Sentences with phrase «as weary»

While the «death of painting» narrative feels horribly tired, the move to counter it is in danger of seeming just as weary.

Haim Steinbach poses as a weary space alien, undisturbed by two almost identical girls standing on his sofa as if floating on air.

This Japanese role - playing game is pure comfort food, but as any weary worker can attest, comfort food is sometimes worth all the fancy fixings in the world.

Tired handshakes and hugs are distributed as the weary victors are escorted from the sand to what I can only hope is a night of joyous merriment.

The first story seemed like a scene from Night Court, as a weary judge concedes to Mr. Tiger Lawyer's defense strategy.

It is late summer in the year 1270 and England is as weary as its aging king, Henry III.

Hoffman plays him as weary and hard - edged but retains a twinkle in the eye, a certain charisma.

One minute he's ordering Langdon's assassination, the next he's saving Langdon's life, and Khan plays the character as a weary contractor - consultant who's having a bad day and doesn't have the time to explain why he's much smarter than you.

Joining Norton and Benigni for nominations were Nick Nolte in «Affliction,» Ian McKellen, superb in «Gods and Monsters,» and Tom Hanks as the weary soldier in Steven Spielberg's magnificent «Saving Private Ryan.»

Cannavale, who can sometimes overdo his Italian - American working - stiff affect, is terrific as a man who's spent so much energy trying to become the man his own father never was that it's left him, at 40, as weary and worn - down as someone twice his age.

As his weary yet dominant father, Mendelsohn continues to prove his worth as one of our great character actors (see Killing Them Softly, The Place Beyond the Pines, Girls, etc.).

Tommy Lee Jones has never been better as the weary lawman nearing retirement, while Javier Bardem is chilling as the pneumatic cattle gun - wielding Anton.

Forest Whitaker brings another top - notch performance as the weary gym owner and trainer.

It is set in New Orleans, a city with a film noir soul, and it stars Mickey Rourke as a weary loser who has just about given up on himself.

It stars Dustin Hoffman (74) as a weary gangster, his first lead role in a television series (he won an Emmy in 1986 for his performance as Willy Loman in a television adaptation of Death of a Salesman), Nick Nolte (70) as a trainer for whom the word grizzled appears to have been created and eye - catching supporting roles for Michael Gambon (71) and Dennis Farina (67).

Konkle is very well cast as the weary, yet noble, gumshoe who may be in over his head.

Ruffalo also had a charming, affable leading - man turn in «Begin Again» this year, as a weary record label exec whose passion for music is reignited by a young singer - songwriter, but his turn as real - life Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz in Bennett Miller's retelling of a bizarre true story is a prime example of an actor at the peak of his powers.

In the opening shot, the desolation of the desert surrounds him as his weary eyes gaze ahead.

The always compelling Joaquin Phoenix stars as a weary gun - for - hire who will perform any task for a bundle of cash and who is plagued by traumas from his past.

But the film's real pleasure lies in McDonagh's verbal felicity — the naturalistic dialogue is a breath of fresh air — and while Farrell struggles to juggle his humorous «thick» persona with romantic pathos, Gleeson excels in his role as the weary gangster pondering the possibilities for his own shot at redemption.

The only film that disappointed me was «Custody,» despite the consistently stellar Viola Davis as a weary family court judge who presides over a case involving a young single Hispanic mother whose children are taken away when one of them suffers a concussion.

American actor Kevin Conway's first credited screen role was as Weary in the 1971 Kurt Vonnegut derivation Slaughterhouse Five.

Marvin takes the kid under his wing; their relationship is part adversarial, as the weary elder tries to educate the fool how to survive on the line.

I now have to say I feel as weary as the film's characters look after the final defeat of Voldemort.

Outside on the streets of Tokyo, neon billboards are flickering into life as weary office workers disappear into subways and bars.

Mark Green thinks Bloomberg is «the Berlusconi of New York» and that his «national ambitions are as obvious as his weary denials.»

From his Parris Island days, Bull Cyclone borrowed the idea of an obstacle course, adding a wrinkle of his own — a trip wire in the tall grass that the managers yanked as the weary players came through.

It was fitting that Wesley should catch this experience through Luther, for, as a weary monk, Luther had had that same kind of experience in the tower.

The abortion debate, as weary as we may be of it, is just the beginning of intensifying contestations over technical control and manipulation of the humanum.

Many times in our churches, we aren't so much nourished by Christ as wearied by preparations.

«As wearying as the balancing act can be, I realize that I would not be content with my art being entirely one thing or another,» Selski writes in her artist statement.

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And as more media brands push towards an aggregation model, readers are growing weary of them.

Many in the finance sector have been weary of Bitcoin's price volatility, but see the block chain as a promising technology.

Weary industry watchers might be inclined to dismiss 4K / UHD — which features four times the resolution of regular 1080p high definition — as just the latest effort from manufacturers to kickstart flagging TV sales.

«Jokowi,» as he's known, cleaned up the city and rooted out corruption, thrilling an Indonesian public weary of the status quo.

Two years in the making, Woodle says he created the ballooning hoodie — which takes three seconds to inflate by mouth — as part of a quest to «elevate the small aspects of life,» your weary brainpan included.

Traders have been weary of regulatory signals recently as government ministers in South Korea and India have both upped their rhetoric against virtual currencies.

As Oppenheimer airs out the dirty laundry of generation after generation of Johnsons, the book threatens to become a wearying trudge.

I think we are a little weary, but also just can't believe how amazing it as at the same time.

In recent months, student loan forgiveness for all current programs has been debated in Congress, leaving some borrowers weary of banking on forgiveness as part of their long - term financial plan.

Privacy advocates, technology companies and those weary of big government have described cryptocurrency as a major evolution in how we conceive and transmit monetary value.

As hundreds of companies jump into the online - coupon market, consumers and merchants may have begun to grow weary of offers.

As a result, consultants are often looked upon with a weary eye because who really wants to take the time to do something differently?

Some traders were weary of the move but as long as it stands above # 6.6 k ($ 9.2 k), the next strong resistance is only around the corner, at # 8.2 k ($ 11.5 k).

Then he starts in about the Resurrection, which strikes their ears as fantastic religious fiction of the sort their culture had long been steeped in and was now weary of.

King Lear weary,» as Mankowski puts it.

Most recently (as of this writing) he is pushing the weary line of petulant British resentment that goes on about how much more sophisticated we Brits are than those cowboy Americans.

We often perceive the Gospel and the Church's teaching as a further burden on our already weary shoulders.

In this film, we are introduced to three industrial lubricant salesman: Larry (played byKevin Spacey), a brash, but honest veteran of sales; Phil (played by Danny Devito), Larry's friend and a seasoned, yet life - weary salesman; and Bob (played by PeterFacinelli), a young evangelical Christian who, as a rookie in sales, joins the twoveterans at a trade show.

I certainly appreciate your confidence in me, but here's the thing: There's a double - standard out there in which a woman's critique of patriarchy tends to get discounted as nothing more than the rants of an «angry feminist,» and, truth be told, I've grown a bit weary of hearing that charge each time I speak out about this disturbing trend in the evangelical church.