ooze

She was into scary stuff, confident, magnetic, oozing charisma.

That grounding and perspective, so different from those politicians oozing ambition from every pore, may be Mahan’s best commendation for higher office.

In 1988, with England taking on West Indies at Headingley, Bird had to deal with play being halted by water oozing from under the outfield.

It was far from convincing - and in stark contrast to his previous statements where certainty oozed out during what has now descended into a critical mess for the club.

Even budget dinners, the kind you’d normally rush through, take on the gravity of occasion when they emerge golden, oozing, crisp-edged.