Sentences with phrase «as effusive»

Alas, not all his kin were quite as effusive as one would expect: «Well they're very good,» one of his closest relatives told Rakewell.

Still, at least this two - hander saw featured player Heidi Gardner get a chance to show off her formidable character chops, as her effusive townie cousin greets the home - for - the - holidays Franco (as himself) with eccentric tales from her own life, and concern for the direction Franco's career is taking.

Though Mr. Oddo was not quite as effusive in his support of Mr. Donovan, he assumed the district attorney would win the GOP nomination and take on a Democratic front - runner, Assemblyman Michael Cusick.

As a Liberal, Progressive Christian who has had to put up with decades of Evangelicals and Fundamentalists insisting that they alone define the entirety of the legitimate Christian landscape, my tears are as effusive as they are crocodilian.

Salesforce COO Keith Block is as effusive as any sales executive when discussing Salesforce's «amazing» culture or the potential of digital technology to reinvent businesses.

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«The one thing I will fight to my death, this will not be laid on Jack Welch,» said Langone, whose effusive praise of Welch as «CEO of the century» contrasted his veiled criticism of Welch's successor, Jeff Immelt.

Langone's effusive praise of Welch as «CEO of the century» contrasted his veiled criticism of Welch's successor, Jeff Immelt.

A sample recent entry, called «A Guide to Period Sex and Why You Should Do It (Literally),» elicited such effusive comments as «So true!!!»

President Trump fired his embattled Veterans Affairs secretary Wednesday and tapped as his replacement atop the chronically mismanaged agency the president's personal physician, who gained prominence with his effusive praise of the 71 - year - old's physical and mental health.

Effusive media reports give the impression that robots will befriend us, play with our children, and care for us when we are old — and that they may be (at least) as good as the human alternative.

In the same paragraph he quotes his predecessor John Paul II with effusive approval: «All renewal in the Church must have mission as its goal if it is not to fall prey to a kind of ecclesial introversion» (EG 27).

These, often with a title such as The Garden of the Soul were popular, and Luther's prayer book had some of the same prayers in it, but none of the effusive invocations to Mary and the Saints, and without the spiritual profit motive built in.

She made effusive references to «Erik's training methods» — without describing them in any detail — and «Erik's experiences as a world - class athlete.»

My father's pathological congeniality — he often startles strangers (tollbooth attendants, for instance) with effusive greetings — is as embedded in his character as, paradoxically, his volcanic temper.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer was effusive in his praise of Hillary Clinton on Friday as the former secretary of state is expected to launch her presidential campaign on Sunday.

Because Mr. Gaines and Mr. Haeg have been effusive in their praise of Mr. Wilkinson's year - and - a-half tenure, their candidacies will be closely linked to his electoral fate as he squares off against the Democratic nominee for town supervisor, Zach Cohen of Springs.

But the most effusive praise came from former Labour special adviser Paul Richards, who declared: «I think Grayling's time at CCHQ will be seen as a golden age, free from gaffes or blunders.»

This includes a 2011 joint appearance at Manhattanville College in which the county executive offered effusive praise of the governor's first budget and a 2012 event by the Tappan Zee bridge at which Astorino stood next to Cuomo as they requested federal money for transportation.

At the same time, Biden, a potential 2016 candidate for president as is Cuomo, was effusive in his praise for the governor.

Praise for select committees has perhaps become even more effusive since they underwent reform in 2010 as a result of the recommendations of the Wright Committee.

So when I settled on that as my inspiration for this look, I really wanted to capture that otherworldly beauty through effusive color, mismatched furniture and flowers, and vines that appeared to be growing wildly right out of the table.

Most of the behind - the - scenes features are of the typical effusive praise, Hollywood circle jerk variety, as we've told over and over again how honored everyone was to work with each other and words like «brilliant», «visionary», and «genius» are trotted out to describe everyone in the cast and crew.

The Brit has proven elastic with the release of three largely disparate feature films — the sci - fi action thriller Kill Command, the romantic drama Me Before You, and a period drama Genius, in which she takes on the effusive role of Zelda Fitzgerald — and appeared in two theater productions including a turn as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn and as Elena in Robert Icke's Uncle Vanya in London.

They were effusive in their response, as well as disclosing some of the in - jokes put in the film by the animators, and, on a serious note, what fantasy in general, and zombies in particular, can teach bout bullying that makes it both effective and palatable.

As the relationship between Katie and Charlie blossoms, their staged, awkward meet - cutes give way to effusive montages of passion — as much as a skinny - dip in a 12A romance will alloAs the relationship between Katie and Charlie blossoms, their staged, awkward meet - cutes give way to effusive montages of passion — as much as a skinny - dip in a 12A romance will alloas much as a skinny - dip in a 12A romance will alloas a skinny - dip in a 12A romance will allow.

The mood in the room remained effusive as the film screened, the rousing sports drama proving an effective crowd - pleaser that has some allegorical ties to recent political events.

If anything, her reviews were stronger than his, yet even effusive responses to Stewart sometimes credit her achievements to others, her concise but nimble artistry registering as serendipity, careful management, or late - breaking surprise.

Danny DeVito and Richard Dreyfuss starred as feuding aluminum siding salesman in 1963 Baltimore, and once again Levinson demonstrated his flair for capturing the vernacular of a particular species of American male, effusive about work, food and pop culture, clueless about the women around them.

Emma Stone doesn't always look the part as Bille Jean, but she makes up for it with her typically effusive, effervescent charm.

But when we quizzed him about his role as Dumbledore in the much - anticipated Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, he wasn't much more effusive.

The evening, long marketed as the looser, less inhibited answer to the stodgy Oscars, actually felt a lot like the Academy Awards with plenty of effusive and heartfelt acceptance speeches, with particular note being paid to the front - row presence of Oprah Winfrey, the recipient of the HFPA's Cecil B. DeMille honor.

The only gimmicky turn comes from Chris Tucker as Pat's effusive pal from the looney bin from which he keeps escaping, but he never feels out of sync with Russell's commitment to keepings the atmosphere light even as Pat's emotional trauma rings true.

Amid effusive praise of the piece, Whitney writes, «I think morphemes and phonemes matter too but maybe not as much as Willingham does.»

Because in tweaking this flagship Zed as it has, Nissan itself has had to recognise that this isn't really an out - and - out sports car, but more of an effusive, big - hearted, sporting GT — something we suspect Zed - car devotees have known since day one.

I could go on with effusive (and shameless) praise for the new 7's talents, but I'll summarize it as such: it's one of the few vehicles I've driven with a six - figure price tag that actually feels like a bargain.

I could go on with effusive (and shameless) praise for the new 7's talents, but I'll summarize it as such: it's one of the few vehicles I've driven with a six - figure price tag that actually feels like a

Still, as someone who's looking forward to Krauss» own October release, Great House, this recommendation, however effusive, does make me more inclined to pick up this 592 - pager.

The stories my mother told me weren't the ones I wanted to hear, stories about the man she said was my father, stories that seemed to come not just from her but upon her, unguarded and effusive, or as we say in Jamaica, «Mouth open, story fly out.»

And yet he uses such effusive, vivid vocabulary that he somehow renders these shocking scenes artful, as when writing of a corpse: «All that is left is a grotesque and bloody gallimaufry of bones, sinew, and innards.»

The signs you see in the effusive form of FIP are believed to be the result of your cat's immune system attacking what it perceives as a threat from foreign invader.

As you would expect, the anti-viral was most effective against cats with the acute form of FIP, effusive FIP, but less so against non-effusive FIP.

Beyond the execution, the creativity involved in boss designs deserves effusive praise as well.

Reiterating his effusive rhetoric from 1958, Sylvester wrote of Bomberg on the occasion of an exhibition at the Herbert Art Gallery in Coventry in 1960: «I feel no other modern British painter is in the same class as Bomberg».23 This judgment, Sylvester later acknowledged, still referred exclusively to Bomberg's late work.

In an effusive letter to Parsons posted on October 18, 1951, from Black Mountain, he described his recently completed paintings as if they had descended through divine inspiration.

Against the dramatic and effusive (and culturally dominant) Abstract Expressionism works of the same period, Judd's work was described, by Harold Rosenberg among others, as boring.

Although it was the realist De Andrea who introduced McEnroe to plastic, McEnroe's own practice has a strong affinity with artists such as Robert Rauschenberg and Jessica Stockholder in its effusive embrace of common materials put together in quasi-unadulterated ways.

But the effusive mania of the photographs and cartoons in the adjacent rooms carried through to the paintings, making it difficult to read them as neutral statements rather than positive ones.

Now, if Eldgja had the same effusive rate as Laki it could have produced 18km3 in year, but sources in Iceland usually talk about 3 to 8 years for Eldgjá (which actually makes the effusion rate similar as to that of Holuhraun).

If I come across all effusive I apologise but it's clear you did a great thing with this piece, if our latter - day Lysenkos choked so hard on their cornflakes as they read it.

As the following time - lapse video of the past 24 hours shows, there is occasional weak lava extrusion from effusive vents on the upper flanks, and rarely glow from the summit vent suggesting that the magma column is relatively still high inside the vent and sometimes produces deep - seated strombolian explosions.