yarn-spinning

He has written a visceral chronicle of the murderous modern era and animated it with a zest for yarn-spinning that derives from the oral traditions of the Middle Ages, if not the ancient Greeks.

Going to Sea Once More Sam Sacks 2011

But in this case, the visual effects are even more seamlessly integrated into the story, never overwhelming its delicate balance of existential dread and old-fashioned yarn-spinning.

New movies: 'The Adjustment Bureau,' 'Take Me Home Tonight' 2011

There is no doubting that this is classic King at his yarn-spinning best.

Archive 2010-04-01 Scott Harrison 2010

All the same, it's hard not to warm tothe fluency and copiousness of Mitchell's yarn-spinning.

Shelfari: Omnivoracious 2010

There is no doubting that this is classic King at his yarn-spinning best.

Blaze by Richard Bachman - classic horror Scott Harrison 2010

Encouraged by his yarn-spinning, innately theatrical mother, he had been fascinated from early childhood by performers of all types—preachers, politicians, actors, singers, Jim Crow dancers, blackface minstrels, low and high comedians.

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

All the same, it's hard not to warm tothe fluency and copiousness of Mitchell's yarn-spinning.

Old Media Monday: Reviewing the Reviewers Omnivoracious 2010

All the same, it's hard not to warm tothe fluency and copiousness of Mitchell's yarn-spinning.

Shelfari Omnivoracious 2010

AfterTai and Rosita married, they bought some yarn-spinning machines that Rosita realised would give them far more creative potential with colour and pattern.

Missoni: a family always in fashion Kamin Mohammadi 2010

Encouraged by his yarn-spinning, innately theatrical mother, he had been fascinated from early childhood by performers of all types—preachers, politicians, actors, singers, Jim Crow dancers, blackface minstrels, low and high comedians.

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010