Sentences with phrase «as riposte»

It is widely believed he is holding back publication as a riposte to any Labour proposal for a Bill of Rights.

You should ask CW to post this as your riposte (or, at least, a link to it).

Although it could be construed as a riposte to Hirst's diamond - encrusted skull, it is really inspired by the bronzes of Paolozzi and Turnbull.

Trockel's wool paintings were originally conceived as a riposte to an art critic's comment that situated women's artistic practices outside the established fne art canon and within the domestic realm of arts and crafs.

Your foes, meanwhile, can settle into several difference stances in order to bugger up your plans, such as Riposte, which automatically blocks any melee attack and inflicts substantial damage to whomever was stupid enough to assault them.

Presumably this service is being introduced as a riposte to WOW Air who announced back in September that it would start flying between Reykjavik and DFW.

Not exact matches

And a few, like Conrad Black, fire back with caustic ripostes, lambasting their pursuers as unjust wretches or worse.

So with the ignominy of a 4 - 0 shutout in the morning, and stewing as the home crowd got so much to cheer for, McIlroy went out in the anchor match of afternoon fourball and proceeded to provide an emphatic riposte.

Last week's terrific result away to Manchester United − the defending champions − was the perfect riposte to the 3 - 1 loss at Eastlands, with Alan Pardew's men battling to a 1 - 1 draw at Old Trafford courtesy of some typically spirited rearguard action, as well as some inspired keeping from Tim Krul.

Iain Duncan Smith's shrill riposte to Labour criticism of the move, citing «the protection of the unions» as Labour's motivation, was a pathetic and unworthy claim.

But we can also look forward to a Red Tory riposte, as Mr Blond tweeted this about 3 pm today: «I will give a riposte to the rather sanguine and a historical stuff on next left - right after I have finished my speech for tonight...» I struggle with how the particular facts cited on eg working hours or racism can be «ahistorical», but look forward to finding out...

JS Mill's description of Conservatives as inherently dimwitted and irredeemably nasty is a favourite default, copy and paste, kneejerk riposte for the progressively smug and English «nationalism» is, clearly, seen as both dimwitted and nasty.

The release of solid policy details is being treated as a direct riposte to Labour claims that the Tories have «no substance», and a defensive manoeuvre against Gordon Brown's detailed and policy - filled conference speech last week.

Some viewed it as Polanski's riposte to Hitchcock's Psycho.

The final scene, which plays out over the credits, acts as a nice riposte to the hand - wringing pseudo-liberal parenting nonsense that has gone on before, a satisfying end to a thoroughly engaging film.

The faux sincerity as he delivers a stiletto sharp riposte to the world at large has a completely different emotional shade from the nimble banter with Baccarin, from their first date as they try to one - up each other's heretofore miserable lives, to his proposal with an oversized ring that has been in an unfortunate hiding place.

Consciously acting as a sort of a riposte to unexpected - pregnancy hits like «Knocked Up» and «Juno,» the film sees a struggling stand - up comedian Donna (ex-SNL-er Jenny Slate) dumped by her boyfriend, only to accidentally conceive during a rebound one - night - stand with a random dude (Jake Lacy).

A sly and witty riposte, one that is perspicuously expressed and delivered, is an art long lost, its true, but not one that can not be over time acquired as an essential skill, especially for teachers.

Ford wasn't going to keep the ponycar revival to itself for long, and here's the Chrysler Group's riposte, as revealed at Detroit.

And though it drew some newspaper notice, a riposte from The Daily Show and rebukes from Bauer's opponents, it never quite rose to the level of national controversy, as it would've had Bauer compared, say, women or Jews to the dogs one feeds at one's back door.

The right mouse button is used to block attacks, and eventually riposte as well.

It also bothers me that such an essential talent as being able to riposte is locked away until you can find the correct trainer and hand over a chunk of gold in order to learn it.

Blocking an attack is as simple as holding down the correct button, but to launch a counter-attack (riposte) requires very precise timing, and therefore an eye for enemy attack patterns as well.

, as the beautiful hand drawn aesthetics enhance the battles and makes every attack, riposte, and motion truly breathtaking.

Quick swipes to nail crushing blows on an opponent, resting a second out, stunning him with a gunshot as soon as he is about to hit you, and then hitting him again in riposte.

You'll get introduced to the basics of magic and melee combat, which includes a look at how to parry and riposte, both of which are abilities you'll be able to unlock via as Geralt levels up throughout the game.

Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable could then be seen as a powerful riposte to his critics, a large - scale demonstration that neither Hirst nor the Young British Artists movement with which he was so associated, is a busted flush.

As well as being a ferocious riposte to macho culture, the photo was a send - up of the wild personalities artists were expected to projecAs well as being a ferocious riposte to macho culture, the photo was a send - up of the wild personalities artists were expected to projecas being a ferocious riposte to macho culture, the photo was a send - up of the wild personalities artists were expected to project.

These works were a riposte to abstract - expressionist pictures, such as Jackson Pollock's «drip» paintings; the compositions were more radical and the process of producing them more intense.

Pocaro writes that «is a stinging riposte to the kind of contemporary abstract painting that merely serves as «a placeholder for value» and «needs to get out of the way.»

Hirst says they were created as a direct riposte to an art critic who had dismissed Hirst's Spot Paintings as «just visual candy.»

Hesse, as the show suggested, was a contemporary and friend of Minimalist giants like LeWitt, who had embraced industrial processes and materials as a witty riposte to the extravagance of the art market brought on by Abstract Expressionism.

The Visual Candy paintings, which were made between 1993 and 1995, were created as a direct riposte to an art critic who had dismissed Hirst's Spot Paintings as «just visual candy».

Though initially born as an elegant riposte to the painterly gesturalism that dominated the New York art scene at that time, the cosmic sublimity of these mesmeric compositions positioned Kusama as heir to the Abstract Expressionist practices of Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman.

Have the jumbo - sized canvases at the National Academy Museum been marshaled as a counterattack, a riposte to the swaggering strategies we know from Warhol, Koons, and Hirst?

Ripostes were written, such as an absolute scorcher by the painter Amy Sillman.

JAPAN SOCIETY GALLERY While the title of this show refers to one of Yoko Ono's early works, the «YES» must also be taken as a laconic riposte to that confused and sometimes hostile...

might be the sensible riposte considering that, for the billions of visitors to Tate Modern every year, the work of the previous year's winner, Mark Leckey, would most certainly be recognizable as art.

The color fields are shot through with fragments of text (the character for «fire» is among the few that are decipherable), misshapen ripostes to his family tradition of orderly calligraphy that place this free spirit on the same stage as de Kooning, one of Abstract Expressionism's most vibrant rebels.

When people try to go a bridge too far, as readers often do, all it does is generate easy ripostes for critics of this site.

John A: It is OK for a riposte, but I seriously think it is important to strive to present as balanced a perspective as possible.

This guide is a long - overdue riposte to this kind of thinking, and we should do all that we can to place it in the hands of our local representatives as soon as possible.»

Their riposte has been to organise a conference with the participation of past attorney generals of both major parties, the current incumbent and past premier, David Peterson as a show of strength.

The group's riposte — that «charities are not more noble, or more worthy, than non-profit campaigning groups such as Animal Defenders International, the National Anti-Vivisection Society, or the Lord Dowding Fund» — is at least arguable.