Sentences with phrase «comes over as»

Yes, Susan, I do feel frustrated by this story and I'm sorry if that frustration comes over as aggression.

Although old Polonius in Hamlet usually comes over as a pompous idiot, his advice is beyond improvement: «To thine own self be true».

26 centimeters longer and just under 17 centimeters wider than the current MINI Clubman, the Concept comes over as sophisticated, cool and elegant.

Precise and contoured in its shaping, it comes over as more sophisticated while clearly displaying its origins.

Not only does Alfa Romeo enhance its image through the MiTo, it comes over as an alternative to many of today's compact vehicles.

Truth is, especially in the stagier scenes that require him to do the emotional dance around his stoic and unresponsive father, the stretchmarks show a little as he tries to expand to fill the role, and instead comes over as overly rehearsed.

As for his «redemption'through the love of a good woman: she's a doting doormat who even apologises for his mistakes, and he's so peremptory about getting what he wants that the film comes over as unthinkingly sexist.

Hunter, now 84, comes over as charming and likeable and the abundance of archive material is excellently presented.

But improvement comes over as training and practice progress with jerky movements becoming sharp and smooth.

«Can she be successful running on a wave of discontent,» especially against an incumbent «who virtually never comes over as pleasant?

Cameron is not particularly popular, but he comes over as competent, slick and self - assured while his Labour opponent is seen as «geeky» (whatever that means), aloof and uncharismatic.

As one of his friends bluntly acknowledges, «he's a very sound guy, but comes over as a bit bland.»

«Everything I had, plus everything I could borrow, plus everything that came over as collateral, didn't equal the prior 90 days» losses,» he realized in horror.

«Going with a style that has such classic roots can be dangerous as it always runs the risk of just coming over as dated,» says Robinson.

That point was reinforced just after the build concluded when a mother who lived at the development came over as volunteers were cleaning up and said she hadn't been able to get out of work to help build, but throughout the day she received pictures from her kids who were watching the build happen with growing excitement.

As one Millerite reported, «Our fondest hopes and expectations were blasted, and such a spirit of weeping came over us as I never experienced before... We wept, and wept, till the day dawn.»

Some had come over as bonded servants, had served out their time to pay for their passages, and were eager to move on and find a place for themselves.

They come over as hypocrites even though they do some good works.

Some readers might find it difficult to engage with the chatty, informal tone of the letters which can occasionally come over as slightly forced.

I called my best friend and asked him to come over as if nothing had just happened.

He remembers the sense of unease that used to come over him as he made the two - hour drive from the Charlotte, N.C. area to Martinsville, just across the North Carolina - Virginia border.

The last time the Knicks united a set of teammates from an NCAA runners up was days before the 1999 season when David Wingate came over as a free agent to join Patrick Ewing.

Your obviously not thick but one things for certain, you come over as a fanatic who sees no middle ground and like all extremists takes every opportunity to spout your harsh views.

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We often serve Fajitas when guests come over as they're so quick to make and look impressive if you serve on a sizzling hotplate.

Thatcher replied: «Brian, if anyone's coming over as domineering in this interview, it's you.»

Even though I decided not to vote, I found myself hating the Yes campaign because it came over as an awful pile of whiny «progressive» bullshit.

This is a tale with traditional points about the immigrant experience which still manages to come over as fresh, expertly - crafted and important.

Lobby journalists were also unimpressed, with The Guardian's Andrew Sparrow saying the jibes «came over as unprovoked, gratuitous and consequently rather cheap».

They came over as men and women ground down by office rather than excited by its possibilities.

This may come over as crazy talking, but you should limit working extra hours so you get regular rest from work.

I do hope it will be perfect sunny weather when you come over as it makes the city so much prettier.

Your first sentence really caught my eye because my daughter and I recently talked about the Sunday scaries and that sense of dread that can come over you as the weekend slips away.

We're celebrating with my in - laws and have a few friends coming over as well

Of course, please come over as often as you like!

Nighy sneaks in some necessary laughs, too, with his sheer antipathy to Clarkson's character, and makes Mr Brundish, in his brooding isolation and principled rage, come over as exactly the reluctant riff on a Brontë hero the author had in mind.

We see the repetition of their nightmare task as they dig over and over again into the rubble to pull out dead children, their stoicism coming over as heartbreaking and unremitting pain.

The name was changed to Land Rover North America in 1992 as other new Land Rover cars came over as well.

Words can not describe the overwhelming sensation that came over me as I found out I had been given such an amazing opportunity by Jera Publishing and Mr. Gimenez himself.

My whole family still lives there, and I visit often, but I have lived in the United States since I came over as a high school exchange student.

I really hoped that «pour Pour Pitiful Me» didn't come over as sexist.

Many of our dogs and cats deserve a quiet space when guests come over as a busy household can be stressful for both dogs and cats.

An example of that being a lot of the staff who worked on Mario Kart came over as a team to work on Arms - Mario Kart 8 had a large online element, and we knew that Arms would have a large online element, so the understanding of online play would carry over.

While developing the scenario, the team needed to work carefully so the game did not come over as too nostalgic.

It's limited to Japanese 3DS consoles for the moment but when the game releases overseas, expect the puzzle to come over as well.

Interestingly, these games are coming over as part of game publisher Hamster's «Arcade Archives» banner, under which it also publishes arcade games from other publishers on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows 10.

And he says the reason he doesn't give too many interviews is because «I come over as shifty.

Guston's subjects include large heads, hairy legs, clumsy shoes, and all manner of architectural fragments such as walls, doors, and light bulbs reminiscent of 1920s comics, and they often come over as the precursors of «Bad Painting».

I thought he toed the consensus line but did not come over as very dispassionate, indeed I was surprised by the somewhat melodramatic way he had of phrasing things but perhaps that is normal at these hearings?

Chris is young and needs to be cut a little slack (don't mean to be patronising) but he does come over as over confident sometimes.