Word: sinuous
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...singer who was known to her Middle Eastern fans as "the Nightingale of the Nile." She had a stentorian contralto and a quavering wail that grated on the ears of those attuned to the trills of opera divas. But her voice was a near-perfect instrument for expressing the sinuous quarter tones of Arabic music...
...carved and polished edges attesting to the virtuosity of the craftsman. Pi disks are adorned with raised spirals and the ornamental design of an object becomes interesting in itself as a thing independent of the material in which it is carved. New shapes are introduced and a twisting sinuous motion begins to pervade carvings of dragons and felines but the older, more severe forms still exercise a tremendous hold on the Chinese imagination...
...moderate, gave a report replete with leftist catch phrases and praise for the Cultural Revolution and the "socialist newborn things"; the supposedly radical Chang, meanwhile, steered clear of leftist slogans and instead emphasized the need for "both discipline and freedom." It was a superb illustration not only of the sinuous complexity of Chinese politics but also of Chou's unrivaled adroitness at bargaining and compromise...
...years, Thomas Hart Benton acts as a kind of troubadour of American painting. His work, well represented in this book, ranges over all regions and periods, from Hollywood sets to Southeastern tobacco farms, from battles between Indians and settlers to World War II. Throughout, in a distinctive style, dynamic, sinuous but often lumpishly awkward, he affectionately illustrates the rhythm, energy and drama of American life...
Zarkov to adventures in the shadowy cave world of the witch-queen Azura, one of the most sinuous vamps of all time. Wielding sword and ray gun (not to mention skull and bones), Flash survives everything that Mongo's Ming the Merciless can throw at him: sacred droks, octosaks, shark men, iron men, hawk men, even Ming's insatiable daughter, Princess Aura. Forty years on, Dale still sounds like an escapee from a Campbell's Soup ad. Flash still does not get around to marrying her. Author-Illustrator Alex Raymond still seems to be some sort...