Sentences with phrase «finery who»

, the director brought out, not one of the actresses, but an older woman dressed in South American finery who was some kind of public official / icon (the applause was so loud I missed her title / name).

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Today we see a much less appealing professorial personality at large: someone who dresses up ill - informed political diatribes in the finery of «discourse analysis» and publishes them in what were formerly thought of as scholarly journals.

The more christians who do not identify with their dying tradition join us and abandon the effort to patch holes down below the water line while they stroll the decks in all their decadent finery, the faster the whole thing will slide beneath the waves.

The Blind Side is an embarassment to the voters who have decided it is worthy to compete with such brilliant films as The Hurt Locker and Inglourious Basterds — this has «Midday Movie» written all over it, but is dressed in Hollywood finery such that people are inclined to take it more seriously than it deserves.

Julianne Moore puts in a delightfully Ab Fab turn as Charley, the bonkers Brit next door who drapes herself in finery and drowns herself in gin, tragically lunging at her GBF.

Though she's adequately attired in her country - fried accent and long, hot summer finery, truth be told, she's already too good for this kind of material — a compliment that sheds light on her co-stars (John Travolta, Gabriel Macht), who are, to a one, not up to the film's desperate pretensions.

with the ease of men who have rid themselves of worry we strolled among the Indian tents and heard the sleeping babies breathing and spied out the wondrous kind called by the Indians winkte or by white men berdache, braves dressed in the finery of squaws.

This tropical home constructed in Balinese fashion can house up to ten guests who will be amazed by the finery within.

Villa Montana is perfectly suited for those who demand the fineries of a 5 star luxury hotel but desire the privacy and exclusivity offered by a villa rental.

Mining sites like eBay for 19th - and 20th - century photo portraits of everyday African Americans, Jefferson gives their forgotten sitters a shot at immortality by painting their formal portraits, emphasizing the importance of Sunday finery to people who toiled in the service industry six days a week during and after the days of slavery.

I am sick of the whole arrogant attitude of many team leads and of the rather sad, tired, ways those on the teams who eventually often feel used, undermined, taken for granted, disrespected, and generally anonymous when they do all the work which is why many leave — appalled at the attitude of the leaders who might as well be draped in finery on a yacht until their kingdom falls — some, certainly.

I'm honored to be joining an amazing group of bloggers who are all sharing their homes decked out in their summer finery.