Sentences with phrase «brandished like»

Studies are conducted by reputable institutions, statistics are brandished like badges of injustice, and the hearth of discontent is tended with frenzied diligence.

Inevitably, our youngest son (T) finds a large stick to alternately drag behind him and brandish like a light - saber.

They decried the museum while brandishing it like a weapon.

Not exact matches

Young Hollywood types like Jessica Alba are regularly photographed brandishing Trader Joe's shopping bags — but Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor reportedly is a fan too.

Call them the party radicals or the grassroots, depending on your perspective: NDPers who like to wave signs or wear buttons often prefer to brandish a slogan, rather than some leader's name.

On «Death of Me,» he brandishes furious rhymes like a weapon, on «Never Land» he's quietly introspective, which might be a result of the absurd standards he sets for himself.

However I, brandishing a spoon like a sword, am here to stand up and say, «who cares,... [Read more...]

He appears on Christmas in places like Austria, Bavaria, Croatia, Hungary and Piedmont, where he breaks into houses rattling chains and brandishing switches, then stuffs naughty children into a wicker basket to later eat, drown or escort to damnation.

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.

His self - conscious strut from No 11 to his ministerial car this morning, brandishing the famous red briefcase, looked like a teenager trying to act cool in black tie at the end - of - year ball.

Current Democrats like Assemblymen Robin Schimminger and Mickey Kearns still brandish a «C» behind their names, often to counter the perpetual GOP effort linking upstate Democrats to those crafty legislative chieftains from big, bad New York City.

The journalist disclosed that General Buratai had cautioned his team not to shoot but to plead even when the protesters were shouting and brandishing arms like Knives, catapult and clubs, in most provocative manner against the military convoy.

When they find an intruder, the dendritic cells brandish a sample (think of a most - wanted poster) and rush to the lymphatic system, where they present it to T cells, whose role is to form a posse and fan out through the body to hunt down and kill any proteins that look like the poster.

Hare's oblique wariness of a reporter brandishing a voice recorder in a busy taphouse is perhaps no surprise, given his expertise with the subject and the research that suggests 1 in 100 people are psychopaths who tend to blend in, like cold - blooded chameleons.

The writer seems only dimly aware how this half - hearted message will set off a bomb in the world where Jenny McCarthy lives — that she will turn on that wicked grin and brandish this study to launch another 40 years of vicious debate over whether autism is caused by environmental factors, namely vaccines, and thus can be cured by brave and dedicated parents like her, or whether it's just a condition people are born with.

Bloodless stretches set at Michael's house overlooking the Pacific Ocean, where Laura is menaced obliquely by David, brandishing a screwdriver, play like a Hitchcock homage by way of De Palma, but without the virtuosity and / or perviness required to justify the exercise.

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.

The kids in Moonrise Kingdom speak like adults, and carry themselves as such; they form search parties, brandish weapons, beach - dance, elope, marry, and kidney stab those who get in their way.

For one thing, Kael later became the most fanatical auteurist of all, championing favorite directors like Sam Peckinpah and Brian De Palma who brandished a highly personal approach.

The role fits Hanks like a glove, and he even brandishes Bradlee's trademark growling speech pattern.

On - lookers regularly brandished smartphones and snapped away at our orange luxo - cruiser like they'd just seen Abraham Lincoln blasting down I - 80 in a Mazda Miata, top down.

Do you like shoot»em up games where you get to brandish a rifle and take to hunting man - eating lizards?

«With the center of gravity moved into your hand, it really makes this feel like a featherweight,» Green says, brandishing the Oasis as he speaks.

At the bottom of this descent, a few strides outside of my crackling torch - lit sphere, awaited a huge turtle - like monster, clad in silver armour and brandishing a huge mace.

With that said... I»M HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF MISC: GOOSEBUMPS The phenomenon that turned us kids into readers and horror fanatics SR82: Brandish 2 Nothing's better than an obscure Japan - only sequel, FAN TRANSLATED!

The teaser starts with an orc brandishing two flaming axes before switching to Talion riding what looks like one of the Ring Wraith's Drakes.

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Platforms: Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 (review platform), PS4, Vita, PC Episodic formats may look and feel like an awkward fit, but in retrospect, the Resident Evil series has never really been the type keen to remain nailed down, brandished with just one underlining identity.

The agile, laser sword brandishing, Gundam - like robot.

But these children, who appear at first to be cute and even vulnerable, sometimes brandish weapons like knives and saws.

When museums first truly came to the United States, it was part of an American effort to claim a seat at the table of Western civilization by brandishing collections of antiquities and masterpieces (the Met, our first world - class institution, was meant to be encyclopedic like its cousins the Louvre and the British Museum).

Hardest to miss was Kevin Berlin's spectacle «Alien Invasion,» which found the PT Barnum - like Berlin herding a glam squad of 6 - foot - tall girls wearing little more than thongs, green body paint, antennae and brandishing light - up ray guns around the pavilion.

Like subjects from the historical works, Wiley's sitters are mounted on muscular horses and brandish swords, arrows, and batons, but they are depicted in jeans, hooded coats and sweatshirts, athletic jerseys, and brand - name sneakers or Timberland boots.

We're not sure what this means, but Patek was recently brandishing a new bubble blower and an alarm clock that looks like it came straight from Target around the office, so we know we at least approve of her prop choices.

Not many contemporary artists can brandish the title of «Modern Master,» however contemporary artists like Bo Bartlett and Robert Cottingham explore the idea that masterful work is still being created today.

Jonathan Harris: Certainly historically, parties tended to consider that it was a reputable, independent system, expedient, and liked to be able to brandish their English judgment and say, «I've been vindicated in a reputable court of law» — even if they couldn't enforce that judgment overseas.

Recently we noted the phenomenon of phenomenally stupid law - breakers who «catch themselves,» like the Florida store robber who was arrested after posting photos of himself on Facebook brandishing a fistful -LSB-...]

I can imagine his glee as he signed off on the issue: hot chick on the cover wearing a bikini, brandishing red poppy and giving a provocative interview saying: «I do like guys in uniform.