Sentences with word «affability»

Out of this collision of affability and agenda, a new dispensation was born.

Oldenburg's wobbly lines and selected use of color delineate the two quotidian subjects and infuse the piece with affability.

Best known for his comic affability as an actor on The Office, he revealed surprising directing chops with his David Foster Wallace adaptation Brief Interviews With Hideous Men (2009) and the well - honed family dramedy The Hollars (2016).

But then, he is only one of many characters I can't make heads or tails of, either for their comedic merits or importance to the overall story, in this extremely unfocused and amateurish effort that barely gets by on general affability.

The audience, much like Latifah, is surprised and utterly won over by Common's disarming, nice guy affability beneath the intimidating aura.

A year later, he's still around, his ostensible affability giving way to malign intent, all smooth smiles as his confrontational manner cracks Catherine's psyche open a few notches further.

He imbues lines like «There's nothing not to like about me» with such affability that you can't help but smile; that's a testament to Hirsch's loveable screen presence.

Hemsworth took an absurd leap at the end of 2017, maximizing his comedic value and affability in Thor: Ragnarok.

In interviews, Cruise has said that those who knew Barry Seal in real life loved him in spite of his flaws, and this seems to hold true for a lot of public figures who overcome scrutiny through outward affability.

He is off to a world where bright affability is truly a virtue, in place of a man who could never nail down the «bright» part.

Despite his sunny affability, he's a brooder and a worrier.

The latest and ninth installment in that line, Star Trek: Insurrection, lacks the adrenalized oomph of its predecessor, but no adventure of the Starship Enterprise is without its gee - whiz affability.

Much more comfortable as the perpetually cheery lifeguard in last summer's Baywatch, the actor just can't hide his natural affability and, even if the movie's multiple script writers had provided him with smarter lines, he couldn't deliver barbed wit to save George's life.

There's a simmering rage that often explodes on the surface, but there's also an unsettling calm and strained affability that speaks so brilliantly to the character.

There's affection in its bland, bad taste - obscured tale of homogeneity overcoming difference, laughs to be found in its trying - too - hard outrageousness, and affability apparent in the immensely likeable cast.

is all enigmatic affability, concealing what is clearly an obsessive dedication to his art form

With his wife gone and commercial developments sprouting like iron weeds on all sides of his trim little Victorian home, Carl (a character inspired in part by Spencer Tracy and Walter Matthau, and voiced with gruff affability by Ed Asner) is literally besieged.

Shannon's brooding intensity, Hawkins» withdrawn shyness, Spencer's open - hearted affability and Stuhlbarg's quiet stability are all given time and space to shine.

The problem is that Freeman's affability sometimes undercuts an otherwise intensely focused story.

Adding much - needed affability is fine - boned Tom Hiddleston as Dr. Robert Laing, new to the building and caught off - guard by his sexually voracious upstairs neighbor, Charlotte (Sienna Miller).

The directors who stroked the most sensitive performances out of Hudson were those who detected the hurt and worry beneath the shallow depths of his bland affability.

In either case, in a film about a contest that judges based on the substance of the argument over the style of the delivery, the fact that the delivery is all the film has going for it means it has enough oomph to get the crowd on its side but not enough logic to win over those who look any further than the surface affability.

Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen An unscrupulous marine biologist with «Ken - doll good looks» and «priapic affability,» Chaz Perrone was sure he'd seen the last of his wife when he pushed her over the railing of the Sun Duchess cruise ship off the coast of Florida.

The mustachioed clerk greeted me with extreme affability; my reservation was in order and my key at the ready.

Another major factor in our selection process was the breed's affability towards children.

That means that working ability is more important than conformity of size or coat type, working attitude is preferred over mild - mannered affability, and working character is favored over general adaptability.

The little chap disrupted our family's staid dynamic with high energy and audacious affability.

These artist - run spaces straddle the expectations of a traditional gallery — white walls, press releases, open hours — with the casual affability of a party at a friend's house.

We offer advice, without duty, and treat every inquiry with incomparable affability.

On Tuesday, he took his campaign of affability a step further: he asked a group of city officials to join him at Yankee Stadium, for the team's opening home game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, aides confirmed.

Seth Rogen impactfully uses to his natural charm and affability as Steve Wozniak to drive his ultimate feelings of hurt and betrayal, hopefully changing perceptions about his acting capability in the process.

Brooklyn's Joe Lentol is often mentioned for this role in a caretaker capacity, given his seniority and general affability, as is Herman (Denny) Farrell, a longtime representative of Harlem who chairs the chamber's Ways & Mean Committee.

Continuing to display his skill at offsetting his characters» unseemly behavior with his innate, ordinary - guy affability, Lemmon's mid -»60s comic roles included a lascivious landlord in Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963) and a homicidal husband in How to Murder Your Wife (1965).

Andrew Cimerman, founder and CEO of HomeLife Realty Services, says Tony Ma's intelligence, commitment, passion and affability give him an unmatched affinity for the real estate business.

When people are hired based largely on their presentation skills and affability, their on - the - job success is likely to be random and erratic.

It is greatly to the misfortune of the churches that they have helped successfully to restrict the province of religion to the socialization of children, affability, and the sphere of individual morals and beliefs.

He treated friends and strangers, the rich and poor, the powerful and weak, with equity, and was beloved by the common people for the affability with which he received them, and listened to their complaints.

Inconvenient facts, such as the affability of an Opus Dei source, or the theological orthodoxy of the Holy Father, are dismissed.

Chin's effort is harmless, and both Yao's affability and the timelessness of the Chinese aphorisms make the book a painless read.

Considering Satch's affability and affinity for conversation, the no comment speaks volumes about the true feelings about Matta's ouster.

With an affability that would cause shudders in the National Safety Council, Musial scrawled his name on the assorted blank spaces offered to him until the last of the small fry dropped off.

They are, in order of importance, ability, availability and affability.