Indeed, it was not unlike the stuff he had been knocking out immediately before his retirement, when – presumably burned by the mixed response to his spirited 1990s attempts to seize the zeitgeist or dabble in the avant garde in the way he'd done so effortlessly two decades previously – Bowie settled on a more straightforward and comfortable kind of classicism.
"There probably will always be a shadow of a 'Don't get too comfortable' kind of thing," he said.
It can be a quiet, safe, utilitarian, plain and comfortable kind of love that doesn't shake you to the core, but makes you appreciate your companion on a daily basis.
But food, of the most comfortable kind, was her main topic, from Aunt Hilty's cinnamon rolls to putting up pumpkin pickles to churning a double batch of hot pepper butter.
So I'm comfortable kind of following my age group, as far as bond position.
We are so used to walking into a gallery organized by a single painter or a period or theme that this exhibit is meant to challenge or defy more comfortable kinds of museumgoing.
Chattanooga is a comfortable town, the kind of place where you can go high, at museums or the sculpture garden in the Bluff View Arts District, or low, at one of several kitsch attractions so bad they're good.
"He hasn't got a minute!" The gathering was a cheerful, comfortable, neighborhood kind of affair, and Dr. Eder, a middle-aged man, stood in front of his fireplace benignly smoking a pipe as Bronx Borough President Robert Abrams, who had endorsed McGovern back in August, introduced Assemblyman G. Oliver Koppell, who gave an eloquent endorsement on the spot and introduced McGovern.
Whether on the Interstate or on a country two-lane, the Taurus offers a comfortable ride with the kind of dutiful but unenthusiastic handling that one expects from a large family car.
