The almost self-conscious flatness of Hemingway's style. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It needed lemon juice to sharpen the flatness of the dried lentils. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Whatever you were doing pursuant to flatness is a particular: it is its own witness. From Wordnik.com. [Senses and Lilies : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
My reservations about Mr. Galassi's translations have to do with a certain flatness of tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Raptures of a Tragic Visionary] Reference
'Sure, places like Facebook and MySpace and LinkedIn have their utility, but their flatness is a problem.'. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Social Networking: The Next Generation] Reference
"Sure, places like Facebook and MySpace and LinkedIn have their utility, but their flatness is a problem."'. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Social Networking: The Next Generation] Reference
Her figure was erect and flat as a lath, and this flatness was accentuated by the extreme scantiness of her drab calico dress. From Wordnik.com. [The Miller of Old Church] Reference
The first is what I can only call a kind of flatness of affect. From Wordnik.com. [04 « May « 2009 « The Manga Curmudgeon] Reference
The language has an interesting "flatness" in Jakobson's sense harmony. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: JEWISH ARAMAIC.] Reference
The "flatness" you decry in the music creates a fascinating dichotomy IMO. From Wordnik.com. [2/24: RoboCop; Carmen Jones; Lessons Of Darkness] Reference
But the 'flatness' resulting from technology has huge implications for Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Sally Thorner: Flashing in East Africa] Reference
To the extent this is true I'd guess it has a lot to do with "flatness" of the in-game skill differences between players. From Wordnik.com. [No Surrender] Reference
I want to use "flatness" to research, discuss, debate, express and inform on various meaningful issues that affect our world. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
Note the method of obtaining the right effect of "flatness" by employing a conventional diaper pattern for the background throughout. From Wordnik.com. [An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition] Reference
In both cases, picture quality is acceptable, no "flatness" occurs. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
The therapist lately noticed my, "flatness", but I was feeling down!. From Wordnik.com. [www.mentallyinteresting.org.uk | Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive] Reference
There is always a kind of flatness about the thing between cousins, I daresay. From Wordnik.com. [Vixen, Volume II.] Reference
As it turns out, cognitively, "flatness" is wired into the human brain right next door to "Uh-huh". From Wordnik.com. [Hottest News Articles] Reference
They measured "flatness" with participants standing on both feet, then scored each foot using a common "arch index.". From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News] Reference
Smith, and Telfer and thought there was a kind of flatness in their jokes and in their ageing comments on each other. From Wordnik.com. [Windy McPherson's Son] Reference
'flatness' resulting from technology has huge implications for Africa. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
There is no color or texture, just a gray flatness. From Wordnik.com. [Q&Amp;A: Surviving At The South Pole] Reference
BRADLEY HAGERTY: Notice the flatness of Dugan's voice. From Wordnik.com. [Inside A Psychopath's Brain: The Sentencing Debate] Reference
Left behind, Esther felt a sense of flatness and anti-climax. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
But what you would really notice is the flatness of the graph. From Wordnik.com. [How The Cheap Revolution Confuses Policymakers] Reference
But what you would mainly notice is the flatness of the graph. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Rules of the Cheap Revolution] Reference
Belarus landlocked; glacial scouring accounts for the flatness of. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Then, the serene flatness of a meadow aligned by a peaceful stream. From Wordnik.com. [Harmon Leon: Dolomite Biking: Are You Experienced?] Reference
Geography - note: landlocked; glacial scouring accounts for the flatness of. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
It gave me a vivid sense of how misleading the flatness of the desert can be. From Wordnik.com. [Nelka Mrs. Helen de Smirnoff Moukhanoff, 1878-1963, a Biographical Sketch] Reference
Rome, during the same ages, was asserting in all its absurdity the flatness of the earth. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
Flat noses indicate flatness of mind and character, by indicating a poor, low organic structure. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
I mean, it's Melville in its sense of extraordinary expanse of just flatness with the sky and color. From Wordnik.com. [Debussy's 'La Mer' Marks 100th Birthday] Reference
After a while, you see shades of blue, gray, crystalline in the flatness; the ice is carved by the wind. From Wordnik.com. [Facing Death On The Ice] Reference
Titus Maccius, surnamed, from the flatness of his feet, Plautus, was the greatest among the comic poets of Rome. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
This flatness is the strangest feature of the world of Zero History, and more generally of the trilogy it completes. From Wordnik.com. [Zero History by William Gibson] Reference
"But when you rally 250 points in two-and-a-half weeks ahead of reporting season, you've got to expect some flatness.". From Wordnik.com. [Gains by Yen Hit Japanese Stocks] Reference
Yet the vast, middle-of-nowhere flatness of Homebush Bay denies Sydney's character as a port city on the edge of a great ocean. From Wordnik.com. [The Good, The Bad, The Boring] Reference
The air smelled good, clean and alive after the flatness of recycled ship's air, and he could tell the Traiti liked it as much as he did. From Wordnik.com. [Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel] Reference
The real shortcomings in Porter are that he sometimes forces the paper-doll flatness and gets a little cute with the placement of detail. From Wordnik.com. [Life With The Proper Painter] Reference
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