Sentences with phrase «exaggerated versions of»

This worker got his / her title from talking about others (often behind their backs) and gossiping (often fictitious or exaggerated versions of the truth) on his / her colleagues.

To telling me on our last visit why she is unsure if she can ever forgive me and the reasons why are mostly fabrications of stuff that either never happened or highly exaggerated versions of things that did happen.

Most characters seem to be exaggerated versions of themselves, but to be fair, as much as we adults like playing the Lego games, they are aimed at children, so we shouldn't judge this too harshly.

Aside from the entire apocalypse theme, the other reason to be drawn to this film is the fact that the actors are playing exaggerated versions of themselves.

Rogen and pals James Franco, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Danny McBride and Jay Baruchel (veterans of previous Rogen - starring comedies like «Pineapple Express» and «Super Bad») all play exaggerated versions of themselves as they face the end of the world at Franco's Hollywood Hills home.

When you have James Franco, Seth Rogan and Emma Watson playing (supposedly) exaggerated versions of themselves, it's meta, even more so if you throw in an apocalypse, as has been done in THIS IS THE END.

Yes, all of the actors are playing fictitious or exaggerated versions of themselves.

Culinary road trip series turned feature film The Trip marks the duo's third collaboration with the filmmaker, and their second instance of playing exaggerated versions of themselves under his watch.

Many symptoms of Prader - Willi make sense as exaggerated versions of strategies that benefit mothers.

A psychologist told me that our children are exaggerated versions of ourselves, I get that but they do have their own personality, quirks, and interests as well.

Singh performs skits too, like when she plays exaggerated versions of her Indian - born parents.

«I wanted to compete as if I'd never won anything and I would go as the underdog, even though a lot of times I was not,» says Ohno, dressed in a shimmery gold tracksuit, the medals slung around his neck to complete the look of an exaggerated version of himself: the spokesman obsessed with gold.

The ascendancy of techno - politics also assumes that human behavior has been rendered docile - the victory of administrative science over practical statesmanship is based on an exaggerated version of Montesquieu's prediction that a turn to commercial pursuits would usher in a general «softening of mores.»

«And that tends to have us embrace a really romanticized and exaggerated version of the history of American Christianity,» he says.

Thus, with an extreme irony, and an arrogant inconsistency, an exaggerated version of «gay rights» is being used against the right to religious freedom - a concept that lies at the very heart of any coherent concept of rights at all.

This imperial IPA is an exaggerated version of Lumberyard's Flagstaff IPA.

Iturbe is simply an even more exaggerated version of this kind of player.

Granted, the IMAX adventure is an exaggerated version of the time - honored movie experience, but even a traditional - size theater can be overwhelming to young kids.

The soreness and swelling may feel like an exaggerated version of how your breasts feel before your period.

A closer look at the microstructure of M. provincialis» teeth revealed an exaggerated version of this — many more ridges and lopsided enamel coating.

Seen in this light, the neurological syndrome of neglect is really a floridly exaggerated version of the kind of neglect we all engage in to avoid sensory overload.

For a bright object, however, the brain can be fooled into seeing a larger and exaggerated version of the object.

This is an exaggerated version of what most of us experience constantly: fear.

In our quest to impress when online dating, it's easy to create an exaggerated version of yourself.

Instead, they give an exaggerated version of the good qualities and only virtues.

Poll description - Elliot becomes an exaggerated version of his female form in skimpy clothes with dog ears and a tail Welcome to The Roxbury, a boutique motel resort (no, that's not an oxymoron), nestled amongst the picturesque Catskill Mountains in the historic village

Admittedly, Wahlberg is probably only playing a slightly exaggerated version of his actual asshole personality, but the results are still pretty entertaining.

Set in the late 70s, the film positively revels in an exaggerated version of the era — so much smog, so much hair — and the Los Angeles setting means that it gets to mimic all the detective fiction of which Black's always been such a fan.

Granted, the film is inspired by true events, but Zhang Ke Jia's way of directing and writing helps add a little bit of realism to each character instead of it feeling like an exaggerated version of someone real.

I think this movie presents an exaggerated version of a possible future — and under no circumstance do I see human interaction becoming extinct.

Danielle also put on her clown costume again for a dream sequence in the 2012 «Halloween Girl» episode of Adam Green's comedy series Holliston, but she was playing an exaggerated version of herself in most of the episode, but in Among Friends it's probably the closest we'll ever get to seeing Harris in her most famous role again.

Plus, Greg Kinnear will play an exaggerated version of himself and Busy Philipps will step into the role of Sheba, a hard - partying heiress who needs to convince her family she's in control of her life in order to access her inheritance.

Supporting actors making the move into a lead isn't always a sure bet, but Nanjiani is perfectly comfortable here (playing an exaggerated version of himself couldn't have hurt that transition).

Filled with fine performances, a fantastic score and beautiful cinematography, The Neon Demon is an enthralling virtual tour through an exaggerated version of L.A.'s fashion world.

He's either put off growing up or confused it with becoming an exaggerated version of himself.

Normal people may not settle their quarrels by hurling each other through walls, but the actor says the emotional deathmatch in Civil War is just an exaggerated version of an ultra-tense holiday dinner.

This is his exaggerated version of events.

In peak shift, animals sometimes respond to more exaggerated version of the training stimuli.

His indictment of teachers unions is an exaggerated version of one familiar to readers of the editorial pages of The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Nidali and I definitely have a lot in common... she's an exaggerated version of my younger self.

3) California is an exaggerated version of the troubles that other states are having.

I made my character the most exaggerated version of myself I possibly could just to indulge the fantasy a bit.

Figueroa uses whatever is at hand to create a visual language that functions as an exaggerated version of the tropical.

Camera angles were wider, lighting was starker, and soft and hard focus was extreme — it was also contemporary and showed an exaggerated version of the actual world outside.»

Today, an exaggerated version of this device has become central to representational work, showing up in the work of artists as varied as Joanne Tod, Sigmar Polke, Julian Schnabel and Lynn Hughes.

The «Running Change (31 - Year) In North Atlantic SST Anomalies» dataset appears simply to be an exaggerated version of the «Running Change (31 - Year) In Global SST Anomalies».

And because these strategies are an exaggerated version of the traditional courtship script (featuring the male as the sexual initiator and the female as the sexual gatekeeper), it also makes sense that individuals with sexist attitudes would be more drawn to initiation strategies in which men assert their dominance.

Not exact matches

The Straw Man fallacy is committed when a person simply ignores a person's actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position.

Ask friends and family to tell you about their experiences of childbirth... but assure them you don't need to hear the exaggerated version!

In a second version of the image, scientists «stretched» or exaggerated the contrast of the data, which brings out subtleties not initially visible.