well-turned

Example Sentences

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Taken on its own terms and not as an adaptation,”The Buccaneers” is a well-turned object, pretty to look at and evidently expensive.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023

"For his part, Depp delivers his lines in well-turned French, wearing fine powder and a stiff white wig, and yet he seems strangely uncomfortable in the role - adequate but not especially engaged," he added.

From BBC • May 17, 2023

However furious, they are also ingratiating, emphasizing familiar situations, comic personalities and well-turned put-downs.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2020

I share her discomfort, although I’ve only encountered CrimeCon secondhand, through Monroe’s lively and well-turned reporting.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2019

He makes no well-turned speeches about the bay being even more enchanting under such circumstances, or any orthodox compliment that might have pleased a woman versed in the world's ways.

From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess