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Tepid


Definition:

  • (a.) Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepid vapors.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It’s drummed into us from the first day of medical school: “First, do no harm.” We can do without tepid, faux-conflicted advice from the likes of Sir Bruce Keogh, medical director of the NHS.
  • (2) This drubbing exposed not only the team's inadequacy on the day in the face of a rampant United side who sensed miserable resistance almost from the kick-off, but also Arsène Wenger's tepid commitment to the FA Cup, whatever his ready-made complaints of depleted resources before and after.
  • (3) Photograph: Romas Foord for Observer Food Monthly Series 4, signature challenge Makes 36 strong white bread flour 1kg salt 20g fast-action dried yeast 20g tepid water 800ml olive oil 4 tbsp pitted green olives 1kg, well drained fine semolina for dusting (optional) baking sheets 3, lined with baking paper Put the flour into the bowl of a large freestanding electric mixer fitted with a dough hook.
  • (4) Given the appalling criminal record of many M23 leaders, alarm bells should be ringing loud and clear, but once again international attention has been tepid.
  • (5) My new year forecast: Trumpian uncertainty, and lots of it Read more “The focus on the domestic market, recent anti-pollution measures and supply-side policies, combined with the sluggish international demand for Chinese goods, are all having a negative impact on export.” Julian Evans-Pritchard, China economist at the consultancy Capital Economics , said he saw little prospect of China’s trade position improving in the near future, partly thanks to tepid global growth.
  • (6) Their first-half efforts here all lacked direction, as was the case when their impish Spanish midfielder Carles Gil dragged wide just before Hull’s opening goal and when Ashley Westwood clipped a 36th-minute free-kick over the wall, or power on the only occasion they did manage an effort on target when Allan McGregor saved a tepid glancing header from Gabby Agbonlahor.
  • (7) Parliamentary byelections, which Hanna transformed into memorable TV fiestas in the Thatcher era, have become tepid and tedious since the bonhomous Belfast bruiser quit the BBC in 1987.
  • (8) We played very well in the first half but maybe it was too cold in the second half.” Although City later tried to clarify that Pellegrini apparently meant his players had performed in a “tepid” manner rather than being affected by the freezing temperatures, Hart said: “It was really cold in the first half, when having the wind in your face made a big change, but the second half was fine.
  • (9) The governments of wealthy nations have given only tepid backing.
  • (10) I have always maintained a tepid masculine indifference towards soft toys.
  • (11) The effects of prolonged muscular exercise (swim in tepid water for 60 min) on blood glucose, plasma FFA and R-GH were studied in a group of normal rats and the effect on blood glucose and plasma FFA in a group of hypophysectomized rats.
  • (12) But the reason the compromise proposal was so tepid is because they scuppered efforts to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, which enabled Lanza to kill far more children far more quickly.
  • (13) October 16, 2012 Updated at 1.39am BST 1.34am BST You can also find out what our readers thought were the questions that should be asked in tonight's debate – although it will be a pleasantly tepid day in Hell before issues such as this get raised: What gives the US the right to carry out long-range assassinations using pilotless drones?
  • (14) A rather forlorn-looking cup of tepid water into which the bag has yet to be introduced.
  • (15) • Despite tepid reviews for Ed Miliband’s speech Labour staff have been trying to flog copies (including the bits he forgot) to activists leaving Manchester.
  • (16) It literally can’t work.” The tepidity of British support this campaign has confirmed will only hasten its demise.
  • (17) Bush, one of the presumptive front-runners, gave a flaccid performance that received only polite, tepid applause.
  • (18) Kremlinologists pored over the words, detecting signs of tepidity in, for example, Mandelson's failure to lavish praise on Brown – confining himself to a bland statement that Hoon and Hewitt were not in the government and that "the prime minister continues to have the support of his colleagues".
  • (19) NSA veterans have bridled in the past at what they consider Obama’s tepid support, but both sides earlier showed support for each other.
  • (20) Adams had been disappointed that the world premiere weeks earlier in Brussels had been so tepidly received.

Wark


Definition:

  • (n.) Work; a building.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In its original format the show was was presented by Mark Lawson from 1994 until 2005, when Kearney and Wark took over, and in the early years often featured a regular panel of Tom Paulin, Allison Pearson and Tony Parsons.
  • (2) It was memorable for being the first time that hosts Jeremy Paxman and Kirsty Wark , who always host the show on different nights, have presented a programme together since 1989, when they were working on Breakfast Time, according to the Times.
  • (3) Welby ducked a question on his personal views on gay marriage – which he has opposed in the past, though he told Pink News earlier this year that it was “great” parliament had passed the law – telling interviewer, Kirsty Wark, it would be inappropriate to speak of it while the church was debating the issue.
  • (4) Clements, who is married to Newsnight's Kirsty Wark, will join the company as the director of content for SMG's television business, STV, on September 15.
  • (5) Those who have already appeared in front of Pollard, a former Sky News executive, include Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman and Kirsty Wark, as well as programme editor Peter Rippon, head of news Helen Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell.
  • (6) How does he cope with being referred to as Mr Kirsty Wark?
  • (7) Jeremy Paxman, Newsnight's best-known presenter, and Kirsty Wark, another programme veteran, and Helen Boaden, the BBC's "recused" director of news, are among those who have given evidence to Pollard, as have the reporter and producer at the centre of the storm about the axed Savile film – Liz MacKean and Meirion Jones.
  • (8) Imagine the leader of a UK political party, a potential prime minister, making these comments about Kirsty Wark or Theresa May.
  • (9) The inquiry has already heard evidence from Newsnight presenters Jeremy Paxman and Kirsty Wark, the programme editor Peter Rippon, director of news Helen Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell.
  • (10) Strathclyde Police have confirmed that they are investigating a complaint against the independent producer Alan Clements and his wife, the Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark, over an alleged incident of data theft.
  • (11) Ignatieff's fellow presenters included Sarah Dunant, Kirsty Wark, Matthew Collings, Clive James, Waldemar Januszczak, Mark Lawson and Tracey MacLeod.
  • (12) It will be reported about a new bifocal lens, that can be supplied with an additional prism in the near segment for close-range wark with an increased magnification up to +8.0 dpt.
  • (13) When Kirsty Wark tried a rather spluttery Newsnight interrogation of Glenn Greenwald , for instance, was that useful or irritating?
  • (14) According to sources at the Times, Washington correspondent Tim Reid and features writer Penny Wark are also due to leave, as is the head of business news Phil Robinson and reporter Elizabeth Judge.
  • (15) It was alleged in court that Mr Clements had instructed his then personal assistant Janice McKnight - who now works for Wark - to hack into the emails sent between his IWC colleagues, including Hamish Barbour.
  • (16) Those who have already appeared in front of Pollard include Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman and Kirsty Wark, as well as programme editor Peter Rippon, Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell.
  • (17) His views were robustly challenged by both the presenter, Kirsty Wark and the other participants in the discussion – Julie Siddiqi, the executive director of the Islamic Society of Britain and Shams Ad-Duha Muhammad, the director of Ebrahim College."
  • (18) "We are also quite mystified that Kirsty Wark's name has been mentioned because she has not been accused of anything.
  • (19) • nationaltrust.org.uk PatricC Padley Gorge, Derbyshire Starting at Padley Gorge, walk down to Burbage Brook, looking out across beautiful moorland to Carl Wark in the distance, across the rickety bridge and through ancient oak forest to Grindleford Station, where you can stop at the cafe famous for its chip butties and rude notices.
  • (20) Alan Clements, one of Scotland's leading TV executives and the husband of Newsnight's Kirsty Wark, was left with legal bills of £450,000 yesterday after his former employer RDF Media won a legal action stopping him from moving to rivals SMG before December 2008.

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