| With his rouged cheeks and talcumed face, he resembled a genial eighteenth century wind-up doll waving welcome with choppy strokes. |
| In fact, the years between 1660 and 1685 were something of an aberration, a brief period of calm in an otherwise choppy sea. |
| While Odita's works have roots in patterned geometric abstraction, their choppy contours suggest both turbulence and organic growth. |
| Meanwhile the United States could find no speed in their short, choppy strokes. |
| The sea was grey and the tide race choppy, but it was beautiful, in a wild way. |
| The rub is that it's an hour-long speedboat ride on sometimes choppy waters. |
