Sentences with phrase «from awkward attempts»

With the bitcoin price down from last week's highs and speculation about a Greek eurozone exit finally waning, mainstream journalists seemed to have taken a much - needed respite from awkward attempts at analyzing the industry this week.

Not exact matches

«For instance, «Cricketing» and «Ghostbusting» are simply by - products of attempting to spare someone's feelings, or avoiding an awkward conversation that we shouldn't shy away from.

They didn't care for his many runs down the wings to sling in another cross; the ball he sent through to Jesse Lingard that saw the winger catch City's defenders out in order to feed Zlatan Ibrahimovic for another shot; his attempts to get by his markers and through the visitors» lines that resulted in a contentious challenge in the box from Claudio Bravo; and the deliveries into the area from set - pieces, two of which should've been turned in, one of which was too awkward for the visiting goalkeeper and John Stones, who spilled it after a mix - up for Ibrahimovic to score.

Some of them are political: any attempt to legislate will provoke an awkward level of opposition from Tory backbenchers.

From the beginning of this mayoral campaign, the public advocate has been using the issue of paid sick leave, and Quinn's increasingly awkward three - year - long - and - counting refusal to allow it to come up for a vote on the Council, as a means of distinguishing himself from her, and of highlighting her sometimes - awkward attempts to placate her party's liberal base without alienating Michael Bloomberg and the business establishment whose support she has courted for yeFrom the beginning of this mayoral campaign, the public advocate has been using the issue of paid sick leave, and Quinn's increasingly awkward three - year - long - and - counting refusal to allow it to come up for a vote on the Council, as a means of distinguishing himself from her, and of highlighting her sometimes - awkward attempts to placate her party's liberal base without alienating Michael Bloomberg and the business establishment whose support she has courted for yefrom her, and of highlighting her sometimes - awkward attempts to placate her party's liberal base without alienating Michael Bloomberg and the business establishment whose support she has courted for years.

The open shelves below where another attempt to «highlight» an awkward kitchen layout from feeling to cabinet heavy on one side of the room.

There's no awkward attempt to pick someone up at a club who shares your tastes in fetishes, and there's no expense from hiring an escort.

There are several awkward scenes replicated from the original film and a couple of cute nods which reinforce a sense of sincerity in Greenberg's attempt to do justice for a new generation.

From filmmaker David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express), Good Vibes tells the coming - of - age tale of best buds Mondo (Book of Mormon's Josh Gad) and Woodie (Brody), two awkward dudes adapting to life in a California beach community by attempting to surf, party and chase girls.

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AVClub.com: «Despite its illegible chase scenes, awkward slow - motion shots, and fumbling attempts at political commentary, No Escape manages to be intermittently interesting, thanks to an off - beat supporting turn from Pierce Brosnan and the intrinsic curiosity factor of watching a film mishandle an inspired premise.»

His awkward attempts to pump information from her drew laughter from the audience, exposing a script that aims for drama with elements of black comedy, but lands somewhat wide of the mark.

Okay, so maybe Craven's attempts at blending comedy and horror are pretty awkward, but you can't say he didn't learn anything from the experience; his next film was «Scream,» where the comedy / horror blend was almost perfect.

Dell's failure with the Streak series also underscores the major issue that such manufacturers face when attempting to enter the marketplace with such a heavily commoditized platform such as Android without having a proper contingency plan in place, as the competition from other manufacturers left it scrambling to catch up while never really being able to grab a foothold in the marketplace; this was also evidenced by its awkward handling of its attempt to compete in the smartphone market again in the Venue series, with one Android model and one Windows Phone model.

As we were heading up the bumpy dirt road to Barton Creek we were fortunate enough to be able to give a lift to a Menonite man making his way back from town to his farm in the jungle, he was very friendly, soft - spoken, and humble but still was outgoing in his attempts to answer our awkward questions about his life and family.

That post, aside from winning me an award for Longest and Most Awkward Blog Post Title Ever, described our attempts to win Chairman's Preferred status before US Airways did away with their Preferred Status Trial.

From a pathetic attempt with one of my friends (NESTER) to meet a blogging giant (we ended up backing away looking like dorks, totally awkward and embarrassed — just ask Emily at Chatting at the Sky, she saw it.

While most contemporary extensions are a world away from those awkward structures that attempt unsuccessfully to blend in with an existing building, they've moved on from the ultra-modern glass boxes and mixed materials of the past few years.