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...They still couldn't sleep after counting the first flock b) Sheep may have mad-cow disease c) Horses too heavy d) They had extra mint jelly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Apr. 2, 2001 | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...were under way, zigzagging paths up steep slopes generally demanded the group ride in single file atop sheer shale ridges. Upon breaching a pass, we stopped for lunch, while the support trucks and mobile kitchen took the low road. As we rode, the pure air was scented with wild mint and garlic brushed by the horses' hooves. The grunt of a yak, a marmot whistle or a bird's wing-beat carried undisturbed across the valley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fermented Mare's Milk and the Manly Arts | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...game is at its most frenzied at Babylon. The man by the pillar smiles hesitantly at Fifi. She grins back, pops a mint and slinks on over. They mouth words to each other, not that they can really hear over the techno din. He says he works for a financial company. She says she owns stocks. Pretty soon he's got his hand on the small of her back and is drawing her closer. When he reaches over and nuzzles her neck, she closes her eyes and leans her head back. But only for a moment. Soon, she opens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...Week 6 needed the drama. For 40 minutes, with "Survivor" watchers having tuned in for blood, the most savage thing we saw was Jerri's sex drive, not so neatly sublimated into a raw and anguished craving for chocolate. Chocolate in bars, chocolate in mint-filled patties, chocolate poured over "some hot guy's bod" in a very vocal fantasy that would have been titillating were it not for the sight of Jerri's lupine countenance. (Colby's response: "I may be a lot of things, but I ain't no Hershey bar.") Before our eyes, Queen Jerri turned into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ouch! Mike — No Shrimp He — Falls on the Barbie | 3/1/2001 | See Source »

...style names like Mauler and Vlad the Impaler. Put them in a Plexiglas cage, and let them hammer, buzz-saw and ram the motor oil out of each other. Throw in campy announcers and a good-looking blond to interview contestants, and you've got a license to mint ratings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battlebots: Attack of the Warrior Geeks | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

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