Sentences with phrase «as turgid»

The least powerful is the entry - level A160 petrol, with its 101bhp four - cylinder petrol engine, though at 10.6 sec to 62mph it's not as turgid as you might expect.

All I can say is that it no way belongs in the same category as that turgid phenomenon, Twilight.

Taken as a turgid daydream (the only way to take a film this wilfully preposterous), Red Dawn's combination of frustrated sex, patriotic murder, young male bonding, and ditching school makes perfect sense: It's only in this world, after all, that hiding behind your pickup when an enemy tank is bearing down on you is a damned fine idea and assured of success.

The dialogue throughout was just as turgid and meaningless.

The Wilson years produced the Crossman, Castle and Benn diaries, as well as the turgid memoirs of Wilson himself and the high quality autobiographies of Denis Healey and Roy Jenkins.

Not exact matches

It must be further pointed out that De Rougemont takes the most elaborately dramatized and perverse examples of romanticism such as the Tristan legend with its turgid morbidities, its pathos, and its obsession with adultery, and treats this as the essence of romantic love.

His mother would go down into the earth with Speed [their dog], her liver large as a toilet seat, a bag girt to her turgid flank to catch her waste.

And it is in this task that the imagination, if it has been informed by acquaintanceship with the ways of men as immemorially they have uttered in speech their turgid and passionate hearts, may silently and in strange ways come to an apprehension of what otherwise eludes the mind.

Younger Catholics use «Kum - by - ya» as a sort of catch - all expression for turgid 1970s ditties they despise and find embarrassing.

The only thing I've been doing is not turning up for some of the games, this wasn't done as a protest, it was done because I really couldn't be bothered going to watch the same turgid rubbish week after week.

Lucas Hernández (7): Probably the best performer in a turgid first half, as the Frenchman completed all of his tackles and was effective at left back.

Rooney was the perfect protagonist to settle what should go down as one of the most turgid, tatty contests between Liverpool and United of the modern era, and not only due to the dour campaign he has endured as an individual this season.

That followed a turgid span on five games in which Tottenham laboured to draws against West Brom, Leverkusen and Bournemouth away and Leicester City at home, as well as a loss away to Liverpool in the EFL Cup.

Reaction: Hodgson lionises England record - chaser Rooney (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Rooney sees off Slovenia to close on record (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Coleman foresees glory for conquering Wales (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Bale sinks Belgium to fire Welsh dreams (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Hodgson tells under - fire Sterling to toughen up (friendly) Report: England and Ireland draw a blank in Dublin (friendly) Reaction: De Gea uncertainty clouds Man United's horizon (Premier League) Report: Arsenal thwart Man United as De Gea departs (Premier League) Reaction: Liverpool prepare for life without «irreplaceable» Gerrard (Premier League) Reaction: Gerrard «devastated» after final Anfield game (Premier League) Report: Gerrard says farewell as Crystal Palace poop party (Premier League) Reaction: Arsenal manager Wenger irked by Swansea «accident» (Premier League) Report: Arsenal sunk by Fabiański and Gomis (Premier League) Reaction: Rodgers accuses Fàbregas as Liverpool's top - four bid fades (Premier League) Report: Chelsea close Champions League door on Liverpool (Premier League) Reaction: Mourinho steels Chelsea for challenges ahead (Premier League) Report: Hazard storms Palace to give Chelsea title (Premier League) Reaction: Mourinho feels the love despite Chelsea jibes (Premier League) Reaction: Arsenal «boring», not Chelsea — Mourinho (Premier League) Report: Arsenal stalemate delays Chelsea coronation (Premier League) Reaction: Fight for final places, Sherwood tells Villa (FA Cup) Report: Aston Villa end Gerrard's FA Cup dream (FA Cup) Reaction: Mourinho calls for caution as title beckons (Premier League) Report: Hazard fires clinical Chelsea closer to title (Premier League) Reaction: Van Gaal says Man United top dogs after derby romp (Premier League) Report: Man City blown away by Man United fightback (Premier League) Reaction: Hodgson urges Kane to build on perfect debut (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Rooney, Kane on target in England stroll (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Van Gaal beams after Man United storm Anfield (Premier League) Reaction: Gerrard sorry for red card against Man United (Premier League) Report: Gerrard off as Mata brace ends Liverpool run (Premier League) Reaction: PSG revel in Champions League breakthrough (Champions League) Report: Thiago Silva and 10 - man PSG claim Chelsea revenge (Champions League) Reaction: Wenger thrilled as Welbeck proves point (FA Cup) Report: Old boy Welbeck fells Man United in FA Cup (FA Cup) Reaction: Rodgers rues cost of Liverpool resurgence (FA Cup) Report: Blackburn intrude on Gerrard's FA Cup dream (FA Cup) Reaction: Wembley win leaves Mourinho feeling «like a kid» (Capital One Cup) Report: Clinical Chelsea earn Mourinho third League Cup (Capital One Cup) Reaction: Man City stirrings give Pellegrini Barça hope (Champions League) Report: Suárez scores brace as Barcelona down Man City (Champions League) Reaction: Rodgers plots Liverpool assault on top four (Premier League) Report: Coutinho rocket sinks seething Southampton (Premier League) Reaction: Van Gaal defends Man United's «long - ball» tactics (Premier League) Report: Blind late show rescues spluttering Man United (Premier League) Reaction: Pellegrini remains hopeful as Mourinho sulks (Premier League) Report: Silva keeps Man City on Chelsea's heels (Premier League) Reaction: Mourinho cries foul over Costa «stamp» claims (Capital One Cup) Report: Ivanović sinks Liverpool as Chelsea reach final (Capital One Cup) Reaction: Odds were against Man United — Van Gaal (FA Cup) Report: Minnows Cambridge hold Man United in FA Cup (FA Cup) Reaction: Rodgers buoyed by Sterling - inspired Liverpool (Capital One Cup) Report: Sterling slalom checks Chelsea in League Cup (Capital One Cup) Reaction: Arsenal masterclass sets standard, says Wenger (Premier League) Report: Cazorla stars as Arsenal stun Man City (Premier League) Reaction: Van Gaal defends methods after United defeat (Premier League) Report: Tadić strike punishes shot - shy Man United (Premier League) Report: Bloodied Skrtel earns Liverpool a point (Premier League) Reaction: In - form United «forcing luck», says Van Gaal (Premier League) Report: De Gea stars as United deepen Liverpool gloom (Premier League) Reaction: Liverpool will «fight» for return — Rodgers (Champions League) Report: Basel thwart Liverpool to reach last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: Van Persie rescued United, admits Van Gaal (Premier League) Report: Van Persie sends lacklustre Man United third (Premier League) Report: Agüero undoes Southampton as Man City go second (Premier League) Report: Stunning Agüero treble gives Man City hope (Champions League) Reaction: Hodgson dismayed by England fan chants (friendly) Report: Rooney at the double as England silence Scots (friendly) Report: Rooney, Welbeck inspire England fightback (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Tevez returns as Argentina overcome Croatia (friendly) Reaction: Man City have «crisis of confidence» — Pellegrini (Champions League) Report: Nine - man Man City left on brink by CSKA Moscow (Champions League) Reaction: Van Gaal says beaten Man United getting closer (Premier League) Report: Agüero gives City spoils against 10 - man United (Premier League) Reaction: Shocks are warning for England, says Hodgson (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Rooney on mark as England school San Marino (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Mourinho urges Chelsea to stay grounded (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger plays down Mourinho touchline spat (Premier League) Report: Hazard, Costa sink Arsenal in stormy derby (Premier League) Reaction: Pellegrini rues carelessness after Roma hold City (Champions League) Report: Totti makes history as Roma thwart Man City (Champions League) Reaction: Rodgers heartened by Liverpool resilience (Champions League) Reaction: Van Gaal wants more from match - winner Di María (Premier League) Report: Falcao debuts as Man United crush QPR (Premier League) Reaction: Hodgson hails Welbeck for biding his time (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Welbeck gives improved England winning start (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Angry Hodgson dismisses England statistics (friendly) Report: Rooney rescues England in turgid Norway win (friendly) Reaction: Wenger backs Sánchez to fill Giroud's shoes (Champions League) Reaction: Pellegrini gladdened by Jovetić display (Premier League) Report: Jovetić at the double as Man City sink Liverpool (Premier League) Reaction: Ancelotti predicts «new cycle» for Madrid (UEFA Super Cup) Report: Ronaldo still the boss as Madrid win Super Cup (UEFA Super Cup) Reaction: Wembley win sets tone for Arsenal — Wenger (Community Shield) Report: Vibrant Arsenal down Man City in Community Shield (Community Shield) Reaction: «Lethargic» Arsenal not ready yet — Wenger (Emirates Cup) Report: Falcao scores comeback goal to sink Arsenal (Emirates Cup) Reaction: Wenger enthused by Sanogo - Campbell double act (Emirates Cup) Report: Sanogo upstages Sánchez in Arsenal romp (Emirates Cup)

Christian Benteke is undeniably gifted but, as illustrated by a turgid display at West Ham, his immobility doesn't seem to fit in with Liverpool's mantra.

As a consequence it lacks immediacy or flair; whole entries are turgid or bogged down with lengthy digressions, and overall it feels padded out rather than judiciously edited.

And it eliminates the inconvenience of listening to turgid second - reading debates about far too much legislation that can just as easily be monitored on television from the comfort of an office.

The BBC's intelligence correspondent describes it as «pretty turgid stuff».

It was very, very neatly done - especially so as it followed a turgid set of exchanges over NHS waiting times.

Brewer, whose son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 7, was so frustrated with the turgid pace of development that in 2004 he offered $ 1 million to JDRF (formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) if the group could bring together researchers, manufacturers and the FDA to talk seriously about getting an artificial pancreas to market.

David is internationally well known and respected as a lively speaker, capable of transforming the most turgid of modern pain sciences into instantly relevant, clinically applicable information.

Though we are largely spared Leonard Nimoy's stentorian presence as a performer, we must endure his miscalculations as a director: the dialogue scenes are often hilariously turgid; the action scenes — when Nimoy can be bothered to descend from his podium and film them — are zanily maladroit.

Tony Scott, whose late - period movies are nearly as guilty for spreading the shakycam virus as anything Greengrass did, had a big hit with the turgid revenge flick Man On Fire, a movie whose reputation rests almost entirely on a strong Denzel Washington performance that the movie doesn't really earn.

REMEMBER ME is a turgid excuse for a perceptive character study / romance that pins its hopes on a twist that is not so much a jolt as an affront.

The film's nominal story involves a terminally ill mother, a corpse found floating in the ocean, and a tentative teen romance; as usual, though, Kawase is mostly interested in having these characters speak her ideas aloud, handing them endless turgid dialogue about nature, death, and the link between the two.

The addition of David Fincher's most boring and turgid film comes as no surprise to me at this point.

Gal Gadot debuted as Amazon princess warrior Wonder Woman in the turgid Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and brightened the film immediately.

Prisoners is directed well, apart from its length, by French - Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve (Incendies, Maelstrom), from a sometimes nifty, sometimes turgid screenplay by Aaron Guzikowski (Contraband), which features narrative twists and turns to keep the audience guessing as to what might have happened to the two young girls, and also who holds the key to the answer of their whereabouts.

Otherwise, as with adverbs and fluff words, you'll have turgid, bland, and verbose content.

If, after a day or so, the scrotum is very swollen (turgid) and not stabilizing or shrinking, call your veterinarian as soon as possible to rule out an active internal bleeding situation.

The turgid shapes come as a particular surprise, because the official history leaves so little room for them.

In the stifled, historically turgid world of contemporary art, Le Melle seems like a breath of fresh air and a welcome sigh of relief for Artpace, which has had four executive directors in the past five years — including Sue Graze, who served as interim director for a year when Amada Cruz left to lead the Phoenix Art Museum in January 2015.

Hanging opposite the elevators on the new Whitney's fifth floor, as a kind of preamble to «Frank Stella: A Retrospective,» are Pratfall (1974), a precise arrangement of 12 concentric squares in contrapuntal grays that sucks the viewer into its black core; six untitled photographs, from the late 1980s, of curling smoke that looks like jellyfish, or ink dispersing in water; and Earthquake in Chile (1999), a 40 - foot - long, turgid mess of a painting.

Others, such as the maritime selections from Chadwick's Illustrated History (garishly colored images from children's historical coloring books juxtaposed with lubricious bits of maritime jargon), are frankly hilarious, as are the Contemporary Sterns (photographs of undistinguished Dutch canal boats attached to turgid maritime narratives involving various hapless Chadwicks).

It is this same, turgid dichotomy found therein, that also characterizes Bridle's internal tension as both pieces represent reflections of each other and of her being.

In college it was Hegel, Heidegger, and «the incomprehensibles,» as I like to call them, the turgid philosophers.

Once upon a time, lawyers, bred on a steady diet of the old, dense, and turgid legal opinions that law students today still must trudge through as some sort of right of passage, relied purely on logic to advocate for their clients.