| 单词 | scarcely |
| 例句 | The variety of wild animals thus tamed is far greater than the variety eventually domesticated, and includes some species that we would scarcely have imagined as pets. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z "Suppose I do. It would scarcely kill you." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z They scarcely breathed until he had turned again and was going the other way. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Aside from his own retainers, there was scarcely a man in this city he trusted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She was scarcely half a head taller than Yishan, but she ordered servants about as if she had been at the palace for decades. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The balloon lifted immediately and surged upward into the snow-thick air at a rate Lyra could scarcely believe. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Well out from either bank stood four low arches—scarcely more than culverts, each filled by the stream to within a foot of the apex. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Cullivan could scarcely credit so detached an attitude; Perry was confused, mistaken, it was not possible for any man to be that devoid of conscience or compassion. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It is experience in this sense—experience as the path to discovery—that was scarcely recognized before the discovery of America. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Even if we had not been at odds, we would scarcely have spoken: we were too tired. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He drew his breath short, and strained me so close to him, I could scarcely pant. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z His system was sturdy enough to survive a case of someone else’s malaria or influenza with scarcely any discomfort at all. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Heqet grew so excited that by the time Ranofer paused for breath his snub-nosed face was transformed and he could scarcely sit still. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z This morning he had been so heartsick and weary he could scarcely stand, but npw his fury was on him, filling him with strength. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I can scarcely believe this is all happening, right now. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “No; some unaccountable one. In short, I believe you have been trying to draw me out—or in; you have been talking nonsense to make me talk nonsense. It is scarcely fair, sir.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I was in constant pain, scarcely able to breathe. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew I was making a pest of myself, but I could scarcely believe this nice young lady could be so un-sympathetic, so insolent when she discovered I did not come in to buy something. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There was scarcely enough space for a dry perch. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to see the book and try for himself, even though he could scarcely read, but there was no way I could let him have it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z His leathers bound so tightly around his legs and under his arms that he could scarcely move. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He scarcely showed the spark of consciousness in his eyes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z His eyes were open and his glasses were askew and his pupils were different sizes—one large and black, the other scarcely a pinpoint. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There is scarcely an instance of hypothermic death that isn’t in some measure mysterious and improbable. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It was a very young man who had said this, scarcely more than a boy—very dark and sober, very bitter. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z He would scarcely have been the first man who came to look on things differently after a few years at court . . . but the change was marked enough to make Ned wonder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She saw the grown folks freeze into stillness, not moving, scarcely breathing, while they listened. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance a flat-bottomed motorboat lay beached on a strip of sand scarcely wide enough to accommodate it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Wang Lung answered negligently as one speaks to a man who is scarcely an equal, “Good harvests—good harvests—” and he stepped with assurance inside the gate. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Ned had lingered scarcely a fortnight with his new bride before he too had ridden off to war with promises on his lips. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A man had just been killed scarcely ten feet away, and yet all she could think of was the jolt that went through her when she felt Kaede’s hand in hers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In spite of the pain that shot up his leg, Kingshaw scarcely hesitated. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Mr. Poe was scarcely at home, because he was very busy attending to the Baudelaire affairs, and when he was home he was often coughing so much he could barely have a conversation. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z There was a small path at the edge of the clearing, and scarcely three steps into the Wood, the winter returned. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The children watched in growing despair as the brave child grew weaker and weaker, her voice softer and softer, until at last her cries of defiance were scarcely more than mumbles. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z For a time I was safe, isolated; for a time I owned the space around me, though it was scarcely more than that of a coffin. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Trembling with excitement, Ranofer could scarcely make his fingers loosen a strand of the wire and straighten it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z By the end of the first article, the machine had created dozens of slender metal blocks, some scarcely wider than the edge of a silver dollar, arranged into squares. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Finally, they roused themselves, and trooped back through the kitchen, scarcely glancing at the children on their way out of the house. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Darcy, after enquiring of her how Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner did, a question which she could not answer without confusion, said scarcely anything. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z It was scarcely distinguishable from his guffaw, but there was a difference. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I scarcely slept; I was wherever musicians congregated. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have scarcely thought whether I had land or not these days except to bury my dead in.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The lights of the hall dimmed, and the dancing couples who now embraced one another could scarcely be seen. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z First, when she was eight, going on nine, her mother had died, an event not immediately recognized by Elizabeth as a disaster, since she had scarcely known her mother and had certainly never loved her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Darwin himself could scarcely have found a better example of the operation of natural selection than is provided by the way the mechanism of resistance operates. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then I see Kantorek and am scarcely able to stifle my laughter. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A commotion near the door had been scarcely noticed. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Yet, though he scarcely saw their faces, he knew that they were there. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z What happens to them does not directly affect—and is scarcely noticed by—the privileged beyond the ghetto’s invisible walls. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Although they represented scarcely i% of the Bantu population they took it upon themselves to tell the world that the Africans in South Africa are suppressed, oppressed and depressed.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl who drowned the slaver cities in blood rather than leave strangers to their chains can scarcely abandon her own brother’s son in his hour of peril. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was friendly and quite calm, but we had scarcely more than exchanged greetings when the door opened and a hush fell as Julian slipped in and closed the door quietly behind him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Florence had scarcely ever spoken to her before she arrived at this merciful unpopularity; but Elizabeth had noticed Florence. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It seemed that he had scarcely begun to walk before he swaggered; he had scarcely begun to talk before he cursed. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She was scarcely past the middle of her span of years, and her life would not easily pass from her body, so that she lay dying on her bed for many months. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z You know not, you can scarcely conceive, how they have tortured me;—though it was some time, I confess, before I was reasonable enough to allow their justice.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes he could scarcely see D’Ath, who was close at his heels. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z She had scarcely finished ere the bell announced bedtime! no delay could be admitted; Miss Temple embraced us both, saying, as she drew us to her heart— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But I was scarcely in the house before Lin Nai- Nai ran to me from one side of the hall and my mother from the other. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re here,” said her other mother, in a voice so close to her real mother’s that Coraline could scarcely tell them apart. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I had not set eyes on her for a considerable time—not since the day I had seen her in her nakedness; and she had changed so much I scarcely recognised her. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The gods in the pyre were scarcely recognizable anymore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “They are scarcely in season,” said the old man reprovingly, and he walked off in the direction of the cottage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “They are so awful I can scarcely stand to touch them.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z With scarcely room to breathe, my friends and I tried to stay motionless and silent as we waited. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Adèle seemed scarcely to need the warning; she had already retired to a sofa with her treasure, and was busy untying the cord which secured the lid. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z If the queen approved of her...Kaltain could scarcely think as the queen nestled into her throne, then clapped her hands twice. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z After all, flattened ears and a tail-wag were scarcely a conversation. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthew Wood had eaten little and spoken scarcely a word. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Jyck swung a fair enough sword, but Morrec scarcely counted,- he was part groom, part cook, part body servant, and no soldier. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She not unfrequently stopped at the Parsonage, and had a few minutes’ conversation with Charlotte, but was scarcely ever prevailed upon to get out. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Seems funny to me,” he muttered, scarcely knowing what he was saying, “that she didn’t think something.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The words had scarcely left her foolish lips, Kunti said, when Surya, the God of Day, appeared before her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z No wonder he had needed the Babylonian no longer, and scarcely taken notice of his dismissal! The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She scarcely looked like a woman; tall and lean, with the same hard face as the others, her hair hidden beneath a bowl-shaped halfhelm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Most of it I do not understand, it is so hard to decipher and I scarcely know any French. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They were in the tiny Church of the Men—a chapel as ancient as Christianity in the islands, though it was scarcely twenty feet square. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We know from experience that the satisfactions of betrayal are scarcely worth it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The world’s greatest biological thinkers, having pored over the problem of heredity, had scarcely advanced the field beyond the cryptic musings of two men who had lived on two Greek islands two thousand years earlier. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z May’s broom could barely keep up with it, and our oil heater could scarcely hold its own against the drafts. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “We could scarcely dress as the Beast” But the Saracen had run away with the idea. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs Who wafted over to her, tiny feet scarcely seeming to touch the ground, the lenses of her glasses glittering. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z At one o’clock Lupita felt scarcely able to make her way out of her row. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z His hands were shaking so that he could scarcely control the flow. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “I could scarcely see three yards in front of me where I was. And then the things went off out of the blue.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Or: We had scarcely begun to cook when the smoke alarm went off. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There’d scarcely been a moment in the day when they had not been pressed together. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Even though his inflexible new boots had chewed his feet into hamburger, Beck kept hobbling upward, day in and day out, scarcely mentioning what must have been horrific pain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I could scarcely believe what it said: I had been nominated for the international peace prize of Kids Rights, a children’s advocacy group based in Amsterdam. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “What would Uncle Reed say to you, if he were alive?” was my scarcely voluntary demand. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It could scarcely be clearer: God was saying, in code, “I am nothing.” Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A woman, scarcely more than a shadow, was dancing on the moon's nose—and suddenly the moon smiled. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “There are scarcely a dozen left in the beds around Coral Cove,” I said. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Atticus’d scarcely give him the time of day, and there he is at the same . Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Felicia watched the thickset butchers cleave and carve the flesh like sculptors, could scarcely tell them apart, in fact, from the marbled slabs of beef at their elbows. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I scarcely moved for the rest of the lecture. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His body he could scarcely feel at all. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You know, Thoreau, I could scarcely drag myself away from the newspapers to come up here. You make a marvelous story.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z "You have scarcely touched your food. You will sit down and clean your plate." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then we were lodged within gray, the smoke thick around us, and we coughed and slapped at our eyes, scarcely able to perceive our own limbs; with the heat of the flames all about us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “You are cold; you look miserable. The chocolate will soon be hot. But would you rather have a taste of brandy? I have scarcely touched the bottle which you brought me for my cold.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z I went down the back staircase—low and claustrophobic, scarcely three feet wide—through the kitchen and butler’s pantry, and out onto the back porch. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I scarcely take the trouble to sound regretful, so lazy have I become. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He stepped daintily over the heather, scarcely seeming to press it with his airy trot and the wind made waves in his long mane, which had been freshly combed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Penelope had been scarcely four years old when she was delivered to Swanburne’s doorstep, for reasons that had never been made clear. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It wasn’t long, scarcely extending past the edge of my hand, but it was sharp. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As a criminal, you are afforded scarcely more rights, and arguably less respect, than a black man living in Alabama at the height of Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When his eyes were fully open, he felt so drowsy that he could scarcely move, and then he sat up to find his bandage loose and his bed crimson. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They were separated from our island by but two hundred yards of water—a channel scarcely sufficient to splash through as refreshment on a summer’s day. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z After the second night they no longer bound his hands, and once they had gained the heights they scarcely bothered to guard him at all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She could scarcely think straight; she could only answer to the fury inside of her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He had been married scarcely two months, but she realized at once that things were not going well in the nuptial bed, and she had the delicious pleasure of vengeance fulfilled. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z West Riding, scarcely five miles from the Royal City, was known far and wide as the staging ground for the Royal Hunt — and hunting season had already begun. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I could scarcely move, scarcely breathe, without breaking my own wrist. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And this caused such a war in her as could scarcely be endured. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It lodged in the flank of a gray wolf scarcely twenty feet away. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Tyrion rubbed the sleep from his eyes and put on a grimace he scarcely felt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Alas, this value can scarcely be corroborated in any other way; there is certainly little enough in the white man’s public or private life that one should desire to imitate. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z There seemed to be scarcely any air at all. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z If you don’t, she’ll end up as one of those timid maidservants who scarcely dare to raise their heads and whose only purpose is to clean and cook for their ghastly master. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z His voice sounded so thin he could scarcely hear himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He could scarcely imagine that, now, it seemed that this summer had gone on for ever and ever, he could not remember the time of not knowing him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Traveling from King's finding to Dome by way of Braavos was scarcely the most direct of routes, but it was the safest... or so he hoped. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I was so relieved that I scarcely minded the soaking rain. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z There were so many things that could go wrong that Malcolm could scarcely manage to push them all aside in his mind. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He had grown so used to the howling of the direwolves that he scarcely heard it anymore . . . but some part of him, some hunter's instinct, heard its absence. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Their conversation took scarcely more than an hour. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Most of the time he read, with a concentration that astonished me; six hours at a stretch, scarcely glancing up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was humming so low that it could scarcely be heard. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The cold had settled deep in his bones, and his legs were so sore he could scarcely walk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In Matthew’s scowling presence the others scarcely dared whisper. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He could not stand here forever while night came on, yet he could scarcely conceive of going home to face Gebu empty-handed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was a useless precaution because the only people who lived in the house scarcely paid any attention to her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z At fifteen, still schoolmastering, he took a job in the nearby town of Kendal, and a decade after that he moved to Manchester, scarcely stirring from there for the remaining fifty years of his life. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The words flashed in her mind and Minli could scarcely breathe. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “I can scarcely believe you’re really here, alive, standing before me. I thought you were dead.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I could scarcely tear my eyes from the symbols of death that "welcomed" us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Breakfast was scarcely over when a servant from Netherfield brought the following note for Elizabeth: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z She cooked his favorite dish, potato shorwa, though he could scarcely eat more than a few spoonfuls, and took him out every day for a brief walk around the block. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He could scarcely walk across a room without gasping for air, so damaged were his lungs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He concentrated so much on his experiments in silverwork that he scarcely left the laboratory to eat. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Her head reeling, Kit stood helpless as, one after the other, they rose and made their complaints, these men and women whom she scarcely recognized. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He began to run hurriedly, scarcely knowing what he did, and once he called to another puller whom he knew casually in the day’s work, “Look at this—what is this I pull?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z After what seemed like days, he had dug a hole scarcely large enough for his thumb. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “There! you will find it scarcely more legible than a crumpled, scratched page. Read on: only make haste, for I suffer.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z In those days, had the Lord Himself descended from Heaven with trumpets telling her to turn back, she could scarcely have heard Him, and could certainly not have heeded. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I latched the door with a hook that scarcely held, smeared shaving cream on the backs of my hands and shaved without water. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The door flew open as soon as he knocked and the goldfish man was face-to-face with a woman he scarcely recognized. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Her grandmother scarcely ever let her go to the movies, let alone on dates. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I was thinking, In order for this to happen, your entire frame of reference will have to change, and you will be forced to surrender many things that you now scarcely know you have. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “The bulk of them,” one critic said disparagingly, “are scarcely known beyond the smoke of their own chimnies.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He pushed away the berries, scarcely touched, and rose from the bench. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I walked deep into the yard beyond the light from the kitchen window and stood very still, scarcely breathing, wondering why I was there, hoping something inside me would give me the answer. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He had scarcely begun, however, when someone tapped on the bus door. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z It was scarcely bigger than a large doghouse. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z With scarcely time for a final glance at our home, and at Uncle Yousef and Aunt Najah shuffling in the chill gray dawn, we drive off, crunching over rubble and broken brick. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Even though scarcely a shadow, the silhouette was graceful and lithe, her hair streaming behind her like ripples in the water. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And as it came closer, its glow became stronger and brighter, with a brilliance so dazzling Pinmei could scarcely bear to look at it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z All night long, in all those other strangers’ dreams, she’d heard scarcely a word she could understand, but this one was speaking it without even an accent. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It seemed to him he had scarcely dozed off when confusion topside wakened him. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There was none to trouble him, for his youngest son was a silent lad who kept out of his father’s way and Wang Lung scarcely knew what he was, so silent a lad was he. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He had the feeling that talking to a blind person was like talking to someone whom he himself could scarcely see. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Understandable, as it was scarcely two hours since I’d been tied to the pennant pole and publicly lashed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He followed the zigzag trail back along the road, but he could scarcely see it now. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was so quiet behind the door that Meggie scarcely dared breathe in case the two men heard her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He went in, then, and she lay there upon the bed, her body scarcely raising the cover. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He was scarcely two feet tall and almost twice as wide, and he wore a blue uniform with white belt and gloves, a peaked cap, and a very fierce expression. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z But the moment Digory took the Apple out of his pocket, all those things seemed to have scarcely am color at all. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes resistance develops so rapidly that the ink is scarcely dry on a report hailing successful control of a species with some specified chemical when an amended report has to be issued. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Even Ned Stark could scarcely object to that, not without impugning the honor of the king. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z With scarcely a word said, four of us, the chauffeur, butler, gardener and I, hurried down to the pool. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Some of the statues were so lovely they took her breath away, others so misshapen and terri-ble that Dany could scarcely bear to look at them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His legs were cramping so badly he could scarcely stand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My catalog of heroics is growing so rapidly I can scarcely keep track. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z By the time they too came through the window, they could scarcely believe their eyes. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z She moved slowly toward the door; he could scarcely see her now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, Jonquil, my poor Jonquil, you do not understand. Done with you? They've scarcely begun." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She had her meals brought to her there, and chamber pots as well, and a small hard bed to sleep on, though it was said she had scarcely slept at all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "There's enough garbage floating there already; a bit more will scarcely matter." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It came one night, early, when the sun was scarcely set. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The door was half open and he went through it with scarcely a pause at the brick threshold. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z How could she eke out the patience that had been scarcely enough to see her through a few remaining hours? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “By Monday,” Geyer wrote in a report to headquarters,“we will have searched every outlying town, except Irvington, and another day will conclude that. After Irvington, I scarcely know where we shall go.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I said, and my careless tone, my little ineffectual smile would scarcely have deceived a child. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The audience gasped in astonishment as it glided along, scarcely losing altitude. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z A small gust of wind that scarcely corrugated the surface was enough to disturb its accidental course with its accidental burden. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He was cleanshaven, sunburned, nervous, gnarled like the roots of the trees; but gnarled and mature with weather and poetry rather than with age, for he was scarcely thirty years old. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Her father, whom she scarcely remembered, had departed that way one morning not many months after the birth of Gabriel. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Their blades struck and warded and struck again with such speed that the eye could scarcely see them. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Hannah could scarcely remember when Grandpa Will didn’t have these strange fits, showing off the tattoo on his left arm and screaming in both English and Yiddish. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As a child I scarcely knew my aunts, uncles or cousins on my mother’s side. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But scarcely had that island faded in blue air than I saw smoke and white water, with sound of waves in tumult— a sound the men heard, and it terrified them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z All day, the two siblings had wandered around the house, doing the assigned chores and scarcely speaking to each other. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z After four or five days in which we had seen scarcely a soul, suddenly we were inundated with company. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “You are cold; you look miserable. The chocolate will soon be hot But would you rather have a taste of brandy? I have scarcely touched the bottle which you brought me for my cold.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z It was so dark she could scarcely see her own feet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Two small castles, scarcely altered since the Middle Ages, stood in the center of the island and could be explored by curious children. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z "You can scarcely scour pots in silk and velvet." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And teosinte, unlike wild wheat and rice, is not a practical food source; its “ears” are scarcely an inch long and consist of seven to twelve hard, woody seeds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And so it happened that on a warm windy evening I drove over to East Egg to see two old friends whom I scarcely knew at all. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z In truth, he had scarcely considered the mudmen at all, beyond eyeing Meera once or twice and wondering if she was still a maiden "You may be right. We will spare them if we can." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Catelyn could scarcely imagine what she might need that had not already been provided. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She could not remember her mother very well, for Miyax was scarcely four when she died, but she did remember the day of her death. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “When my mother dances now, sir,” said I, “men pull her more tightly to them than they do the other women ... taking liberties ... or they scarcely deign to touch her. Was it ever thus?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “You know, there’s a place we all inhabit, but we don’t much think about it, we’re scarcely conscious of it, and it lasts for less than a minute a day.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z In this face where I can scarcely trace a family resemblance? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet he could scarcely tell Lord Mormont that it was another man's sword he dreamt of . A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And at mealtime Aunt Maggie’s table was so loaded with food that I could scarcely believe it was real. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered Henry’s cool voice, scarcely six weeks earlier. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It seemed to me that Uncle Chester’s heart could not have been all that dark if he remembered a niece he scarcely knew in his will. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z We were kept so busy through the morning that I scarcely had time to dread the afternoon, when I would step onstage and say my three lines. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Even now, years later, years after the injections were stopped, we seem scarcely any older than we were then. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Yet he scarcely touched his food, and he thrashed and groaned in the night. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Elizabeth could not oppose such a wish; and from this time Mr. Bingley’s name was scarcely ever mentioned between them. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The sound of hooves coming up behind him made him whirl, though he could scarcely lift the sword he held for the agony in his elbow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The tall, white-haired knight seemed to shrink as he stood there, scarcely breathing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They could scarcely believe it, although the runaways’ excitement was tempered. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Mrs Who wafted over to her, tiny feet scarcely seeming to touch the ground, the lenses of her glasses glit-tering. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Today a criminal freed from prison has scarcely more rights, and arguably less respect, than a freed slave or a black person living “free” in Mississippi at the height of Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was a lady shrew, a tiny thing scarcely bigger than a peanut, but with a wit as sharp as her teeth. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z When he thought of Heqet he could scarcely keep the tears from his eyes. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She was very sorry she had scarcely read a line of Inkheart. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Kingshaw watched the blue-edge of flame creeping and flickering and expected to feel exultant, but there was nothing much, it scarcely interested him any more. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Lying on my back, I stuck Gully in his jaw, but he acted like he scarcely felt it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Gatsby indicated a gorgeous, scarcely human orchid of a woman who sat in state under a white plum tree. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z As the bodies are carried out I scarcely look up from the page. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Francis was standing beside me, but I was scarcely aware of it till he spoke, and I was startled by the closeness of his voice. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Her thighs were chafed raw, her hands blis-tered from the reins, the muscles of her legs and back so wracked with pain that she could scarcely sit. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then he called again and his voice would scarcely come from his throat, “Come here to me!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He would push through a lot of undergrowth, and closely packed bushes, scarcely able to see more than a yard ahead, and then come out suddenly into another wide clearing. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Riders on white horses looked at Meggie as if scarcely a day had passed since someone had painted them with tiny marten-hair brushes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But scarcely a moment later she glanced back as though she couldn’t help it, and Kaede felt a tremor inside herself as the blush on Taisin’s cheeks deepened. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In ones and twos the does, utterly bemused and scarcely able to move or to understand what was said to them, were urged into getting up and stumbling their way down the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I could scarcely move through a room, I was so preoccupied with not walking or bending or crouching like them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They blear into a nightmare, the one scarcely distinguishable from the other. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her thoughts were more of Robb, the infant at her breast, than of the husband she scarcely knew. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Most of us never dare act on our dreams and scarcely venture to share them or admit to great inner yearnings. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The clock has been turned back on racial progress in America, though scarcely anyone seems to notice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z "Who are you?" he said, scarcely above a whisper. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z He looked into the furnace; her clothes were ablaze and smoke was filling the interior so that he could scarcely see. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z "But we can scarcely judge a person by what 'a's like inside. It's th' outside we ha' to do wi'." Sander lowered his singlestick and sighed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He was leaning forward, whispering, his tiny mouth scarcely moving as he spoke. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z By the time I reached Schindler's office, I was so afraid I scarcely heard him as he attempted to calm me with small talk. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He scarcely raised his eyes when he heard the door open, but that look was enough for his brother to see repeated in it the irreparable fate of his great-grandfather. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z On the whole long voyage the captain’s son had spoken scarcely a dozen words to her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z And she dropped her eyes and fell to twisting a bit of the bedding where a thread was loosened, and she waited patiently as one who scarcely expects an answer. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Even by the end of the second summer after spraying, only meager quantities of aquatic insects had reestablished themselves, and on one stream — formerly rich in bottom fauna — scarcely any could be found. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z His only reservation related to length: “All the columns of a large Gazette would scarcely, I conceive, contain the present draft,” Washington noted, adding at the end, “I may be mistaken.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your heart. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But when he complied, I scarcely knew how to begin; such horror had I of the possible answers. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z One night, while Meme was in the bathroom, Fernanda went into her bedroom by chance and there were so many butterflies that she could scarcely breathe. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Pax sped by again, scarcely skimming the ground, but it wasn’t celebration enough. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The time she had been here before—that was for Timothy, too, when he was only a baby, scarcely bigger than a marble. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z To many Brazilians, Acre seems scarcely less remote—when I first visited, a friend in Rio de Janeiro could hardly believe I was going there. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Catherine, weak-spirited, irritable, and completely under Lydia’s guidance, had been always affronted by their advice; and Lydia, self-willed and careless, would scarcely give them a hearing. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Astronomers could scarcely dispute the relevance of the telescope to their studies. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z At first, she could scarcely make out the message. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He had small feet and hands, rather broad hips, and a deep chest, the breasts scarcely more developed than in a male of my race. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Unassumingly entitled “Experiments in Plant Hybridization” and published in a scarcely read journal in 1866, the paper was written in dense German and packed with the kind of mathematical tables that Darwin particularly despised. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Try it on,” suggested Kit, seeing that Judith could scarcely take her eyes from a bright peacock blue paduasoy. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The nearest village, the last village through which she and Mortimer had driven, was scarcely a half hour's drive away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Both Reeds were slight of build, slender as swords and scarcely taller than Bran himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She climbed into the carriage and he slammed the door after her, and there was scarcely time for him to jump back onto the driver’s seat before they were moving again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She was very cold and deliberate, and moved about the kitchen with a furious concentration on her tasks, scarcely looking at him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They looked like statues, except that they were breathing, but they were scarcely alive. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He scarcely read the telegraphic dispatches that reported routine operations. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “True: yet I should scarcely fancy Mr. Rochester would entertain an idea of the sort. But you eat nothing: you have scarcely tasted since you began tea.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I scarcely glanced at T-R-E-E, but concentrated instead on reading the sign. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He trembled with the presence that surrounded him now; he could scarcely keep his seat. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z So Wang Lung took his youngest son and his fool with him and thereafter he came scarcely at all for a long time to the house on his land. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z But everyone was so busy with the things that had to be done that they scarcely had time to listen at all. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I had been restless, waking up often, and when I glanced at my clock I saw the hands had scarcely moved. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “He was scarcely nineteen, Mordred. They had frightened him with prophecies, and he did what they made him.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Amah often told stories about a city with a wall around it, and Pinmei could scarcely imagine that. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Ned remembered Robert's first child as well, a daughter bom in the Vale when Robert was scarcely more than a boy himself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He was a blustering, intrepid bully who brooded inconsolably over the terrible ineradicable impressions he knew he kept making on people of prominence who were scarcely aware that he was even alive. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We somehow managed to stand silently, scarcely breathing, not wanting to draw attention to ourselves. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Lord Caswell's keep was scarcely tall enough to call a tower, but the country was low and flat and Catelyn could see for leagues in all directions. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I read the entry two or three times, scarcely able to believe what Lissa had written. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Staring at the house in the full heat of summer, it was scarcely credible that the world had so swiftly fallen into confusion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Adam the Yeoman came bursting into the Hall, so hurried with ill news that he scarcely stopped to bob his head before speaking. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He touched my hand with his tongue, but only once and then he was quiet and scarcely breathed. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I went out to the garden I had been neglecting—I had scarcely looked at it for ten days—and the field I had plowed but never planted. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Eliza would sit half the day sewing, reading, or writing, and scarcely utter a word either to me or her sister. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z So busy were we venting our irritation that we scarcely noticed the serving maid who approached us until she spoke our names. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “I could pass my life here,” said he to me; “and among these mountains I should scarcely regret Switzerland and the Rhine.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve scarcely seen anything of it yet,” I answered, “it's beautiful, of course.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When in Mr. Gardner’s employment, I was kept in such a perpetual whirl of excitement, I could think of nothing, scarcely, but my life; and in thinking of my life, I almost forgot my liberty. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z After dinner, Feral ripped a snowstorm from some far-off sky and they had snow for dessert with plum jam stirred in, but she could scarcely enjoy it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As for her, she was a passionless maid and she clung to him as to a father, and to him she was indeed more than half child and scarcely woman. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I sat out in the garden under the chestnut tree in the afternoon, with a book on my lap, but I scarcely read at all. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And this so strangely depressed him that he could scarcely speak to Deborah at dinner, and they walked all the way to church in silence. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z What kind of message will it be, thought Meggie, when you can scarcely write two letters together? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree, If mankind perished utterly; And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn, Would scarcely know that we were gone.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face, as she watched, was full of pain and fear, of tension barely supported, and of pity that could scarcely have been expressed had she filled all the world with her weeping. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z In truth, aside from wanting to escape a beating, or wanting a meal, I had scarcely ever given any thought to what I wanted. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Her voice was quiet, scarcely more than a whisper. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I was so full of fear that I could scarcely breathe. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z This was very different, and her mind could scarcely keep up with all the new sensations. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It has produced laws of a cynicism scarcely believable in a civilized society. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She scarcely knew where her feet were taking her, but something deep within her had chosen a destination. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Now the main retreat was scarcely two furlongs distant. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But Monmouth was scarcely thirty feet away, and my own room, with its conspicuously lighted window, must have loomed in his path like a beacon. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He was trying not to look at the blade, now scarcely a hand’s breadth from his snow-white shirt. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The bells of day had scarcely rung out again, a mockery in the unlightened dark, when far away he saw fires spring up, across in the dim spaces where the walls of the Pelennor stood. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z There was a slow pleasant movement in the air, scarcely a wind, promising a cool lovely day. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z When the other boys finally moved out of the way, he could scarcely believe his eyes: an entire box of candy for the taking. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He was almost always hungry, but that skillful hunter the cat kept him provided with food which, while scarcely ever satisfying, was adequate by his new standard of living. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She came out into the hall, which was scarcely large enough to contain the three of them. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Arcadio, who never knew the secret of their relationship, scarcely answered the questions that he asked with the obvious idea of gaining his affection. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Back in the Honeycomb, Groundsel immediately surrendered himself and his fugitives to Fiver, who was still bemused from his long trance, and scarcely restored to his senses sufficiently to grasp what was toward. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as she stepped out of the tent onto the frozen shore, she saw a small dock scarcely twenty feet from where they had set up camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The road was scarcely wide enough for two riders to pass abreast, its surface cut by tiny streams and littered with stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In some parts of the neighborhood, there was scarcely any water at all—only a few inches. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “He scarcely breathed. He held on to a post to steady himself. For the last few seconds he stared directly ahead.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I considered, scarcely daring to entertain the prospect, a father might hold me swaddled in his arms, and raise me to his sister’s lips. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z With a grin, he whispered, "Jack can scarcely read his own name." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It is scarcely worthwhile to attempt remembering how many times the sun has looked down on the slaughter of the innocents. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z For virtually the length of Shenandoah National Park, the AT closely parallels and often crosses Skyline Drive, though most of the time you would scarcely guess it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Their blades clashed and parted and met again with such rapidity that my eye could scarcely follow. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z And some states deny representation to impoverished defendants on the theory that somehow they should be able to pay for a lawyer, even though they are scarcely able to pay for food or rent. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Cultures that believe that the route to success lies in rising before dawn 360 days a year are scarcely going to give their children three straight months off in the summer. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I have done my utmost to have him thrown out of Hogwarts, where I believe he scarcely belongs, but kill him, or allow him to be killed in front of me? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Against this backdrop, the US Supreme Court took scarcely any time to reach its decision on Buck v. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z As Winnie watched, scarcely breathing, he moved the pile carefully to one side, pebble by pebble. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet he whom it describes scarcely impressed one with the idea of a gentle, a yielding, an impressible, or even of a placid nature. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The latrine was a simple wooden structure only large enough for one person, with scarcely the room to sit. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They chatted like this, voices scarcely raised above a whisper, as they struggled through the thorny growth on the hillside. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “It means you can scarcely step foot out the door again till spring.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He was close to collapse himself and scarcely able to give the Council any account of the disaster. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice was soft and rather resonant but not deep, scarcely a man’s voice, but scarcely a woman’s voice either...but what was it saying? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z With fingers so heavy from fatigue and fear that she could scarcely force them to move, she cleared the table and put away the untouched food. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Lost in these thoughts, Pinmei scarcely noticed how long they walked or where they were going. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I set it down and looked at her—oblivious, smoking a cigarette, scarcely two feet away. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Things had scarcely had time to quiet down after April’s narrow escape when Christmas vacation arrived. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, almost at once, she made for the living room, at a clip that scarcely gave her leave to call back over her shoulder, “Change that shirt, young man!” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Most of the time Amari scarcely noticed the dog—he rarely strayed far from Tidbit. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole garden became a thick underbrush, like an abandoned town, through which one could scarcely walk without slashing a path with a machete. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At one point they came to a little lake, a patch of intense blue scarcely thirty yards across among the red rocks. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands were trembling so that he could scarcely lift off the last of the wrappings. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Encased in black down to her knuckles, with her heart turned to ash, she scarcely knew anything about the war. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I nodded, so taken aback by this offer of kindness where I had looked for wrath that I could scarcely speak. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z But now, with a baby crying in her arms, her breasts swollen with milk, her body coated with sweat, her groin still so sore she can scarcely sit, it is all suddenly unbearable. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Everything else, their time at Warings, the Red Room, his mother and Mr Hooper, his hatred, all that seemed years and years ago, he could scarcely remember it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Or: She cant see without her glasses. hardly/scarcely/no sooner. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They traveled quickly, for it seemed to be scarcely a quarter of an hour before the carriage pulled to a stop and the footman leapt off his perch to open the door for her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My room was scarcely larger than the double bed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I was surprised and concerned to see Beck, Stuart, and Lou unpacking brand-new mountaineering boots that, by their own admission, had scarcely been worn. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I do not know how I passed the hours, for my mind was in so great a tumult, it scarcely operated. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Cars shot past very fast—unbelievably fast to us who now resided in Foot World—and gave us scarcely a glance. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The sight filled the northern sky; the immensity of it was scarcely conceivable. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z When the others found him, he lay curled in a ball, paralyzed and scarcely able to breathe. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z In the morning Kit could scarcely tell that they had moved. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I could scarcely blow my nose without feeling watched. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But he scarcely heard Hermione: He had pulled out his Invisibility Cloak and was running it through his fingers, the cloth supple as water, light as air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Hours later I heard a faint, momentary whine, scarcely louder than a mosquito. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed scarcely any time at all before the great curtain wall of Pyke loomed up before them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But they bowed so graciously, thanking him, you'd scarcely guess their deep craving. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside him, making scarcely a sound, walked James, Sirius, Lupin, and Lily, and their presence was his courage, and the reason he was able to keep putting one foot in front of the other. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It was shapeless, scarcely to be seen, but it whispered at him, though there were no words in its whispering, and it reached out towards him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She herself had been eager to learn, scarcely able to wait to open the wonderful volumes in Grandfather’s library. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He was scarcely taller than Ranofer, but he looked as if he were made of twisted wire. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She could scarcely bear to look at Prudence, but she forced herself to raise her head. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Instead, the ex-addict when he is proud, clean, renewed, can scarcely wait to hit the same junkie jungle he was in, to “fish” out some buddy and salvage him! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It is called the “swan grebe” with reason, for it glides with scarcely a ripple across the lake surface, the body riding low, white neck and shining black head held high. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He scarcely wondered about the fact that recently he had had so little consideration for the others; earlier this consideration had been something he was proud of. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z They went down to the crypt together, Ned and this king he scarcely recognized. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "It is wolves I mean to hunt. I can scarcely sleep at night for the howling." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I scarcely know, sir, but I’ve heard the same lament on other worlds.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “I am the master of this place!” said the figure, in words so ancient and guttural that they were scarcely words at all. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z For he slept very deeply, scarcely moving, even when I left the tent. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The shore, muffled in thick scarves of drifting mist, looked scarcely different from the miles of unbroken forest that they had seen for the past week. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The moon was not yet set, and we were all in shadow: I could scarcely see my master’s face, near as I was. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “We could scarcely have timed our landing better. We have potential friends and allies at every hand.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He scarcely needed an invitation to stay supper; and before he went away, an engagement was formed, chiefly through his own and Mrs. Bennet’s means, for his coming next morning to shoot with her husband. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Maddie could scarcely believe that, having just managed to get her first Lizzie down only by using every available inch of runway. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The anguish of separation was scarcely bearable for him, and when at last he picked up his mistress’s scent, it wasn’t a second too soon. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The whole story would scarcely rate a footnote in the history of science, except for one thing. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z There was only one person who would’ve sent this note to me, but I still scarcely believed it. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I could scarcely wait for the next lesson, and the next. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I found him stretched out on one of the spectators’ benches, colorless, and his pulse scarcely perceptible. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even under the greatest duress, my capability to dissemble was scarcely diminished. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Witness the women, both young and old, in America—where scarcely any moral values are left. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was so real to me that I could scarcely eat my lunch, and I kept straining my ears to hear the telephone should it ring. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Still, the first murder—the farmer—seemed to have been so simple, a dropped stone falling to the lakebed with scarcely a ripple. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Not she, however; two drops of milk were scarcely life-sustaining. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Solid, monumental like his grandfathers, but with a joie de vivre and an irresistible good humor that they did not have, Aureliano Segundo scarcely had time to look after his animals. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She did this for three years, feeding in secret and at night and with food which in quantity was scarcely sufficient for one, the man whom she hated. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the old Archmage lifted the staff, and set it to earth, and leaned heavily on it with bowed head, as if he had scarcely strength to stand. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Bent ox er their instruments, three hundred Fertilizers were plunged, as the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning entered the room, in the scarcely breathing silence, the absent- minded, soliloquizing hum or whistle, of absorbed concentration. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Russia’s secret weapon is the bewilderment and despair and hunger of millions of people of whose existence we are scarcely aware. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “I hope you did not venture far, Miss Fairfax, this morning, or I am sure you must have been wet.—We scarcely got home in time. I hope you turned directly.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Everything was still purple, dark blue, and black, yet scarcely a minute remained to the long, quiet night. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z They had been told about how wrong it was to hate, but he had scarcely listened, for it had not seemed an emotion with which he would ever have to do. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Again, he asked questions scarcely different from those that white men would ask themselves, especially scholars who would discuss cultural differences on a detached plane. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Over this there was a bit of excitement King Pellinore, who had really been scarcely himself all day, made the fatal mistake of asking when the bounds were going to be given their quarry. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They scarcely rose at all now, any of them. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Her heart was pounding so hard she could scarcely breathe. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They sat along my arms, speckled the bee veil so I could scarcely see through it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z What can I do—I can scarcely sleep. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She was an infant, and very small for her age, scarcely larger than a boot. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He could scarcely believe the sight before him—Rome’s beautiful princess, her hair dirty, tangled, and uncombed, her clothes draggled and torn, her face thin and wild. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z A cloud of steam enveloped him and his wrinkled face could scarcely be seen peering into the cauldron. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z We have mastered this world, and yet protected it in a way that our forefathers could scarcely have dreamed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They chain-smoked his brand of cigarette, Chesterfields, and mimicked his long-legged gait and his scarcely audible mumble. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The ceiling was low, but that was scarcely a drawback for a dwarf. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Field in jest, as Ajarry’s stake was scarcely three yards square. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On the scientific side, Galileo had scarcely got settled in Bellosguardo when he became embroiled in a new controversy. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Even now, after flying halfway up the East Coast together, Reyna could scarcely believe the immortal horse had allowed her to ride. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I can scarcely even remember how he first looked to us, when we were shocked by the scars across his face. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is and how raw the sunlight was upon the scarcely created grass. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It began to rain scarcely an hour after they left Jilin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Profoundly disturbed, Ranofer scarcely knew what he did all afternoon at the shop. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z There I found my mother, her face swollen and bruised and her eyes puffed up to the point where she could scarcely see. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Broun and Timett could likely kill the knight if it came to swords, but it would scarcely bode well if he began by slaying one of Joffrey's protectors. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He could scarcely distinguish between sleep and wakefulness now, on the third day, found no important differences, either, between walking and standing still. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Princess Cassiopeia, you can scarcely imagine — the passion that sufl'uses me — and the extremity of my need.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She was still looking abstractedly ahead of her, past his shoulder, and seemed scarcely aware of his presence. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “Why it seems scarcely likely that a reputable person would endanger himself in so ridiculous a fashion, if he weren’t convinced he were on safe ground.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The fact that chemicals may play a role similar to radiation has scarcely dawned on the public mind, nor on the minds of most medical or scientific workers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Not one of them ever went to Church—one might scarcely have imagined that they knew that churches existed—they all, hourly, daily, in their speech, in their lives, and in their hearts, cursed God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The rookery had scarcely been moved to the basement when Greta laid the first egg. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z I had scarcely settled in before we were off again, at a quicker gait than before. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z At bedtime, they tossed and turned all night, scarcely getting any sleep between the loud snoring of Edgar and Albert and their own worried thoughts. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z With the full sunlight shining down she scarcely glittered at all, save for where the darkest shadows touched her. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It looked small, scarcely big enough for an adult, and it lay there in the cramped, underground space quite peacefully, curled up as if it had lain down to sleep. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Anyway, if Hooper already knew about the room, it scarcely mattered now. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It’s so shocking that I can scarcely believe it, but as I watch the sun rise it feels like mist lifting. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And if it had also been its purpose to defend the Mountain against all approach, it could scarcely have done more. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He would have said that she had scarcely thought of the child, so stilly had she gone about her work, day in and day out. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z As he strode from the council chambers, the discussion re-sumed with scarcely a pause. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And now, farther south, beyond that visible barrier, out in the world I scarcely remembered, there loomed the dark, threatening cloud I’d heard grown-ups talk about. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Stella could scarcely take her eyes off Paulette’s dress—it was a pale lavender, and clearly store-bought. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Even after a trumpeter appeared on a tiny balcony at the peak of the playhouse and blew a fanfare, the babble scarcely diminished. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z At first, some effort was needed, and he had to make many passes; but now, she seems to yield at once, as if by habit, and scarcely any action is needed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I said at last, my voice scarcely more than a whisper. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Overpowered by this time with weariness, I scarcely noticed what sort of a place the bedroom was, except that, like the schoolroom, I saw it was very long. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Your meeting is scheduled for Midsummer, and that is scarcely one week from now. We’ve no time to waste.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z By the time they got to the bridge there was scarcely light at all. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The next entrance was a tiny hole in the wall, scarcely worth bothering about. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then the scanty supply of food was distressing: with the keen appetites of growing children, we had scarcely sufficient to keep alive a delicate invalid. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Looking at them now you would scarcely guess that these odd and lumbering beasts could cause great rancor and bitterness, but they did. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I could scarcely believe that last night I had stood there in my blue dress at the bottom of the stairs, shaking hands with five hundred people. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I suspect that the distinction between a maternal and a paternal instinct is scarcely worth making; the parental instinct, the wish to protect, to further, is not a sex-linked characteristic…. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z On its maiden launch, complete with fishing gear and a generator they could scarcely afford, the Lady Gin, with the Warden at the helm, steamed out into the Gulf of Mexico. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “It caught me in the hip so bad now I cant scarcely move. Climbing them stairs all evening.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I was scarcely able to believe that we had reached our destination, but the stranger dismounted and snapped, "Don't sit there like a dolt; get down!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The young mouse could scarcely hold his temper. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He gave the room itself scarcely a glance, once he was inside it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He had led searches himself for the first three days, and had scarcely slept an hour since Arya had disappeared. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He could have sworn they had been fighting for half a day, but the sun seemed scarcely to have moved at all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I sought every opportunity to be at her side, and continually plied her with questions. I had never heard a woman talk what...I had scarcely dared to think.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Now, when we were thrown together, I scarcely knew what to say. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He could scarcely bear to be parted from her for an hour, but the madwoman had been locked in the Tower for years. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was an unusually foggy morning, so murky that the Owner of the Lost Luggage Emporium at 1 Argyle Road in Poughkeepsie, New York, could scarcely see the ground in front of him. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I might not have my own dreams,” she said, as though it scarcely mattered, “but I have everyone else’s.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We listened to his stories of life in the city, enthralled by his tales of the modern conveniences like indoor plumbing and streetcars, things we could scarcely imagine. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He hoves into view in a wheelchair, and she scarcely recognises him. Big Brother by Lionel Shriver – review 2013-05-25T08:01:30Z The Andante features a stream of five perfect duets; as you watch each ballerina dance a single pas de deux, you scarcely notice that two of the men do double duty. Even Balanchine’s Arithmetic Contains Drama 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z By the end, scarcely an orifice remains inviolate, the camera’s blood lust seemingly insatiable. ‘Medieval’ Review: Flaying Alive 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z It would scarcely be Nashville without this dedicated celebration of the Country Music Association. Summer Stages 2012-05-17T19:59:09Z New to the UK was Šu, a concerto for the sheng, or Chinese mouth organ – a description that scarcely does justice to a cumbersome but immensely versatile instrument played with staggering command by Wu Wei. Total Immersion: Unsuk Chin ? review 2011-04-11T17:31:24Z In a doubly cruel twist, Close’s routinely more celebrated peer Meryl Streep instead scored a third victory for her kabuki Maggie Thatcher, in a film scarcely more liked than Albert Nobbs. Will Glenn Close finally win her first Oscar for The Wife? 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Pandemic-driven disruptions in the global supply chain have made even modest chest freezers scarcely obtainable since last spring. In the Kitchens of the Rich, Things Are Not as They Seem 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z ZURICH, Switzerland — There's scarcely a ship or a sailor to be seen in the wildly revisionist, weirdly anti-colonialist new production of Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman" at the Zurich Opera. Review: Terfel shines in Zurich's odd 'Dutchman' 2012-12-10T11:31:05Z It’s not even as if we need movies or plays to tell us that life goes on — only, by an alchemy we scarcely understand, to make us believe it. One Indelible Scene: When the Show Must Go on in ‘Drive My Car’ 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Worlds apart from Rufus Sewell’s urbane, ironic portrayal of Melbourne in the PBS television series “Victoria,” Platt’s Lord M unleashes the Opium War on China apparently with scarcely a second thought. The Opium War and the Humiliation of China 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z That exhortation, sung eight times a week in The Producers, has scarcely ever been truer than it was this season. Tony awards 2010 2010-05-04T16:12:00Z When this was filmed, he'd been doing his act for nearly 50 years, and it has scarcely changed. Comedy gold: Jackie Mason's A Night at the Opera 2013-02-07T13:10:00Z Edible Selby | The Thin Man In New York City, a tiny pizza shop serving thin-crust pies would scarcely be cause for buzz. | The Thin Man 2012-10-29T04:37:25Z It ends at dawn, with the Muslim soldier bleeding to death but with ramifications the victorious Christian can scarcely grasp. National Gallery Vocal Ensemble and Chamber Players take on a timely madrigal 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z These pitch sessions are desultory affairs - a salesman Andrew is not - and Joyce doesn't help matters by hovering and carrying on in ways that scarcely help her son's cause. Review: The shtick doesn't stick in 'Guilt Trip' 2012-12-18T17:01:06Z In his version, though, there is no holy grave; notably, there are scarcely any Jews. Review: In ‘Demon,’ Wedding Jitters From the Uninvited Dead 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The 500th anniversary of that fateful event scarcely invites celebration. Hidden secrets 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Given the current national conversation about sexual consent, it is scarcely surprising that the laughter this encounter elicits is fitful and uneasy. Review: ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ Uses Love as a Weapon 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z I can scarcely leave my house without bumping into some sweating, self-righteous fool cantering past me. Suzanne Moore: 'I've joined the gym!' 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z In the Swedish, Finnish, and Norwegian versions, alcohol — strictly controlled in those countries — scarcely appears. ‘Love Island’ in the Land of Gender Equality 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z As with other Hou characters, she scarcely talks, yet her actions, gestures and steady long looks speak eloquent volumes, as does every detail on screen. 'The Assassin' Director on Long Takes, Fast Edits and a Warrior in the Shadows 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z That is scarcely a new insight, alas, but what is new is to see a non-Western nation displaying this truth so brazenly. East, West home is best 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z A decade ago, couture houses scarcely referred to Asian clients, and not so many Russians, either. On the Runway Blog: 20 Outfits, Coming Right Up! 2013-01-25T18:00:10Z It scarcely matters what it is – tying nautical knots or throwing pottery. The joys of being an absolute beginner – for life 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z At first you don’t even realize he’s dancing because it looks as if he’s scarcely moving. Dance Review: Savion Glover Taps at Hummingbird Speed at the Joyce 2010-06-22T22:32:00Z Relatively untaxed, however, is the part of the brain that processes new experiences: There’s scarcely a shot or an idea in this first feature from David Jung that we haven’t seen many times before. ‘The Possession of Michael King,’ About a Game of Dare 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z She should be widely lauded, but she vanishes so completely into each part that she is scarcely recognisable: she is an actor, not a star. Singing in the rain 2011-03-27T00:04:08Z Another year, another appearance on this list for Mr. Honeck and the orchestra he has brought to scarcely believable heights in the standard repertoire. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2019 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Even so, the impressive façade scarcely hints at the wonders concealed inside. 2009-12-21T05:00:00Z But the New York of “Sex and the City” scarcely exists today. Fashion’s New Order 2012-09-07T20:36:32Z Ultimately, after court challenges and demonstrations, the plans of this Nazi-inspired group were changed, and scarcely two dozen acolytes gathered to demonstrate in Chicago. Museum Review: The Memory of Holocaust, Fortified 2011-04-22T22:46:32Z We mourn the artist we scarcely had the chance to know, who kept moving on to the next idea before we had caught up with the last one. Dance Review: Merce Cunningham Troupe in ?Biped? at BAM - Review 2011-12-09T22:49:13Z Last season’s Oscar race was scarcely over when a big, screaming scandal kicked off the current one, thanks to Nate Parker, the writer, director, and star of “The Birth of a Nation.” The Thorny Ethics of the Oscars 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Of course, there are scarcely any votes in protecting writers' welfare. Public Lending Right inquiry was rigged from the start 2012-07-19T13:44:02Z For all that Mr. Golan’s achievement at the piano was scarcely less impressive. Music in Review: Julian Rachlin and Itamar Golan at 92nd Street Y 2012-12-09T23:04:01Z Since Bush split in 2002, Rossdale released one album with the Institute and one solo record, which was scarcely promoted outside of North America. Bush reunite for comeback tour and new album 2010-06-23T09:28:00Z Still, although Italy is never mentioned, the locations — recognizably Palermo, Naples and Rome — are scarcely allegorical. ‘Illustrious Corpses’: A Mafia Thriller Heavy With Metaphors 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Often, that riposte of Miranda’s gets a laugh; in this production it scarcely registers. Review: In Shakespeare, When to Underact? 2010-06-29T14:30:00Z It scarcely mattered that one of them was fictional. No mid-life crisis for 007 as Bond films turn 50 2012-10-02T15:43:12Z She scarcely expresses any personal emotion; others control her destiny; she begins happy and she ends happy, with a hundred years of zzz in between. Meet Aurora of ‘The Sleeping Beauty’: Her Native Language Is Classical Ballet 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Craig delivers the blows — the crushing uppercuts and sucker punches — more persuasively than the chaste kisses, although given the anemic seductresses Bond is often now paired with, the actor can scarcely take the blame. Review: In ‘Spectre,’ Daniel Craig Returns as James Bond 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z When rumours broke of a collaboration between West and Bon Iver, fans scarcely expected such a quick confirmation – and from both sides! Kanye West and Bon Iver confirm collaboration ... and Bieber's next 2010-08-16T10:53:00Z It closed after scarcely a month in early January. Wayan, From Cedric Vongerichten, Opens in NoLIta 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z And so Wiener goes looking, only to discover that the memorials scattered from coast to coast, while numerous, are hard to find, scarcely visited, and often focus on topics other than the Cold War itself. America’s forgotten war 2012-11-23T15:00:00Z She scarcely dances; she scarcely speaks; her manner is oblique. Barely Moving, but Communicating Volumes 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Recorded in scarcely more than a week in the summer of 1971, Wild Life was, by any measure, a homespun rush job. Wings debut "Wild Life" turns 50 with powerful vinyl reissue 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z The Duchess of Cambridge was scarcely guilty of hypocrisy or illegality in throwing up during a treacherous and fragile stage of pregnancy. Australian hoax DJs: where do you draw the line with on-air pranks? 2012-12-10T16:56:05Z With their dance and vocal skills, they scarcely need to. 'Skirmish': stripped-down dance that says a lot 2011-10-23T16:42:04Z But that is scarcely actionable since she wants only to get back to her Midwest home. Review: In ‘The Wiz Live!’ on NBC, a Search for More in the Emerald City 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Back in London, one can scarcely move for musical revivals, many of them possessed of a Chichester provenance. One Musical Knockout After Another 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Melody scarcely amounts to more than fragments and, occasionally, ostinato figures. Music: Emmanuel Villaume to Leave Spoleto Festival USA 2010-06-01T23:00:00Z About a cherished odor from his childhood, Clive declares: “It was Ralph’s homemade pickled bologna, scarcely Proust’s madeleine, but then he was scarcely Proust.” Books of The Times: ‘The River Swimmer,’ Two Novellas by Jim Harrison 2013-01-15T19:55:50Z By 1984, his greatest triumphs were more than a decade behind him, and even his truest and bluest fans could scarcely imagine him salvaging his career by climbing into Ebenezer's old nightshirt. 2009-12-25T01:45:00Z Feldman was influenced by Webern, who isolated individual gestures and notes in his tiny, sparsely scored works, which include dynamic markings like “scarcely audible.” Music Review: Eclipse Quartet Performs at Roulette 2012-05-22T22:05:04Z The car is scarcely moving, the tires thumping softly into the potholes. Stranded in West Virginia 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Without electronic assistance, music scarcely comes louder or more thrilling than in the last act of Dutchman, as Wagner cranks up volume and tension towards the final cataclysm. Scottish Opera: The Flying Dutchman; Fretwork – review 2013-04-13T23:07:47Z But these changes can scarcely explain the tremendous shift in the ’80s. Barneys Remakes Itself for the New New York 2012-12-13T15:14:47Z Davidson's defence of old-school standup scarcely extends beyond "I just think funny's funny", in a play that strains to assert what a tender and loving guy this old hack really is. Stand Up and Be Counted ? review 2011-03-07T22:00:00Z The typical history of Christianity will tell you that this passage has been influential in certain monastic communities but scarcely anywhere else. How Cults Corrected America 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z He's been dieting for more than 20 years – "off and on", he says – but it's made scarcely any difference. Comedy gold: John Pinette's I Say Nay Nay 2012-12-28T11:13:32Z Her shoulders were bare, but, though you might scarcely notice it sitting at home, her knuckles were too. The Morning After: Michelle Obama, Between the Lines 2012-09-05T13:03:03Z He ignores the loss of his wife's love, views the overtures of an adoring widow with amused disdain and scarcely notices that his sister, Liza, is edging towards madness. Children of the Sun – review 2013-04-17T13:13:58Z The effect is often achieved with such inevitability that we scarcely notice that the dancers are arching in gorgeous legato phrases to a solely pizzicato accompaniment. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at the David H. Koch Theater 2014-03-12T21:55:29Z While he still has lots to say about football, Noel has scarcely commented on music over the past year. Noel Gallagher lifted new album from Oasis sessions, claims Liam 2011-01-06T10:25:30Z “But Olivia scarcely has the resources to participate in conversation. She recycles recriminations against herself.” Review: In ‘Ordinarily Well,’ Peter D. Kramer Goes to the Antidepressant Ramparts 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z A more dreary country than this in which I now am, can scarcely be conceived. The Antiquarian Rediscovery of the Antonine Wall by Lawrence Keppie – review 2013-02-15T09:00:02Z They couldn’t afford to shut down for two weekslike the bigger productions; Their entire shoot was scarcely longer than that to begin with. Doug Liman made the ultimate lockdown movie IN lockdown 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Now, roughly four decades later, Baldwin’s relatives have resurrected the work, with a new edition from Duke University Press, and it could scarcely be more timely. A James Baldwin Book, Forgotten and Overlooked for Four Decades, Gets Another Life 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The next five or six years were among the busiest one could imagine, with scarcely a day passing in the winter months where I was not galloping through frosty field in search of Mr Reynard. Digested classic: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man by Siegfried Sassoon 2010-05-07T09:12:00Z “The story it tells is one of abiding fascination, in part because it involves a paradigm shift so basic, so seemingly obvious, that one can scarcely believe the paradigm needed shifting in the first place.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The big philosophical issues of politics – the role of the state, the limits of markets, the merits of egalitarianism – are scarcely on Straw's radar. Last Man Standing by Jack Straw - review 2012-10-02T11:29:00Z Four months from now, Casablancas will turn 40, putting him safely in those middle age years that often augur bizarre left turns in musicians famous since they were scarcely old enough to legally imbibe. ‘The essence of life is kind of a nostalgia anticipation sandwich’: Philosophy 101 with Julian Casablancas 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Those eight women never leave the stage, and scarcely ever stop dancing. Dance Review: Balanchine Evening Ignites City Ballet Winter Season 2014-01-22T22:40:35Z I scarcely knew there was enough cello octet repertoire to fill a concert, let alone justify the formation of a professional chamber group. PLG Young Artists ? review 2011-01-11T23:30:01Z Afterward, I got scarcely more than a block down St. Marks Place before I ran into a Black Lives Matter protest, with a heavy police presence. Finding Some Treasures at FringeNYC 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z There were also practical concerns: He was earning $210,000 a year, he said, but he was 50 years old, had a family and could scarcely afford to leave his wages behind. With ‘Gunfight,’ an Insider Takes On a Community That Was Once His Own 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z In the vast orchestra section, where the nominees sat, there was scarcely a mask anywhere. Best and Worst Moments of the 75th Tony Awards 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Like much in this movie, Falstaff is at once familiar and scarcely recognizable. ‘The King’ Review: Once More Unto the Breach (but Why?) 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The eye could scarcely follow the blur of her legs. A show of virtuosos, ‘Swan Lake’ shimmers with strong women 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z But it’s a hell of a good start, and scarcely a week goes by without Seagal doubling down on his commitment to serve as Our Man in a Post-Soviet State. Has Steven Seagal proved you can be a Buddhist and a mascot for the arms trade? 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z In an introduction to the script, Mr. Hall writes that there’s scarcely a word in it that isn’t Chayefsky’s. Review: ‘Network’ With Bryan Cranston Is Convulsive, Immersive and Still Mad as Hell 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z That’s one way of linking Mark Strong’s career-defining role in the acclaimed revival of Arthur Miller’s play with his less showy but scarcely less compelling work in the new David Hare play “The Red Barn.” Review: ‘The Red Barn’ and ‘Blue Heart’ 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The David Parr House in Britain is a sort of time capsule: a tiny brick 19th-century rowhouse turned museum that has scarcely changed in the nine decades since its best-known owner died. The David Parr House’s Hidden Gem in Cambridge, England 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Neel belonged to no groups, was sui generis and scarcely scraped a living when American art was dominated by abstract expressionism and pop. Alice Neel: Painted Truths 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z There will always be Audrey Hepburns who escape their notice until they receive a coronation on the other side of the Atlantic – and there is scarcely much point in agonising over it. The troubled heart of Ealing and British postwar cinema 2011-07-21T21:00:04Z Thomas Mann’s Herr Peeperkorn—obese, rich, scarcely intelligible yet strangely charismatic—in “Magic Mountain,” feels like a familiar figure now. The Books We’re Turning to Now 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The one dance that’s indubitably a no-no for the Joyce is, curiously, a pas de deux, so the issue is scarcely one of crowding. | Suzanne Farrell Ballet: Suzanne Farrell Ballet at Joyce Theater - Review 2011-10-20T22:03:23Z Even when the surface of a painting was so controlled that individual brushstrokes could scarcely be seen, everything he produced, he said, was made by his hand. Ellsworth Kelly, abstract artist of enduring influence, dies at 92 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Her father lost a leg in the Great War, and her mother can scarcely leave the house, so it is up to their only child to marry into money and Save Our Home. Review | Southern historical fiction gets the soap opera treatment in ‘The Dying of the Light’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z The method is scarcely a decade old — no one was using robotics, at least at the Olympics, before the 2012 Summer Games. EXPLAINER: Robots and Olympics — a potent photo combination 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The band scarcely made a dent commercially, but that made sense, given its contempt for all things capitalist. Mark Stewart, Fiery British Rocker, Is Dead at 61 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Though it was a small event, scarcely covered beyond the trades, An American View, in retrospect, came to represent something far more meaningful in New York fashion. New York Fashion Week: Fashion Week, Ten Years Later: A Bond Forged in Tragedy 2011-09-07T01:27:28Z The trail is often crowded, but that scarcely registers in these surroundings. Twilight of the Glaciers 2011-07-29T19:50:35Z And the central sections of the grand “Diamonds” have a particular remoteness; its ballerina scarcely addresses the audience until the finale. Dance Review: ‘Jewels’ Returns to New York City Ballet’s Repertory 2014-01-23T23:23:37Z More than that, it was also an age of astonishing literary fecundity and intellectual vitality, scarcely surpassed since. A History of the British Empire at Its Peak 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The West Side Story soundtrack was a festival of overdubs, with the marquee stars doing scarcely any of the singing. Stand-in for the stars – the art of the dubbing singer 2013-06-25T11:22:01Z Everything I can scarcely bear in novels, I found in this book. An Epic From Iceland, Complete With Unicorns, Angels and a Stamp-Collecting Werewolf 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z After that scarcely watchable episode, this more contemplative one was a blessed relief. The Walking Dead: season seven, episode two – The Well 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z But the dancing scarcely began to show that “Swan Lake” was an important drama. School of American Ballet’s New Graduates Onstage 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Ms. Hathaway is alone onstage for about 85 minutes, with scarcely a costume change, although Ms. Taymor has provided a sleek, high-tech production surrounding her. Anne Hathaway’s Solo Turn as a Fighter Pilot in ‘Grounded’ at the Public Theater 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z William’s pursuing a story — or it’s in pursuit of him — that he scarcely understands. Review | Elizabeth Strout’s ‘Oh William!’ is yet another dazzler 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z It is scarcely an exaggeration to say that Picasso bankrolled the post-war French Communist party, and underwrote various causes associated with it. Picasso's politics 2010-05-07T23:09:00Z Broyard was scarcely wrong to say that Vonnegut's reputation suffered a blow with each new book; he is a classic example of a writer whose renown endures through the success of a single novel. Kurt Vonnegut: Letters edited by Dan Wakefield – review 2013-04-18T07:01:01Z Their lives in hog factories scarcely resemble how they’ve been raised for millenniums. When Thousands of Hogs Are Your Neighbors 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Here was a jazz piano trio with the heart and gall of a stadium rock band, grappling wryly but directly with anthemic covers and its own scarcely less anthemic originals. Music Review: Together for 10 Years and Still Totally Committed 2010-09-17T20:08:00Z The samplers, with sentimental mottoes, are familiar fare at museums and galleries, but the girls’ floor coverings have scarcely been studied. Antiques: Repaired China, the Potter John Bennett, Schoolgirl Rugs 2013-01-17T22:21:55Z “Hawking” whizzes past black holes and “singularity” and “Hawking Radiation” with scarcely a glance. Stephen Hawking opens up about his life in documentary 2014-01-28T19:53:37Z Horwitz and Wakefield are scarcely the first scholars to suggest that rising rates of mental illness are a reflection of the widening and loosening of diagnostic schema. Psychiatry’s Legitimacy Crisis 2012-08-08T20:52:00Z He scarcely breathed, worried he might miss his name. Sing for Your Life 2011-05-20T16:00:31Z It is scarcely any longer possible to tell a straight story sequentially unfolding in time. Patrick Keiller's 10 favourite books with pictures 2012-08-29T14:29:00Z This touching story gets under the skin of Rwandan society, but the genocide of the 1990s was so terrible it seems scarcely possible to contain it within the pages of a novel. Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron – review 2012-06-26T10:45:02Z The back entrance has a puddle of puke right under a plaque dedicated to the Sioux, and he gets scarcely more respect from the bartender, who spits into his glass of water. ‘Fargo’ Season 2, Episode 8: A Man Without a Country 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The speculated favorites for that list have scarcely budged in the last few weeks. The Carpetbagger: Schmoozing in the Service of an Oscar 2010-12-22T22:49:37Z Each culture’s individuality is erased; history is scarcely noticed; the object’s purpose only vaguely mentioned. Critic?s Notebook: Quai Branly Museum in Paris Glorifies the ?Other? 2011-11-25T23:47:39Z The more time he spent with them, the closer he was able to get until, he recalls, “Eventually, they scarcely noticed I was there.” | Craig McDean's Sumo 2011-09-09T15:03:03Z Although he lived for three years in Monaco, Bacon — a studio painter — scarcely ever depicted the Mediterranean coastline. How France and Monaco Inspired Francis Bacon 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Brad Fields’s “Cinderella” lighting is so dim that the heroine’s face is scarcely visible as she enters the palace for what should be the most enchanting arrival in all of ballet. Ballet Theater’s Met Season, a Mix of Sparkling Moments and Familiar War Horses 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z “The magnitude of Gorbachev’s personal contributions to the dramatic change, not just in the Soviet Union itself but throughout Eastern Europe, can scarcely be exaggerated.” Europe’s Glorious Years of Peace and Prosperity 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z Dmitri Jurowski's conducting never quite finds an equivalent to such perceptive drama, and the orchestral playing is often coarse-grained, but the flair on stage means that scarcely matters. Eugene Onegin 2010-08-13T20:45:00Z The opening credits have scarcely ended before he’s begun arranging his people and parts, mixing shots of the hotel with those of a woman’s damp neck circled with pearls and her shoulder beaded with sweat. Mathieu Amalric Takes On ‘The Blue Room’ 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z As the headmistress in “Riddance” says, recalling her girlhood, “My style was scarcely juvenile. If anything, it was senescent, with the gaseous orotundity of an earlier era.” Shelley Jackson, Author and Advocate of the Monstrous 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z It feels like the ink has scarcely dried on last year’s postmortem of the summer wreckage, and yet the time has come to undertake the solemn work of surveying the damage once again. Box office massacre: how Hollywood flopped this summer 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Shkreli at first said he would lower the price, which scarcely mollified his critics. Everyone Hates Martin Shkreli. Everyone Is Missing the Point 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Except for a couple of clever court antics, these guys scarcely resemble the scrappy and passionate lawyers looking out from the billboard. New legal drama "The Defenders" should be outlawed 2010-09-21T02:16:00Z Driver argued that men should not be granted the power to interpret abuse inflicted on women without the risk of redoubling an injustice they can scarcely understand. Minnie Driver: men like Matt Damon 'cannot understand what abuse is like' 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z People are tugged to and fro in "Bone Fire" by impulses they scarcely understand. 'Bone Fire': Frontier reliance and human connection 2010-03-19T22:27:00Z The future bride and groom, though standing just inches apart, scarcely noticed each other. Looking for Love? Put On a Cat Sweater 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z But lines of reddish text, scarcely visible, run perpendicular to those prayers. Exhibition Review: ?Secrets of Archimedes? at Walters in Baltimore - Review 2011-10-16T23:08:04Z With this particular orchestra, he scarcely needs to steer or urge, only to ignite. Claudio Abbado at the Lucerne festival; BBC Prom 44 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z You can scarcely have a starker example of art that lures the eye, only to punish the mind with terrible knowledge. Mat Collishaw: still sensational 2013-04-26T15:30:00Z The point about hypocrisy could scarcely be more obvious if Mr. Taylor were delivering a sermon. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Offers a Vision of the World Through Mirrors and Illusions 2011-02-27T23:16:14Z An audience charmer peddling romantic hokum, the play is satisfying despite being scarcely credible and touchingly sweet even when flagrantly sentimental. John Patrick Shanley's 'Outside Mullingar' is just the thing for a happy cry 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z He’s tethered to a phone in a harshly lit room, fielding calls from a citizenry he scarcely tolerates. 11 Movies You Need to Know at New Directors/New Films 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z She scarcely spoke about herself; she was all gratitude and admiration for others. Review: ‘World Ballet Stars’ Puts a Spotlight on Bucharest From a Global Cast 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z In Cleveland, Ms. Scott could scarcely walk down the street without fans stopping to take her picture. Obituaries: Jane Scott Is Dead at 92; Veteran Rock Music Critic 2011-07-06T04:11:38Z The arrangements vary, from ambient electronica and Appalachian Gothic to contemporary torch song and bluegrass gospel, with scarcely a hint of Cash’s trademark freight-train rhythms. Johnny Cash’s Poems Get a Second Life as Songs 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z They sully pure white snow with cigarette ash and keep boredom at bay with scarcely secret love affairs. No Shrinking Violets: A Short Story Collection From Roxane Gay 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z I scarcely recognized Sutherland Elementary School, a red and white brick structure on my block. Through Three Neighborhoods, Revisiting Chicago’s Charms 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z But it scarcely seemed credible that this knack for writing for a mainstream audience in a melodic, romantic style co-existed with his mastery of serialism and 12-tone techniques. Sir Richard Rodney Bennett 2012-12-26T18:24:33Z Wesker's experience also fuelled a fine play, Their Very Own and Golden City, about the failed dreams of a visionary architect, first seen at the Royal Court in 1966 and scarcely since. Arnold Wesker: food for thought 2012-05-21T18:30:02Z The result is a kind of scarcely literate cybergraffiti that does nothing to help reach a deeper understanding of the works or reveal their artistic traditions or cultural significance. Critic?s Notebook: From Picassos to Sarcophagi, Guided by Phone Apps 2010-10-02T02:11:00Z It's been almost eight years since I started working for myself, and scarcely a day has gone by when I haven't taken an hour to make and eat lunch. Take back your lunch hour (all of it!) 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z I’m afraid I can’t get exercised about the subject: Ms. De Keersmaeker’s simple movements are scarcely of striking originality in the first place. Is Beyonc? a Choreography Thief in ?Countdown?? 2011-11-21T17:25:51Z “Incredibles 2” can scarcely own up to those, not with young children in the audience, but what it can do, even without stating the dilemma, is to offer a solution. “Incredibles 2,” Reviewed: A Sequel in the Shadow of a Masterwork 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z I scarcely looked up from my novel until he dropped the second half of the request: He’d need it for a week or two, and the friend was 500 miles away in Fargo, N.D. Lara Croft battles male jerks 2012-06-14T16:15:00Z Her Type A roles on “Mad Men” and “Community” scarcely prepared her for the physical feats required on “GLOW.” Alison Brie Swaps Her Wrestling Costume for Boxing Gloves 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z In addition to streamlining in personnel and other areas, funds have had to be raised in economic times scarcely less difficult in Canada than they have been in the United States. Orchestra, Back From the Brink 2011-03-18T23:21:12Z Unlike Schubert, who scarcely left Vienna, Loewe got around. Celebrating an 18th-Century Composer, Carl Loewe 2012-02-24T21:05:38Z To recorded country-flavored tunes that scarcely vary in beat, six dancers stride in steady time, upstage and down, in front of a rainbow-striped backdrop. Reviews: Mischief and attitude in dance, theater pieces at OtB's Northwest New Works showcase 2010-06-07T18:52:00Z An enigmatic figure whose mysteries peel away slowly, André scarcely seems interested in Murielle even when she eagerly tries to impress him. Movie Review: In ‘Our Children,’ From Joachim Lafosse, Life Turns Tragic 2013-08-02T00:16:04Z The rest of their prescriptions are scarcely controversial. Books of The Times: ?Higher Education?? by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus 2010-08-18T21:51:00Z I am astounded by your discovery, so much so that I can scarcely wrap my head around it. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Really?’ Pops Up Everywhere on Television 2012-10-01T22:17:08Z This book is Sales's extended version of the story, written with a nod to Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, in providing a scarcely credible, meticulously detailed report of the motivation and "lifestyle" of the gang. The Bling Ring by Nancy Jo Sales – review 2013-06-24T07:00:01Z The bigger questions, meanwhile, are scarcely tackled at all. The worst of Bach 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z It was a cell scarcely big enough for two or three to stand in. Author, author: Samar Yazbek 2011-08-03T15:45:02Z As they were being mounted in cases, it scarcely seemed a fantasy to imagine them awaiting orders. Critic?s Notebook: Museum of the Great War Opens in Meaux, France 2011-11-12T00:48:01Z In all this, it scarcely needs saying, it has been the writing which has been the star. Mad Men: the future of American film is on television 2010-09-08T08:01:00Z She could act with her entire head yet scarcely move it at all. Cicely Tyson Kept It Together So We Didn’t Fall Apart 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Even worse, at a time when actual Indian-Americans were scarcely seen or heard from on TV or in film, that silly voice became the default depiction. Seinfeld and Simpsons – why your favourite TV show is problematic 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z In that respect, it is scarcely different from most of her albums, committee efforts that position Spears as a brand rather than an artist with potentially dangerous thoughts of her own. Spears just along for the ride — all the way to the bank 2011-03-25T21:31:45Z The nine-page letter, filled with astonishing formulas that, as Mr. Hardy wrote, “seemed scarcely possible to believe,” prompted him to wonder if Mr. Ramanujan were a fraud. A Math Biopic, With Dev Patel, Applies a Different Calculus 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z To her right are her witnesses, scarcely recognizable as human beings. Frye exhibits 'Implied Violence,' 'S?ance' may freak you out 2010-10-14T23:51:00Z On the final day, Owen and I sit at our monitor excitedly watching the final throes of Bob Servant Independent, scarcely believing we've somehow reached the end. Bob Servant Independent: the don of Dundee 2013-01-15T06:30:01Z A photograph of a luncheon-meat salad mold is scarcely more horrifying than the details that led to the creation of the dish. A Book That Gets to the Bottom of Green-Bean Casserole 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z But the sense of surprise remains with you, and it scarcely dissipates with repeated listening. CD Review: Noah Creshevsky?s ?Twilight of the Gods? 2010-06-18T15:24:00Z As for Powell and Pressburger, think of “The Red Shoes,” and of Anton Walbrook as Lermontov, the fierce and dapper impresario, who believes that art for which you don’t suffer is scarcely art at all. Apocalypse Now: Bryan Singer’s New “X-Men” Movie 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Mendes, playing a model, scarcely reacts, but she — along with much of this movie — is fun to watch, and it’s very enjoyable to have no idea where Mr. Carax is headed. Critic’s Notebook: At Cannes, Some Jeers for ‘Holy Motors’ and ‘The Paperboy’ 2012-05-24T22:34:45Z It is slightly impersonal; we don’t learn Atwater’s first name for another eight pages, and it scarcely crops up thereafter. A Portrait of the Artist as a Droll Slacker 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Powell writes that he “systematized a treatment of dialogue now scarcely possible to appreciate, so much has the Hemingway usage taken the place of what went before.” A Portrait of the Artist as a Droll Slacker 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z It’s a great location for those on a budget, too — I scarcely noticed the damage to my wallet after a four-night trip there in November. In Affordable Nashville, Grain Bowls, Hot Chicken and Blistering Guitars 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Unlighted, these creatures — which are really beetles, not flies — would scarcely stir compassionate human interest. Exhibition Review: ?Creatures of Light? at American Museum of Natural History 2012-03-29T21:26:33Z But scarcely a word about what Lohan was in Italy for. Lindsay Lohan is falling over herself to collect her comeback award 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, the Neapolitans, who can scarcely comprehend their good fortune—it’s as if their city has been visited by an angel in soccer cleats—shower him with manic adulation. The Tragedy of Diego Maradona, One of Soccer’s Greatest Stars 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Looking out over the quiet swamp, its waters dark and teeming with alligators, I could scarcely imagine the thirst for freedom that would lead those people to make this backwater their home. Encounters With Ghosts on Georgia’s Golden Isles 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Just ahead, the scarcely visited wilds of the world’s longest barrier island. On Padre in Texas, Soft Sand, Shells and Seclusion 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Until recently, the view from that bridge scarcely changed. Dance Review: A ?Napoli? Changed, Yet Unchanging 2011-06-13T22:41:38Z From the perspective of a fairly proximal outsider – a restaurant critic, say, as I was for a decade – it’s horrible if you see it, but you scarcely ever do. ‘The manager was selling coke to staff’: the truth about top restaurants 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z The maps show that, as recently as 1800, London had scarcely spread to south of the River Thames. In London, looking backward to move forward 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z She conferred on her role a dignity it scarcely deserved, miraculously stopping the movie collapsing into mere camp. Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher ? what's not to like? 2011-02-08T20:30:31Z Angry comments on Twitter and Instagram flooded social media in the dust-up over the short clip of the interview, conducted scarcely a week after Bryant died in a helicopter crash alongside his daughter. Gayle King’s response to Kobe Bryant backlash captures the unique pressures she faces as one of the most visible black women in media 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z But she’s off in the corner, dimly lit, facing away from the audience, and scarcely audible — present but not presenting, you might say. Theater Review: ‘Bodycast,’ at BAM, With a Lecturing Frances McDormand 2013-12-04T19:14:04Z The look is scarcely exclusive to the male of the species. Noticed: The Greaser, the 1950s Rebel, Returns to Fashion - Noticed 2011-10-19T22:55:13Z Its pilot had its premiere two months later, scarcely edited, and the show ran for years, a wish-fulfillment fantasy of terrorist butts kicked and names taken, one day at a time. When TV Turns Itself Off 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Gaines, however, found enough other benefits from the therapy that he scarcely finds it necessary. ‘Inside My Head I’m a Girl’: Three Ways of Growing Up Gay 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Even then, there's more value in spending time becoming familiar with an unknown region than in going to someplace like Bordeaux, full of wines that everyone knows and can scarcely afford. Millennials Answer the Call of Mexican Wine Country 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z The execution of the courtiers, Rivers and Gray, characters who scarcely register in this shortened version, had me thinking that the princes in the tower were being prematurely offed. Theater Review: ‘Richard III,’ with Ron Cephas Jones, at the Public Theater 2012-08-12T20:55:37Z While many of his classmates had dreamed for years of studying at Saint Martins, Green had scarcely opened a fashion magazine in his life, and he struggled with the slinky evening wear of that time. A Workwear Jacket Worthy of Drake and “Alien: Covenant” 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z “The characters in the book are scarcely aware of the broader political landscape,” Mr. Gibson said. Sci-Fi Writer William Gibson Reimagines the World After the 2016 Election 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z He has been so single-minded in his pursuit of upbeat Broadway bravura that one would scarcely be surprised to learn that he had choreographed his own birth. Possessed: Graffito in Jerry Mitchell’s Bedroom Is a Daily Reminder 2013-05-24T21:27:34Z I can scarcely fathom how many confused and scared souls Bowie salvaged and empowered. The man who owned the world: David Bowie made reinvention an art form 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z It's about striking a balance – and if I'd like to see the trio take their own story a mite more seriously, that scarcely diminished my enjoyment of their idiocy. The Ballad of Backbone Joe 2010-08-13T21:01:00Z Then again, given the imagination that movies routinely apply to crimes of all sorts, it scarcely seems fair to object to the depiction just because the target is novel or has real-world implications. ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ Review: A Different Kind of Oil Boom 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z In London they seem to walk round in a sort of zombie trance, scarcely aware of anyone else around them. Simon Hoggart's week: biffed by backpacks borne by zombie hordes 2013-06-21T17:59:09Z “The events of 9/11 were tragic, but scarcely catastrophic,” he writes. Review: ‘Bush,’ a Biography as Scathing Indictment 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z The older version has the smoothly pampered skin of the best beauty treatments that Hollywood money can buy, with scarcely a visible line etching his sharply angled and ironed facial planes. Review: ‘Terminator Genisys’ Shows That Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Most Assuredly Back 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z And the signature slump from major chord to minor sometimes scarcely registered. Music Review: Following Tradition With Three Solid Blows 2010-10-01T22:36:00Z His work scarcely dwells on the clichés of modern Brazil - its beach culture, carnivals and caipirinha cocktails. Ruffato writes Brazil 'as I see it', and it's not pretty 2013-10-16T15:30:54Z Since which there's scarcely been a film-producer in London who hasn't at some point held the rights to the book, nor a script-writer who hasn't worked on some or other excitedly mooted version. Money; Lost; Damages 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z The external markers of his success scarcely hide the poverty of his personal life. 'Judge' a departure for David Dobkin, Robert Downey Jr. 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z And he finds himself back in a fashion world he scarcely recognizes. ‘Zoolander 2’ Creates a Model-Slash-Juggernaut 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The cause of these mass killings was not “intolerance,” but something else, still scarcely understood. Critic?s Notebook: Making the Holocaust the Lesson on All Evils 2011-04-29T23:11:04Z Aria scarcely seems to notice this parental theater, probably because she’s seen it before. Review: In ‘Misunderstood,’ a Girl Seeks Relief From a Turbulent Household 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z When Sandra goes running with her dog, her solitude looks inviting yet is foreboding, and not simply because the dog scarcely looks capable of taking down a predator. ‘God’s Country’ Review: A Solitary Woman Isn’t Left Alone for Long 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z At the height of their public prominence, Stevens and Duffield were scarcely out of dinner suit and evening gown. Vivien Duffield: The women who thinks it's better to give 2011-03-27T00:06:25Z And when it came to swimming, there was scarcely a body of water that he didn't — simply couldn't — pass up. The role Beatles roadie Mal Evans was born to play 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Ernest is a fascinating, thorny character, especially in the age of Marvel Manichaeism, and he’s rived by contradictions that he scarcely seems aware of. ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Premieres at Cannes: First Reaction 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z After graduating, he spent two years writing for TV sketch shows and attempting stand-up: the latter, it scarcely needs saying, went badly. Richard Ayoade: Mr Modest 2011-01-15T00:03:59Z Another welcome feature — scarcely new, but still striking — is the handsome spectrum of skin colors. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Premiere of ?Outlier? 2010-05-16T21:54:00Z This isn't so much a play as a theatrical séance, a meditation on the meaning of her life through modern considerations of gender and race scarcely thinkable in Shakespeare's time. Toni Morrison's ghostly 'Desdemona' blends words and music in lyrical revision of Shakespeare 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Sprouting up around the north end of Palm Canyon Drive, the Uptown Design District has matured into a sleek shopping zone with scarcely a T-shirt shop or frozen yogurt chain in sight. Palm Springs Is in Demand, With Help From Coachella 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z If I’m not persuaded, Purdy, to his credit, would scarcely have cared. Books of The Times: ‘Complete Short Stories of James Purdy,’ Literary Outsider 2013-07-18T19:56:21Z Still, such reactions are scarcely a match for those overwhelming the woman who arguably started it all. Rocking It on Prom Night, African Style 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z His most famous novel, the fanciful and discursive “The Master and Margarita,” is known to all Russian students, with the more concise “A Dog’s Heart” counting as scarcely less popular. Review: A Surreal Russian Opera That's All Bark and a Lot of Bite, Too 2010-06-22T12:41:00Z Supergirl was never the most liberally conceived of characters: her very outfit cemented the idea that she was “Superman in a skirt”, and her powers and responsibilities scarcely distinguished her from her brawnier relative. Can Wonder Woman save Hollywood from its problem with female superheroes? 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z ACE is scarcely the only public body obliged to pass on a reduction in funding. Arts Council chief: 'what happens next?' 2013-07-24T11:05:55Z Inside the cavernous and scarcely furnished main floor, the house felt more like the office of a Silicon Valley start-up than a modern, teenager-filled “Animal House.” Is Jake Paul a Social Media Genius or a Jerk? 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z It seems like it’s scarcely started, but Sunday night airs its final episode of its second season. TV Weekend: Game of Thrones Wraps Up Season 2. How’s It Doing? 2012-06-01T13:25:34Z Samuel Adams’s beer evokes citrus but not in the literal, tastes-like-juice way that is the New England style; it’s scarcely different from an ordinary I.P.A. Two Big Brewers Try to Cash In on an I.P.A. Craze 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z As for the teeth, Liskova is still sought after, performing the scarcely available treatment. For love of horses, Czech rider turns equine therapist 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z As such, this entertaining but scarcely monstrous effort could stand a rewrite, if not full-length expansion. 'Something Truly Monstrous' draws drolly on golden age of Hollywood lore 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Beyond a mention of punching up Salisbury steak with French-onion-soup mix, it scarcely adheres to the premise, but what matters is the weird catharsis it provides. “At Home with Amy Sedaris” Is a Homemaker’s Talk Show as Dadaist Carnival 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z The facts we memorized and passed exams on could scarcely do justice to patients' lived, dynamic, complex realities. Doctors and nurses don't need to be COVID-19's "heroes." We need you to see us as human beings 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z His tragedy is that he scarcely understands the cosmic forces that propel him towards his ruin. Peter Murphy's top 10 literary preachers 2013-01-16T11:12:26Z Be that as it may, the feisty but physically failing Nellie is scarcely fleshed out much beyond an ugly cough and the vague hearsay of others. | New Jersey: Brothel?s Guests: Love and Dreams 2011-07-24T03:50:03Z New York’s subway system, whose tunnels open those dangerous sinkholes in Doom’s streets, was scarcely two years old. The 1906 Novel That Imagined Present-Day New York 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z I turn once more to the west and as a gap in the trees finally opens up, I can scarcely believe what I am seeing. Twister tales: stormchasing in Tornado Alley, Oklahoma 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The film is explicitly "based" on real events, fantastic and scarcely credible though these are. Lincoln, Argo, Capote and the intricacies of weaving fact into fiction 2013-02-19T15:55:29Z This insured that Winehouse, scarcely the most elusive of quarries, would be chased, flushed out, and torn asunder. “Amy,” Back from Black 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z The occasional dropped notes in the piano writing scarcely mattered in the context of Mr. Freire’s insightful reading, which was graced with Busoni’s cadenzas. Music Review: Stravinsky?s Catalog Yields Tasty Plums 2011-08-21T21:56:08Z The absence of the police suggests a lack of trust in official authority so complete that it is scarcely worth mentioning. Review: In ‘The Salesman,’ Scenes From a Marriage in Tehran 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z “The Third Man” hangs on a slippery mystery named Harry Lime, memorably played by a scarcely seen Orson Welles. 8 Cannes Film Festival Prizewinners We Love (and 3 We Don’t) 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z In the last few months, you can scarcely move on Forbes.com for articles with headlines such as “Here’s Why You Should Turn Your Business Vegan In 2018”. The unstoppable rise of veganism: how a fringe movement went mainstream 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z We could scarcely believe it when we signed the contract that made the farmhouse ours. The frittata that bought us a house 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z One is scarcely known outside Apulia, where the Marzovillas originated: ceci e tria, chickpeas tossed with both boiled noodles and fried ones, rolled into small crisp golden tubes that look something like empty cannoli. A Pasta Granny Gets a Perch in Manhattan 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z It’s a short poem, scarcely as many words as a sonnet, and though it’s written in free verse, it has its own internal structure, signaled by repetition, that acts as a mnemonic. The lost art of memorizing poetry 2014-04-27T00:00:00Z Still, the younger Ellison has scaled Hollywood's rungs of influence and power with startling rapidity despite scarcely a dozen films to her credit. Oracle CEO Ellison's daughter pans for Oscar gold 2013-02-23T11:09:09Z This scarcely seems Chalamet’s fault, but rather a deeper problem of intent. ‘The King’ Review: Once More Unto the Breach (but Why?) 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Old-time hucksters and flimflam artists scarcely cared if you believed them or not. Liars, hucksters and fake news are nothing new: a history lesson in hoaxes 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z He moves with a silky grace, and under the stark white makeup and elaborate black wig can scarcely be recognized as a man. A Kabuki Drama at the Lincoln Center Festival 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z TLC scarcely acknowledges the Browns' deeply held fundamentalist Mormonism. Secrets of the polygamists 2010-10-16T21:01:00Z When the band imploded after its brief, explosive career, he scarcely mellowed; he continued on as the creative force of the fiery post-punk band Public Image Ltd., or PiL. Nora Forster, 80, Who Married (and Stayed Married to) a Sex Pistol, Dies 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z That would scarcely be conceivable in a field as full of mantraps as this. Men from the Ministry by Simon Thurley – review 2013-06-20T10:01:01Z Midcentury Americans could scarcely touch a dial without hearing Miss Rio. Rosa Rio, Organist From Silent Films to Soap Operas, Dies at 107 2010-05-15T04:45:00Z This is churrasco, Brazilian barbecue, opulent and austere at once, the meat scarcely adorned and tasting only of itself, salt and fire. Churrasco That Rises Above at Paladar in East Harlem 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z With her big ambition, big balcon and suicidal tendencies, Anna Nicole Smith could scarcely be a more traditional opera heroine, could she? Anna Nicole: Kiss goodbye to those Viking hats 2011-02-14T22:00:00Z It is so familiar it is scarcely noticed. Exhibition Review: National Design That?s Hidden in Plain Sight 2011-06-13T22:41:43Z And what should appear but “Turkey in the Straw” in the violins, scarcely to be heard behind the blaring trumpets and under the accumulated weight of other instruments when everything was put back together. Critic’s Notebook: Spring for Music Festival at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-13T22:06:48Z He didn't change his voice for it; he offered only casual scatterings of a biography; the new character's manner – bitter, dyspeptic, always glumly remonstrating with his audiences – is scarcely any different from Hall's own. Comedy gold: Rich Hall's Otis Lee Crenshaw and the Black Liars 2013-05-17T10:33:29Z “Toys in the Attic” isn’t as unsettling as Mr. Svankmajer’s work, but even in this English-language version, it’s scarcely a cute and cuddly family film of the generic type often foisted on American tots. Movie Review: ‘Toys in the Attic,’ Directed by Jiri Barta 2012-09-06T22:53:02Z For reasons that I scarcely wish to say. Gene’s bad doggerel bites again And with that forgetful magic kids sometimes work on disturbing information, I scarcely thought of that letter until Christmas vacation my sophomore year in college. Looking for Uncle Allan: A queer odyssey 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z The boys scarcely appear, and when they do they are hardly distinguishable from one another, just as their families, waiting at the cave mouth praying over smiling school photographs, remain similarly in the background. ‘The Rescue’ Review: Going All In on a Risky Mission 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Produced by the Agriculture Department during World War I, the poster would scarcely look out of place in an issue of Saveur. At the National Archives, Life, Liberty and Carp 2011-05-31T23:42:50Z There's scarcely an audio-mark they don't hit, and it's rare for them to drop a juggling pin, too. Nanda's 'Jacket': comic martial-arts mayhem 2011-10-10T15:59:53Z It may at times be essential to find fault; it is scarcely ever enough. Review: In ‘Better Living Through Criticism,’ A. O. Scott Offers Insight 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Each version of the story, despite the elements of sex and violence, is a light cartoon, and the retelling makes the subsequent one lighter — though scarcely funny. Dance Review: Enigmatic Choreographer Tells an Enigmatic Tale 2011-02-23T23:22:28Z Mainly the phrases are short, but there are scarcely any pauses; and the meter keeps changing, so that they’re never locked in a rhythmic continuum. Mark Morris’s ‘Words,’ a Premiere at Fall for Dance 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Cranko’s own bright career was cut short at age 45, when he collapsed on a plane scarcely a decade after “Romeo and Juliet” opened to high praise. Washington Ballet unrolls a season of world premieres and masterworks 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Marié Rossano, three years younger, is a violinist of scarcely less impressive gifts. Review: Northwest Sinfonietta kicks off 20th year with Austro-German classics 2010-10-02T19:29:00Z But, if the play teaches one anything, it is that Ayckbourn's understanding of abused women is so profound he scarcely needs to fall back on the cheap frills of a ghostly thriller. Snake in the Grass ? review 2011-02-15T18:44:00Z Lake scarcely grapples with the implication of this statement — how could she? First Comes Love, Then Comes What Exactly? 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z One can scarcely disagree with her observation, and more’s the pity: The 21st century needs an Elsie de Wolfe, with or without elephants. The Fabulous Parties of Elsie de Wolfe 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z There have been so many parties this summer that I feel I have scarcely spent an evening at home. Counting One's Blessings: The Selected Letters of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, edited by William Shawcross – digested read 2012-10-14T18:00:02Z We scarcely knew ourselves before the bard solidified us on stage, and here Schama revels in explaining how Shakespeare had an unrivalled hand in crafting our national personality. TV highlights 22/06/2012 2012-06-21T18:59:01Z The society's Philippa Langley, who helped launch the search for the king, said she could scarcely believe her quest had paid off. Experts find remains of England's King Richard III 2013-02-04T14:07:03Z Now, in my 60th year, class distinction is once more legitimate, its brusque "realism" scarcely bothering to disguise the erosion of the rights of citizenship among the poor. Diamond jubilee: writers reflect on growing up Elizabethan 2012-06-01T21:50:02Z The most salient example I know of are hydrothermal vents unfathomably deep in the sea, where there is scarcely a photon from the sun. Sex’s feel-good evolution: Charles Darwin’s erotic shocker 2014-03-09T20:00:00Z The pieces have some luxurious floral inlay, obelisk finials, paw feet and brackets in the form of bearded faces, but his voluminous papers scarcely refer to them. Antiques: Elvis and Toreadors, Aglow on Black Velvet 2011-02-03T22:55:03Z Until about a year ago, the town of fewer than 5,000 people, nestled in the foothills of the Alps, was scarcely known in Slovenia, let alone abroad. Melania's Slovenian hometown eyes Trump win as boon for tourism 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z In the early 20th century two rather directionless young American men separately saw a now scarcely remembered actress named Alla Nazimova in plays by Henrik Ibsen. The Mythic Performances That Are Keeping Me Company 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Movies are the bedmates of poetry, as Bowie knew, and to treat them as a sort of illustrated novel is to load them with a burden they were scarcely designed to bear. David Bowie in the Movies 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Worse, Cohan took extreme rhythmic liberties even in the ensemble pieces, perhaps trying to create an unpredictable quality by adding so many coy hesitations that there were scarcely two bars taken in strict meter. Sampling of C.P.E. Bach’s music at Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival Tempers have cooled considerably, and now Mr. Muti, at 68, can scarcely wait to plunge into the challenges ahead. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z In fact, I scarcely know it outside the little corner I've always visited. My quest to be more Welsh 2011-07-29T23:07:29Z It’s also worth noting that “Venus” now has a visual relevance that could scarcely have been foreseen 20 years ago. Review: ‘Venus’ Recalls a Woman’s Fortune, and Her Ruin 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z But we have scarcely intersected since, and my judgment is not contaminated: I would not recommend his Pulitzer Prize-winning but wordy “Ghost Wars,” for example. Why read a 5-year-old book about ExxonMobil now? Two words: Rex Tillerson 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z It is a meal so literary that it scarcely contains any foodstuffs; it is all texture and atmosphere and thread count: Holiday Windows, a (Sort of) Love Story 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z What it scarcely hints at is the future musical personality of its composer. Vaughan Williams premiere ? review 2011-03-07T22:15:00Z Described as a “double-album,” although it clocks in at scarcely more than 50 minutes, "Everyday Life" finds the British alt-rockers diagnosing the ills of racism and sociocultural isolation with largely impressive results. Coldplay attacks social and political unrest with hope on "Everyday Life" 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z But they're both sitting in there on the floor building and whispering stories to themselves, and that's scarcely destructive to their childhoods. Motherlode Blog: 'Worst Toy Awards' Target Lego Friends 2012-11-29T23:32:38Z With no textual divisions, speech represented without quotation marks and scarcely any line indentations, the book is, in effect, a single paragraph of 397 pages and around 120,000 words. Umbrella by Will Self – review 2012-08-10T21:55:01Z I could scarcely believe this was a real place and not a space in my mind, sick from writing. Author, author: Samar Yazbek 2011-08-03T15:45:02Z The regular flow of her collections was scarcely interrupted. Bella Akhmadulina obituary 2010-12-01T20:44:00Z The home-based fathers the study polled, meanwhile, just got extra work done – but scarcely more time with the kids. Extreme loneliness or the perfect balance? How to work from home and stay healthy 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Other ensembles are scarcely less poetic: The human waves in which Tom and his classmates twice cross the stage are the kind of interlude that makes theater thrilling. Dance Review: ?Tom Sawyer? by Kansas City Ballet - Review 2011-10-24T22:02:52Z In other species, the stomach scarcely exists and fermentation takes place in a greatly enlarged large intestine. Was ancient man a vegetarian? 2012-08-27T23:23:00Z Travelling between the UK, the US, Cambodia and Sierra Leone, the systems of care could scarcely be more different. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 19-23 November 2012-11-19T07:00:00Z The reaction from Germany, which funds a large part of European Union rescues for Greece as it struggles with a huge debt, was of scarcely disguised fury. Greek referendum ignites German anger 2011-11-01T10:40:00Z His voice scarcely changes whether he’s describing how to count cards in blackjack or recalling his time in prison. ‘The Card Counter’ Review: A Gambler’s Existential Solitaire 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Since then it has scarcely been opened, and has spent almost all its time locked in a strong room. Bodleian's battered Shakespeare First Folio to be put on internet 2012-08-01T23:01:04Z If Mr. Toledano had wanted an excuse to fire Mr. Galliano, he could scarcely have ordered up a worse public-relations nightmare, one that could still engulf Dior. Paris Fashion Week: John Galliano Exits the Way That He Entered 2011-03-02T22:09:23Z Fully bodied and wholly alienated, Bone finally does rise to the occasion, but he scarcely saves the day. Film: The Dude Plumbs His Weary Soul 2010-02-26T23:03:00Z After a 45-minute spiraling, bumpy ride there down a two-lane road, I arrived at a place I scarcely recognized. Seeing the Whole of Antigua 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z It mutated mid-production when Hopper, cast as the girl’s father, became the director and, scarcely less violently than his character, threw caution to the wind. ‘Out of the Blue’: When Dennis Hopper Cast Himself as a Dad 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The perspectives also deflate the central tension: Cora’s sections are told in first person, and Darlene’s are written in third, but the two voices are scarcely distinguishable. Review | After an act of ecoterrorism, two siblings go on the run in ‘The Wildlands’ 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z There’s scarcely a torture technique that Jack Bauer hasn’t employed to prise information from a suspect, apart from making them watch season six. The 10 most politically controversial TV shows of all time 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Episode two of the stunt show that starts out innocuously enough but soon accelerates to the point where you can scarcely believe what's taking place. Theo's Adventure Capitalists 2010-05-04T07:00:00Z But the programming scarcely differs from what the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Orpheus and Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series present all year. Music Review: Ax and Blythe Open Mostly Mozart at Lincoln Center 2010-07-28T21:34:00Z As in most monster movies, the subject finally is human guilt — but here rendered richly ambivalent, because the monsters are scarcely monstrous and the guild is a function of unassailable strategic intelligence. The Times Critics' Guide to 'Planet of the Apes' 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The people are engrossed with smartphones or tablets, wandering the Internet or social media, while scarcely paying attention to the taxidermy animals around them. Clayton Campbell's beasts of the wild and the cellular come to life at Coagula Curatorial 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z But the film scarcely scratches the surface of the horrors of human trafficking. 'Skin Trade' turns serious issue into bare-knuckle brawl 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z In the half-light, the surrounding stones seem almost familiar and scarcely mysterious. Stonehenge at Dawn, Inside the Circle 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Reviewing the movie for The Village Voice, I observed that “Out of the Blue” is just that: “You rarely know what will happen next and you scarcely believe it when it does.” ‘Out of the Blue’: When Dennis Hopper Cast Himself as a Dad 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The latter seems the overwhelmingly likely answer but, really, it scarcely matters. Don't look back 2011-01-15T00:05:32Z The five tableaux of “Metamorphosis,” and an arrangement of the end of “Satyagraha,” are scarcely less diaphanous. Classical Playlist: Rihm, Brahms, Glass and Messiaen 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z He approaches them with deference, even apologizing in a preface because “many godlike talents, including some who took precious time to treat me to deeply revealing interviews, are scarcely mentioned.” How American Chefs in the 1970s and ’80s Created a Revolution 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Walker, his face “scarcely visible,” sang the first verse of “Heart Like a Wheel,” a ballad he’d heard the Canadian sisters Kate and Anna McGarrigle sing at a folk festival. Linda Ronstadt Discusses Her Memoir and Parkinson’s 2013-08-28T15:53:56Z It amounts to the greatest year that any producer ever had, a trick of crossroads divination that scarcely seems real in retrospect. The RZA has made some of your favorite music. Now he wants to help you find enlightenment. 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z He scarcely reads, he sleeps a scant few hours a night and, by all reports, he watches TV constantly, preferring programs about himself. The New Reality of TV: All Trump, All the Time 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Yet though the white world might seem tarnished, its heroes bitter, tired, and ridden with doubts, its relationship to the non-white world had scarcely changed. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Without money or prospects, he can scarcely believe his luck when an armored-truck accident virtually deposits cash in his lap. Review: Lonely in Los Angeles, Until ‘Ray Meets Helen’ 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z For a while his reticence is scarcely an issue because the fights — sloppy, messy, brutal — are so involving, both appalling and appallingly watchable even in smeariest video. | 'Knuckle': ?Knuckle,? Documentary About Fighting Irish Travelers - Review 2011-12-09T02:03:03Z In this case, "innovation" clearly extends to being scarcely a comedy show at all. Chortle awards: did we strike comedy gold? 2010-03-24T12:06:00Z Arden material is so rare that there are few auction records, and it is scarcely mentioned in the numerous recent books about early-20th-century furniture. Antiques: Renderings in the Sand 2011-05-06T06:15:08Z It’s a question Williams scarcely addressed, preferring to bear his soul by way of performance. Come Inside My Mind: star-studded documentary honors Robin Williams 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z The performances flew by — the program lasted scarcely longer than an hour, including an intermission — and left you rather breathless. Breathtaking ‘By the Inch’ at the American Dance Institute She demonstrated, producing an M that scarcely severed the flow of air and that left the voice floating effortlessly onward. Sing for Your Life 2011-05-20T16:00:31Z Transmogrified and longer, “Show Me” is also expressively diminished; I scarcely recognize a moment. BalletX Flaunts Its Seriously Absurd Style 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z It seems scarcely credible that anyone would think it was a good idea to send them into what was only a barely neutral country. An Irish Refuge for Two Royal British Sisters 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z They would do irreparable damage to British life while scarcely making tuppence difference to reducing the budget deficit. Memo to Jeremy Hunt: Hands off the arts budget 2010-05-13T15:06:00Z Both books were scarcely read when first released, which seems incredible now, when we regard them as such keystones in the century of psychoanalysis, and in the great sweeping away of the old Victorian certainties. Modernism's first wave: turn-of-the-century literature 2013-01-17T11:44:48Z Only about 30 miles long, Slovenia’s coast is scarcely a crumb between the seaside expanses of Italy above and Croatia below. Slovenian Rhapsody 2011-08-05T18:30:00Z “Officials from both governments said they would continue to conduct research, but this scarcely happened, at least, for many decades,” he said. Nazi Art Loot Returned ... to Nazis 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Style Bubble generates advertising, but scarcely enough, Ms. Lau said, to support her taste for Church’s English brogues. An Eye for Detail, and Plenty of Pop 2010-12-09T00:09:00Z His impact on the state was scarcely less dramatic. The great might-have-been 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Claire’s anguished recounting of an abortion she had to secure what she thought would be a life-changing role scarcely draws a ripple of sympathy to his chilly surface. | 'Cradle and All' : A Clock Ticking to Incessant Wailing 2011-05-26T02:01:03Z She scarcely shared it even with those who knew her. Movie Review: ‘Finding Vivian Maier’ Explores a Mysterious Photographer 2014-03-27T22:24:33Z The characters’ relationship to slavery, for example, is scarcely mentioned, because it would be incongruous with the triumphant recasting of our country’s first leaders. ‘Hamilton,’ ‘The Simpsons’ and the Problem With Colorblind Casting 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z O’Connor is scarcely recognizable as Johnny Saxby, a gay, brooding binge drinker toiling on his family’s Yorkshire farm, whose calcified heart is pried open by a Romanian migrant worker. Josh O’Connor Didn’t Care About the Crown Until He Became a Prince 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z So, scarcely believing our luck, we followed him. The time I strummed Paul McCartney’s bass guitar 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z When "Wildest Moments" was released as a single last June, it scarcely caused a ripple, charting at 46. Glastonbury festival: Jessie Ware's wildest moments 2013-06-29T23:05:17Z And her face is extraordinarily theatrical: Mature, scarcely ever changing its impassive expression, it was both passionate and Sphinx-like. Review: ‘Solos’ Features Four Women in Works Reflecting the Arab World 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z The main changes involved the facilities and creature comforts, including plush padding added to the seats, without which an almost-two-hour intermissionless production of “Flora” could scarcely have been conceived. Colonial Roots at Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, S.C. 2010-05-30T22:11:00Z And yet it is scarcely an art form at all when these things aren’t part of some larger vision. Dance Review | Ballet Corella Castilla y Le?n: At City Center, ?ngel Corella and a Surfeit of Bravura 2010-03-18T22:40:00Z The differences between Dido and the Sorceress could scarcely be more pronounced than Ms. Merkens makes them. Dance Review: ‘Dido and Aeneas,’ From Mark Morris, at Mostly Mozart 2012-08-23T22:03:45Z My fellow student composers were all young men—at this point, there were scarcely any women composers around, in or out of school. Philip Glass’ first lessons: Behind the scenes at Juilliard with a soon-to-be modern master 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z Whitehall's offensive joke was scarcely offensive, and scarcely a joke. Django Unchained, Djack Whitehall and Djames Delingpole 2013-01-13T20:00:00Z In that respect, it is scarcely different from most of her previous albums, committee efforts that position Spears as a brand rather than an artist with potentially dangerous thoughts of her own. Britney Spears' 'Femme Fatale' a group effort 2011-03-25T18:23:46Z Iggy Azalea, a name scarcely anyone in the US knew even earlier this year, also matches the feat, running the show on two of her three spots. For the First Time Ever, Two Women Have Three Top Ten Hits Each 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The two productions, which opened within days of each other during the past week, could scarcely be more different in décor or tone. London Theater Journal: The Greeks All Over Again 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Tulane University acquired a substantial portion of Pepper’s collection in the 1920s but has scarcely exhibited it. Antiques: George Hubbard Pepper Retrospective in New Orleans 2010-07-22T21:43:00Z The war is scarcely present in “Love Marriage in Kabul.” AFI Docs trains its lens on Afghanistan as festival kicks off 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z It was stunning — but not entirely surprising — that such treasures were modestly displayed and out in the open, available to all, yet scarcely noticed. Through Three Neighborhoods, Revisiting Chicago’s Charms 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Only in flickers, as a token of grudging restraint; one character, after a pause, refrains from killing Flag, but that’s scarcely the same as laying down your life for a pal. “Suicide Squad” Reviewed 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The Lucy in “Being the Ricardos” is scarcely interested in messy politics. ‘Being the Ricardos’ Review: Kiss, Fight, Rinse, Repeat 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z And if it stints on Manet's icebreaking modernism it scarcely matters, since his originality is there for all to see in this exhibition, the first in almost 30 years. Manet: the Inventor of Modernity ? review 2011-04-09T23:05:37Z The anguish that caused him to put a gun to his temple and pull the trigger can scarcely be imagined. On Writing About Suicide and Not Finding Catharsis 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Every stage of pilot season "has some aspect of insanity to it," Tolan says with scarcely disguised wonder. 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Review: A Smashing ‘Oklahoma!’ Is Reborn in the Land of Id 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Progress is scarcely linear; the figured wheel keeps on rolling. When Robert Pinsky Wrote a Video Game 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Paris kissed her hand, she gracefully let this pass amid her bewilderment at the new emotions flooding through her, yet her face scarcely moved. Dance Review: Royal Ballet?s ?Romeo and Juliet? Live in New York Theaters 2012-03-25T22:09:28Z In its heyday, Holiday practiced the kind of no-expense-spared journalism that scarcely exists today, paying princely rates to the likes of Hemingway, Steinbeck, Heller and Didion. Front Row: Holiday, A Travel Magazine, Is Reborn 2014-03-26T21:46:38Z The Los Angeles native has scarcely stopped working since. Ashton Sanders: ‘Black artists still have to work 10 times harder’ 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z Civilization in this enormously successful and exceedingly violent revenge saga is scarcely more than a muddy hellhole where life is less than cheap. ’68 Rides Again: The Return of Sergio Corbucci 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z “And then there were substantial social spurs to anxiety: the World Wars, the atom bomb. If you weren’t anxious, you were scarcely normal.” Prozac Nation Is Now the United States of Xanax 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z There’s not much else to say except that the all-media screening of “Fifty Shades Darker” I attended had scarcely begun before it turned into a live edition of the TV show “Mystery Science Theater 3000.” Review: ‘Fifty Shades Darker,’ and Only Half as Watchable 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Angles is their most adventurous record yet, forays into new territory – 80s synth, funk, even the odd shade of reggae – scarcely lessening the sense of exhilaration. The Strokes: no Spinal Tap 2011-02-27T00:03:00Z Kuching’s architectural heritage and historic Chinatown are well-preserved, even though it lacks Unesco protection, and there is scarcely a high-rise to spoil the skyline. Kuching, Malaysia: what to see plus the best restaurants, hotels and bars 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Protecting infants from opiate exposure scarcely needs argument. Motherlode Blog: The Dilemma of the Pregnant Addict 2012-05-01T19:34:39Z The sword scarcely matters as much as Tracy’s righteous anger; doubtless it isn’t as cutting. ‘Give Me Liberty’ Review: A Wild Ride With a Virtuoso of Chaos 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z He also noted that the top four journals in the field had scarcely published any biological research in the past two decades. Genetic Basis for Crime: A New Look 2011-06-19T22:33:19Z Even after she had been arrested, she still thought she should play the good girl, doing whatever was asked of her, scarcely believing the police had anything but her best interests at heart. Waiting to be Heard: A Memoir by Amanda Knox – review 2013-05-01T12:06:08Z You can see why people missed all this – for all its gloominess, Blue Lines sounds like an incredibly confident album, scarcely putting a foot wrong as it lopes off down its own path. Massive Attack: Blue Lines (remastered) – review 2012-12-06T15:29:01Z |
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