157 Sentences With "acrostic"

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ACROSTIC — It's the very first acrostic of the year, which lends this excerpt, from a venerable novelist and essayist, a particularly auspicious quality. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — The rara avis Sammus major Ezerskyus says that today's puzzle is the official 500th acrostic from team Cox Rathvon in the pages of The Times. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Today's passage is by one of my favorite authors in one of my favorite genres, from a book that I read and submitted for use in an acrostic. from The New York Times
That's what acrostic solvers call "toggling" between the grid and the clues, and this is what will help you solve the entire puzzle so you can read the acrostic quote. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — I love the factoid excerpts like this one. from The New York Times
VARIETY PUZZLE — Welcome to our first acrostic puzzle of 2016! from The New York Times
The entry VESUVIUS has appeared only once, in an acrostic. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — It has been a while since I wrote about the acrostic puzzle, and I honestly wondered if I would remember how to solve it as I sat down in front of my computer. from The New York Times
I don't know if this has to do with my own jet lag, but I found today's acrostic by our Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon about as difficult as any acrostic I remember doing. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — We obviously never get a bad acrostic puzzle, but this is one of the ones that I think of as perfect, the kind that I would gladly push on someone new to the game. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Today's acrostic is a passage from a book by Constance Hale called "Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose" (or "How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose," the subtitle of an earlier edition). from The New York Times
Today's variety puzzle is one of my favorites, after the acrostic. from The New York Times
They penned a strongly worded letter that doubled as an acrostic poem. from New Republic
If not, we shall endeavor to do so in an upcoming acrostic. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — The chimpanzees have Jane Goodall, the mountain gorillas had Dian Fossey. from The New York Times
This witty, lively writer is a fertile source of acrostic-worthy passages. from The New York Times
We tried hard to get an acrostic passage from it but failed. from The New York Times
Their first acrostic for The New York Times was published in Sept. from The New York Times
See the list of acrostic puzzles they have made for The Times. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Today's passage is by a popular crime fiction writer, Tana French. from The New York Times
This made for a difficult acrostic, as far as I was concerned! from The New York Times
That always makes solving the acrostic especially sweet and overshadows any frustration. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Today's excerpt is from a recent novel, "Asymmetry," by Lisa Halliday. from The New York Times
Strung all together they make an acrostic poem, colloquially called a name poem. from Mashable
Anyway, today's acrostic was a bit easier for me; how did you do? from The New York Times
All in all, every enjoyable aspect of solving an acrostic is well represented. from The New York Times
And before you know it, you'll have a completed acrostic under your belt. from The New York Times
This acrostic didn't build steadily for me; it solved in fits and starts. from The New York Times
The book in this Sunday's acrostic was suggested to us by a solver. from The New York Times
This post has also been updated to note the acrostic message in the letter. from Buzzfeed News
ACROSTIC — Today's passage combines one of my favorite subjects, cryptozoology, with something else — mathematics. from The New York Times
Similar clothes were sold at the rally, including these shirts with an acrostic poem. from Business Insider
Anyway, I did a satisfying amount of toggling back and forth in today's acrostic. from The New York Times
Pushing into today's acrostic felt a bit like that, although I enjoyed the fight. from The New York Times
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — Today's acrostic by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon is about crooning. from The New York Times
SUNDAY VARIETY COLUMN Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon bring us a very meta acrostic. from The New York Times
SUNDAY VARIETY COLUMN Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, this acrostic is just my type. from The New York Times
SUNDAY VARIETY COLUMN Today's acrostic by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon is particularly momentous. from The New York Times
Let's hear from our constructors: The Sherlock Holmes stories generate lovely acrostic-length passages. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — There's no correlation between hard-to-solve acrostics and esoteric themes, is there? from The New York Times
SUNDAY VARIETY COLUMN Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon's acrostic doesn't need bells and whistles. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Leave it to our faithful acrosticeers to present us with a perfect chestnut. from The New York Times
Anchoring the program is Unsuk Chin's zany "Acrostic Wordplay," which includes texts by Lewis Carroll. from The New York Times
They'd written an acrostic with "Grace" and "Cyrus" intersecting at the "r," an uneven cross. from New Yorker
As far as the acrostic is concerned, I really loved the clues today, didn't you? from The New York Times
Because that would not be a viable way of getting oneself quoted in an acrostic. from The New York Times
Did this acrostic come about because we have a bird feeder outside our kitchen window? from The New York Times
SUNDAY VARIETY COLUMN Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon bring us an acrostic for changing times. from The New York Times
That distinction is the basis for today's acrostic and it's a fascinating thing to think about. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon are our only touchstones in the world of crossword construction. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Did anyone else have a visceral response to the passage today and smell burned hair? from The New York Times
So it was a slow solve, but completely fun and interesting, as is every acrostic we get. from The New York Times
Maybe if you were reading Twelfth Night in high school, you might have noticed the acrostic here. from Vox
Your science-geeky acrostic writers are traveling to Brevard, North Carolina, hoping to experience totality on Monday. from The New York Times
I did not walk away from this acrostic feeling terribly wise, but the passage cheered me up. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Today's excerpt is from an essay by a very prolific American writer and novelist, Lorrie Moore. from The New York Times
SUNDAY VARIETY COLUMN Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon and "Jerry Maguire" make a tough acrostic for us. from The New York Times
The gravestone carries an acrostic of her name, talking about how she suffered, how good she was. from The New York Times
VARIETY PUZZLE — A typically elegant acrostic today, just like the HORSES in Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon's puzzle. from The New York Times
How many crossword grids has The New York Times published that are not square (not counting acrostic puzzles)? from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Today's passage is about biography, the challenging art of writing truthfully and interestingly about one's fellow humans. from The New York Times
She sets up Ella Mai as an acrostic poem with each letter of her name representing a different mood. from Vice
One reader has suggested the humorist Dawn Powell, and we regret we haven't found an acrostic-worthy nugget (yet!). from The New York Times
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — I found today's acrostic challenging, both in its cluing and the vocabulary in the actual grid. from The New York Times
Acrostic quotes are edited, but here is the full passage from KATE RUSSO's book, "TOTAL ADDICTION," courtesy of XWordInfo. from The New York Times
Don't let others tell you you're not smart enough to solve a puzzle like an acrostic or a crossword. from The New York Times
Three: Acrostic poems should never, ever be allowed to escape the drab beige walls of our nation's middle-school classrooms. from New Republic
SUNDAY VARIETY COLUMN Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon remind us that there's more than one way to solve an acrostic. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Today's acrostic is one of the rare excerpts from a book that I have actually read, and recognize while solving, so I experienced that frisson of excitement you get when you spot a celebrity or see frolicking bobcats on a nature cam (which you can volunteer to do for science, from your own home). from The New York Times
MARGARET DEAN's "LEAVING ORBIT" is an ode to that space race, and I loved solving this acrostic based on the book. from The New York Times
The acrostic sign is one of the most overused fan tropes out there, so it's delightful to see some minor absurdity. from Vice
ACROSTIC — Today's puzzle is a quip, really, about the inking business, the one that's more dangerous and necessary than tattooing — cartoonery. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Today's puzzle is excerpted from a book, "Awake in the Dark," by the very well-loved film critic Roger Ebert. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Today's passage is from a memoir by a famous musician, Donald Fagen, one of two co-founders of STEELY DAN. from The New York Times
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — How do you solve an acrostic, if this is your first time diving into one of these puzzles? from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Today's passage, from her book "Venomous," is by Christie Wilcox, a writer with a Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology. from The New York Times
In today's acrostic, I had to read the clues over a few times in order to settle into a solving flow. from The New York Times
It's timely, too: Today's acrostic is all about a solar eclipse, which we North Americans will experience on Monday, Aug. 21. from The New York Times
The morbid acrostic, coincidental or not, reflects a repeated conspiracy theory-turned-meme over the death of the financier Jeffrey Epstein. from Politico
ACROSTIC — Today's passage is from an essay called "Driving as Metaphor" by Rachel Cusk, a prolific writer of fiction, memoir and commentary. from The New York Times
Today's acrostic has more wordplay than I've seen in a while, which makes the puzzle harder, but ultimately more delightful to solve. from The New York Times
A passage chosen for an acrostic has to include the letters in the author's name and the letters in the book's title. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Today's passage is by a modern comedic actress and writer I would call beloved, Mindy Kaling, from her "Why Not Me?" memoir. from The New York Times
If you rearrange the letters in "acrostic," and add an a, with an eye to the information above, you arrive at COSTA RICA. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Today's excerpt is by Rachel Carson, the 20th-century nature writer whose brilliant "Silent Spring" greatly contributed to the modern environmental movement. from The New York Times
The best part is that, as with an acrostic, you find yourself using each puzzle to help solve the one it is twinned with. from The New York Times
My gimmes in today's acrostic included HAMILTON, NIHILIST, THOUSAND, REWIND and EMBELLISH, which helped me begin to toggle between the quote and the clues. from The New York Times
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — I have a big soft spot in my heart for Ann Patchett, the author quoted in today's Cox and Rathvon acrostic. from The New York Times
The passage in this acrostic is tangentially relevant to my ramblings, as it's one explanation of why some of us can not look away. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Today's excerpt is from someone I think of quite fondly from National Public Radio in the 80s but had lost track of, Andrei Codrescu. from The New York Times
Even the singular form, WAVELENGTH, has been in hiding for nearly 20 years, and the last time it appeared, it was in an acrostic puzzle. from The New York Times
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — Usually, I can make my way into an acrostic by finding some gimmes, or answers that I know right off the bat. from The New York Times
It has the grand payoff of an acrostic, if you're solving for the quotation, and it's a lot more accessible than some of our cryptics. from The New York Times
Today's acrostic by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon illuminates, to a small extent I'm sure, what people who write dictionaries for a living go through. from The New York Times
Some solvers might remember this acrostic passage from May 25, 2008: RICHARD (D.) ALTICK, TO BE IN ENGLAND —[A]s vulgarizers the British are... incompetent. from The New York Times
" Last week, all 17 members of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities (PCAH) submitted a resignation letter that also contained an acrostic spelling out "RESIST. from Vox
These paper-doll figures are components in a puzzle, and genuine, untidy humanness would dilute the pleasures of what is, ultimately, the narrative equivalent of an acrostic. from The New York Times
VARIETY PUZZLE — Caitlin Lovinger writes the weekend columns while I am off doing other puzzly things, so it has been a while since I've solved an acrostic. from The New York Times
This Sunday's acrostic is from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," the first of six autobiographical books by Maya Angelou and a 20th-century American classic. from The New York Times
With Acrostify, you can automatically create playlists with a secret message spelled out as an acrostic message where the first letters of each song form the words. from Vice
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — This fine acrostic is a quote by one of my favorite tearjerking-writers-about-dogs (don't click here if you don't want a spoiler). from The New York Times
He rightly discovered that I had coded the clues acrostic style, meaning that reading the first letter of each clue in order it would reveal a message. from The New York Times
He started with acrostic love poems, which he would create for verse-challenged undergraduate swains at the University of North Carolina, at 25 cents a pop and up. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — I remark on this once in a while, and I'll say it again: I really owe Team Cox/Rathvon a big thank you for providing reading recommendations. from The New York Times
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — A timely acrostic puzzle from Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, although I found this one a bit more difficult than some of the past few offerings. from The New York Times
Today's acrostic quote is by Brenda Miller, and while I didn't need to do any special "Incantations" to solve it, it gave me a good run for my money. from The New York Times
ZACHARY WOOLFE AT 2 SECONDS The acrostic is much in the news these days, as government functionaries resign in letters with barely concealed subtexts (RESIST, IMPEACH and the like). from The New York Times
In order to display the acrostic with its canonical formatting, I'm going to embed a screenshot rather than use Twitter's native embed function, which sometimes messes with line spacing. from Vox
I had finally gotten to the point where I was feeling like a champion acrostic solver, when the puzzles started to feel like they were just out of my reach. from The New York Times
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — Once again, we open by issuing an abject apology to a large group of people occupying a land mass, due to the nature of the acrostic quote. from The New York Times
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — Vitamins and nutrition happen to be an area of interest of mine, so I was happy to learn what I did from today's quote in our acrostic. from The New York Times
If there is a spookier feeling than scanning the clue list of an acrostic and not seeing anything you know on first pass, I don't know what that might be. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Before I begin, I want to mention that we understand the need for a convenient link back to the main Wordplay page, which was lost when we changed systems. from The New York Times
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — Another tough one today, but markedly more upbeat than the last acrostic puzzle and beautifully science-geeky, as our constructors, Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, say below. from The New York Times
In my opinion, the acrostic was on the relatively easy side, although I did not know that Biblical character ELIJAH went up to heaven in a whirlwind, as the clue indicates. from The New York Times
Sinosphere BEIJING — Were the characters that read like an acrostic curse on the front page of a major Chinese newspaper the result of an anti-Communist conspiracy, or a thoughtless error? from The New York Times
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — This was a tough one for me, but I was able to crack Emily Cox's and Henry Rathvon's acrostic with a few gimmes and a lot of persistence. from The New York Times
Looking from that angle, Team Cox/Rathvon has found a perfect example of a passage that explains this phenomenon while, in the context of an acrostic, demonstrating it to the solver. from The New York Times
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — I really thought I was losing it midway through this acrostic, which is from a passage in "Faster: A Racer's Diary," by the Formula One driver Jackie Stewart. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Today's excerpt is from a book by Dennis Baron called "A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers, and the Digital Revolution," which concerns the unstoppable force technology exerts on culture and society. from The New York Times
Trump also currently lacks a top science advisor, and one of the State Department's science envoys — Daniel M. Kammen — resigned in August, possibly calling for the president's impeachment with a hidden acrostic. from Mashable
This is fitting, though, because Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon have dipped into an apropos subject with today's acrostic: language standards, and who gets to dictate how we say what we say. from The New York Times
Most of the time, I wind up researching the book from which their acrostic quote is derived and falling down a huge rabbit hole of books to put on my own list. from The New York Times
But there is one person who might actually be the ideal roommate for me, and that is the mother of the author featured in today's acrostic by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon. from The New York Times
This is a debut as well, but it should be noted that, other than an appearance in an acrostic, "leitmotif" itself has been in the puzzle only once, and that was in 1945. from The New York Times
" We might wish to have Kory Stamper's job, but her caveats include (and we almost chose this for an acrostic passage): "Lexicographers must face the Escher-esque logic of English and its speakers. from The New York Times
And let's be honest — in addition to coloring in acrostic poems about spring and secretly illustrating scenes on the walls, who didn't try to use the brightly hued crayons to draw on themselves? from Mashable
Every year of my childhood, my mother celebrated Valentine's Day by making an acrostic poem about how great I am and hanging it in the door of my bedroom in the dead of night. from The Verge
Thorne mentions by name past lovers including Tana Mongeau, Mod Sun and rumored fling Kyra Santoro, who she calls a "special friend," as well as "kickass," "YOUphoric," "relentless," and "addictive" in an acrostic poem. from People
I look at the number of letters in each word; in this case, acrostic has eight letters, but if you add that "a" in "a country," you get nine, so that's a good tip. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Sunday, March 17, is St. Patrick's Day, and team Cox Rathvon has chosen an appropriate passage, from a book called "Irish Leprechaun Stories" by Bairbre McCarthy, a Gaelic name if ever there was. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — As embarrassing as it is to admit, I was nearly startled out of my chair when I completed today's puzzle, as I had historically placed the two subjects at hand in nonoverlapping eras. from The New York Times
I, adult student of plant science and botany, felt pretty smart knowing PEDUNCLE — I can't imagine that being in most people's vocabulary, and it's been in The Times exactly once before, in a 2002 acrostic. from The New York Times
It's more of a crossword term, but this acrostic is a pangram, meaning all 26 letters appeared in the passage, which meant that we got some nice Scrabble words like ABJECT, EXTOL, AGONIZE and ELOQUENT. from The New York Times
" Here's what she says about the book from which our acrostic passage is taken: "My first editor told me that if the word 'essays' appeared on this book cover, people would run screaming from the store. from The New York Times
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — Upon solving this acrostic I became acutely aware of how very many Brit-centric clues we had to figure, which is an endearing and enduring sign of Emily Cox's and Henry Rathvon's craftsmanship. from The New York Times
In it, former science envoy Daniel Kammen spelled out the word "IMPEACH" in an acrostic as he recounted President Donald Trump's controversial response to recent deadly violence in Charlottesville and the president's failure to condemn those responsible. from Vox
"WORD WATCHING," by British comedian ALEX HORNE, looks like a fabulously funny exploration of wordplay and it's no secret that I use the acrostic to decide which books to read more often than I use the Book Review. from The New York Times
I know it as a "Jesus fish," because my own religion dictates that all things in life point to a "Seinfeld" episode: Even though today's acrostic took a lot of guessing on my part, it was still fun. from The New York Times
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — The quote in today's acrostic was unusual for me, not just because I was not familiar with many of the answers (OVIPOSIT?), but also because you don't see the word CHICKENPALOOZA in your puzzle every day. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Our inimitable constructors, team Cox/Rathvon, are in a green mood; this is the second excerpt in a row from a naturalist literary work and I feel like there have been a lot of other instances this summer. from The New York Times
Let's hear from our constructors: It's not often that we get to perform a public service with these acrostic puzzles, but here we're able to deliver, by way of this pioneering marine biologist, a packet of very useful information. from The New York Times
One of the characters in the play by Lin-Manuel Miranda, HERCULES MULLIGAN, appears in today's acrostic quote as a hero who never made it to the history books, but whose contributions to the founding of our nation should be remembered. from The New York Times
They became friends, and in February had their first date only after he texted several clues to her, including an acrostic puzzle, which finally led her to the rooftop of a new chemistry building where he awaited her with Brie and sparkling cider. from The New York Times
" You can enjoy the entire essay from Ms. Miller's book "Listening Against the Stone: Selected Essays," and the entire quote from which the acrostic is taken is as follows: "This predilection for the mystic has been with me ever since I was a child. from The New York Times
ACROSTIC — Today's excerpt is from a book called "Warped Passages" by Lisa Randall, a Harvard professor, cosmologist and particle physicist who's been a popular name for some years — I remembered her from an appearance on "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" a few years ago. from The New York Times
This acrostic by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon was unlike any that I have solved before, in the sense that I relied almost entirely on the top grid to solve it, rather than toggling back and forth between the fill-ins and the grid. from The New York Times
Our constructors, Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, have captured Mr. HORNE's love of wordplay in the acrostic quote, and I would say that today's puzzle was a very nice balance of working out the answers in the clue list and guessing at words in the quote. from The New York Times
What does it say about me as a solver, nay, as a citizen of the world, that my two gimmes for today's acrostic quote by Eugenie Clark consisted of a joke from an ABBOTT and Costello routine and the memory of happy times watching "Star Trek"? from The New York Times
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — Today's acrostic has nothing to do with my beloved Monty Python's Flying Circus (a shame, in my opinion), but our constructors have lovingly planted an entry that is of great interest to me, even if, as they say below, it's not in the dictionary. from The New York Times
If you're interested in seeing a particular passage from your own reading entered into the acrostic pantheon, if you're willing to click on my byline at the top of this column and overpower the captcha obstacles, please send it to me and I will forward it to the acrostinators. from The New York Times
I bring this up because the constructor Grant Thackray seems to be trying to pull a fast one on us, and I want you all to gird your loins and stay aware: There may be things hidden in his grid that could potentially influence you (also, try the acrostic). from The New York Times
For those who were hankering to solve, there were also Friday night activities, which included a puzzle by Wall Street Journal crossword editor Mike Shenk with audio clues, a "Pick Your Poison" event where solvers could choose from a cryptic crossword, and Puns & Anagrams puzzle or an acrostic. from The New York Times
Today's acrostic by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, based on a quote from David Eagleman's book, "Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain," reveals a function that I was aware of — that the brain relies on patterns to fill in missing information — but I was not aware that it does so with visual information. from The New York Times
But lest you think the name is an accident, rapper Ludacris has a guest verse on "The Champion" in which he elucidates the meaning of every letter, acrostic style: C is for courage, H is for hurt, A is for attitude, M is for motivation, P is for perseverance, I is for innovation, O is for optimism, and N is for necessary. from People
Wordplay VARIETY PUZZLE — Today's acrostic, by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, is an excerpt from an ode to a beast that has become a bit of a 21st-century folk hero, one of those honey badger types with a natural social media savvy and extensive public relations skills, who can engineer an image makeover from a sinister deep-sea strangler to a winsome oddsmaker. from The New York Times
I loved the double cluing for "Maybellene" and the sound-alike answers, CHASED and CHASTE, although I will admit that I had to listen to the song to get to the answers: Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon have to piece together parts of some quotes in order for them to work as an acrostic puzzle, but it's the history behind the lyrics to Mr. Berry's song JOHNNY B. GOODE that I find really interesting. from The New York Times