Sentences with phrase «eyebrows at»

My cousin called his daughter Lois which raised a few eyebrows at the time but she's 18 now and has grown into it, quite a woman's name I think rather than a little girl.

When she raised her eyebrows at his outburst, he realized that he'd slipped up on his stated intention to remain open - minded during the conversation, which he acknowledged with a self - deprecating «oops.»

It raises its eyebrows at the people and things that are making our weird and wonderful present and future, with news, commentary, in - depth reporting, photos, and original video documentaries.

I noticed many raised eyebrows at this point in the presentation, and for good reason.

The price of the Honor 7X raised a few eyebrows at launch — not because it was high, but because it's so low.

Even we had raised cynical eyebrows at some who predicted that prices of flagship devices would come tumbling down following Xiaomi's arrival.

When Xiaomi released the Mi Max in India, many of us raised our eyebrows at the notion of a 6.44 - inch display device that stretched palms and trouser pockets, in an era where devices were trying to slim down and get more compact.

The scandal — involving the illicit collection of data from 50 million Facebook users, and its later use by Trump campaign analytics vendor Cambridge Analytica — has helped chop off nearly $ 50 billion in value from Facebook's market cap since last Friday, led to calls from US lawmakers for Zuckerberg testify before congress, and raised eyebrows at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which is now probing the company.

That first night after Karl's revelation, Karl's laughter faded before it could become cruel, and we all sat in silence till Liz looked up through her eyebrows at Cory and said, with a slight quiver, «We've been married about a year.»

Management at various publishers may well raise their eyebrows at our comments if and when they read this.

Judith, you appear to raise your eyebrows at Lee's «propagating disinformation», and then write of your preference for the rubric «Decision - making under deep uncertainty».

(It raised eyebrows at the Yokohama bash).

But those activities, going well beyond the usual role of government scientists, had raised eyebrows at NASA headquarters in Washington.

Ms. Passlof, who is impish in manner and presents a game face despite ill health that keeps her mostly bedridden, arched those exquisite eyebrows at a reporter and shared some war stories about the art world.

Check eyebrows at least monthly to make sure they do not curl downward and possibly into the eyes, causing irritation.

You may raise your eyebrows at the idea of a crate because it means keeping the dog in a confined space.

There's a fine line between looking to save money on your taxes and taking deductions that will raise eyebrows at the IRS.

Something known as the «Little Egypt Bump» took advantage of depreciation charges during mergers and raised eyebrows at the federal Auditor - General's office as far back as 1986.

A twenty - something woman with short, spiky, purple hair raised her eyebrows at my too -...

The purchase of the customer email addresses and information has raised eyebrows at the New York Attorney General Office and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

'Cause I can't pull you out of any mess, Verna LaVaughn,» my mom aims her eyebrows at me.

Yes, they had already completed some campaigns successfully, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who raised their eyebrows at immediately running back to the fans for their next release.

«But...» He raised his sun - bleached eyebrows at her.

Not only does an editor fix your prose, they have years of experience approaching a book as a reader and letting you know what a reader will raise their eyebrows at in disbelief, disgust, etc. and also where you'll leave them yawning or lost in terms of what is going on.

Clearly, today's thinking is much better and while there'll no doubt be a few who still raise their eyebrows at this Track» ster, unveiled at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show, we reckon the emerging Korean giant deserves a round of applause.

Although, perhaps the grille may raise a few eyebrows at first, especially on the TTS.

For the next six weeks, though, the car has been discounted to # 16,499 to help tempt buyers who've rightly raised eyebrows at the car's combination of punchy performance and 50mpg potential.

Cherry for Jack, orange for Arthur, licorice for me, and...» he raised his eyebrows at Ryan.

Secretary DeVos raised eyebrows at her confirmation hearing when she skirted the question of «equal accountability» for all schools as poised by Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia:

Board members Lottie Beebe and Carolyn Hill have raised eyebrows at the state's policy that even F - graded charters may be renewed at the end of their first term if students have made major progress from a very low starting point.

«Another thing that's a distraction from our students,» she said,» is the big dark money that is a part of our local school board race,» Nelson, in turn, raised both the AFT mailer and his eyebrows at Holtzmann and then at the audience.

There were raised eyebrows at other parts of the shortlist.

They also raise eyebrows at the absence of Life Itself, about the late film critic Roger Ebert, from the best documentary feature award.

It was interesting at times but also had me furrowing my eyebrows at others.

Lixin Cheng, CEO of mobile company ZTE, raised a few eyebrows at The Wall Street Journal's CEO Council when he said Asian businesses are raised and A long history of Asian dating service started in 2000.

While some people may still raise their eyebrows at couples who have a large age difference, in the end, who cares?

It's polyester and spandex, which might raise eyebrows at $ 148 — but it is «wash cold,» so there's that.

You might be raising your eyebrows at the mention of skewers...

This gluten - free quiche lorraine is good enough for your mother, skeptics who raise their eyebrows at the thought of grain - free pastries, and just about anyone else.

A few years ago, biological engineer Reshma Shetty raised eyebrows at MIT when she helped some undergraduate students engineer batches of E. coli bacteria to smell like wintergreen and bananas.

But starting such a sensitive laboratory on the U.S. mainland in a highly agricultural area — and one that is frequently struck by damaging storms — has raised eyebrows at the GAO.

Nakamuras move would probably raise a few eyebrows at most in a small American start - up company, but it was absolutely outrageous in the feudal, seniority - based Japanese system.

His elder brother appeared to raise his eyebrows at this point, as he did when Ed Miliband implied there has been a lack of «values» in foreign policy under Labour.»

British banks increased their exposure to foreign individuals and companies during the booming financial markets of the last few years, a practice which raised few eyebrows at the time.

In the past, Libous has said he has a good working relationship with Cuomo, which is why news back in May of a JCOPE inquiry into whether the senator used his clout to get his son a job at a politically connected law firm raised eyebrows at the Capitol.

But it is not just Sir Nicholas» Labour opponents who will have raised eyebrows at his recent movements.

It didn't help that whenever I pulled a bottle out of my diaper bag these same moms would raise judgmental eyebrows at me before confessing that they, too, had struggled at first.

I did and though my teacher raised her eyebrows at me considering the shortened words and peppered slang not good reading material, they were the sprinkles to my ice - cream.

At Ascot,» he wrote, «Carole, 55, felt sufficiently at ease to bray with laughter at one of Philip's jokes as they watched racegoers from the royal box - even if such a raucous laugh was the sort of thing that would have raised eyebrows at Downton Abbey.»

The figure raised some eyebrows at the time, but could be vindicated as he was a huge prospect, with twenty Premiership goals already under his belt.