| 单词 | sparseness |
| 例句 | And in a few places, she doesn’t bother trying, like “Summer of Love,” the barest song, and the one most like her “American Weekend” sparseness. On Waxahatchee’s ‘Ivy Tripp,’ Katie Crutchfield Sings of Emotional Debris 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Few, however, can achieve what Joyce did with such sparseness. A brief survey of the short story 2011-03-09T09:41:46Z It felt like old times, even with the sparseness of the audience. ‘I Even Missed the Smell’: What It’s Like to Be Back at the Theater 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z In response, the instruments chatter, bicker and explode into driving rhythms, then sudden sparseness. Hebrides Ensemble/McFadden ? review 2011-03-10T17:39:33Z The first concert, pairing Beethoven and Mahler, is more obviously a showcase programme, but I'm excited about the second, which juxtaposes rich Wagner and Strauss with the sparseness of miniatures by Schoenberg, Webern and Berg. My perfect Proms 2010-07-08T21:45:00Z The airiness and sparseness of the script is echoed by Robin Vest's set. A play about death row wrestles with meaning 2011-02-11T00:30:32Z What readers might notice first is the sparseness of her opening section, in which every word is essential and resonant, as several speakers address the limits and architecture of the body. Best poetry collections of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Think of it now, and you imagine Michael dancing to it in the video: the sparseness, the urgency, the butt-shaking. George Michael’s Pop Paradise 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z There's nothing elaborate in the language: it's blunt and simple, and that sparseness of poetic figure minimises the safe distance we normally keep between ourselves and full-on horror. Poem of the week: Rendition by Chris Wallace-Crabbe 2013-01-28T13:02:28Z Each time I revisit it, I’m surprised anew by its sparseness. Going to Graceland 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z The sparseness of the format sharpened some contrasts, like the one between Mr. Veloso’s light, satiny croon and Mr. Gil’s heavier, more textured cry. Review: Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, Harmonic and Political Still 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z The tourist site, housed in a building not far from the two-room cottage where Hoover spent his earliest days before becoming orphaned at the age of 9, is notable for its sparseness. Iowa’s Heartland Beyond the Campaign Trail 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Given this administrative sparseness, much inevitably depended on the men on the spot, and they frequently complained how little London and the British people understood or appreciated them and their work. Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain by John Darwin - review 2012-12-28T08:00:03Z Ms. Kusaka approaches her medium with a Process artist’s deliberation, combining and recombining abstract motifs, marking techniques, pale glazes, clay bodies and vessel shapes with a consistent sparseness. Abstraction at Manhattan Galleries 2010-08-05T22:14:00Z It was about five years ago, but the book really stuck in my mind: the brutal murder of a young soldier; the sparseness of the prose; the violent, vivid heat. Llosa: a worthy Nobel winner? 2010-10-07T11:39:00Z Alas, save for a few scattered peppy tracks, he has pared down the carefree funk that characterized “Blurred Lines” in favor of a sparseness that fits him like a hair shirt. “All my ladies scream!”: Robin Thicke’s strange post-”Paula” performance at the Wireless Music Festival 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z After he started his fashion line — as opposed to his handbag designs — with a look of complexity, the Reed Krakoff style now is emerging as lush sparseness. Fashion Review: Reed Krakoff: Fusing Luxury and Minimalism 2014-02-16T12:09:42Z Look closely, and you can see where the grooves of a record widen, indicating a sparseness that can only be a bass solo, or grow denser to accommodate a cresting density of sound. Down with fascist iPods 2012-06-13T00:07:00Z Where the role calls for expansion, a Bach ricercata after Webern sparseness, she was small scaled, lost against a forest of dancers. Dance Review: New York City Ballet at Koch Theater - Review 2011-09-18T22:13:40Z The zippy melodies recall Blur's Graham Coxon, and the sparseness of the xx or Young Marble Giants. Baxter Dury: Happy Soup - review 2011-08-11T21:45:01Z The sparseness of the landscape and its relative isolation from competing attractions — it is a half-hour from Cody and 60 miles from Yellowstone National Park — focus your attention. Museum Review: Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center - Review 2011-12-10T00:45:29Z Stitching together cheery oral testimonies and frustratingly fuzzy archive material, Ms. Osmond counters the sparseness of visual record with brisk re-enactments and a Welsh chorus of quipping cronies. Review: In ‘Dark Horse,’ a Real-Life Steeplechase Champion Inspires a Town 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Yet the sparseness of Beethoven's sketches made it impossible for symphony experts to go beyond that first movement. How a team of musicologists and computer scientists completed Beethoven’s unfinished 10th Symphony 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z He toys with sparseness, then a new pitched percussion chord leads to a subtle electric guitar declaration; it’s lightly distorted, yet not driven in an overly obvious way. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z I saw God in the cursive sparseness, the cracked and fragmented verses, the elliptical themes, jumping from story to lesson to consolation to consternation to contemplation. How to be a Muslim at NYU after 9/11 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z The penetrating certainty and harmonic sparseness of Coltrane’s late work left people awed. David Murray: A jazz innovator leads from the center to the edge 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Then there was “Adequate Beings,” a documentary about a fading farming community far from Reykjavik, conveying a very Icelandic sense of remoteness and demographic sparseness but also toughness and resilience. Reykjavik Film Festival: Economies Crash, Volcanoes Burn 2011-09-30T23:13:09Z The relative sparseness acts as suction: There are barely any distractions. Jay-Z Revels in the Catharsis of Confession on ‘4:44’ 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z She prefers sparseness and silence, refusing to offer herself or her readers closure. Edwidge Danticat writes into the unknown in 'The Art of Death' 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z I also love the sparseness of his productions. Prince is still king, say Hot Chip 2012-12-11T18:55:00Z Writing for an orchestra of just 15 players, Ms. Mazzoli confidently creates a range of densities, from symphonic weightiness to agile sparseness. Review: ‘Breaking the Waves’ Lends Musical Heft to a von Trier Tale 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z But most of all, the song is an unadorned message directly to his wife, hence its simplicity, its sparseness, the intimacy of the vocal. How making music became an act of survival for Jon Batiste 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z He cautioned that this is “particularly challenging region of the world” to investigate in this kind of study, however, because of a relative sparseness of meteorological data and the complex climatology of the area. Deadly African Drought Wouldn’t Have Happened without Climate Change 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the script’s sparseness too often bleeds into the dialogue which, at times, sounds remarkably wan. Review: Harrowing Naomi Watts rescue drama 'Infinite Storm' lacks emotional punch 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The sparseness of trees and other vegetation near the peaks means that when fires do start in, or move to, those elevations, “they don’t get very big, and they run out of fuel,” Kolden says. How Climate Change Helped Fires Cross the Sierra Nevada for the First Time 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The sparseness of the museum hasn’t deterred visitors. Joseph Brodsky Slept Here. The Great Poet’s Cranky Neighbor Couldn’t Care Less. 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z For Mr. Dawson of Crossroads, the organization’s sparseness presents a missed opportunity to enfranchise New Yorkers of color. He Honors Black New Yorkers. Not All Black Activists Are Thrilled. 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z When I lamented the sparseness of my cubicle, he led me on a labyrinthine journey to the “tunnel,” a subterranean repository for used office furniture. L.A. Affairs: This is why I ignored the warnings against a workplace romance 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z That sparseness may have been the result of the speed with which Nicks wrote “Dreams.” Fleetwood Mac's 'Dreams' is the viral antidote to Trump's chaos 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Cooper says, “He was really spare, and that sparseness had an effect on me.” A Photographer at the Ends of the Earth 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The intentional sparseness of the area allows kids to exercise their imaginations. New nature play area opens in Michigan 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z That stellar sparseness means it doesn’t look much like a typical spiral galaxy, but rather a loosely connected, ghostly blob of star-pocked gas and dust. Astronomers Boggle at Distant Galaxy Devoid of Dark Matter 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Anuj Peddada and his family immigrated to the United States from India when he was 6, and he remembers the sparseness of those early years. What Is Wealth? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z The title song is a triumph of sparseness. Review: Without 1D, Niall Horan walks on the folkier side 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z There’s a sparseness to his prose, for sure, and some of his dialogue is clunky and awkward. The endless adaptability of Philip K Dick 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Dickinson’s existence, and what sprang from its apparent sparseness, is an enduring object of fascination. At Home with Emily Dickinson 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z In Afghanistan, the challenge is often mere geography, with the sparseness of the population making it hard for any one vaccinator to reach terribly many children. Promising News on World Polio Day 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z For the nocturnals in a vast stadium with emptied upper decks, their sparseness boosted their chances of appearing on the giant screens during changeovers. Their match ended at 1:48 a.m. And why not? It’s the U.S. Open. 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z There is the sparseness of the social context, so that the reader finds it hard to gain a foothold in a recognizable world: Who is Anne? Joy Williams’s Refractory Brilliance 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z The upshot is that the technologies a society uses to record, store and share information will play a crucial role in determining the richness, or sparseness, of its legacy. When our culture’s past is lost in the cloud 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z It’s stripped down with absolute precision, lending a feeling of airy sparseness rather than wasted blank space. CloudMagic is the Mac email app I've been waiting for 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z She looked around her and seemed amazed by the sparseness of the room. After the Circus by Patrick Modiano – extract 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z The sparseness of other medical services is not the consequence of legislators trying to shut down their facilities, a fundamental difference, he said. How Texas Could Set National Template for Limiting Abortion Access 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Starfox Zero is the company’s most traditional console game at the show, but as interesting as it is to play, there is a sparseness in its environments and objects. At E3 Nintendo Shows Hints Of Moving Games Beyond Consoles And Handhelds 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Right now, many would forgive Kindle Unlimited's sparseness if it were a free add-on to Prime, an existing service already well worth its $99 annual fee. Why Amazon's 'Netflix for books' might be doomed before it starts 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Its sparseness is deliberate, intended to sharpen focus on the music and nothing else, and fans like it that way. | East Village: In the Church of Difficult Music 2014-02-14T20:35:18Z The appealing sparseness of his store — high ceilings, no highly stacked tables — suddenly seemed less like a devotion to minimalist décor and more a nod to federal airspace-structuring guidelines. | Midtown Manhattan: Flying, With Both Feet on the Ground 2013-06-21T00:05:50Z Some dogs never grow coats, merely because they have not the strength to do so, and others inherit sparseness of hair. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z Fortunately, we had advance knowledge of the sparseness of settlement along the river, and had come with a tent and a cooking outfit, prepared for camping in case of need. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z The southern States from their sparseness of population do not pay all their postal expenses. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z This sparseness of personal details strongly confirms the opinion that he had not been to Coloss�. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z I have already said that the origin of the custom was due to sparseness of settlement, the primitive and frugal habits of the people permitting the practice, and the absence of good means of communication. Some Phases of Sexual Morality and Church Discipline in Colonial New England 2011-08-08T02:00:19.693Z It has a desolate beauty, a striking sparseness. BW Archive: There Will Be Water 2011-07-14T20:07:02Z How strange that our return to the haunts of men should be chiefly marked by the sparseness of the fare provided for breakfast! Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z In consequence of the sparseness of the planters and their roving habits, there was not that subdivision of different portions of the counties into small self-governing wards, which Jefferson so fondly desired. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Hence the sparseness of our library table, which renders our old vocation comparatively a sinecure, and leaves us, without the necessity of immolation, to the undisturbed enjoyment of our chair. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z The compensation of registrars was to be from fifteen cents to forty cents for every name registered, varying according to the density or sparseness of the population. The Reconstruction of Georgia Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1901 2011-03-14T03:01:05.213Z Hence, considering the sparseness of our population, the laboring class are worse off in New York, Philadelphia and Boston, than in London, Manchester or Paris. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z That model was defined by topical themes, visual sparseness and a vision of the museum as social space. Art Review: Art and News, Intersecting in the Digital Age 2010-10-07T21:47:00Z And thanks to the comparative sparseness and decentralization of its population it was far less vulnerable to attack. The Ambassador The general want of schools, likewise owing to the sparseness of the population, was most of all bewailed by parents. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia However, the sparseness of the population, the isolation of the plantations, the lack of roads made festive gatherings infrequent during the first century of the colony's existence. Patrician and Plebeian Or The Origin and Development of the Social Classes of the Old Dominion Similarly the Tuscans must have been influenced by the grace, the sparseness, the serenity of the olive, its inexhaustible vigour and variety; yet how many of them ever painted it? Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life The great difficulty is the distance children have to walk to school, from the sparseness of population and the number of outlying hamlets. The Toilers of the Field The couple were so near the river, that, when not able to catch a glimpse of its shining surface, it was located by the sparseness of the trees. Footprints in the Forest Another factor which effected the development of the Negro school system was the sparseness of the Negro population. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 Considering her sparseness of bulk she had a most astoundingly big strong voice, and in the voice as in the strut was arrogant pride. From Place to Place Nor is this sparseness incidental, as in North America, to the early days of settlement. Impressions of South Africa As we go farther and farther from the Milky Way the stars thin out until they reach a maximum sparseness in directions at right angles to the plane of the Milky Way. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told This sparseness of growth, and comparative absence of shade, is one marked characteristic of Florida’s pine woods. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 A grizzle of beard edged his chin, a poor and scanty growth that showed the withered skin through its sparseness. The Emigrant Trail What surprises an American at first, even in Connaught, is the apparent sparseness of population, and he wonders if this can indeed be that over-populated Ireland of which he has heard so much. Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South Owing to the sparseness of the population there was little danger of dispute as to boundaries, and this segregation in the majority of cases had been neglected before our acquisition of the country. Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State I remember hearing a minister of a small congregation complain to a minister of a large congregation about the sparseness of attendance at his church. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him The sparseness of the habitations, the extended plains, dense forests and roads, rough and desolate, attested that Russia was still in the cradle of its civilization. The Empire of Russia Many more would be included in the Southern returns were it not that most of the weaving is still a home industry, this resulting from the sparseness and scattered nature of the population. Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future In the stillness of night and the sparseness of chimes There's a fleetness in fancy, a frolic in rhymes; There's a world of romance that persistently clings To the azurine curving of Cigarette Rings! Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry In truth, the countenance, like the gown, suffered a little from economy, a sparseness of the things one loves best in a woman's face. Different Girls Not only was there a deficiency of men, but often so many of the working bullocks were drafted off to the forests for timber haulage, that it left a sparseness of them for agricultural purposes. Argentina from a British Point of View It is the only religious body relentlessly persecuted by the Russian government, and the persecution is based upon the sparseness of population. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Russia possesses supplies of coal whose influence has scarcely yet been felt, owing to the sparseness of the population and the abundance of forest. The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes From sparseness of population and other circumstances it is often quite impracticable to summon a civil posse in places where officers of justice require assistance and where a military force is within easy reach. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Chester A. Arthur Then his luck had turned, and to top his sparseness with her this new sullenness which she feared and yet which could be so delicious to her—reminiscently delicious. The Vertical City The newness of the country, the sparseness of population and the cheapness of land conspired with crops, climate and geological conditions to promote exploitive methods. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime The arguments urged against its construction are the length of the route, the sparseness of population, and the cheap rates at which freight is now transported. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The sparseness of these woods may be in part attributed to the practice of tapping the trees for their turpentine, which has caused them for a century past to be gradually thinned by consequent decay. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 The huddling together of our American cities is due to the recentness of the time when space was our greatest enemy and sparseness our chief discouragement. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 The sparseness of its settlements, and the extent of its plains, indicate the employment of cavalry—the intricate woods and swamps as strikingly denote the uses and importance of riflemen. The Life of Francis Marion The sparseness of the population rendered his duties light, the only inquest during his term of office being over the body of an old man frozen to death in Euclid. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men Professor Leonard D. Gale suggested the cause of the difficulty as being in the sparseness of the coils of wire on the magnet and the use of a single-cell battery. Steam, Steel and Electricity "Your name is Hammond?" begins the Doctor, with his usual sparseness of ornamental courtesy. Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance The best spring poems have this singleness and sparseness. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers Elevated roads in Chicago, owing to the sparseness of the population over large areas, were a serious thing to contemplate. The Titan |
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