Sentences with phrase «as quaint»

Little towns in Oahu, described in my guide book as quaint and arty were anything but.

But elsewhere, the application of the Gothic Revival style transformed wood frame houses into storybook fantasies that could be either as quaint or imposing as the imagination allowed.

As quaint and comfortable as that may be, it also poses a risk of fire.

As quaint and antiquated as some of us thought the issues discussed in Crookes v. Newton was at the time when it was released, Penguin gives an entirely different spin to the hyperlink issue, especially where a company can demonstrate that the linking led to a quantifiable business loss.

I think members of the legal profession prefer to treat non-lawyer Attorneys General as quaint anomalies.

In a digitally connected, smart - phone enabled internet era, there are early signs that the necessity of physically attending monthly set - dates could become as quaint as reading a pulp newspaper while getting your shoes shined down by the old five - and - dime.

The kind of company that can be defined as quaint or comfortable.

But by the time Hugo published the novel in 1831, his compatriots Nicéphore Niépce and Louis Daguerre had already produced the world's first photographs, setting in motion a series of at least equally cataclysmic shifts that would, in time, render the printed volume as quaint as an edifice of hand - carved stone.

In fact, the negative connotations sound almost as quaint as the manifestos.

While the idea of historically identifiable «-- isms» has largely been jettisoned as a quaint 20th — Century notion, there are certainly notable areas of artistic practice that seem to, for whatever reason at certain moments, gain traction with large numbers of artists.

And despite the words I've already churned out above, I still think it's a little daft that we celebrate hardware generations at all, and not solely as the quaint PC - using upherself that I probably am.

The Nintendo - exclusive content can be best described as quaint.

Four small villages are as quaint and charming as the gentle, friendly manner of the Saban people, descended from hardy 17th century pioneers.

One of Vietnam's most developed cities, Ho Chi Minh is teeming with sleek skyscrapers, shopping malls, stylish dining and nightlife venues as well as quaint markets, colonial buildings, and ornate temples.

It offers accommodation as quaint as...

Make the rounds from square to square to the Charles Bridge, as this quaint and lively city is the perfect walking size.

Sunflower Cottage is a self - catering house, located in the heart of the village in McGregor, Western Cape and would be described as quaint and romantic.

«Simple Blessing» has been lovingly maintained as a quaint one bedroom cottage with a beautiful stone fireplace and a vintage guest room above the garage.

Here, there are a couple of natural parks as well as quaint cities such as Playa del Carmen (ferries depart daily from Playa to Cozumel).

Not only is it as quaint, traditional and festive as the Austrian version, but also far less busy.

Within a few years, however, these consoles were all tucked away in the garage and viewed as quaint and old - fashioned, as there were many other better products on the market.

Not only did Steve Jobs» take on the slate dominate the tablet market, it practically reduced the sizzling E-reader sector to an afterthought that suddenly seemed just about as quaint as E Ink's black and white display.

At the progress we're making, turbo lag will be as quaint as magnetos and hand cranks.

This is already in evidence as the traditional resume is on its way to becoming as quaint as your old calendar.

In a similar fashion to Yu Suzuki's Shenmue, they serve as a quaint reminder of Nintendo's heritage and early successes, offering titles such as Excitebike, Donkey Kong and Golf alongside more obscure examples such as Clu Clu Land.

Clever to the point of dry, Mr. and Mrs. Smith astonishes a little in that for as irresponsibly exhilarating as it is for long stretches, its best parts are the little ones where John and Jane realize that while almost every marriage develops a layer of dust, their dust has settled on something as quaint and bedrock as love.

It begins as a quaint portrait of love, then pulls the most gut - wrenching 180 possible.

If the movie sees board games as quaint and items of nostalgia, it also wants to channel into that quaintness and nostalgia for an older generation — those who saw the original movie as kids and, hence, are old enough to know that video games where once contained, not on discs or in digital downloads, but in plastic boxes.

But its assets, and significance, go well beyond the showier roles, capturing a newspaper — still on the cusp of greatness — that stood up to a corrupt administration, which included putting journalism ahead of its business interests, as quaint as that sounds.

I enjoyed the movie then and found it just as quaint this weekend mainly because of Zac Efron and his performance.

Living in an age post-Jackass, where people will willingly be filmed (or film themselves) causing all manner of pain and damage to their bodies, complaining about the violence in Home Alone 2 could come across as quaint.

And thirdly, because I'd become really tired of trying to explain my faith to the atheists I was dating, who at best looked on it as a quaint... Sure enough, when you check out the forum on free Muslim dating site, Helahel.com, an alarming...

As quaint as it may seem, 61 % of Canadians agreed that actually putting pen to paper was the most romantic format for a love letter.

BR is full of alleys and hipsters as well as quaint little shops and eateries.

This can be a wonderful choice, allowing you to make your bedroom feel comfortable and cozy as well as quaint.

«In 50 years, what we believe now will look just as quaint.»

Current theories about Çatalhöyük's level of gender equality may one day seem as quaint as Mellaart's belief that its residents were goddess worshippers.

Within a decade, that statement may seem as quaint as the 11th - century belief that Halley's comet was a malicious omen heralding the Battle of Hastings.

No, these beautiful old tin boxes, relics of what so many of us picture as quaint old English soccer, those are the real stadiums.

I sometimes think that, if we first taught our children these simple guidelines, Christianity and any other supernatural belief would be quickly dismissed by them as quaint nostalgia from a bygone era.

The sooner your bronze age voodoo is looked on as a quaint historical foolishness and your god and jesus looked on as we do Thor and Odin and Zeus and Apollo, the sooner America has a chance in the 21st century.

Despite these radical signs of faith, the press treats his Christianity as a quaint side note of black culture.

They live in a world organized in a radically different way, and the suggestion, for instance, that women are biologically incapable of being priests strikes them as quaint at best, ludicrous at worst.

If we first taught our children these simple guidelines, before sp.oon - feeding them any religion, I expect that any such belief would be quickly dismissed by them as quaint nostalgia from a bygone era.

Tony Blair is considered unusually religious for the UK (but not so for the US)... in the UK religion is often seen as a quaint odd traditional thing a bit like the monarchy.

In such a world, Lewis» talk about a «true» story strikes many as quaint.

(9) The researching and teaching of evolution has had a secular bias as well, since science has been carried on largely in a secular context as a secular enterprise, in relation to which religious affirmations (such as creation) are seen as quaint and superfluous.

All of this is a long way of saying: Debt - free by 40 is starting to sound as quaint and improbable as «Freedom 55.»

Pretty soon, your smartphone will be as quaint as an eight - track player, replaced by a pair of computerized contact lenses that can predict the weather or deliver your Facebook feed.

The days of having a secretary juggle your schedule, screen your calls and remember that you like your coffee with Splenda seem as quaint as Don Draper's fedora.