Sentences with phrase «brandished as»

Episodes of severe weather in the United States, such as the present abundance of rainfall in California, are brandished as tangible evidence of the future costs of current climate trends.

2) Their «Episodes of severe weather in the United States, such as the present abundance of rainfall in California, are brandished as tangible evidence of the future costs of current climate trends.»

An older less effective technology is often brandished as a sign of credibility.

That same logic tends to show up in car reviews — any easy - to - tame car is brandished as boring.

mantra brandished as shamelessly as Paul Newman's line about Fast Eddie being back in The Color of Money.

R - rated sex comedies starring Freaks & Geeks cast members in which a sex toy is brandished as a weapon: Neighbors, Sex Tape

What we get instead is often very deliberately mundane: The future fashions and gadgets brandished as a sci - fi convention seem oddly simplistic and mechanical, the action set pieces (if one can even call them that) are pared down to the basics, and even the overtly fantastical game environments look like normal places in the real world.

Not exact matches

While the town has maintained much of its rustic charm (electricity in the city's «hotel zone» remains limited), it has also begun to attract a new wave of nomad — models, photographers and Wall Street brokers who gather for bikini boot camps, expensive dinners and far niente — to the delight of foreign investors, who have brandished the area's boho vibe as a persuasive marketing spiel.

Former footballer Stan Collymore and political spin doctor Alistair Campbell have expressed disgust at supermarket giant Asda advertising a fancy dress outfit featuring someone covered in blood and brandishing a machete as a «mental patient fancy dress costume».

Supermarket giant Asda has been forced to apologise after it advertised a fancy dress outfit featuring someone covered in blood and brandishing a machete as a «mental patient fancy dress costume».

The whole racism thing is just smoke and mirrors and not necessarily out of hand (I mean, if we're allowed to brandish anti-semitism as weapon, it's only fair), there might be a bit of racism, direct or indirect, but I think it's pretty ridiculous for this woman to want to be buried there in the first place.

Major political candidates are brandishing their religious as a personal selling point.

It is another thing, however, to know — as the early Church did — that in entering that cell, God brandished the key to unlock its door and lead us out.

How could you challenge such scientists brandishing the Thalidomide skeletons as the evolutionary proof of a regular skeleton?

Has it made a difference or slowed the gunning down of young, unarmed black men who brandish mobile phones that officers mistook as firearms, resulting in six shots to the back?

Again, as with Monk Dawson, it was a case when my left hand, brandishing the red flag, did not seem to know what my right hand, holding a pen, was doing.

Arriving last week at our house for a laid - back deck burger fest complete with homemade ice cream, she walked in brandishing a bouquet of sumptuous late summer herbs and two bright - as - sunshine summer (yellow) squash.

ISLAMOPHOBIC comment on a placard brandished at an anti-live exports rally in Adelaide has been condemned as «divisive» by the Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AACCI).

I didn't comment on the «Mourinho vs Wenger» title of this article, I responded to how some fans think they get to brandish others as «fake» because they share different views on our relative success the last 10 years.

The official wasn't having any of it though as he brandished the yellow card at the England international which in turn queued the reaction on Twitter.

Theories such as «fatigue», «unfamiliarity» «unhappiness» blaah blaah blaah, you get the point, were brandished about.

He brandished 14 yellow cards including a red for Jonny Heitinga, but he was actually very lenient letting Nigel De Jong commit what can only be described as a Kung - Fu kick on Xabi Alonso.

Referee Michael Oliver went over and only brandished a yellow card for the Brazilian international, cueing the reaction on social media as opinions went flying around yet again.

They were brandishing their scarves (Rangers and Celtic diehards are among the few people who wear woolen scarves all year round) and pint glasses crunched under their feet as they chanted, «Aye, aye, yippee, the Pope's a ------- hippie.»

Mane caught Ederson in the face with his boot as the City keeper attempted to head the ball away, and referee Jon Moss showed no hesitation in brandishing a red card.

So I do hope that Ferguson brandishing last week's clash with Liverpool as the» biggest game of the season» was a ploy, as it's about time United took this fixture as seriously as their neighbours, who are the ones making all the noise right now as they sit pretty at the summit of the Barclay's Premier League.

I flared white - hot and brandished His Name like a sword, intent on conquering the world all on my own and presenting it as a treasure to my Love.

Heralding the launch of a Tokyo - inspired «scramble crossing» scheme, which allows pedestrians to cross West End interchanges diagonally as well as laterally, Boris brandishes a large, fluffy drumstick at the crowd — universally acknowledged to be a sign of extreme manliness.

Not only did the Liberal Democrats alienate left - leaning voters by entering the coalition, but its leaders did as much as David Cameron and George Osborne to brand Labour as spendthrift and irresponsible — Nick Clegg by playing up the comparison between the UK and Greece, David Laws by brandishing the now - notorious note from Liam Byrne.

So goodness knows how he felt when Foreign Office minister Sayeeda Warsi - Shapps» predecessor as chairman, no less - went on television brandishing a mocked - up newspaper headline about «Eton mess».

Finally, national identity, the most symbolic aspect of sovereignty proudly brandished by right - wing populists, has largely been impacted by these supranational evolutions as well as by the cultural diversification of European societies.

To tackle knife crime there must be a mandatory sentence not just for over-18s, but for anyone who brandishes a knife as a threat.

The governor, who reiterated his support for the fight against corruption, however, dismissed the $ 2.1 billion arms deal as a scam, noting that «all they are just doing is to brandish figures to deceive Nigerians and demonized the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and those opposed to his dictatorship in the All Progressive Congress (APC).

Making the call at a news conference in Osogbo, the state Chairman of APC, Prince Gboyega Famodun, said the video clip was fabricated by some unscrupulous individuals to discredit the election, adding that the video clip, which was brandished by the spokesperson of Jonathan Campaign Organization, Mr Femi Fani - Kayode, had nothing to do with the last August election in Osun State as the ballot papers shown in the video were different from the actual ballot papers used for Osun governorship election.

And it will be brandished by the In camp as further proof of the good sense of continuing membership.

Our streets are made safer as those who brandish knives receive swift retribution, an example is set, and the escalation of violence is stopped.

In contrast Jeremy Corbyn's supporters brandish anything that can be presented as a sign that Labour are actually doing well.

The governor, who reiterated his support for the fight against corruption, however, dismissed the $ 2.1 billion arms deal as a scam, noting that «all they are just doing is to brandish figures to deceive Nigerians and demonized the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and those opposed to his dictatorship in the All Progressive Congress (APC).

The new laws will make Cuomo the first governor in the nation to pass gun - control legislation following the massacre in Connecticut, and will help brandish his credentials nationally both as a progressive and as a leader who can get things done.

The teenagers, who brandished assault rifles, caused pandemonium in the school as pupils and staff of the school fled in different directions.

Political amateurs brandish their inexperience in elective office as their primary credential, and while an outsider's perspective can be valuable, too often the result is low comedy (This is Herman Cain!).

Mr Miliband also described The Daily Mail's brandishing of his father as «the man who hated Britain» as «hateful».

The attendees of the Somos conference cheer as the protesters file past, brandishing their homemade signs.

The audience - comprising mainly of Labour party members - cheered as John Prescott gave a characteristically bullish defence of Labour's past policies, brandishing the famous 1997 pledge card.

She wondered if embodiment could help explain tragic misperceptions such as the 1999 shooting of Amadou Diallo, who was killed by New York police officers who perceived Diallo's motioning to open his wallet as the brandishing of a gun.

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Basques protest in support of catalan independence as crisis in spain grows: tory whip chris pincher dressed in his bathrobe «tried to untuck the man details the time he got drunk and wrote to denmark to one woman gave a subtle hint to her dates that she's not to be messed with by brandishing an axe in her profile photo, while another will at least attract people with a keen interest in angling by lying alongside a giant fish.

As the title suggests, much of «The Overnight» transpires over a long evening that begins with Alex and Emily having dinner with Kurt and his wife, Charlotte (Judith Godrèche), and evolves into an increasingly raucous adult play date with a lot of sharing and two humorously, suggestively brandished penises.

The trailer ends by brandishing the gameplay footage as fake and fades away.

by Walter Chaw There is a moment in the middle of Bulletproof Monk: Chow Yun - Fat leaps to the top of a car, brandishing two pistols, his overcoat flaring in slow - motion as he rains down bullets on the bad guys.