It was just a fairly gentle jolt".
A cuddly big brown cow is endlessly dragged around the floor on its belly, while a rag-bag cast of witless giant soft toys hump, twitch, jolt and spasm in a circus of jarring movements.
In Dan Brown's case, his enormous beach house has only worsened an already deep malaise: Robert Langdon jolted upright in his soft leather seat, startling out of the semiconscious daydream.
Mr. Tito, the world's first paying space tourist, called the jolt back to Earth a "soft landing" from "paradise," but, gravity-deprived, he could barely stand up during his first minutes back.
Sharp-edged collage elements — especially eyes — have been added, jolting the softer faces enlarged from earlier collages out of their reverie.
On Tuesday, the former president said the economy is so soft that it probably can't afford the jolt of a tax increase on the wealthiest Americans and decided he had to recant to keep the White House happy.
A beef version topped with soft, almost caramelized onions gets its ultra flavor jolt from a sheen of Jamaica-fied "ketchup," a fresh pepper and fruit-paste blend that includes Jamaican Scotch bonnets.
The soft white silk or navy satin outfits were juiced with jolts of orange and pieces of python to make an intriguing mix.
Oddly, the blend of tailoring and soft pieces, like asymmetrical black chiffon skirts, as well as the jolts of turquoise and chartreuse, brought to mind the favorite German ingredients of Karl Lagerfeld.
Slender rectangles of fried tofu ($4) make an excellent appetizer, barely crisp on the outside, soft and porridgelike within; hot pepper sauce gives them a jolt.
