Sentences with phrase «flimsy paper»

Most of us, at some point in our careers, have applied to some job with some piece of flimsy paper called a resume.

Although printed on flimsy paper and cut out by yours truly earlier this morning, they nevertheless seem to be the golden key to opening the door to conversation with any one of these high - profile individuals.

But unlike like so many «pet caskets» I wanted sturdy, strong construction — not flimsy paper.

Laying his support (first flimsy paper, later canvas) on the floor, and holding on to a rope suspended from the ceiling of his studio, he would slip and slide through blobs of oil paint.

Rather than sitting and talking to me, she first apologised and then squatted on a low stool, drawing with swift strong strokes, cutting, collaging and glueing the flimsy paper that would become the template for the tapestry.

When my son tried to turn these flimsy paper pages with his pudgy little hands, they inevitably ripped.

This picnic is too nice to serve on flimsy paper plates!

Nothing is worse than worrying about whether that flimsy paper cup and plastic lid the restaurant provided are going to hold - up against your kiddos.

To get a job, they didn't need any flimsy papers stating their experiences and grade point averages, a cover letter or portfolios.

Not exact matches

Your little paper «love the sinner hate the sin» shield is as flimsy as, well, paper.

If you are sending your CV via snail mail it's a good idea to use high quality paper; flimsy printer paper isn't going to give a great first impression.

If you're going to go with toilet paper, though, make sure it's the tough stuff, not the flimsy one - ply deal you may find in some public restrooms.

Key thought: ``... a gun is only as powerful as the will of the person aiming it, and those flimsy pieces of paper and their electronic descendents can make a huge difference on that front.

True, some of the interior plastics feel a little flimsy (especially on early cars), the body panels are paper - thin and cars can often look tired, but it's generally well engineered.

Typed on flimsy forms or handwritten on scrap paper in archaic script, the file existed on that peculiarly Russian border between banal bureaucracy...

Typed on flimsy forms or handwritten on scrap paper in archaic script, the file existed on that peculiarly Russian border between banal bureaucracy and painful poignancy.

I had booked my ticket to Bayan - Ölgii, a town in the far westernmost part of the country, the day before and now grasped the flimsy piece of pink paper in my slowly reddening hand.

Even in situations that do require paper, I wouldn't trust something so flimsy to stay together.

But, on the lucky occasion I did use one of these higher level moves — boy did the enemies around feel like flimsy bits of paper.

Bonnard drew everywhere and at any time — on terrible paper; cheap children's sketch books, often lined or squared, flimsy numbered pages, envelopes, anything.

When she's satisfied she will print them out on flimsy inkjet paper to confirm or deny her satisfaction.

The paper backdrops call to mind the notion of a paper tiger, while the lack of depth and structural integrity of these constructed environments seems to ruminate on the flimsy and untenable structure of the oil industry.

These works on paper are similarly fragile, as curator Katrina Brown points out, `... they can... be rolled up, torn up — they are flimsy.

We glimpse its encroaching reality beyond the artifice of Richard Avedon's seamless paper where Suzy Parker poses in Dior; with Irving Penn's famous makeshift converging walls that grip and shelter celebrated subjects like Elsa Schiaparelli and Truman Capote, and in the flimsy backgrounds of Lucas Samaras's Polaroid «Sittings» from 1978 and 1980.

But it's a bit surprising to see a seemingly flimsy material being used exclusively in a building that actually withstood hard rain and high winds, like this 2,045 square foot temporary workspace in Essen, Germany that's made with 550 bales of recycled paper.

And given Netflix's flimsy, paper packaging, scratches seem to be a particular problem for the service.

There is not worse way to ruin a resume you spent hours tediously crafting then to print it on flimsy cheap paper.

You don't want to use flimsy printer paper that is extremely thin.

Regular office paper is not good enough for resumes; the reviewer will probably think it looks flimsy and cheap.

Meanwhile, the earnest money contract is just a few flimsy pieces of paper.

The paper is a little more flimsy than cardstock, so you need to center it on your pillowcase and tape it into place.