Sentences with phrase «almost quaint»

Today — when an «unstraight» client might be transgender, gender fluid, agender, gender dysphoric, or genderqueer — this article on homophobia, which seemed daring 25 years ago, may strike some readers as an almost quaint reflection of a simpler time.

After all, compared to the allure of social media, the cover letter looks antiquated, almost quaint.

It was an almost quaint euphemism for the company's more capitalistic goals of vacuuming up the attention of billions of humans and selling boatloads of advertising.

In an age when it sometimes seems as though if it ain't online it don't exist, there is something almost quaint about the latest announcement from West, titled: «West Now Offers Additional Method for Obtaining Documents.»

«When you're dealing with a problem so large,» says McKibben's wife, «writing starts to seem almost quaint.»»

Almost a quaint notion these days.

I had to research whether Johns even has gallery representation in New York; he does (Matthew Marks) but the call to MoMA denotes an artist who is hors combat, beyond value, who has droit de seigneur, and justly so, and it suggests an almost quaint familial intimacy with roots in another time with the institution MoMA.

Today, easy access to Internet porn has perhaps inured us to the suggestive overtones of Jones's representations; indeed, they may now seem almost quaint.

These efforts seem almost quaint compared with the newest wave of aggressively audience - centric strategies.

The portraits» uniform installation and sometimes repetitive source images are reminiscent of the now almost quaint arrangement of a TV store window, or even the more au courant, scrollable interfaces of a webpage or iPhone

By today's standards, the then - record - breaking prices — even adjusted for inflation — sound almost quaint.

Cooper's classic New York dealer approach, one that places the artist first, began to seem almost quaint as art became a commodity and auction houses, business - savvy artists and aggressive big - box gallerists began to rule the scene.

It's almost quaint, and very art - for - art's sake — except for one difference.

It seems almost quaint to think back to E3, when our scepticism about Battlefront II was mostly about whether it would have the depth to justify a premium price tag - a criticism that definitely applied to its predecessor.

It seems almost quaint that in our modern age, there are so few options to go from the United States to Fiji.

Dividend yields are not so lavish nowadays, and erstwhile P / E ratios seem almost quaint.

Considering that the Lamborghini corporate environment looked like an Ultimate Fighting Championship cage match less than fifteen years ago, the company's current challenges — primarily, maintaining profitability without diluting brand image — seem almost quaint by comparison.

So much so that the film seems almost quaint in comparison to many of the kids movies of today.

«We can't have an administration dictating to us our coverage just because they don't like what we print about them in our newspaper...» At a time when Donald Trump's White House has declared war not merely on the media but on «truth» itself, there's something almost quaint about the spectre of a corrupt US president attempting to quash a story, rather than the entire fourth estate.

In the post - «Bourne» era, the idea of a lone operative working in the shadows, holing up in rustic European towns while dodging impeccably cutthroat, improbably glamorous enemies, seems almost quaint, even kitschy — the cloak - and - dagger equivalent of a Hummel figurine.

The sequel to «American Pie» and even more pathetically the sequel to «American Pie 2,» «Wedding» struggles so hard to be tasteless that it's almost quaint.

But given what's to come, even Tinder may soon seem almost quaint.

It seems like an almost quaint idea - but it does happen!

Although hobbies seem almost quaint in our purpose - driven world, spending time on an activity you enjoy — just because — is a great idea.

In our post 9/11 world, the ominous warning of the coming (and ultimately imaginary) computer apocalypse seems almost quaint.

The old problems of infection and rejection of another species» organs seem almost quaint compared to those confronting eGenesis.

04 - Home Office declares war on the anarchists It seems almost quaint after the summer riots, but the anarchist violence which followed the anti-cuts national demo in March was a source of severe controversy for days afterwards.

In a world of 24/7 sports betting, computer simulated horse races and social media casinos, there's something almost quaint about lotteries.

It's almost quaint to hear one of Silicon Valley's most sophisticated investors speak of «respect» and «affection.»

The scale of the original theme park is almost quaint in the context of the current, corporatized version.

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«It's been almost two years since we moved with our dog Sticks to the small, quaint, funky village of Placencia, Belize,» says Laura.

Baseball's refusal to expand its use of instant replay has moved from quaint to self - defeating to an almost Unabomber - like stubbornness toward technology.

Ever since the Board of Estimate was declared unconstitutional 25 years ago, the role of the «Beep» has become quaint and almost vestigial.

Need to know: Long a hot choice for tourists hoping to escape the city for a weekend, this quaint borough is almost purpose - built for a romantic weekend away.

The interior is almost fairytale like, jeweled with fairy lights and quaint décor for a romantic evening.From the fresh warm bread to the risen delicate soufflés this place will make both you and your date feel warm and elated.

Clever to the point of dry, Mr. and Mrs. Smith astonishes a little in that for as irresponsibly exhilarating as it is for long stretches, its best parts are the little ones where John and Jane realize that while almost every marriage develops a layer of dust, their dust has settled on something as quaint and bedrock as love.

It almost seems quaint now but not so long ago, a young couple would scrimp and save for a down payment on a house and slowly build equity in their home by paying down the mortgage.

This all sounds quaint now, especially when you consider the U.S. pet industry has grown into a more than $ 60 - billion business, and pet products can now be found in almost every retail setting you can imagine.

These include the incomparable Minster, which is one of Europe's largest and most ornate gothic cathedrals, and the Shambles, a quaint street that has remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages.

They almost surround the compact old town whose quaint winding roads are hemmed by sandstone architecture that look prettiest in the golden - hued late afternoon sunlight.

Farmers Markets and quaint antique stores can be found in almost every city on the Central Coast.

Between Montezuma and Mal Pais on a beautiful stretch of coast full of small hidden, almost secret coves, is the quaint village of Cabuya, only 2 km to the Cabo Blanco Reserve.

These include the incomparable Minster, which is one of Europe's largest and most ornate Gothic cathedrals, and the Shambles, a quaint street of cobbled streets and beautiful, overhanging, timber - framed houses that has remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages.

Set at the foot of a steep hill, this quaint little town has its amenities, but almost everything is clustered onto one tiny street leading to the ocean.

It almost seems quaint, but it's an approach that has paid dividends.

Compared to EA's Battlefield 1, which took a real risk by taking the franchise to the rarely seen World War I setting, Call of Duty's return to World War II almost seems quaint.

In fact, the negative connotations sound almost as quaint as the manifestos.

A collection of glasses, vases and crisp white serveware displayed in a slate grey cabinet offers a quaint curated look that's in keeping with the rest of the (almost) all - white cottage.