cultivated speech. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
cultivated roses. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
cultivated land. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : cultivated land. ,cultivated tastes. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object), : to cultivate a strain of bacteria. ,to cultivate a singing voice. From Dictionary.com.
In the past decade, Bob Somerby has chronicled and analyzed the lovely media narratives that McCain cultivated in '99. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
Ooh, she's "cultivated" -- well why didn't anyone tell me this before?. From Wordnik.com. [The Minority Report -] Reference
As for "Floppy Hat", the idea cultivated in a music character of Allan Holdsworth and various bands is expressed. From Wordnik.com. [Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website] Reference
Castro: Our only concern is that the land is idle when it should be cultivated, which is what we are striving for. From Wordnik.com. [TELEVISION APPEARANCE ON CHANNEL 2] Reference
But it has a basis of truth in the widespread disbelief diffused through the literary and so-called cultivated classes. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms] Reference
"At my 'Pardon, madame,' and lifted hat one of the figures turned her head; then, to my surprise, she spoke in English -- cultivated English. From Wordnik.com. [Widdershins] Reference
Can you imagine any man you know saying that he "cultivated" himself?. From Wordnik.com. [Joan Z. Shore: Politically Correct Sex (For Women)] Reference
Rather than restricting aesthetics to a kind of cultivated and desexualized realm. From Wordnik.com. [Two Feminists on Childhood and Sexuality in the Art of Amy Jenkins « Gender Across Borders] Reference
And I think he, in a way, kind of cultivated being at the edges of comprehensibility. From Wordnik.com. [Isaiah Berlin: A Life] Reference
The kind of cultivated ignorance that fights against its own benefit is still on display. From Wordnik.com. [For Some, the Dark Ages Never Ended.] Reference
Young Americans are no longer allowing themselves to be "cultivated" to follow their respective party. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: Of Course I Can Handle The GOP. I Took On The Clinton Research Shop!] Reference
What's disturbing is that this kind of cultivated dependence is now what's being rewarded by the judicial system. From Wordnik.com. [Custody Goes To The Craziest Parent] Reference
Gross water balance: Wetlands evaporate more water than other land types, such as cultivated land, grassland, or forests. From Wordnik.com. [Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Wetlands and Water~ Wetlands and Water~ Ecosystems and Human Well-being] Reference
So, too, even things which are subject to us are said to be "cultivated" by us. From Wordnik.com. [On Prayer and The Contemplative Life] Reference
Yet they did not seem "cultivated" at all -- it had all become a natural condition. From Wordnik.com. [Herland] Reference
In terms of thinking ahead, when I first studied Toyota I noticed they had this kind of cultivated paranoia. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Glossy had always "cultivated" Asenath Scherman for though that young dame lived at present a very retired and domestic life, Miss. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Girls] Reference
"cultivated," from the fact that they do not know what true culture is, nor are they able to recognize it when they see it. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls] Reference
"cultivated" the English, that she had been much in London and would be likely to have views in regard to a permanent settlement there. From Wordnik.com. [Louisa Pallant] Reference
The problem was, most stars didn't have cultivated taste. From Wordnik.com. [Playing Dress Up] Reference
A late Cuomo entry could shake the party's carefully cultivated collegiality. From Wordnik.com. [The Less-Is-More Democrats] Reference
Flower growers have cultivated blooms that are big, bright and live long in the vase. From Wordnik.com. [Suing To End A Clinton 'Cover-Up', Listen For The] Reference
Or they'd ask you what's the most cultivated white-grape variety in the Czech Republic. From Wordnik.com. [Mickey’s New Master of Fine Wine] Reference
Wild blueberries are smaller, darker and have a more intense taste than their cultivated cousins. From Wordnik.com. [Blueberries] Reference
But equally, the regime has cultivated the image of being the fierce protector of China's sovereignty. From Wordnik.com. [After The Showdown] Reference
Wiggins, like Gonzalez, cultivated an outlaw mystique, according to her soon-to-be ex-husband, James Malden. From Wordnik.com. [Murder in the Panhandle] Reference
Karl Rove cultivated an air of mystery, rarely appearing on TV talk shows or giving on-the-record interviews. From Wordnik.com. [DOWN TO THE WIRE] Reference
Ralph Reed says that Robertson -- whom Dole has carefully cultivated in recent years -- agrees with that view. From Wordnik.com. [The Fight Inside The Tent] Reference
Forgiveness, he emphasizes, has to be cultivated; it goes against a natural human tendency to seek revenge and the redress of injustice. From Wordnik.com. [Forgive And Let Live] Reference
The network had been cultivated by the then-feared secret intelligence services of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, who was executed in 1989. From Wordnik.com. [Spies vs. Spies] Reference
Without a grand vision she will be more like Cyrus Vance or Warren Christopher, secretaries of state who cultivated reputations as negotiators. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady Is A Hawk] Reference
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