Shapely modern lamps offset boiserie and paintings by 18th-century Flemish artist Pierre Norbert van Reysschoot.

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For a casual-chic look that shows off shapely legs, try a long tunic over heavy, opaque tights.

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Spanx, panties that help make a woman look more shapely, have made entrepreneur Sara Blakely a billionaire.

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He prefers shapely tunes to messy emotions, which he keeps at an ironic distance while writing in the first person.

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The Fed's chairman, Alan Greenspan, a great one for a shapely statistic, had better keep an eye out for a bounce in bra sales.

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Shapely one-serving milk bottles that consumers can easily pick up at a convenience store and drink from on the run are a relatively new offering.

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If you have ever driven a G-series Infiniti, you will know why I love the subtle humps on either side of the hood, a constant visual reminder that you are staring down something shapely from within the cockpit.

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Sonny Rollins told me that his mother had given him a saxophone when he was five or six years old, and he opened up the case and he felt that it was this beautiful, shapely woman who was reaching out to him.

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