Sentences with phrase «feeling heft»

In a recent Blogspot post, Google describes their new publication as; «We built ’20 Things» in HTML5 so that we could incorporate features that hearken back to what we love about books, feeling the heft of a book's cover, flipping a page or even reading under the covers with a flashlight.»

When readers pick up a book they want to feel heft, and they want to feel a book that is worth their $ 7.95 in most cases.

While it's light compared to, say, the hardback version of Stephen King's The Dome, you still feel its heft after holding it for a while.

I turned the ring in my hand, felt its heft.

I could immediately feel the heft as my 30 - odd ton mech stomped through a forest, knocking trees down left and right like some mechanical Godzilla.

One looks at their wide faces and feels the heft of the man.

It also weighs in at 8.15 pounds, according to our scale, so you'll feel the heft.

Some want a lightweight phone that disappears in the pocket, while others need to feel some heft.

Yet it is one of the lighter phones to pack a big battery and a large display, and you wouldn't feel the heft lugging it around.

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It gives the phone a solid heft, meaning that Samsung's flagship device no longer feels like a child's toy.

The phone has a little bit of heft to it, but again, that helps the device feel expensive.

The handle is a little over an inch longer than the shorties, and the heft / weight makes it feel like a truly professional tool.

«Typically, homeowners don't feel they have the heft or the wherewithal to take on a lender in that type of way,» said Jesse Ergott, executive director of Neighborhood Housing Services of Lackawanna County, a nonprofit budget counseling agency that assists people with troubled mortgages.

With an overall weight of 122 g (4.3 oz), the Futur provides the comfortable heft, balance and solid feel sought after by many traditional DE shavers.

I've always made my socca pancakes a little thicker than recipes tend to call and have always felt that giving it a little heft makes it a delicious vehicle for sliced veggies, some salty roughly chopped olives, or a little mashed avocado.

It has the look and feel of a full sized everyday stroller, but with the heft.

The overall result is a more rustic look and feel, which is accentuated by a more substantial heft in the hand.

It runs great, looks sharp, and just has a certain heft to it that makes it feel substantial but not heavy.

It was one of those shopping trips where you find so many great pieces that hefting it all into a dressing room feels like a workout.

Mauve is one of those perfect shades for transitioning from a warm to cool season because it feels more dramatic than summery colors without the heft of deep fall tones.

It's got some heft to it but doesn't feel warm on so it's OK for warmer weather.

The thicker eyelet material adds some heft — this dress feels heavy on!

Favored storylines get sufficient weight and heft, but balancing its disparate narratives has never been Vikings» strong suit, and though it feels as though there's a definite endgame in mind, the middle can occasionally be rough going.

Despite having the production heft of a blockbuster action flick, this game feels like a lobotomized, squeaky - clean re-tread.

The figures themselves are nicely designed too, and feel like they have better heft to them than the more plastic Skylanders.

Every single character is given that over the top comedy feel to go for the laughs, stripping it of any dramatic heft it could have had.

There was heft to these films and decisions made and paths chosen felt important and could shape future films.

While the film has the same funhouse feel as «Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,» it carries far more emotional heft — thanks in large part to Wasikowska's soulful performance.

In an era where the words «based on a true story» can give seasoned filmgoers a sinking feeling, however, this is a film where the complications and messiness of reality add genuine heft to the drama.

In one sequence, Martin explains that he had to tell his wife to come to bed every night, otherwise she would stay up working until 4 a.m., sometimes 6 a.m. To see her husband support her and never feel any sort of jealousy in her successes gives the film some serious emotional heft.

He draws fabulous performances from his actors while finding enough unique wrinkles to the ageless tale to make everything feel fresh and exciting again while also striking that same balance of style and realism that gave Michael Roskam's Bullhead such heft.

Gold's setting in British Columbia requires the odd bit of English dialogue and here, the limitations of the cast, and perhaps Arslan's direction, is noticeable — the dialogue in these sections feels strained, reactions after line readings feel a beat too slow, at times, and the performances just don't have the heft of when Arslan is directing his cast in their natural language.

The jumping and the dodge rolling feel concise and your standard attack has a certain degree of heft behind it.

Its heft is undeniably felt, but there's an unshakeable agility to the M760i that's very M3 - like and thoroughly enjoyable.

As a result, it feels like a much bigger car — never ponderous but you're always aware of its heft.

At the track, the XFR's compliant chassis and quick, positive - feel steering mask the car's heft and inspire you to drive the 4306 - pound sedan like a small sport coupe.

From the moment we rolled out of the hotel parking lot in Whistler, British Columbia, it was evident that the electric power steering in the NX is tuned for greater heft than the Lexus norm, and the fat - rimmed, flat - bottom steering wheel feels great.

The low - speed heft to the steering is gone, you're past the dreadfully stiff first few millimetres of throttle pedal travel (it initially feels more like a clutch) and the engine spins away busily but with so much in reserve.

The broad - shouldered gladiator carves with remarkable adroitness for its heft, and though the steering wheel admittedly feels more like a suggestion than a command, the Hellcat dances like a circus bear.

Body control is good, but the steering really lets this car down with its unnecessary heft and its lack of feel.

The A4's helm feels predictably light outside of the Dynamic mode for the chassis calibration, but even then the added heft to the steering effort doesn't cure the steering's disappointing lack of feedback.

There's no agile or lightweight feel to the X5, just a heft that gives a feeling of solidity and quality.

The gated gearshift still snakes from Park to Drive with satisfying heft, but the chintzy door locks feel cheap.

Although Buick says a healthy dose of high - strength steel has helped shed 300 pounds from the old LaCrosse, the combo of a V - 6 engine and AWD hardware gives the sedan a feeling of heft, with the AWD model weighing in at 3,840 pounds.

There's also a nice heft to gearchange and brakes and the strong mid range power allows you to easily feel your way into a well - balanced and forgiving chassis.

From the way the doors thunk when closed to the heft of the steering, the front - engined British sportscars don't carry the same delicate, light feeling you experience in a Ferrari.

These could be negatives, but the Boss communicates so clearly to the driver through the vibrations in the seat, the quiet squeal of the tires, and the heft of the steering wheel that it's easy to toe the limit of traction without feeling like you're going to lose it.

We've often complained of drivers — and automakers — who confuse steering heft with feel.

But the Sentra imparted a comfortable ride, a quiet drivetrain, weighty and numb steering and a surprising feeling of heft.

Handling is responsive, the steering has a nice feel and heft to it, and the ride is comfortable without being too soft or sloppy.