tarted

• “Reductivism pushed hard winds up being either sublimely elegant or else dumb in tarted up language or else true but trivial.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Drone Warfare and the Harvard National Security Conference

• “The racy photos feature actresses Lea Michele and Dianna Agron in tarted-up, come-hither vixen mode; in one shot, Michele, wearing a top and underwear, is seated on a bench facing the camera with her legs spread open.”

  Parents Television Council Calls Glee's GQ Photos "Near-Pornographic"

• “The automotive answer to the question "what do you call a tarted-up escort?" has been blessedly absent from the automotive landscape since the Focus replaced the Escort in Ford's lineup in 1999.”

  The Truth About Cars

• “I wonder how Angela would look all "tarted" up.....”

  I'm sorry but putting hot naked women on the cover is not serious journalism. It's a cheap ploy to sell copies. This exploitation makes me sick.

• “Ruse characterizes these argument as follows: "At best, Darwinism is a kind of tarted-up natural theology and, this being so, why not IDT?”

  Dangerous Intersection

• “Extra virgin olive oil commands a high price; who would know if it was actually soy and canola oils tarted up with flavor and color?”

  The Wall Street Journal: New Releases for December

• “Buy a new Audi A1, however, and you're getting a gussied-up VW Polo, which is a smarter Seat Ibiza, which is in turn a tarted-up Skoda Fabia.”

  The Guardian: Car review: Seat Leon Cupra R

• “If so, why do they have to be tarted up with all these installationist mannerisms?”

  The Wall Street Journal: Shock, Light Therapy With Life Thrown In

• “Primetime ratings be damned, people WILL watch four hours of tarted up celebrities accepting trophies at 5 pm.”

  The Huffington Post: Tara Dublin: How Twitter Has Made the Tape-Delay Obsolete

• “You can top it with any number of garnishes, from tahini to fried eggs, or just with a drizzle of olive oil and sprinkle of salt, but it is not to tarted up.”

  The Huffington Post: Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Ful For Love

Show 10 more examples...