The purple domino, worn carelessly open, revealed black satin encrusted with silver and diamonds. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century] Reference
The artist might use simply a few items or can almost cover the piece in a technique called encrusted embellishing. From Wordnik.com. [Blisstree] Reference
Our discussion of the uninsured is encrusted in myths. From Wordnik.com. [Myths Of The Uninsured] Reference
With flour-encrusted hands, he flipped through his recipe cards. From Wordnik.com. [Borden, Dream on Lord of the Pies.] Reference
Yes, Washington's encrusted obsession with "process" is out of hand. From Wordnik.com. [Psssst! Perot's Got Pictures] Reference
"The other day we were talking about diamond-encrusted fabric," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Suits for All Seasons] Reference
He simply wants to undo some of opera's encrusted, alienating conventions. From Wordnik.com. [Baz Is Broadway Bound] Reference
Sit back with Elton John and enjoy a real old trouper in a crystal-encrusted gown. From Wordnik.com. [Cabaret with Marlene Dietrich] Reference
The shopkeeper brought a reddish condiment in a sugar bowl encrusted around the rim. From Wordnik.com. [Jew] Reference
Inside the dome is a kidney-shaped pool, its turquoise tiles encrusted with calcium. From Wordnik.com. [Monsoon] Reference
They're almost all-American types, until you see their tattoo-encrusted arms and backs. From Wordnik.com. [Extremism In The Ranks] Reference
One example: the pension system is encrusted with privileges that Brazil can ill afford. From Wordnik.com. [Tears Of Joy] Reference
The diamond-encrusted 18-karat gold timepiece with Swiss parts is hardly for the masses. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bit Of Bel Air In Beijing] Reference
She daily shellacked it with Dippity Do till the thing was encrusted with that sticky goo. From Wordnik.com. [Where Did the Goofy Hairdos Go?] Reference
In 2006, Campbell was arrested for throwing a "jewel encrusted" cellphone at her housekeeper. From Wordnik.com. [MP Nunan: Naomi and Wyclef - A Celebrity Week in Foreign Affairs] Reference
Forget those precious goat-milk cheeses encrusted in peppercorns and those pricey angora sweaters. From Wordnik.com. [Barnyard Bioengineers] Reference
In the Four Seasons Hotel, Quattro features Italian-American dishes like pesto-encrusted red snapper. From Wordnik.com. [RESTAURANTS LOCAL FLAIR] Reference
There's no place like Serious Eats to satisfy all your sugar-encrusted marshmallow needs and desires. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Dispatch: Why Chatroulette matters; Hyundai to provide iPad as owners manual for Equus] Reference
At Manhattan clubs, the regulars are decked out in taffeta, velvet and sequin-encrusted bathing suits. From Wordnik.com. [Gidget Goes High Fashion] Reference
So, how does a scruffy activist with soil-encrusted fingernails get to set foot in such a swanky setting?. From Wordnik.com. [Kerry Trueman: Chelsea Clinton: Hudson Valley Girl? And a Vegan, Too!] Reference
"If the waitress comes, tell her I will have the pecan-encrusted haddock with aspargus," I say as I stand up. From Wordnik.com. [Quixote Bronson, Savior of Neglected Suburban Housewives] Reference
Her voice quavered as she moved forward, unconsciously reaching out a small, dirt-encrusted hand towards him. From Wordnik.com. [En Pointe] Reference
It was an improbable trophy: three feet of mangled, soot-encrusted steel, its surface peeled back in grotesque curls. From Wordnik.com. [A Break In The Blast] Reference
I must have looked like a very old woman trudging along in a wrecked wedding gown, hair all stringy, encrusted with salt. From Wordnik.com. [Nobody Steps Forward] Reference
Bilbo visits him with a company of brave but foolish dwarves and learns of the one weak spot on his jewel encrusted body. From Wordnik.com. [Ten of the best dragons in literature] Reference
A culture that values wealth will develop super-expensive cars and gold encrusted watches that people compete to purchase. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Status Symbols and the American Express Black Card] Reference
And no, he wasn't wearing his trademark crystal-encrusted stretch white shirt and tight white pants -- that's for performing. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Imperato: Cameron Carpenter -- Taking His Organ on the Road] Reference
(Soundbite of song, "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas") Mr. FLOWERS: (Singing) You stumble down the boulevard, neon-encrusted temples. From Wordnik.com. [Brandon Flowers: An Ode To Las Vegas In 'Flamingo'] Reference
- No, I stay in my ivory-encrusted tower and write books for other people to use intheirreal-life experience. From Wordnik.com. [The Nutty Professor] Reference
Arguments about race have always been encrusted with hypocrisy, and now the same is true for our current obsession with "moral values.". From Wordnik.com. [A SHABBY FIESTA OF HYPOCRISY] Reference
"Where I come from, people equate quality with how much you pay," said 50, a huge diamond and gold encrusted cross swinging from his neck. From Wordnik.com. [Heavy Metal?] Reference
Ms. Ford Grimes, who wears a diamond-encrusted Hello Kitty ring and a matching gold watch, scowls at the notion of charging for affection. From Wordnik.com. [At This Hotel, Even a Pooch Can Live in the Lap of Luxury] Reference
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