How To Use Sloven In A Sentence

Friars Cowle, which was so snottie and greazie, that good store of kitchin stuffe might have beene boiled out of it; as also a foule slovenly Trusse or halfe doublet, all baudied with bowsing, fat greazie lubberly sweating, and other drudgeries in the Convent The Decameron
On top of which the actress is awful, unwatchable, the most slovenly girl to appear on the screen in a long, long time.
Her sober, kindly capableness evolved from the slovenly little house and the untended children, from the dusty rooms and neglected kitchen the kind of order and neatness which had been plain to see in Robin's more fortune-favoured apartment. Robin
But by gum, I just can't bear the notion of some Joe Lunchpail and his slovenly wife trundling clumsily through my private slaughterhouse, or trying on my world-renowned collection of 16th century undergarments.
But the defending champion smacked over a running backhand which almost knocked the Slovenian off his feet. The Sun

He is expected to hold talks with both the Croatian and Slovenian leaderships.
Looking down at his shoe so enraged the man that he began to curse the Romans for their slovenly public habits. 52449_CLARA
In 1991, Germany gave Croatia and Slovenia the green light to secede from the Yugoslav federation; civil war soon followed.
You tend to get a little slovenly without the pressure of public appearance.
The Daily Telegraph said Capello desperately needs to shake up his team to get the best out of players like Frank Lampard and a "dispirited" Rooney before the final group C game with Slovenia. The Age News Headlines
Slovenes maintain close relations with their parents, siblings, and extended families.
Looking down at his shoe so enraged the man that he began to curse the Romans for their slovenly public habits. 52449_CLARA
She's slovenly and uninhibited; he's anal and reserved.
Czechs, Poles and Slovenians are also expected to return to holidaying in Bulgaria.
Before all that, Simon had been obliged to reason with Matthau, who initially insisted that he wanted to play the impossibly particular Felix rather than the slovenly Oscar because, he said, that would involve real acting.
She has a couzin who has had four Husbands and is beginning on a fifth, although not pretty and very slovenly, but with a mass of red hair. Bab: A Sub-Deb
I'd wondered if she'd have set the table in the kitchen, there just being the two of us, but perhaps she considered that to be slovenly. TIME OF THE WOLF
In the 1730s Slovenians and Croatians established small agricultural settlements in Georgia.
He told ludicrous stories about seeing empty bottles and litter piled ‘one meter deep’ along roadsides in America, illustrating our environmental slovenliness.
Many Croats and Slovenes saw independence as the fast track to democracy.
I said, for shame, these men will see our slovenliness, these sticky sherry glasses everywhere, these newspapers scattered on the carpets since the maidservants were no more.
So there's still plenty of hope that slovenly women have it together on the inside - at least as often as slovenly men.
There is no longer an active Jewish temple anywhere in Slovenia today.
Zupan 1914-87 ran afoul of Yugoslavia's communist censors, but his reputation survived and later grew after tiny Slovenia became independent in the early 1990s. In Brief: Literature
Several possible locations of metal-working activities identified by the Slovenian team's geophysical survey (Surveys, Geophysical, July 18-22) will be geochemically investigated to determine their trace element content. Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Metallurgical Studies
Following World War I and the demise of Austria-Hungary, Croatia joined the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (which became Yugoslavia in 1929).
Friars Cowle, which was so snottie and greazie, that good store of kitchin stuffe might have beene boiled out of it; as also a foule slovenly Trusse or halfe doublet, all baudied with bowsing, fat greazie lubberly sweating, and other drudgeries in the Convent The Decameron
After finishing second to Bulgaria in their qualifying group, Croatia beat Slovenia 2-1 on aggregate in a Balkan play-off.
I help the auctioneer, the sloven does not half know his business.
Nah, I always cry when Slovenia beats Denmark in team handball.
Two lads with notably large feet and broken shoes dance skillfully while a slovenly, fat woman picks at her guitar.
The aging in large Slovenian oak barrels remains the same and they are still not fining or filtering their wines.
During Euro 2000, I went to watch Spain versus Slovenia with Bobby and a friend of his.
I'd wondered if she'd have set the table in the kitchen, there just being the two of us, but perhaps she considered that to be slovenly. TIME OF THE WOLF
But the defending champion smacked over a running backhand which almost knocked the Slovenian off his feet. The Sun
Pulsatilla is a very rare flower which blooms only at Easter in Slovenia.
When my only slightly adapted version turned out to be delicious, but kind of slovenly looking, I went back to the magazine article to check on what the professional ones looked like. Savory Rugelach with Olives, Onions, and Capers
Vujacic played on Slovenian junior national team before he joined the Lakers in 2004.
Croatia and Slovenia proclaim independence from Yugoslavia. Times, Sunday Times
Lee Cheng, Newegg's general counsel, is still chuckling over the "slovenly" reference: "That is not a word anyone should use—unless they want a wedgie. Now That Everyone Wants to Be a Geek, Lawyers Have Been Called
After the poetry workshop, I stayed in Ljubljana to present the Slovene edition of my children's book AMIGOS Y VECINOS. Breakfast in Bed
In the early 1990s, post-Tito Yugoslavia began to unravel along ethnic lines: Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina were recognized as independent states in 1992.
Flags and Slovenian colours are sweeping the town, and shop windows are being painted.
Slovenia has an unusual variety of art ranging from Gothic frescoes to contemporary sculpture.
However Great Britain had a true race on their hands as Slovenia put the pressure on staying within a canvas of Great Britain throughout the race.
There's a similar prison-cum-hotel (albeit without the KGB history, as far as I know) in Ljubljana, Slovenia. KGB Hotel
Slovenia plans to recruit more police reservists and rehire retired officers to deal with the emergency. Times, Sunday Times
Demographic projections suggest that by 2025 the average Slovene will be 47 years old, giving the country one of the oldest populations in the world.
In Slovenia I made a detour to Lake Bohinj, where Agatha and second husband Max had once tried to holiday incognito, only to be run to ground by enthusiastic Slovene journalists.
The impression given is one of slovenliness, incompetence and inability to govern at the highest level.
The designers at Ofis Arhitekti have completed a project in Ljubljana, Slovenia for the Mercator chain of supermarkets. Dot Envelope by Ofis Arhitekti
I have this day had to disrate William Thompson - Cook & Steward in his capacity as Steward from his slovenly and dirty habits, we have now been 22 days at sea during which time has never once washed out the Cabin or Pantry although I have frequently requested him to do so, but finding all remonstrances in vain.
Hungary, Poland and Slovenia may well lead an accelerating regional recovery process.
He's always so down at heel; is he hard up or just slovenly?
At the end of her speech, she thanked her audience in Polish, Albanian, Arabic, Slovenian, Russian and English. After Firing Crossing Guards, One Michigan Town Left With Nothing Else To Cut
[81] Shakespeare uses the verb "slubber" in the sense of "perform in a slovenly manner" (_Merchant of Venice_, ii. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Eric shook his head - where did such a slovenly man get such ideas?
This sloven real life jabba the hut is really a nuisance to society, but he has his moments of entertainment. jvoe Says: Matthew Yglesias » The Wrath of Rush
The Slovenian tolar and Lithuanian lita were bound with the currency board and were responding well to the euro.
Our reporter spent the night crossing the border from Austria into Slovenia.
A Slovenian TV programme that tried to prove top models were brainless bimbos was scrapped after an ex-Miss Universe turned out to have a higher IQ than a nuclear physicist.
From the kitchen came the slipslop of Tina's slovenly feet. Cheerful—By Request
The primary point of the character is to provide a source of gross-out humor, as the group reacts to his slovenly appearance and phlegmy cough.
Influenced by emerging national movements and demands for political pluralism, Slovenia held its first party elections in 1990.
Often slovenly and untidy, she dressed to draw attention to her figure, and the history of her love affairs and marriages provided a basis for much talk.
A nation addicted to fucking while avoiding the results of that fucking, with latex interference, early term abortion, anything to add to selfishness and serving the Almighty ME-ISM of the incredibly autotheistic female/male ID worshipping, slovenly, porcine icon. The Stealing Of AmericaThrough Sadism, Cowardice and Bullying
The 60's, a decade fashion forgot, also began a trend of informality that devolved over time from slovenliness in the 90's to dishevelment in the 2000's. Roger Stone: StoneZone's 2011 Best and Worst Dressed
By the first 500-metre mark Germany had taken a half-length lead over the new United States line-up and Slovenia.
He is expected to hold talks with both the Croatian and Slovenian leaderships.
In the caves of Slovenia, he encounters the peculiar creature known as the olm, a cave-dwelling blind salamander once believed to be a baby dragon. Archive 2009-01-01
Despite her basic beauty, she has a slovenly appearance, as though some strange magnetism randomly attaches clothes to her body every morning.
Nine species classified as rare in the Slovenian Red Data Book are also present and include Aconitum anthora, Cercis siliquastrum, Delphinium fissum, Euphrasia italica, Juniperus oxycedrus, Laburnum alschingeri; Orobanche hederae is found only in the Great Valley. Skocjan Caves Regional Park, Slovenia
The pairs of collocutors will be from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia.
Slovenia plans to recruit more police reservists and rehire retired officers to deal with the emergency. Times, Sunday Times
`Now that he has put his mind to his learning,' he added heavily, and I heard there the master's rebuke of my slovenly parenting. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
On the other end of the phone, half the country away, is Vinnie, an unkempt, badly shaven, slovenly dressed loser.
General George S. Patton, for instance, took umbrage at the portraits of slovenly and sardonic warriors.
Surveying the park occupants' slovenly dishabille, I thought of a recent report that students in Yale's elite "Grand Strategy" seminar have been notified of discounts from a tailor from Bangkok and been advised that "Once you have a custom suit, it's really hard to go back. Jim Sleeper: Markets, New Media, the Occupiers, and the Next Step
Many Croats and Slovenes saw independence as the fast track to democracy.
I have to admit that Slovenia lost marks in my book for its food, despite the fact that it was much cheaper than in neighbouring Italy or Austria.
The Slovenian driver was asleep in his cab when he was woken by a man knocking on the window.
From 1527 to 1548 he held a canonry at Ljubljana Cathedral, from 28 December 1529 another at Zagreb Cathedral, and from 18 July 1531 the living of Laas near Kocevje, Slovenia. Archive 2009-06-01
He is expected to hold talks with both the Croatian and Slovenian leaderships.
It was George ‘Beau’ Brummell who restored order to the slovenly neckwear of his time, by devising the use of starch on a muslin neckcloth, so that it would retain its shape throughout the day.
Heat two followed a similar pattern as Slovenia and Germany paced each other to a photo finish, Slovenia earning the advantage.
Refuel with good Slovenian eats like sausages and pastas, and spend your nights in family-run pensions and a medieval castle.
This makes me unfortunately certain that Slovenia, thus far unspoilt, will soon be as popular and overexposed a destination for short break aficionados as Prague or Budapest.
Obviously the most problematic is the one about people who have unkempt or sloven appearances, which is not only highly subjective but also have only a tenuous at best relationship to potential misuse of firearms. The Volokh Conspiracy » Consumer Supremacy?
Most of the world exists between the extremes of abstinence (Indonesia and Yemen bring up the rear) and the dipsomania of a Slovenia or a South Korea.
The Baltics, the Czech Republic and Slovenia have no big far-right parties.
He may have been king of the aesthetes and the quintessential dandy about town - but behind the bedroom door, Oscar Wilde lived the life of a careless sloven.
I prefer it when Georges isn't cluttering up the place like a slovenly teenager.
The term "karst" -- a limestone region of underground rivers, gorges, and caves -- originated in Slovenia's Karst plateau between Ljubljana and the Italian border. Undefined
Better a bachelor's life than a slovenly wife.
Maturate partly in French oak barrique and partly in Slovenian oak casks for about 12-15 months.
Slovenia away, where he was dropped for the first time in his international career, suddenly feels like a lifetime ago. The Sun
Slovenian independence
There is a touch of pathos in the picture of the prim, methodistical English lady, who hated the dirt and slovenliness of her husband's people, was shocked at their jovial ways and free talk, looked upon all Papists as connections of Antichrist, and hoped for the salvation of mankind through the form of religion patronised by Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century
We will throw off the shackles and turn in a performance against Slovenia. The Sun
Many Croats and Slovenes saw independence as the fast track to democracy.
But, you also say that the big boss doesn't take your co-worker's slovenly appearance quite as seriously as you do.
Great care and attention should be devoted to epistolary correspondence, as nothing exhibits want of taste and judgment so much as a slovenly letter.
They maneuvered east to stay away from the Polish and Slovenian border, then leveled off at three thousand meters. CHAINS OF COMMAND
Last week saw a visit from a group of ambassadors for the Slovenian spa and ski resort Zrece.
I had never heard Resian spoken aloud before encountering the mp3 Carniola had linked to, and can attest that it is genuinely incomprehensible even to a native speaker of the Northern-Primorsko dialect of Slovene, geographically closest to Rezija. Languagehat.com: SLOVENIAN DIALECTS.
Since his meeting with her he had tried to read some of the journals devoted to her faith, and had found them incredibly inane -- smudgily printed, slovenly of phrase, and filled with messages from Aristotle, Columbus, and The Tyranny of the Dark
Campos makes an immediate impression, just as he did against Slovenia, slaloming through the German penalty area.
‘the loss of a day or a tide,’ in each of these he saw and was revolted by the finger of the sloven; and to spirits intense as his, and immersed in vital undertakings, the slovenly is the dishonest, and wasted time is instantly translated into lives endangered. Records of a Family of Engineers
Carlow's ties with Slovenia were strengthened further recently with a visit by the Slovenian Ambassador to Ireland, Her Excellency Helena Drnovek Zorko.
We had evidently caught the household stripped of "lugs," and sunk in the down-at-the-heel slovenliness which it called "comfort. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905
Every piece of work which is not as good as you can make it, which you have palmed off imperfect, meagrely thought, niggardly in execution, upon mankind who is your paymaster on parole and in a sense your pupil, every hasty or slovenly or untrue performance, should rise up against you in the court of your own heart and condemn you for a thief. Lay Morals
Renault spokeswoman Nathalie Bourotte says the move won't entail any job losses at its Slovenian plant at Novo mesto, which is at full capacity. Renault to Add French Production
After seeing a number of slovenly men transformed by snappy suits, I wonder how I'll clean up.
Keep an eye out also for Slovenia who have been hovering just off the medal podium in fourth all season.
It's interesting to watch polite, articulate, well groomed military officers field questions from slovenly reporters who look and sound like college students after an all-nighter.
Slovenia scored a priceless away goal and succeeded in holding Croatia to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their playoff.
He showed stronger mettle than had been allowed him; bore a manlier part than was commonly ascribed to the slovenly slipshod habiliments and the aspects in which benignancy and vacillation seemed to struggle for the ascendancy. Marse Henry : an autobiography,
On 21 minutes Maggio equalised as he pounced on the rebound after Samir Handanovic blocked German Denis's shot with his legs, nutmegging the Slovenian goalkeeper to equalise. Soccerway.com
As Sylvie's grandmother would say (as she did, indeed, frequently say), Sylvie is slovenly, slatternly.
He was notorious for his unsociability, slovenly dress and closeness with money.
The ampleness and attitude of Albert was always going to be the big story this offseason, whether he was svelte or slovenly, fit or completely out of shape and huge -- real big, like, Gulf oil-spill big. As minicamp approaches, Albert Haynesworth isn't the real story
There has been another spectator, in the person of a woman in the common shop; the lowest of the low; dirty, unbonneted, flaunting, and slovenly.
`Now that he has put his mind to his learning,' he added heavily, and I heard there the master's rebuke of my slovenly parenting. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
And then in the midst of it Dallas came in, with his slovenly dress and horrible pipe, and Christine, with an awful look of recollectedness, came back to reality. A Beautiful Alien
Better a bachelor's life than a slovenly wife.
As a result of haphazard and inadequate culling, there is now a plague of rabid foxes affecting villages and cities in an arc across the Alps from Austria, through Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia to Poland.
He was clad in what, though it was not distinctly a seaman's habit, yet suggested the ways of the sea, and there was a kind of foppishness about his rig which set me wondering, for I was used to a slovenly squalor or a slovenly bravery in the sailors I knew most of. Marjorie
Like the population, the local cuisine is a jumble: You might start with a fish tartare, fresh and light as though you were in Sicily, not five miles from the Slovenian border; then try a hearty pork and sauerkraut soup called jota, which can hardly disguise its Central European origins. The Seattle Times
Better a bachelor's winstanttle tobacco a slovenly wife.
Even in the greatest stress of emotion the power of self-control must never be lost; you must never allow yourself to sing in a slovenly, that is, in a heedless, way, or to exceed your powers, or even to reach their extreme limit. How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst]
This is meant to convey a general slovenliness, and it does, but it also keeps the character removed from us in a way that I'm not sure, especially combined with his strangled voice, is good for the performance.
There is for the most part a great overgrowth and overrunning of the least desirable elements, a general air of slovenliness and unthrift; in all artificial arrangements decay seems imminent, and the want of idea in the laying out of grounds is a striking feature. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859
Dr. Peter Bossman, who was born in Ghana, is starting his work as mayor of Slovenia's coastal town of Piran. Eastern Europe's First Black Mayor Tells Supporters Not to View Him as Next 'Obama'
I was thinking of Mr. Unfunny today before this email convo went down and my exact though of him was that he is "slovenly". Wilberteets Diary Entry
Speakers expressed concern over the lack of security in the operation of their businesses and criticised the "slovenly" manner in which the police dealt with crime reported by the business community. ANC Daily News Briefing
You can't let it out of control, though, otherwise you'll grow slovenly and disgusting.
Tim and Eric are perhaps the most notorious for aping the style of public access programs, showcasing the sloven nature of the worst television has to offer, but they have something original to say, to express. This Week In Trailers: Trash Humpers, It’s A Wonderful Afterlife, Mega Piranha, Peacock, Casino Jack and the United States of Money | /Film
I learned Lambaneish insults meaning slattern, sloven, idler, lackwit. Wildfire
A "spouter" we knew her to be as soon as we saw her, by her cranes and boats, and by her stump top-gallant masts, and a certain slovenly look to the sails, rigging, spars and hull; and when we got on board, we found everything to correspond, - spouter fashion. Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative
The polka and waltz are very popular, but Slovenes dance all major dances from the tango to the macarena.
Often slovenly and untidy, she dressed to draw attention to her figure, and the history of her love affairs and marriages provided a basis for much talk.
As it happened the home side overcame a 0-2 half-time deficit to win 3-2 and featured a Slovenian striker who looked like Mark Heap from Green Wing, which almost made up for the goat. Why the witch-hunt against Cesc Fábregas gets my goat | Harry Pearson
But we still lag behind Slovenia and Estonia. The Sun
Those terrible overalls would make anyone look slovenly.
Their masks are slovenly and childish - many are monstrous; none of them can see how grotesque they are.
The Philippines and Thailand are on the list, whereas impeccable democracies such as Slovenia are not.
Both clerics and anticlericals agree that Slovenia's conservatives suffer from the loss of a generation of potential leaders.
Many Croats and Slovenes saw independence as the fast track to democracy.
A walrus-moustached council official presides over the ceremony in Slovenian, continually drifting off-piste, gesturing and chuckling good-naturedly.
Most Slovenian beekeepers today still group their hives this way, although their apicultural methods have changed, says Franc Sivic, vice president of the Slovenian Beekeepers 'Association and a prolific photographer whose close-ups of bees are featured in the museum. Buzz on Slovenia Honey
But we still lag behind Slovenia and Estonia. The Sun
No longer attend work in clothes that have not been ironed, this is the sign of a slovenly worker, and thus a slovenly intellect.
Now I need to PACK for my trip to Slovenia tomorrow, figuring out what I'll need to work on during the time I'm away, plus the things I actually need for the workshop and the readings/events I'll be doing in Ljubljana next weekend, not to mention clothes, toiletries, and so on. Breakfast in Bed
But the goal was called offside, just as Maurice Edu's late goal was disallowed against Slovenia last week, a score that would have given the Americans a victory. USA Advances In World Cup With Epic Goal In Final Minutes
On the other hand, this site says 'Blouse' has for 300 years or more been English slang for a very unseemly woman, from 'blowze', which was slang for a slovenly woman, prostitute or 'beggars wench' as the OED quaintly puts it. Pen-Elayne on the Web
If you hunt on public land and are not covered in the latest Mossy Oak garb and stainless steel weaponry from head to toe, you're looked on as some kind of slovenly hillbilly, unworthy to even be in the field let alone shoot anything. A NEW BREED OF HUNTER
A 1990 plebiscite in Slovenia voted overwhelmingly for independence from Yugoslavia, as did one in 1991 in Croatia.
Flags and Slovenian colours are sweeping the town, and shop windows are being painted.
Trieste sits on the Italian riviera, near the Slovenian border and at the foot of the Alps, terraced with peach coloured villas.
Since then Maurice had seen him roaming about here and there, looking slovenly. TEN STEPS TO HAPPINESS
There is a touch of pathos in the picture of the prim, methodistical English lady, who hated the dirt and slovenliness of her husband's people, was shocked at their jovial ways and free talk, looked upon all Papists as connections of Antichrist, and hoped for the salvation of mankind through the form of religion patronised by Lady Huntington. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century
First, Slovenia had the status of federal republic in Yugoslavia; then, in 1974, with the emergence of the self-management system, it became a confederation.
But Bossman, who also speaks English, tells international media his victory in mayoral elections shows that Slovenia is now mature enough to elect a nonwhite political representative. Eastern Europe's First Black Mayor Tells Supporters Not to View Him as Next 'Obama'
It is utterly slovenly-looking, and unornamental, abounds in slouching bar-room-looking characters, and looks a place of low, mean lives. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
Boreanaz is an Italian name indicative of Slovenian ancestry. Megan Smolenyak: What Kind of Name Is Boreanaz?
Slovenians, being surrounded by many countries, are mostly polyglots.
As to his dress in general, he cannot indeed be called a sloven, but sometimes he is too gaudy, at other times too plain, to be uniformly elegant. Clarissa Harlowe
She showed that the gradation is the same when the Slovenes say Ni vreden pol kurca! Languagehat.com: SERBIAN SWEARING.
We will buy forints in Hungary, zlotys in Poland and tolars in Slovenia.
The polka and waltz are very popular, but Slovenes dance all major dances from the tango to the macarena.
In 1991, Germany gave Croatia and Slovenia the green light to secede from the Yugoslav federation; civil war soon followed.
Slovenia may pass a law criminalizing sexual harassment this spring.
Unless you are a fan of Slovenian experimental rock, I had better say a word about Laibach. Archive 2008-04-01
Various other literary styles, such as symbolism and existentialism, have influenced Slovene writers since the 1960s.
Bulgarian is a south Slavic language, closely related to Serbo-Croatian and Slovenian and more distantly to Russian.
George Orwell wrote that the English language ‘becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.’
Robert Green's handling error aside, they would not have shipped at all in Group C. Slovenia, of course, did not scintillate often as an attacking force but when they did threaten, Terry made an impression. World Cup 2010: John Terry back at the heart of England's hopes
His habit was very proper for a merry-andrew, being a dirty calico, with hanging sleeves, tassels, and cuts and slashes almost on every side: it covered a taffety vest, so greasy as to testify that his honour must be a most exquisite sloven. The Further Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe
Tito's Yugoslavia included Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro
Lisa was irritated by the slovenly attitude of her boyfriend Sean.
Czechs, Poles and Slovenians are also expected to return to holidaying in Bulgaria.
Slovenian margrave residing at Kranj, subject to the governor of The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
At the same time, others might tend to take you more seriously, for better or for worse - they might perceive you as just a little bit more with-it and competent than your slovenly colleagues.
Martin glanced at her and verified her statement in her general slovenly appearance, in the unhealthy fat, in the drooping shoulders, the tired face with the sagging lines, and in the heavy fall of her feet, without elasticity — a very caricature of the walk that belongs to a free and happy body. Chapter 31
The others would purse their lips and say that it could happen to anyone and not everyone always had a suitable piece of handwork ready, but their tone and looks said all too clearly that this woman was a sloven. Chitambo - 2
Many Croats and Slovenes saw independence as the fast track to democracy.
The group is made up of 1 Slovene, 1 Hungarian, 1 Scot who writes in Gaelic, and 2 Russians (plus me, for my poems written originally in Spanish and translating the others into Spanish). Breakfast in Bed
Did the rush to recognise independence for Croatia and Slovenia in 1991 prepare the way for armed conflict or not?
And yet each of these forms of otherness is simultaneously overcome: the "slovenly wilderness" (which is already "Tennessee") is made to "surround" the jar in imitation of its roundness; the creaturely subject becomes a sovereign; and the static, spatial image of ekphrastic description is temporalized as the principal actor in a narrative. Ekphrasis and the Other
I caught the train to Slovenia with a local, who was happy to tell me a bit about the country and help me master a few language basics.
But to be honest I felt they could have made more of an effort just with simple things like cleaning the toilets and I felt the staff had a slovenly attitude.
Such sloven work habits will never produce good products.
Nastja Ceh put Slovenia ahead in the 16th minute after curling a free-kick over a wall of defenders.
We will buy forints in Hungary, zlotys in Poland and tolars in Slovenia.
Charter flights will be taking about 1,000 Slovenians weekly, until the end of the season.
The president heading to a U.S. - European Union summit in Slovenia.
Large Slovenian oak casks, producing wines with harsh bitter tannins have been replaced, giving soft supple styles, suitable for early drinking but still with huge ageing potential.
Ms. Majdi limped into a postrace news conference and described the bronze medal she had won, the first in cross-country for Slovenia, as the equivalent of "gold with diamonds in it" because of the pain she's endured. Uh Oh, It's the Slovenes
Croatia and Slovenia proclaim independence from Yugoslavia. Times, Sunday Times
1 I first heard this expression from one of its most ardent exponents, Danica Purg, Founder and Director of the International Executive Development Centre, Brdo pri Kranj, Slovenia. Managing with Dual Strategies

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