In place of the well-turned, feline exchanges of Versailles, there is a certain coarseness. |
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In one well-turned, humorous phrase, Michael steals his equally alliterative interviewer Lou's article right out from under him. |
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And John Davidson said that while the top model would be back, a new generation of potential supermodels were snapping at her well-turned ankles. |
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It may just be us, but a fantastically well-turned set of ankles in a pair of smart courts is, suddenly, kind of kinky. |
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This ploy was so successful that Victorian men became fainthearted at the sight of a well-turned ankle. |
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Black hose revealed a well-turned leg, disappearing into puffed pumpkin hose, richly embroidered and paned in black on black. |
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They quoted well-turned phrases and fondly remembered ingenious conclusions. |
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In the Marber version, the backstory is glossed into a few oblique, albeit well-turned lines. |
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Only our well-turned instant messenger gives you opportunity to send and get winks or mails absolutely and repeatedly. |
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A sensation of lingerie floats over this trend clinging to the skin of an elegant, sophisticated and well-turned out woman. |
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Each well-turned bowl or wooden sculpture might be just right for that special celebration in life, a marriage or anniversary, or just because. |
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He also responded to insults with more creative insults, and occasionally responded to legitimate criticisms with well-turned phrases. |
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The Python gang taught me to find beauty in language and joy in a well-turned phrase. |
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And if you've ever congratulated yourself on a well-turned phrase, a few pages of Riotta's prose will restore a pronounced sense of humility. |
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They send me gift baskets in appreciation for a phrase well-turned, and that's great. |
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Like Virgil's, his shepherd-boys are marvellously bookish, and speak in well-turned phrases. |
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But Martin balanced his ambition with an ear for winning melodies, well-turned phrases, dry wit, and an undercurrent of moroseness. |
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She was perfectly composed, occasionally flashing a wry smile and speaking in thoughtful, well-turned phrases. |
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Does their work and data make up for the numerous impacts of many a well-turned ankle clad in contoured Dior bootees? |
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Astonishingly, he was commissioning his young friend John, the man of well-turned phrases, to propose marriage in his behalf. |
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This isn't one of those moments you can fix with a well-turned phrase. |
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Well, I'm sure some of my colleagues still prefer to shut themselves off to craft their well-turned sentences without the distraction of fellow humans, but nowadays, a whole world of options has opened up to us. |
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The theme of her new film is carried over into fashion where heaving, corseted bosoms and well-turned ankles encased in fishnets and heels are all the rage. |
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It is a well-turned phrase but it doesn't tell the whole story. |
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Beauman's zest for everyday comedy and a well-turned sentence is as evident as ever from the first scene. |
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I've always thought a well-turned phrase was like a well-turned ankle. |
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Manager Roy Hodgson has told his World Cup stars he expects them to be well-turned out for practice sessions. |
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He was a man of the table, the hunt and the well-turned ankle. |
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Still others experience God's presence in the rhythm of a well-turned phrase or in a majestic hymn. |
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Every chapter is leavened with well-turned anecdotes and vignettes. |
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For all its shrewd observations and well-turned phrases, however, First Family is highly derivative of so many of Ellis's other writings. |
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And they almost always have folky, well-turned melodies. |
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Bag a butterfly, splash out on blues, whip up some wallpaper and show a well-turned leg if you want your home to be bang on trend this year. |
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Zen sayings can't really help us, nor can well-turned phrases. |
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It was a far from uncharacteristic move for a man with a special interest in the spoken word and a penchant for the well-turned phrase, and whose press conferences have always been an occasion worth attending. |
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A mere nine months after going from middle class Middleton to public property, the Duchess of Cambridge has finally put a well-turned foot wrong. |
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Human dignity, as philosophy stresses, means that every human being is beyond price, unique in the world, and must be treated as an end and never simply as a means, to use Kant's strong and well-turned phrase. |
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