Sentences with phrase «diversion like»

Diversions like games specifically keep guests entertained on property, which is a bonus for solo business travelers who might otherwise stay shut - in channel - surfing.

The director Robert Schwentke, whose credits include «Flightplan» and junkier diversions like «R.I.P.D.,» takes on this franchise with generic competence.

The Coen Brothers» filmography can be broadly split into two strands: the serious works such as Blood Simple (1984), Fargo (1996) and No Country for Old Men (2007), and comedic diversions like The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000) and Burn After Reading (2008).

The new Mercedes - Benz E-class Coupe continues a product line that stretches all the way back to the W114 coupe of 1968, via brief diversions like the E-class-based CLKs of the 1990s and early 2000s.

«Some dogs suffer from varying degrees of anxiety, and tried - and - true diversions like a Kong toy stuffed with peanut butter, and then frozen, can reliably keep them diverted while their new human family heads for errands, school, or work.»

Classic dog diversions like chew toys and walks to new neighborhoods and parks go a long way to keep your best pal active, but there are other ways to stimulate his brain and body by varying his routine.

That being said, many resorts — including our favorite all - inclusive ones — offer a number of indoor diversions like spas, tequila tastings, and plenty of places to eat.

Who Kelvin Ro used to cook at the governor's mansion; now he serves dishes that pay homage to Hawaiian plate lunch classics such as teriyaki beef and char siu pork, along with occasional diversions like portobello mushroom burgers, grilled tuna steak with wasabi aioli, and a vegetable medley of kabocha squash, zucchini, and eggplant.

KAPA Bar & Grill is a poolside destination for both dining and for sociable drinking and lounging, with handmade cocktails, a full menu, and diversions like billiards, shuffleboard, gaming stations, and large - screen TVs.

The Azulito Kids Club offers diversions like balloon fights, sandcastle making, face painting and treasure hunts

Even silly little diversions like hitting switches on the world map to expand pathways toward new stages lends a sense of lived - in spaces.

Taking on familiar roles from popular diversions like Disney movies and theme parks or sending up the pretentiousness of the art world and its icons, McCarthy often uses humor to balance the sometimes extreme sexual and violent gestures depicted in his work.

Not exact matches

Though wholesalers like McKesson have limited control over what happens to the drugs they drop off at the pharmacy door, they have a legal obligation to maintain an effective system that will help prevent diversion; they are required to detect and report «suspicious orders» — those of unusual size, frequency or deviating from a customer's normal patterns — to the DEA.

The practice stifles innovation and results in negative consequences, like «gaming, cheating and goal diversion,» he writes.

At this early stage, social media seemed like it was meant as a diversion from life.

Although it might seem like a diversion from the core business, set up additional revenue sources to counteract the off - season.

- sounds like another diversion away from the drones and the Palestinian death count to me.

These (most) People just use it as a diversion to distract people away from how they truely are, and ya know what, it works really well on «fellow Christians;» they stick together like glue, like a heard of stupid sheep and baaaaaa baaaa each other, while they go around and treat honest and truthful «evil heathens» like dog crap on the bottom of their shoe.

We hope that companies like Club Coffee will continue to work with the USCC to not only develop products that are tools for diversion, but also help support the growth of the food scrap collection and processing infrastructure needed to close the loop on products like compostable coffee pods.

I feel like there is a trend of mixing veggies into sweetened baked goods as of late, although this is a delicious diversion from the normal chocolate zucchini bread that I've seen everywhere.

With award - winning microbrews like Blood Orange Wit, Illusion IPA, and Quadrophenia, the local craft - brew scene is a fun diversion.

Golf, ballooning and yachting are popular diversions, but the area is probably best known for the range of fantastic water sports like kayaking, water skiing, snorkeling and, of course, surfing and paddle boarding.

Today, for a bit of a diversion, I thought we all might like a bit of fun.

If Weigl was available, there would be many clubs interested in the player, which would cause an auction - like bidding system for the player, which I am sure Mourinho and United would be keen to avoid, so the mere suggestion of United's interest in the play could cause another diversion with United having a clear run at whoever they see as the player to solve the midfield problem.

The Cassoulet Saved My Marriage is a perfect diversion for anyone who likes to think about food — cooking, eating and sharing it with others.

That means lots of easy - to - handle snacks (like dry cereal, fig bars, or crackers), milk, water, plenty of diapers and wipes, a sweater in cool weather, two changes of clothes (in case of diaper blowouts, carsickness, or other spills), extra clothes for you (you never know when you'll become part of the mess), comfort objects (bear, blankie), and multiple diversions (such as board books, small toys, and finger puppets).

Disney is aware that they have something I can't live without, and like a drug dealer they offer me precious, decadent and sanity - sparing diversions at extortionate cost because I'll pay it.

Sofa tokens are like affective language; not inadequate steps along the way but actually substitutions and diversions: «Thank you all for filling in your questionnaires.

Sheehan walked the gathering through what she said are some of the many highlights of her first term, including Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion as part of the community police initiative; restructuring the city budget; lobbying for additional state aid; developing an equity agenda; engaging marginalized communities; transforming neighborhoods like Sheridan Hollow and Park South.

In fact this seems like a proper diversion from the real issue Labour should be tackling the SNP on at the moment and that is their statement that they will give «serious consideration'to Cameron's proposals to kill Syrian children.

The report outlines a series of first steps, including holding fewer people on bail; expanding diversion programs for drug offenders and those with mental illness; and changing state law to treat some low - level offenses — like fare - beating, marijuana possession in public view, prostitution and possession of so - called gravity knives — as civil rather than criminal matters.

Cities like Albany that practice progressive policing have begun employing diversion programs, but for many, it's too late...

And reading may feel like a diversion, but I've found that scouring the literature for ideas and experiments has saved me time in the long run.

Yet, as the planet warms and the flows of the Colorado River shrink, the day is coming where something — «fill Mead first» or some other option like redrilling river diversion tunnels to fully drain Powell or route water around it — might have to be considered.

The diversion lowers perception of effort while endorphins released in response to hearing music we like masks fatigue according to psychologist Dane Barclay from Victoria's Performance and Sports Psychology Clinic.

A perfect diversion for days like these, between enjoying one or two good films and eating yesterday's remnants.

Whereas using more traditional dating sites can sometimes feel like a chore, using MeetMe feels like an amusing diversion.

Although my vocational responsibilities leave me with little time for diversion, when I do have some to spare, I like to maintain a diverse range of in...

As a diversion, Babies is like a wind - up toy that will tickle anyone with a pulse.

But the great leaps forward in CGI don't necessarily make for better movies, and Shrek the Third comes across as a little tired and uncertain, introducing a parade of new characters that seem more like distractions and diversions than significant figures.

It's so easy for so many aspects of Footloose to descend into cartooniness, but it only really happens when Chuck is on screen, and his scenes feel like dull diversions from the real story.

All in all, Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3 was an entertaining diversion for those hack and slash enthusiasts like myself, as long as you aren't expecting anything more grandiose than that.

It's not like the film is hollow — hidden at its heart, in fact, is a struggle for the soul of Hollywood — it's just that it feels more like a series of pleasant diversions rather than a single, solid journey.

In fact, Michael Bay seems to have a penchant for taking a simple titular concept and having it play second fiddle to some «deep» point he wants to make; but, like Pearl Harbor and the Island, he never clarifies what he wants to communicate, adding silly characters (like the leader of Sector 7 in this instance) and cheesy diversions.

It helps keep combat fresh but fun side diversions, like go karting, also add to the experience by providing a welcome change of pace.

Quentin Tarantino is one of McDonagh's obvious inspirations, and like one of that genre master's films, Psychopaths has a complex momentum that drives a hard - charging story forward while also taking time for a few giddy diversions.

Recommendation: Highly entertaining diversion will appeal to viewers in search of an alternative to the typical Christmas movie and those who like their horrors served up with a heaping helping of outlandish comedy.

Initially, Allen seems intent on building the film from Winslet's performance outward (much like he did with Cate Blanchett in the sublime Blue Jasmine), only to over-indulge with repetitious dialog and pointless diversions.

B + Grimm: Season One Available on DVD and Blu - ray Sure this new NBC show about a descendant of the Brothers Grimm who uses his inherited abilities to take down unseen evil lurking among us sounds like just another fantasy / horror show trying to steal True Blood's and Supernatural's audiences, but once it gets going, it starts to develop its own unique identity and thus becomes a fun hour - long diversion.

The film is basically one extended shootout sequence with the occasional diversion for a purely stylish interlude of silhouettes against the Italian sky that play out somewhat like a Greek chorus physically commenting on the action.