Sentences with phrase «finesse at»

Finesse at initiating the next move.

That'd be a super good idea for a smartphone: a basically excellent all - round smartphone with some gaming - centered finesse at its heart.

The most recent and unarguably the most luxurious tourist train in India with finesse at par with the Orient Express of the West, Maharajas» Express has redefined the art of elegant travel in India.

I haven't stepped my game up to David Mack's level yet, but one of my goals is to attain similar finesse at letting life pass me by.

By the Edgar Award — winning novelist whose thrillers include The Rules of Survival (2006), this tale, inspired by the song «Scarborough Fair,» showcases the author's finesse at melding genres.

This third entry in the Annals of the Western Shore, about a well - treated slave jolted into furious awareness of slavery's evils, illuminates powerful, humanistic concerns as well as Le Guin's finesse at imagining diverse cultures.

Following a tumble in the sheets, Richard reveals how casually he deceives women by taking a call from his wife back home, presumably in France, praising her finesse at choosing the right canapés for a gathering of society heavy - hitters while claiming he's enjoying some alone time before his buddies show for their annual hunting trip.

Meanwhile, captain Les Briley and Terry Hurlock guarded the centre of the pitch; both old - fashioned box - to - box pistons, the latter adding some passing finesse at odds with his reputation.

Heyward does have good technique, and yes, he can win with finesse at times.

He is able on the one hand to condemn Wellhausianism as anti-Semitic Hegelian idealism, while confidently asserting on the other his finesse at skimming off the true Yahwist from all the anti-Semitic underpinning.

Not exact matches

Employers can give their staffers guidance in making such calculations, says Nancy Anderson, who is a director at Financial Finesse.

Either have the courage of your convictions and say it, or finesse the matter by saying «those of us who believe in him ask in Jesus» name», or else don't close with it at all.

Baking without eggs requires a little finesse... or strong - arming (however you want to look at it).

The second goal, on top of the pace needed to get into position, required a delicate first touch, good control and the finesse to glide it past the keeper — something we have not seen Giroud done very often... if at all.

Look at most of Walcotts shots this season they are just finesse or small, delicate touches in front of goal no real commitment there at the moment.

«He's got finesse, but [you wouldn't know it looking at] his face.»

I don't want to penalize him much for not showing power when his speed rushes were working so well, but if all you have are finesse moves, at some point NFL offensive tackles are gonna catch up to that... unless you have Derrick Thomas - like speed.

Utah has shown lately that it can operate at a slower speed, but it has not faced a team with Cincinnati's defensive finesse.

Echoing everyone else's thoughts on Elie, I think we are too heavy on grinders and need at least one more guy with some finesse to his game.

cute little triangles which look stylish and have finesse but little substance - look at chelseas medical team - an there injury list!

Despite standing at six - foot - three, he is a footballer of finesse rather than force, whose best qualities are his dribbling, vision and shooting abilities, especially outside the box.

The former Anderlecht man has always been known for his pace and power, from his days in Belgium to a loan spell at West Bromwich Albion, but his finesse has come on leaps and bounds this term.

Long flowing scarves take attention away from clothing that isn't fitting quite the way you'd like it to fit and gives the sense of flare and finesse that we often see when we look at fashionistas.

The PM thus blew a long, masterful raspberry, one so finessed it could only have been learnt in the shadowy confines of prep at Eton targeted at the back of a gowned professor; he yah - boo - sucks - to - youed repeatedly about Ed and his pals spending too much time with the big boys in that silly red uniform with the hammers and sickles from the school next door, Unite City High — which soon became Unite City blues...

At the top of the WFP's immediate agenda, look for fat raises (and an end to all talk of pension reform) for rank - and - file city employees (DC Council 37 and others); for Albany to finesse a moratorium on hospital economies (SEIU 1199) and de Blasio's signature millionaire - tax - funded baby - sitting, that is, «early childhood education» scheme (UFT Local 2).

Prata says sensors like those he is developing at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) in Kjeller could keep planes flying by letting them finesse the educated guesses of models to reveal ash - free patches and routes.

Bill Craelius, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Rutgers University, is testing a hand that restores some of that finesse by tapping into the ability of certain amputees to sense the limb they lost.

Electrical engineer Qing Hu at MIT demonstrated a method to tune a terahertz laser by changing the diameter of the cavity emitting the rays, allowing him to finesse the beam to specific frequencies.

Being a great fan of «finesse» and high - endurance sports myself (boxing, martial arts, soccer, football, etc.), I had to chuckle (or perhaps «wince» is a better term) at a comment that you made about how you used to be very fast in your early days because you had to run from the guys who were so much bigger than you.

Rosegal aims at providing outfits which are an outstanding example of subtle finesse and a compelling signature note of modernity, showcasing the very best of cutting edge trends.

And, it turns out they're given that «pro» title for a reason: They've got the art of makeup down to a science and can finesse a finished face in minutes, even amid the cramped, busy quarters backstage at Fashion Week.»

Just because you are now allowed to wear leopard print to PTA meetings without someone shoving a breathalyzer in your face at the door, it still takes some finesse to wear well.

The color is pinker in person, but photographing neons takes some finesse that I do not have at 5 am.

Now I'll be the first to say I my at home attempt does lack finesse but it is my first attempt, and at 12 mins to complete, I satisfied both my quest for bouncy curls AND my beauty allocated time - frame.

A focus on beats and ecstatic dance fever comes at the expense of more expansive songcraft revealed by Four Tet of yore, but the effect remains otherworldly in its mix of finesse and raucous musical adventure.

Kemp launched into print modeling as well, appearing in a widely seen campaign for The Gap, then segued into acting with parts in Stephen Sommers» Victorian - era supernatural thriller Van Helsing (2004) and Renny Harlin's lurid psychological thriller Mindhunters (2005), opposite Val Kilmer and LL Cool J. Kemp deftly merged his ballroom finesse and his dramatic evocations with prominent billing in Jon M. Chu's dance - themed urban drama Step Up 2 the Streets (2008); he played Blake Collins, the proprietor of a dance school who finds his chief proclivity — an utter contempt for street dancing — upstaged by the arrival of a brash and talented young newcomer at his school.

The story does take an unexpected turn at the big quiz show, and it takes some finesse by both the director and McAvoy to put things right.

A beguiling Parisian postcard, the finessed feature exemplifies Allen at his European best.»

Two later sequences ensure that tears will be shed at every screening of «Stronger»: Bauman's reunion with the man who saved his life (Carlos Sanz, extremely moving), which Green finesses gracefully, without histrionics, and the scene of Bauman throwing out the first pitch at Fenway.

It's an apt choice, as Chazelle shares Dassin's procedural fascination with men at work, those who demonstrate their finesse and expertise under duress.

But, at last, there's a story to tell (albeit a short one) and Eastwood directs the bloody sequence with finesse.

Granted, other indigenous visions at TIFF felt more heartsick, however alleviated by aesthetic finesse or formal daring.

The way he finesses Nick into drinking a giant tumbler of scotch at 8.30 in the morning, then uses incipient alcoholism as a stick to beat him with, is a smirkingly treasurable moment.

An admirable film from a first time director that reveals an innate storytelling ability, if at times lacking finesse.

While it succeeds at building its impending doom to mirror the cloud of depression surrounding Chubbuck, it lacks a certain follow through and finesse.

Straight in at number eight with a bang and a shower of glitter, American Hustle's strong showing in our best of 2013 is testament to director David O. Russell's winning formula - he serves up a fizzing cocktail of amusement and filmic finesse, which eschews the truth of the tale for something more fabulously cinematic.

Britell cut his teeth as a virtuoso pianist at an early age, landing in Juilliard's pre-college division, but since then he's become known for his finesse to deliver an emotional range to both drama and comedy features.

Shadow detail is all over the map and there's a dreary colour scheme to the film that could've been finessed to at least look stylish.

She works at a giant record label where soulless pop machinery and broad comedy run rampant in equal measure: the former represented by Brittany Snow as an empty - headed pop star, the latter by Finesse Mitchell — funny even here where he has nothing to work with — as a callous exec.

Spielberg and his screenwriting team relish conveying the machinations that went into the deal - making, demonstrating how uneasy political times led to finessed, chesslike maneuvering to retrieve spies in an intense trade - off at Glienicke Bridge in 1962.