Sentences with phrase «as incongruous»

Given that, up until recently, large firms took the position that you get what you pay for and that top quality comes only at top rates, Chesler's advice on economizing seems as incongruous as say, Warren Buffet offering tips on clipping coupons.

I don't see this as incongruous.

With its notoriety as a winter — and apparently summer — playground for the uber - wealthy, such sentiments struck me as incongruous.

, but following a structured way of thinking («a simple model») is not as incongruous from practicing value investing as you seem to think it is.

For some, the dystopia might not be «dystopian» enough - the disconnect between what we know and what Lepucki imagines coming across as incongruous at best.

As incongruous as it might seem to start a weeklong road trip solo, the me time allows your narrator to absorb the G90's curiously quiet cabin while framed by the gloriously expansive California desert.

At first thought, teaching yoga to a high - risk school population might seem as incongruous as recruiting the chess team for Sumo wrestling.

Haneke's grip on his characters is so tight, his aesthetic so determined and claustrophobic, and his art - shock tactics so pronounced that when he occasionally indulges in symbolism it comes across as incongruous.

As incongruous as it may sound, a trip to Nevada's bone - dry Black Rock desert is what got Patri Friedman thinking about a political utopia in the middle of the ocean.

Tory Boyz, which Graham wrote in 2008 but has now revived for a run by the National Youth Theatre at the Ambassadors Theatre, is equally as incongruous for modern theatre - goers.

Her competitive tenacity strikes many as incongruous with her 5» 3», 105 - pound Campbell's Soup - kid appearance.

Yet this derogation of the language of religion as incongruous with what we know scientifically about a one - dimensional universe, may turn out to be inappropriate in terms of an emergent, multidimensional one.

Gratitude without a benefactor is as incongruous as a refund without a payer.

I now feel comfortable reciting the creed without editing it or feeling a pang of conscience if I affirm something that I do not literally believe — an act that once would have struck me as incongruous.

In the 21st - century business climate, non-competes can be as incongruous — and about as useful — as an earthen bread oven.

Not exact matches

Despite this, he owns one, which he christened The Indefensible as partial penance for the incongruous luxury.

The Italian crisis — the country's powerful political leader, the comedian Beppe Grillo, would probably call it «commedia dell «arte» — offers plenty of interesting trading opportunities as long as you don't fall for the incongruous idea that this is the end of the euro area.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- It made for an incongruous sight on Wednesday morning, as volunteer actors playing Mary and Joseph walked in procession in front of the U.S. Supreme Court with Baby Jesus (a 4 - month - old).

As a brother caught in an incongruous world, I was, by their efforts, loved but not led to healing.

It satirizes the attempt to combine two religions so incongruous as those of Baal and Yahweh.

«Mohamed» by any spelling is equally incongruous as a boy's name in Great Britain.

That God's love, manifest in diverse ways throughout the duration of the universe, might come to a full and unsurpassable self - expression in an individual human being who lived and died in the Middle East almost two thousand years ago does not seem incongruous with what we now understand about the nature of an evolving universe, especially if we regard religion as a phenomenon emergent from the universe rather than just something done on the earth by cosmically homeless human subjects.

Blackburn, for instance, says that while the document deals with «categories» that used to be taught as «sexual sin,» it is still incongruous to list homosexuality alongside adultery, fornication and masturbation.

We're conditioned to function in a rewards - based work structure (make this sale, get this bonus), and any vocational answer given that flies counter to that is seen as weird, odd, and incongruous with the way things should be.

We also realize, as a result of Schweitzer's type of mysticism, that world - and life - negation or pessimism is now incongruous, and a purely passive spirituality or religious quiescence becomes impossible.

When one's view of God is developed from reading scripture this way, he has to contend with many incongruous statements about God, and the only way to make sense of these is to view them as adjectives.

Yet, if I have to speak as a theologian rather than as a philologian, there are many things in Erasmus which seem to me to be completely incongruous with a knowledge of Christ.»

As for the bishop, having the obscenely rich catolic church at odds with him seem incongruous.

This article, it seems to me as a breeder, is intemperate and incongruous with your customary objectivity.

It may seem slightly incongruous to baseball fans to talk football just as the baseball season is getting under way, but on hundreds of college campuses across the country spring football practice holds sway.

Hawthorne works out of Johannesburg, South Africa as a correspondent for an incongruous assortment of periodicals, a job that has caused him to develop the writing style of a chameleon.

Jan Morris, the British writer who wrote the first account of Hillary's ascent for the London Times, remembered him as moving «with an incongruous grace, rather like a giraffe.»

Therefore, the concept of gradually «de-institutionalizing» a child at the onset of adoption makes the most sense as this will provide a true blueprint for families to follow which is organized, strategic while operating at the level of the child's development thereby bypassing the needs of the parents which may be noble and nurturing, but incongruous with the psycho - social and cognitive stage of the child.

The debate over Scotland's future has, especially recently, served up the incongruous (and unromantic) image of a nation of «bean - counters» basing its decision about independence on the expected profitability of either outcome, yet calculating this expectation (on either side) off the back of political and economic assumptions that resemble nothing so much as declarations of blind fear or faith.

But while we might expect the messy dialogue between conservatism and liberalism to go on in UKIP, just as it does in the Conservative party itself, the presence of other strands of thinking might seem more incongruous.

Is it not incongruous that David Lammy, who was spoken of as a prospective candidate for Mayor of London as recently as the start of this year, now finds himself on the backbenches while the ethically - challenged Sadiq Khan has flourished?

As for the accuracy of «sentiment» data, just consider this incongruous finding: according to Smith, Facebook's data currently show New York Governor Andrew Cuomo with the exact same positive - negative ratings as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senator Elizabeth WarreAs for the accuracy of «sentiment» data, just consider this incongruous finding: according to Smith, Facebook's data currently show New York Governor Andrew Cuomo with the exact same positive - negative ratings as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senator Elizabeth Warreas former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senator Elizabeth Warren.

Before the expiration of a year, there will be a general expression of wonder that we endured the enormous labor and inconvenience of our old complicated and incongruous system so long as we did.»

These often comprise alarmingly incongruous combinations, such as «sandwiches, milk, swimming suit, ice axe, latex gloves, and three changes of dry socks.»

Our evolutionarily discordant dietary environment has been linked to conditions as diverse as heart disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), and schizophrenia.2, 3 Often, the brain is seen as a space unto itself, as though the blood - brain barrier were an impenetrable border that spares the brain the deleterious effects the rest of the body suffers as a result of a physiologically incongruous diet.

I find this pretty incongruous, because the older woman can benefit the younger one with her skills in bed, acceptance in high class social circles, as well as kind words of advice and compassion should the cub be feeling down.

It's an unapologetically over-the-top premise that, although employed to exceedingly entertaining effect within the book, inevitably results in a middling cinematic endeavor, as Howard - working from a script by David Koepp and Akiva Goldsman - emphasizes a consistent tone of reverence that proves an incongruous match with the comparatively light - hearted nature of Brown's eponymous bestseller.

This sets off a chase through various unwholesome parts of town on an incongruous Christmas Eve, with our two trans sex workers acting as our potty - mouthed tour guides.

That voice, as thin and willowy as the man himself, seems almost incongruous for a man of such charisma and presence — even more so when it becomes clear that Spielberg, along with screenwriter Tony Kushner, has put together a portrait of Lincoln that is as averse to pulling punches as are his battle sequences.

Word of their incongruous score spreads around the island, and crusty celebrity treasure - hunter Romer Treece (Robert Shaw) decides to help them as Haitian drug dealer Cloche (Louis Gossett Jr.) embarks on a campaign of violence and intimidation to get at the goods.

Superfluous material, such as the eldest boy's first dalliances with romance, seem incongruous with the rest of the story.

Naturally it will all resolve itself in a flurry of tears, hugs and revelations — perhaps an attempt, as disingenuous as it is unsuccessful, to reinstate the sweet, reconciliatory spirit of Beatrix Potter after an hour - and - a-half's worth of «Looney Tunes» - style pratfalls and incongruous pop songs.

Moments like that one, as well as another that finds Doug and Jimmy hitting the dance floor at a wedding — breaking out moves ranging from hip hop to disco to Charleston with incongruous flair — momentarily breathe some much - needed comic life into «The Wedding Ringer.»

A rather incongruous film to be remade, 2007's The Hitcher more or less covers the same ground as the original.

Ford Prefect (Mos Def) is black, and decidedly odder than the original; Zaphod Beeblebrox now conceals his second head beneath the first, and is played with hyperkinetic gusto by Sam Rockwell as a President of the Universe whose patent idiocy recalls one or two Presidents much closer to home; Marvin the eeyore - like Android (voiced by Alan Rickman) has a cute appearance comically incongruous with his deeply depressive nature; and Trillian (Zooey Deschanel), the well - nigh disposable token female of the original radio show, has been elevated up to a genuine love - interest for dressing - gowned hero Arthur Dent (Martin «The Office» Freeman capably taking over from Simon Jones — although Jones turns up briefly as a «ghostly image»).