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In December, in the run-up to the Iowa caucuses, John Edwards starchily said in an NPR radio debate, “My kids will not have toys coming from China” for Christmas, presumably because they were tainted.

Rhetorical Questions 2008

In December, in the run-up to the Iowa caucuses, John Edwards starchily said in an NPR radio debate, “My kids will not have toys coming from China” for Christmas, presumably because they were tainted.

Rhetorical Questions 2008

Are they snapping starchily at their poles or hanging like last week's lettuce?

Back in the swing at the Open again thanks to cricket's silly season 2010

I called him back and starchily said, "Look here, my good man, I can take this to Spielberg or Disney if you're not interested in having a live Prince of England in your next movie."

Royal Pain 2004

I called him back and starchily said, "Look here, my good man, I can take this to Spielberg or Disney if you're not interested in having a live Prince of England in your next movie."

Royal Pain 2004

"I'm sure he meant to keep me fully informed," I answered starchily.

A Body In The Bath House Davis, Lindsey 2001

And he was now starchily respectable: a baronet, a magistrate, and alderman of Wapping, responsible for law and order along London's waterfront.

A Place Called Freedom Follett, Ken 1995

She said starchily, quite sorry that she had apologised, "We shall expect you in the morning, Dr. Cameron."

A Kind Of Magic Neels, Betty 1991

A nurse came in starchily, glanced in doubt at Alleyn, and went out again.

The Nursing Home Murder Marsh, Ngaio, 1899-1982 1963

It creaked starchily under her hands; it opened out before Miss Theodosia's horrified vision.

Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings Annie Hamilton Donnell