Then had come the skewering of her head on Richard's spurs the night before.

"So the Drive isn't affected by the skewering of probability."

Joe Orton was a master at skewering the established social order.

The couple's skewering of social prejudices tends to be gentle, however.

For $20, the book promises a light skewering of three industries (fashion, beauty and the art world).

I'd almost forgotten to include Leo in that skewering.

There is a wicked skewering in this essay, but it has nothing to do with either actors or stars.

"Our Persian friends have expressed a desire for a skewering," he informed them, smiling.

And the princess had totally ignored what ought to have been a mortal skewering.

We imagine that the lubricated and informed nature of your skewering is just better than ours.

There is also some wonderful skewering of operatic tradition.

The man laughed, waiting for the inevitable skewering.

Three months ago the nightly skewering began.

Expect lots of cultural skewering and sexual intrigue.

But that did not traditionally cover the skewering of a senior Librarian simply because he was the bearer of bad news.

When "The Player" came along, its skewering of show-business ethics had some novelty.

Those tics converge in her skewering of Barbara Bush.

It's also a track that these days seems to invite critical skewering and occasionally to elicit authorial melancholy.

Through contemporary ears, the parody seemed less art than artifact, a once-devilish skewering of another era's sensibilities.

She could almost feel the spear of his glance skewering her, as though he feared she might oppose him rather than help him!

The "skewering", some intentional, some unintentional, of various types of American liberalism have been around for awhile.

Jonathan Chait's delighfully irate skewering of conservative political correctness.

When the filmmakers arrive, you can pretty much anticipate the skewering of the familiar types: self-important, know-nothing American yuppies.

Despite such skewering, even some G.E. officials voice respect for Mr. Fire.

However, political and social commentator Andrew Sullivan considers the film brilliant in its skewering of both the left and right's approach on terrorism.

Turn the skewers over and cook 3 to 4 minutes longer.

The approach allowed him to skewer everyone, Americans most of all.

But the girl was killed with a skewer, so I hear.

Turn the skewers, and cook for 4 more minutes on the other side.

Food should be left on the skewers 15 minutes before cooking.

The skewer should be warm if the fish is done.

Place the skewers in cold water to cover and set aside.

If he charged in, she would skewer him, then cut the hair.

The skewer went in for less than half an inch.

They met in an empty space, each trying to skewer the other with the force of his attack.

Remove the skewers from the pan and rest for a couple of minutes.

If using bamboo skewers, place them in a bowl of water.

Place no more than six lamb pieces on a skewer.

Bake for another 1 hours or until a skewer comes out clean.

If the skewer comes out clean, the cake is ready.

All you need are a metal skewer and a straw.

Soak 10 small wooden skewers in water for 30 minutes.

That the shaft should skewer the mark dead center seemed only natural and right.

She looked down at the six other makeshift skewers and smiled.

With a shock of fear, he realized they were ready to skewer him.

The meat, browned over the fire on skewers, was soon brought to them.

If wooden skewers are to be used, soak them in water until ready.

Soak 4 large wooden skewers in cold water until ready to use.

Place the skewers on the grill and cook about 1 minute.

"That would be the male who tried to skewer me, I suppose."

But no, I skewered someone else instead, and was past him before he hit the ground.

At this range they should have skewered us by now.

Since the series began in February, more than 40 books have been skewered.

When he started to complain, I skewered him with a look.

It looked like she had been skewered on a pole.

In other films, it is the French who are skewered.

"You get skewered by the newspapers all over the place," she said.

"My guess is that their polls show they are getting skewered in all those states."

She skewered a finger into his side and made him jump.

That's how you wind up skewered by some guy in a bad mask.

On one level, the pretensions of white America are being skewered.

The other aspects of the film have been similarly skewered.

"Better to be skewered than ignored," he said later on.

And then get back to the business of skewering morons.

Time buckles and I am skewered to this one moment.

His black eyes skewered them one at a time.

He had already skewered one of the creatures with an arrow.

And the team surely would have been skewered if another disaster followed.

"I could have skewered him, whether you quite accept that or not.

The things died slowly, but they didn't attack after skewering.

Men no longer barbecue in our movies; instead they are the ones being skewered.

The performance is so genuinely conveyed that we are all skewered.

Her entire being seemed to revolve around it, as if she were skewered.

Finally, reluctantly, he admitted that she had skewered him with the truth.

A second bolt skewered the neck of the soldier behind him.