If Adams always seems to be patting himself on the back for being a genuine, bow-tied lexicographer who is completely, 100 percent O.K. with cursing, well, that's the kind of thing you can get away with in the Age of Profanity.
She had gone from her debut bows that were genuine and moving to something very grand indeed by the time she sang the Mozart -- I was part of her standing ovation in the orchestra section of the old opera house when Madame Price did a royal, and slightly disdainful, curtsey and the woman next to me uttered, "Well!
From the Saturday afternoon, all the way through to the sprawling Sunday morning bow out, the streets are littered with the genuine buzz of a place united.
The language was slightly less formal than your average leader's speech and Mr Xi's deep and humble bow to delegates at the end was met with genuine warmth and approval.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you," Jerzy said, bowing around the room with what looked like genuine tears in his eyes.
Mrs Prada's post-show bow chic at the end of her catwalk is – for many insiders – a genuine Fashion Moment.
The hat, with a plain hatband, no fancy bows or feathers, became popular last summer, but has now escalated into a genuine fashion statement, whether purchased from a push-cart vendor or a custom hatter.
Montague sat up front, in the only genuine seat a swivelling chair that looked like a recumbent bicycle and that was bonded to the bow with carbon and epoxy.
But then she narrowed her eyes, strung her bow and fired The Hunger Games towards $686m: Lawrence's imperturbability was revealed as the genuine article.
Montague sat up front, in the only genuine seat — a swivelling chair that looked like a recumbent bicycle and that was bonded to the bow with carbon and epoxy.
