It is full of wit, racy humor, and rich fancy, and contains the exquisite episode of Cupid and Psyche.
Fadladeen’s criticism upon the several tales which make up the romance are very racy and full of humor; and his crestfallen conceit when he finds out that the poet was the prince in disguise is well conceived.
By this means he gave his satires a racy local flavor; and though he cannot be said to have written dialect, since Tuscan is the Italian language, he gained by these words and phrases the frankness and fineness of dialect.
We remember in boyhood reading some odd volumes of this production, the general matter in which was inconceivably poor, relieved only by Fergusson's racy little Scottish poems.
Of his powers as a dramatist we need not speak, but present our readers with some rough and racy specimens of his poetry.
He was the Rowsley of the old boyish delight in field sports, reminiscences of prowlings and trappings in the woods, gropings along water-banks, enjoyment of racy gossip.
Lord Ormont was discoursing with racy eloquence of our hold on India: his views in which respect were those of Cuper's boys.
The racy humor of these narratives is thoroughly indigenous, and Mr. Bradley's work has a vivid dramatic power which challenges successfully a comparison with the stories of John Fox, Jr.
There is scarcely a subject worthy of notice but what her racy pen has dwelt upon, in a manner which at once instructs and entertains.
Uncle Dennis," as he was familiarly called, was himself a striking character, a man of original manners and racy conversation.
Egan of Chicago, famous for his racy stories, was one; and Joe Knox of Bureau County, a stump speaker of renown, was another attraction.
Here, generally without quotation marks and frequently in the editorial pages, I came across these among innumerable racy phrases: nothing doing, hot stuff, Right O!
But the erudite subject of women's hats should not be touched upon without a salute to that racy model which crowns the far-famed 'Arriet, whose Bank-holiday attire was so delightedly caressed by the pencil of the late Phil May.
Taking Lockhart's Spanish Ballads as a basis for comment, he addresses himself to the racy criticism of the collection of the Scottish translator.
As he reached it, he saw Teresa and her husband approaching towards him, and Teresa's merry laugh sounded clear and musical in the racy air.
The day was clear, the sun bright, the air full ofracy health.
Her talk with us children was of the fine, countrified, racy quality which we could not resist; and in the evenings, as we journeyed along, she told us tales of the stars and gave us their names.
Powers also had a great deal to say concerning the exoteric and esoteric truths of sculpture; his racyindividuality marked it all.
I could fill several pages with racy anecdotes of the keen wit and the varied erudition of my venerable friend.
He cordially consented, and it may be supposed that the "Chi Alpha" was very glad to put aside for that evening all other matters, and listen to the fresh, racy and humorous talk of the great poet.
After dinner, Guthrie literally took the floor, and poured out a flow of charming talk, interspersed with racy Scotch anecdotes.
But in her essays she is less wise, less racy and expressive, than in the didactic passages of her novels.
Their humor is rare and effective, never coarse, but racy and touching.
She has also a rich and racy humor, sensitive and sober, refined and delicate.
His lucidity, his dialectic skill, and the racy and masculine style in which he wrote, made him a formidable opponent, and secured to his objections a respectful hearing.
Among the racy anecdotes which Miss Shaw relates of that memorable campaign, is one which shows Miss Anthony's ready retort: Many of the halls were merely rough boards and most of them had no seats.
John M'Kune is racy of the soil, and rests on something stranger than fiction.
Prose or verse come equally facile to his exceedingly humorous and racy pen.
With regard to the former, our many racy descriptions of the process of Western colonization abound in remarkable anecdotes of the unlicensed administration of justice.
Their energy, zeal, and courage are viewed in connection with their racy individual peculiarities.
With nothing profound in any of them, what there is of moral and plot has an inimitably fresh and racy flavor.
The Sketches are delightfully written, models of clear, bright, racy narrative, and containing just those particulars that a sportsman wishes to know.
Its quaint and racy dialect will please some readers--its abundance of yarns will amuse others.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "racy" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
