T14:00:00Z Even so, if one had looked carefully, he might have noticed that the Jeep was sagging in the back, the vehicle's rear axle bent so low, the chassis almost scraped the ground. The great Moon-rock heist - extract 2011-07-08T21:59:00Z Serious problems include a sagging ceiling in the living room, an unstable floor in an upstairs bedroom and the infiltration of moisture into the foundation. Efforts to Preserve Henry Varnum Poor’s House and Its History Have Stalled 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Bamboo poles stretched across shoulders sag beneath the weight of overloaded baskets. In Asia, Tastes of the Sea 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The shoulders sag, the arms swell, the pain starts to increase. Marina Abramovic 2010-10-02T23:04:00Z Come for the archival Spice Girls material, stay for the shot of Posh in sagging boyfriend jeans. | Dior’s $20 Million Contract, Transgender and 62-Year-Old Models and the Next Dame of the British Empire 2014-01-31T20:38:06Z Her handmade, unruly webs, which she attaches to museum walls and ceilings in large-scale ephemeral installations, soar and sag — challenging long-held ideas about monumentality in sculpture. Imagine Spider-Woman With a Crochet Hook 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Mary Katharine, 35, leaned back into their sagging brown couch, tucking her feet to support her pregnant belly — their second child, due in December. She was a conservative pundit. He was a liberal activist. At home, none of that mattered. 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Fortunately, riders had the option of trimming each day by hopping into the “sag wagon” that provided aid and lunch. A Bicycle Tour Through Remote Southwest Canyon Country 2010-07-31T04:30:00Z Behind the Candelabra is smartly scripted and directed – though, as Liberace and Thorson's relationship sags, the film's pace does slightly, too. Behind the Candelabra: Michael Douglas steals the show as Liberace 2013-06-04T14:38:00Z Tapping into a vein of blue-collar resentment that’s both thematically rich and uncomfortably current, the writer and director, Joseph Martin, is not above using tricks to bolster an occasionally sagging narrative. Review: Haves and Have-Nots Collide in ‘Us and Them’ 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z That is, are Americans losing interest in elective cosmetic surgery whole cloth, or only as our finances sag? Skin Deep: Cosmetic Surgeries Get a Little Nip and Tuck 2010-04-27T17:34:00Z There’s always something off about it: a sagging tire, a balding brake, the seat sinking over time until pedaling becomes exhausting. My year without a car 2013-12-09T01:00:00Z The hourglass-shaped double arch was added in about 1340 to bolster the church’s sagging tower. England’s legendary towns of Glastonbury and Wells are peaceful, picturesque 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Tourism from the United States dipped more than 40 percent from 2015 to 2017, part of a plunge that saw visitor numbers to the country sag about 30 percent. Another Hit for Turkish Tourism? 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z He took some getting used to: all those rhythmic sentences, as sagging and repetitious as telephone wires on a bleak Pennine road. Then and now: Granta's best young British novelists 2013-04-06T07:00:20Z Heavy stuff, sure, but the song itself sags. The Next Day Extra: David Bowie’s New Extended Album Includes 5 Unreleased Songs 2013-11-05T16:14:40Z Common mistakes are letting your hips rise or lower back sag. No hotel gym, no problem: 10 gear-free ways to exercise while traveling 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z The air, scented by sodden socks and bug spray, sagged with humidity. Evening in America: What it felt like on Trump’s Fourth of July 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z By 1981, when Mr. Tinker was hired to resurrect NBC, the network was in the doldrums, with dismal ratings, sagging profits and defections by viewers, affiliates and advertisers, which threatened NBC’s very survival. Grant Tinker, Former Chairman of NBC, Dies at 90 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z If the story sags, the staging never does. | 'Hero': ?Hero,? a Korean musical, at the Koch Theater - Review 2011-08-29T22:31:59Z The wit of the conception and the execution — the songs are a slick blend of pop grooves, tight lyrics and old-fashioned musical theater craft — goes a long way toward keeping the show from sagging. Review: In ‘Six,’ All the Tudor Ladies Got Talent 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z "It never sagged once in its mighty two hour 40 minutes running time and the high-frame-rate projection for this film somehow looks richer and denser than it did the last time round," he wrote. Weinsteins sue Warner over Hobbit 2013-12-12T10:05:50Z In a huge altarpiece, dramatic lighting calls attention to the sagging, wrinkled skin of St. Jerome, an early Christian ascetic who practiced penitential acts of self-deprivation and self-harm. SAM’s ‘Flesh and Blood’ exhibit depicts desire, violence and more using the artistic vessel of the human body 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Spooky tremolos and gently slumping figures suggest the sagging clocks in Dali’s famous painting, “The Persistence of Memory.” Review: Despite being interrupted by cellphones — twice! — Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival kicked off its second half with a remarkable concert 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z There was a lot of fine detail, but the overall architecture of the piece began to sag, and the final drifting chords seemed less a conclusion than an afterthought. NSO offers energetic Dvorak and a fresh cellist 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z I found some of the buildings disappointing, in part because they seemed to sag under the burden of knowing they had to compete for attention. 'Meth and modernism': The understated 'Columbus' offers a complex portrait of small-town America 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z But important scenes are beginning to sag, notably in a listless first act, and there is too much cliched choral thigh-splaying and gypsy knife-waving for comfort. Carmen 2010-06-09T20:45:00Z "Glee" started out with a bang, full of charm and wit and fantastic musical numbers, but the storylines sagged, the performances varied between dynamic and disastrous, and the dialogue devolved into awkward psychobabble. The Emmys: Who should win? 2010-08-28T00:20:00Z His face sagged from lack of sleep and emotional exhaustion. Could a mask maker’s quest to see the Dalai Lama bring about world peace? 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Yet “Low Winter Sun” is so clotted with bleak cityscapes, shadowy interiors and brooding portent that the narrative sags under the weight of all that mood-setting. Television Review: Killers Who Just Won’t Lighten Up 2013-08-08T22:34:06Z Wotan sags with grief, clinging to the wall, as he leaves Brünnhilde on her rock in the opera’s last moments. Setting the night on fire: ‘Walküre’ at Seattle Opera 2013-08-06T17:00:08Z Some prime-time series about doctors, police and other emergency workers made fitful efforts to depict Covid, but their mask discipline sagged over time. Wondering When the Pandemic Will End? On TV, It Already Has. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Absent any strong vision, however, each movement tended to sag in the middle and lose interest. Washington’s week with Joshua Bell revealed little that we didn’t already know 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Despite humanity’s inevitable chess ability sag, the age at which the average Nobel laureate gets their gong is pretty late. The age when you hit 'peak loneliness' – and other life milestones 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z She looks grey in the face, sometimes sagging with settled grief, sometimes disconcertingly perky. All My Sons; Henry VIII; Paradise Found 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z And there are flashes of insight: As the knights celebrate the communion-like ceremony of the Grail, they drop their hardy outerwear and reveal suits of exaggeratedly sagging flesh. Review: A Conductor Sets Munich’s Ashen ‘Parsifal’ Aflame 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z At one point, between movements, Thomas unabashedly pulled up his visibly sagging pants, which elicited some good-natured laughter from the audience. Review: Michael Tilson Thomas, a Podium Hero, Returns 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z He actually prefers to leave the doors in place because he’s found that very heavy doors sometimes sag a bit. How to refinish exterior doors without removing them 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Along with two business partners, he is sprucing up a resort town that holds a hallowed place in gay lore, but had started to sag with age. Up Close: Guardian of the Pines 2011-05-25T20:25:53Z USA Today called it a "mortifying mess", New York magazine "an epic eyesore," and the Los Angeles Times said "the satire is sagging, the irony's atrophied and the funny is flabby." "Sex and the City 2" loses zing but still lures fans 2010-05-27T20:39:00Z Watching him pull away from Kim at the end, her face sagging with realisation as she drifted into the background, felt like a deliberate echo of the final shot of The Godfather. 'S’all good, man': How Better Call Saul became superior to Breaking Bad 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z He bows down to the regally curving neck of the swan before it has sagged over, mimicking a ballet swan. Dance Review: Meg Stuart?s ?Blessed,? at New York Live Arts - Review 2012-01-14T00:28:29Z Mr. Waterston’s version, on exhibit at Mass MoCA in North Adams, Mass., presents the room in decay and desolation, with shattered pottery, sagging shelves and oozing liquids. Dave Hickey, Live at 'The Peacock Room' 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z My stomach grew heavier with dread as the car sagged more and more under the weight of our effects. I finally own a home – and can relax my 'transient immigrant' aloofness 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Above all, Thielemann conveyed a sense of unaffected fluidity — achieved, paradoxically, by firm control over a score that can sag. The Vienna Philharmonic Tends the Classics With a Perfect Partner 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Medical knowledge is evolving at warp speed, spinning out reams of new information into sound bites, articles and more and more new health books to overload your sagging shelves. A Doctor’s Guide to What to Read on the Opioid Crisis 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Cheap furniture looks great in the showroom but quickly sags, scuffs and stains. You don't have to be rich to lead an 'eco friendly' lifestyle - here's how I do it 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z That sagging of energy happens to any long-lasting series, but it’s oddly apt in the case of “Mad Men,” because the show’s trajectory so closely follows the era it portrays. The TV Watch: ‘Mad Men’ Returns to AMC on Sunday. 2014-04-10T12:00:01Z Last weekend I realised with horror that they were beginning to sag slightly. United front: breasts without the airbrush 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z It’s really that alive whenever there’s a rally, and Wednesday’s event never sagged for long. Review | Upright Citizens Brigade is making it up every night at Woolly Mammoth 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z But 700-page books will sag in places, and this one is no exception. After ‘A Little Life,’ Hanya Yanagihara’s Big New Novel Rewrites History 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z It has taken about half an hour longer than it should have because of plugging and unplugging and sagging and whatnot. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: R.I.P., dear friend. Like me, you were old and out of it, but you stubbornly soldiered on. 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z We’d had drinks and a discussion in their old-school Brooklyn apartment—a warren of little rooms redeemed by an expansive kitchen that was charming, even with its broken molding and stained, sagging ceiling. “This Is Pleasure” 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z If people look away from your catalog, your sales sag. My son is getting an American Girl Doll for Christmas 2013-12-25T12:45:00Z Or when they merely became decrepit, sagging ancients of 17 or so. Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century by Paul Kildea – review 2013-02-07T08:00:01Z Even when Johnson is offstage or the writing sags with exposition, the show, directed solidly if a little stolidly by Bill Rauch, retains the vitalizing imprint of his performance. Theater Review: Bryan Cranston as President Johnson in ‘All the Way’ 2014-03-07T03:00:02Z I looked, and there sagged a familiar craggy face! Weingarten: Good grief. Gene goes to Ben Bradlee’s funeral As in nursery rhyme or folk song, such a question is answered with a series of conditions: "When the kisses core hollow/ and the mattress sags sallow," etc. Poem of the week: Fruition by Rhian Edwards 2012-06-18T11:24:52Z Novices might think the dough will sag or, worse, fall through the grate. Grilled pizza revelations Buried within the sagging, overwritten scenes in “Watson Intelligence” are some authentically insightful reflections on the frequently unsatisfactory nature of human relationships. Theater Review: ‘The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence’ 2013-12-10T03:00:01Z The task of shooting his fiercely accomplished subjects with every pore, crease and sag dramatically magnified was, he would have you believe, no more than business as usual. Pirelli’s Reality Check: Portraying Beauty at Any Age 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z The Dr. Oz Show Protecting your face from wrinkles, sagging and age spots. Thursday's TV Highlights: 'Bones' on Fox 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Hickson doesn't quite manage the transition and things sag a little. Boys – review 2012-06-04T15:51:22Z This product contains a pre-blended mixture of cement, sand and a polymer that helps it bond well and resist sagging and shrinking. Cracked concrete lintel is a mystery 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z The candles droop, sag and curl over the surfaces like so many tubers, intestines or slugs. In L.A. galleries now: A celebration of black women, a cheeky take on living with disability 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Hoffman is only 44, but he nevertheless sags in his brokenness like a man closer to retirement age, lugging about his sample cases filled with his self-denial and disillusionment. A deeply relevant 'Death of a Salesman' emerges 2012-03-16T05:31:08Z “Catching Feelings” starts to sag a little at this point; cultural specificity or no, the spectacle of a man exploding his own life for no good reason is a familiar one. In ‘Set It Up’ and 2 Other Netflix Comedies, No One Emerges Unscathed 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z But each color is set in motion by the quietly unruly topography of creases, sags and folds, and further subdivided by light into a tremendous variety of tones and hues. What to See in New York City Art Galleries This Week 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z When those shoulders start to sag, it is heartbreaking. Review: A Mesmerizing ‘Hairy Ape’ Brings Existentialism to Park Avenue 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Even when its plot starts to sag, “Walking Out” remains beautiful to watch. Review: In ‘Walking Out,’ Two Men Go Hunting; Who Knows Who’ll Come Back 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Our window boxes were filled with rotting memories of carnations, the roof leaked and the floors sagged under the weight of all the people they supported. Work, pray, fear: my life in the Family cult 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z Instead, they right themselves and more or less soldier on, though with sagging shoulders. London Theater Journal: Laughing Wall to Wall 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Even as Susanna’s story sags the film has little delights, including “Darling,” a mash-up of a Bollywood number and a Russian folk song. | '7 Khoon Maaf': A Black Widow Tale 2011-02-19T00:14:13Z But when the artist becomes too fascinated with himself the spirit of a work sags and dulls. "Lisey's Story" isn't a horror tale as much as a cry to end it all sooner 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z And “Requiem,” more Expressionist than Brechtian, can sag: dreams are related, as are ideas for plays. Theater Review: ‘Requiem for Black Marie’ Finds Brecht Wanting 2013-06-18T21:38:19Z The original thrived on its welcoming, inclusive themes, with scenes set around the family's humble kitchen table or that sagging living room couch with the crocheted throw. Without Roseanne, who are “The Conners” now? 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Cedar and other softwoods are likely to sag over a long span, though not as much as plastic lumber. Fixing a sagging garden bench 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z And while Mr. Carell bounces and sags persuasively, the characterization is finally so soft that Bobby comes off as more needy and pathetic than threatening. Review: Advantage, Bobby, but Game, Set, Match, Billie Jean 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z He is persuasive and vivid about the art itself, as when he describes Freud’s “beady-eyed focus on humid, blotched skin and sagging flesh,” in paintings that were “raw and rash-ridden.” ‘The Art of Rivalry’ Dissects Four Jostling Pairs of Artists 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z And so, on a weekend of sagging cloud and sopping air, we met in Ammanford, 45 minutes north of Swansea. Story of a male escort 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z Before and after photos revealed that my skin no longer sagged in places I hadn’t known it sagged, until I saw photos in which it no longer did. The Secret to Beauty: A Stranger’s Hands Inside Your Mouth 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z In a rendering that shows the hammocks sagging under the weight of people napping inside them, they bring to mind human-size cocoons. Architecture Review: Plan for Governors Island Has Hills, Views and Hammocks 2010-04-12T22:21:00Z In my boy band days, I used to get yelled at for sagging my jeans. What I Wore: What I Wore - Kevin McHale of ?Glee? 2011-10-14T23:46:27Z “American Horror Story” is most cohesive and surprising in its “Asylum” season, with subsequent outings sagging under the weight of their cameos and a somewhat mawkish adherence to archetypes. "American Horror Story: Cult" is FX's way of saying, "Tag, America — you're 'It'!" 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z “To that end, we see significant jowling and sagging in the lower face as a result.” Now Women Are Supposed to Worry About Their Jawlines Too? 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Eventually they shored up sagging ceilings, dug beneath the ground level to install subfloor heating, raised roofs, moved doors, and added windows. This Dreamy Country Estate in Normandy Blends High Style with Cozy Charm 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Have four decades on the planet caused your face to sag a touch? Motherlode: The Hypocrisy of Parenting 2011-04-06T19:46:18Z "Dirty Martini", "Mimi Le Meaux" and the other artistes rework and subvert the conventions of "gentlemen's entertainment", flaunting their tattoos, false eyelashes and sagging flesh outrageously. Bond baddie brings burlesque film to Cannes 2010-05-13T13:53:00Z Back story is where novels often sag, but in this case it’s where the book hits its propulsive stride. One Part Gangster, One Part Philosophical Clown 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z “Smile” sags a little bit in the middle, as Doyle chronicles Victor’s somewhat idealized relationship with Rachel. A Stranger From the Past Confronts Roddy Doyle’s Latest Hero 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z We’ll take the sagging jaw line, the suggestion of mortality, the kinds of faces and physiques we recognize from the shopping mall, the office, maybe even the mirror. The New Season Film: In Praise of Character Actors 2011-09-14T12:00:05Z Fox is changing the "American Idol" format after it sagged in the ratings, giving a supersized push to "Glee" and focusing on comedy heading into the next television season. Fox network reveals stable new fall schedule 2010-05-17T15:46:00Z Admire Lawrence of Arabia's unpaid bill and the old Orient Express posters, then sink into a sagging leather armchair and order an old-fashioned cocktail. Five Reasons to Visit Aleppo: Silk Road Splendor 2010-12-09T14:05:00Z The sagging, corpulent old woman in a bathing suit with a brown paper bag for a hat glares at the camera with what seems like a lifetime of stored-up rage. Art Review: Leon Levinstein?s Photographs of New Yorkers 2010-06-24T20:30:00Z This will prevent a sag of hair below the elastic. Ponytail primer: More than pulling back hair 2011-02-23T21:19:18Z |
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