Sentences with phrase «by piles of»

And I just so happened to be surrounded by piles of never ending collections of driftwood.

My sister can't stand the «sound» of cottonballs. I guess I'm drifting off topic. I love your idea... I go to thrift shops only to be overwhelmed by piles of stuff, so I'll have to add this to my mental «list.»

I got distracted by the piles of laundry on the couch and the dirty dishes on the counter.

Mine was spent at this lovely old house on the NSW South Coast, surrounded by piles of pressies and happy faces.

If anything at this Armory can do that, it's probably the duo of Bjarne Melgaard and Sverre Bjertnes's gleefully deranged, stalkerish shrine to Mary Boone at Rod Bianco, with an effigy of Ms. Boone surrounded by piles of crude drawings and her signature Chanel suits mounted on paintings.

It looked very much like Jayson Musson, aka Hennessy Youngman, had arrived last Thursday afternoon, as he sat in the tony Upper East Side townhouse that is Salon 94 gallery, surrounded by piles of Coogi sweaters.

These are represented respectively by piles of saris, hijabs and grey aprons, one on each of the three stone altars in Chiesa di San Gallo, Venice's smallest church, now deconsecrated and serving as a cultural space.

When enemies are knocked out, they vanish in a puff of smoke, sometimes replaced by piles of money or other goods.

As I finish writing this review at some ungodly time in the morning while surrounded by piles of beer bottles, shattered dreams and probably several corpses I'm deeply saddened.

Unfortunately, many people struggle to control their use of credit and get overwhelmed by piles of bills.

Also, they are overburdened by piles of assignment, and they do not have adequate time as they have their part - time jobs to do.

It's paralleled by piles of CDs and DVDs that become wasteful (and space hogs).

It begins with a scene sussed from either or both, as the title characters ride slow past a group of children gathered around the spectacle of scorpions overwhelmed by piles of ants.

We're surrounded by piles of sparkly new things, and we can't wait to share them with you!

I was in a small vintage store in New York City, surrounded by piles of clothes and shelves of shoes, and amidst it all, I spotted the perfect faux leopard coat (above and below photo).

To start with, we are all taken away by the piles of keys that popped up at Balenciaga's much - buzzed - about fall 2017 fashion show.

Many of the tents are surrounded by piles of rubbish.

I am also overwhelmed by the piles of clothes that are one or two sizes too small for me; the bargain purchases that I wore once; and the poorly made and misshapen clothes that make me feel like staying at home when I wear them.

Even though I avoid crackers in my pantry, December brings holiday parties and family gatherings where cheese plates and bottomless bowls of dip are surrounded by piles of those addictive, crisp salty bites.

However, it's not uncommon for 90 % of the floor space to be taken up by piles of books, fancy heels that have been kicked off with relief at the end of a long day, and scattered recipe print - outs.

Terry - The loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.

Feeling overwhelmed by the pile of letters stacking up, he devised a way to reply to the senders, with the first ever «Christmas Card».

But she has aspirations, as attested by a pile of rejection letters from the fiction departments of publications like The Paris Review.

A great, fretting buzz had started up in his head, inspired by the pile of limbs, and the smell of blood in the air, and by ruined Fredericksburg, all broken chimneys and crumbling walls across the river.

Peach, bomb in hand, in Luigi's outfit, is surrounded by a pile of bombs and the terrified Koopalings.

One way is partially blocked by a pile of almost identical heads.

The last thing you want during your interview is for the interviewer to be distracted by a pile of dirty laundry, glamour portrait of you or your spouse on the wall (as lovely as it probably is) or anything else blatantly non-professional.

A good vacation should rate by the amount of amazement you've experienced - not by the pile of cash you've...

Not exact matches

A few too many parties, a culinary over-indulgence or two, and a little over-excitement when gift shopping can leave us feeling exhausted, unhealthy, financially overstretched, and surrounded by giant piles of stuff, so that just when you should be starting the new year with energy, you're instead feeling frazzled and exhausted.

China's economy expanded at a steady 6.7 % in the third quarter and looks set to hit Beijing's full - year target, fueled by stronger government spending, record bank lending and a red - hot property market that are adding to its growing pile of debt.

Also, consider this: If the magic of San Francisco is simply driven by the natural result of having so many of the same sort of people pile up in one place, then this means that as technology continues to inexorably lower the communication barriers between us, we will see more of these magical places pop up, as we are seeing with Boulder and Austin.

In previous demos of Watch Dogs, Pearce has caused multi-car pile - ups and mass mayhem by hacking into traffic lights.

Buffett, on his part, has disdained private equity's method of investing, which often adds value to a company by piling on debt, and slashing expenses before turning it back on the market.

Or Indiana Jones choosing mission over fear by jumping over a pile of snakes.

And, if your business is like most of the SM newbies out there who are running to catch up while wearing concrete sneakers, you've got a lot of otherwise productive time and energy being spent by your people (and possibly a pile of money as well on outside vendors) in the unclear pursuit of who knows what.

I'm confident, however, that the $ 9.6 trillion current valuation of pile A will compound over the century at a rate far inferior to that achieved by pile B.

They cut down additional time spent in the waiting room by offering the endless pile of paperwork online for patients to fill out in advance.

In 2008, at the start of the financial crisis, Freddie Mac, along with its sister company Fannie Mae, was on the hook for piles and piles of unwise mortgage loans, and had to be bailed out by the government.

Given the softening economy in the latter half of last year and first months of 2013, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's target of getting back to balance by 2015 — after piling up $ 172 billion in debt in eight years — will depend on three assumptions all coming to good.

In early March, ratings agency Fitch piled onto a string of negative reports with an estimate that B.C. real estate is overvalued by 26 %.

The company's pile of assets under management has more than doubled, to $ 3.8 trillion, and it swells by roughly $ 1 billion per day.

It also maintains everyone's sanity by not piling on unnecessary IMs, chats, and Slack mentions that needlessly spread key information about the solution across a myriad of channels.

I felt lost in endless spools of social media, all the while emails by the thousands were piling up, phone calls were getting lost in the mix, and messages from the most important people in my life were getting drowned out in the din.

Ripcord, a company that aims to do away with the piles of paper enterprises keep around, has raised a $ 25 million round led by GV (formerly known as Google Ventures) to fuel its robotic - assisted paper digitization business.

CAYO COCO, Cuba — Uprooted mangrove thickets are still piled up behind the beaches along Cuba's north coast, interspersed with shards of concrete and steel and other flotsam left over from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Irma.

Rather than piling into distressed strategies based on a hunch about the cycle turning, LPs may be better off diversifying by type of manager.

After a decent rally in early 2012, the distribution days began piling up in late April and early May, forcing us out of several long positions by May 3 and generating a 100 % sell signal on the close of May 4 (as annotated on the chart above).

Their goal is to help the world become a more diverse and interesting place, and not just by making a pile of money with which to sponsor a few pet projects.

She knows only that a company is conducting market research, and she has taken a day off to let a team of nosy notetakers pile into her flat to look at her laundry detergent (a local Chinese brand), her shampoo (Pantene, owned by P&G) and her husband's razor (electric, disappointingly for the owners of Gillette).

The budget highlights the huge imbalances created by five years of economic crisis: Spain will set aside $ 36.6 billion ($ 49.5 billion) to service its fast - rising pile of public debt, $ 2 billion more than it will spend on the 13 government ministries.