An elaboration of the sketch followed. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
All your elaboration is post facto rationalization. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Jessica Valenti on Anti-Feminists and So-Called “Hook-up Culture”] Reference
Further elaboration is needless and comments are unnecessary, we know. From Wordnik.com. [Noble Simplicity and the Liturgiologist Edmund Bishop] Reference
Some elaboration is worth it, to unveil the full lunacy of the phrase. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Unleashing Chiang] Reference
No fuller elaboration is necessary; no greater distinction is possible. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario and the Constitutional Proposals] Reference
Your “further elaboration is not really called for since it is almost time for the conclusion” is hilarous. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Sowell’s Coup] Reference
Your elaboration is a non sequitor to the question being asked, fwiw. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Should Repubs. Fight Sotomayor? Left Bloggers say No; Righties Split:] Reference
But without elaboration, that is merely to restate the nature of the original problem. From Wordnik.com. [Bits and Pieces of an RNA World] Reference
From there elaboration is encouraged. From Wordnik.com. [What does it mean to sing like a Catholic?] Reference
Strategies such as elaboration, rehearsal, and mnemonic devices can help you better remember. From Wordnik.com. [Speedlinking 9/12/07] Reference
Does the telling of Professor Bellah's story and mine provide only "elaboration" and another "perspective"?. From Wordnik.com. ['Veritas' at Harvard: Another Exchange] Reference
The curves with the curlicues had been the hardest part, and I had vowed to avoid that kind of elaboration again. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Chaos]
He also developed the middle part of the sonata into what is known as the "elaboration,". From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present] Reference
The elaboration which is the privilege of more liberal means and the use of artistic experience in decoration on a larger scale. From Wordnik.com. [Principles of Home Decoration With Practical Examples] Reference
A lot of people - I think we need some elaboration. From Wordnik.com. [After 25 Years, King Will Hang Up His Suspenders] Reference
The fact that this elaboration of the sap in long-pruned vines requires. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
It is splendid in colouring and wonderful in the elaboration of detail. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
In the elaboration and development, therefore, of the physical cause of. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
Some of these were carpeted and furnished with considerable elaboration. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Here we have small work, organized, and great elaboration of related details. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
And you describe it in the liner notes as a sentimental song but no elaboration. From Wordnik.com. [Marco Benevento Toys Around With Experimental Jazz] Reference
In most cases a paragraph may be regarded as the elaboration of the principal sentence. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
She saw the entire purpose of creation to be the evolution and elaboration of the soul. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Radiant] Reference
It is assumed that it is to the nuns of Italy we owe the succeeding elaboration of Reticella. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
He suggested, without further elaboration, that Hiz-bullah might have had some presence there. From Wordnik.com. [Torn to Shreds] Reference
This coveted and negotiable access to Western structures of government bears some elaboration. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
The nature of the Sunday services and the Sunday School is evident without further elaboration. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference
Mr. Lin said the incident is not affecting its business with Apple, without further elaboration. From Wordnik.com. [Apple Supplier Paid Commission to Broker] Reference
When we speak of excellence in dress we do not mean richness of clothing, nor manifested elaboration. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
He said flatly that the measure "would ban nearly all hunting rifle ammunition," without any elaboration. From Wordnik.com. [NRA Targets Obama] Reference
"He's not here," she said with the same unconcern, but without any hints of elaboration. From Wordnik.com. [Nine and Five] Reference
Ten thousand times better than all such absurd elaboration is the simple statement that "His mercy endureth forever.". From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
These questions when answered will depend upon the leading one and be an elaboration of it into a complete paragraph. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
Then the Venetian influence crept in, and elaboration of pattern and the Renaissance scrolls and flower work showed itself. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
I excel in metaphysical discussions, and was about giving further elaboration of my favorite idea when the door burst open. From Wordnik.com. [A Brace Of Boys 1867, From "Little Brother"] Reference
These changes take place slowly at first, and more rapidly as the organs fitted for the elaboration of its food are developed. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Agricultural Chemistry] Reference
So, for whoever is interested, here is an explanation and elaboration on what seems to have been a somewhat inflammatory article. From Wordnik.com. [Arjuna Ardagh: Response to the 435 Comments on 'Why It Is Wise to Worship a Woman'] Reference
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