well-turned

How To Use well-turned In A Sentence

• Man finished his recitation just as the steward brought in a well-turned glass bottle and two deep cups. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
• In place of the well-turned, feline exchanges of Versailles, there is a certain coarseness.
• She may have four children ranging in age from 14 to 22, but critics say that despite the lipstick and well-turned heel, she has few wifely or maternal qualities.
• My paper, and others, should reward me well if I turn our jaunt into a well-turned narrative. ANTI-ICE
• Since Dante is a compendium of the middle ages, bringing together its theology and philosophy as well as its poetry, liturgy and music, this was more that a well-turned phrase. Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:
• Black hose revealed a well-turned leg, disappearing into puffed pumpkin hose, richly embroidered and paned in black on black.
• There is a certain attentive tenderness, difficult to be described, which the manly of our sex feel, and which is peculiarly pleasing to woman: 'tis also a very delightful sensation to ourselves, as well as productive of the happiest consequences: regarding them as creatures placed by Providence under our protection, and depending on us for their happiness, is the strongest possible tie of affection to a well-turned mind. The History of Emily Montague
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• Now Mr. Dubus chronicles the desperation of his own hardscrabble upbringing in the post-industrial mill towns of Massachusetts, where he brawled away his youth before he realized that a well-turned sentence offered more satisfaction than a cleanly landed right cross. Bareknuckle Beginnings