Some of those oddities: an angora colic band that wrapped around the torso was meant to warm the lower back and a men's Labrador parka that is "a pull-over-the-head piece that practically goes down to your knees," he said.
We will not go into the details of the piece but we mention it to make a larger point: Car reviews are not usually funny, but the EXT is so over-the-top that it practically begs to be laughed at.
I was thumbing through the book one afternoon and noticed that Rombauer, a Midwesterner normally extremely reticent with compliments, had described this recipe as "delicate and good" — that's practically over-the-top gushing for her.
She goes full tilt at every challenge, practically leaping over the orchestra pit in her opening jumps, fizzing through the third act pizzicato variation with giggling speeds.
His powerfully insinuating prose practically took over the style of many young writers, including me, as did Salinger's for a later generation.
Though he had auditioned to be the Byrds' pianist, the strong-willed Parsons ended up practically taking over the group, often trying his bandmates' patience in his determination to refashion them into a country-rock group.
As Alireza explained, after Jafar Mili Mofared was blocked by parliament, Rouhani appointed Towfighi as acting minister, and for a while Towfighi practically took over the ministry and was assumed to be Rouhani's next choice for the position.
The oversized rock practically took over the Mani Cam.
Wild rats practically took over the confectioner's factory, after cuts to extermination costs.
Nuns are practically taking over the nursing home, according to Ann Frey, the Wartburg's director of volunteer services.
