Sentences with phrase «by unassuming»

Don't be fooled by its unassuming design or fairly attainable price tag ─ the Digital Storm Vanquish 4 ($ 1,599 as tested, $ 899 starting) is a big - league gaming PC.

Each of the main characters is fully voiced as are the interaction characters you'll encounter along the way and they're accompanied by an unassuming incidental music track playing quietly in the background.

One always stood out - N, released by the unassuming Metanet Software, is the only Flash game I can distinctly remember spending time on during those couple of years.

The story is pretty much your standard mythological tale... monster threatens town / village / city / world and is eventually defeated by unassuming hero.

And with plenty of other places clamouring for attention, you could easily pass by this unassuming pub without giving it a second look.

We have to admit, we were kind of blown away by this unassuming looking toothbrush.

When I did meet her I was taken aback by her unassuming warmth.

It was a simple act by an unassuming man that touched an enormous circle of people, indeed an entire country.

It's a low - profile company led by the unassuming Bruce Flatt.

Not exact matches

Smart and respected leaders are unassuming and know what they think; they want to know what YOU think by listening intently.

The main man in this regard was Mr. Paul Boothe, an unassuming, consummate federal civil servant who proved in the heat of battle that he could negotiate with the best of them. If only all our public officials were as determined and skilful in their efforts to pro-actively win real investment and real opportunities for our industries. The St. Catharines announcement is in large part the fruition of the efforts by Boothe (and all the other stakeholders in last year's rescue, including the provincial government and the CAW) to negotiate a package that was much more than a bailout. Rather, it was a recipe for a reaffirmed Canadian presence by these two lynchpin manufacturers (GM and Chrysler).

One is taught as much by the phrasing and posing of these unassuming questions, as by the content of the main text.

In their own unassuming ways, simply by trying to be good teachers for their students, Christian teachers in the Christian colleges of India are taking up questions that are the most crucial for Asia's future.

While others were always ready to evoke the occult and supernatural in their efforts to explain the most difficult crimes, it was this balding and unassuming Catholic priest who invariably solved the mystery by means of the most everyday, commonplace observations.

This unassuming little book sat on my desk for months before I casually cracked it open, only to be delighted by what I found inside.

You've probably walked right by them in the grocery store, as they are as unassuming as a typical orange, having the same bright rind as their navel cousins.

For as unassuming and simple as a lot of Scandinavian food is, I'm continually amazed by how this type of simplicity results in something both special and elegant.

Bacon: One size does not fit all September 21, 2015: In the unassuming city of Frontenac, a rural town in southeastern Kansas that's situated in a region flanked by railroad tracks and perhaps better - known in past decades for the prevalence of strip mining for coal, SugarCreek has quietly operated one of the Cincinnati, Ohio - based company's most productive bacon processing plants since 1982.

At the push of a button, an unassuming circular table blossoms open to reveal lights and 18 custom wine bottles, each etched by hand to represent one of the James Bond films, from Dr. No, through Tomorrow Never Dies.

Tibetan Uplift Fools Taxonomists: An Identity Crisis Solved by Anne - Marie Hodge: The Tibetan ground tit (Parus humilis) is a drab, unassuming little songbird.

But rather than simply debunking a myth about the heirloom's diversity, Tanksley's deconstruction of the tomato genome, along with work by others, is showing how an unassuming berry from the Andes became one of the world's top crops.

Stearic acid is a pretty humble ingredient — mine is unassuming white beads that are bigger than cetyl alcohol, but not by much.

The story picks up in 1993, and the 31 - year - old Micky Ward is an unassuming nice guy boxer without too much smarts or success, who is managed by his crass controlling mom Alice

Buscemi's directorial debut - partly inspired by autobiographical events - is a small and quietly unassuming little gem of a movie.

Thank goodness for THE HAPPYS, an unassuming little gem written and directed by John Serpe and Tom Gould, which doesn't push its Los Angeles neighborhood locale (Los Feliz is the translation of the movie's title), yet somehow manages to make its essence essential to its story.

During a threatening run in with the secret police, an unassuming young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) is rescued by a vigilante named V (Hugo Weaving)-- a caped figure both articulate and skilled in combat.

Low - key and unassuming, he's also capable of hidden reserves of rage, especially when confronted by Native Americans.

Evidently inspired by true events, The Men Who Stare at Goats stars Ewan McGregor as Bob Wilton - an unassuming reporter who stumbles upon what he believes to be the story of his life after encountering a former soldier named Lyn Cassady (George Clooney).

Soon prompted to experiment with an Ouija board by their sinister landlord, the unassuming party goers inadvertently unleash the murderous spirit of a demonic nun whose evil is so powerful that it can not be contained to the spiritual realm.

S. Craig Zahler's Bone Tomahawk is an unassuming genre hybrid, and the impact of its finale is magnified by the fact that, for most of its 132 - minute runtime, it plays out like a lackadaisical The Searchers - inspired Western throwback about a group of noble frontiersmen (Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins) on a mission to rescue a maiden kidnapped by unholy savages.

Directed by BRIDESMAIDS» Paul Feig, Melissa McCarthy plays Susan Cooper, who's an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst and the unsung hero behind the Agency's most dangerous missions.

The Resident Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality / nudity Available on DVD and Blu - ray Hilary Swank is an ER doctor in New York that moves into an apartment with an unassuming landlord, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Created by Beatrix Potter, unassuming Peter Rabbit, captivated generations.

The women are agitating for a pay rise and are led by Rita (Sally Hawkins), an unassuming young mother of two who is voted in as their spokeswoman.

Whether it's out of misplaced family loyalty or unconscious self - sabotage, Charlie goes in on what Paulie promises will be «a big score» with an unassuming safecracker (well - played by Kenneth McMillan, at the opposite end of the spectrum from his repulsive Baron Harkonnen in the same year's Dune), little realizing the safe they're robbing belongs to vindictive mobster Bed Bug Eddie (Burt Young), as is the $ 150,000 they find inside it.

Adult Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg), beaten and unconscious, is found in a snow - covered alley by Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård), an unassuming fellow with a gentle demeanor who takes her to his apartment.

But not long after meeting his new roommate, Leo (Ramon Rodriguez), an alien conspiracy buff, our unassuming hero already finds himself being pursued by Alice (Isabel Lucas), an ardent admirer who might be after something other than his bod.

For their unassuming neighbor happens to be a gangsta» with a Mexican cartel run by Bodega (Emilio Rivera), a ruthless mobster already on his way to America and determined to retrieve his contraband come hell or high water.

So compared to that crop of... let's just call it «crop»... Insidious: The Last Key is a fairly adequate supernatural horror thriller, with a few decent scares and another great turn by Lin Shaye as the unassuming but deeply heroic ghostbuster Elise Rainier.

It's a relaxed, unassuming picture that breezes by in a slight 75 minutes, pausing once in awhile for a song before heading out for another pint in another town.»

An unassuming, taciturn young man, Baby (Ansel Elgort) moonlights as a getaway driver for a gang led by Doc (Kevin Spacey).

Either way, it made Flanagan an obvious fit for Gerald's Game, an unassuming, overachieving little thriller that is blessed by two performers capable of handling the lion's share of the dramatic challenges it presents.

There's lots to fear in the unassuming suburban home occupied by the Freeling family: the TV people, the hungry tree outside, the skeleton - infested swimming pool, take your pick.

A quiet, unassuming drama about the unexpected new beginnings still available as we age, the film is centered by a subtle and fully realized performance by Blythe Danner.

The unassuming Jean Desailly is perfectly cast as a celebrated literary scholar, seemingly happily married, who embarks on an affair with a gorgeous stewardess, played by Françoise Dorléac, who is captivated by his charm and reputation.

If you're not familiar with the film, de la Huerta stars as Abby, an unassuming nurse by day and a murderous man - eater by night.

Still, the film holds a quiet, unassuming appeal, due to some witty moments (an extended sequence in which Erin interviews her ad respondents is a comic highlight) and, most especially, the endearing performances by Davis and Gelfant.

Release: Friday, February 26, 2016 (limited)[Netflix] Written by: Perry Blackshear Directed by: Perry Blackshear They Look Like People is the debut feature from Perry Blackshear, a quietly unassuming hybrid of horror and psychological thriller elements built on a shoestring budget.

It is very much the Black Panther tale dreamed up by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the 1960s, a retelling of the origin story in which Wakanda becomes the sole possessor of vibranium, an indestructible alien element from a fallen meteorite, and over time becomes the most technologically advanced society in the world, in part by cutting itself off from said world, hiding under the cloak of unassuming third - world poverty.

Forward - collision warning helps Todd avoid some singing ducks without spilling his tea, and its unassuming profile mean that «Johnny Law» passes him right by.