wry
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Wry, shy and fragile-looking, Hall gets off lightly here, with little interrogation of his patriotism, personal ethics or fears of a nuclear world’s potential for catastrophic error.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023
Wry smiles and sense of nostalgia aside, the appearance of crisp packets from the 1960s on a Norfolk beach are a potent a reminder of the longevity of single use plastics.
From BBC • May 16, 2023
Wry, adrift, and unable to construct any viable strategy for what she’s trying to accomplish, she languidly caves to other people’s wishes.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2021
Wry, specific, and at times gut-punchingly earnest, Bridgers’ murmur flows like a steady internal monologue, linking all sorts of disparate experiences through her cracked but startlingly perceptive lens.
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2020
Wry faces from Marie, emphasized by repeated pinches at each threatened outbreak, brought me back to my senses and to Anglo-Saxon.
From In the Claws of the German Eagle by Williams, Albert Rhys
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