Occupying an area between the smooth surf rock of Real Estate and the melancholy melodies of Ben Kweller, every song seemed like it had been honed until it hit the right slightly slackerish note.
Ms. Scheer offered, "I just gave birth to twins!" Mr. Darga added, "I'm a surrogate, and I just gave birth to twins!" Mr. Cervenka tried, "I just gave birth to twins, and another is crowning as we speak!" The collegial round-robin would continue all day, until a rough outline for the episode had been written down -- scores and scores of gags, each one honed until deemed worthy by consensus.
During a decade making documentaries, he made music on the side, carefully honing songs until they were ready to release.
Rather than honing ideas until they are so simple they can fit in the little rectangles of social media, or standardising them to fit the assumptions of television, maybe we should all be talking about more sophisticated things face to face.
The developer has never laid claim to inventing a genre, but what it does better than any other studio, is tweak and hone games until they're gilt-edged.
Quinn is a master with the stylistic hairbrush, delicately honing his sentences until they have just the right sheen.
Like boxers, they battle in a test of wit and brawn, repeatedly honing their bodies until they are efficient machines of ruthless power.
If he or she fails to do so though, he or she returns to training harder, honing techniques and continuing until the goal is reached.
Paradoxically, this takes a long time, honing down the musical outpourings until all that's left is the essence.
