Sentences with word «abrasiveness»

I, for one, emerged from the steel - wool abrasiveness of both books feeling rubbed raw, exhausted and, especially, angry: at advertisers and senators, at my husband for his professional successes, at myself for my choice to stay at home, and at my children for being, well, children.

In both XE and F - Pace the V - 6 performs with a unique, sonorous snarl, though we detected a hint of abrasiveness in the middle rev range with the hammer down.

Instead, the main character in this Canadian - South Korean - American production is Surly, a selfish purple squirrel (voiced with off - putting abrasiveness by Will Arnett), who quickly becomes mired in a heist - driven plot that defies logic and hardly goes anywhere.

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED: Porzingis» frustration combined with Phil Jackson's abrasiveness put the Latvian Unicorn in a series of trade rumors around draft day, but nothing came of them.

Not too far beneath the movie's superficial abrasiveness is a desperate desire to be loved, a puppyish determination that is both hard to resist and, eventually, difficult to endure.

It is, however, an almost timeless - feeling piece of cinema whose abrasiveness is not in vein.

Time was when people could handle Leavitt's rampant abrasiveness by ignoring him or otherwise giving him a fast shuffle.

Is he going to refuse to get into an emotional battle with the king of Ryder Cup abrasiveness?

It's abrasiveness really makes your skin super-smooth like nothing you have tried before.

Cooper shows dazzling good looks and nice restraint as the straight man to Helms» and Galafianakis» broader turns, losing his Wedding Crashers abrasiveness in favor of a more sophisticated, laid - back demeanor.

The angst and abrasiveness inherent to Adult.

As Reynolds Woodcock, Daniel Day - Lewis tests the limits of abrasiveness within a narrow emotional range; he shares that compulsion to produce discomfort with Joaquin Phoenix, Adam Sandler, and other Paul Thomas Anderson leading men.

While this comedy - drama is sometimes wilfully absurd, it's also exhilarating cinema, telling its story with conflicting amounts of warm emotion and prickly abrasiveness.

Harry, operating with a take - no - prisoners abrasiveness that is inseparable from his charm, has every intention of disrupting the lovers» idyll.

By the following week, the syrup had dried up and all that remained was a gummy abrasiveness in her throat.

These hides are washed and sometimes bleached, treated with flavourings to make them more appealing to canines, and then manipulated into various shapes to suit different chewers and increase abrasiveness for improved teeth cleaning.

Often the food is soft and they need something harder that offers abrasiveness without damaging gum tissue.

Dry kibble is preferable because its natural abrasiveness helps dislodge any developing plaque on their teeth.

Often described as a neo-dadaist, American artist Jasper Johns «work is by most classified as Pop art (with a hint of Americana), mainly because of his extensive use of classical iconography and lack of confrontational abrasiveness characteristic of...

Baking soda is a key ingredient in many DIY beauty and cleaning products, thanks to its gentle abrasiveness, smell fighting properties and ability to absorb oils.

But not too far beneath the movie's superficial abrasiveness is a desperate desire to be loved, a puppyish determination that is both hard to resist and, eventually, difficult to endure.

Please forgive my abrasiveness.

I.m sure you've spent lots of time being soft and gentle... for all your abrasiveness, at times, it shows through.

Dealing with Atlanta's abrasiveness is compounded by NASCAR's new three - segment race format and the unknown quantity of how that will effect strategy.

FD: But you have no evidence to suggest that the kind of rancor and abrasiveness that existed four years ago is there this time?

«I am the abrasiveness against which he can spark,» she writes triumphantly on her relationship with the former prime minister at the end of the book.

Even Zwicky, in an oral history, spoke of his «abrasiveness,» recalling how a colleague once told him he was «treating people too abruptly, too roughly, and it would be better not to be that rough.»

This is sociobiology as you've rarely seen it — slowly matured and richly textured, yet with all its abrasiveness intact.

Also the abrasiveness of society is eliminated and foot pounds of work (effort) go far enough for satisfaction being achieved / achievable.

It can take weeks or even months to get skin looking healthier from the abrasiveness of exfoliators of all kinds.

Coconut oil reduces the abrasiveness of baking soda, increases the easiness of usage, and has antibacterial powers of its own due to its high lauric acid content.

Its odor absorbing properties are useful throughout the home and it is capable of removing tough stains because of its abrasiveness.

She nicely underplays the role of Shelby and was the perfect complement to Aileen's abrasiveness.

His characters are often unlikable to the point of abrasiveness but Perry, a sensational writer as well as a director, expertly unveils the weaknesses in these people as much as their barbed wits.

With Gerwig on board as co-writer and star, Baumbach dials back the abrasiveness of previous films like The Squid And The Whale, Margot At The Wedding, and Greenberg — not to say that abrasiveness was a problem, mind — and tailors the film entirely to Gerwig's daffy, self - deprecating charms, which recall Diane Keaton in Annie Hall if she were more ungainly and even less sure of herself.

Lavelle is a man who has truly found his vocation, displaying none of the abrasiveness of the people he is forced to rub against.

I like her abrasiveness, but some of the press reactions had been a bit similar.

They could easily wrap around its tongue because of the abrasiveness that it is.

That difference is in the abrasiveness of the food.

For dogs, the most important factor in brushing is the abrasiveness of the tooth - brush.

Slack has been described as a middle - ground between email and text; a place where brevity is not confused with abrasiveness.

On August 26, 2014, Fortune Magazine published an article by Kieran Snyder entitled «The abrasiveness trap: High - achieving men and women are described differently in reviews».

Our particular favorite from the film, Hey Bulldog, is haunting through the LS50, with its stale and roughshod piano lines, over-fuzzed guitars cutting through towards the edge of abrasiveness, and dual vocals cackling at the end in ominous psychedelia.

In summary, the results preliminarily demonstrate that abrasiveness may constitute a reliable and valid personality symptom cluster.