Day 1,870: halting, rile, astronaut, awry, recrimination
Mr Biden’s halting delivery, her words were full of vitality.
Mark Kelly, a senator from Arizona, another battleground state, would also add to the ticket—and it would rile Mr Trump to face an ex-astronaut.
If her campaign starts to go awry, recriminations about her uncontested nomination will soon follow.
Artwork of the day
The halt
Isaac_LevitanOriginal Title:ПолустанокDate:c.1885; Russian FederationStyle:RealismGenre:landscape
Word of the day
halting: stopping often while you are saying or doing something, especially because you are nervous:(esp. of speech or movement) slow, stoppingand starting repeatedly, as if lackingconfidence:
rile: to make someone angry:
astronaut: a person who has been trained for travelling in space
awry: not in the intended way: wrong
recrimination: arguments between people who are blaming each other:
Quote of the day
People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.
Anne Sullivan