Sentences with phrase «as luxuriant»

It's a little snappier than the trackpad on the Dell Inspiron 15 Gaming, but not quite as luxuriant as the trackpad on the Asus ROG Strix, which had a pleasant silky - smooth texture.

The bohemian 1920s crowd photographed by Cecil Beaton, which served as inspiration for this series, is here reimagines in paintings that are as luxuriant and ornate as the parties thrown by that social set were purported to be.

Rarely have works of art been accorded as luxuriant an amount of space as they have been here, and one can almost hear the myth - making machine chugging away.

Awkwardness abounds, and with it sometimes dark comedy, as in Victoria and the Cat (1980), a portrait of one of Neel's grandchildren, naked and bashful, with rounded shoulders and knock - knees, clutching to her breast an enormous grinning calico cat, its tail as luxuriant as a show horse's.

Material quality is good, but not as luxuriant as German rivals, and it shows its age compared to newer Kias.

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In the end, as may well be imagined, this luxuriant over-emphasis upon the power of the sacrifice, leading naturally to an exaltation of the power of the priests, who alone possessed the secrets of their proper performance, were the undoing of Vedic religion, and it finally disappears.

As these life forms established themselves over some hundreds of millions of years, the luxuriant foliage formed layer after layer of organic matter, which was then buried in the crust of the earth to become fossil formations with enormous amounts of stored energy.

Involvement in the multitudinous problems of a rapidly expanding urban area or exposure to the increasingly bitter struggle between labor and management or entanglement in the luxuriant and rank growth so abundantly fostered by the new wealth of the «gilded age»: these and other factors caused many men to re-examine their roles as ministers and to seek more effective ways of ministering to the needs of their time.11 Perhaps the most important thing that happened to such men was that they became aware of the many factors bearing on human welfare and thus of importance to the Christian gospel.

In a 1622 sermon at St. Paul's, for instance, John Donne described «the Holy Ghost [as] an eloquent Author, a vehement and abundant Author, but yet not luxuriant; he is far from a penurious, but as far from a superfluous style too.»

Other factors also contribute to pest outbreaks such as excessive fertilizer which creates luxuriant crops for the hoppers to feed on and continuous rice cropping that doesn't allow for a break in the food supply of the pests.

The urn most likely graced a luxuriant garden or opulent villa owned by one of Petra's wealthy residents and later served as a ritual cleansing basin at a Byzantine church destroyed by fire in the sixth century A.D.

The fossa is as agile as a squirrel, he said, using its luxuriant tail for ballast and balance when leaping from branch to branch.

Even when your curls are dry it does good to leave them in as long as you can, so I like to put my pincurls in straight after work around 6.30 of an evening and give them until 8 the next morning before I go out, giving them a luxuriant 13 hours to set.

Fascinatingly, the two films share Michael Pitt, forging a path for himself as the archon for the modern dreamer raised on lethal doses of popular culture, and weaning himself from that luxuriant udder only with great difficulty.

Some doubts were raised at the time of Changeling's release as to the absolute accuracy of the costumes (could Christine really afford such luxuriant fashions?)

Even when she tucks her luxuriant dark hair under a sheitel, Uncle Hartog (Allan Corduner) takes it as a spiteful joke.

But the film's most inspired performance is that of Dohmnall Gleeson, sporting a luxuriant ginger beard as Konstantin Levin, an idealist aristocrat hopelessly in love with a spoiled young debutante.

Though the film boasts some luxuriant, crisp effects work that puts many similarly - inclined Hollywood productions to shame, it still ends up coming across as something of a modest film.

Consider the Audi A3 as the VW Golf's more luxuriant sibling; or at least that's what it is overseas where its primary business is as a hatchback.

Yet in Comfort it is as soothing and luxuriant as ever.

This snow - white livestock guardian of luxuriant coat can stand as high as 30 inches at the shoulder, and weigh between 70 and 110 pounds.

As well as splendid beaches with their obligatory azure waters and powdery sand, you'll also find mouth - watering cuisine, vibrant culture, astonishing landmarks and luxuriant hotels to make the Indian Ocean the ultimate 5 star holiday destinatioAs well as splendid beaches with their obligatory azure waters and powdery sand, you'll also find mouth - watering cuisine, vibrant culture, astonishing landmarks and luxuriant hotels to make the Indian Ocean the ultimate 5 star holiday destinatioas splendid beaches with their obligatory azure waters and powdery sand, you'll also find mouth - watering cuisine, vibrant culture, astonishing landmarks and luxuriant hotels to make the Indian Ocean the ultimate 5 star holiday destination.

Just like that, we were trekking through hedgerows and overgrown meadows, along cypress - cloistered lanes that led (as you promised) to views through iron gates of old, ornate houses, all seemingly deserted, their gardens luxuriant with oleander, poppies, and roses, teeming with bees.

Charge up your camera as this hike offers everything from mountainous peaks and sheer rock faces to pristine lakes, cascading waterfalls and dense, luxuriant forest.

Phulay Bay A Ritz - Carlton Reserve is a high - end resort located on the secluded beach of Tub Kaek, some 45 minutes from Krabi International Airport and only 20 minutes from Ao Nang, the most famous holiday destination in Krabi Province.Stylish and classy, the resort is set right on the beach in a remote and peaceful area, surrounded by a luxuriant tropical forest.Standing in the middle of the infinity pool generates an instant wow factor as the vista of the Andaman Sea dotted by a few of Krabi Provinces 154 islands is unforgettable.The resort is home to 54 villas, in contemporary Thai design and finely decorated: there are six types available - Ocean Pavilion, Reserve Pavilion, Beach Villa, Reserve Pool Villa Sea View, Royal Beach Villa, and Royal Andaman Sea Villa.

The Stifford Hall Hotel features 97 comfortable en suite bedrooms, all of which feature air - conditioning, luxuriant linens, Dove toiletries and flat screen TV as well as complimentary tea and coffee making facilities.

Luxuriant Nature and Biodiversity at Its Finest — Cabo Blanco National Park in Costa Rica The luxuriant Republic of Costa Rica is renowned for housing over 5 % of the biodiversity of our planet as well as for having the largest number of national parks and protected areas known as nature Luxuriant Nature and Biodiversity at Its Finest — Cabo Blanco National Park in Costa Rica The luxuriant Republic of Costa Rica is renowned for housing over 5 % of the biodiversity of our planet as well as for having the largest number of national parks and protected areas known as nature luxuriant Republic of Costa Rica is renowned for housing over 5 % of the biodiversity of our planet as well as for having the largest number of national parks and protected areas known as nature reserves.

As a visitor, you will have the impression of travelling back in time, to a world totally dominated by luxuriant nature that offers a very relaxing feeling.

The bedroom, which epitomizes refined comfort, opens onto a veranda immersed in luxuriant vegetation: olive and strawberry trees grow alongside rocks hewn and sculpted by the region's prevailing winds, creating a setting that gradually changes as the day progresses.

The luxuriant Republic of Costa Rica is renowned for housing over 5 % of the biodiversity of our planet as well as for having the largest number of national parks and protected areas known as nature reserves.

The new apple - a-day campaign structure is probably Pikmin 3's single biggest tweak to the basic formula, folding managed peril into a luxuriant kind of exploration game as you spread out across five varied environments, taking in tundras and rainforests, and dividing your time between gathering fruit and focusing on more specialist tasks, such as locating things to improve your ship and - for the first act - reclaiming your scattered crew.

The story abruptly puts you within a vigorous chase, intervening henchman, using the newly interpreted turned based battle system for which Persona is well recognised for, as you fight multiple enemies you desperately attempt to escape a luxuriant casino, in doing so, you end up in the hands of the police, handcuffed and captured.

Bartlett tempts one to interpret the color as landscape, the dominant white enamel as air — by turns chilly or luxuriant.

Still, the show unfolds as a single luxuriant dwelling.

Around the corner we meet the Irreverent Anatomy Drawing (2017), a wobbly brown horse with luxuriant eyelashes and protruding tongue presented as an unconvincing medical cutaway, bones drawn and labelled by someone with little interest in the accuracy of either bones or labels.

They include dramatic variations in scale, abrupt cropping of images, and such subtle artifices as appearing to place his subjects in a luxuriant outdoor setting, which is, in reality, another Katz painting.

Exaggerated and luxuriant, in each performance the artist dresses herself and her collaborators in dynamic outfits that in many cases — alongside props and scenery — are treated as players themselves within the show.

In 1878, the geologist John Wesley Powell noted the transformation observed as he crossed a north - south band of terrain in the U.S. «On the east, luxuriant growth of grass is seen, and the gaudy flowers of the order Compositae make the prairie landscape beautiful.