Sentences with phrase «cockiness with»

The opening scene in Manhattan showing Sebastian outsmarting a glib psychotherapist — which has no counterpart in the novel — seems somewhat forced and contrived, but it does set up the character's cockiness with a minimum of fuss.

That should mean he could correct it at the next level — or a couple of quick fines would correct it for him The cockiness with Manziel was more off the field than Mayfield as well and demonstrated it could be a bigger problem.

Not exact matches

I wore my new duds to school with exuberance and swaggered up to my friends with a «check out what I got» cockiness.

this club, under his tutelage, has ruffled a lot of feathers over the years and now it's coming home to roost... his arrogance has rubbed many the wrong way, but winning provided the perfect tonic to cure all ills... whether largely self - created or a byproduct of all the media attention, Wenger seemed to embrace his cult - like status, which would eventually be his downfall... he claimed that his club was different... more of an extended family than a footballing club and only those with what he deemed as «special» qualities could even hope to join such an exclusive club... these «qualities» were hailed by most, especially as the wins kept rolling in... but with exclusivity comes a certain amount of cockiness, which can be somewhat healthy in a highly competitive environment if it comes from a honest place... it wouldn't take long for the fans to embrace their bespectacled former economics professor, going so far as to suggest he could do no wrong... but this fairy tale couldn't last forever

He comes into the building with a walk, with a cockiness.

I don't know if you'd call it cockiness, but you hardly see anyone with a presence on the mound.

Harris, a short, dark - complexioned, enthusiastic and hardworking Californian, has put all his bantam cockiness, well mixed with amiability, behind this venture.

Where his cockiness and northern drawl together with a knack for winning trophies had made him an all time Albion legend.

If anything, he has what I call big dick syndrome, a cockiness (sorry) that comes from knowing that he's well endowed (because men think about their dicks a lot, and women find men with big dicks more attractive).

While the boys laugh and joke around - Zhem's laid - back cockiness and Kol's physical humour get the biggest laughs - we see their japes with the knowledge of the trials to come, and smiles are rueful.

Another administration source with firsthand knowledge of the situation told The Post, «You can tell the governor is worried because a lot of the cockiness is gone.

You know, that outfit that you walk around with a little bit of confidence (not cockiness... confidence... there is a difference) and a whole lot of FUN?

In that, Iron Man's (Robert Downey Jr.) meeting with Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch)-- who possesses the time stone — abounds in hilarious cockiness and witty one - liners.

Batman's cockiness combined with Robin's naivety truly work together well here.

Amell plays Wesley with a mix of charm, cockiness, insensitivity and vulnerability.

When the script (brilliantly balanced by frequent Danny Boyle collaborator, John Hodge) calls for Armstrong, high on his Ozymandian throne, both to himself and to the world, to explode, Foster does so with the careful and bombastic restraint of someone who has never once thought of his inevitable downfall — the cockiness of someone too impressed with the towering nature of their house of cards that the idea of it tumbling down if but a footnote.

Stephen Strange himself is an amalgamation of Tony Stark, Bruce Wayne, and a little bit of Thor with his cockiness.

Shyamalan — witness Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense — clearly has a fine way with young actors, and elicits nuanced performances that combine vulnerability, cockiness and naïveté in equal measure.

I wanted to love it, but his youthful cockiness grated with me a little.

The art design of the game is very retro, with an appropriate sci - fi vibe to it all, and the main character (Lt. Kai Tana) is a badass female with all of the cockiness and swagger you'd expect from a spaceship pilot.

But his cockiness is laced with deep respect.

This modesty seems out of character for Leckey, left, who still has plenty of Scouse cockiness intermingled with his London cool.

Bottom line, if you start approaching your job search with a little less desperation and a lot more confidence (and be aware, there's a big difference between confidence and cockiness), you are going to start making the employers believe you are an asset they can not let their competitors get their hands on.

If you walk in oozing with confidence (not cockiness) you've won half the battle already.