| On a gold throne is the patriarch, swathed in burgundy velvet, barnacled and filigreed with gold, wearing a multi-storey crown. |
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| Jockeying for position, directly ahead of the knobby, barnacled, good-natured whale, the porpoise catches a free ride. |
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| But even links that have nothing to do with Chinese cooking can bolster your profile if your site is barnacled with enough of them. |
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| There were pocket-sized boxes for the piccolos, a wheeled-trolley for the harp and knobbly trunks, all barnacled in stickers, for the cellos. |
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| But, barnacled by caveats though it may be, the rights-based approach is the best available. In rich countries, satellite imagery will increasingly help, by making monitoring cheaper and better. |
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| By the time we stumbled up to the payphone at the Aquinnah Shop, in Gay Head, 10 hours later, my feet were barnacled with blisters, and Alison had a second-degree sunburn on her back and shoulders. |
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| Tokuda went over everything his grandfather had taught him, including the commentary that had barnacled on to the core knowledge. |
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| He turned a corner to where he supposed the cupboard might be, to find Howie and Alanna barnacled together in an embrace. |
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| From the sinuous ramparts of Mehrangarh there are fine, expansive views of the surrounding Thar Desert and — barnacled to the flanks of the fortress — the traditional houses of the city's Brahmins, all painted Krishna blue. |
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