Rather unpoetically named GRB971214 (after its Dec. 14 discovery date), the burst was the brightest, most powerful blast of energy ever documented. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The “wok hay,” or as I called it so unpoetically for years, “the wok taste” is very strong from this wok, and the speed and ease with which I can stir fry are incomparable. ❋ Unknown (2005)
Toward the end of chapter 15, on plants, the authors note that some two-thirds of the radiation impinging on a tree is ultimately spent pumping water into the surrounding air evapotranspiration and conclude, unpoetically, that “a tree is best understood as a giant degrader of solar energy.” ❋ Unknown (2006)
Orientalists call the Athens of India, stands quite unpoetically on the solid earth, Passepartout caught glimpses of its brick houses and clay huts, giving an aspect of desolation to the place, as the train entered it. ❋ Unknown (2003)
At “Cockerapeak,” or, to speak less unpoetically, when Alectryon sings his hymn to the dawn, the working bees of the little hive must be up and stirring, whilst the master and mistress enjoy the beauty-sleep. ❋ Unknown (2003)
It must be, however, confessed of these writers that if they are upon common subjects often unnecessarily and unpoetically subtle, yet where scholastic speculation can be properly admitted, their copiousness and acuteness may justly be admired. ❋ Various (N/A)
"Lilian," (here most unpoetically called "Facts in Verse,") long ago awakened a desire in lovers of good poetry to know more of Miss Whitney and what she had written; and the desire is gratified by the publication of this book. ❋ Various (N/A)
Me, I know that a woman needs a man just the same as a man needs a woman -- and just as darned unpoetically. ❋ Sinclair Lewis (1918)
And for adequacy of meaning, not unpoetically expressed, they are almost supreme. ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)
Strange as it may seem, the hissing of her frying-pan as she dropped into it the shining fish did not mingle unpoetically with the murmur of lagging bees overhead and the soothing plaint of the river running over its shallows below. ❋ Edward Harrison Barker (1885)
Presently a little scarlet maple-blossom floated out on the wind, and dropped right into Gypsy's mouth (which most unpoetically happened to be open). ❋ Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1877)
Her real name was Octavie, not Carry; that appellation we had most unceremoniously and unpoetically derived from "Cigar." ❋ Felix Moscheles (1875)
The Brahmin legends assert that this city is built on the site of the ancient Casi, which, like Mahomet's tomb, was once suspended between heaven and earth; though the Benares of to-day, which the Orientalists call the Athens of India, stands quite unpoetically on the solid earth, Passepartout caught glimpses of its brick houses and clay huts, giving an aspect of desolation to the place, as the train entered it. ❋ Unknown (1873)
"All right," said Rob unpoetically; and then the skipper turned to ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)
At "Cockerapeak," or, to speak less unpoetically, when Alectryon sings his hymn to the dawn, the working bees of the little hive must be up and stirring, whilst the master and mistress enjoy the beauty-sleep. ❋ Richard Francis Burton (1855)
Reported in this week's edition of Nature, the galaxy - known, unpoetically, as UDFj-39546284 - had long escaped the Hubble's gaze, and that's no wonder. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Nature, the galaxy - known, unpoetically, as UDFj-39546284 - had long escaped the ❋ Unknown (2011)
His face, like certain tropical portions of the globe, was fissured, here and there, with small extinct volcanoes, defined by flat and greenish patches which Fourchon called, not unpoetically, the "flowers of wine." ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)
-- A poet, related to an illustrious family, and who did not write unpoetically, entertained a far different notion concerning poets. ❋ Isaac Disraeli (1807)
"Mary [treated] that table so well [after hours] of service. They [tipped] her $1. That's some unpoetic justice"
When the wrong thing happens when the right thing should. ❋ Cassiusklay (2022)
