With the arrival of Coach Frost, the hopes of Nebraska fans are waxing again. In recent years, however, their fortunes have waned. One of my favorites means to defeat thoroughly, i.e., “In 1980, the Huskers waxed the Hawkeyes 57–0. The verb to wax has other senses, several of them derived from the sense, to increase.” Not all of them, however, are related. Remember, in this context, to wax means to grow or to increase. You always wax poetic when you got a noseful. Yes, and listening to me wax poetic about my vow of bounty, isnt. Why do you, as a man, want to sacrifice even more of your time playing maid Your free time should be devoted to growth, adventure, leisure. “The batter hit a rocket but the shortstop rifled the ball to first” He used metaphors to convey the drama of the moment. Before releasing her first album, she performed with Wax Poetic, Peter Malick, and jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter. His language or grew increasingly became poetic. Wax Poetic Lyrics: Ive been tongue tied / Down and out these days / Words dont come easy these days / Hand on the pen, let the ink run dry / Rather say. What the writer mean to say is that Dick Enberg was describing a ball game prosaically, i.e., using straightforward language (“the shortstop threw the ball to first”) but after an outstanding play (e.g., a double play), Enberg waxed poetic. 1 Wax poetic Speak in an increasingly enthusiastic and poetic manner. Thus, a moon is said to wax, i.e., to increase or to wane (to decrease). prescription.” The verb to wax, used in this context, means to grow or to increase. We may not justify every abuse by appeal to “description vs. Let us hear nothing of the dodge, “the meanings of words change.” They certainly do but the meaning of the verb to wax, in this context, has not changed. The verb to wax has several senses, but in this context the meaning has been fixed since 971. Years from now, its hard to imagine anyone waxing. She was just about to start waxing poetic about it, when she was startled by Morgan appearing at her front door. Remarkably she agreed, waxing poetic about the possibilities such an article would elicit. Enberg may have waxed poetic but he did not “wax poetically.” This is not pedantry, i.e., undue attention to detail. I was waxing poetic re what Heather was doing, and waxing poetic re my feelings about what Heather was doing. Sentence Examples There are also way too many irrelevant talking heads waxing poetic about the meaning of the movie. One writer recalled him “waxing poetically” while calling a ball game. To wax poetically suggests that one is polishing one’s car while reciting Keats but that is not what the writer intended. Sportscaster Dick Enberg died at 82 today.
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