Sentences with phrase «eccentricities become»

This series has turned a silly joke into something more by giving the character her own playground, where her eccentricities become a part of the fun.

Whereas the early going boasts at least a bit of lighthearted drollness, the film and its copious eccentricities become less charming the further the material veers into serious betrayal - and - forgiveness crises, with verve flagging and Oliver's oddball earnestness and desperation coming across as wan affectations.

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If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time.

If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and enti.tle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time.»

That parts of Antarctica have become too warm for Adélie penguins would surely have astounded earlier explorers who suffered so greatly from the cold, and who marveled at the resilience, and eccentricities, of these seabirds.

Once he starts explaining himself, it becomes hard to see where eccentricity ends and creative genius begins.

Yet despite their ineptness, his characters are usually well intentioned and often become the hero in spite of their eccentricities.

Based on the play about six Southern women who become close friends despite their eccentricities and complicated lives.

All of which makes him an outcast in his small New England town of Blithe Hollow until an ancient curse proves to be more than a myth, which is when Norman's ability to see ghosts becomes more than an unfortunate eccentricity.

At a key moment, the characters recognize each other, not as protagonists in the midst of battle, but as human beings and the film becomes more about the complexities of the human condition than the eccentricities of its colorful characters.

This becomes clearer whenever the film arrives at an extended conversation between Beatty's Hughes and Lily Collins» or Alden Ehrenreich's starry - eyed dreamers, with the director favoring a more relaxed editing scheme that sees his less experienced employees waving off his eccentricities in a way others can't.

Instead, much like Gatsby himself, the film becomes a slave to its eccentricities.

When Rosa was a teenager, her own cooking became the stuff of legend in this small community that takes pride in the bounty of its landscape and the eccentricity of its inhabitants.

Dali became more known for eccentricity than for art, but even a brief visit to this St. Petersburg museum will remind you of his genius.

This game is a lot of fun, and after a modest investment of time, the eccentricities and uniqueness of the Vita version become almost second nature as you adapt to the required playstyle.

Ten years since its debut, Pathologic has spread to become a worldwide cult classic, its macabre storytelling both unsettling and alluring in its eccentricity, its gameplay prodding at the fragile boundaries of convention.

The 100 kyr peak is caused by the combination of two interglacials slightly out of place and the effect of eccentricity on interglacial frequency, such that every 400 kyr interglacials become more frequent.

Kent and Olsen say that every 405,000 years, when orbital eccentricity is at its peak, seasonal differences caused by shorter cycles will become more intense; summers are hotter and winters colder; dry times drier, wet times wetter.

By aggressively promoting change and advocating unconventional practices, activists become associated with hostile militancy and unconventionality or eccentricity.

Might the «weather» of orbital cycles be impacted by K / T but not the «climate» — perhaps the trajectories of obliquity, precession and eccentricity would become completely different given sufficient time, but maybe with the same general character — periods and amplitudes and average values being similar enough that a casual glance at any given time segment (on the necessary scale to characterize the orbital cycle «climate») wouldn't look like anything different.

The course allows us to tackle our eccentricities, abandon the weaknesses, and become better writers.»

Alejandro J. Garcia, Summer Associate, Steptoe: «All too often we become so attached to our personal writing eccentricities that we forget to be critical and honest about our drafting flaws.