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The poem was very indignant, and mainly exaggerated, but the only spoken-word poetry that I had seen up until that point was mainly indignant, so I thought that's what was expected of me.
And it was here, listening to these poets share their stories, that I learned that spoken-word poetry didn't have to be indignant, it could be fun or painful or serious or silly.
And step three began when I realized I didn't have to write indignant poems, if that's not what I was.
The night watchman, seeing how things were going and waxing indignant, said, "Well, we're going to call the police, aren't we?"
Hardly are those words out When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert A shape with lion body and the head of a man, A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
Even the film's best sequence (Dennis shopping for a prostitute to satisfy her prisoner) doesn't quite come off, with Sandy acting both ill and indignant (whose idea was this plan?).
The infamous Ed Wood "classic" Plan 9 From Outer Space features an indignant alien calling the human race, "...stupid!
Her innocent indignant expressions have you wishing she was yours.
They will be able to feel the emotions of the mother and will be indignant at the attitude of the grandmother - and that is quite understandeable.
Related to the czars of Russia 25 times (5 times illegitimately), Ratoff is indignant over the use of Power with his identity.
It shows that Ladd was very good at comedies and its a shame he didn't do more - my favourite line is where his lawyer says he tried to get him out of the army draft as 4F which meant "socially undesirable" - Ladd isn't impressed and with an indignant shrug of his shoulders says "Whadaya mean socially undesirable?
His tactics of the last week produced an array of indignant and amused critiques.
As a minister I once put pressure on Gazprom over taxes and was summoned to parliament by indignant deputies.
The right to public speech and peaceful assembly must be defended for those who feel marginalized and indignant at what they – and most Europeans – view as injustices committed against the Palestinians, the Chechens, and the Iraqis.
A Better Way to Fight Corporate Tax AvoidanceNEW YORK – Over the past few years, leaks of documents such as the “Panama Papers” and the “Paradise Papers” have exposed the dark underbelly of globalization, and provoked indignant denunciations of tax avoidance from people around the world.
Hazare, egged on by a flag-waving and indignant urban middle class and sensation-seeking media, tries mightily to claim Mahatma Gandhi’s mantle; he is good at mimicking Gandhi’s piety, but lacks his root wisdom.
Spain’s protesters, and those in other countries, are right to be indignant: here is a system in which the bankers got bailed out, while those whom they preyed upon have been left to fend for themselves.
Re-envisioning EuropeMany citizens of France’s 24 partners in the European Union, or of states that aspire to enter the EU soon, are angry – indeed, indignant – at France’s rejection of the European Union’s constitutional treaty.
Some continued to deny what was happening, and became indignant if the issue was raised.
But, when reminded of how others are shaping our lives, we become indignant, calling it “creepy” and a violation of our free will.
Critics who take failures in commercial projects in stride find the Bank sloth-like compared with the private sector and become indignant when its projects fail.
The truth lies somewhere between the positions of today’s strident critics and indignant bankers, which may be why the moderately leveraged bank has been a feature of Western economies for a thousand years.
“Chinese society,” it continued, “has…been indignant about India’s intervention in the Dalai [Lama] problem,” cautioning India to “bear in mind” that “its actions in the South China Sea will push China to the limit.”
And, given the tension and polarization between the Islamic world and the West, it is not surprising that many feel indignant when accused of being culturally or intellectually unequipped for competitiveness in science and technology.
Many Americans are angry over allegedly unfair trade deals and practices, indignant at seemingly disproportionate US funding for institutions like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and suspicious that the US security umbrella in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere encourages free riders and others not paying their fair share.
People are impatient and indignant.
The Countess's silence had made her feel humble, but the letter and what she read between its lines so irritated her, its malevolence seemed so revolting when compared with her passionate and legitimate love for her son, that she became indignant with others and ceased to blame herself.
Oblonsky and the Princess were indignant at Levin's conduct.
However, Levin had changed considerably since his marriage; he had become patient, and if he did not understand why things were arranged thus, he told himself that, not knowing everything, he could not judge, and that probably things had to be so; and he tried not to be indignant.
And being jealous, Anna was indignant with him and constantly sought reasons to justify her indignation.
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