We gazed at the sturdy typewriter whose simple mechanisms had produced plots of such intricacy and language of such clarity and humor. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
To him intricacy the most perplexing was also the most inviting. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863] Reference
"The size and intricacy which we have to deal with," says Walter Lippmann. From Wordnik.com. [A Librarian's Open Shelf] Reference
His every effort is exerted to avoid intricacy and clumsiness in machinery. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Steel and Electricity] Reference
At times he advanced to laws of even greater moment, and corresponding intricacy. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
The machine was employed here and abroad, but from its intricacy, fell into disuse. From Wordnik.com. [Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap] Reference
Their marvelous reliability and intricacy are almost as awesome as the human anatomy. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World in Ten Days] Reference
It would be an experiment of some intricacy, it might very probably work, out in shades. From Wordnik.com. [Hilda A Story of Calcutta] Reference
Here you could witness the cellular architecture of the human body in all its intricacy. From Wordnik.com. [Death Masking Love] Reference
They do not think it necessary to have a plot of much intricacy, or even of great interest. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
The only intricacy involved lies in form design and construction for cylindrical tank work. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
It reveals the intricacy not only of its patterns of flow but also of its means of expression. From Wordnik.com. [Humanistic Nursing] Reference
The intricacy of the interlacing decoration is so minute that it is impossible to describe it. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
Mossy paths, of charming intricacy, invited the wanderer to explore their mysterious windings. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
He packed his valise and departed wondering greatly at the intricacy and unreasonableness of women. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
The smaller ornaments and initial letters throughout the manuscript display great intricacy of design. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference
Most of this exquisite lace requires a powerful magnifying-glass to discern the intricacy of the work. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
One wonders where Mr. Hamelin developed such a strong interest in musical intricacy and adventurousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Musical Adventurer Comes to Play] Reference
Milton's exquisite poem, 'Comus,' is an example of perfect rhythm with ceaseless intricacy and great variety. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864] Reference
Simple, without intricacy, it seems to be the spontaneous expression of humanity, congenial to the wants of man. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864] Reference
Looking closely you could see the intricacy of construction, ribbons of sprocketed film in thinly sliced chocolate. From Wordnik.com. [Regina Weinreich: Jack Goes Boating and Kings of Pastry: What Can Go Wrong in the Kitchen] Reference
But, of course, the intricacy of these ingenious arrangements was only discovered at the cost of bitter experience. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
No brilliancy of color, no elaboration of accessories, no intricacy of composition attracts the attention of the observer. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861] Reference
In the end, these models, for all their intricacy, would achieve something simple: They'd make compensation less volatile. From Wordnik.com. [Managing Wall Street banker compensation] Reference
There was an intricacy and invisibility of fastening about it that her trembling, excited fingers could never have managed. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
In actual life the number of changing factors are very numerous, hence the intricacy involved in the manifestations of life. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
At soldiers he was something of a genius, though his games were of an intricacy which failed to commend itself to me altogether. From Wordnik.com. [A Student in Arms Second Series] Reference
Emma began to cry; but Flor took it as only a fresh complication of this world, that was becoming for her feet a maze of intricacy. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865] Reference
Sufficient has been said to show that the subject is one of great intricacy, and no simple statement with regard to it is as yet possible. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Simple Anthems were so frequent, and their changes for special occasions were so many, that they created some confusion and intricacy in the old Services. From Wordnik.com. [The Prayer Book Explained] Reference
Monstrosities of hearts, cupids, and entwining fretwork were embossed on each, but save for the intricacy of design, there was little difference between them. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
The convolutions are not noticeable in an infant, but increase with the growth of the mind, their depth and intricacy being characteristic of high mental power. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
State offences, such as treason and sedition, which are of comparatively rare occurrence, present many questions of greater intricacy than any other class of crimes. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844] Reference
Its intricacy of parts and their purposeful interrelation demands explanation, and therefore the fundamental problem is to explain how this machine came into existence. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity] Reference
It is by the action of this complex organ then, that all the wonderful intricacy and beauty of Beethoven and Mozart come, most probably, to be perceived and appreciated. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
Protoplasm, at least the simplest form known to possess the fundamental life properties, soon showed itself to be no chemical compound, but a machine of wonderful intricacy. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity] Reference
Once accepted they were part of a web of thought that often seemed brilliant in beauty and intricacy but when looked at closely was merely a refinement of man's sordid cravings. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
Springing out of this dædal intricacy of booths and workshops rise the slender minarets of prayer, of which the principal one belongs to a mosque said to be the most beautiful in. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873] Reference
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