Sentences with phrase «fodder for»

Given this social contempt for anorexics, and the fact that it isn't a chic and oft - dramatized addiction like drug use or alcoholism, which are frequently used as fodder for theatrically masculine self - pity, To the Bone is under self - imposed pressure to matter and to clear the prejudicial air in the room.

The underscored drama is just fodder for what is to happen: a coming of age bonding that supplements from Tuesday with Morrie to wow the audience with the family friendly fair all grown up.

The bloated musical is best used as fodder for a drinking game that lets you down a shot every time Russell Crowe sings off - key.

The same material could have been fodder for a really dark comedy; again, the director and screenwriter are unwilling to push the envelope.

Most are obvious fodder for the collapsing / flooding / flaming tunnel.

Cynics will cry foul, but for fans of the genre there is stuff to enjoy; the high splatter rate, the pop culture gags and a willing cast of fodder for the meat grinder all give this a passing grade - only just.

Leto soon became daydream fodder for teenage girls, a status furthered by his selection as one of People's «50 Most Beautiful People» in both 1996 and 1997.

Normally, you wouldn't expect them to work together, which may be why they're the perfect fodder for humor, as they're shot at, punched, mauled and generally put through the wringer.

As it turns out, «'' Amy»» entrepreneur Banky Edwards (Jason Lee) has sold the film rights for his «'' Bluntman & Chronic»» comic book — which is loosely based on Jay and Silent Bob — to Miramax, and the studio greenlit a big - budget production.Before it even begins, though, the pending «'' Bluntman & Chronic»» film provides more than enough fodder for a new wave of hate - mongers who prowl the Internet, namely pimple - faced geeks who slam anything they can type about on a series of movie gossip websites.

Also provides endless fodder for New York Times.

The romantic relationships within the walls of Google made ideal fodder for gossip columns and magazine profiles.

In South Korea, loneliness is now so entrenched it has become fodder for public entertainment.

Male virgins have always been fodder for the media and movies, but women are more discreet in this area.

By the time the platform formally launched on Thursday in Houston, the test kits had sold out, meaning there are thousands of people somewhere in Texas so fed up with Tinder they decided to take part in this fodder for a B - rate dystopian movie.

But, think of it this way: you can always tuck these deal breakers away as fodder for the amusing stories that will inevitably be told after your current date wonders, «I have to ask you, why on earth did you write please do not respond if you have any interest in ornithology, whatsoever!»

Following the event, Keegan Allen commented on JDate, saying: «Love in the digital era is nothing short of revolutionary, and certainly fodder for some funny, strange and emotional experiences.

What's more, it's great conversational fodder for your online dates.

(And the sweater a good three or four inches longer, but that's fodder for the next item review.)

So why don't u all just dig in the whole amount of fabric going around in the photos, while I work on some fodder for my next post?

The next step will be to heal the gut, a course that will likely mean taking probiotics on the regular (an excellent practice for everyone), avoiding inflammatory foods (like wheat, dairy, sugar, and booze), and limiting your intake of fermented foods, which provide fodder for both good and bad bacteria.

The whole yacon roots are sometimes used as livestock fodder for cattle and sheep in local areas of growth.

And though I totally appreciate that this can be fodder for humor, and I am also game for making light of it my own self, I am here spilling my guts to try to help others who might be seeking relief.

Dry leaves, threshed pods, and stalks of various bean plants are also used as fodder for livestock or as fuel in cooking.

While we still encounter the most virulent of the pathogenic invasions, the daily fodder for the immune system has been dramatically reduced.

With the boundless inspiration from food blogs and cookbooks, we could try a new recipe every day and have plenty of fodder for years to come.

The refined carbohydrates found in saltines and many other types of crackers convert to sugar in the mouth very quickly, providing fodder for cavity - forming bacteria.

They do provide fodder for researchers digging deeper into the connections between meat and disease risk, as well as for consumers thinking about making more meatless choices.

The words jumped off the page at me as fodder for a wonderful habit changer.

Occasionally, there were seemingly miraculous successes that provided enticing fodder for the press.

The thumps, whistles, grunts and snaps of those reef inhabitants are more than just fodder for multi-platinum recordings.

There will be no shortage of fodder for researchers to dissect in the coming months and years about just what happened in the tropical Pacific.

British pop band Oasis» hit song «Champagne Supernova» is now fodder for retro radio stations — or the occasional ringtone.

Although theoretical at present, these questions may become fodder for fan magazines if interest already expressed in Intuition's movie rights turns into a green light for production.

Interventions that have been proved to work in that regard are as simple as selling off livestock or providing fodder for lactating goats.

That's because refuge crops provide fodder for insect pests that are not resistant to Bt proteins.

And enormous quantities of forage fish are caught worldwide and processed into fish meal and fish oil that is used as fodder for farmed fish.

Over the past few years, the perennial issue of how to make the lab system work better has been revived, providing fodder for Washington think tanks, lawmakers, and others.

That's an entirely new way of capturing prey, the scientists report this month in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. And perhaps fodder for an upcoming superhero movie.

Research on the biophysics of frog tongue adhesiveness provided fodder for one of our most popular video stories of 2017.

The once dense and ubiquitous common reed (Phragmites australis) served as raw material for homes, handicrafts, tools, and animal fodder for thousands of years.

Then during puberty, another wash of testosterone results in distinctly male thoughts — the fodder for all that guns - girls - and - parties cinema — in the previously testosterone - primed brain.

It's most likely, the researchers suggest, that the rare white - lipped variant of the snail hitched a ride with traders traveling from the Mediterranean region through the Pyrenees on their way to Ireland — perhaps unintentionally, in fodder for the trader's animals or, more intriguingly, as a part of the trader's food supplies.

«Without further rigorous testing, findings like these can become fodder for pseudo-scientific educational programmes,» he says.

The details soon became fodder for late - night comedians: Both women were involved with the same man (another astronaut), and Nowak, a 43 - year - old married mother of three, allegedly wore an adult diaper so she could make her Houston - to - Orlando drive with fewer restroom stops.

DO N'T DO IT Urinating on a wound to clean it in an emergency has become fodder for urban legend, but new research debunks the idea that urine is sterile.

Microbes seem to talk, listen and collaborate with one another — fodder for the truly paranoid.

But four - legged and finned friends have value beyond mere companionship in China: they are food and fodder for healing balms.

Fake news became fodder for ugly partisan warfare online, too.

The exchange became fodder for 1000 late - night TV monologues, and it seemed to launch a new era of degraded public discourse, in which falsehoods become «alternative truths,» and unwelcome news for politicians becomes «fake news.»

Attine ants, which include leaf - cutters that can defoliate a tree in one night, can't digest plant matter themselves and instead retrieve it as fodder for the fungi.