Sentences with phrase «dullness of»

I don't like the dullness of all one shade.

It brings a little thrill to the dullness of winter to be able to add new fabrics to the collections, introducing fresh colours and vibrant new designs.

But some nagging issues remain, such as the general dullness of Sony's hardware, and the inexplicable lack of fingerprint security in the U.S. models.

But aside from that, there's no denying the overall dullness of it.

More importantly perhaps for those like me who tend to suffer from tech FoMO, the relative technological dullness of 2011 (in hindsight) also means that it's probably OK to generally ignore most of the noise in the tech space and focus on what matters.

I'm sure it would lighten the dullness of life for law students required to read it.

Perhaps it is indeed the slight dullness of those old European abstract painters — the way we have to steel ourselves to study them — that persuades us they are more worthy than the brash Americans, who in reality took abstract painting to much greater artistic heights and deeper psychic lows.

Actually, the presence of a Hirst in a collection is a sure sign of dullness of taste.

Moreover, these images have the potential to become a part of the road «language,» they may serve as information signs for a specific point of interest or they may be entertainment pictures to break the dullness of commuting.

But I think that he didn't actually want to draw the earthquake and just the plain colors and the dullness of everything.

, cast the space under a chair, fashioned a screeching carousel of carcass - like parts, reinvented the neon sign as a contemporary haiku, and, most recently, recorded the dullness of his studio in real time.

With Andy Warhol, repetition holds the insistent dullness of mechanical reproduction.

But the bugs and the dullness of some parts detracted from that.

Alright, let me be honest and tell you a few things that I dislike about this car: - Gas Mileage (Hyundai claims it gives you 25 mpg in the city, which is not true, I get not more than 23 mpg in the city for sure)- Traction Control (The traction can not handle the acceleration and the wheels would start spinning, even on the dry roads, not sure what to blame)- USB port - The built in USB port does not support android, at least not in my case, therefore I have to rely on Bluetooth or AUX)- Dull Alloy Wheels - The dullness of alloy wheels for the SE trim does not compliment the car over all, but eh, I can't complain much as it is a BASE model Now, the things I absolutely love about this car: - Great Turn Radius - Beautiful LED lights (even with base model)- Highway mileage (35 mpg even driving at 75 miles an hour, you might get better than 37 mpg if you drive at 55 miles an hour)- Spacious trunk - Great leg room for rear seats - Just enough power to accelerate quickly and merge on to the highways / freeways - Amazing Brakes - Sports, ECO and Normal Mode (For those who do not know, once switched to SPORTS mode, the car's steering becomes stiff as well as the engine along with the help of transmission helps you accelerate the car faster, you actually feel like driving a sports car.

Even if you're a charitable soul who can overlook the inherent dullness of traditional formal training, there are some problems that aren't so easy to brush aside.

For a series loaded with potential, it's been nothing but a disappointment thus far, because while «Insurgent» does get a few things right along the way, they're completely overshadowed by the general dullness of the rest of the movie.

The film itself has a remarkably dramatic edge to it, moreso than the previous films, with the buddy comedy peppering in dark undertones of adolescent trauma, the dullness of adult life, and the frustration inherent to drug abuse and depression.

On the other hands, however, the whole game is a very conscious joke - one designed to poke fun at the subjective dullness of games like Truck Simulator and Train Simulator.

THE DVD Disney DVD presents Tarzan & Jane in a crisp 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation that ironically highlights the dullness of the animation.

Similarly, I'd prefer to think that the dullness of Damage isn't attributable to the remarkable Jeremy Irons, whom I consider an auteur — that is, a more powerful creative presence than any writer or director he works with.

Other technical decisions are curious and hampering as well, particularly Loggia's reading from Bartali's memoir, which lacks much connection to the subject, and Joel Goodman's score, which sounds as if it recognizes the dullness of the material and tries to force a little aural drama into each scene.

Looking to mix up the dullness of the big screen offerings in January is the action thriller Sleepless.

What he did talk about, during a surprisingly old - fashioned opening monologue, was Donald Trump's presidential aspirations, the Greek financial crisis and the dullness of soccer....

Despite some issues regarding the Artificial Intelligence and the dullness of the plot, Rage is a truly masterpiece.

Unfortunately, once Jesse and Petra jump into the mines to start their adventure, the story takes a bit of a downward turn, becoming a little bit cumbersome to complete due to the dullness of Jack's character.

E. Jean tells Klout, «In a series of blind experiments (the thirty couples we matched were not told we were using their Klout Scores), we?ve found that Klout Scores will predict the brilliance or dullness of match?

I've been preaching in this blog about injecting vibrant colors to your fall outfits to defeat the dullness of gray sky, foggy roads and dying flowers and trees.

It contains Vitamin C which helps in reducing the dryness and dullness of your skin and also, it limits the pigment production.

Attractive colored coats beat the dullness of winter and brightens up your chilly, grayish days.

If your office is air conditioned in summer, then this scallop lace top will break the dullness of monochrome office looks.

Love how you've styled it all with such bold colours to make the dullness of winter so bright!

Attractive colored trench coats beat the dullness of winter, brightens up your chilly, grayish days.

The yellow colors surely break up the monotony and dullness of the dark colors.

The dullness of my skin is reduced and my skin looks brighter and more radiant.

The asanas in this sequence represent the air element with a more dynamic flow, and increase the ability to open these pathways and resolve dullness of the skin.

As a result, brain function slows, which causes that slowness and dullness of thinking.

An ointment made of it takes away hot swellings and warts, helps the sciatica and dullness of sight, and takes away any pains and hardness of the spleen.

For the energetic and good - humored Sonntag, attacking the dullness of everyday routine — and just plain having fun — is one key to happiness in life as well as science.

Or should we just confine ourselves to the old tried and failed metrics and the sheer dullness of the political promise of specific amounts of money?

I've been lucky that Big Sam has never actually managed my own team, though there have been times when the fans have been genuinely terrified that the chairman might appoint him, but I've had to sit through the mind - blowing dullness of watching Spurs play against a team whose sole objective is not to lose.

If this defeat to the greatest collection of talent within a team that the NBA has ever seen prompts the old, pretentious arguments about his mentality or his greatness, then it's further proof of the perpetual dullness of basketball discourse.

I was increasingly bothered by the imbalance between the wowing vanilla beans I'd splurged on, and the dullness of the store - bought vanilla extract I had on hand.

Still, I was increasingly bothered by the imbalance between the wowing qualities of the vanilla beans I'd splurged on, and the dullness of the store - bought vanilla extract I had on hand.

He writes, therefore, to»... insist and protest in the Lord that you must give up living like pagans, for their purposes are futile, their intelligence is darkened, they are estranged from the life of God by the ignorance which their dullness of heart has produced in them.»

Talk of the ways of spreading a wholesome Conservatism throughout this country: give painful lectures, distribute weary tracts (and perhaps this is as well — you may be able to give an argumentative answer to a few objections, you may diffuse a distinct notion of the dignified dullness of politics); but as far as communicating and establishing your creed are concerned — try a little pleasure.

There can be a virtuous kind of dullness of heart; a tight - lipped, efficient, decent, and unimaginative refusal to let facts be facts or, rather, a so contented existence within one's chosen and familiar world of fact that equally obvious but unexpected facts are dismissed with the same brisk impatience as a good mechanic reveals when a bumbling apprentice hands him a wrench when he needs the pliers.

Yet both sin and judgment are stark realities, and the most pervasive type of sin lies in the complacency, lethargy, and moral dullness of self - love at those points where both knowledge and freedom are available.

Any of these ascetic practices might at some time be highly effective and valuable for locating and treating the habituation and addiction that result finally in a dullness of body and mind.

We have intellectualized the faith into the dullness of «Four Spiritual Laws» or subjectivized it into transitory emotional highs (or lows) which keep everything polite, comfortable, marketable and harmless.

The Good News may have to be rescued from the encrustations of tradition, the confines of caution, and the dullness of familiarity, but it is still there!