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Our childhood was rich and remarkable, though its reality was challengingly remote as well as extremely dependent on the seasons and the bounty of the land and sea.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2020

“Rent,” based on Puccini’s “La Boheme,” has a challengingly slippery plot to begin with: Perhaps Larson would have refined the structure had he lived to see his show’s official opening.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2019

Fortunately, this graceful production captures more than enough of this challengingly frolicsome yet ultimately piercing play to win us over.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2016

It's no fun when you have to spend your vacation in a home where appliances are smelly, the bath towels are skimpy, and the cookware is challengingly old.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2015

Gatsby turned around from a window and looked at me challengingly.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald