| 单词 | showiness |
| 例句 | Pretty as the decor and costumes were, there was not much emotional substance behind the showiness onstage. At the Kennedy Center Opera House, music steals the show from the Pennsylvania Ballet Pappano conducts without showiness, with compact physical movements surrounding a palpable intensity of focus. Review | A legend known for canceling shows up and plays for the ages 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z In return, Perry urged viewers from snootier tribes to think twice before looking down their noses at the bling and showiness of working-class culture. Rewind TV: All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry; The Secret History of Our Streets; The Apprentice 2012-06-09T23:05:47Z “Gaga: Five Foot Two,” in its focus on its subject’s usually concealed struggles, willfully disregarded the showiness inherent even in her most private actions. The Theatrical Realness of Lady Gaga in “A Star Is Born” 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z As the showiness of the first act yielded to the more serious, sustained intensity of the second, the cast was entirely on board with Mr. Honoré’s vision. Review: Mozart Reimagined in a Violent, Racist World 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Then she performed — baring her character’s soul, without showiness or fuss. She Won a Tony. But Deirdre O’Connell ‘Can’t Think About That.’ 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Aside from the virtuoso playing, there's no hint of showiness or exaggeration. Lollapalooza Day 3: Jack White, Florence + the Machine, At the Drive-In and the amazing Amadou and Mariam 2012-08-06T06:00:00Z The showiness is finished, so to speak, with a misanthropy likely inspired by the 1974 “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” but miles more callow than that film. ‘Honeydew’ Review: Homegrown Horror 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Her only showiness is in showing how the music works, its inner lines and structure. A little Russian diplomacy saves the day at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z The fashion for literary showiness seemed to have passed him by. Twelve of the best new novelists 2011-02-25T13:05:56Z Lacroix beckons powerfully to fashion insiders and civilians alike, many of them hungering “for a bit of showiness,” said David Orenstein, an antiques dealer and the organizer of the show. On the Runway Blog: Christian Lacroix Showcases Vintage Pieces 2012-02-02T21:53:32Z Advertisement Yet I have more reservations about this work than any of the others, and perhaps these are connected to the slickness, even showiness, of its organizational skill. Review: New York City Ballet Gives a Dance Form a Makeover 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The print, she said, has long represented “a connection between power, wealth and a certain type of ostentatious showiness.” The Leopard-Print Midi Skirt Is the Summer Trend That Won’t Die 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z It offers the sense of sublimity that characterizes Calatrava’s best work but that the Oculus, for all its bravura showiness, does not achieve. The Best Part of Calatrava’s Oculus 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Whatever the idiom and however unlovely or anti-bravura, the point is always its showiness. Dance Review: William Forsythe?s ?I don?t believe in outer space? - Review 2011-10-27T22:16:44Z There’s not a lot of showiness here, but the material suffices. The Man Who Mapped the West, and the Wife Who Made Him Famous 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Romero removed dreaminess in the slow movement and revealed little showiness in its cadenza. Dudamel plants seeds for the future with De Falla and flamenco 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z For vermin enthusiasts, the appeal isn’t showiness or rarity; it may be their very banality that resonates. The Cutest Animal on Instagram Is Possibly in Your Trash Can 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Homes of the Week Elegant Comfort In Ski Country March 10, 2010 This wintry cabin offers plenty of amenities, but without the showiness of some of its neighbors. Listed: Graceful Bungalow In New Jersey 2010-03-24T21:00:00Z "There is a terrible distaste in France for that kind of showiness," says Poirier. Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy: The long and the short of it 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z That decade produced some timeless classics by a number of great choreographers, but it also included many consciously modish displays of harsh surface showiness. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center 2012-12-17T05:15:05Z He dispatched the brilliant variations crisply and cleanly, without a trace of showiness. A Critic and a Pianist, Close but Not Quite Friends 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Redmayne is a master of technique, adept at significant gestures, freighted glances and the kind of showiness that masquerades as subtlety. Review: ‘The Danish Girl,’ About a Transgender Pioneer 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z That longing isn't evident in Hoffer's diva showiness, which seems more suited to the drag rock musical "Hedwig and the Angry Itch" than the world of "Spring Awakening." 'Spring Awakening': powerful passion at Balagan 2012-01-09T22:37:03Z Their stage presence on Monday had a fogginess to it, which was heightened by the showiness of “Don Quixote,” a story ballet in which they need to become a character. Ballet Theater Returns to the Met With a Gimmicky ‘Don Quixote’ 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Hoffman's direction is a mixture of skill and showiness. 'Jack Goes Boating': Philip Seymour Hoffman steers sentimental relationship flick 2010-09-23T20:20:00Z Elegant Comfort In Ski Country March 10, 2010 This wintry cabin offers plenty of amenities, but without the showiness of some of its neighbors. Listed: Stylish Cabana In Key Biscayne 2010-03-17T21:00:00Z For all his celebrity, Mr. Nussbaum has no showiness to him. Exit, Stage Left, Grasping Cane; Enter, Sprinting 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Indeed, the piece’s comparatively modest Classicism defies showiness, with demands that are more intellectual than athletic. Review: Lang Lang Returns, Rehabilitated and Almost Reformed 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Hearts feature significantly and bloodily in Caroline Steinbeis's production, the showiness of which disguises a lack of rigour in the writing. Fatherland ? review 2011-02-22T18:21:04Z The Schuller services, in contrast, were known for their showiness and their hodgepodge of musical styles — a service might include a choral number and a country song. Frederick Swann, Master of the Pipe Organ, Is Dead at 91 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z For all its peculiarities and showiness, #mealprep might serve as “a bridge for people who didn’t grow up cooking”, says Elias. From overnight oats to boiled eggs – is meal prep taking the joy out of eating? 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z The showiness of the risk involved with your daughter’s hobby of choice does not change this fundamental truth. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How are skydiving and meddling similar? Both have their risks. 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z The glittery facade also spoke to the ethos of the McMansion, which prioritized showiness and size over quality or utility. Barbie, her house and the American dream 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z For Kavakos, that meant becoming grippingly theatrical, yet without a trace of showiness. Review: Star pianist Yuja Wang and celebrated violinist Leonidas Kavakos team up for a transfixing recital 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Her true, pure high notes become all the more meaningful for their lack of showiness. Review: L.A. Opera ends its pandemic hiatus with a triumphant, season-opening 'Il Trovatore' 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z It’s easy to let wood pieces be overshadowed by the showiness of textile furniture, but no more! Wood furniture is the unsung hero of the home | Produced by Advertising Publications 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Her characters on “Nurse Jackie,” “The Walking Dead,” “Godless” and even “The New Girl” inevitably steal, albeit quietly and kindly, every scene with neither showiness nor regret. The unforgettable scene in 'Unbelievable' between Merritt Wever's detective and a rape victim 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Ease and subtlety are among Adams’ fortes, but they’re also rare in a culture quick to reward queasily conspicuous effort and the awards-baiting showiness of a complete physical transformation. Commentary: Why the Emmys shouldn't overlook 'Sharp Objects' ' Amy Adams 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z She paved the way for so many of us, naturally inspiring us to do what we need to do without any force or showiness. 'Rest, Toni Morrison. You were magnificent': leading writers on the great American author 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z If there’s a showiness to Melville’s pyrotechnics, his erudition was hard-won. Herman Melville at Home 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Here the problem is the brashness, the showiness of material consumption, whether of goods or services. Consumerism isn't a sellout - if capitalism works for all 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Years ago, I saw Pascal and Thompson in other Shakespeare productions and responded to their clarity and their lack of showiness with a rush of hope. Sam Gold’s Self-Serving Vision of “King Lear” 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Bowser, a private and habitually cautious politician who is on a glide path to reelection in November, is not known for grand gestures or showiness. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser takes on Trump — and takes a turn in the limelight 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z For all of the sugar artistry, the showiness of elaborate frosting and gorgeous fruit, on display in a pastry kitchen, desserts are mostly about fundamentals. Making 'Sweet' meringues with Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z But even if the fauna quickly vanish from site, the showiness of nature is always on display. TRAVEL: Glacier Bay, Alaska, cruises get tourists up close to rivers of ice 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Despite their efforts, in the end we’re left with more showiness than substance. Review: Soprano Diana Damrau makes her case for Meyerbeer 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z And standing here, I recognize the ease of a house built for comfort not showiness. Hemingway’s Homey Cuban House 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z She was viewing various courtship videos online when she found some impressive high-speed recordings of the bird that defines showiness — the peacock. Peacocks Don’t Just Show Their Feathers, They Rattle Them 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Without showiness, Schiff’s poems investigate the reality of their own harrowing visions. The Poetry of Ordinary Terror 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Mr. McCain said with a soupçon of glee when informed of his record-breaking Sunday showiness. On Sunday Talk Shows, a Familiar Cast of Characters 2013-06-09T00:50:43Z That’s in part because it’s located in the world’s hipster capital, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where irony trumps showiness–he’s quite possibly the richest person in the neighborhood. Tumblr: David Karp's $800 Million Art Project 2013-01-02T11:00:00Z They love display and Oriental showiness, bright-coloured dresses, ornaments, bangles, &c.; red and green are the colours mostly favoured by the Gipsies in the East. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Yes, vice versa could apply but – since female showiness is rarer in the modern world than male showiness – it seems reasonable to assume that this was the case in the Mesozoic world as well. Did dinosaurs and pterosaurs practise mutual sexual selection? 2012-01-05T15:45:07.957Z His lack of Federer-esque showiness only adds to the impression of easy efficiency. Is Djokovic having best men's tennis year ever? 2011-09-13T12:49:19Z There were no two objects alike, and all showed the refined taste of an amateur rather than the massive showiness of the mere commercial jewel. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z But she decided on Tuesday not to attend, citing personal reasons, giving Cannes, famous for its showiness, red carpet and lavish parties, a miss. Memo From Paris: A President Loves Movies, but Perhaps Not This One 2011-05-12T01:21:22Z Does any of the showiness of the showroom floor actually work to draw in attendees that become reliable leads? How to Boost Traffic at Your Trade Show Booth 2010-06-02T12:46:00Z The Kodiak 4500 offers an appealing combination of showiness and functionality. 2007-10-01T18:30:00Z Twilight combined with the scenery p. 136of Egdon Heath to evolve a thing majestic without severity, impressive without showiness, emphatic in its admonitions, grand in its simplicity.” The Vagabond in Literature Although some other species surpass this in showiness, it is one of the most distinct. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Lila was shocked and awed by her friend's showiness and indifference. It, and Other Stories A combination of plants with richly-colored foliage is especially desirable for boxes on the porch or veranda, where showiness seems to be considered as more important than delicacy of tint or refinement of quality. Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover With all his showiness and vanity he had enough shrewdness to suit his language at the French embassy in Portman Square to the Jacobin jargon of the times. William Pitt and the Great War The rays of the setting sun fell full on the picture at the time, and, lighting up its vulgar showiness, strengthened him in his resolution to be free of it at any cost. The Nebuly Coat As at the South, in the services of Mrs. Marsh here, there was a great disproportion between their showiness and their usefulness. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience Her carriage is noted for its extraordinary showiness. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City All this polyphonic allusiveness, this intricate fuguing of ideas, is not to be confused, remember, with the hollow showiness of the academic soothsayer. A Book of Prefaces The names Jay, Peacock, and Parrott point to showiness and pride and empty talkativeness. Stories That Words Tell Us This is a lovely winter flower, of great value in our gardens, from its showiness. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. It cannot be denied that this element of vanity, of showiness, only serves to emphasize our impression of the unreality of much of Heine's Weltschmerz. Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry The same shallowness of temper, the same showiness and falsehood, ran through his personal character. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 The single noticeable weakness is a too easy acquiescence in the empty showiness of Saint-Saëns, a tendency to bow to the celebrated French parlour magician too often. A Book of Prefaces Fortunately showiness is neither necessary nor desirable; while artistic qualities are not so much a matter of money as of thought. The Complete Home He had been impressed with Meyerbeer's showiness and superficial sparkle: it had not yet occurred to him to test the music with the touchstone of truth. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas His wife had died some years before, and he had a housekeeper, a florid, blonde creature, dressed with dingy showiness, of whom people spoke with covert laughs. 'Doc.' Gordon She dressed herself on the morning after their arrival at the hotel with some showiness, so as to be prepared for flattering emergencies. Unleavened Bread This, while to be sure it enhanced the showiness of his exploits, obliged him to carry them through with a suddenness and dash foreign to the whole spirit of my patient work. The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales Habitual showiness in language, as in dress and manners, denotes lack of discipline or lack of refinement. Essays Æsthetical Now she seemed determined to rival him in showiness, to be the partner of his alleged vulgarity. Mr. Prohack There was no showiness of a review, but the normal functioning, the actual dailiness, of a line regiment as it lives strenuously in the midst of war. Over There War Scenes on the Western Front There is much the same showiness; a similar curious mixture of crudeness and luxury. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them I am greatly and agreeably struck by the animation and showiness of Madrid—after Lisbon, which is one of the dullest towns I ever saw. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. Court life in The Hague or at the Loo certainly lacks neither dignity nor brilliancy, but it lacks showiness, and many an English nobleman lives in a grander style than Holland's Queen. Dutch Life in Town and Country In that fine booming clerical voice he detected a kindred absence of delicate perception, a showiness born of very inadequate conception of relative values. The Far Horizon The small dark green, glossy leaves are thickly arranged on the nearly horizontal branches, while the flowers, if they lack in point of showiness, are deliciously fragrant and plentifully produced. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs It is a meekly-conceived, yet substantially-built little church, with a rural placidity and neatness about it, reminding one of goodness without showiness, and use without sugar-coated detail. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston His love of nature, his contempt for the silly showiness and shallow hypocrisy of eighteenth-century society, made the idea a favorite one. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Burke is certainly ornate, and at times he is extremely self-conscious, but the dominant quality of his style, and the one which forever contradicts the idea of mere showiness, is passion. Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America The dignity of scenic decoration, of which he had not the smallest idea, was completely sacrificed to the most ridiculous and tawdry showiness. My Life — Volume 1 So handsome—so very, very impressive in all his elegant calm showiness. Aaron's Rod She was dressed with vulgar showiness, and made a lavish display of jewellery, more or less valuable. The Unclassed The simplicity of his phrases, his entire absence of showiness or bombast, made his influence indescribably deep and powerful. We Two, a novel What they commonly value in a man is not mere showiness, whether physical or spiritual, but that compound of small capacities which makes up masculine efficiency and passes for masculine intelligence. In Defense of Women |
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