Sentences with phrase «extra frisson»

Now I can be productive in my car, although often my editor drones on in Skype meetings to the point that I am falling asleep at my standing desk; perhaps the extra frisson of driving my exciting and fast Beemer at the same time would help keep me awake.

When he tells me casually that he didn't much care for the abstract expressionism of Jackson Pollock, his criticism comes with an extra frisson: had he not spent the early 50s in Paris, he might well have run into him at an opening (Kelly's first solo exhibition in the US took place in 1956, the year Pollock died; both were represented by Betty Parsons).

For tourists, the contest has an extra frisson of danger, as even though bulls are tied up and handled by attendants, they sometimes break free and have been known to charge spectators.

Hodder Education m.d. Lis Tribe said the political arena would «provide an extra frisson of excitement for educational publishers in 2015», as planned A-level reform changes, passed by the current government, could be put on hold if the Labour Party gets into power.

HIGH - DEMAND BACKSTORY: The swan song of a much - loved series is always a big event, and thanks to the PBS series based on the Wallander novels, this one has some extra frisson.

That's often the way with these track tests, but it still adds an extra frisson of anxiety to an already pressure - laden drive.

Not exact matches

«A new exhaust on the PZ adds a frisson of extra bite to the scream of the Wankel above 7000rpm but it doesn't add more punch, which is what you will really crave by the end of your first trackday in the PZ.»