Word: effortlessly
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...final album is a typically magniloquent send-off, with production by the Neptunes and Eminem, among others. The hooks on tracks like What More Can I Say blare like processionals for a hip-hop king, and Jay-Z raps over them with effortless self-aggrandizing. He has kept listeners engaged all these years not with his humility but with a relaxed Brooklyn baritone that makes him sound a bit like a ghetto Sinatra (callous but with enviable style). His upbringing has also made fans a little more sympathetic about his avarice. Born Shawn Carter, Jay-Z grew up in Brooklyn...
...looked like he’d be running, just cruising, flying by people,” Murphy says. “He’s got his effortless kind of grace and speed that is not something you see everyday. That’s why sometimes he makes things look easy which are really quite difficult...
...He’s got this effortless kind of grace and speed that is not something you see everyday,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said of Edwards. “He makes things look easy which are really quite difficult...
...Before the piece began, conductor Jameson Marvin remarked to the audience that an organ served as the piece’s original accompaniment, but, because of the lack of an organ on Friday night, a harp was deemed the most worthy replacement. Indeed, Remy did not disappoint with her effortless melodies, which provided a rich but not overpowering pairing with the voices of the chorus...
...Triple Crown races; in San Marino, California. Just 1.49 meters tall and weighing 44 kilograms, Shoemaker was a horse-track heavyweight, with 8,833 victories in 40,350 races, the second-most wins in history. Late Los Angeles Times sports columnist Jim Murray said Shoemaker rode "with the effortless ease and grace of a guy born to do what he was doing." At age 54, when many thought his skills were in decline, Shoemaker steered 17-to-1 long shot Ferdinand to victory in the Kentucky Derby, making him the oldest jockey to ride a Derby winner. Shoemaker suffered only...