A well-turned phrase. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A well-turned ankle. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a well-turned ankle. ,a well-turned phrase. From Dictionary.com.
You prefer a well-turned phrase to all metaphysics. From Wordnik.com. [The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters] Reference
For his life he loved a well-turned ankle in a woman. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Felix] Reference
She'll shape a well-turned phrase, a subtle jest to hit. From Wordnik.com. [Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry] Reference
I tested the water with my foot, my own well-turned ankle. From Wordnik.com. [Along Came a Spider]
“With all his fine voice, and well-turned periods,” thought. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Roy] Reference
I'd say she fancied herself a well-turned 8.95, on a snooty scale of 1 - 10. From Wordnik.com. [Kristina Grish: Raising High-Brows] Reference
The riff about envying traditions of other faiths was well-turned, I thought. From Wordnik.com. [Bruce Feiler: Five Questions Mitt Romney Still Needs to Answer] Reference
In their songs, insight and well-turned phrases are no match for human flaws. From Wordnik.com. [Bonnaroo: Saturday Bands So Far - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
I ever found that a little well-turned compliment softened her sense of injury. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty] Reference
Wil had an eye for the women, and they for him he had very well-turned calves. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Chaos]
He was good-looking, with a well-turned leg, and very much aware of both things. From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
Sling them a well-turned falafel and you won't hear a word of dissent all evening. From Wordnik.com. [Veggies have a duty to say meat is still murder] Reference
If I was not, then dipping into a barrel of well-turned Latin phrases would not help me. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]
Much of the satire is acute and well-turned, often novel in expression if not in thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple] Reference
They spew bits and bytes when they — and we — would be better served by a well-turned phrase or two. From Wordnik.com. [Technocrats: Go on Home and Take the Shortcut - Jaffer Ali - MediaBizBlogger] Reference
"How silly you are!" cries Eleanor, mockingly, gathering up her skirts and revealing a well-turned ankle. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
A man often dislikes truth, fears reason, and likes a well-turned compliment better than the sublimest eloquence. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
He had a person well-turned, graceful and genteel, and was besides the most polite and best bred lord of his age. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
The well-turned insult is a necessary and salutary force in politics, a spicy seasoning in an old, force-fed dish. From Wordnik.com. [In Praise of Political Insults] Reference
While they may rely on magic, I prefer cannon, well-turned steel, and rifles that kill before a sword can respond. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Chaos]
The frame should be iron, zinc, or well-turned wood; the joints closed with white-lead putty; the front and back of glass. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861] Reference
Dangers, amusing road-trip predicaments and well-turned phrases compensate for the book's lack of an over-arching argument. From Wordnik.com. [Longest River, Wide Adventure] Reference
If I'm just writing about something moderately interesting in using interesting well-turned sentences, it just has no life. From Wordnik.com. [Franzen On The Book, The Backlash, His Background] Reference
Darrell went off into a day-dream in which she saw some well-turned out, smart lower-school teams winning match after match. From Wordnik.com. [In the Fifth at Malory Towers]
My ears delight in a well-turned and properly finished period of words, and they like conciseness, and disapprove of redundancy. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4] Reference
A full eye, a Grecian nose, a slim waist: such were her charms; to say nothing of a white, dimpled hand, and a well-turned ankle. From Wordnik.com. [The Way Home] Reference
Black silk stockings showed a well-turned calf in no whit shrunken with age, and his silver shoe-buckles glittered with brilliants. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
Obama speaks in complete sentences, well-turned paragraphs, offers thoughts with intellectual depth, nuance, humility and compassion. From Wordnik.com. [The Inkblot] Reference
So it sometimes happens that a life may in the end be made up of a few well-turned speeches, a few fine books, and a few great plays. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
Be charitable to a beggar who has his mattress full of gold, but who wants to be nourished only on well-turned phrases and choice words. From Wordnik.com. [The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters] Reference
I seemed to have found my tongue, and to be pouring forth a string of well-turned speeches which I never should have ready at real need. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
They spoke to each other, commending his fine warlike air, his lofty stature, and well-turned limbs, and said that he would die bravely. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3)] Reference
We're not used to standing up and shouting for our rights, when a well-turned quip (or an overwrought blog post) is more in our comfort zone. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Williams: Walk Hard] Reference
That same year, she became a staff writer at Vanity Fair magazine, and quickly distinguished herself there with her cutting and well-turned humor. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Rothschild Parker.] Reference
He was slightly made, below the middle height, but was well made in every limb, with small feet and hands, and small ears, and a well-turned neck. From Wordnik.com. [Nina Balatka] Reference
The men were steady and well-turned out, as usual, but their junior officers had been at the Queen's party all night, and came on parade half-soused. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman's Lady]
But then I found, as I looked at other men's calves to compare them to mine, that I really appreciated a nice pair of gams/a well-turned heel on a man. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference
Above all, the Women sang forth his praises loudly, less influenced by devotion than by his noble countenance, majestic air, and well-turned, graceful figure. From Wordnik.com. [The Monk] Reference
And therein lies the satisfaction and reassurance of a well-turned eulogy: it's evidence that a life well-lived can have the power and impact and design of art. From Wordnik.com. [Of Price and Peel] Reference
She had her shining moment when she spun on her well-turned heel, pointed at us, and shouted, "Judge, if those two hadn't kidnapped Oz, he would be alive today!". From Wordnik.com. [The Lake House]
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