Sentences with phrase «as irrepressible»

In terms of his personal life, he has been presented as a devotee of companionate domesticity, or as an irrepressible libertine, a Don Giovannimanqué.

When Graham Cavanaugh divorced his first wife it was to marry his girlfriend, Audra, a woman as irrepressible as she is spontaneous and fun.

In this sequel to the 2010 Newbery Honor Book, Ross returns as the irrepressible Callie.

As the irrepressible march of SUV demand continues racetracks have become the new offroad.

The Mexican actor (The Motorcycle Diaries) returns Friday for a third 10 - episode season as the irrepressible young maestro Rodrigo in the streaming service's Mozart in the Jungle.

KW: You strike me as an irrepressible artist who's always inclined to be faithful to her true nature.

Seven - year - old Prince would be the youngest Oscar nominee ever if she manages to crack this category for her work as an irrepressible sprite in The Florida Project.

Unfortunately, that is one of the better moments in this 1985 movie starring Paul Hogan as the irrepressible Australian crocodile hunter who gains notoriety after supposedly being attacked by one of the large aquatic reptiles.

Mr. Petit, an elfin Frenchman with a terrible haircut, is played by the manic - pixie song - and - dance man Joseph Gordon - Levitt as an irrepressible imp, greeting the audience in accented English from a perch on the Statue of Liberty's torch.

Watch, as an irrepressible smile appears beyond your control.

Presenting the award to Fayose, former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu, described Fayose as an irrepressible governor of the people.

Sergio Garcia, the kid golfer we like to think of as an irrepressible naif, had that conflicted expression he gets now after a good tournament round — the smile that says, «My game is back,» coupled with the darting eyes that ask where the next ambush is coming from.

Inaugurating the role, Miranda played his protagonist as an irrepressible motor - mouth, committed to his ideals, hungry for fame, and susceptible to his passions.

Not exact matches

As mighty as they may be, though, they all sprouted from someone's irrepressible, radical idea — which is to say: They were all inventeAs mighty as they may be, though, they all sprouted from someone's irrepressible, radical idea — which is to say: They were all inventeas they may be, though, they all sprouted from someone's irrepressible, radical idea — which is to say: They were all invented.

One keeps at this in the confidence that there is such an irrepressible thing as human nature, and people may at some point be shamed into not denying — maybe even admitting — the obvious.

But we human beings are created with an irrepressible disposition toward the future, as well as a capacity to recall the past.

«As the ti - tle (The History of Almost Everything) suggests, bestselling author Bryson (In a Sunburned Country) sets out to put his irrepressible stamp on all things under the sun.

Hence the tendency (which is also as old as the world) of the defenders of the Spirit to regard as diabolical, and to reject as being among the most formidable manifestations of pride, the irrepressible desire for growth and conquest, the unshakeable sense of power and progress, which at present fills the human breast.

As well as being one of the most influential figures in Australian wine from the 1960s to his death in 2006, the irrepressible impresario, winery founder, show judge and writer was also a sculptor, and his chunky, Easter Island - like figures loomed out of the landscape of his Hunter propertAs well as being one of the most influential figures in Australian wine from the 1960s to his death in 2006, the irrepressible impresario, winery founder, show judge and writer was also a sculptor, and his chunky, Easter Island - like figures loomed out of the landscape of his Hunter propertas being one of the most influential figures in Australian wine from the 1960s to his death in 2006, the irrepressible impresario, winery founder, show judge and writer was also a sculptor, and his chunky, Easter Island - like figures loomed out of the landscape of his Hunter property.

With his golf credo — «Hit it hard» — that horrifies traditionalists, his boyish enthusiasm, his athletic good looks and irrepressible will to win, he has dominated the game as no one has since the heyday of Ben Hogan nearly a decade ago.

as it stands the arsenal will already get into the opponents final - thirdplace — bring him to arsenal and we've the making of an «irrepressible attack» which boasts speed and clinical finishers (lacaz, sanchez).

As Marc Courtney - Brooks touched the wall well ahead of the field on the anchor leg of the season - ending 400 - yard freestyle relay, his coach, the irrepressible Jim Steen, bear - hugged his swimmers and acknowledged the boisterous cheers emanating from the purple - clad Kenyon College section at the St. Peters Rec - Plex in St. Louis.

With the market exploding as it has done it's little wonder Newcastle are holding out for a reported # 27 Million for the irrepressible midfield maverick.

Any impulse towards national solidarity is likely to be sorely tested if the City's irrepressible Masters of the Universe start celebrating the next round of bonuses just as their less fortunate compatriots slide into deeper hardship.

For the first time since 1982, when he lost a Democratic primary for governor after describing the lifestyle of upstate New Yorkers as «sterile,» the irrepressible elder of New York City politics was back in Buffalo.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and the as - always - irrepressible Donald Trump make for an odd couple (in the fullest sense of the term).

As Frank Smithuis, an irrepressible Dutch malariologist who works with MORU and runs his own nongovernmental organization out of one of Yangon, Myanmar's crumbling buildings, puts it: «Then we had better hurry.»

In prose that leaps from the page, Jamison probes the neurochemistry of exuberance, an emotion that bonds young animals together and that fueled the work of such folk as President Theodore Roosevelt, whose irrepressible love of nature led him to found many of America's national parks.

But to complain that nothing much happens here or ponder the film's curiously tame view of university life (Rodney Dangerfield would most definitely get no respect here) is to miss the point of the movie, which is to serve as a vehicle for McCarthy, spotlighting her warm, screwball spirit and irrepressible physical comedy.

Luckily, Francis rebounded over at Warner Bros., a company much more in tune with her special style of earthy glamour, and though she was never the lead female, she excelled in such delightful pre-code bon mots as Smart Money (1931), in which she is a faithless blonde helping Edward G. Robinson lose his bankroll, and Blonde Crazy (1931), where her target is the irrepressible James Cagney.

It's light as a fly, but springs some genuinely funny moments, especially by Schwarzenegger, the Wilsons and the irrepressible Chan.

Jack Black, for all his irrepressible energy, remains an underrated actor; his murderous turn in Richard Linklater's Bernie proved as much.

Oscar ® - winning director Ron Howard and Oscar ® - winning producer Brian Grazer bring Christmas» best - loved grump to life with the help of the irrepressible Jim Carrey as The Grinch.

But the actor who steals the show and makes the movie well worth seeing is irrepressible Thomas Haden Church as the reprobate brother, who is witty but lethargic.

Of the many heists and grabs that litter the movie, none is as blatant as the deft, irrepressible manner in which Ferguson, displaying a light smile and a brisk way with a knife, steals the show.

Also nominated: Cate Blanchett, ethereal in her role of a teacher having an affair with her young student; Abigail Breslin as a smart, irrepressible offspring of a dysfunctional family in «Little Miss Sunshine» (she has her emotional hooks into everybody); Rinko Kikuchi, as a deaf grieving teenager in «Babel» whose life becomes a target in her world, and Adriana Barraza as the Mexican maid who becomes the victim of a border guard while returning from her son's wedding in «Babel.»

Robertson is irrepressible and makes a bright contrast to Clooney's bitterness, and Raffey Cassidy holds her own as a preternaturally precocious little girl.

It's equally relaxed about the men letting their hair down, or in Kamel's case, his scalp; constantly pawing at Céline, he doesn't come across as a predatory lecher, just an irrepressible old charmer.

A senior at a Catholic all - girls school in 2002 — the same year Gerwig graduated from St. Francis — Lady Bird suffers from a chronic case of teenage boredom, exacerbated by such youthful ensnarements and pitfalls as an atypical first love, a disheartening first time (her first love not present), family money woes, a hypercritical mother and, most importantly, an irrepressible desire to see all of it grow smaller and smaller in the rearview mirror.

Nine years on from Mike Leigh's Happy - Go - Lucky, in which she was Poppy, the irrepressible schoolteacher whose approach to life is not so much «glass half full» as «milkshakes all round», the 41 - year - old has reached an enviable stage in her career.

That these lighter textures of mischief and spiritiness can be found in a story that ultimately sees most of these young women bartered off into marriage like chattel or worse, is a testament to Erguven's sensitivity and intelligence behind the camera, and to the uniformly winning performances she elicits from her largely non-professional cast, especially Günes Sensoy as the youngest and most irrepressible of the sisters.

In Jean Renoir's satire of the bourgeoisie, Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well - to - do bookseller, whose family decides to take in the irrepressible bum.

William McGann's I Like Your Nerve (1931) may run a short 62 minutes, but it is full of energy, humor, wit and a young Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in rare form giving one of his most irrepressible performances as a playboy who knows no bounds or borders (he keeps tormenting border guards with his fancy car) when he and a beautiful, looking real good Loretta Young shows up.

March 30, 2018 • A singer of ironclad capability, creative drive and irrepressible panache, she has emerged as the breakout new talent in a formidable jazz - vocal tradition.

-- «Amadeus» (1984): This was not a Mozart biography but a meditation and speculation on the randomness and cruelty of genius, featuring irrepressible, over-the-top performances by Tom Hulce as Mozart and F. Murray Abraham as Salieri, his rival.

Le Donk & Scor - zay - zee Director and Screenwriter: Shane Meadows In this unpredictable, irrepressible ode to spontaneous filmmaking, Paddy Considine stars as rock roadie and failed musician, Le Donk.

It's an aura of incessant skittishness, mixed with irrepressible melancholy, as this tribe has suffered a loss to these monsters» talons that they're still attempting to recover from.

Little is known about Lady Bird, but Gerwig has gathered three of the finest actors of a rising generation: Manchester by the Sea's Lucas Hedges, Miss Stevens's Timothée Chalamet and the irrepressible Saoirse Ronan, whose performance in Brooklyn will one day be remembered as the mightiest turn of the decade.

Rodriguez is fierce, alert and seemingly always on the move; Sin - Dee's revenge quest is more than a little exasperating, but you can see why this wild, irrepressible figure would be so irresistible to so many in her midst, even as she stubbornly demands that she and others like her be treated and addressed with respect.

The Mercury series follows the adventures of the irrepressible anti-establishment angel Mercury as he battles the bureaucracies of heaven and hell to save the world.