Sentences with phrase «as unkempt»

Many eyesores, such as unkempt lawns, offensive signs, or overflowing trash cans can lead to ill will between neighbors.

For years I had survived as an unkempt academic, free to meander about and philosophize high - mindedly about the meaning of life.

The vast majority of character models look like melted lolly - pops which have been dropped on the barbers floor and textures are rough as an unkempt bulldog's bumhole.

Patrons at the outdoor bar are cackling in the background and a man in a maroon - colored shirt who's wearing dark sunglasses is talking on his cell phone as an unkempt dog lies nearby slowly licking his genitals.

Unfairly or not, we tend to think of horror films as an unkempt training ground for more upstanding follow - ups; one doesn't graduate into them but out of them.

A noble failure from a noteworthy filmmaker, Joseph Cedar's «Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer» — the unofficial winner of this year's «Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)» Award for the most fanciful title — mines a classic storytelling tradition in order to spin a darkly comic parable that often feels as unkempt and intolerable as its title character.

Not exact matches

So one day there stood before this polished Egyptian vizier, as he went about his duties overseeing the sale of food, a group of unkempt Palestinian shepherds.

There's no halftime or stoppage of action in a golf tournament, during which there could be as many as 36 balls in play on 18 separate fields (or holes), across acres and acres of manicured fairways and unkempt native areas.

From afar, bubbly Boris» barnet always looks scruffy and unkempt — if we're looking for a nickname, «Mayor Mophead» might fit — as though he never makes any effort to smarten up.

In another instance, an African - American woman who read Mack's résumé told her that she had imagined Mack as a huge, unkempt woman.

Mena Suvari: I wish her slightly unkempt hair had the same feminine, refined polish as the Naeem Khan Fall 2015 black lace - embellished dress and black Jerome C. Rousseau heels.

Russell's unkempt younger brother Gabe (Aaron Paul) is also along as extra muscle, but his dimwitted actions nearly cost them the operation.

Beach Boys fans will suffer uncontrollable geek - outs during the Pet Sounds studio session reenactments, but the real value of the film lies in the respectfully unkempt and fraught depiction of Wilson's legacy as both a musician and a man.

Framing Einstein's younger days as something akin to a «Shakespeare in Love» - style intertwining of spontaneous inspiration and newfound love isn't a novel setup, but the show's shrewdest move is in its casting of Johnny Flynn as the younger version, with unkempt black hair replacing the white locks of dorm room posters galore.

An Apatow alum whose only appearance in recent years was a self - parodying cameo in «Knocked Up,» Franco owns the role — from the long, unkempt hair to the multi-colored pajama pants — and in doing so, will likely go down as one of the more memorable stoners in film.

Once it's over, Deluge becomes a postapocalyptic tale, as Sidney Blackmer works to find his lost family, only to encounter lovely distance swimmer Peggy Shannon, who is fleeing the unkempt attentions of Fred Kohler and his pals.

There's a vulnerability to him and from the outset we are introduced to him as nothing more than a hobo who eats from garbage bins and hides under a mane of greasy hair and a long unkempt beard.

The result instead is an uninvolving, 140 - minute ordeal, with an unkempt Gerard Butler as the detective looking like he's auditioning to play Steve Bannon.

With an unkempt beard and scarred face, Logan is certainly living up to the «Old Man'title for the film — which is his last outing as Wolverine after 17 years of playing the Marvel superhero.

The protagonist may be a couple of decades older than normal, a fact that is this film's main selling point as an object of representational progress, but there's still a misunderstanding at a party, a mistaken identity and a cluttered house symbolizing an unkempt state of mind.

He decides to investigate her professional life by integrating himself into it — as Toni Erdmann, a freelance professional life coach with unkempt hair and awful teeth.

As Mick Haller, he's an L.A. defense attorney whose unkempt office, at least for two scenes, is the back seat of a chauffeured Lincoln town car — simply a mobile metaphor for Haller's morality, yet more concretely scenic than a law office set with a giant photo of L.A. beyond the windows.

The TerraDrop is about the same size as the company's flagship FronTear, but it gets durable Timbren axle-less suspension and an overbuilt chassis that won't fall apart on unkempt trails.

The building was old and the hallway leading to the elevators had seen its original shops divided into little stalls, where unkempt entrepreneurs sold bric - a-brac and offered their services as plumbers, gas repairmen, electricians, manicurists, tailors, or card readers.

It's easy to feel those hairs, too, as most authors, like myself, are slovenly unkempt beasts that often overlook basic personal hygiene while staring deeply into a glowing computer screen for days on end when a good idea strikes.

Unkempt, the coat will become a tangled mess which can be uncomfortable to the dog as well as unsightly to people.

Look for any signs of low - maintenance such as dog poops lying everywhere, unkempt surroundings, pits and holes etc..

Thus, even if your pet shows none of the common signs of gastrointestinal parasite infection, such as diarrhea, weight loss, or an unkempt appearance, he or she may be infected anyway and could spread these parasites to you and your family.

As this illness progresses, other possible signs are, a disinterest in food and weight loss, vomiting, diarrhea, painful joints, depression, smelly breath, an unkempt coat, increased blood pressure and sometimes mouth ulcers.

It's what you'd call «rough nd ready»: uncovered floor, an improvised stage, randomly grouped collection of chairs and tables, and a dress code that can best be described as «unkempt.»

I'd had a bad experience (and unhappy husband) last year when the hotel I booked was REALLY shabby and unkempt, as you may recall I found a website with travellers candid photos of the Porto Elounda and had a little panic that Porto Elounda may also disappoint but it was a perfect holiday, relaxing, lots of things for us all to do, and we all felt exercise, fit and healthy... and a tiny bit virtuous -LRB-!)

I liked the song - it has a certain nostalgia factor that takes me right back to my unkempt days - but as I progressed through the game and advanced through the game, I stopped playing it.

As viewers, we become voyeurs peering into the unkempt and lonely corners of the city that Wolfson invites us to explore.

Taking inspiration from both traditional Japanese painting from the Edo period as well as contemporary anime and manga comics, Yamaguchi Ai depicts geisha subjects with subtle references to freedom — like wildly unkempt hair and hairpins littered on the floor.

In 1962 the film critic Manny Farber published the provocative essay «White Elephant Art and Termite Art,» in which he distinguished two types of artists: the White Elephant artist, who tries to create masterpieces equal to the greatest artworks of the past, and the Termite, who engages in «a kind of squandering - beaverish endeavor» that «goes always forward, eating its own boundaries and, likely as not, leaves nothing in its path other than signs of eager, industrious, unkempt activity.»

Stock still at the podium, artist Matthew Barney, head ringed with unkempt curls, slowly, dryly and methodically read from a prepared text describing scenes from his works («Cremaster,» «Drawing Restraint») as graphic images filled the screen: «The «Production» segment of this series symbolizes the joining of «Situation» (undifferentiated sexuality) with the anus of production.»

Nothing could be more inconspicuous or so easily overlooked as a nameless weed growing in a corner of an unkempt garden.

But now, thanks to the efforts of local conservationists, the river's making a comeback as more and more folks are discovering that, even in the concrete jungle, there's still a bit of real nature to be found.After decades of weepily weaving through the middle of the second largest city in America, unkempt and ignored, the Los Angeles river is once again being celebrated and revitalized as a setting for water recreation.

As such, oil slicks, unkempt brush, poorly maintained facilities and the like can all be liabilities of the tour bus destination.

But a run - down car that is dirty on the outside and a mess on the inside (think trash - filled plastic bags, empty cans, clothes) is going to send a message to visitors that the home they're about to enter is going to be unkempt as well.

When issues such as plumbing, unkempt hallways, detrimental elevators, pests and pipe bursts are left neglected, not only will your good tenants start looking for other living options, the overall value of your property will decrease from the damages.

Add storage House like items — such as cleaning products or bathroom supplies — in labelled boxes or plastic bins, and for particularly unkempt areas purchase storage options like an over-the-door rack to get shoes off the floor, or a closet - size second shelving unit to stash seasonal clothing.

Last summer was an unkempt year as it was really hot here and I was away most of the summer so this year we will be rejuvenating the garden.