Instead, they went after the lesser-known "petits ma î tres" (mainly 18th-century French paintings, 17th - through early 19th-century Italian and French sculptures), usually following their private tastes for soft-skinned, sensuous women and muscular naked men, whether suave and still or erotically writhing. ❋ David Littlejohn (2010)
In addition, the audit details how IRI bought six armored vehicles and four "soft-skinned" vehicles for $689,500 without getting prior approval from the State Department's grants officer. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Probably quite a few, I conclude, if the reward is a cooler full of food and a soft-skinned mammal trapped in a treehouse. ❋ Peter Wonacott (2010)
Modern armies were dependent on massive amounts of logistical support, and that meant a steady flow of trucks between the railheads and the front lines to reinforce and resupply the steady movement of tanks and soft-skinned vehicles at the front. ❋ John Mosier (2010)
No, the low-cut bodices revealing heaving bosoms, the blood trickling down soft-skinned necks, the harems of female vampires charged with titillating lesbianism, the magnetic gaze of the dark demon himself — these are all in the service of sensationalism now. ❋ Unknown (2009)
About 350 million years ago, it began to encounter something new—soft-skinned amphibians slithering around in the muck. ❋ Carl Zimmer (2009)
In South Africa baby pattypans are a staple at most supermarkets - probably about the size of a plum, and soft-skinned, so you halve them, steam them, and serve them slathered in butter and black pepper. ❋ Annemarie (2009)
Gosh, N, I know where to come for compliments: First "soft-skinned", now "super-duper!" ❋ Newmania (2007)
Had they been concentrated into, say, four or five dedicated armoured divisions which were then deployed south of the German line of advance they could have then driven into their lines of communications, composed of a mass of soft-skinned vehicles and horse-drawn transport. ❋ Unknown (2007)
I heard the sound of drums, drumbeats, not staccato shots but hand drums maybe, dull and soft-skinned, coming out of the park. ❋ Don Delillo (2008)
Print ad illustrations, considered racy at the time, featured images of men doting on their soft-skinned love interests. ❋ Unknown (2008)
In extreme climates such as Afghanistan's, a refugee can die of exposure faster than hunger, and traditional soft-skinned fabric tents, which are difficult to insulate and are vulnerable to wind, can last as little as three weeks. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The pair visited a World Food Program storage center, where thieves had cut through the soft-skinned walls to steal supplies, leaving behind graffiti praising bloodthirsty LRA leader Joseph Kony. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The mangroves provide habitat to the threatened West African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis, VU), the soft-skinned turtle (Trionyx triunguis), and in the Niger Delta, isolated populations of pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis heslopi, VU). ❋ Unknown (2007)
