Word: conveys
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...should unwittingly convey the impression that you regard Canada as in any way a dependency of Britain, you are likely to find that many people will temper their welcome with coolness...
...Nothing is more conducive to long-winded and stilted writing than the use of a formal, pedantic or polysyllabic substitute for the natural word or expression that first comes to mind. There will be occasions, relatively rare, when they will be wanted, quite legitimately, to convey a different shade of meaning. They should never be used simply because it is thought they sound more official, more formal more stylish or more impressive than their everyday equivalents...
...importance about this production that few Hollywood spectacles achieve. Where emotionalism usually buries the theme, here martial music and gaudy effect drive it home, and one is never allowed to forget that genuine patriotism was defeated by selfish individualism. That is the only idea that "Wilson" tries to convey. It never goes all the way and becomes bald internationalist propaganda, because it was not intended...
...after day, sitting back of headquarters' tent, he gave haircuts to all comers, generals and privates alike. When business grew slack he brewed coffee for anybody who wanted it. Though he spoke only Polish, Ziggy managed to convey the fact that he was a cheerful, eager guy who liked to work...
...ball" but who has enough natural intelligence to add four and four and get more than a headache. Slapstick is present, of course, but is held to a minimum as poor Hargrove progresses from cleaning garbage cans at Fort Bragg, North Carolina to cleaning garbage cans aboard a convey bound for action...