Word: drag
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...poet's sap is low, his spirits drag...
...proposition that the winner of the league should play the winner of the Big Three series, Major Moore replied that since the H-Y-P series is not over until a week after Commencement, it would be undesirable to drag out the season longer...
...form of drama. "I always feel," she explained, "that in comedy there is no limit to the finish of a performance. Every day I try to enrich my part somehow and in each new city I study my audience to see what jokes will take, and what parts will drag." Apropos of the reputed coldness of Boston audiences Miss Claire had little to say. She believes it is simply up to each actor to win the approval of his audience and that he is entirely responsible for any unresponsiveness on the part of his audience
...trace the movements of "bad men"; "plain-clothes" officers mingled with the crowds on the inside, ready to "black-jack" the audience into order. On the stage nothing was too foul for utterance, no scene too low for presentation. Even in its exalted moments, the drama has tended to drag its feet in the mud, and the burlesque of twenty years ago rolled in the gutter...
...opening lines tend to drag, but as soon as Disraeli appears the play is saved. Mr. Godfrey in the leading role proved his ability as a director. His leadership was truly gratifying and he commanded real support from the other members of the cast. Miss Hilz was well received as Lady Clarissa and in the end heard good news and wedding chimes from Bernard Nedell, who as Viscount Deeford, is suddenly elevated from a satisfied. Oxonian of 25 years to a saviour of the nation under the tutelage of the great premier...