Through his two central characters, Bunthorpe and Grosvenor, Gilbert gently pours scorn on aesthetic language and values and self-conscious languor, the floppiness and droopiness that characterised the craze. |
At times, it was accused of dramatic droopiness, lazy diction, and a lack of emotional involvement. |
The first performance was shocking for its lack of cohesion, its droopiness and dropped details. |
Alongside the hard-edged modern, the zippiness and cheek was the return to droopiness, Pre-Raphaelite soulfulness and the renewed quest for spiritual values and perfection of making. |
If not to prevent droopiness and backache, why do we underwire and wrap our lady lumps at all? |
He had a broad face with the common droopiness of skin under his chin that most old men have. |