Sentences with phrase «barely concealed»

We find your barely concealed passive / aggressive, patronising, superior, condescending attitude to be vaguely insulting — but don't really give a rat's arse — and that is as far as I can go with that line of thought because Judith is insisting I be polite.

In Wyeth's style of painting, that became known as «Magic» Realism, everyday scenes are imbued with a dream - like air of mystery, coupled with barely concealed melancholy.

It is certainly true that both artists share a barely concealed allegiance to surrealistisc disturbance which optical tensions barely disguise: neither are in any sense «pure» abstract painters.

By bringing the city plaza into the gallery, Iglesias gives us a public site for contemplation and communion, while hinting at the pulsating, beating body of water barely concealed underneath.

He also got so much pleasure from it, constantly throwing us curveballs with a sparkle in eye and a barely concealed mischievous grin all in the service of an artistic brilliance.

«The American Dream, in Frosting: The Art of Yvette Mayorga,» Reader, April 25, 2018 Do immigrants really find a better life in the U.S., or is it just a fantasia of prosperity full of barely concealed threats?

And while there have been a host of competitors attempting to capture the allure of the BMW's 3 Series Coupe and Convertible, most make the attempt with a barely concealed clone of the original recipe.

Look in the back and you'll find that there is a piece of hardboard — a composite wood material — above the spare wheel well, barely concealed by the removable trunk carpet.

The overall impact is one of barely concealed aggression.

At low speeds the Nissan's twin - clutch gearbox clunks and thumps as it engages ratios, and the tightly wound diffs mean its wheels seem to claw at the surface of the road just like a barely concealed race car.

There's the urban handwringer, the northern version of the post-Katrina New Orleans potboiler, bubbling with barely concealed schadenfreude: Aren't you glad you don't live here?

He's interviewing a live - in caregiver for his wife, Violet (Streep), his disdain for his partner barely concealed by his gamboling southern accent.

The body count is high, the running time is short, and the city seethes with barely concealed menace.

It was with barely concealed glee that writer - director - actor Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma) has announced that his hero David Duchovny is up for playing a small part in his upcoming flick Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back.

In 1998, when the other superhero movies starred known entities like Batman, New Line Cinema made a film about a leather - clad, kung - fu vampire, played by Wesley Snipes, who fought other vampires at underground raves, and barely concealed sex dungeons.

Feeling lost and unwanted, May seeks refuge in a friendship with the much younger Darren, and when this friendship turns into a torrid sexual relationship, all the barely concealed hatreds and resentments in the family come out fighting.

She's got a drinking problem, a failed marriage, an unfulfilling career as a ghostwriter, and a tendency to greet every person she meets on a trip back to her hometown with barely concealed contempt.

Apparently a remake of The Street With No Name (which I haven't seen), it's an entertaining thriller (with the nice touch of a barely concealed homosexual subtext to Ryan's character), but it lacks the crazy charge of Fuller's best work.

(Buttock and barely concealed frontal nudity is shown.)

When they do get to the topic of the movie, he has to deal with the barely concealed racism of questions about how many white people are killed in this movie about a uprising against slave owners (His response, pointing out that the anger about the depiction of killing in a movie is misguided compared to real - world killing, is spot - on).

The kinky costume and barely concealed bondage and spanking themes that run regularly through Marston's comic strips see him hauled up in front of a decency committee while his home life (he had children with both women) causes local scandal.

Unlike any of Cruise's characters before, his latest creation Stacee is introduced onto the screen via his barely concealed crotch region sporting a very fetching gold animal head with its tongue out, followed closely by a shot of his barely covered buttocks.

The Conservatives have united behind their EU referendum strategy, but are hampered by backbenchers» barely concealed suspicion that their party leader is a closet Europhile.

However, his barely concealed sense of betrayal and raw language will fuel speculation that the events spell the beginning of the end of the coalition.

Far from loving this country, Farage and his hangers - on have barely concealed contempt for it.

12:09 - Mark Durkan (SDLP, barely concealed rage) asks about a murder case I am not well enough acquanted with to discuss properly.

While others have outlined what Communist China calls itself, this tells us little as all Communist countries engage in barely concealed propaganda.

Leadership speculation will run rampant, the newspapers will explode with barely concealed glee and Labour will be wracked with self - doubt.

In the 1920s David Lloyd George was involved in a barely concealed «cash for patronage» scandal managed by Maundy Gregory, which resulted in the 1925 Act which barred this (purchase of peerages had not previously been illegal).

The chancellor reminded his audience that the Liberals of the 19th century failed to support Conservative attempts to protect chimney sweeps — a barely concealed reference to Mr Cable's description of right - wing Tories as «descendants of those who sent children up chimneys».

Graham Evans (Con, barely concealed anger) asks another planted question («Does he agree my honourable friend was right to stick with his economic plan»).

After a decade of dishonesty I think we have a right to transparent numbers and to have our representatives take note of our concerns without fielding accusations of barely concealed Nazism flung by thugs and bullies.

Osborne should feel infuriated by the business secretary's comments, after the chancellor opened the week with a speech in which the facade of cautious optimism barely concealed the glee of victory.

And few have cried as much as Conte with his frustrations, his barely concealed anger at the club's transfer dealings and his apparent attempts to gain more power.

The longer that the visitors can frustrate the more the barely concealed negativity is likely to spread.

But for the screenwriters the true, barely concealed message is that they really were mad.

A debased notion of conscience — a barely concealed enthusiasm for autonomy disguised as an appeal to the primacy of conscience — weakens our sense of obligation, damages our purity of heart, and makes it harder to see God.

I am not pleading for a return to the old - time polemics with its adversary mentality and its barely concealed insults.

A friend's wife barely concealed her resentment.

Dana could barely conceal his glee in the interviews immediately after the incident.

Inside the house, other community members barely conceal their disdain, muttering the traditional «May you live a long life» blessing with pro forma chilliness.

Left to his own devices on an inhabitable planet that is eventually found by the crew of the Covenant, David greets them with open arms that barely conceal his clear god complex, megalomaniacal psychosis and latter era David Bowie haircut.

The film fully occupies the persona of a confused adolescent whose feckless shrug towards the world barely conceals the storm of activity brewing inside.

His prim and proper exterior becomes a mask of courage to put on in front of his daughter, while his eyes tremble with the fading hope that he can barely conceal.

Jon Favreau, who directed both Iron Man movies (and who plays Tony's driver and sidekick, Happy Hogan) barely conceals his impatience with the action sequences.

Bullies barely conceal their terror of losing control.

Renault Laguna GT sits on specific, generously sized 225/45 18 - inch Bridgestone Potenza tyres, the DNA of which can be traced back to Formula 1, while the special Celsium wheels barely conceal 320 mm diameter discs at the front and 300 mm discs at the rear which provide plenty of braking bite.

Feathers» hearty competence barely conceals an almost pathological fear of abandonment stemming from his complicated and violent childhood.

Minimalism stood there and shut up; Benglis» puddly lumps slouched in corners or hunkered on the floor, barely concealing their embarrassing secrets.

Mr. Bloom displays a discrediting lack of understanding of basic physics and especially the thermodynamics of this debate; he barely conceals his cheerleading of natural disasters (e.g. hurricanes, in the hopes of making his AGW case); and his statistics have been found wanting on several threads.