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Reeling

Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reeled (r?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeling. ]

  1. To roll. [Obs.]

    And Sisyphus an huge round stone did reel.
    --Spenser.

  2. To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread.

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reeling

n. The motion of something that reels. vb. (present participle of reel English)

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Reeling

Reeling (1976) was Pauline Kael's fifth collection of movie reviews, covering the years 1972 - 1975. The book is largely composed of movie reviews, ranging from her famous review of Last Tango in Paris to A Woman Under the Influence, but it also contains a longer essay entitled " On the Future of Movies" as well as a book review of The Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers Book, by fellow The New Yorker dance critic Arlene Croce.

The book is out-of-print in the United States, but is still published by Marion Boyars Publishers in the United Kingdom.

Category:Books about film Category:1976 books

Usage examples of "reeling".

No sooner did she recover her footing than she was hugged by someone else, she thought it was Manora, and then pounded and buffeted around in congratulation until she was reeling in a kind of dance between avoiding the celebrants and easing the growing discomfort of her feet.

He was still reeling from the twin blows Anna had dealt him, incapable of ordering his thoughts or controlling his emotions.

I had been in such a room and what I had seen there had sent my mind reeling into the deepest shock.

Hrriss had been reeling with fatigue when he mounted up to head toward the bridge to go home.

Half reeling with the shock of such infamy, Hrrto moved off towards the open door.

It seized her as she reached out to him and sent her reeling into his arms.

Mentally reeling from the impact on her senses, she wondered painfully how she had managed to get several hundred thousand contacts at once.

She rose, reeling slightly on her way to the small galley to find whatever was easiest to prepare.

He hurried across the room, making his legs stride, grateful that he could make such a physical effort because his mind was still reeling from that thrust.

They were still reeling with laughter until they reached the outer gates when suddenly all eight assumed the usual dignified postures of 'Dinis of reasonably high rank.

Robinton closed them and bowed his head, reeling emotionally and physically from the hideous end to a stupid, senseless encounter.

He stared at her with a compound of fear and loathing that sent Brekke reeling back.

The raw sexuality of his gesture left her reeling with pleasure, unable to rein in the hot sparks of desire that were shooting through her body.

He had played her like the expert he was, reeling her in so gently that she hadn't even realized she'd been hooked.

Her senses were reeling, her mind scrambling to adjust to the fact that he had been awake, that he had spoken, even if it had been only one word.