Sentences with phrase «described as strange»

Your own comment that CO2 is a «cooling gas» in the atmosphere, can only be described as strange & confused.

Set in post-Victorian London amidst a vampire outbreak, Vampyr is best described as a strange detective tale with a twist — you play Jonathan Reid, a doctor turned vampire, who attempts to satisfy his bloodlust while maintaining his oath to first do no harm.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, said Buhari's continued absence from the weekly FEC meetings could not be described as a strange development.

It was during that same period between the election and the inauguration that the first US intelligence officers were struck by what they described as strange noises.

Some describe it as a strange and abrupt rejection from Albany of a working - class tradition close to the spirit of the state fair.

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Jarrett Walker, a prominent public transit advocate and consultant, entered the fray by describing Musk's disdain for public transit as «a luxury (or pathology) that only the rich can afford,» and accusing him, in essence, of attempting to impose his phobia of strangers on everyone.

Here, the agency hired criminal sketch artist Gil Zamora to draw a handful of women both as they described themselves and how a stranger described them.

Reviewer Shelly Kraicer describes the film as «one of the strangest murder - mystery...

If Huntsman's strange stategy (as nicely described by John Presnall) starts to catch on this time, I'm for him.

Verses 5 - 8 describe more of this religious leader's pride in the context of what his end will be: «By your great wisdom and traffick have you increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches: therefore thus says the Lord God; because you have set your heart as the heart of God; behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon you... they shall bring you down to the pit.»

But if you saw Doctor Strange, a movie RELEVANT described as being «packed with big ideas about spirituality and faith,» then you know that if MCU movies aren't getting better, they're at least getting smarter.

It is passing strange that the same people who describe ours as a society driven by selfishness and greed are, at the same time, so insouciant about giving people permission to kill others whom they find burdensome.

One of his novels, Descent into Hell, describes the strange after - effect, as it were, of two martyrdoms in a town that is obviously St Albans, at the time of the Reformation.

I described being uncomfortable at events like the Cowboy Olympics, my fears that I would never marry as I was often the only black single in the church, how at times I felt strange or like an alien as well - meaning friends would ask questions about my hair and skin, etc..

One author described Jesus as being «a stranger to self - hatred».

This situation is nowhere more clearly described in modern literature than in the novels of Franz Kafka: «His unexpressed, ever - present theme,» writes Buber, «is the remoteness of the judge, the remoteness of the lord of the castle, the hiddenness, the eclipse...» Kafka describes the human world as given over to the meaningless government of a slovenly bureaucracy without possibility of appeal: «From the hopelessly strange Being who gave this world into their impure hands, no message of comfort or promise penetrates to us.

Father Oakes describes this as «a strange segue from information theory to theology.»

Highlights for me included Chapter 2 («Turtles All the Way Down»), in which Jason manages to use a strange blend of Stephen Hawking and Dr. Suess to engage readers in a really helpful dissection of presuppositional apologetics, Chapter 4 («The Weight of Absence»), which beautifully illustrates the fear and emptiness that comes from not feeling God's presence as often or as keenly as other people seem to, and Chapter 5 («Reverse Bricklaying»), which describes Jason's struggles with prayer and the comfort he finds in traditional liturgy.

Viktor von Strauss, the first to notice the ancient cultural change that was later named the Axial Period, described what he observed as «a strange movement of the spirit [which] passed through all civilized peoples».3 Such «movements of the spirit» may be the key to our understanding of the next phase.

Florida is home to many strange tales, but a story is emerging over the case of Timothy Dale Poole that might charitably be described as «upsetting.»

Lyell, for instance, described Buckland's «usual style» as so «strange» a «mixture of the humorous and the serious that we could none of us discern how far he believed himself what he said.»

He described the almighty as his strange angry God.

(John 21:12)(This strikes one as a strange way to describe recognizing someone as familiar to them as Jesus).

Even here there is a strange intermixture of the early and the later, as exhibited elsewhere in the Digha, for, in parts, Buddha is described in wholly human terms, while in the latter part reference is made to the authority of the suttas, miracles of the Buddha, the building of stupas, and of Buddha relics, all clear evidences of the long growth of the Buddha tradition.

JPMorgan described Treasury Wine's decision to reveal a takeover proposal a month after fielding it as «strange» and predicted the ailing company will cling to its US division in an effort to turbo - charge earnings growth.

He maintained that the court, having in its ruling on April 13, 2017 dismissed their joinder application and described them as «strangers» with no interest to protect in the proceedings, they lacked right to «oust the court of its jurisdiction».

They described as kangaroo the suspension of Banire by some strange individuals in Mushin Local Government Area.

Cuomo's veto of a bill that would have protected teachers at risk of losing their jobs for two years is being described as everything from a case of «angry sour grapes» to «strange» to «a brave and good move» by teachers, union leaders, administrators and reform advocates.

The Governor described the belief gaining grounds that local governments in Nigeria should be independence of state governments as totally strange and anti-federalism.

The judge, who noted that Ogungbeje was not a party in the suit filed by the EFCC, described the lawyer as a meddlesome interloper and a busybody, adding that his application was strange to law.

The judge described the application as totally strange, noting that having not appealed against the interim forfeiture order, Ogungbeje had no right to seek a stay of proceedings in the case.

Singh's sect describes itself as a social welfare and spiritual organisation but he is no stranger to controversy.

Interestingly, in a time of recession, some people described music festivals as a «strange and exotic» place to visit that could replace a more expensive holiday abroad.»

A history of punk was also attached, which described the 1976 - 1978 era as «a very basic musical style featuring a strange bunch of anti-establishment acts».

Kanu's lead counsel, Chuks Muoma (SAN), had filed an appeal challenging the ruling of the High Court, just as he described «strange procedure», what was adopted in the trial.

But according to Peter Laut of the Technical University of Denmark in Lyngby, the close correlations in the original graphs, and in updated versions published in 1995 and 2000, exist only because of what he describes as a «pattern of strange errors».

Of these, 222 were described as «unusual», either because the frogs had strange lesions, or there were large numbers of dead animals in one area.

Balafoutas describes the underlying theory as follows: «Our basic assumption is that humans, in contrast to animals, cooperate with each other on various levels — not just in small groups, but also with strangers.»

A strange mix of red and purple, it blazes with an intensity that can only be described as fluorescent.

Florence's style is just as strange as her music however, describing her stage presence as Lady of Shalott meets Ophelia... mixed with scary gothic bat lady».

In other words, did your email conversations go well, ultimately leading to dates, or did that «strange» feeling you describe kind of make you feel like you weren't as interested in them?

Being described as adventurous, Aleah is not a stranger to traveling solo.

How does one go about describing one's self in a few words in such a way as to make a total stranger want to meet you and go out on a date?

Sometimes described as something between «Coyote Ugly» and «Girls Gone Wild,» Mooseheads is the perfect spot for kissing strangers, and buying shots!

Now, thanks to online dating, we are able to easily make connections with individuals who would otherwise be complete strangers — or what researchers describe as «absent ties».

As the stoic stranger Silas (Fassbender) describes in voiceover, young Jay is «a jackrabbit in a den of wolves,» willing to pay Silas to serve as chaperone while oblivious to the fact that his new protector falls among those looking to collect the bounty on Rose's head for crimes committed back homAs the stoic stranger Silas (Fassbender) describes in voiceover, young Jay is «a jackrabbit in a den of wolves,» willing to pay Silas to serve as chaperone while oblivious to the fact that his new protector falls among those looking to collect the bounty on Rose's head for crimes committed back homas chaperone while oblivious to the fact that his new protector falls among those looking to collect the bounty on Rose's head for crimes committed back home.

It was also the first time O'Reilly was offered a role without having to audition, an experience she describes as «flattering and strange.»

Reinvigorating the look of Alien Resurrection is the sensibility of French director Jean - Pierre Jeunet, whose previous films Delicatessen (1991) and The City of Lost Children (1995) point directly to the familiar yet exotic and new confines of the Auriga and the Betty (which have the same spooky, almost Victorian feel as the interior of Orson Welles» magnificent Amberson mansion) as well as strange obsessions with flesh (the new Ripley is described as a «meat byproduct») and cloning (both Perlman and Pinon co-star in City).

It's easy to guess why Burton decided to collaborate with Green again for his film take on Riggs» novel (a literary work inspired by vintage photos of strange people and places that the author had collected), seeing as the Penny Dreadful star reads as a perfect fit for a character whom Burton describes as being a Mary Poppins - like magical caretaker... a stranger Mary Poppins, that is.