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"Follies" reminded us forcefully, woundingly, why people need fantasy: Life in the temporal sphere is unpredictable, a bad marriage with destiny.

Books on Musical Theater 2009

Charles is known to be frustrated by his role -- "He is actually an unemployed individual, which says something about the state of the royal family," Mr. Rogers woundingly but accurately said.

Prince Charles Tears Down Mr. Rogers's Neighborhood 2009

In her woundingly funny soliloquies she becomes a one-woman wrestling match between her passionate and practical selves.

Unhappy In Their Own Way 2008

He could be woundingly cruel and manipulative, but so transparent in his machinations that people seemed to find this quality almost endearing, as if he couldn't help himself.

A Hero of Our Time Kimmelman, Michael 2007

Every rug, picture, ornament, and chair was in its place—woundingly so.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

Every rug, picture, ornament, and chair was in its place—woundingly so.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

It is surely only an Austenian extreme that brings the novel to its moral crisis on Box Hill, when in two lines Emma wittily and woundingly acts out her impatience with the garrulous Miss Bates.

Box Hill and the Limits of Realism 2000

"They cannot work well if they find themselves subjected to stereotypical analyses, being woundingly pigeon-holed either as unreconstructed reactionaries of the old order, or as sycophantic appointees of the new."

ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

The grief that rocked him was deep, and private, and woundingly intense.

Shadowfane Wurts, Janny 1988

But none of us can be expected to sit silent in front of Lawrence's woundingly personal accusations.

A Genius, But… Ricks, Christopher 1964