I did a neat backward somersault and landed in the river in a welter of blue and silver, unpleasantly aware I could not swim. |
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The concrete under foot was cold and unpleasantly damp, with intermittent soft squelches and sharp jabs. |
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Most food is equally palatable hot or cold, apart from very high-fat foods, which stick around the mouth unpleasantly when cold. |
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Her cape was a sodden woolen mass, and her walking boots squished unpleasantly when she walked. |
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Combined with the unseasoned spinach, the dish shifted from dull to unpleasantly boring. |
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Perhaps the most unpleasantly nationalistic sporting fixtures in this part of the world are the Old Firm derbies in Glasgow. |
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That is just as well, since it often induced an unpleasantly rancid truffle aroma and taste. |
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The general tone of the piece is cynical, morbid and unpleasantly other-worldly. |
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The result was a mediocre dessert which was saved from being unpleasantly dry, but which still left an unnecessarily sour taste in the mouth. |
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A method of tuning in which some concords are made slightly impure so that few or none will be unpleasantly out of tune. |
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I was desperate for approval and to find some common ground to smooth over an unpleasantly awkward couple of days. |
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It must be eaten ripe, since latex and tannin present in the unripe fruit give it an unpleasantly astringent taste. |
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I'm all for getting out of my ill-lit, unpleasantly fragrant apartment, but going to the mall can be a royal pain. |
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While the sauce for the chicken korma was mild and creamy, the texture of the meat, I'm sorry to say, was unpleasantly chewy and spongy. |
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We can teach them that a puddle of fresh rainwater is unpleasantly wet and cold or that playing in it can be fun. |
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Nemeth was probably being taken to Tardonia, either to be ransomed or more likely to be unpleasantly executed, body charred and features withered by hostile magic. |
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The bubbles from the carbonated soda fizzed unpleasantly in my insides. |
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Jared clenched his jaw so tightly that his teeth gnashed unpleasantly. |
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Your work time needs to be carefully managed to ensure you are not unpleasantly snowed under one minute, and then bored the other. |
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Move around while listening and the hum changes to a low, soothing throb or at particularly resonant points in the room, vibrates your skull rather unpleasantly. |
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The happiness studies show that men now spend less time unpleasantly occupied than they used to. |
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The result is unpleasantly reminiscent of cattle walking up the slaughterhouse chute. |
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I was unpleasantly surprised to realize that those different components weren't fitting with others. |
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However, as soon as you put added pressure on the throttle, the engine becomes unpleasantly loud. |
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It is not uncommon in this situation that inspectors are treated unpleasantly. |
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Accelerations are sluggish and the engine proves unpleasantly loud when pushed. |
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If the sun shines on the hall roof all day, unpleasantly high temperatures quickly develop inside. |
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With this principle in mind, I was unpleasantly surprised by the Commission proposal before us. |
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In many cases they don't know what 1 megabyte represents and they may be unpleasantly surprised when receiving their bill. |
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Because of this the temperature in the cabin can run unpleasantly high, even out of the summer season. |
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His attempt to shout to the last row makes his voice unpleasantly harsh. |
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I'm alarmed that people over the age of 16 can act so unpleasantly towards their fellow humans, but I suppose that makes me naive and thin-skinned. |
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Oh, and people with unpleasantly posh Home Counties accents who speak far louder than they need to in an enclosed space should probably be gagged with gaffer tape. |
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Though unpleasantly bitter, karela tops the list of diabetes-friendly foods. |
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Two of the three tales end unpleasantly, with Grand Guignol flourishes that seem excessive when the rest of the film is so flat. |
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At first glance I thought that meant she tore down houses and looked for buried treasure in the foundations, but it turns out to be much more unpleasantly mundane than that. |
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None threw bombs, though he did tell children that Clangers smell, not unpleasantly, of ripe melons. |
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European consumers, especially tourists, students or business people, have often been unpleasantly surprised by the bills presented by their mobile phone operators when returning from trips abroad. |
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Oversizing the unit will result in short operating cycles, which will not adequately remove humidity, resulting in an unpleasantly cold and damp home. |
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The rearward seats of the bus were unpleasantly close to the toilet facilities. |
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An air conditioner is required in a pressurized cabin, the fact that doors and windows have to remain closed, causes the temperature inside the cabin, to rise unpleasantly high, even in the cooler seasons. |
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It's hot in the castle-like Haus Carstanjen, unpleasantly hot. |
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I must say, though it's not the first time I've been wrong, that I kind of half-expected Mr. Gibson to come here and be in favour of Bill C-20, so I'm surprised-not pleasantly or unpleasantly. |
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When this neutral metal lining is gone, the taste of copper compounds intrudes unpleasantly, even unhealthfully, if the foods cooked in the pan are high in acid. |
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The bag seethed in her hand, not unpleasantly, as computational monofilaments shifted and flowed under her touch until they cradled the palps of her fingers. |
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His voice sounded unpleasantly close to the crouchers within the cubicle. |
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