appraising

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Appraising an abstract expressionist work that’s a snarl of snaking lines, Lionel steps forward and backward, forward and backward, as if engaged in a court dance.

From Washington Post • May 17, 2016

Appraising the script for the director’s current project, an intellectual declares, “What monstrous presumption to think that others could benefit from the squalid catalogue of your mistakes.”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 20, 2016

Some reviews were less than tender, with Variety stating: "Appraising Presley as an actor, he ain't. Not that it makes much difference. There are four songs, and lotsa Presley wriggles thrown in for good measure."

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2015

Appraising the pantsuit, perhaps you wonder: In what universe does an American politician doll herself up like Bianca Jagger at Studio 54?

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2012

Appraising myself in the mirror as I brushed my teeth, I kept thinking there were two kinds of adults: There were Peter Van Houtens—miserable creatures who scoured the earth in search of something to hurt.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green