Though they are as close as Courbet gets to exquisite, they also suggest that he was far more original on solid ground, especially that of the Franche-Comté, the ground he knew by heart.
This narrator has been compared to the Stage Manager in Thornton Wilder's masterpiece "Our Town," but his running commentary about time and human existence never comes close to the exquisite simplicity of Wilder's words.
Those smaller and stranger moments felt closest to the "exquisite corpse" feeling Aitken mentioned often.
This fitting closer to this exquisite album melds with yoga as with life: painfully hopeful and quietly mysterious.
Tuxedos inspired by cadets' jackets closed the show to exquisite success.
It was true that Ferrer, seeded No. 4, had not lost a set on his way to the final, but despite all his hustle and exquisite timing close to the baseline, he could not come close to winning a set against Nadal, who has dominated their head-to-head rivalry, winning 20 of their 24 matches.
Close to her heart is her exquisite work in fused glass jewelry.
Croquetas, Spanish tortillas and grilled sardines are all well and good, but there is something primal about patatas bravas — fried cubed potatoes drenched in spicy tomato sauce and something pretty close to mayonnaise — that the more exquisite citizens of the tapas world don't quite reach.
In an exquisite setting, yet close to the motorway network and the National Exhibition Centre, its value for conversion to an upmarket country hotel is plain to see.
Despite being on the back foot for much of the first half, former Everton youngster Jose Baxter came agonisingly close to drawing Latics level with an exquisite curling shot that struck the post.
After battling through deuce, Murray again refused a volley and the conclusion to the joust was hastened with Federer's exquisite pick-up return close to the net.
