Sentences with phrase «dangling like»

There was no «free pizza» dangling like a carrot.

One shows a dark and erotic clearing, another the tree assaulted with red paint and the last that Titian - blue tarpaulin, dangling like a spectral ghost from the bough of a tree: life, death and resurrection.

The third row seat can be removed to increase cargo room, but that leaves seatbelts dangling like lost souls behind the second row bench.

Hamfisted attempts at character development and plot threads are forced in and left dangling like chunks of cut rope.

My husband had to hold Blaise, his little legs dangling like a leopard on a branch, while he bounced on yoga ball and surfed the internet.

Come winter, when the leaves have fallen, the fruit continues to cling to the barren branches, dangling like forgotten Christmas ornaments, ripe for plucking.

I pray that one day, like many other atheists, you will come to realize that you are the slave; satan dangles you like a puppeteer.

But when you dangle them like carrots, it can further intensify their desire (think Justin Bieber concert - type frenzy).

Its 500 - meter by 120 - meter array of 677 detectors in glass globes dangle like love beads from electrical cables 1.5 kilometers down into South Pole ice.

The mammoth iceberg — roughly 10 percent of the entire ice shelf — now dangles like a broken tree limb, tethered by just 12 miles of ice.

So I am limiting my warnings to only the most treacherous ones that dangle like gems stones and look all polished and pretty, but have complications.

A pair of six foot long monitor lizards clamber over giant granite boulders beside the beach, forked tongues flashing; Hornbills, reminiscent of pre-historic birds from a school textbook, squawk loudly and sweep through heavily scented frangipani trees; fruit bats dangle like strange fruit over the tropical gardens and macaque monkeys chatter as they scramble through the trees tops.

Not exact matches

I'd also say not having the charge cable dangling over the seats might draw less attention to the fact that you have a $ 1,000 phone like the iPhone X in your car, especially if you leave the cable connected when you park (guilty).

Mastered by the hotel site Booking.com, scarcity dangles supposedly disappearing offerings, such as hotel rooms, like they're apples from Eden.

What about all those companies dangling tempting offers to list your site with 400 — or even 4,000 — search engines in exchange for what sounds like a reasonable fee?

As the labor market in the U.S. tightens, employers have turned to perks like paid time off, maternity leave, and signing bonuses — rather than higher wages in some instances — as the carrots they dangle to attract new talent.

Dolce & Gabbana's Spring 2018 collection, peppered with cannoli - print dresses and dangling carrot earrings, looks like something out of your kitchen pantry — indeed, it even had a limited - edition D&G pasta line for home cooks.

Conservative wonks like to dangle images of companies taking advantage of the big new influx of funds to build factories and hire workers, because that paints an appealing picture of what the strategy amounts to.

That allegation suggests behavior much like what Harvey Weinstein reportedly perpetrated for years in Hollywood: a powerful man in entertainment using his perch to pursue sex by dangling a gig in front of someone hungry for success in the industry ---- then using threats after the fact in order to keep her from exposing his behavior.

In a bid to create their own versions of Silicon Valley, Britain and Australia have dangled start - up visas like this too.

«You misunderstood that statement... that does not mean that God is like a human...» God has forty - seven dangling organs and a giant dragon - like snout?

It feels like a carrot dangled to primitive people that were struggling with basic subsistence, with little hope of a comfortable life in this world.

Suggesting that I get the shotgun to shoot down Grandmother's ideals, Grandfather told me how his father demonstrated that women were fools - why, if he dangled his foot out the window for ten minutes, he'd have a woman like a ring circling every toe.

Nothing elicits true honesty like dangling off a sheer cliff face held up only by a cord made from grizzly bear entrails while being pressed by Bear Grylls about flip - flopping on tax reform.

Dumb religious people of all countries need shiny baubles like Chris Tomlin dangling in front of them.

I also don't like how tithing is dangled in front of the poor as a means to survive.

Let's think through the pros and cons of showing your food being enjoyed versus showing your food being metaphorically dangled on a hook like delicious bait.

Reading your posts are like walking thru a storybook with gorgeous illustrations every dingle dangle time!!

Why stand off so far we practically invite them to cross or shoot and then dangle a leg out like rank amateurs?

The striker was all set to sign for the Bluebirds from Wigan, before Birmingham dangled a carrot in front of the player and he was off to the west Midlands like a shot.

It's not enough that he must not win a trophy for Argentina but tragedies like this revel in dangling the goal just out of reach of the protagonist.

Babies would like to contact toys dangling above his or her head when he / she placed in a crib.

And the best part, she doesn't ask for it constantly like she was before, so I don't feel like a jerk for saying no, or feeling resentful sitting there with my 2.5 year - old's long legs dangling off my lap and wondering why she can't just eat some cheese.

Three puppet - like island friends — a giraffe, bird, and monkey — dangle from the branches and move to the music, captivating your baby's attention.

Feel free to dangle a reward for good behavior at the end of the meal in the form of an ice cream cup, float or malt - like everything else here, the desserts are made right.

True enough, our daughter's feet dangled way out, but she slept like a log!

This jumperoo is filled with many interactive toys like spinning wheels, swinging monkeys, rotating elephants and dangling frogs.

You could just make strands to dangle from your window (um, kind of like a beaded curtain) or use strings of it to tie up your gift packages.

Once we reversed the seat, he did look a little funny because of his dangling feet since there is no foot rest like in the front facing mode.

Dangling teardrop earrings feature multi-faceted acrylic and glass beads that glisten like gemstones.

Look carefully at dangling things like electrical cords, curtain cords, blind cords or table cloths.

I have an uncomfortable crotch dangling carrier that I never use because it is uncomfortable for her and I. I thought I didn't like baby wearing.

My friend's long - legged 18mo dangled from her pelvis when she was worn and she didn't like it.

** Suzanne Myers Sterling Name Charm Necklace Nashville teacher - turned - designer Suzanne Myers» pretty charms dangle from the necks of celebrities like Sharon Stone and Faith Hill.

When an adult sits upright on a toilet, pooping is more difficult than it needs to be, but when a child sits upright, legs dangling, it's like trying to poop uphill.

The only addition I'd like to see to the Tour is a set of foot straps for older / taller children so their legs don't dangle quite as much.

Too dangerous to wear baby while cooking and baby doesn't like dangling when I bend over to deal with # 1.

A nice colourful play mat is one of the necessary things for a new born baby and today these mats come with a lot of attachments like tethers, dangling toys, soft quilt and wind chime for the tiny tots to have fun.

The Lamaze monkey activity gym has an arch that baby likes to lie under, they use their arms to reach up and hit dangling toys.

Give them ideas like funny things that stand up on top, pretty colors, or floppy dangles.