The body, a large amorphous heap of fur, with roughly defined face and arms, was found dead at the scene of the crime; witnesses report that approxamitely 1 hour before the murder, he was seen and heard gormandizing one T. Count's prized cookie collection. Lawyers for Mr. Count were unavailable for comment.
There's Charles, in the corner of the restaurant. Do you see him? He's hard to miss. This is where he squanders his family's fortune; he destroys his health every night, gormandizing until dawn.
Unctuous - Characterized by excessive moralizing or piousness, esp in an affected manner; smooth, suave and oily
Father Brown, expostulating on one or another of his favorite Catholic talking points, was sure to scare up the cash needed to close the budget gap. Unctuous to his very core, the priest, even still, believed every word he said.
How do these people even get on television? Who cares to hear their unctuous screeds, demonizing the underground conspiracy of homosexuals and communists?
Peevish - 1. Cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent
2. Showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood
3. Perverse or Obstinate.
Sometimes I get a peevish response from her. She doesn't like some of my jokes, I think.
Peevishness rises to the surface and pushes my closest associates still farther away from me. They know that something lies at the bottom of my bad temper, but I dare not let them get close enough to find it out.
Orison - A prayer
Orisons rise from the lips of a scattered species.
She need not speak for the orisons I find in her eyes.
Serried - Pressed together or compacted
A tin of serried sardines sits half-eaten on the dining table. The stench, four weeks building up, is overpowering. I die a little for the few minutes I spend amid the decay.
We wait outside for her to emerge from the backstage doors. Our bodies are serried to an extent which makes it difficult to breathe. I will realize much later that I might as well have gotten the autograph of the girl standing next to me; I could have left an hour earlier with at least one signature.
Incipient - Beginning to exist or appear; in the early stages
The decision in Brown v. Board of Education revealed to the nation's consciousness the incipient civil rights movement. One year later, Rosa Parks and the bus boycott proved that the times were changing.
Our incipient romance was riddled with cliches. My knack for conversation (whatever it may or may not have been) turned quickly into a knack for saying things I knew to be true only because I had seen them writ large on a movie screen.
Bevy - a large group or collection
[A bevy of DVDs filled the closet. I watched three of them this year. ] - This is the best thing I've written thus far in my blog.
A bevy of journalists crowded the press secretary. Would or wouldn't he acknowledge the will of the people? Of what use is representative democracy
Contumely - Insulting display of contempt in words or action
The contumely of jazz musicians is legendary. I've encountered it less than I would have expected, the attitudes of hack trumpet players having been a poor presage of reality.
I was determined to keep any sort of contumely from my thoughts and actions. If I were to succeed in that one thing then I could not possibly be defeated.
Our incipient romance was riddled with cliches. My knack for conversation (whatever it may or may not have been) turned quickly into a knack for saying things I knew to be true only because I had seen them writ large on a movie screen.
Bevy - a large group or collection
[A bevy of DVDs filled the closet. I watched three of them this year. ] - This is the best thing I've written thus far in my blog.
A bevy of journalists crowded the press secretary. Would or wouldn't he acknowledge the will of the people? Of what use is representative democracy
Contumely - Insulting display of contempt in words or action
The contumely of jazz musicians is legendary. I've encountered it less than I would have expected, the attitudes of hack trumpet players having been a poor presage of reality.
I was determined to keep any sort of contumely from my thoughts and actions. If I were to succeed in that one thing then I could not possibly be defeated.
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