| 单词 | slur over |
| 例句 | The night’s headliner was the human blend-tape French Montana, the hometown rapper who has made his career slurring over hits from a couple of generations ago. Critic’s Notebook: A Summer Jam, Proudly Local Yet Less Sure of Its Place 2013-06-03T16:20:54Z During a particularly odious rant from the play’s main villain, Bob Ewell, murmurs of disapproval swelled to gasps as he used a racist slur over and over. ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Meets an Arena Full of Students 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The women defied sexism, bullying, and xenophobic slurs over their marriages to win. Kenya election 2022: Raila Odinga to go to court, as others celebrate 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Another time, a white high school classmate took a picture of K.W. and superimposed a racial slur over the top of it. Lawsuit: Students taunted Black student, threatened lynching 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z A fourth relayed how he was called a racist slur over and over again by intruders wearing “Make America Great Again” garb. ‘A hit man sent them.’ Police at the Capitol recount the horrors of Jan. 6 as the inquiry begins. 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Kid Rock wasn’t shy about hurling a homophobic slur over the weekend during a diatribe admonishing people who were recording him with their phones. Kid Rock spews homophobic slur at people filming him at Tennessee bar 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z In January, a police dispatcher used a racial slur over the radio. Another police contract instructor removed over racial slurs 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z A Florida school district promised an investigation of an apparent high school student shouting racial slurs over a virtual class session. When school is home and home is school, which rules prevail? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Vandals covered a New Jersey Holocaust memorial with a banner including an anti-Semitic slur over the weekend, according to a photo posted by the state's chapter of the Anti-Defamation League. Anti-Semitic Banner Found on New Jersey Holocaust Memorial 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z A California man is facing hate crime and other charges after police say he stabbed a black man with a machete after yelling racial slurs over the holiday weekend. Police: Man yelled racial slurs before machete attack in Northern California 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z His time there had been slurred over by distance until it seemed blessed, four years steadily knit with hearty friendships and kindly teachers and good-natured pranks. “Northeast Regional” 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z But the greatest injustice - for many - is not the failure to commemorate these minor victories, but the slur over the years on the courage of individual French soldiers and airmen. The WW2 soldiers France has forgotten - BBC News 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z His father apologized for all his gay slurs over the years. Navy's first openly gay SEAL builds his life anew 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z In the Gibbon of this series, Mr. Morison slurred over the very curious, perhaps unexampled fact, that Gibbon had long concealed a bad hernia and had done nothing for it. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z A serious difficulty—the lack of fresh air on board—is partially slurred over; but he considers that the sailors, “by long use and custome,” will practically get used to it. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The reader is apt to slur over verse 8, half sensible of some jar and incongruity between it and the context. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Notice later the syllables that children commonly slur over. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z They are not to be slurred over, nor to be omitted, nor to destroy the melody, nor to change the key-note. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z The speakers did not make phrases or compliments—did not slur over the truth. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z They slurred over the reign of the first Edward, for with him came a deceptive ray of hope. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z If there is any work which he ought never to slur over, and do in a slovenly fashion, it is the great work of "working out his own salvation." Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z Even here, however, Dewey slurs over certain difficulties which demand close scrutiny. John Dewey's logical theory 2011-11-28T03:00:21.547Z He lays emphasis on what fits in with this creed, and slurs over all that is opposed to it. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z As Hunt has, slurring over the real truth? The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Sarmiento helped her, now with a nod of comprehension as she slurred over an awkward passage, and now with a look of sympathy, while the others stood silent with expressionless faces. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Wherever the chief dependence in forming inferences is upon the conjunctions observed in past experience, failures to agree with the usual order are slurred over, cases of successful confirmation are exaggerated. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z She played the accompaniment softly, and she slurred over the sour notes of the old piano. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z There is more truth in this than in the previous plea, but it slurs over the indictment rather than meets it. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z While tempted to dwell largely on Maggie Tulliver, the central figure of 'The Mill on the Floss,' it would be very unfair to slur over the other admirably drawn characters of this novel. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z She talked a great deal in a highly pompous tone, and her voice always slurred over from one statement to another as if to ward off interruption. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z For the name she slurred over was strange to him. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z On the supposition that he read πρῶτος there was no difficulty to slur over. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. 2011-06-30T02:00:31.117Z Can any thing be more shocking than to slur over our rehearsal, and in our acting to depend on good luck, or the capricious choice of the moment? Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Occasionally when he was tempted to slur over some of the dangers he had overcome personally, a question from one or other of the five would force him to be more explicit. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Her voice slurred over from the question to her next outburst. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z Some of the Commandments he slurred over—others he expounded at great length. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Marcia’s elder brother, two years older than she was, had this name, but he was usually called Marcs, for in their language the last syllable was apt to be slurred over. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z Thrust as a convenient succedaneum into the hands of the majority of the Commission, ignored, suppressed or slurred over when before the President, it had served its pitiful purpose. The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z Rotha gave it as briefly as she could, slurring over as much as possible her aunt's action and motives, and giving a bare skeleton of the facts. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z To slur over names in haste or embarrassment, is to create a strained and uncomfortable atmosphere. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z Here Mr. Sargant, his English biographer, gives up the pursuit of him, and slurs over the rest of his life as though it were passed in obscurity and dotage. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z The games the Richmond boys played—football, wrestling, leapfrog and fighting—he slurred over contemptuously, they held no attraction for him. Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z A voice as soft as a gentle monsoon rain—a voice that slurred over its words. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Hence he may slur over or omit historic facts of wider interest, while he records apparently trivial incidents or sayings which light up a character. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Yet spontaneous evolutionists are in the habit of slurring over generation as a thing too "natural," and therefore too easy and simple to require explanation. The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer They slur over every thing that contradicts their theories. The Progressionists, and Angela. The tiredness of their faces seemed to slur over the delicate discriminations that really existed between them. The Furnace He had more than one murder to his account, and he did not slur over them in his narrative, for in his make-up the bravo was equally prominent with the artist. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Not a note was neglected by her, not a phrase slurred over. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday The intervals between species must be distinctly marked, and not slurred over by intermediate gradations. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science Even the word “many” is not to be slurred over. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews We do not find in this book one careless expression which would slur over the smallest detail of womanly duty, or absolve from the attainment of any or all of the feminine graces. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) Mark the absolute Asiatic dignity, only outwardly slurred over by a heedlessness of behaviour. The Dog Never suffer any artist to slur over or hide the hand. Maids Wives and Bachelors Of the credit side of her account with Fortune she omitted not an item; the debits she slurred over as unworthy of mention. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The authorities, either regarding the task as too hopeless, or too dangerous, or too troublesome, seemed to slur over the existence of this infamous locality. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas But it is well worth remarking that -en is slurred over exactly where -e would be, with much regularity. The Lay of Havelok the Dane I don't find fault with my old friend, Pigault Lebrun, if he now and then plays the critic on himself, and shows the world the beauties they neglectfully slurred over. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II The orchestra tuning beyond the foot-lights: how vilely the first violin slurred over that second passage! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 He never slurred over a difficulty, nor sought, when he knew himself ignorant, to cover up his ignorance. Studies in Contemporary Biography Their love of trifling did not lead them to slur over a result so horrible. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages It will be seen that such syllables are, in general, slurred over when they occur before a vowel or h; under the same circumstances, that is, as the final -e. The Lay of Havelok the Dane It may be said, roughly, that any speaker whose second and third tones are correct will at any rate be understood, even if the 1st and 4th are slurred over. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" And thus together we slurred over the fact of that pendulous, nerveless body which had hung from the crutches like an old stocking. A Diary Without Dates Selwyn had written, he said, to the traveler to come and "investigate," and he had hesitated and chosen his phrases, and half discarded them, and slurred over his statement. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories Who can tell whether he has not slurred over his defeats, and only dwelt on his victories? Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 In the same way, when rapid final syllables such as -el, -er, -ere, &c., are slurred over, it will generally be found that a vowel or h follows them. The Lay of Havelok the Dane Her only conscious suppression was in slurring over the gap between Maisie's departure and her husband's; for both ladies took her meaning to be that her sister married to go abroad, and did not return. When Ghost Meets Ghost Nevertheless somebody had to stay in camp, although at first some of us were inclined to slur over that necessity. Gold This tendency to slur over words appears to be Miss Owen's one poetical vice, as exemplified in the imperfect rendering of "jewel", "realness", and "cruelness" elsewhere. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 This episode in Canadian history is usually slurred over by our writers. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 The only mode of escape is by slurring over the doctrine, or by proclaiming it with an air of burlesque. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) There is a sudden terror-struck misgiving on the beautiful face of Gwen, and an uneasy note of doubt in her mother's voice, seeking by vague speech to elude and slur over the difficulty. When Ghost Meets Ghost Life was a thing to be endured with fortitude, its sorrows borne with Christian resignation; its joys, if there were any joys, discreetly slurred over. Jan and Her Job Is it likely that a man with such privileges, and such property insured to a legitimate son, would allow the birth of such a child to be slurred over without due notice of it? Is He Popenjoy? As I now reread all the advance literature of this "prairie route," I perceived how skilfully every detail with regard to the last half of the trail had been slurred over. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse The hour of midnight has gone by:—and yet I will not slur over my account of the remaining characters of respectability. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance The incident of the tea-cups was easily slurred over and forgotten. When Ghost Meets Ghost Hitherto Meg's experience had been that it was a thing to be slurred over, like a deformity. Jan and Her Job "There will be no slurring over, no soft adjustments?" Nancy Stair A Novel He continued, availing himself at times of the remains of the choke to help him to slur over difficult passages. Somehow Good Mr. Abbott has avoided the error of slurring over the difficulties of the subject through the desire of making it intelligible and attractive to unlearned readers. Harper's Young People, January 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He could slur over his blunder by going straight on; any topic would do. When Ghost Meets Ghost Now, I believe, whatever is left of the ceremony upon such occasions is slurred over in a clerk’s office, or the part performed in court scarcely attracts the attention of the magistrate upon the bench. Old New England Traits He could not slur over any part of the narrative, but cross-examined his son to the extent of his ability, with an anxious inquisition into all the particulars. The Perpetual Curate The question was supposed to be put individually, but by the time he got to where I was, the worthy man was slurring over about three or four at a time. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition The one difficulty she was, indeed, obliged to slur over; but even that was not altogether omitted in her scheme. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite You may notice some compromise or accommodation in the handwriting of the direction, evidently to slur over the difference. When Ghost Meets Ghost Pitt, in reply, stated the point of law and the Constitution yet to be at issue, the substance of difference yet remaining, and that such great question could not be slurred over. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 In the trial of the king adverse points are slurred over, as if a historian could hold a brief. Lectures on the French Revolution Only a sordid utilitarianism that subtracts the imagination from human nature, or at least slurs over its immense contribution to our happiness, could fail to give these principles the preference over others practically as good. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory The praise we give him might well be distrusted, if from any false delicacy we slurred over his defects and errors. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 The dragging in of ninety-nine of these, with the transparent object of slurring over the hundredth, which each knew the other was thinking of, merely added to its vividness. When Ghost Meets Ghost In telling the story one has to slur over the pronunciation of "Paradise," making the last vowel short, so as to explain the misunderstanding about "Paris." Europa's Fairy Book I remembered, too, the young man’s melancholy and his tenseness, his burning eyes, and his way of slurring over the less important things, as one whose time is short. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays He made light of the dangers and difficulties which he overcame, and it was plain to his listeners that he slurred over more than one of his most remarkable exploits. Deerfoot in The Mountains Darwin never slurs over a difficulty nor minimizes it. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Her hair was dark, and worn very plain, but with that graceful care which shows that the owner has not slurred over her toilet with hurried negligence. An Old Man's Love At no point have I slurred over his mistakes, his diffusion of effort over too large an area of conflict, and his perhaps undue trust in doubtful allies. William Pitt and the Great War The patriots had betaken themselves to South Carolina, though the services they rendered there have been slurred over by the historians of that State. Stories Of Georgia And I, for my part, believe that one great cause of the unsatisfactory condition of the average Christianity of this day is the slurring over and minimising of these twin great and solemn truths. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John You see," he would explain, "there are so many details to be worked out in a thing like this, and I mustn't slur over any of them. The House of Toys The sealing of a pledge is not a matter to slur over with careless haste, but requires due time. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play There are things that need not to be emphasized—they may all be a part of life, but in books they should be slurred over as representing simply a passing glimpse of nature. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 The first Folio reads ‘What ’foole is she,’ doubtless to indicate an ellipsis of the indefinite article, which, for the sake of the metre, was to be slurred over in pronunciation. Two Gentlemen of Verona The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] There seems no reason for slurring over this meaning in favour of the more vague 'that' of our version. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John This ceremony, as may be surmised, was by no means slurred over without due rejoicing. Orley Farm Anthony slurred over the greater question by tactfully emphasizing the lesser. Glory of Youth If I made any attempt to slur over or keep out of sight any item which I feared he would not like, it was sure to come out. My Reminiscences The Selkirk and Gourlay episodes, together with a score of others less noteworthy, had been slurred over. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion Reed slurred over most of the details of the accident, even now. The Brentons Its contradiction of the grim facts of experience is not to be slurred over by restricting it to religious needs only. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. He is a great admirer of England and English character, and he does not at all slur over the mischief with which religion has to contend in Germany. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 With one of his reticent evasions he slurred over his reason for changing his mind, but Colwyn guessed that it was due to the feminine disinclination to bury an old romance. The Hand in the Dark Because I slurred over words, spoke to the Almighty as a ballad-singer, and for a few years went through these awful and sacred duties without ever resting or dwelling on their sublime signification. My New Curate Now, it is easy to twist out of shape what I have just said, easy to affect to misunderstand it, and, if it is slurred over in repetition, not difficult really to misunderstand it. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform Tickell manages the imputation of drink, but has to slur over the dog and the deer:— Valiant with wine and furious from the bowl, Thou fierce-look'd talker, with a coward soul. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series He slurred over crucial points as if he did not see their bearing, and then artfully assumed minute variations of the tale, but was always corrected. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain The Book of Ratisbon was drawn up, emphasizing the points of agreement and slurring over the differences. The Age of the Reformation His version of Cromwell's filthy cruelties in Ireland, or his impatient slurring over of the most sinister riddle in the morality of Frederick the Great—these passages are, one must frankly say, dis ingenuous. The Victorian Age in Literature Not one of these must be slurred over if you wish to get the same effect. Nature Near London I drew a long breath and hurried on, slurring over the worst of it. Raw Gold A Novel Too thoughtful to slur over the difficulty like Pelagius, he was yet too timid to realize the possibility of a conquest of sin by man, even though that man were Christ himself. The Arian Controversy These, my Lords, are things that cannot be slurred over. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) Meantime, the historians of France and England, animated by the hostility of their respective governments, either slurred over the discoveries of Radisson and Groseillers entirely, or blackened their memories without the slightest regard to truth. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark It is curious how completely all records slur over the significance of the Rebellion of 1837. The Canadian Commonwealth He then slurred over his opponent's position, charged him with insincerity, and denounced all his tales of horror. Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. It is so attractive that one cannot wonder there is a tendency to slur over its less obvious difficulties. Essays in Liberalism Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922 Protestant and liberal writers slur over the facts, because, however erroneously, they are deemed inconsistent with the assumed iniquity of the Government and the corruptions of the Papacy. Rome in 1860 In the beginning, I want to guard what may seem to be a weak point by stating, first and above all, that this is not an excuse for slighting or "slurring over" our legitimate work. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) This brief but inevitable record of wars and battles is necessarily tedious, yet it cannot be omitted without slurring over some highly important and interesting facts. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain Nothing was slurred over as if it had no relation to life—not even the parts of speech! The Business of Being a Woman Passages that should have been made prominent were slurred over, and others were distorted by faulty time or want of precision. Musicians of To-Day Then too, it is slurred over in the Sunday-schools, without an earnest word of explanation or application. The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church It warns us because God loves; and they are as untrue messengers of His love as of His justice who slur over the declaration of His wrath. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII She began to chatter, as if to slur over a momentary confusion. Married Life The True Romance The most common fault is indistinctness—slurring over or leaving out notes. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers You slur over work of the utmost finesse and delicacy, in order to dwell upon sensational details which may excite, but cannot possibly instruct, the reader.' Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages Most of them slurred over, as lightly as possible, the fact of his journalistic connection; as in the evening editions, the yacht feature was kept to the fore. Success A Novel The article of tea is slurred over in the circular letter, as it were by accident: nothing is said of a resolution either to keep that tax or to give it up. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) Resolutely he slurred over in his own mind the consequences to himself, and set himself to the old, old task of renunciation. Heart's Desire Hence in higher forms the ancestral stages will often be slurred over and very incompletely represented. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 Nothing had to be slurred over; every detail had to be carried out as conscientiously as if the fate of empires depended on it. Wagner But it was one of the few affairs of his life which had caused no scandal, one which other women had slurred over with a laugh. Katrine She narrated their adventures, giving her rescuer, despite his protests, full credit for his courage and resource, only omitting the details of their picnic meal and slurring over their relief by the wild elephants. The Elephant God They just slur over a few words—cross themselves—kiss a relic, or some little matter of that sort. Jacques Bonneval This phase of his career is not to be slurred over, for it is a clue to much of his later work. Mince Pie Guilt slurred over by some easy process of absolution may lead to further sin. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) And so that strange, magic, yearning effluence of a soul into a visible projection and shape was ignored, slurred over, and, after ten years of domesticity in the bank premises, is gradually being forgotten. Tales of the Five Towns There is a dangerous tendency gaining ground of slurring over vital things because the settlement of them involves great difficulty, and may involve great danger; but whatever the issue is we must face it. Principles of Freedom He spared himself nothing,—slurred over nothing; spurned himself, as it were, for the meanness, the niggardly selfishness in which he had wallowed that night. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 I have been so very minute in my accounts of Kate's love-affairs, that I feel it would not be fair to slur over mine. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 There is a base counterfeit of this apostolic example, which slurs over distinctive beliefs, and weakly tries to please everybody by differing from nobody. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) I make a hurried and confused presentation, in which I manage to slur over into unintelligibility and utter doubtfulness the names of the two people made known to one another. Nancy Lady Shelley slurs over the undutiful boyhood of the poet and the terrible sternness of his Mirabeau-father. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 Here is a dilemma which the worshippers of high art have slurred over. Literary and General Lectures and Essays To slur over the faults and failings of the great is not only inartistic: it is also faint-hearted and unjust. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. He did everything carefully and conscientiously, never slurring over his work because he was ill-remunerated for it. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance It puts a premium on certain things and slurs over others, and creates a mind whose seeming unity is forced and distorted. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education All the racier and stronger part of the man's history is slurred over. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 He spared himself nothing,—slurred over nothing; spurned himself, as it were, for the meanness, in which he had wallowed that night. Margret Howth, a Story of To-day The judgment of a son may, perhaps, be biased in favor of a beloved father; he may unconsciously "slur over the faults and failings," and lay emphasis only on the virtues. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. It is curious to see how even such a biographer as Archbishop Vaughan slurs over the angelic Doctor's errors. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom One statement will emphasize what another slurs over. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education He came to it and read it through without any emphasis, almost slurring over it in his eagerness to be perfectly fair. Blix Sometimes life takes hold of one, carries the body along, accomplishes one's history, and yet is not real, but leaves oneself as it were slurred over. Sons and Lovers Omissions were frequent; hard passages were willfully distorted or slurred over. The Art of War The sordid side of Indian asceticism receives due attention; the excesses of self-mortification, painful posturings, and equally painful impostures are by no means slurred over by the writer. The Book of Delight and Other Papers It emphasizes the influence of intellectual environment upon the mind; it slurs over the fact that the environment involves a personal sharing in common experiences. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education In this second book then I shall try to correct Shakespeare's portraits of himself by bringing out his concealed faults and vices—the shortcomings one's vanity slurs over and omits. The Man Shakespeare Perhaps it was she pronounced each word; nothing was slurred over. Three Weeks The crime was too public and atrocious to be hushed up or slurred over; justice must take its course. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies All these shortcomings are slurred over by the enthusiastic critics of Scandinavia, yet they call for indulgence. Henrik Ibsen It is necessary to speak with the utmost frankness and not to slur over any real difficulty in the way of a settlement. Imaginations and Reveries That is true, but those who advocate this policy slur over many difficulties, and the relative power of endurance of both parties. The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity He said: 'I cannot slur over the words of our Lord. Life of Luther As a general principle, the root vowel of a word was broadly sounded, and the rest slurred over. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived The result of the non-accentuation of the last syllable was a continual tendency to slur over and so shorten these suffixes. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius How they have carried out all their bad and dangerous doctrines, but have slurred over and allowed to drop out of sight their promises of good. Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way There is one little detail which it would be disingenuous to slur over. Old Calabria Participles are very useful in slurring over the less important actions that the more important may have prominence. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition He reprehensibly slurred over the most entertaining details. The Lost Naval Papers The metre is trochaic, scanned, like these of Plautus and Terence, by accent as much as by quantity, and noticeable for the careless way in which whole syllables are slurred over. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius He will know the value of words that have been so far sought, and may not slur over them; he may feel the sound of a line formed to suggest a sound in nature. Public Speaking She slurred over nothing on either side of the story; and especially she did not forget to describe the full measure of her troubles and trials from her Methodist friends at Hastings. Philistia In those days the examination of an outward-bound ship was slurred over, with the natural consequence that the marine law was more frequently broken than observed. Stories by English Authors: the Sea Christians usually emphasize those texts that make for what they hold true, and slur over others. Problems of Conduct If I have slurred over the Latin, my excuse must be that the precise meaning of the Latin is difficult to catch. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace Sometimes I fear our "regular" prayers were slurred over, or mumbled in anything but reverent haste. The Story Girl He felt severely the loss of the excitement to which he had been accustomed, but the thing was too important to him to be slurred over. The Way We Live Now Shamed, I arose and knelt also, to say in silence my evening prayer, so often slurred over while I lay prone, or even entirely neglected. The Hidden Children To deny this is, in my opinion, to cast a slur over all the poet's previous work, and in great measure to justify the criticisms of his most violent detractors. When We Dead Awaken We have learnt of late years, to our gain and profit, to think and speak of bodily ailments as natural phenomena, not to slur over them and hide them away in attics and bedrooms. The Altar Fire But I did not notice in the appended descriptions any extended notice of heating arrangements; most of the advertisements seemed to slur over that point altogether. Europe Revised Now an insinuation like this could not be slurred over. South Wind A question difficult of debate, involving much that the mind is wont to slur over in natural scruple. The Emancipated The ceremony of decapitation, which is here somewhat slurred over, is carried out with a greater semblance of reality in other parts of Bohemia. The Golden Bough It may be mentioned that this is a circumstance which those foolish or deliberately malicious calumniators either did not trouble to ascertain or else thought it wiser to slur over. The Life of Cesare Borgia Her notice of him was therefore slight, supercilious perhaps, slurred over; and her vexation at his presence showed distinctly in her face as she sat down in her seat. A Changed Man; and other tales The facts that he records, taken in conjunction with those he slurs over or omits—they give one such an insight into changing human nature! South Wind On came the figure, its long arms swinging mechanically, and its feet slurring over the stone pavement. The Land of the Changing Sun She went through them one by one, eagerly, slurring over difficulties, pressing on, getting their effect, listening and discovering. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 Instead of slurring over the soul, I desire to see it at its highest perfection. The Story of My Heart An Autobiography On Monday he came, and asked for Mrs. Lopez, slurring over the word as best he could. The Prime Minister It is just this creative criminality in the authors of the system that we must not allow to be slurred over. Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays Pitt speaks with a tragical vivacity, in all ingenious dialects, lively though serious; and with a depth of sad conviction, which is apt to be slurred over and missed altogether by a modern reader. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 Now, you remark in this note of yours, Mr. Windibank, that in every case there is some little slurring over the e, and a slight defect in the tail of the r. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English The distinction probably has been slurred over, owing to the sterility in both cases being looked on as a special endowment, beyond the province of our reasoning powers. The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition Their stiff wise men: I call them wise, not stiff—thus did I learn to slur over words. Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none He took up several sheets of paper covered with writing, and began to read rapidly, slurring over the uninteresting legal terms and laying particular stress on some sentences. Resurrection Now, you remark in this note of yours, Mr. Windibank, that in every case there is some little slurring over of the ‘e,’ and a slight defect in the tail of the ‘r.’ The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes But when the time arrives for rendering these things in colours on a wall, they must be grappled with, and cannot be slurred over in this wise. Miscellaneous Papers It is a question too serious to national pride, if not to national interests, to be slurred over; and every year is adding to the difficulties which environ it. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West I must slur over the details of the scene which ensued. Dope She slurred over the word dangerous but I picked it up. 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