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“Jandlor The Wry is the god of luck, cross roads, fools and children; he is delighted by quandaries aroused by inconsistencies, surprises, one’s inability to correlate what one sees with what one believes.”
“He was called the Wry-faced King, and, on account of his disfigurement, he let no one but his Councilors see him.”
“Lodge pets pay the price as Rudd departs THE most amusing thing about this column is surely that it's called The Wry Side and yet only very rarely is it wry.”
“To have a column called The Wry Side that is not wry, at least not when I'm writing it, and not when Imre writes it, either.”
“Wry and disruptive, initially her only two words of German are "petrol" and "wolf".”
The Guardian: First novels: Catherine Taylor's roundup - reviews
“Wry, wily, and disarmingly smart, the New York trio started out as what seemed like a sort of meta-rap performance project, with a breakout single—"Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell"—that was aggressively, antagonistically dumb.”
“Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry (The Private Life of a Public Broadcaster) is a tongue-in-cheek memoir, proceeding chronologically from what the author learned about life from his dog when he was eight, to when he learned that he was an old man in the Paris Metro at age sixty-eight.”
“Wry, dark animal tales comprise this modern bestiary; illustrated by Ian Falconer.”
“Wry, dark animal tales comprise this modern bestiary with illustrations by Ian Falconer.”
“Wry and heartfelt, Chabon's riffs uncover brand-new insights in even the most quotidian subjects.”
Manhood for Amateurs: Summary and book reviews of Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon.
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October Words-10031
During the month of October, post at least 10 new words to this list. Make sure you cite where you read the word (book/author/pg) and quote the context/sentence where you found it. If someone has a...
Obsequious, Desalination, exploit, banal, Euphony, Sycophant, Gypsy, Wry, asthenic, odious, digamy, captious and 1 more...
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Carla Cruz I was reading a newspaper article. Oct 27, 2010