But, really, nothing is as good as gold, and very little ranges so vigorously among function, symbol and frivolity.
Automakers have balked at selling pure electric vehicles, saying they are too costly and have too little range to satisfy most consumers.
Fried calamari have little range, but the crunchy lightly breaded rings and tentacles were tender and tasty and stood on their own against an unexciting marinara dipping sauce.
The early knock on James, playing the seventh game of his already-heralded career, was that he had little range on his shot and bad form.
Shrimp scampi has little range, and the dish proved as good here as it is in most other places that serve it.
Jeter had little range to lose, and now he would be trying to return to a demanding position without his usual off-season preparation.
Tiramisu was a decent interpretation of this dessert of little range — light, fluffy and full of creamy layers under a sprinkling of espresso powder.
Ben Affleck's portrayal of Antonio Tonyy" Mendez was very contained and had very little range, so I don't know what Tony personality is like to judge the portrayal, but this did not impact the movie's success or failure.
Mr. Tweedy's whiny, raspy head-cold voice is not lovely and has little range, emotional or otherwise: it's a studied shambles, like the rest of Wilco's sound.
Gradually he relaxed - and slightly coarsened - into the role his new admirers seemed to want, into a globetrotting, tax-exiled celebrity who told uproarious tales in funny foreign voices, into the Hercule Poirot film series, which allowed him painfully little range or scope.
