Sentences with phrase «brief flirtation with»

In my very brief flirtation with a dating site I saw a profile picture which was one of those romantic glamour shots of a couple naked from the waist up with the guy's muscly arms shielding the woman's boobs but her face had been blurred out.

Paul Konerko Resigns with Chicago Paul Konerko, a first baseman / designated hitter who has played with the Chicago White Sox ever since 1999, ended his brief flirtation with read more...

César Daly, editor of the Revue générale de l'architecture, used a similar military term, éclaireur, or «scout,» in the 1840s, when he said that the journal must «fulfill an active mission of «scouting the path of the future,»» a mission both socially and artistically advanced.3 Baudelaire, after a brief flirtation with radical politics in 1848 — he had actually fought on the barricades and shortly after, in 1851, had written a eulogistic introduction to the collected Chants et chansons of the left - wing worker - poet Pierre Dupont, condemning the «puerile utopia of the art - for - art's sake school,» praising the «popular convictions» and «love of humanity» expressed in the poet's pastoral, political, and socialistic songs4 — later mocked the politico - military implications of the term «avant - garde» in Mon Coeur mis à nu, written in 1862 — 64.5

I had a brief flirtation with PC Financial, but I shut it down because the closest bank machine was a 2 hour drive away (PC or CIBC).

In the end, Waterstones re-mastered the art of selling physical books in a digital age, but aside from its brief flirtation with Blinkbox Books it never attemped to acquire the skills to sell digital content.

He was a family man; he didn't screw around — as far as anyone knew — and he had emerged from his brief flirtation with politics with his reputation enhanced rather than tarnished, a product as much of his financial independence as of any moral probity.

It's been a very brief flirtation with Australia and comes just over 12 months since Opel presented itself to local buyers at the Australian International Motor Show.

Our enterprising culture did indeed lead us to a brief flirtation with this notion in our earliest days.

Spike Jonze Indie Work: Jonze was one of the best - loved music video directors of the 1990s who, after a brief flirtation with a big - budget debut for Sony in the shape of an adaptation of «Harold And The Purple Crayon,» arrived in features with the staggeringly imaginative «Being John Malkovich» in 1999, which earned him a Best Director Oscar nomination.

Piper, who previous to her acting career had a brief flirtation with musical stardom, has barely been off our screens since she became Doctor Who's first companion for the series reboot in 2005.

Bill Pullman, now comfortably back in B - movie territory after his brief flirtation with the big - hitters as the American Pres in «Independence Day», plays some sort of animal warden.

Conor also engages in a brief flirtation with his bartender Alexis (Nina Arianda), but that dread - filled episode is less about passion than in sussing out the unwanted parallels with his Irish restaurateur father Spencer (Ciarán Hinds).

• After a brief flirtation with the disgustingly bad for you, but oh - so - good patty melt and onion ring combo (did you see my INSTAGRAM + Instastory!?)

During my brief flirtation with organized high school sports, I adopted this more leisurely approach, often not sprinting off in the direction of a fly ball until I had taken the time to tap my glove, adjust my hat, and bake a Bundt cake to welcome its arrival.

People from poor or minority ethnic backgrounds often unthinkingly consider Labour their party but during my brief flirtation with the Labour party I found them arrogant, complacent and un-inclusive.

Republicans were unhappy with his brief flirtation with a possible run for the late Tom Morahan's Senate seat during the convention, but the general gripe about him is that he's difficult to work with and imperious.

It is beyond the scope of this review to pursue the connections between Heidegger's philosophy of Being and his ardent if brief flirtation with National Socialism.

Top directors like Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Kelly Reichardt, Wes Anderson and Xavier Dolan work almost exclusively on film, while Steven Spielberg, David Lynch and Martin Scorsese are returning to film after brief flirtations with digital.

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Following the formal announcement, Pataki parried questions from the press, including whether, following his brief, non-threatening flirtation with a run for president, he had chosen a presidential candidate to endorse.

Now you can find members for free dating across the world and can communicate with them via email or over the chat on the completely freedating network.Their site thus focuses on both mature and single young adults 18 who are looking for a brief flirtation.

Elizabeth (Romy Schneider) and her daughter (Benedicte Bucher) take a holiday together, and each of them has a brief romance: the mother has an affair with a suitably mysterious Italian (Nino Castelnuovo) and the girl has a satisfying flirtation with a boy her own age (Alain David).

Besides a brief flirtation and date with Hendricks» character, Henry's main role seems to be that of a savior.