| 单词 | sharper |
| 例句 | In dark places, their names whipped sharper than fear; everyone had needs that were hard to fulfill. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z As his attention was drawn in from the larger landscape to the room, his vision became sharper. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then she loosed the arrow from her bow, a sharper one than I expected. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The blade Lesedi summons is thinner than mine, but looks sharper and more defined. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And between these, the tail feathers were even sharper, and they narrowed and narrowed, like scissors. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z His senses were sharper and more aware of things that could not be seen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But now I know I am like the blade and he is like the whetstone— I am too strong to break so easily, and I become better, sharper, every time I touch him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Listen,” he said, the razors in his cruel voice sharper than ever, “I don’t want to hurt you, but—” “You will if you have to.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was the same smell Matt had met in the wastelands near the eejit pens, only here it was sharper and more alarming. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the same order in which they are added as keys get sharper or flatter. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But with this mental clarity comes an even sharper awareness of what has been done to Peeta. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The mental image of Jessica’s face made my tone sharper than necessary. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I can’t look around to see where they’re coming from, but the farther I walk, the louder and sharper they get, until I recognize them as gunshots. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Yet the spring air held a sadness too, sharper than all the loneliness of winter. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z "Eagles have sharper eyes than men. We are seen. So now we run." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Their claws looked longer and their fangs sharper. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I touched the end of the harpoon, and it was sharper than the old kitchen knives we had back home in Queens—not that they were being used much. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The repetition was so relentless that, instead of feeling sharper, I was actually starting to feel blurry and a little bored—which might be why I started wobbling on my beam routine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z We held tight to the bar as it took the sharper bends. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything came into sharper focus—the glow of the fireflies down in the woods, the smell of the strawberry fields, the sound of the waves on the beach. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z My head ached like all the other times he had been inside of it, but the pain was sharper. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She draws in another breath, sharper this time. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The colors of the Roman afternoon suddenly seemed sharper, as if the world had switched to high definition. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Theo resembled him in many ways: tall, wide shoulders, slim-waisted, the same thick, straight black hair; but age had chiseled the father’s face into sharper planes. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Young Africans asked me politically sharper questions than one hears from most American adults. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The shadows of the palm trees slanted across the freeway — defined, sharper than I remembered, paler than they should be. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It would have been a sharper lesson, if only you had given me a little more time and more Men. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And then it descended, clearer, sharper, drawing closer. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Her teeth seemed longer and sharper, her lips full as cabbage roses and just as red. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He was getting lower now and the hisses became sharper and clearer. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z His teeth were bared and his clawlike fingernails suddenly became longer and sharper, like talons. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “What do you mean?” he said again, shorter and sharper than before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was as sweet as it had been before, only this time it had a sharper edge. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As he lifted the blade above his head, sunlight seemed to ripple and dance down the dark metal, glinting off an edge sharper than any razor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Already, things looked different—the fleur-de-lys pattern on her wash bag, the chipped plaster frame of the mirror, her face in it as she brushed her hair, all looked brighter, in sharper focus. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His eyes were brighter in the morning light; more blues, sharper browns. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z With every story my grandmother came into sharper focus, but the woman taking shape from their collective memories was nothing like the woman I remembered. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Ben said that her eyes were sharper than his. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Even his thoughts became sharper, and things were simple and uncomplicated—he could solve math problems when he ran or memorize football play patterns. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now there was sharper fire, closer to home; the 83rd was opening up. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Today he seemed different, though: his gaze was sharper and his lopsided mouth curved into a frown. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The hunger pangs grew even sharper at her words. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z As yet there was no sign of the teeth growing sharper; but the time as yet was short, and there was time for fear. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I needed another and heavier spear, also a larger bow and sharper arrows. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z We are given dissecting kits with scalpel-like knives that could be sharper, and trays with a coating of wax at the bottom, and a package of pins, as in sewing classes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It came out sharper than I’d intended because I was starting to feel weirdly defensive. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He remembered nights when men drove to his house, their knees sticking up sharp and their shotguns sticking up sharper, like a carful of cranes under the night trees of summer, their eyes mean. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z My voice is sharper than it needs to be; I'm covering my inexperience with false confidence. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The little pain in my head got sharper. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Even with the precautions I had taken, I expected a sharper, fiercer pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was sharper than he had expected, and it nicked the skin of his finger. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He’s older than I, and has a sharper memory. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z All she knew was that, crossed with shadow, their family life took on a poignancy sharper than she could stand. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z His arms stretched into wings, and his sight became a thousand times sharper. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Dill wipes the water from his face and the sound of applause from the riverbank becomes sharper as the water drains from his ears. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Very good question. You’re half asleep and still sharper than most people when they’re wide-awake. Okay, I can see how it sounds the same. But the difference is important, so pay attention.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Her teeth grew sharper; her senses heightened; her skin tickled and warmed till she was forced to shuck her clothes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Then, before I could brace myself, there came a sharper crack than the ones before. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She made me feel I was that much sharper than the others, and she really was wonderfully funny. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z When someone innocent gets struck down, we all look sharper for a day or two. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Davos had never seen a bigger axe than Lady Lu, nor one with a sharper edge. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She just needed it to be a bit sharper. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Though her X-ray photographs were somewhat sharper than his, she was unable to say anything more positive than he had already. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “You know what?” she said, half closing her eyes, as if to put Pearl in sharper focus. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Maybe she was afraid what I would do with something sharper. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Despereaux listened and he was quite certain that he heard the nails and teeth of the rats, the sound of sharp things being made sharper still. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Scoob tries to tune out, but of course that makes his hearing sharper. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Above the sounds of the waves and the water splashing and Rontu’s barking, I could hear the snapping of his beak, which was sharper than the knife I held in my hand. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I had the notion that such a manner of rendering made for a sharper effect, a more pointed sense of the character, his peculiar type of being and consciousness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Stronger than any common steel, lighter, harder, sharper... A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her voice was sharper than she meant, ground as it was on three years of unspoken anger. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I asked, my voice sharper than I wanted it to be. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The knife had a handle of polished black bone, and a blade finer and sharper than any razor. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “His eyes are the color of burning coals, and his fangs are bigger and sharper than a javalina’s tusks. But his claws are just as dangerous. He can rip out your heart with them.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The doctors used much sharper and bigger knives in the operation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He looks at Ashima, her face leaner, the features sharper than they had been at their wedding, aware that her life in Cambridge, as his wife, has already taken a toll. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z On his face, the family bone structure seems even sharper. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Memories came flooding back to me—sharper and more colorful. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Climbing was like life itself, only it was cast in much sharper relief, and nothing had ever hooked Beck to such a degree. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z My reputation precedes me—Harlem’s hottest hustler, Detroit Red, is back and he’s black and he’s looking sharper than ever. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But they kept moving, jumping, they were everywhere, and our slow-motion journey through the bouncing wetlands only seemed to prolong the slaughter and make the crunch of bodies seem sharper and more deliberate. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The Childcare specialists were trained very carefully in the discipline methods: a quick smack across the hands for a bit of minor misbehavior; three sharper smacks on the bare legs for a second offense. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a faint blue shimmer to the thing, a ghost-light that played around its edges, and somehow Will knew it was sharper than any razor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Rad Lab returned to the days of cut-and-try; any configuration that produced a stronger or sharper beam was incorporated into the standard, even if the experimenters could not figure out why it worked. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "I said have another," the Trunchbull said, and now there was an altogether sharper edge to her voice. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Over time, Louie’s temper grew wilder, his fuse shorter, his skills sharper. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “I’m not a child,” I said, sharper than I’d intended, and tore free of his grip. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They kept their beaks faced toward the stranger, and Luna felt for sure that they had somehow become harder, sharper, and more dangerous than before. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The hissing of the pony’s breath grew louder and sharper. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think Ernest minded that, but as often was the case, my wife said something sharper, and I think maybe he minded that.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There was no sign of the humans, but their scents were fresh and even sharper than before. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The ridge took a sharper bend northward and was gashed by a deeper ravine. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The Chief seemed sharper than he had been before. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z My voice came out sharper than I intended. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Week after week my threatening letters grow sharper and sharper. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He looked at Ma and could see that her bitterness was only sharper in the softening sky. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly there was a loud popping bang, and then a heavier but also sharper explosion that ricocheted across the valley. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve seen so much already that the idea of leaving this arena is sharper than that of this day ending, like being ripped out of a dream you’ve waited your entire life to have. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The higher I climbed, the harder the wind tried to take me, the sharper the rain against my face. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Men whose will was tempered to a sharper edge might have done much better: talked more, shared the water more justly, given more ease to the sick, and kept their courage higher. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The cracks in the stones came into sharper focus. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Her words cut into me sharper and deeper than any whip. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There's a strange look of feverish excitement in his bloodshot eyes, making them a sharper and brighter blue. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z His face seemed to have got much thinner and sharper since I’d seen him last. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I trust their sense of direction because their instincts are sharper than mine. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Its flat end rested on my cheek, the edge cold as the tip of an icicle and even sharper still. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z In the estimation of our enemy, there is no greater indignity, no sharper shame, for a white gentleman than to be thus twinned. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But the tug came again, this time sharper and more impatient; irritably I turned, and almost stumbled backwards into the blonde. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Why do we use this knife for rhubarb but not the old ones? The old ones are sharper.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z With her tilted chin and dark eyebrows she seemed sharper, somehow, as if she was more in focus than other people round her, or more real. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face was different, too—sharper, more beautiful. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I don’t know what possessed me, but I grabbed her wrist, the list of punishments for touching an authority figure running through my head like a skipping CD, each scratch sharper than the next. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And even though they are moving away from the nest, away from the eaglet’s cries, somehow they feel louder, sharper, sadder. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I could hear that it came out sharper than I meant it. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He stared at the screen, his hair pleasingly mussed, his cheekbones — the inspiration of many a thirst tweet — sharper than most kitchen implements. Manny Jacinto of ‘The Good Place’ Plummets to Earth 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Yamamoto is overdue for a reconsideration: His clothes are both funnier and sharper than he’s often given credit for. The Gangs of Fashion 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Beneath their “dandruffy” exteriors, he concluded after browsing the classified offerings, these diplomats were sharper, and funnier, than they looked. In His First Book, Ronan Farrow Laments the Decline of Diplomacy 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z As the past and the present interpenetrate in Clark’s performance, you may feel, as I did, the themes of “Kimberly Akimbo” recombining to achieve an even sharper focus. Review: ‘Kimberly Akimbo,’ Both Great and Small, Seizes the Day 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z It’s the same, but different: sharper, more pointed. Review: ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ on Netflix Is a Bold Reboot From Spike Lee 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Some who watch debates prefer sharper, more challenging questions. Lehrer's philosophy on moderator's role tested 2012-10-04T21:34:08Z Though the one on your smartphone is perfectly acceptable, a good camera that costs as little as $100 is a worthwhile investment because the images will be sharper and of better quality. How to Take Great Vacation Photos 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z His comedy would be sharper if said the same things without all the ornamentation, which – in the end – looks like a defence mechanism. All-male Egyptian sitcom leaves women out of laughs 2013-06-18T14:15:00Z Quite the opposite, in fact: the gags have been sharper, the characterisation stronger and the few missteps of the first series - Howard's shift from singular oddball to cliched geek, for example - have been corrected. Catch-up TV guide: from American Horror Story: Asylum to Limmy's Show 2012-11-24T00:05:27Z And the Wyeths’ Christmas Eve zingers get sharper, piercing enough to draw blood. ‘Other Desert Cities’: A family’s personal, and political, pain 2013-06-07T22:37:00Z This documentary shows you a truer, sharper picture. ‘Citizen Ashe’ Review: Advantage, Arthur Ashe 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Photograph: Channel 4 Way back when, the geography had been sharper. Is it cos I is wack? The rise and fall of Sacha Baron Cohen 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Michell, whose films include the romantic comedies “Notting Hill” and “Morning Glory,” and the rather sharper, bristling drama “The Mother,” keeps everything too buttoned-up in “My Cousin Rachel.” Review: In ‘My Cousin Rachel,’ It’s Kiss or Be Killed 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Throwing this into sharper relief, the expedition is hinged over the 1929 Wall Street Crash; Byrd returns to an America on the skids toward full-blown depression. 'The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica' doesn't quite deliver on the glitter of its premise 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Bill Condon's revival has now opened at Broadway's St. James Theatre, and it has grown sharper since its San Diego tryout. Revivals turn 2 problem-child musicals into something special 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Not exactly rightwing but no lover of the left; sharper and funnier than circumstances had ever allowed before, deeply articulate, capable, in bursts, of honesty: human and more than a little charming. Rewind TV: The Tony Blair Interview With Andrew Marr; The Hunt for Britain's Sex Traffickers; I Am Slave 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z The performances get sharper, and everything just gets focused. Before Broadway, Musicals Make a Detour to Test the Waters in Chicago 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Modafinil is widely used by academics and students because it makes people feel sharper and more alert. How to keep your brain healthy 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z But his eye is usually sharper than that. Review: Mercer Island photographer Roger Ressmeyer has eye on the heavens, his mind on the cosmos 2011-01-14T21:25:05Z Actually, I'm all for Knightley expanding her repertoire; I just wish she had found herself a sharper playlist. Keira Knightley: 'The criticism was tough' 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z He acknowledges he was a more driven filmmaker — and perhaps sharper writer — at the start of his career, when he made “Clerks” in 1994 and “Mallrats” the next year. Kevin Smith crafts his ‘real big cinematic gravestone’ 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Just when you think you've got the gist, the colours grow sharper and brighter in the second half. Boards of Canada: Tomorrow's Harvest – review 2013-06-06T20:15:01Z Minutes before delivery, the fashion and wedding photographer asked someone to adjust the lights in the room for a sharper image while she balanced her Nikon DE camera on her stomach, the Buffalo News reported. Photographer captures her own child’s birth 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Fans of the sharper irony in “The Family Fang” may find Wilson’s new novel a tad sappy. In ‘Perfect Little World,’ a scientist hopes to create the ideal family 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Emanuel Gat crafted a sharper focus in his “Rite of Spring,” the program’s centerpiece. Polish National Ballet’s uplifting humanity 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z It’s our sense of the word “culture” that has grown darker, sharper, more skeptical. The Meaning of “Culture” 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z His attacks on political authority grew sharper, more persistent, more amplified. Critic?s Notebook: An Artist Takes Role of China?s Conscience 2011-04-05T22:31:29Z “Sparkle” is only Houston’s fourth feature film, and she brought to her role a sharper dramatic focus than in her previous screen performances. Movie Review: Movie Review: ‘Sparkle,’ With Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks 2012-08-17T15:03:02Z The instant the dancers, clad in cyan blue surf tops and shorts, began performing Brown’s choreography, the natural world popped, coming into sharper, more colorful focus. Trisha Brown on the Beach: Catch a Wave of Dancing Bliss 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Some of the sharper moments are provided by outside voices. “The Princess Bride,” the Movie that Won the Internet 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Suddenly, that whole idea of small victories and larger defeats comes into sharper focus, doesn’t it? The Ol' Parker Luck: Why The Amazing Spider-Man Can't Catch a Break 2012-06-27T12:00:45Z Cut to the council offices of the late 1950s, and bow-tied men with toothbrush moustaches and drawing boards and anglepoise lamps, their voices grave as they exhorted efficiency and logic and sharper pencils. Rewind TV: All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry; The Secret History of Our Streets; The Apprentice 2012-06-09T23:05:47Z And Mr. Wingard does, from time to time, but without summoning the deeper dread or the sharper wit that might make this movie anything more than an elementary exercise. Review: ‘Blair Witch’: Don’t Go Back Into the Woods 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z These controversial drugs, strictly licensed for the treatment of narcolepsy, sleep apnoea and ADHD, have become immensely popular among users without prescription because they promote a keen sense of wakefulness and sharper cognitive focus. The drugs do work: my life on brain enhancers 2013-05-03T22:00:00Z “Revelations,” to judge by performances on Dec. 9 and Wednesday, is in sharper shape than a year ago. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center 2012-12-17T05:15:05Z Given the author’s obvious talent and the frequent brilliance of her prose, it’s frustrating to contemplate how much sharper this novel might have been with another round or two of editing. The Mysterious ‘Parking Lot Attendant’ at the Center of a Web of Intrigue 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z In contrast, he says, the most recent wave of immigrants to Vancouver — Mandarin-speaking people from mainland China — prefer sweeter, saltier and sharper flavors. Want fantastic Chinese food in North America? Head to Vancouver. 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z When images from “Ralph Breaks the Internet” came out last year, it appeared Princess Tiana, Disney’s first black princess, had a lighter complexion and sharper features. Colorism reveals many shades of prejudice in Hollywood 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z "The main thing was getting the sound the way I liked it, going through prototypes and saying, `I like the bass a little sharper here, I like the midrange a certain way,'" he says. Tim McGraw launches line of signature headphones 2012-05-10T12:00:20Z His tone can veer from chatty — he writes of collagen that “splorts” — to overly academic, and there is enough repetition that one could wish for a sharper editorial scalpel. Skin and Bones, Hold the Skin: An Author Considers Our Inner Scaffolding 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z It didn’t hurt that the mix in the great hall was vastly improved, the tepid mulch of the first half replaced by a sharper clarity in the second. Concert review: Bryan Ferry at the Civic Opera House 2011-10-12T06:03:00Z Guthrie’s political side is certainly on display, with his left-wing sentiments in even sharper relief. ‘Your Land,’ and Woody Guthrie’s, Preserved 2012-07-11T14:15:14Z A. Virginia was a little bit quicker, a little bit sharper, and a little bit more athletic. Style Invitational Week 1170: Derby or not Derby — our famous ‘foal’ contest 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z There's a rich, complex differentiation in the further-cooked oven sauce, which has a sharper flavor and often a darker color. How to avoid the 8 most common sheet pan mistakes 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z Service is sharper when he's around, customers happier. Five Bistro in Edmonds offers some flavor excitement 2011-01-20T22:22:04Z This horror movie has a hook that’s sharper than it sounds. Review: ‘The Bye Bye Man,’ Oddly Overstaying His Welcome 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The film is much sharper at city hall, where the two other major characters work. ‘Run This Town’ Review: What Happens When the Mayor Smokes Crack? 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Once Ea’s search for disciples begins, “The Brand New Testament” slips from satire into absurdist farce, loses its sharper edges and becomes merely silly. Review: God Is Alive and Crabby, According to ‘The Brand New Testament’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z But Mr. Lonergan’s lens on the past is sharper and harsher. Review: Elaine May Might Break Your Heart in ‘Waverly Gallery’ 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z “It’s important to make them sharper by creating an engagement strategy around them.” Amnesty International?s 4-CD Benefit Album of Dylan Songs 2012-01-13T16:24:51Z Still, in recent years, Heidecker the person — a 44-year-old and married father of two, living north of Los Angeles in the suburb of Glendale — has started to come into sharper focus. Tim Heidecker found fame through absurdist humor. His new album ‘Fear of Death’ is no laughing matter. 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z And it was better for it—sharper, funnier, more focused, more TV-like, in a good way. Girls Watch: The Group 2012-04-24T14:41:45Z “I keep giving the actors the note to be sharper, but I’m now realizing that we are not helping them with the lights,” Mr. Blankenbuehler said. With Clock Ticking, a New Musical Makes Its Final Fixes 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z The intensity of the feelings on “Watch the Throne” is much sharper. The Visionaries: Kanye West Talks About His Career and Album ‘Yeezus’ 2013-06-11T23:25:32Z She seemed sharper than I was, and she wouldn’t let me control my own stories. Interview With My Bully: The bully who asked me out 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z "Smart", in American usage, is slicker and sharper than "intelligent"; faster off the mark and quicker on its feet than deep thought. Teen fiction and the shadow of cancer 2013-01-26T10:00:01Z The far-fetched absurdism of some of the humor—the boy who doesn’t know his colors, for instance — rubs awkwardly against some of the sharper satirical insights. Movie Review: ?Damsels in Distress,? From Whit Stillman 2012-04-05T12:00:00Z Susanne Bier, the Danish director of "In a Better World," about young boys battling bullies and split families, used her financial limitations to get a sharper focus on the boys. Foreign films navigate rough waters to reach Oscars 2011-02-27T00:26:51Z Many enthusiasts, including millennials and Gen Zers, continue to gravitate to rare varieties with a sharper look that often sell for hundreds of dollars in online auctions. The Fiddle Leaf Fig Is Dead 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z We can keep it all — and in fact, Modernism will only look sharper if, like Locke, we’re honest about its shadow. Teaching a New Inclusiveness at The School 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The sharper the knife, the less likely your cake is to break or crumble while you layer. Strawberry season calls for Ina Garten’s country cake 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z And each day as the project progressed, the scraping high frequencies grew louder and sharper, shaking the bones of the walls and rattling the bulbs in their sockets. Perspective | You call it a root canal. I call it a bittersweet symphony. 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Both will be in the Linbury Studio Theatre, the House's smaller auditorium, which, said Holten, will be given an "sharper profile" than hitherto as a home for new and recent work. Royal Opera House reveals new season on eve of chief executive's departure 2013-01-10T18:56:20Z In many ways, this last is a sharper, clearer treatment of polarity, shamanic ecstasy and mystical transfiguration than the novella itself. Book review: Metaphysical novella ‘The Creator’ by Mynona blurs the boundary between dream and reality 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z With sharper framing, this line might suggest irony, given the unusual nature of this cross-species relationship. ‘The Walrus and the Whistleblower’ Review: The Fight to Free a Friend 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Some comic bits need a brighter, sharper touch. Review: 'The Full Monty' at Village Theatre turns hard times into fun 2010-09-23T20:35:00Z As if the cultural moment that “Selma” has been thrust into wasn’t vivid enough, the political realities for filmmakers of color came into even sharper focus Thursday. Critic’s Notebook: From Ferguson to the Sony hack, ‘Selma’ seizes its moment 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z His complex footwork was as masterful as ever and vocally he was sharper than a few recent award show appearances. Chris Brown finds himself in familiar, controversy-courting territory 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z He flirts; they become inseparable; she falls in love: “James had given her so many new ways of saying things, so many closer, sharper, more questioning ways of looking at the world.” Following a Punjabi Indian Family, a Missing Distinguished Novelist and More 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Her phrasing grew argumentative, and her microphone technique grew sharper; she traced melody lines in a whisper, then shouted notes while whipping her head to one side, balancing her impact. Music Review: Sinead O’Connor in ‘Gospel Sessions’ at Lincoln Center 2013-07-28T21:36:14Z The sharper point in this thigh-high anecdote is that men and women do not even appear to be watching the same video. The sexual-harassment epidemic has been diagnosed. What’s the cure? 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Or would my complaints have grown sharper and more frequent? Is this show bad, or am I fickle? 2011-05-20T13:21:00Z Through the routine, their insults of the Nazi skater — “He’s a thug and bad for the sport” — grow sharper and more vulgar, as if to make clear that the depiction does not equal endorsement. Review: ‘History of the World’ Repeats, as Farce 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z You would like to see a production that takes a sharper swing at it. International adoption: Not so black and white in Theater J’s ‘The Call’ 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z A Vagrant” is even sharper than her first outing. Best graphic novels of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z But Azusa Seyama is sharper, more refined: after she rolls across the stage with a pillow, her melting movement quality becomes taut. Dance Review: Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Performs at BAM 2012-10-20T02:40:07Z A horn solo seemed to grow three dimensional as it shifted from full toned to reedy to flutter tongued and was then echoed by the much sharper trumpet. Music Review: Axiom, a Juilliard Ensemble, at Alice Tully Hall 2012-12-13T21:26:23Z “There were times when we actually backed off on some areas, the machine did better or sharper, and we were concerned that we weren’t telling the audience that something was going on.” Deepfake Technology Enters the Documentary World 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z None of them provide an epiphanic psychological insight into Trump — he’s the same self-absorbed blowhard, albeit a bit sharper and quicker. Review | ‘Howard Stern Comes Again’ gives a glimpse of a kinder, gentler shock jock 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z At Tulsi he does the same dance and, if the setting is less attractive, louder, less special than at his former restaurant, it places his cooking in sharper relief. Restaurant Review: Crosstown Tour of India 2011-03-30T05:16:52Z Sure, some episodes have been sharper and more coherent than others; like a lot of the aforementioned iconic clowns, Parker and Stone practice a type of humor that is by nature hit-and-miss. How the "South Park" guys became an American institution 2011-06-15T16:12:00Z He could build fantasy worlds that felt grander, sharper and more ostentatious than any of those presented by his peers, and his use of special effects always hit the mark. The next Paul Verhoeven? I'd buy that for a dollar 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z The result is a large, three-tiered cake of a show, mostly vanilla, but laced with threads of darker, sharper flavor, and with a lot of frosting on top. Art Review: 2014 Whitney Biennial Has New Faces and Interesting Choices 2014-03-06T22:44:56Z “If you use it properly, you sound smarter than you are to the listener and sharper than the next jock.” Joel Whitburn, Tireless Researcher of Music Charts, Dies at 82 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z While a simple round shape may be fine to go directly into the oven, more complex shapes will bake sharper if you put them into the oven cold. 5 pro tips for your best sugar cookies yet 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Steve Martin couldn't have found a sharper contrast to his own loopy vaudevillian vehicles than the lead in the grim 1981 film version of Dennis Potter's Pennies From Heaven. Adam Sandler: goofy chipmunk known for fart jokes has a serious side too 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z “Reply 1988” captures the curiosity and energy of a young generation at a turning point, newly empowered by its sharper view of a world beyond its shores. A Korean Television Show About the Power of Pop Culture 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z People like the psychiatric nurse are at the sharper end of that shift but nearly all of us feel it in one way or another. Microloans in Hackney | Feature 2010-03-21T00:07:00Z "Jill is making it a little sharper to meet the demands of where things are today in the world of very fast films and lazy minds," Cooper said. Jeanne Cooper still thriving on daytime TV 2012-09-27T23:17:08Z In addition, the show’s supporting cast has come into sharper focus. Andy Samberg’s ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ gets a Super boost 2014-01-31T20:00:30Z Act III, too, has transformed: Its ceremonial theater piece seemed sharper, or maybe I understood better that we need the grandeur of a chanting masked chorus to communicate apocalyptic horror. Revisiting a Post-Apocalyptic Play in the Pandemic 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Given the way the documentary world seems to work these days, I’m looking forward to the sharper, more contextualized approach to this story that I assume will emerge in, I don’t know, six months. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Craig, the sixth official Bond, introduced a brute, curt tone to the spy: no suave dandy, he was Her Majesty’s most efficient thug, a Jason Bourne with sharper clothes and an English accent. Skyfall: Bond and Bardem Go Boom 2012-11-09T13:00:22Z They push Keys’s voice upfront, with a sharper focus. Alicia Keys, on and Off the Digital Grid 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z If they harked back to the Bob Dylan of a pre-electric Newport idyll, there was also evocation of his rock ’n’ roll turn, none sharper than the one by Conor Oberst. Critic’s Notebook: Newport Folk Festival, With Arlo Guthrie and Jackson Browne 2012-07-30T22:02:03Z The film is sharper when its subjects describe the financial maneuvering that enabled WeWork’s rise, which, as explained here, involved redefining measures of profitability into meaninglessness. ‘WeWork’ Review: The Sharing Economy or a Shared Delusion? 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z The march of the title, which appears, in different form, in two of the four movements, is in the spirit of Stravinsky’s “Histoire du Soldat,” but with a sharper, more up-to-date edge. Music Review: An Extravagant Farewell to Summer 2010-09-03T22:47:00Z “It starts to turn out that the vapider the A.A. cliché, the sharper the canines of the real truth it covers.” David Foster Wallace’s Peaceful Prairie 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z “Drinkers favored sweet and creamy cocktails to soften the liquor’s raw taste. We modernize that for the contemporary palate, which favors drier, citrusy, sharper flavors.” Regilding the Gilded Age in New York 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z It's a delight to discover that they've become sharper, nimbler, less reserved and more self-confident. Tinariwen: Sahara to New York City 2011-08-20T23:04:07Z By showing some of the same styles he first introduced at Dior, like a sharper Bar jacket trouser suit, Mr. Simons was essentially putting in his hardy perennials. Fashion Review: Spring Couture Collections in Paris — Fashion Review 2013-01-23T22:42:16Z Putting a sharper point on this notion of several disparate Americas contained in one city James contrasts two barbershop experiences: Sideline Studio in the South Shore Community versus Joe's St. in largely white Bridgeport. "City So Real" is the must-watch series about Chicago in all of its separate and unequal glory 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The new 3D design employs a three-color system mimicking the human left and right eye to provide sharper images and color. Out with Kodak, in with Dolby at home of Oscars 2012-06-11T23:33:14Z Now about that cheese: cheddar, white, the sharper the better. Three-ingredient broccoli cheese soup — can you guess the third? 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Alfalfans gather every January at the Capital Hilton, and because the dinner is closed to reporters, the jokes are sharper, the drinks stronger, and the mood more expansive. Will President Trump attend this year’s Alfalfa Club dinner? It’s a toss-up. 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z He was wounded but tough, getting louder as the pain got sharper. Review: Tyler Farr Flaunts Arena-Size Ambitions at Irving Plaza 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Copenhagen, famous for its spare aesthetic and happy-go-lucky lifestyle, has subtly affected Chavarria's work, rendering it sharper and a bit more minimalist. ‘To show them in a kind of glory’: How a high-end designer celebrates working-men chic 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z But sharper has grown his sense of expression, his ease with furnishing the single room of a song. Review | At the Kennedy Center, songs you haven’t heard and cellphones you wish you hadn’t 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z These little bites are simple, but wonderful — with a sharper, saltier flavor thanks to the hefty amount of grated Parmesan, or other similar hard Italian cheese, used in the recipe. These two super-simple artichoke appetizer recipes are perfect for the holidays — or this weekend 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z In “The Marriage Plot,” one of Eugenides’s characters noted the following about depression: “The smarter you were, the worse it was. The sharper your brain, the more it cut you up.” Jeffrey Eugenides’s Short Stories Salvage Wit From Life’s Grind 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z And I do think that women confront that taboo in a sharper way than men do, and I think that’s something that women essayists have to face in a different way than male essayists. Leslie Jamison and Roxane Gay: “Men are crowned as the gold standard of the genre. It’s gonna change” 2014-04-24T23:00:00Z Yet he agrees this “gulf” has come into sharper focus because of the studios’ focus on mostly franchise properties, together with the emergence of streaming platforms. Arthouse v blockbuster: will superheroes wipe out serious movies? 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z The more you share, the sharper the recommendations. How TripAdvisor altered your vacation-planning universe 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z But they would all be better if the writing were sharper and more imaginative and the stories less focused on just two people. It’s Ennui Time on ‘Satisfaction’ and ‘Married’ 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z And even after all these years he's spent in Discworld, he actually keeps refining it and making it sharper and clearer. PG Wodehouse prize awarded to Terry Pratchett 2012-05-29T23:06:01Z The women become, by contrast, sharper and more interesting in their dissent and discontent, but in a way that unbalances and destabilises the drama. On the Road – review 2012-10-11T14:30:02Z The song inspires me to spend less money and think sharper thoughts. Video: "Pressure" by Strong Arm Steady feat. Sick Jacken 2010-06-24T22:01:00Z As ever, you could wish for sharper definition among the strings, and the Nielsen work endured a few scruffy passages. Critic?s Notebook: Social Context as Musical Theme 2011-08-22T21:31:56Z They were also the only ballets to feature live music, and both looked considerably sharper than they did during the troupe’s 2008 stint at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Dance Review: Nina Ananiashvili?s Troupe at Jacob?s Pillow Dance 2010-06-24T20:41:00Z And it left me with a sharper sense of the meals I want more of. New York’s Top 10 New Restaurants of 2021 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z But as the summer wears on and the management begins withholding pay, the structure tightens, the conflicts tauten and Ms. Irwin’s larger concerns come into sharper focus. ‘My Mañana Comes’ Depicts Busboys on the Upper East Side 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Its R.E.M. circa New Adventures in Hi-Fi sound is a sharper, more realized version of Broken Bells, but it soars rather than floats, like most of Mercer’s recent side project. The Shins' Port of Morrow: A Worthy (If Bumpy) Trip 2012-03-20T10:44:29Z The statements grow sharper, darker, more funny: “You seem like someone who if you had to, you’d kill” and “You seem like you’re OK with fraud.” Review: Dancers Fighting for Their Place in a Dystopian World 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z The war that ensues between her and the rest of the dramatis personae might then have given the second act higher and sharper stakes. Review: A New Opera Puts Real Emotions in a Fantasy Garden 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z It all came into much sharper focus after the interval, though. The Flying Dutchman – review 2013-02-19T15:23:00Z As digital cameras have become sharper and more versatile, many filmmakers have turned to 16 millimeter to evoke the analog past and the blurry, precarious nature of memory. Happy 100th Birthday, 16-Millimeter Film 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The movie dips and dives through these compelling moments, when Bannon’s aspirations for profound intellectual heights meet their match in a much sharper worldview. “American Dharma” review: Errol Morris’ Steve Bannon doc is the most disturbing movie of th... 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Toby Hulse's adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel should be sharper than a cutlass and provide a seasonal hit for the delightful Berkshire theatre which has a very good track record in seasonal shows. This week's new theatre 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z Did he wish he could have given a sharper or deeper performance, or demanded different scripts, or been more aggressive in his dealings with NBC? "Pioneers of Television": The bloody, sexy rise of the American crime show 2011-02-01T15:02:00Z Their work needs more attention and sharper analysis. Building Type: Introducing a weekly column on architecture 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Compared to its sharper contemporaries, “Generation Q” is well-meaning pabulum—proof that conscientiousness alone is insufficient as a guiding force. “The L Word” Reboot Seeks to Absolve the Original’s Sins 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z In the future it might be revealed with greater visual clarity and punch and maybe sharper contrasts. 2010-02-12T00:02:00Z You can feel the city coming into sharper focus. Elvis Costello’s New York Soul 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z On the surface, both groups, glamorous and impassive, appear similar, but in a head-to-head matchup, Dum Dum Girls prevail on almost every count: sharper musicians, more arresting fashion, welcome bubbles of feeling. Music Review: A Woman of Many Talents and Bands 2010-02-23T23:21:00Z She brought subtlety and conviction to the part, and expertly conveyed the gradual awakening of repressed passion — and the unleashing of other, sharper emotions. Olivia de Havilland, "Gone With the Wind" star, dies at 104 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z His fall collection wobbled between overly precious, searingly bright, shapeless dresses and tuxedo-style trousers and bow-front overcoats that could have benefited from sharper tailoring. Marc Jacobs marks a poetic end to a fashion season of reassuring upheaval 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z He’s had dyslexia for most of his life, but it came into sharper focus for him recently after watching some of his own children fall behind in reading. California’s governor writes children’s book about dyslexia 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The band’s 2013 debut album, “Isles,” was an effortlessly serene infusion of bohemian chic; the new and solid follow-up, “Dreamland,” adds sharper rock and electronic strains to the breezy formula. Pop & Rock Listings for April 22-28 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z If you want kombucha that is sharper and more vinegary, allow the tea to ferment for more time. How to make kombucha at home 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z When the counselor looks at all the women — reminding them how they “grabbed that freedom and got out of there” — Sadie and her story movingly shift into sharper focus. ‘A Vigilante’ Review: Vengeance Is Hers 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z With Milanés’s passing, the contradictions of his life, and the juxtaposition of Cuba’s and Puerto Rico’s fates come into sharper focus. The Soaring Legacy of Pablo Milanés 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z At this point, the images become sharper, scarier and more austere, and the emotions more intense. Review: ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Gives a Child of the Universe Powerful Friends 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The AC-12 officers – especially Adrian Dunbar’s Ted Hastings – had slipped their slightly generic beginnings and returned sharper drawn and better defined. The Sopranos to Blackadder – what are the definitive series of the best TV shows? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z The quiet, mystical chords that underlie the third movement are humble, almost pleading; quite a contrast to the sharper statements earlier in the work. Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival presents concert of darkness, light 2011-07-28T19:25:04Z But the second season, which launched in October, is even leaner and sharper. The problem with "The Problem with Jon Stewart" is that it's not more widely available 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Lila was the fierce, impulsive, erratic one — a “terrible, dazzling girl” who intimidates everyone with her sharp elbows and sharper tongue. Review: Elena Ferrante’s ‘The Story of the Lost Child,’ the Finale in a Quartet 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Researchers have found that toddlers who are read to become children who are "more likely to enjoy strong relationships, sharper focus, and greater emotional resilience and self-mastery." How reading aloud can be an act of seduction 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z Her work in this, her fourth solo exhibition at Asya Geisberg, looks sharper than ever as it coalesces around a pair of themes: gender roles and sexism. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z With a sharper point of view, Mr Wrong could have been a incisive takedown of the regressive rom-coms that were so ubiquitous in the 1990s, instead of being a footnote in her distinguished career. Stand down: when comics make unfunny big-screen comedies 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z I got a little sharper if I might have gotten a little sloppy. James Patterson says pushing a narrative of stolen election results is "the game that Trump plays" 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z With so many of us working from home, our social lives disappearing and desperate for some comfort, our focus on our homes was never sharper. ‘Napkins are the new fashion’: the improbable rise of tablescaping 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z This is particularly odd because most of this material is new to the play: the story itself is sharper, its dialogue crisp and economical. Theater Review: ‘The Twenty-Seventh Man’ at the Public Theater 2012-11-19T03:00:00Z Sometimes she borrows the "sharper eyes" of a perhaps judgmental, and rather less perceptive, other. Poem of the week: Going, Going... by Leah Fritz 2011-08-22T09:18:53Z And if this were all Mrs Bridge was, it would still be one of the sharper novels about mid-20th-century domestic life. Overlooked classics of American literature: Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell 2012-10-02T13:41:50Z But for now, a solid intermediate step might be to draw a sharper distinction, to reintroduce some of that healthy tension in the relationship, between the celebrity journalist and the celebrity. Play the devil’s advocate: Why even “celebrity journalists” should be harder on their subjects 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Only those sharper observers of human nature recognized that she must be meeting some deep need in me, too, for … something. Did my best friend really know me? 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z He eliminated the iconic closer, “Born to Run,” replacing it with the thematically sharper “I’ll See You in My Dreams,” off his 2020 album. Bruce Springsteen marks the return of live shows on Broadway 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z Name-dropped proper nouns too often feel like a pile of signifiers one step away from being shaped into sharper observations. Lorde Opts Out on the Provocatively Subdued ‘Solar Power’ 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Why shouldn’t a show with a sharper social conscience enjoy the financial rewards of such a rare artistic triumph? A 'Hamilton' backlash? Why none of that matters with this history-making tour 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The plotting is ingenious and the performers are at their best, both using and subverting their well-established personas, just as Miller slyly turns her film from another indie rom-com into something sharper. ‘Raw,’ ‘Monogamy’ and Other Streaming Gems 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Thielemann intruded a bit more in the Scherzo with pullbacks in dynamics that were sharper than usual and perhaps a touch showy. Music Review: Staatskapelle Dresden, at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-22T21:44:54Z The explanation brings lyrics about loving "the life you killed," and the priest being on the phone into sharper clarity. 25 famous songs with misunderstood meanings 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Later in the decade laserdiscs emerged as the preferred medium of collectors, offering a sharper image and digital sound, as well as multiple audio tracks that could contain alternate language versions or filmmakers’ commentaries. Video: Goodbye, DVD. Hello, Future. 2011-03-05T05:23:01Z Across four movements, the interaction between clarinet and strings changes, with moments of bright commonality and others in which the warm, musky clarinet tone contrasts with the sharper and glossier one of the string quartet. Review: JACK Quartet and Anthony McGill Perform a Menu of American Delicacies 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Instead, this child of the working-class Bronx largely taught himself painting in his 30s, evolving an altogether sharper and more original manner, politically and pictorially. Art in Review: Ralph Fasanella: ‘A More Perfect Union’ 2013-06-13T20:50:55Z Rather, the creators recalled, he wanted them to strive for sharper authenticity in the language and actions of modern Spanish women as he knew them. Women on the Verge of a Big Broadway Gamble 2010-10-07T18:28:00Z Austin often has to perform turns sharper than what ships are sea-tested to make. “Water is where I find my peace”: Meet the master river pilot who conquers the Mississippi every day 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z “The Butcher Boy” might have been finessed into a sharper, more forceful black comedy if the score from Muldoon, who is not yet a senior in college, had developed a more distinctive point of view. Review: In ‘The Butcher Boy,’ an Anti-Coming of Age Story 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The result is a shorter, sharper drama, and one that feels all the darker for that. Measure for Measure ? review 2010-11-22T21:30:00Z The lines between performance and reality begin to blur, as one might expect, but “Clytaemnestra” achieves something much sharper than simple allegory. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Even so, as Price’s life and works come into sharper focus, the world will continue to find that her music cannot be contained. As Her Music Is Reconsidered, a Composer Turns 135. Again. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Without considerably sharper writing, making us wait more than 100 pages for the inevitable reveal of our hairy antagonists is just cruel. Review | A great Bigfoot novel may be lurking out there. Max Brooks’s ‘Devolution’ isn’t it. 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Night two was sharper, as he expressed surprise at McCarthy's announcement that he would not run to reclaim his Speaker position. Let there be late night: A report card on the hosts' return episodes, some better than others 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z The drama’s contours feel sharper and more dangerous now; when Rhea’s campaign manager character tells Leo she knows a bit about mental illness, the comedy turns dead serious. Review | John Strand’s political comedy ‘Lincolnesque’ returns to Keegan Theatre 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z White’s Ma Rainey has a deliciously commanding voice that allows us to savor every flamboyant remark, but there’s just a sharper theatrical focus to the upper playing area. Resilience and dignity are the rich, bluesy music of 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z "We wanted to get to something much sharper and darker. "In my mind I'm directing the play for the young at the Young Vic. Breathing new life into Cherry Orchard 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z The study released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism found that opponents won because their positions were sharper and easier to understand. Study shows health care opponents won in media 2012-06-19T19:00:10Z No genre writer had sharper antennae than Shirley Jackson, whose gothic classic, “We Have Always Lived in the Castle,” first published in 1962, was reissued last fall. Arts & Leisure Preview: Violence That Art Didn?t See Coming 2010-02-24T19:11:00Z The show isn't trying to be lifelike, but sharper, purer and more elemental than life. "Deadwood" rides again 2010-12-12T00:01:00Z Carmela’s daily encounters with marital and parental frustration are made sharper by the painful knowledge that, no matter what, she is trapped in a state of moral compromise. A Tribute to Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z "The judges could be sharper, perhaps a bit spikier and have fun with it," he continued. Mixed reviews for BBC gymnastics show 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z Your hair will shine, your hearing will improve, your teeth will be sharper!” The Other Side of the Counter 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z What would have been so wrong with a sharper, crueler comedy about a Republican ex-president who doubles down on his beliefs and winds up joining a militia or building the border wall himself? TV presidents can do anything, except declare themselves as good Republicans 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z I felt myself grow sharper, more cleareyed about what I wanted out of fiction, and what I wanted to do with my own writing. She Grew Up in a House Without Books. A Teacher Helped Her Realize She Could Write One Herself. 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z “We were learning to walk the Brooklyn streets as though we had always belonged to them — our voices loud, our laughter even louder. But Brooklyn had longer nails and sharper blades.” ‘Another Brooklyn’ reminds us of a Brooklyn far from the tony borough of today 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z They wanted faces that looked sharper than those rendered with motion-capture technology — the kind that uses little dots all over an actor’s face. Video Game to Play in Vintage Gumshoes 2011-05-06T20:13:40Z A gentle duet from "Thaïs" gave us a brief glimpse of what a Domingo/Fleming "Thaïs" would have been like, although with a bit more rehearsal, it could have had a sharper focus. A rare opera moment: Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming at L.A. Opera show what might have been 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z The people in it were stranger, with sharper angles; they were alive. ‘Human Capital’ Review: The Waiter’s in a Coma. Tennis Anyone? 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Now serving as the American Civil Liberties Union’s celebrity ambassador for women’s rights, her comedy has become more politically and socially charged as her stand-up has become sharper and more memorable. Comedy Listings for Feb. 19-25 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Ms. Etro seemed to be melding that mix of soft draping and sharper geometric lines that is a current trend. Special Report: No Operatic Shout From the Heart 2010-09-24T18:06:00Z The effect is a little like a colour picture morphing into a diagram and then back to a brighter, sharper photograph. Lonely? It’s time to brush up your intimacy skills 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Events of the past 18 months, however, have given the film a sharper edge than it otherwise may have wielded. A ‘Battle of the Sexes’ Rages On, More Than 4 Decades Later 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z In fact, the translation brought certain elements into sharper focus. A Great Indian Novel Reaches American Shores 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z But Ms. Swift is learning as she maintains her smile: her songs are more diverse, her images more severe, her blade sharper. The Purpler the Bruise, the Sweeter the Song 2010-12-17T14:43:11Z The contours were sharper now, the colors brighter and bolder. Review: Yuja Wang Plays Dazed Chaos, Then 7 Encores 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z To do so, requires a knife much sharper than the ordinary table knife: the latter squashes the fibers of the asparagus stock, without slicing it. Steamed Fish, Swimming in Flavor 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z At his best, he was a finer writer and sharper polemicist than his friend Christopher Hitchens, a mightier wordsmith than most of today's leading novelists. Robert Hughes: the greatest art critic of our time 2012-08-07T12:06:48Z “Jam was unfazed, and just got deeper and sharper. That sort of fearlessness is essential to play this part.” He Was a Snob About Musicals. Then He Tried Out to Play Hamilton. 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z As the lead, Daniel Harder was superb, imbuing his sharper gestures with vulnerability and more flowing passages with an arrogant bravura. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, at City Center 2013-12-11T22:17:24Z The Jewish Currents team asserts that young Jewish leftists have a sharper vision than the establishment they’re jostling to replace. She’s Building a Little Jewish Magazine On Big Ideas 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Joan Rivers, the irreverent comedian known for her sharp wit and sharper tongue, died Thursday in Manhattan. Remembering Joan Rivers, Comedian 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z When the cleaning was complete and the extra paint removed, the white and black underneath suddenly became visibly sharper, and fine, spiderlike skeins of paint appeared “like strands of silk,” Ms. Hickey said. Jackson Pollock’s ‘One: Number 31, 1950’ Restored by MoMA 2013-05-27T21:37:58Z As for the people in these stories, they too are drawn with sharper outlines and less chiaroscuro than their predecessors. Books of The Times: ‘Dear Life: Stories,’ by Alice Munro 2012-12-10T21:44:31Z Those who are working at the sharper end of the translation models tend to be slightly more cautionary about that future. Google Translate and the battle for accurate translations by computer 2010-12-19T00:05:52Z It is possible to wish that “Crazy, Stupid, Love” were sharper and also to admire its decency and its unshowy skill. | 'Crazy, Stupid, Love': What?s a Guy to Do if His Wife Cheats on Him? Head to the Mall 2011-07-29T00:02:43Z This would be fine, even interesting, if Mr. Keshaviah were a sharper writer and his characters more memorable. Theater Review: ‘Rangoon’ by Mayank Keshaviah at Clurman Theater 2012-06-03T21:20:20Z But he tended to downplay his virtuosity in his PiL days, describing his signature sound — made sharper and brasher by his use of guitars with aluminum necks or bodies — in distinctly post-punk terms. Keith Levene, Public Image Ltd.’s Buzz-Saw Guitarist, Dies at 65 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z The intent of the newly formed group is to foster a sharper discourse and cultivate strategies for the Black Lives Matter movement. At New Museum, a Pop-Up Support System for Black Lives Matter 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z That idea grew sharper a few years later, when John Scott, the founder of Irish Modern Dance Theater, asked him if he had an Irish passport. ‘Artists Are Migrants’: A Nigerian-Irish Dancer’s Multiplicities 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Even his sharper jokes come with an undercurrent of affection. Colin Quinn is embracing the moment — his moment 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Given that, “My World 2.0,” his debut full-length album, is far sharper than it needs to be, an amiable collection of age-appropriate panting with intermittent bursts of misplaced precociousness. Critics' Choice: New Music by Justin Bieber and Dum Dum Girls 2010-03-21T20:58:00Z In several shots, characters’ “props” are in sharper focus than their owners. 3 don’t-miss art exhibitions in Seattle, April edition 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Service is warm, and sharper than you expect from a little hole-in-the-wall place. Tanglewood Supreme: An out-of-the-way gem in Magnolia 2013-01-25T03:04:28Z As tour leg after tour leg passed, the punchy young trio popped up for various hometown gigs, sounding sharper and stronger each time. Seattle garage rockers Naked Giants grow up on sophomore album ‘The Shadow’ 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Thriving fringes in Brighton and Bath are rising up to try to usurp Edinburgh, with the promise of a fairer deal for performers and punters, coupled with a sharper artistic edge. Edinburgh performers bid to reclaim the 'true spirit' of the fringe 2012-08-04T13:23:54Z But the phrase “violence from within” has a sharper edge. Making Art in a Time of Rage 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z As Ms. Webb said: “There’s a sharper, darker, more daring side to white. Some women like its boldness and edge.” Summer’s Color Forecast: Whiteout Conditions 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Walking through Central Park, my senses were sharper than ever. What It’s Like to Hear the Same Piece of Music for 19 Hours 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z He kept thinking that he’d be a better artist — more defined, with a sharper philosophy — if he didn’t have to keep taking gigs for the money. Ethan Hawke Is Still Taking Ethan Hawke Extremely Seriously 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z “I will feel neuro pathways open, a halo of lights. And I’m so much sharper. I just fire up!” 13 Ways to Be a Better Person in 2020 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Errol Morris's The Thin Blue Line was sharper, tougher, more in command of its brief. Film review: In the Land of the Free 2010-03-25T23:45:00Z The movie isn’t much deeper or sharper than its closest American counterpart, “9 to 5.” French Film Festival Looks Back, to ?70s and 1700s 2011-03-02T10:18:20Z The pain was akin to bad period pain, but sharper. Readers on the pain of miscarriage: ‘In my head I was already a mum and then suddenly I wasn’t’ 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Hearing the words as if for the first time, he asked himself, using notably sharper language: What the hell was this about? A Goth Male Soprano Who Plumbs the Darkness 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The remote village gave him a sharper view of what things looked like back home. Black Body: Rereading James Baldwin’s “Stranger in the Village” 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z The slight erosion has been accompanied by a sharper attention to lyrics, which Ms. Maye delivered with a wry, good-humored warmth tinged with a sense of the absurd. Review: Marilyn Maye, at 88, Celebrating the Moment 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z More than a decade later, his eyes are the same, but his cheeks are sharper. Tiny Love Stories: ‘With You, I Can Be a New Person’ 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The Fire and Water Quintet is a touch more raw, its elbows sharper, suiting the strengths of the players. Myra Melford Builds Anew With an All-Star, All-Woman Quintet 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z With the competition films playing in the larger venues around Potsdamer Platz, anything smaller, sharper and potentially more interesting debuts on the edges. Berlin film festival roundup: I missed my shot at the Bears in the 'burbs 2011-02-21T16:09:33Z But what is particularly depressing about this exposé is that it simply captures in slightly sharper focus a reality with which we should all be very familiar. Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z At least in the past few months, audiences have gotten sharper about shunning entertainment that panders to or insults their intellects. Box office massacre: how Hollywood flopped this summer 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Variety deemed it "sharper, fuller and even more emotionally charged" than the original. The real 'Hair' ? more than flower power, says director of Seattle-bound revival 2010-11-28T05:01:00Z The laser projection system uses a laser light source to provide substantially more brightness than a xenon bulb, allowing Imax to fill its largest screens with sharper and more lifelike images. Imax premieres new laser system at TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z His blazing technique was even sharper and more brilliant on the vast Metropolitan Opera House stage than in his years at Washington's Kennedy Center. The Washington Ballet let Brooklyn Mack go. He landed at the Metropolitan Opera House. 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z They can be used on the chin, to make the jawline sharper. ‘I’d rather spend £300 on fillers than face cream’: the rise of tweakment face 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z And there were no accessories to accompany the sharper clothes. 2010-02-04T01:59:00Z This often happens, but this year the response on social media channels like Instagram had a much sharper edge than usual. There’s a New Gerber Baby and Some Parents Are Mad 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z The GMT, as it is commonly called, promises to capture images 10 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. Where Will Science Take Us? To the Stars 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z This is especially true at a Saturday matinee, where the audience is often a lot older, but always sharper as well as simply thrilled at seeing themselves satirised. Courting the cat: how to hold a theatre to attention 2013-01-02T18:17:00Z Be true to yourself, is the lesson drawn from these fragments of autobiography – and sure enough, a sharper sense of who Darby really is might yet turn his good act into a great one. Rhys Darby – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-05T13:54:42Z And as the weather turns sharper, there are few dining rooms here that are warmer and more welcoming. Hey, Mr. Critic: Looking for Old Brooklyn? Nosh This Way 2010-12-02T21:20:00Z A slightly sharper nose with a prominent bridge. How Margot Robbie transformed into Queen Elizabeth I for ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z You start considering how the show could have told a sharper, yet more inclusive, story. At the Met Breuer, Thinking Inside the Box 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z His decline was sharper among younger viewers sought by advertisers. Glenn Beck's Fox show dropped 2011-04-06T18:09:08Z I was reminded of the "prose procedures" that Alan Brownjohn warned against in an earlier workshop; this line could be sharper. Poetry workshop: Names 2011-07-12T10:04:43Z Roth’s latest and most high-profile project – a long-in-the-works resurrection of the Death Wish franchise with Bruce Willis as the trigger-happy lead – has attracted even sharper criticism than usual. Death Wish: is the Bruce Willis remake an alt-right fantasy? 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Yet things quickly calmed down; the storytelling got sharper and the characters soon bore a family resemblance to those in the book. Olive Kitteridge at Venice: An Our Town for Our Time 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z But she sells herself short by not giving the mother-son conflict a bit of a sharper edge beyond Lolo’s awfulness. Review: In Julie Delpy’s ‘Lolo,’ a Teenager Tries to Sabotage His Mother’s Romance 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The more that playwrights are encouraged to process the present, especially with voices as acute and lively as Chisholm’s and Munk’s, the sharper our theater will be. Review | ‘Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies’ repeats its lesson at Mosaic 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Hushed music and a slow, continuous fall of white petals impart a dreamlike quality to the sharper second half. Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: Ten Chi – review 2012-06-18T18:18:06Z In exchange for many years of fly-on-the-wall privileges at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Werth allowed his manuscripts to be vetted by corporate executives, and presumably some of their sharper edges were sanded down. A Doctor’s Guide to What to Read on the Opioid Crisis 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Because the series is honest about his shortcomings, however, his admirable qualities stand in sharper relief. Washington would have hated Trump 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z This is funnier, sharper – sometimes excruciating – and tightly scripted. First sight: Lena Dunham 2011-03-03T22:52:00Z Droege’s previous show made pretty much the same point, and in a much sharper way. Review: ‘Happy Birthday Doug.’ Here’s a Vodka Stinger. 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z This pitch-black series, with its brooding protagonist, may draw comparisons with “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” but consider this: The stories are even sharper. Review: ‘The Keeper of Lost Causes,’ Pitch-Black Nordic Noir 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Where Landscape with Chainsaw had a fine sense of the absurd in its poems of self-doubt, the overall tone here is less jocular, with sharper accents of guilt and shame. Water Sessions by James Lasdun – review 2012-10-05T21:55:01Z And the amplified sound was much sharper and more balanced than the average Memorial Stadium concert of yore. Bumbershoot Day 1: Sun, comfortable crowds, The Presidents 2011-09-04T00:13:34Z The edges are crisper, the sound louder, the dancing sharper. Big Bang – review 2012-12-16T12:59:33Z But they did throw the problem into even sharper relief than ever. Punk spoke up for angry kids. Why won't today's bands follow suit 2011-08-14T21:05:00Z Mali Music sings with a gentle tone, and only mild urgency; in a neat trick, he uses digital effects not to make himself sharper, but rather to soften him even more. Willie Nelson, Mali Music and Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z The companies said they would debut 100 high-tech theaters over the next decade that will include Dolby Vision, a new laser projection system that offers sharper and more vivid images than conventional screens. AMC and Dolby are teaming up to build 100 high-tech theaters 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z It's a pity the lyrics aren't sharper, and the show never delivers the intellectual clout it initially promises, in part because it darts all over the place chronologically. The Universal Machine – review 2013-04-29T17:44:46Z "I lied all the time," she says, perched on a sofa in the lumber-filled basement of the offices of her magazine, whose name, the Believer, has suddenly acquired a sharper edge. A life in writing: Vendela Vida 2011-07-08T21:55:12Z Instead, Dardenne's conceptual environment feels all hard surfaces, polished glass and edges sharper than a tip of a pyramid. Drury Lane gets stuck following 'Aida' into slick, shirtless temptation 2011-03-25T20:19:30Z The nature and extent of Romy’s injury is not clear, and the narrator practices an ornate form of evasion, spending a lot of words on the scene without bringing it into sharper focus. ‘Lurid & Cute,’ a Novel by Adam Thirlwell 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z The song’s all the sharper for the dull ballads and toothless screw-y’alls one has to slog through to get to it. Review: Kelly Clarkson's 'Piece By Piece' Is a Victory Lap 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Similar in appearance to Southern Giant Curled mustard but sharper and spicier in flavor, Green Wave is also hardy, well-adapted to U.S. climates and suitable for a fall harvest. Get to know these 9 types of mustard greens 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Always seeking his father’s approval but never getting it because he’s not as musically gifted as his brothers, Andre goes off his meds thinking it will give him sharper focus. How to catch up with … Empire 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z If I think hard, I might imagine that the chilli heat is a little bit sharper, pricklier, than the jalapeño. Feel the burn: why do we love chilli? 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z It isn’t hard, at the moment, to find comedy with a sharper edge, or a tougher view of American dysfunction. ‘Coming 2 America’ Review: Comedic Royalty 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Black American resistance to white supremacy becomes sharper and more potent when blended with Latinx and Native American resistance narratives. Ta-Nehisi Coates blazes a singular intellectual path in 'We Were Eight Years in Power' 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Neither is it unprecedented for a musician to drop old animosities when the death of a longtime band mate helps bring big-picture priorities into sharper focus. Dave and Phil Alvin, formerly of the Blasters, resurrect partnership 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Now it is a sharper, spicier tale about a love triangle that sabotages a marriage. Jeanna de Waal Has Already Forgotten About That ‘Diana’ Film 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z He is the sultry one: a man — O.K. a guy — with a sharper edge, an independent point of view, sophisticated tastes. Joe Jonas Comes of Age 2011-09-28T21:35:03Z The comfort is that that my love of Helen is sharper than ever. I feel like Jason Bourne – I can’t recall daily life with my wife 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z As we grew older, we began reading the comics with a sharper eye. The Corrupted American Innocence of Archie Comics 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Somehow, the smell of seawater is sharper here, just as Transtromer observed. Swedish Islands Offer an Escape From Stockholm 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Things are clearer, and my mind is sharper.” Exchanging Slippers For Schoolbooks 2010-12-03T15:27:00Z “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist,” from “Avenue Q,” delivered a sharper bite here than it does on Broadway, where it is softened by the song’s implied connection to “Sesame Street.” Music Review: At 92nd Street Y, the Art of the Satiric Comedy Comes Alive 2010-05-09T22:15:00Z Her tongue was sharp and her eyes were sharper. Why I'm sheltering my kids for as long as I can 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z But Mary's battle to hold it all together, exasperated immensely by her wolf secret, comes into sharper focus when she meets a man with a young daughter, and falls in love with both of them. Where have all the female werewolves gone? 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Only in some of the most complex counterpoint could the sound have been crisper, the words sharper. Review: A Blunt New ‘Lohengrin’ at the Met Stars a Shining Knight 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Her sentences get sharper; her jokes more cutting. The Education of Ellen Pao 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z The mises-en-scènes are socially and visually sharper and work better at PS1, where they are composed almost entirely of furnishings from Ikea, as are many of the sets in the videos. Art Review: Like Living, Only More So 2011-06-23T22:30:31Z Each outlines a "new" capitalism with its sharper teeth blunted, avarice expunged, fairness and social justice imprinted on its soul and innovation and entrepreneurship providing the rocket fuel. Progressive Capitalism by David Sainsbury; The Locust and the Bee by Geoff Mulgan – review 2013-05-04T14:00:04Z Though I certainly miss a few facets of the 1980s production, others now fall into sharper focus; the work’s drama turns out to be more multilayered than I had recalled. Dance Review: A Golden Age Continues Without Its Midas 2011-03-23T22:27:34Z It was also sharper in framing architecture and its place in contemporary American life as any big-screen product in recent memory. Best architecture in 2017: In a tough year, plenty of highlights 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Throughout, the base style — “sprinkled with period authenticity,” in Mr. Trujillo’s words — tilts contemporary: sharper, bolder in attack. Cholly Atkins Taught Motown to Dance. His Moves Get an Update in ‘Ain’t Too Proud.’ 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z “You couldn’t find a nicer or sharper wit than Bob Saget. Shocked and devastated.” Comedians, friends, co-stars react to death of Bob Saget 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Juicy fruits like berries pair great with fresh goat cheese, while cornichons and olives stand up to sharper and more pungent cheeses such as French blues. A 1-2-3 guide to building the perfect charcuterie board 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z But the Sharper Image took on new meanings, about building your brand through acquiring gadgetry — the time in one’s life, Kownacki recalls, “when you were building an image, a sharper image.” The absurd allure of the Sharper Image, the uncle-gift emporium for uncles you barely know 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z "In the motion pictures division, growth will be driven by a sharper focus on tent-pole films and greater profit potential," he said. Sony shares jump on entertainment growth targets 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z Both sensations brought a sharper appreciation of space and air as active or sheltering forces that we share with all living things. Review: In ‘Fly by Night,’ Pigeons Light Up the Brooklyn Navy Yard 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Some of those old interviews for Playboy magazine came up, and what was fascinating was that you could imagine polishing off some of the sharper edges and still see those same debates. Stephen Merchant Is an Unsmooth Criminal 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z The series was created by Paul Feig, whose résumé includes the TV cult hit “Freaks and Geeks” and the box-office smash “Bridesmaids,” so it seems as if it ought to be sharper. TV Review: ‘Other Space’ Explores Familiar Territory 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z The laughs that answered her grew sharper, louder. “Skylight” 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z He argued that classic American 20th-century literature – Updike's Couples, for instance – still provides a sharper, more incisive vision of suburban life than books being written now. European fiction: dry and academic? 2010-08-16T15:22:00Z Although fragments of this are superb, as a whole it needs a sharper focus on the plotting, and it also feels too long. My Life in CIA – review 2012-05-29T17:08:52Z On one hand, the film puts the “duh” in derivative — a studied hybrid of better, sharper movies. “Bad Moms” need good movies: This sleeper hit teaches Hollywood a lesson in what women want 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Subtly at first and then with sharper touches, Pyte explores all the ways that anything you shape can, in turn, shape you. Review: 'Dark Matters' at On the Boards is spellbinding dance 2011-02-18T17:57:04Z The 10th annual Rome Film Festival opens Friday under a new director who hopes to turn a smaller budget into a sharper mandate. Rome Film Festival Gets a Makeover 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z But, a quarter of a century on, the question animating his work has come into sharper focus. The Critic Who Convinced Me That Criticism Could Be Art 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The puppies were growing fast, their fluff becoming fur, the round snouts taking on a sharper shape. I love my dog as much as my child 2012-11-10T17:00:00Z That uncertainty, the way memories don’t always get sharper but sometimes remain indeterminate and fuzzy—isn’t that what that period of our lives was like? Patrick Modiano's Nobel in Literature: The Swedes Got It Right 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Kelly said her evening show will be sharper, faster and to the point. Fox News’ Megyn Kelly Heading to Prime Time 2013-10-06T20:19:31Z At the same time that black artists are coming into a sharper phase of their blackness, white Americans are coming into their whiteness, reckoning with it and embracing it. Defining, and Proclaiming, a New Black Power 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z With each successive trip to the grim vaults, the hard-won dignity of the film’s transgender speakers is brought into sharper and sharper relief. ‘Disclosure’ Review: A Transgender Lens on Film and TV History 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Taking up untold stories can be unwieldy, and “La Race” would benefit from more streamlined character development and a sharper focus. Review: In ‘La Race,’ a Fight Back From the Margins 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z She also doesn’t shy from bold, sometimes debatable pronouncements: “There is no sharper truth than that of fiction,” she claims. Take a walk on the Parisian side with Lauren Elkin's 'Flâneuse' 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z The sharper lines of the drama are smudged out in the service of one awkward conceit or faulty performance after another. Review | Glenda Jackson as King Lear was a good idea. Why is everything around her so wrong? 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z While earlier commercials emphasized how many prizes “The Descendants” was winning and its humor — an effort to reach both voters and potential ticket buyers — the new spots include a sharper emotional tug. For ?The Descendants,? a New Angle in the Oscar Race 2012-02-09T23:15:46Z No one currently writing for the theater has a sharper grasp of character, or more sheer storytelling technique. Down and Out in Paris: Amy Herzog’s Belleville 2013-03-06T13:00:15Z Ninety days from now, when the wind feels sharper and the skies fade from cerulean to slate grey, you may regret not having cavorted in the sunshine on Labor Day Weekend. What to binge watch over Labor Day to get ready for the Emmys 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Leguizamo sets himself up as the well-meaning but cartoonishly inept teacher, but it’s a missed opportunity that the history he relates doesn’t come into sharper focus. Latino history with professor John Leguizamo, the CliffsNotes edition 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z The subtlety that surrounds Selina is made all the sharper by her broadness. Review: A Startling Episode Turns 'Veep' Into TV's Darkest Drama 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Otherwise, you’ll just give new meaning to King Lear’s most famous line, “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!” Social Q?s: On Mother?s Day, Be Grateful 2010-05-06T18:09:00Z His jokes are sharper, and his ratings are through the roof. 2010-01-21T07:25:00Z “That’s the benefit of ‘Silicon Valley’ constantly bogging down its characters with setbacks and high-stakes conflict: Their response clarifies who they are and brings their relationships into sharper focus,” Scott Tobias says. What You Should Watch This Week: ‘UnREAL,’ ‘Angie Tribeca’ and ‘Wentworth’ 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z But I think audiences are much sharper and more intelligent than they're given credit for. Portrait of the artist: Geraldine James, actor 2011-07-11T21:31:00Z Often his gentle, soft-edged sound became brighter and sharper when the music grew more involved and outgoing. Music Review: Lute Fanciers Meet 3 Stars From the Past 2010-10-18T22:29:00Z Her images, sometimes made using a tripod and flash, became sharper and more tightly composed. Exposed 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z In fact, since the show’s always been sharper and more perceptive about the business world than the broader sociopolitical context, I’m optimistic about where the final season is headed. ArtsBeat: ‘Mad Men’ Watch: The Dark Knight Returns 2014-04-28T11:54:49Z For a sharper image, Hampton recommends placing your camera on a tripod, railing or other steady surface. Every winter, the aurora borealis turns the night sky into a paint box of colors 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z His early awkward movements are more compelling, and his political points are generally sharper when made in understatement rather than bluster. Critic’s Notebook: Proven in Britain, Two Comics Try to Take New York 2013-06-17T21:44:00Z The contrast between “The American Bible Challenge” and “Take It All” couldn’t be sharper. Critic’s Notebook: ‘American Bible Challenge’ Vs. ‘Take It All’ 2012-12-11T23:09:50Z And unsurprisingly, the effect on Bausch's choreography was galvanic – the shapes of the movement looked much sharper on these younger bodies, the rhythms accelerated. Judith Mackrell on Pina Bausch's Kontakthof 2010-04-07T21:15:00Z There are four writers credited, but even so the narrative needs to be sharper and more direct. The Giant and the Bear – review 2012-07-03T17:08:16Z The black curls have been cut short, and his cheekbones are sharper. Rufus Sewell: almost famous 2013-03-30T09:00:00Z I remember wearing trendy clothes when I was younger thinking: I want to be sharper. Ralph Fiennes: Loosey Goosey? ‘I like that!’ 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Some £275m of that was spent on festivals, up about £50m - a sharper rise than any other area of live music. Festivals thrive in concert boom 2010-05-14T07:07:00Z When he returned in 2014 with “Black Messiah,” his first album in nearly 15 years, it was with a sharper political and racial edge. Maxwell Is on His Own Timetable 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The writing is sharp, the satire is sharper, the performances beautifully unhinged. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Welland's screenplay has been tactfully adapted by Mike Bartlett who brings into sharper focus the intriguing question of why people run. Chariots of Fire; Posh; Children's Children – review 2012-05-26T23:10:02Z But although there was a certain release in the unclogging of things, in the brighter and sharper sonorities coming through at the end, they were ultimately channeled into a giant wail. Review: An ‘Opera for Objects’ Makes Music Out of Fear 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z No matter the format, the comedy has gotten sharper, deeper and better observed. Broad City: season three of the comedy is one of the TV highlights of the year 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z The jokes have gotten sharper, the timing more precise and the presentation honed. Comic Eddie Izzard, at Hollywood Bowl, generates hysterics and more 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Her appearances are entwined with those of four soloists whose airy incursions contrast with her sharper edge. Matthew Bourne's Early Adventures; Ballo della Regina; La Sylphide – review 2012-05-26T23:05:53Z The top-rated cable channel, better known for "blue skies" series such as "Monk" and "Royal Pains," has begun running scripted dramas with sharper edges, starting with current hits "Suits" and "Graceland." USA Network is hoping for gold with its event series 'Dig' 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z In the end, “The Tutor” neatly sands off its sharper edges, repairs rifts and turns even the obnoxious Edmund into sort of a mensch. At Village, ‘The Tutor’ makes music of literary, familial angst 2014-03-26T00:49:46Z A lot of flavour is lost in this film's beginning, though Joffe's "photo" device – taken from later developments in the book – here arguably creates a sharper and much more plausible anxiety. Brighton Rock ? review 2011-02-03T15:00:01Z With booths painted in brisk colors, the show looks sharper than most, especially where displays are spacious or highly focused. Art in Review: THE SPRING SHOW 2011-04-28T20:56:41Z It’s not as pretty as other Damascus-clad Japanese knives such as Shun’s offerings, but it’s a good deal sharper. A great chef’s knife 2012-07-22T17:00:00Z But the pain is coming in waves now, sharper and deeper with each one. They were my life support: My life-threatening health crisis brought out the best in my friends 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z In creating a soft place for herself and her inner child to land, Sawayama has blunted some of her music’s sharper edges. For the Gloriously Over-the-Top Rina Sawayama, Less Is Less 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z It was a notably sharper tone from Harris’ typically muted and on-message public appearances, where she rarely diverts from talking points or prepared remarks. Harris sharply defends Biden in interview with Charlamagne 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Everything in them – the textures, the rhythms, the phrasing – needs sharper outlines and greater pungency than these overpolite Nashville Symphony performances ever manage. Piazzolla: Sinfonia Buenos Aires; Concerto for Bandoneon; Las Cuatro Estaciones Porte?as 2010-09-23T21:55:00Z But now it encompasses a new anguish, deeper and sharper than what she hinted at with “Afterglow” in 2003. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Sarah McLachlan, Devo and Tom Petty 2010-06-13T21:44:00Z Around the smooth edges are glints of something sharper: the sexual precociousness that Catherine Breillat has dramatized indelibly in such films as "36 Fillette." Great cast but 'Very Good Girls' could be better 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z A few years ago Larry and His Flask was a more straightforward punk act, but it’s gotten sharper and more accomplished as it’s gotten more complicated. Music Review: Larry and His Flask at Union Hall - Review 2011-09-30T23:15:12Z The show’s projections are more of a distraction than an asset; a short scene or two ends awkwardly; and a sharper editor — or is it a “content manager,” these days? — would be helpful. Theater Review: ‘The Junket,’ Mike Albo’s Take on the Freelancer’s Life 2014-03-24T22:49:15Z If you have trouble hacking through the paper, your knife could stand to be sharper. The very best way to sharpen your knives 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Every season has gotten sharper, and I’m so glad it got rescued from cancellation. My Not-Top-Ten Television List, 2018 Edition 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z When he abandoned the soft-focus lens for one with a sharper focus, it was photography’s equivalent of Bob Dylan going electric. Review: ‘Group f.64,’ by Mary Street Alinder celebrates photography’s revolutionaries 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The social segregations of “District 9” become filters when we leave the theater that allow us to see our own world in sharper focus. Favorite Summer Movies From This Summer’s Stars and Directors 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Those wanting a sharper, more incisive view will have to wait for Sorkin. Sundance film festival 2013: Jobs – first look review 2013-01-28T11:49:30Z Because even subversive sarcasm adds a cool-girl nonchalance, an updated, sharper version of the expectation that women be forever pleasant. Jessica Valenti: my life as a ‘sex object’ 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Vocally, she didn’t sound better all night, and emotionally, she was never sharper. Review: Jennifer Lopez Back in the Bronx 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Her latest collection spotlights a comic voice that is growing sharper and more engagingly offbeat, whether she is rendering “snack realism,” menstrual huts or plucky Icelandic ponies. Best graphic novels of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Dr. Shukla put a sharper point on his case a few months later in a column on the On Faith blog of The Washington Post. Hindu Group Stirs a Debate Over Yoga?s Soul 2010-11-29T20:09:00Z The split, in other words, couldn’t be much sharper. Perspective | Trump’s attacks on the news media are accelerating. You can expect three results. 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z To Cohen’s detriment, that only throws the shortcomings of the other segments into sharper relief. Who is America? Sacha Baron Cohen's new show aims high but goes low 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z I would order simple salads of arugula, which is somehow sharper and more peppery in Italy than anywhere else. Europe Issue: High-End Dining in Italy 2011-09-30T19:04:19Z Wilder Mind may have sold less than half as many copies, but with the downward spiral of CD sales becoming sharper every year, those figures aren’t terribly out of line. Mumford And Sons' New Album 'Wilder Mind' Debuts At Number One 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Is a goal of “We Own This City” to provide a sharper critique on policing than “The Wire” provided? ‘The Wire’ at 20: ‘This Show Will Live Forever’ 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z They encouraged the engineer to apply for state and national status that would designate the property a historic building, but he wasn’t persuaded, Rothschild said, and the historians decided to return with a sharper pitch. Plotting the Future of the Most Storied Studio in Jazz 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z This is a satire with sharper teeth, angrier, and also very, very funny. NoViolet Bulawayo Allegorizes the Aftermath of Robert Mugabe 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z And that collarless shirt — modern, minimal — looks sharper than ever, a perfectly cut everyday top to match with tailored pieces and laid-back weekend wear. Laid-Back Summer Fashions 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z The sharper among you will notice that X Factor's Beatles Night happens to coincide with the announcement that the band's back catalogue is now available on iTunes. The X Factor Files: Stuart Heritage's X Factor briefing 2010-11-19T12:42:00Z But Mr. Bourne is an inveterate reworker, and his pieces tend to get sharper over time. Dance Review: Matthew Bourne’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’ at Sadler’s Wells 2013-01-02T22:34:59Z In Paris, it means restoring an old apartment to the Platonic ideal of Haussmannian grandeur and then bringing in contemporary furniture that somehow throws the plaster cornices and marble fireplaces into sharper relief. | Striking a Balance 2014-04-09T15:00:26Z Sensing a sharper rightward shift after 9/11, many pith-helmet-and-jodhpurs fetishists boisterously outed themselves, exhorting politicians to recreate a new western imperium through old-style military conquest and occupation of native lands. The ruins of empire: Asia's emergence from western imperialism 2012-07-27T07:00:04Z Even in context, however, The Servant looks unique: its formal, theatrical elegance, combined with the ugliness of its emotions and fears, looks sharper and fiercer than ever. The Servant: a 60s masterwork that hides its homosexuality in the shadows 2013-03-27T16:21:00Z There are even sharper contrasts in the next line: "Black shade, fair nurse, shadow my white hair." Poem of the week: Bethsabe's Song by George Peele 2010-10-11T10:37:00Z He also errs on the side of rolling, multiclausal explications where a sharper indictment might sometimes do. Rivers Merge in St. Louis. So Do Racism, Violence and Exclusion. 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z But this particular sketch – Conway was Roxie Hart, soaking in the glory of her newfound fame – seems like even sharper satire now that Conway has virtually disappeared from the public eye. Saturday Night Live: the 10 funniest skits of the biggest season ever 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z This year Krymov’s work has taken on a sharper satirical edge as it grapples with the fate of Russian culture, which is under pressure, for very different reasons, at home and abroad. Amid Exile and Fire, a Revered Russian Theater Director Is Reborn 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z The design is better seen from the backside, where the welded metal overlay on the tapestry’s support mesh is visible in sharper relief. Review | The new Eisenhower Memorial is stunning, especially at night. But is this the last of the ‘great man’ memorials? 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z I asked her why she hadn’t attempted something sharper, more bitter. ‘I Don’t Know What a Carrie Is’: Candace Bushnell Works It Out Onstage 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z To achieve a sharper picture and limit the eye strain that can affect 3-D viewers, some filmmakers are experimenting with higher speeds. Ang Lee Is Embracing a Faster Film Format. Can Theaters Keep Up? 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z She only managed to escape when he went to her kitchen, she believes in search of a sharper knife with which to kill her. “He sawed off my hair with a dull knife”: The horrific misogyny of “Mixed Martial Arts” culture 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z These sharper and clearer images enabled Broersma and Rossing to read names and birth dates written on baggage, which provided them the identities of other passengers. Children of the Holocaust Who Are Anonymous No More 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z The crisis has also brought into sharper focus other issues, such as sustainability and accessibility. The future of film: can cinema survive Covid-19? 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z The town still reveres its tradition, but restaurants that have been cooking New Orleans-style Creole dishes for more than 100 years have become sharper. The New Orleans Restaurant Bounce, After Katrina 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z The sugariness gives way to something much sharper. The Lost Man Booker prize 2010-04-01T07:00:00Z How much sharper than a serpent’s tooth is a thankless boss. Work Advice: Trying to get colleagues to say those magic words 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Funny people like Maya Rudolph and Chris Parnell have walk-on roles, but this type of first-person satire is awfully familiar by now, and standing out requires sharper writing than “We Need Help” exhibits. Watch List: Yahoo! Screen Introduces Shows With Puppets and a Tiny Rambo 2013-09-08T21:53:03Z That’s the benefit of “Silicon Valley” constantly bogging down its characters with setbacks and high-stakes conflict: Their response clarifies who they are and brings their relationships into sharper focus. ‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3, Episode 7: Stop, Beta Time 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z Taking the satirical aspects of more family-oriented shows like The Simpsons and adding a sharper edge, the cartoon pushed the boundaries of taste. 40 Years of MTV: the channel that shaped popular culture as we know it 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Smith is perhaps, at least in this book, a sharper analyst of others than of herself. Troubled Marriages, Old and New 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Children — the recommended ages are 7 and older — will probably leave with sharper deductive skills, too. Spare Times for Children for May 15-21 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z In fact, the more avant-garde the outfit, the sharper Ms. McAdams looks. Rachel McAdams Tries Short Hair, Sheer Textures and Elie Saab 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z It does seem to represent something: the sharp contrasts that can’t be sharper, the simplicity of it. The Mirror: Why I Wear Only Black and White 2012-07-25T19:00:42Z But dear lord she needs to work with better material, with funnier, sharper, far smarter scripts and with directors who can do something, anything, with the camera. Review: ‘I Feel Pretty’ Doesn’t Even Go Skin Deep 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z “The cynical, disenchanted and footloose postwar youths of England, who justifiably have been termed ‘angry,’ never have been put into sharper focus,” A.H. ‘Room at the Top’: An Affair to Remember 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z When he returned to the District in 1981, his poetry was stronger, sharper, simultaneously more elegant and more visceral. A poet who spoke to the black gay experience, and a quest to make him heard Having weathered some major life changes since his last album, “Beast In Its Tracks,” Josh Ritter is sharper than ever. Josh Ritter preaches his “messianic oracular honky tonk”: “I don’t feel a huge connection to religion, except as a large accumulation of confusing, confusing stories” 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Think long-haired Hathaway to see the striking resemblance get a bit sharper... Anne Hathaway flattered by comparison to Amal Clooney 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Its voice, however, might well be sharper than that of the original. 'Ghostbusters 3': Is Paul Feig a good fit? 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Here, however, many are shorter and sharper than we have come to expect. The big novels of 2012 2012-07-13T15:00:07Z And the orchestra’s playing grew sharper and more responsive the further it went into the piece. L.A. Chamber Orchestra gets a hand from Joshua Bell and guest conductor Jaime Martín 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z Ultimately “Hater” wields a rapier no sharper than its inspiration’s, but its lurid overstatement nicely twists the blade. | 'Hater': An Updated ?Misanthrope? at the Ohio Theater 2010-07-22T22:11:00Z Ms. Adams uses the cozy implications of quilts for a sharper end: reminding viewers of the government’s recurring neglect of American Indians. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Off!, from Los Angeles, has sharper worries: drones, bombs, surveillance, being erased. Coachella 2015: Punk Without the Dyed Blond Hair and Tank Tops 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z There are few mainstream comedians sharper than Colbert. 5 reasons why Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” will make you forget all about “The Colbert Report” 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Metaphors, new or shopworn, work when they bring things into sharper focus. Rules for writing: block that metaphor! 2013-05-23T14:40:46Z As you descend from the pass, the Douglas firs recede, replaced by Ponderosa pines, then juniper, then sage; the ground, once loamy, is cindery and dry; the air smells different, rarefied, sharper. When my daughter was diagnosed 2014-02-12T00:00:00Z Norris’s new work, Domesticated, is a better play: sharper, funnier, even more cleverly constructed — and more on top of the news as well. Domesticated: What Happens After the Sex Scandal 2013-11-05T10:45:25Z Yet as the pressure builds and the stakes rise, the insights grow sharper and the tension more gripping. Theater Review | 'Extinction': Big Times for Buddies, Partying in Atlantic City 2010-03-01T05:45:00Z In these later plays, the plotting is tidier, the conflicts sharper and the emotional force much greater. Review: In ‘The Honeycomb Trilogy,’ a Family Confronts Invading Apian Overlords 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z As also happens in Maggie Shipstead’s sharper novel, “Seating Arrangements,” a family gathers for a ceremony, and over the course of several days the players gain a new understanding of themselves. Alissa Nutting’s ‘Tampa,’ and More 2013-07-24T19:27:43Z “I have a sharper, if not more attentive civic ear.” Broadway Actors Who Are Bracing for Final Curtain 2010-12-29T23:00:28Z “I know that this tour has brought into even sharper focus questions about the past and the future,” William said in a statement reflecting the end of their tour on Saturday. Prince William: Commonwealth links to crown up to the people 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Johnson Cano said her “senses are sharper,” adding that her “ears have become more keenly attuned to working inside a given musical texture.” Critic?s Notebook: Where Musicians Bask in the Luxury of Time 2011-08-08T22:15:13Z |
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