Sentences with phrase «devolving into»

Woodley matches him beat for beat, turning her shy character into a geeky complement to Sutter (she introduces him to manga; he helps her discover the joys of whiskey) without devolving into the ol' manic - pixie - dream - girl cliché.

It's a handsome mug, certainly much too handsome to be hidden away in electronic - press - kit obscurity, or to be marred any longer by that greasy blond mop that always seemed just one sequel away from devolving into a mullet.

Very quickly devolving into an evil plot, Steve discovers that his entire family is taken ill.

The best thing about writer - director A.B. Shawky's feature - length debu... is the way it burrows inside Beshay's life without devolving into a pity party.

It would be one thing if Tom was just depressed, but he becomes borderline crazy, devolving into a grizzly mountain man who hunts deer and makes mead.

By devolving into a run - of - the - mill romantic comedy it leaves a lot to stay involved.

Hopefully the content will continue the cover's momentum instead of devolving into an expensive department store catalogue.

(It's interesting, as I type this and reach for a word other than frump, to realize that the phrase «out of style» is what I hear most often, but obviously it's maddening to talk about being stylish and not being «out of style» without feeling like it's devolving into an «orange orange orange orange orange» kind of situation.)

Interestingly, as the amount of nutrients gradually increased, the relationship between the strains, originally mutualistic, transitioned through multiple phases before devolving into competition, and even extinction of one partner.

As if there was any doubt that Congress was on the verge of devolving into a carnival atmosphere, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic majority leader, on Thursday proposed doing cartwheels down the center aisle of the Senate chamber to draw attention to Republican efforts to block legislation.

The Felder - Klein dynamic is quickly devolving into a matter of «no, you first» - style game of chicken.

So, we shouldn't be devolving into playing around.»

For progressives, there is the warranted fear that this deadlock is quickly devolving into a zero - sum game, in which the extreme conservatism of the Right has already won.

The majority of marriages fail, either ending in divorce and separation or devolving into bitterness and dysfunction.

I was at the playoff disaster, still remember being drunk doing the tomahawk chop at halftime and devolving into a mess by the end of the game.

Keep it close at all times, for it begins as a Cinderella story, as yours have, before devolving into a how - to from hell that should serve as your personal guidebook on who not to be and what not to do.

As an evangelical Christian who has written on and taught graduate courses about U.S. nuclear strategy, I stand shoulder - to - shoulder with 2FP's multi-generational invitation to keep U.S. nuclear policy from devolving into a theology - free zone.

Now you are devolving into nonsense.

Look around, our nation is devolving into ruin.

He has virtues — humility and obedience — that you have never sought after, can not now contemplate, and will not abide with, even for a minute, without soon devolving into a temper - tantrum.

The high - tech trade skirmishes over the past decade are close to devolving into a state of technological autarky, where foreign firms, foreign capital, and foreign researchers are banned from each other's markets.

It's a healthy reminder (and one that could save many a political conversation from devolving into an unproductive shouting match).

While we brainstorm new ideas and explore higher - level issues, we prevent the session from devolving into discussions of daily challenges.

The idea of slashing red tape and freeing teams to self - organize is certainly seductive, but in practice, few organizations can operate that way without devolving into chaos.

An Oval Office bill signing attended by lawmakers and financial services interest groups devolved into a venting session about Richard Cordray, the embattled director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to six people in the room and two people briefed on the conversation.

Though Kashkari begins with a broad attack on monetary rules, it quickly devolves into a focused attack on the Taylor Rule which he argues «effectively turn [s] monetary policy over to a computer, rather than continue to let Fed policy makers use their best judgment to consider a wide range of data and economic trends.»

But too often we see online meetings between distributed project teams devolve into an hour of unproductive chatter, resulting in more meetings and fewer results.

But as my experience demonstrates, democratization quickly can devolve into anarchy — making it difficult for learners to find advice from a true expert.

The principles of Stimulus Production caused Muzak's recordings to devolve into inoffensive instrumental pap, but the songs remained ubiquitous.

Seven Iranian military advisors supporting Syrian government forces were killed mid-April, but so far the conflict has not devolved into all - out war, something experts say both countries want to avoid.

But once the fairy tale has devolved into the routine of everyday life, the fact remains that 50 percent to 55 percent of all first marriages end in divorce; the percentage is even higher for second marriages.

«Or it can devolve into an episode of Hoarders.»

But when managed poorly, meetings can easily devolve into pointless, expensive time - sucks.

Conversations about emotional issues like animal cruelty can quickly devolve into heated arguments.

Though the book sometimes devolves into a list - like chronicle of the company's every doing, the preparations to pitch Incivek to an FDA advisory panel quicken the pace.

While Canada's parliamentary structure avoids the deliberate fractiousness of American politics, we still have plenty of issues that have devolved into non-co-operative games — at both the federal and provincial levels.

But when you ask what to do about it, that consensus quickly devolves into finger - pointing — at recycling companies like Waste Management for failing to innovate, at the American public for their lazy recycling habits, at producers for creating plastic packaging that is increasingly difficult to recycle, and even at the federal government for not passing strong legislation that encourages better practices.

Despite the bipartisan popularity of business - friendly proposals, including increasing the cap on H - 1B work visas for skilled workers and creating a visa category for venture - backed entrepreneurs, the public debate frequently devolves into shouting matches over whether people should be deported and how quickly.

Cable news, no matter what channel you're watching, has devolved into putting multiple people onscreen while they see who can talk the loudest and longest without ever recognizing that the person on the other side of the split screen may have a point.

Many managers may feel as if their meetings have devolved into an opportunity for employees to space out or doodle.

Research suggests 70 % of debates that begin constructively devolve into emotional debates, Greer says.

Maybe your friend emails you a link to a baby panda taking its first steps, or perhaps a quick Facebook break devolves into a longer - than - intended contemplation of a cow that wants to be a dog.

In pitches, Cohen would unveil the startup's bra prototypes, but more often than not, the discussions would devolve into Mad Men clichés — male VCs calling in their female assistants and junior - level associates to evaluate the startup's worthiness.

The White House has insisted that it made only a «stylistic» change to the intelligence agency talking points from which Rice suggested on five Sunday talk shows that demonstrations over an anti-Islamic video devolved into the Benghazi attack.

The remainder of the battle quickly devolved into trench warfare, and upwards of 1,250,000 soldiers were killed or wounded before the battle ended on November 1, 1916.

This boss wanted people to like him, and as a result the organization quickly devolved into a chaotic state that it never really recovered from.

For his part, Trump has argued that the tensions between China and the U.S. won't devolve into a full blown trade war.

There are thousands of Facebook groups designed for networking that eventually devolve into a self - promotional pool with no real value created.

Devolve into that crap...?

So rather than an immediate plunge, we might instead see relative stability, followed by further erosion which might devolve into a crash several weeks later.