Word: refraining
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...rhythms of the band, but there is Porgy's sudden turn from prose recitation into a chant as he speaks early in the play, and Serena's prayer for the delirious Bess to Jesus, to "send the devil out of her like you used to do," with the rising refrain of "time and time again!" in which the others gradually join...
...upper-classmen. And still, despite sharp memories of these painful moments of protective self-tipping, we continue to submit each incoming class to the same humiliating process. We say our word for quick reform and we have no doubt that the humbled class of 1933 will shout a unanimous refrain of affirmation. Bryn Mawr College News...
...give Al Jolson a chance to burst forth from the screen in many of his singing orgies. And if you are a follower of the famous "mammy singer," you should by all means go to see this show. If, on the other hand, you do not like vocal refrain every few minutes throughout the picture, this is not the show...
...Refrain from throwing vest into audiences, as damage could easily be done by buttons...
...basic story has simple, tragic dignity which does not depend on the length or bawdiness which always characterize its rendition. Frankie was a harlot. Johnnie was her man. But Johnnie loved Nellie Bly. So Frankie shot her man. "He was her man, but he done her wrong," explains every refrain. The verse at which singers usually break down in tears goes...