Sentence examples for entertaining lines from inspiring English sources

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Despite the seriousness of the subject matter, some entertaining lines did make me crack a smile – especially those that came from the mouth of the British agent, Simon Craig ("Here's to Maggie Thatcher and her tight fucking purse strings!" he shouts. "May she be dragged from Downing Street, stripped to her skivvies, and buggered, buggered, buggered!").

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SUSAN BODIKER Washington I think you let Calvin Trillin off the hook with his entertaining line about eating animals: "If they had a chance, they would eat us".

It is entertaining line for line, vivid in language and chock-full of references to recent world and art-world events.

They might still talk an entertaining line in psychedelic claptrap, but Klaxons 2.0 – Ross Robinson at the helm; the batty energy of new rave replaced by guitars and a certain musical professionalism – sound all too normal.

The challenge will be to craft the series characters in such a way as to get beneath the skin that supposedly differentiates them and create entertaining story lines that show the hurdles and obstacles we all struggle to overcome day to day".

Instead, new releases like "Scribblenauts" and "Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box," feature colorful worlds or entertaining story lines.

Chicago's 5-4, double-overtime victory postponed the Kings' clinching party and set up a sixth game in an entertaining series whose story lines have shifted as wildly from game to game as the momentum shifted during Wednesday's deliciously tense sudden-death play.

Such shows, known on Madison Avenue as branded entertainment, have to walk a fine line between entertaining audiences and pitching to them.

And as any sensible hostess knows, there is a fine line between entertaining guests and overwhelming them.

They can be rolled where they are most needed and are expected to be useful in entertaining crowds waiting in line.

"There's a fine line between entertaining and annoying," said Josh Capon, the chef at Lure Fishbar, where Mr. Beckerman is enough of a regular that he's on a first-name basis with the whole staff.

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