Unthinkingly, she frowned, and the young man on her left, who had begun on what he hoped was an amusing description of the prince's table in the conservatory, halted in mid-sentence.

Perhaps the most amusing description is to be found in Dead Men's Morris (1936), where she has "the maternal anxiety of a boa-constrictor which watches its young attempting to devour their first donkey"!

Tonight, Mr. Roach intersperses the translating with a stream of talk: historical facts, analyses of history's sweep, stories of historical Tibetans, explanations of arcane religious customs, amusing descriptions and professiorial jokes.

"Ah, that is one of the island delicacies, Guildmember," and Olav launched into an amusing description of the habits of the tropical behemoth and the dangers of capturing it.

An amusing description of the system appeared in Model Aeroplanes and Airships circa 1910, with claims that the Char-Volant could travel at up to 42km/h or 26mph (in gale force winds!).

Your amusing description of past and present American food phobias didn't go far enough.

A segment demonstrating Rodgers's fondness for waltzes includes an amusing description of Jeanette MacDonald, the so-called iron butterfly, singing "Lover" while astride a horse.

In the same year, Mme de Sévigné attended the Saint-Cyr performance of Racine's Esther, and some of her most amusing descriptions of court ceremonies and experiences date from this time.

11.15 Churchill has given an amusing description of this luncheon in The Gathering Storm (pp.

She gives a most amusing description of her embarrassments when she had to enter the royal bedroom, laden with articles of clothing and furniture.