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One promising early antagonist is the late President’s unctuous daughter, Kimberly, played marvelously against type by Amber Tamblyn.
FX’s Epic Y: The Last Man Adaptation Gets Off to a Shaky But Intriguing Start | Judy Berman | September 8, 2021 | TimeKnow the risksWhile this unctuous fluid has plenty of things in its favor, there is a dark side to it.
Bone broth will sustain you at home and in the wild. Here’s how to make it. | By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life | October 5, 2020 | Popular-ScienceTheir righteous outbursts represent an ancient and unctuous form of Kabuki theater.
Forget the Wife Beating—Are You Ready for Some Football? | Steve Almond | September 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It was an emotional speech, but a delightfully graceful, rather than unctuous and overblown, one.
The Changing Color of the Oscars: '12 Years A Slave' Makes History | Tim Teeman | March 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe memories of a hundred business trips came roaring back as I recalled the unctuous Cinnabon aroma that wafts through airports.
The Appeal of Cinnabon Vodka and the Rise of Flavored Vodkas | Daniel Gross | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNobody liked him much to begin with, and all this slap-fighting has made him look even more unctuous and ineffectual.
Hunger Games: Mitt Romney Needs to Tap His Inner Katniss Everdeen | Michelle Cottle | March 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe delivered his repeated phrases with an unctuous indulgent roll that made Gwynne long to grind his teeth.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonVery little of that unctuous spasmodic shouting, which used to characterise Wesleyanism, is heard in Lune-street Chapel.
Our Churches and Chapels | AtticusI am weary of retired colonels with port-stained faces, and vinegary old maids, and unctuous canons.
Her father's voice was unctuous with welcome as he hastened to meet the ponderous bulk that loomed through the dusk.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellA man whom he liked and respected was about to fire the first shot on behalf of unctuous rectitude and the conventions.
The Terms of Surrender | Louis Tracy
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