rife
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–adjective
1. of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use: Crime is rife in the slum areas of our cities.
2. current in speech or report: Rumors are rife that the government is in financial difficulty.
3. abundant, plentiful, or numerous.
4. abounding (usually fol. by with).
Something worse than a prison camp for cows, the slaughterhouse is rife [with] exploitation and danger. This is where Linklater finds his melodrama, following the fate of three Mexican illegals—fresh meat for the machine.
The most painfully naive is played by Catalina Sandino Moreno, the open-faced Colombian actress Oscar-nominated for her role in Maria Full of Grace; her character here deserves the same sobriquet.
The despoliation of Moreno's grave, clear-eyed child of nature is the movie's emotional crux. Her season in hell is the real thing— sentenced to the killing floor, pulling kidneys amid torrents [of] blood, her comradely gaze clouded with ammonia tears.
despoliation
–noun
1. the act of plundering.
2. the fact
or
circumstance of being plundered.
torrents
–noun
1. a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
bristle
and the moral caution bristles [with] rank and smellable detail under the painter’s touch
bask
Turtles like to bask in the [sun].
permeate
Bright [sunshine] permeated the room.
[Cynicism] permeated his report.
His speeches are permeated [by] [with] [pessimism].
pervasive
pervade
There was a smell of coffee pervadin[g t]he [atmosphere].
This error pervade[s a]ll present-day [systems].
wallow
Goats wallowed in the [dust].
A [gunboat] wallowed toward [port].
Waves of black [smoke] wallowed into the room.
an [elephant] wallow
welter
to welter in [setbacks], [confusion], and [despair].
the [daily] welter of details and little problems
pigs weltering [about] happily in the [mud].
dabble
No, I dabble. Mostly I sell [other's] painting.
dabble in [politics] [art]
She dabbled her toes in the [river].
steep
Although the story is steeped [in] sexuality
suggests that he has been not only steeping [himself] in the Old Masters of Italian cinema but reading Stendhal on the side.
engulf
The [overflowing] river has engulfed many small towns along its banks.
He engulfed [himself] in his studies.
imbue
She was imbu[ed] [with] strong [family loyalty].
Melville's detailed, observant portrait imbues the film [with] a unique credibility, and Belmondo gives a sexy, charismatic performance that [enhances] the film's thematic contrast[s].
suffuse
Some of the early sequences, where McDonagh’s dialogue is suffused [with] his debt to Beckett, are warmed by an idle suspense.
Beleaguer
Y
D
–adjective
1. of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use: Crime is rife in the slum areas of our cities.
2. current in speech or report: Rumors are rife that the government is in financial difficulty.
3. abundant, plentiful, or numerous.
4. abounding (usually fol. by with).
Something worse than a prison camp for cows, the slaughterhouse is rife [with] exploitation and danger. This is where Linklater finds his melodrama, following the fate of three Mexican illegals—fresh meat for the machine.
The most painfully naive is played by Catalina Sandino Moreno, the open-faced Colombian actress Oscar-nominated for her role in Maria Full of Grace; her character here deserves the same sobriquet.
The despoliation of Moreno's grave, clear-eyed child of nature is the movie's emotional crux. Her season in hell is the real thing— sentenced to the killing floor, pulling kidneys amid torrents [of] blood, her comradely gaze clouded with ammonia tears.
despoliation
–noun
1. the act of plundering.
2. the fact
or
circumstance of being plundered.
torrents
–noun
1. a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
bristle
and the moral caution bristles [with] rank and smellable detail under the painter’s touch
bask
Turtles like to bask in the [sun].
permeate
Bright [sunshine] permeated the room.
[Cynicism] permeated his report.
His speeches are permeated [by] [with] [pessimism].
pervasive
pervade
There was a smell of coffee pervadin[g t]he [atmosphere].
This error pervade[s a]ll present-day [systems].
wallow
Goats wallowed in the [dust].
A [gunboat] wallowed toward [port].
Waves of black [smoke] wallowed into the room.
an [elephant] wallow
welter
to welter in [setbacks], [confusion], and [despair].
the [daily] welter of details and little problems
pigs weltering [about] happily in the [mud].
dabble
No, I dabble. Mostly I sell [other's] painting.
dabble in [politics] [art]
She dabbled her toes in the [river].
steep
Although the story is steeped [in] sexuality
suggests that he has been not only steeping [himself] in the Old Masters of Italian cinema but reading Stendhal on the side.
engulf
The [overflowing] river has engulfed many small towns along its banks.
He engulfed [himself] in his studies.
imbue
She was imbu[ed] [with] strong [family loyalty].
Melville's detailed, observant portrait imbues the film [with] a unique credibility, and Belmondo gives a sexy, charismatic performance that [enhances] the film's thematic contrast[s].
suffuse
Some of the early sequences, where McDonagh’s dialogue is suffused [with] his debt to Beckett, are warmed by an idle suspense.
Beleaguer
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