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These words from composer Alexandre Desplat succulently describe the filmmaking of Wes Anderson.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2021

Among their almost-otherworldly public descriptions: They resisted harsh temperatures, remained succulently firm for long periods and boasted imperceptibly soft seeds and cores.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2017

The framing is enough to establish it succulently and subtly.

From Time • Dec. 7, 2015

That duck that was served succulently à l’orange in Grande reappeared the next day in Silk, dried out and shellacked in hoisin sauce.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2015

We were both really full, but dessert—a succulently rich cremeux surrounded by passion fruit—was too good not to at least nibble, so we lingered for a while over dessert, trying to get hungry again.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green