Sentences with phrase «for turgid»

The IPCC gets the award for turgid prose.

Why is it that the clichés that make for turgid art become acceptable and engaging when they are translated into celluloid?

Future: The 2015 winner of the Golden Boy award (and number eight on Squawka's countdown of the 23 best players under 23 in world football right now) Martial has already become the star getting fans off their seats at Old Trafford within a team that has often been criticised for their turgid football.

Younger Catholics use «Kum - by - ya» as a sort of catch - all expression for turgid 1970s ditties they despise and find embarrassing.

Not exact matches

Murphy, who is a right - wing ideologue, also writes a turgid column for the pro-business National Post, where he rails against environmentalists on global warming, champions the oil sands and pipelines, and protests any effort to fight climate change.

William Abraham spoke for many postconservatives when, after writing that Carl F. H. Henry's God, Revelation and Authority is «the monument of a generation's work,» he added: «Yet given its barren orthodoxy and turgid character, it can at best inspire mediocrity.»

Your best, most direct route to perfectly turgid (thank you 9th grade science teacher, Mrs. Ramos, for teaching me that word) meringues is to make them on a DRY day and then (on top of it all) to show an infinite amount of patience.

The only thing I've been doing is not turning up for some of the games, this wasn't done as a protest, it was done because I really couldn't be bothered going to watch the same turgid rubbish week after week.

To be honest I never thought of it myself until the other day, when I was watching the frankly turgid friendly game between Belgium and Finland and I heard the commentator say that Vermaelen was set to be a first choice starter for his country at Euro 2016,.

tas, If you really find our turgid, timid, sideways passing style exciting, then I fear for your sanity!

Sturridge was one of England's most impressive performers in their turgid midweek win over Norway at Wembley, with captain Wayne Rooney struggling for involvement, meaning that Hodgson is likely to have had to rip up his plans after the Liverpool man was ruled out.

The # 20m fee was met with a mixed reaction, by an Everton fanbase that has endured turgid football for the most part of 2017/18.

Reaction: Hodgson lionises England record - chaser Rooney (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Rooney sees off Slovenia to close on record (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Coleman foresees glory for conquering Wales (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Bale sinks Belgium to fire Welsh dreams (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Hodgson tells under - fire Sterling to toughen up (friendly) Report: England and Ireland draw a blank in Dublin (friendly) Reaction: De Gea uncertainty clouds Man United's horizon (Premier League) Report: Arsenal thwart Man United as De Gea departs (Premier League) Reaction: Liverpool prepare for life without «irreplaceable» Gerrard (Premier League) Reaction: Gerrard «devastated» after final Anfield game (Premier League) Report: Gerrard says farewell as Crystal Palace poop party (Premier League) Reaction: Arsenal manager Wenger irked by Swansea «accident» (Premier League) Report: Arsenal sunk by Fabiański and Gomis (Premier League) Reaction: Rodgers accuses Fàbregas as Liverpool's top - four bid fades (Premier League) Report: Chelsea close Champions League door on Liverpool (Premier League) Reaction: Mourinho steels Chelsea for challenges ahead (Premier League) Report: Hazard storms Palace to give Chelsea title (Premier League) Reaction: Mourinho feels the love despite Chelsea jibes (Premier League) Reaction: Arsenal «boring», not Chelsea — Mourinho (Premier League) Report: Arsenal stalemate delays Chelsea coronation (Premier League) Reaction: Fight for final places, Sherwood tells Villa (FA Cup) Report: Aston Villa end Gerrard's FA Cup dream (FA Cup) Reaction: Mourinho calls for caution as title beckons (Premier League) Report: Hazard fires clinical Chelsea closer to title (Premier League) Reaction: Van Gaal says Man United top dogs after derby romp (Premier League) Report: Man City blown away by Man United fightback (Premier League) Reaction: Hodgson urges Kane to build on perfect debut (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Rooney, Kane on target in England stroll (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Van Gaal beams after Man United storm Anfield (Premier League) Reaction: Gerrard sorry for red card against Man United (Premier League) Report: Gerrard off as Mata brace ends Liverpool run (Premier League) Reaction: PSG revel in Champions League breakthrough (Champions League) Report: Thiago Silva and 10 - man PSG claim Chelsea revenge (Champions League) Reaction: Wenger thrilled as Welbeck proves point (FA Cup) Report: Old boy Welbeck fells Man United in FA Cup (FA Cup) Reaction: Rodgers rues cost of Liverpool resurgence (FA Cup) Report: Blackburn intrude on Gerrard's FA Cup dream (FA Cup) Reaction: Wembley win leaves Mourinho feeling «like a kid» (Capital One Cup) Report: Clinical Chelsea earn Mourinho third League Cup (Capital One Cup) Reaction: Man City stirrings give Pellegrini Barça hope (Champions League) Report: Suárez scores brace as Barcelona down Man City (Champions League) Reaction: Rodgers plots Liverpool assault on top four (Premier League) Report: Coutinho rocket sinks seething Southampton (Premier League) Reaction: Van Gaal defends Man United's «long - ball» tactics (Premier League) Report: Blind late show rescues spluttering Man United (Premier League) Reaction: Pellegrini remains hopeful as Mourinho sulks (Premier League) Report: Silva keeps Man City on Chelsea's heels (Premier League) Reaction: Mourinho cries foul over Costa «stamp» claims (Capital One Cup) Report: Ivanović sinks Liverpool as Chelsea reach final (Capital One Cup) Reaction: Odds were against Man United — Van Gaal (FA Cup) Report: Minnows Cambridge hold Man United in FA Cup (FA Cup) Reaction: Rodgers buoyed by Sterling - inspired Liverpool (Capital One Cup) Report: Sterling slalom checks Chelsea in League Cup (Capital One Cup) Reaction: Arsenal masterclass sets standard, says Wenger (Premier League) Report: Cazorla stars as Arsenal stun Man City (Premier League) Reaction: Van Gaal defends methods after United defeat (Premier League) Report: Tadić strike punishes shot - shy Man United (Premier League) Report: Bloodied Skrtel earns Liverpool a point (Premier League) Reaction: In - form United «forcing luck», says Van Gaal (Premier League) Report: De Gea stars as United deepen Liverpool gloom (Premier League) Reaction: Liverpool will «fight» for return — Rodgers (Champions League) Report: Basel thwart Liverpool to reach last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: Van Persie rescued United, admits Van Gaal (Premier League) Report: Van Persie sends lacklustre Man United third (Premier League) Report: Agüero undoes Southampton as Man City go second (Premier League) Report: Stunning Agüero treble gives Man City hope (Champions League) Reaction: Hodgson dismayed by England fan chants (friendly) Report: Rooney at the double as England silence Scots (friendly) Report: Rooney, Welbeck inspire England fightback (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Tevez returns as Argentina overcome Croatia (friendly) Reaction: Man City have «crisis of confidence» — Pellegrini (Champions League) Report: Nine - man Man City left on brink by CSKA Moscow (Champions League) Reaction: Van Gaal says beaten Man United getting closer (Premier League) Report: Agüero gives City spoils against 10 - man United (Premier League) Reaction: Shocks are warning for England, says Hodgson (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Rooney on mark as England school San Marino (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Mourinho urges Chelsea to stay grounded (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger plays down Mourinho touchline spat (Premier League) Report: Hazard, Costa sink Arsenal in stormy derby (Premier League) Reaction: Pellegrini rues carelessness after Roma hold City (Champions League) Report: Totti makes history as Roma thwart Man City (Champions League) Reaction: Rodgers heartened by Liverpool resilience (Champions League) Reaction: Van Gaal wants more from match - winner Di María (Premier League) Report: Falcao debuts as Man United crush QPR (Premier League) Reaction: Hodgson hails Welbeck for biding his time (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Welbeck gives improved England winning start (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Angry Hodgson dismisses England statistics (friendly) Report: Rooney rescues England in turgid Norway win (friendly) Reaction: Wenger backs Sánchez to fill Giroud's shoes (Champions League) Reaction: Pellegrini gladdened by Jovetić display (Premier League) Report: Jovetić at the double as Man City sink Liverpool (Premier League) Reaction: Ancelotti predicts «new cycle» for Madrid (UEFA Super Cup) Report: Ronaldo still the boss as Madrid win Super Cup (UEFA Super Cup) Reaction: Wembley win sets tone for Arsenal — Wenger (Community Shield) Report: Vibrant Arsenal down Man City in Community Shield (Community Shield) Reaction: «Lethargic» Arsenal not ready yet — Wenger (Emirates Cup) Report: Falcao scores comeback goal to sink Arsenal (Emirates Cup) Reaction: Wenger enthused by Sanogo - Campbell double act (Emirates Cup) Report: Sanogo upstages Sánchez in Arsenal romp (Emirates Cup)

They were sharp and incisive for most of the game in that one, a far cry from some of the turgid stuff they had churned out before that that this season.

Will United just look to grind this one out with a slow turgid performance like they have for much of the season?

And on procurement, the current comptroller — whose office sees every check cut by the city before it goes out — smartly characterized the issue of turgid budgets for city technology projects by observing, «it actually doesn't have much to do with technology itself.»

The idea of four New Labour ministers engaging in a turgid, managerial debate in public for a number of months, would not have offered the real debate the party needed, and filled me with dread.

Flash of turgid fear in his eyes there for a moment.

And for the layperson, it has mainly produced a lot of turgid documentaries.

For those who can afford it, satellite TV is a welcome alternative to the turgid broadcasts of CRTV, the tightly controlled state - run network.

Even the individual turgid with blood wouldn't be of much help for ID - ing the host.

We find scenes that seem to exist just for their heavy - handed emotional impact — usually those where «noble truths» are spoken — and we encounter turgid sappiness at times.

The movie is a turgid, swollen, wheezing old contraption, a crashing bore of special effects in which the most exciting moment gives us two ships sitting in water sending cannon balls at each other for what seems like hours on end.

Tony Scott, whose late - period movies are nearly as guilty for spreading the shakycam virus as anything Greengrass did, had a big hit with the turgid revenge flick Man On Fire, a movie whose reputation rests almost entirely on a strong Denzel Washington performance that the movie doesn't really earn.

REMEMBER ME is a turgid excuse for a perceptive character study / romance that pins its hopes on a twist that is not so much a jolt as an affront.

This makes for an intensely readable experience — there is no turgid academism that needs excising in these tautly - rendered two hundred or so pages.

It's possible to see some value in what Montiel was aiming for — even though the payoff finale is borderline offensive in its implications — but the turgid progress it makes in getting there is utterly self - defeating.

While Ted 2 never reaches the turgid lows of A Million Ways to Die in the West, the writer / director's misguided western spoof from last year, it also demonstrates yet again that his brand of comedy is far more suited for the half - hour television format of his series like Family Guy and American Dad than it is for a two - hour picture that requires more narrative heft and character development.

Interesting for some extreme choices but more often than not a bit turgid, Red Sparrow plays like a missed opportunity at something more malicious and subversive than it ends up being.

I have no idea what political metaphors for Chinese - American relations are buried in the gravyish CGI fog of The Great Wall (Universal, 12), a Hollywood - China co-production that meshes historical warfare, monster - movie fantasy and Matt Damonic heroism to eccentric but turgid effect, marking a career low for director Zhang Yimou.

Certainly not in doubt is the quality of the ensemble; Michael Shannon has been with Nichols since the beginning (his only non-starring role was Mud, and we can thank Zack Snyder's turgid Man of Steel for that), and his weathered, craggy face is perhaps not classically that of a warm father figure (he didn't exactly convey much warmth in Take Shelter), but Shannon is a consummate professional and one of the better actors of the current era, settling into this role of a caring father with a capable - of - anything survivalist streak with aplomb.

His analysis suffers from all the intellectual flabbiness (for example, claiming that «the U.S. is fascist,» or that «the greed and avarice of the U.S. ruling class are seemingly unparalleled in history») and turgid prose (like his reference to the «Dickensianizing of postmodern megalopolises,» or his final chapter, entitled, «Unthinking Whiteness: Critical Citizenship in Gringolandia») that are commonly associated with the postmodern genre.

Although the 780 initially made it to the United States for the ’87 model year, it really came into its own two years later when the turgid V - 6 that Volvo shared with Peugeot and Renault was joined by a more sporting turbocharged four - cylinder, the rear suspension having been upgraded from solid axle to independent the previous year.

We face rising prices for consumption, turgid asset prices at best, and the debt burden holds us back.

The turgid shapes come as a particular surprise, because the official history leaves so little room for them.

Instead, Abstract Expressionism led to all manner of variations and reactions: second - generation Ab - Exers who lyrically rounded off the movement's epic impulses; minimalists who discarded turgid gestures for visions of epic materiality; the faux - expressionist paintings by Gerhardt Richter and Sigmar Polke that undermined Ab - Ex's very aspirations for the epic.

First Tree, for example, reflects the vitality of all trees, while Junction, an utterly different sort of interaction, shows the turgid twists and turns, stops and starts, that are the distinctive markings of one very mature tree.

In the stifled, historically turgid world of contemporary art, Le Melle seems like a breath of fresh air and a welcome sigh of relief for Artpace, which has had four executive directors in the past five years — including Sue Graze, who served as interim director for a year when Amada Cruz left to lead the Phoenix Art Museum in January 2015.

The late, turgid Bratby was a surprise but his «kitchen sink» epic The Greenhouse (1958) is a match for the Doigs next door.

Most folk probably have little time for reading turgid crap written by Sheldon Walker.

And we hope to spread the growing scorn for legal writing that is archaic, turgid, obscure, and needlessly dull.

Once upon a time, lawyers, bred on a steady diet of the old, dense, and turgid legal opinions that law students today still must trudge through as some sort of right of passage, relied purely on logic to advocate for their clients.

Founded in 1953 Scribes seeks to «spread the growing scorn for legal writing that is archaic, turgid, obscure and needlessly dull».