How To Use Wry In A Sentence
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Commander Laurel D' ken smiled wryly as the blue haired officer said to Allison, ‘We'll need to nursemaid them a bit but I think they'd be able to manage well enough.’
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But King George's smile was a bit awry tonight.
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with his necktie twisted awry
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Fancy an heir that a father had seen born well-featured and fair, turning suddenly wry-nosed, club-footed, squint-eyed, hair-lipped, wapper-jawed, carrot-haired, from a pride become an aversion, -- my case was yet worse.
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell
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If something goes awry, more than five billion people would be exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.
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Like arthritis, multiple sclerosis and diabetes, lupus is a disease of the immune system gone awry.
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‘That's a mouse cowry,’ the doctor said. ‘A lovely find.’
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Coates wry, muttered lyrics lend his ditties a mischievous if subdued charm.
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It's wry humour that permeates the tale rather than bitterness.
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These normally nuanced characters briefly became vessels for issue-based polemic rather than wry, subtle dialogue - and even to unequivocal admirers, this is a serious wobble.
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The wry twist of amusement around his lips finally proved impossible to resist.
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Married at an early age, the Florentine woman from the propertied classes did not own either her dowry or the rich clothes and jewels which bedecked her during the wedding ceremony.
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R.B. Smith and A.R. Lowry, 2009, Density and lithospheric strength models of the Yellowstone-Snake River Plain volcanic system from gravity and heat flow data, J.Vol. Geotherm.
Scientific Articles on Yellowstone
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The Law of Replevins. difclaimer to any avowry on the ftatutc of H. 8. — becaufe the avowry on the aft is not on any perfon certaiW, but on lands with - in the lord's fee and feigniory; and there - fore whoever takes up the defence to fuch avowry muft be only a perfon concerned
The law and practice of distresses and replevin;
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Perhaps, to some extent, she thought with wry amusement, she owed her professional success to Jake.
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This is a case where the justness of conception and of the means to carry it out go awry due to one slightly wrong choice.
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His wry, bladelike smile returned, and for a moment it felt like old times.
My Fair Succubi
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The women are punished for refusing arranged marriages, or if their family fails to produce a promised dowry, or who in some way bring dishonour on their family.
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It shall be no offence for you to divorce your wives before the marriage is consummated or the dowry is settled.
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And all this is recounted with a wry, sly humour.
Times, Sunday Times
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Bursting with frantic energy, wry humour and a multitude of voices, it might be best described as a romantic comedy-thriller, but even this fails to capture its sparkling originality.
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He knit his brows in a tight, frown and smiled wryly to himself.
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They saw the pillars of society pulled dowry by an unseen Samson and watched the victims crawling painfully from the ruins.
Inflation and War Finance
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There is no sober-minded, fast pace also goes awry; no caution pace, then flat road will fall.
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They call this season bordwo bo'uai ('blowing the petticoats awry'), in reference to the effect of the first strong gales of the south-eastern breeze.
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Cannot you recall many a wry face; cannot you remember how unpleasant the after sensations when stern, but kind mothers forced a nauseous decoction called "senna" down your widely-gaping throat?
In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83
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When things go awry, they escape to the underground streets of the city.
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In winter Miranda is home to birds from New Zealand's South Island, particularly wrybills, pied oystercatchers and kotuku (white herons).
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It is a cautionary tale with wry observations about our decadent society entwined around a mournful melody.
Times, Sunday Times
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Look on him, Sir, -- do not you guess from that Look, and wrying of his Mouth, that you mistook the Bracelets for Diamond Rings, which he humbly begs, Madam, you would grace with your fair Hand?
The Works of Aphra Behn Volume IV.
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He gives a wry chuckle.
The Sun
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Where some saw self-aggrandizement, others saw the sartorial manifestation of a wry sense of humor.
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Romero sought a documentary feel to his narrative, using handheld cameras and up-close shots to bring the audience into this world gone awry.
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His control of length was awry and Australia's batsmen snuffed out his threat effectively.
Times, Sunday Times
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The municipal counterreform of 1892 dealt a severe political blow to Russian Jewry.
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894)
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a wry neck
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It can repair the shattered beliefs and, sometimes, the ailing soul of an organization gone awry.
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something has gone awry in our plans
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The home side however steamed ahead from early on with a good cross in from Michael Clowry which was finished in style by Cathal O'Brien.
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I'd pop over the road to Mother India cafe and smell the food, which I still believe to be a free activity.www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museumsThere's a beach called New Polzeath in Cornwall where you can wade out, go under a peak and get to a little secret beach where you can pick cowry shells.
The insider's guide to free arts
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Of course, each Simhat Torah flag has an apple and candle, customary among East European Jewry.
Menachem Wecker: Mark Podwal's New Jewish Calendar (PHOTO)
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Instantly, he let go of Sam, his free hand stilling the clapper, for a bell gone awry could have disastrous consequences for its wielder.
LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
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In addition, if you look closely at the article you will see it has a certain wry affectionateness towards Labour, and deals with the expenses scandals humorously, pointing out just a few individuals who have apparently failed their genial and public spirited leader.
Archive 2009-05-16
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A city court today sentenced an executive of a private company and his parents to life imprisonment for causing the death of his wife after subjecting her to extreme cruelty due to dowry demands.
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While Lagerfeld's design aesthetic was woven into the whole show, there were also wry motifs that reflected his own dress sense, such as jewelled silver gloves.
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Katrina R. DeNosaquo, Robert B. Smith, Anthony R. Lowry, 2009, Density and lithospheric strength models of the Yellowstone-Snake River Plain volcanic system from gravity and heat flow data
Scientific Articles on Yellowstone
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New day, same old story - that's the opinion of most motorists who drive through Newry to work or on school runs as they patiently sit in sluggish traffic jams.
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A tad more pressure, the paper blots, and the picture goes awry.
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Nightmare wore off somewhat during the day, but still feel things have gone awry since the weekend.
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The total figure raised by these gallant ladies on their Sit Out Night in aid of Newry Hospice in December amounted to £2,700 and 1,700 euro.
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Did you dream you were ating your own tripe, acushla, that you tied yourself up that wrynecky fix? —
Finnegans Wake
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Cell disruption was checked at microscopy. Protein content was determined by Lowry's method.
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Alan shook his head, an expression of wry confusion on his face.
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He had a wry sense of humour and a twinkle in his eye.
Times, Sunday Times
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Tomorrow one of the Clintons will find a way to martyr themselves with victimization and sad tales of derry-do gone awry.
Obama: Bigger than Bill Clinton, Bigger than MLK, Jr.
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It is a cautionary tale with wry observations about our decadent society entwined around a mournful melody.
Times, Sunday Times
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The idea that the cowry was the giver of life and the parent of men was also transferred to crude stone imitations of the shell.
The Evolution of the Dragon
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Rams-horne, or else with some piece of soft Ash woode: and you shall obserue that it stand plaine, flat, and leuell, without wrying or turning either vpward or downeward: for if it runne not euen vpon the earth it will neuer make a good furrow, onely as before I said, the point must looke a little downeward.
The English Husbandman The First Part: Contayning the Knowledge of the true Nature of euery Soyle within this Kingdome: how to Plow it; and the manner of the Plough, and other Instruments
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Indeed, the effect of Cornwallis's kindly but unsmiling expression was much modified because his wig was slightly awry; Cornwallis still affected a horsehair bobwig of the sort that was now being relegated by fashion to noblemen's coachmen, and today it had a rakish cant that dissipated all appearance of dignity.
Hornblower And The Hotspur
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In the meantime— He smiled again, the expression wry this time.
Proud Helios
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Deuce managed to keep a wry grimace from his face, just barely.
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I look at myself in my twenties, pathetically cyclothymic, my judgment hopeless, my competence all over the map, and I wish I could give that smooth-skinned young self some of my own wry strength.
Yatima » 2009 » April
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How affecting he is now, outlining aspects of the divisive mess that's ensued since the deaths of Doctors Bond and Barnes, in this engrossingly sad indictment of power gone awry, directed by Don Argott serving as his own cinematographer.
Michael Henry Adams: The Art of the Steal: Betraying Dr. Albert Barnes and Future Generations
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Something is going seriously awry when, in a quarter with a general election, the flagship news programme goes down and not up.
Times, Sunday Times
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Some, such as the wryneck, ceased to breed in East Anglia; others, notably the stonechat, all but vanished.
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He wrote one inimitably brilliant work, one wryly enjoyable one, some amusing pieces, and everything else is admirable but largely unreadable.
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Lowry does a terrific job of breaking down each song by the mood, key, harmony and instrumentation.
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Erissery:-Using Yam ,Pumpkin and red chowry,In that we never add Yoghurt,we add both ground coconut and Granish with Roasted Coconut.
Pineapple Morukootan
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The bowlers lost their length because they were being attacked, not that the margins are great between the perfect yorker and something sufficiently awry to disappear.
Times, Sunday Times
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He has a wry sense of his own flaws.
Times, Sunday Times
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We are further told that Finkelstein's book ‘reads like a rant, with splenetic attacks on individuals, many of them survivors, and vast generalisations about the whole of world Jewry.’
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Previous management were either too proud or too arrogant to accept the fact that their attempts at empire building had gone seriously awry.
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In the meantime, this high-school chemistry experiment gone awry continues.
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The howdah, or seat which the Prince occupied, was of silver, embossed and gilt, having behind a place for a confidential servant, who waved the great chowry, or cow-tail, to keep off the flies; but who could also occasionally perform the task of spokesman, being well versed in all terms of flattery and compliment.
The Surgeon's Daughter
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If we are going to claim sexual equality, we can't throw our hands in the air and play the tragic victim when things go awry.
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Born in Stratford in 1889, John Edward Shewry grew up on a backblocks farm at Tahora.
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The groom's folks were bound by custom to be even more critical of her appearance and her dowry than were the neighborhood women.
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Basically a wry comedy, it has serious overtones and philosophical implications.
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A wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
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The bushy tail forms the well-known "chowry" or fly-flapper of the plains of India; the bones and dung serve for fuel.
Himalayan Journals — Complete
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Set against the gorgeous backdrop of Rome, Tom Rachmans wry, vibrant debut follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters, editors, and executives of an international English language newspaper as they struggle to keep itand themselvesafloat.
Days of Atonement by Michael Gregorio: Book summary
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She had no money for the dowry that convents demanded, but she offered herself as a lay sister - that is, one of the nuns who performs all the heavy work of the house.
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This wry little documentary looks at the modern phenomenon of mobility scooters, sales of which have quadrupled in the past five years.
Times, Sunday Times
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She viewed them with wry amusement.
Times, Sunday Times
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And all this is recounted with a wry, sly humour.
Times, Sunday Times
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"Well, for the time being, you are our child," Billy remarked wryly.
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No doubt the laying of the artificial grass pitch at Newry played a major part in getting their fixtures cleared up early.
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Good-natured ribbing is one thing, but I've seen these things go horribly awry, with the guest of ‘honor’ running out in tears.
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Just for a moment, people were wondering was it going to go awry.
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He had no doubt that his father must have allotted a large amount of money to her for her dowry.
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Vicente Aranda's take on the story is a classical tale of faithless woman, doomed lover and romance gone awry.
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But watch again and something happens: you see a moment both sweet and wry as a couple shyly osculate in "The Kiss," a quiet dignity beneath the brawny bravado in "Sandow: The Strong Man.
Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
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When people want a wry chuckle over their cornflakes, they should know they can go to me.
Times, Sunday Times
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EnlargeAP file photoJeff George stands as a cautionary tale for quarterbacks gone awry from the top overall draft spot.
QB quandary: No. 1 pick doesn't guarantee success
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Press reaction has not been without a wry smile.
Times, Sunday Times
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Paul Kedrosky, in the course of a sideways voyage up my fundament, dismisses my argument here as ‘studiously awry.’
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The Sports Development Committee work tirelessly to promote sport in Newry and Mourne and for that they received worthy praise.
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But this instinct has gone awry.
Christianity Today
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Cue a wry smile and a mopped brow.
Times, Sunday Times
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It is to be doubted whether one of Albert's calibre would have troubled to attack such small game, but it was the firm opinion of the Wrykyn fags and the Judies that he and his men were to be avoided.
The White Feather
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Levy's wry sort of humour and the ironic use of an English woman's perspective to describe the problems confronted by the immigrants is both clever and sensitive.
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The Elector was broke and couldn't afford to pay the agreed dowry, but he wanted the money such a marriage would be sure to bring his way.
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All proceeds of the event went to Newry Hospice.
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To illustrate our role, here is what the Encyclopedia Judaica wrote about Iraqi Jewry: "During the 20th century, Jewish intellectuals, authors, and poets made an important contribution to the Arabic language and literature by writing books and numerous essays.
David Harris: Letter from a Forgotten Jew
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I gave him a wry smile and commented, ‘Well, now you've gone and ruined their fun.’
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This last winter, at its annual meeting, the Conference of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, the coordinating body of Jewish voluntary fund-raising for Israel and local community needs all over the country, said quite flatly, in a public resolution, that policies which disenfranchise the rabbis of the nonorthodox majority of American Jewry are hurting the fundraising for Israel.
Begin and the Jews: An Exchange
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Brönsted-Lowry bases are paired with acids, forming what is referred to as conjugate pairs.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
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A wry grin overspread her lips as she found herself walking towards a small hut.
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The scene is a ludicrously expensive suite at Salford's Lowry Hotel, the kind of place record companies only book bands into after they've sold squillions of records, like New Order.
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My dowry's considerable - more than sufficient to resuscitate the Ashford family fortunes, at least by enough to get by.
ON A WICKED DAWN
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Using wry wit where melodrama would have sufficed, she externalises her character's grave desperation with mettle.
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Seersucker Tie, $125, Black Fleece by Brooks Brothers, New York, 212- 929-2763 These days, "summer neckwear" might as well be a wry term for a farmer's tan.
The Ties That Shine
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Cilgwry, and found the ousel standing upon a little rock, and asked him the age of the owl.
Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery
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The following is the report of a case by Drewry, of double (or, more strictly speaking, quadruple) athetosis, associated with epilepsy and insanity: ` ` The patient was a negro woman, twenty-six years old when she was admitted into this, the Central State (Va.)
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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His picture of writers as frustrated, unpraised, unrewarded wretches, pitied at parties and whispered about among families, drew laughter and wry nods.
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During the theft he comes upon a chambermaid whom he takes hostage, then kills, as his escape attempt goes awry.
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[A] wry new memoir … [Kamen] intertwines her journey (which, mercifully, is often comical) with the latest medical research.
All In My Head: Summary and book reviews of All In My Head by Paula Kamen.
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The Middle English word (in the sense of "builder") was wright (from the Old English wryhta), which could be used in compound forms such as wheelwright or boatwright. [
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The icing on the cake is Lily Tomlin as Russ's much-abused assistant: wry doesn't get any wryer.
All Grown Up On The Inside
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Under these circumstances, the textbook reaction is the dignified, wry chuckle.
Times, Sunday Times
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George Condo: A Collection of Etchings | Condo is typically known for bold paintings so brash as to be referred to as gonzo "artificial realism," the term the artist uses to describe his works, which by turns are meditative, wry, irreverent and fantastical, reflecting Condo's now-iconic surrealistic mash-up of old and modern masters.
Bill Bush: I Shot Andy Warhol: This Artweek.LA (June 13-19)
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He had a wry sense of humour and a twinkle in his eye.
Times, Sunday Times
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John Grishams first work of nonfiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet.
The best recent books: True Crime
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The distinct morphology of this and other brain cacti, known as cristate or crested growth, is caused by an apical meristem gone awry.
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The strike has sent the plans for investment seriously awry.
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While you can boast of your three overwhelming millions, we can only produce our poor one million, — a mere nothing in your eyes, though three times the dowry of an archduchess of Austria.
A Marriage Contract
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He was a good and forceful speaker with a wry sense of humour, a strong sense of fairness and a down-to-earth attitude.
Times, Sunday Times
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River bed invertebrates support a diverse birdlife including wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis, paradise shelduck Tadorna variegata, black-billed gull, black-fronted tern Sterna albistriata and banded dotterel Pluvialis obscura.
Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand
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The slightest off-key note and the whole story can go awry.
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My bed faces the river so as by perking up upon my haunches, and supporting my carcase with my elbows, without much wrying my neck, I can see the white sails glide by the bottom of the King's Bench walks as I lie in my bed.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb
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What really mattered, though, was the bit in between the records - the sound of his voice and his wry commentary on all aspects of his daily life.
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His mouth twisted into a wry smile.
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Two goals in each half from the league leaders saw Newry brushed aside with consummate ease and keeps the City languishing near the bottom of the table.
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As it is manifestly impossible to derive the word "cowry" from the Greek word for "pig," the only explanation that will stand examination is that the two meanings must have been acquired from the identification of both the cowry and the pig with the Great
The Evolution of the Dragon
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A safety diver hovered above and two guys were up top ready to haul me out if anything went awry.
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The hyrax remarked wryly, ‘Looks like somebody beat us to it, m'friend.‘
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The sexual chemistry between Wilks and Gray is palpable as they bounce ripostes off each other with wry wit and superb timing.
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The avian family Picidae includes the woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks.
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[69] Apuleius _Apologia_, 523: Pleraque tamen rei familiaris in nomen uxoris callidissima fraude confert, etc.; id., 545, 546 proves further the power of the wife: ea condicione factam conjunctionem, si nullis a me susceptis liberis vita demigrasset, ut dos omnis, etc. -- evidently the woman was dictating the disposal of her dowry.
A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions.
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He allowed himself a wry smile and a promise to himself not to let it happen again.
Times, Sunday Times
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Another common thread running through the stories is that of relationships gone awry.
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Wear with your sleek new white trainers and a wry smile.
Times, Sunday Times
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The number of wry, hygiene related puns that fleeted upon me at that moment was overwhelming.
Steve Rosenbaum: Airport Pat Down -- Is Shampoo a Crime?
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Many unionists, including Northern Ireland's prime minister, James Chichester-Clark, also thought the Irish army would try to seize nationalist majority towns such as Newry and the west bank of Derry.
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
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As more visitors come to centres like Newry, unfortunately so too do criminals on the lookout for easy prey.
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a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry
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His work combines a wry humour with pathos.
Times, Sunday Times
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Every time he refers to you as ‘Mr. Zwinge’ I cannot help but picture him with a wry smirk on his face, as if he's put you in your place.
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On 12 th April, 2 hoopoes, 2 wrynecks, a nightingale, 2 citrine wagtails, a black-eared wheatear, 15 redstarts, a whinchat, a robin, a Menetries’ and 23 willow warblers, a spotted flycatcher and 4 scaly-breasted munias were in Mushrif Palace Gardens.
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Skipping breakfast was easy: I just asked Wry to cover for me.
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She gave him a wry smile, brushing her hair away from her face into a quick bun.
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She added a wry smile as three slightly confused expressions dissolved quickly into delighted laughter.
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The difficulty was that in impassioned moments the mustache was apt to get awry; and once or twice, while on his knees before Tina in tragical attitudes, this occurrence set her off into hysterical giggles, which spoiled the effect of the rehearsal.
Oldtown Folks
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She told the tale with wry amusement.
Positive Parent Power
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Remember, Newry did pride itself for its flower displays before and won widespread acclaim for it.
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She was mistress of the wry, speaking glance.
Times, Sunday Times
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He was phlegmatic and dutiful, with a wry sense of humor.
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Thought better by Jewry itself to withdraw him from the public gaze.
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In Het huisje aan de sloot (The Cottage by the Creek, 1921), she describes the wretched state of Jewish life in the so-called Mediene (Dutch Jewry outside the main urban centers like Amsterdam) and the hostility of non-Jews towards people they saw as foreigners.
Modern Netherlands.
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The men wear a horned headdress with a tall tuft of feathers and a fringe of cowry shells dangling over their faces.
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As John Adams would wryly say later, ‘In general, our generals were outgeneralled.’
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Elizabeth styled him her pygmy; his enemies delighted in vilifying his "wry neck," "crooked back" and "splay foot," and in Bacon's essay "On Deformity," it was said, "the world takes notice that he paints out his little cousin to the life."
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For many peasants, the double burden of taxation and war led either to outlawry or to the one available source of protection, a powerful local individual.
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That the river that runs through Mayobridge is a feeder to the Clanrye river that flows through Newry.
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Today, though, Lowry is effetely lamenting the fact that McCain was booed at a highly politicized college by liberal students when McCain praised the Iraq War.
Archive 2006-05-01
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There are moments of impenetrable psychotic darkness, followed swiftly by wry humor.
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I am not suitor to the Lady Isabel; Clarence is overlavish, and Isabel has a fair face and a queenly dowry.
The Last of the Barons — Complete
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But what? methinks I deserve to be pounded, for straying from poetry to oratory: but both have such an affinity in this wordish consideration, that I think this digression will make my meaning receive the fuller understanding: which is not to take upon me to teach poets how they should do, but only finding myself sick among the rest, to show some one or two spots of the common infection, grown among the most part of writers: that, acknowledging ourselves somewhat awry, we may bend to the right use both of matter and manner; whereto our language giveth us great occasion, being indeed capable of any excellent exercising of it.
English literary criticism
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That our government takes the initiative ... to urge international outlawry of atomic and hydrogen weapons.
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He has a wry sense of humour and an astonishing smile.
Times, Sunday Times
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As White wryly remarks, the Irish have been talking about revenge since they lost in Bloemfontein and Cape Town and should not need to be motivated more than they already are.
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She relaxed and told Jay about her life, with the wry humour of a survivor.
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Ms Rhode said: ‘It is all guesswork because Lowry was a disseminator, he liked to play games with people and tell them what they wanted to hear.’
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A myriad of emotions plays over his boyish face - wry amusement, disbelief, disgust, and smugness.
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This book is suffused with Shaw's characteristic wry Irish humour.
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Since she's naught but an orphan, lacking dowry and family, then you should be content with a handfast.
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I gave Ethan a wry smile and then frogged his arm.
My Fair Succubi
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Its forecasts for economic growth and inflation have gone seriously awry in recent years.
Times, Sunday Times
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She smiled wryly to herself, thinking that perhaps he, like the local songbirds and crows, had flown south to avoid the oncoming winter.
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From Lowry's perspective, by contrast, national particularism can never be an unmitigatedly constructive force.
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As a former professor, Nazerman would not have been representative of German Jewry had he been depicted as unassimilated.
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Up to 74 shorebird species have been sighted here, with a peak of 40,000 migratory birds utilizing the Firth at one time, including the New Zealand dotterel (Charadrius obscurus VU) and more than half of New Zealand's wrybill population.
Northland temperate kauri forests
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My diligent inspection of every single isolated bay, every last tottering Spanish tower had been observed by both the customs posts and the hashish smuggling gangs with wry detachment.
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Results often go awry if patients use flawed techniques, which prevent the medicine from reaching the airway passage.
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And I don't think that's going to give him the screaming habdabs, I thought wryly.
DEAD BEAT
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He has a wry sense of humour and an astonishing smile.
Times, Sunday Times
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An hour spent absorbing the color and black-and-white works provides a great introduction to an inventive artist whose wry sense of humor and smart downbeat attitude are urban adult all the way.
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This was received with knowing glances and wry smiles.
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Elliot's face grew deadly pale, her lower lip stiff, as when she was angered with me at Chinon, and so, wrying her neck suddenly to the left, she rode on her way, nor ever looked towards us again.
A Monk of Fife
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Something must be awry at the bank, if he has to rely on that old chestnut.
Times, Sunday Times
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A Planning Service approval to build a multi-storey apartment block in Newry is at the centre of a blazing row.
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Aliette made a wry face, and turned away disbelieving.
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The transformation of marriage in twentieth century Kerala which included the institutionalisation of conjugal marriage, patriliny, and dowry, the specific implications of Kerala's demographic transition for community politics, and the inflow of remittances from the Gulf after the 1970s have endured that community boundaries, and the institution of arranged marriage which sustains them remain hale and hearty.
Countercurrents.org
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The girl had been harassed for dowry by her in-laws since her marriage two years ago, but this year they had become particularly cruel towards her.
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It is hard to imagine the anatomical member to which you allude being demised legally or otherwise by means of a lease*, but I can tell you that circumcisions have gone awry resulting in demised ones and lawsuits.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More Evidence for Christina Hoff Sommers’ “War Against Boys” Theory?
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Enter," he said wryly as the clumping and stomping of ironshod feet halted just outside the tent flap.
War of the Twins
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His businesses follow a giddy arc and tend to go awry.
Times, Sunday Times
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Her hair was awry and she had one hand on one jutting hip indignantly, her eyes half-closed in a cuss.
SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND
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The four-metre wide painting depicts a typical Lowry scene of Victorian life in a northern cotton town.
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Lawry ducked the blow and uppercut him in the jaw.
