Sentences with phrase «from gleeful»

Aside from gleeful expressions of unbridled end - of - the - world greed, however, the last day was mostly about taking time to enjoy the environments and missions that players have loved through the past few years.

This year's Laugh strand encompasses richly diverse geography, subject matter and senses of humour, from gleeful to bittersweet and wickedly satirical.

Never more than a sliver away from gleeful self - parody.

The humor comes from his gleeful disdain of American propriety, and from his impeccable sense of timing and absurdity.

Much of the movie's charm emanates from the gleeful absurdity imbuing every single piece of the puzzle the three against all odds succeed in putting together.

The researchers suspect that this effect comes from gleeful fans selectively remembering favorable policy decisions and sticking with the status quo.

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There is no way of making a head count of the mobs that turned out over the three - day Washington's Birthday weekend, but from the gleeful hand - rubbing of resort owners, it is obvious that the 22nd of February is becoming as much the day of the skier as it is the day of our nation's founder.

On Facebook and Twitter, reactions ranged from gleeful jokes, to political barbs, to conspiracy theories, to patriotism, to pleas for peace, to solemn reflections.

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As Donald Trump's position at the front of the Republican presidential race has become more and more unshakeable, the media's attitude towards him has changed gradually from a position of somewhat gleeful ridicule to concern that this man actually has a shot at becoming president of the United States — and that the media itself may have helped put him there.

Except for the absence of gleeful Assassination Arts and Crafts, the situations mirror each other to a remarkable degree, and the administration has little reason to fear anything from the right except for their boisterous opposition and the possibility that the more spiteful among them might sing «na, na, na, na, hey, hey, goodbye» as Marine One carries the former President Obama to Andrews Air Force Base.

The response to World Vision revealed some major fault lines in the Church, and many of us who grew up evangelical interpreted all the gleeful «farewelling» from evangelical leaders as our final kick out the door.

Both were thoughtful, relatively charitable articles, but I was disheartened to see my Facebook and Twitter feeds light up with gleeful jeers from conservative evangelicals essentially saying, «let the liberals die!»

As of Aug. 28, the day before the trades, the A's had lost five of their last seven games, had recently lost center - fielder Dave Henderson to a knee injury, had watched Jose Canseco struggle with back ailments and had begun to hear gleeful whispers from around the league: Ha!

I don't want to be too gleeful about a situation that results from living in a poor country with high unemployment and low wages.

«They are also seeing the world from a different perspective, and there's a gleeful aspect to that.»

This canopy meets with gleeful squeals from our two children who love that the canopy also acts as a privacy shield for them.

One of the things that has terrified me throughout this election is how the pumped up, ecstatic response from some men to Trump's gleeful and unapologetic sexism has revealed how she was right.

Nevertheless, Republicans were gleeful over a challenge to Cuomo from within his own party.

It was inevitable that following the re-election of Barak Obama — met with gleeful whoops of delight from Team Cameron — that No. 10 insiders would draw comparisons between their man and US President.

Darwin describes the Tierra del Fuegan children's gleeful tossing of Western clothes and teachings in a way that suggests he's amused by the experiment's failure, and even draws some instruction from it.

The second installment, «Shrek 2,» unbraided the gags from the feeling, tipping the balance to gleeful cynicism, which, while fun to watch, was discomforting.

Reuniting disaster - resistant star Dwayne Johnson with his «San Andreas» director, this brainless big - screen monster - smash movie assumes that audiences want to see the Rock stop three enormous mutant creatures from destroying American metropolises, when in fact, it's the gleeful prospect of witnessing just that kind of spectacular CG devastation that gave the game its name — and presumably got the movie made.

Its power comes from its electric inventiveness and gleeful inscrutability.

From John Williams» thrilling score to the wonderfully gleeful performances, to Spielberg's confident and energetic direction, the film is a treasure trove of creativity and a joy from start to finFrom John Williams» thrilling score to the wonderfully gleeful performances, to Spielberg's confident and energetic direction, the film is a treasure trove of creativity and a joy from start to finfrom start to finish.

It might, indeed, benefit from the shock of its gleeful use of «nigger,» the surprise of its sodomy and ultra-violence, and the sheer pleasure of hearing Sam Jackson say those lines and John Travolta dance again in a movie having faded.

It's a combination of soul, futuristic percussion and symphonic pride that seamlessly rockets with an inspirational vibe, never failing to hear melodic optimism in the face of almost unbelievable prejudice, finally uniting in a common, movingly melodic goal that's greatly empowered by Williams» sense of energetic vocalese — though his vocal beat box stylings stop understandably short of a chorus of «Happy,» given the less - than gleeful era its heroines» music nobly gains its determined respect from.

Lean and lively, he's at the peak of his powers, from rubber - faced histrionics and flailing pratfalls to gleeful sarcasm and dead - on impersonations.

Although its overwhelming logic is hence from video games — «I've never made it this far,» Cage tells his followers at one point, when asked what comes next — Edge of Tomorrow works best as a gleeful riff on the narrative tricks endemic to the cinema, an art defined more by editing than by images.

And so, Jon's gleeful dip into the creative world he so desires, exposes him to some home truths and hard lessons in a journey that see's him venture from suburban England to rural Texas in what essentially becomes his story and their story, of how music and art is born.

From its opening credits («Produced by Asshats... Directed by an Overpaid Tool») to its motormouthed antihero and gleeful ultraviolence, the film was received as Marvel's grungy outlier, the one that broke all the rules, the superhero for grown - ups.

However overall, Ghost Town is a gentle romantic «date movie» that is saved from becoming a total «chick flick» by Gervias» delightful and at times gleeful turn as the cranky yet in the end likable Dr. Pincus and by comedic dialog so well written by David Koepp and John Kamps and delivered under the deft direction of David Koepp that you just can't stop laughing.

They take it very seriously, and we watch as some of them watch the shower scene — repeated and rewound to highlight various compositions, setups, and cuts (The title comes from the scene's 78 setups and 52 edits)-- with a mixture of gleeful and terrified admiration.

I am quite gleeful, therefore, that the new report from Fordham entitled Does School Board Leadership Matter?

Even more surprising to me were the gleeful cheers of agreement from the black - shirt clad Cherokee district teachers.

I'm far from being an MBA kind of person, there's always a kind of gleeful / morbid fascination to stories of spectacular business failures.

Tony Award winners Miranda and Olivo fluidly deliver complicated passages, moving from Spanish to English, didactic to idiomatic, while maintaining a gleeful irreverence in the saga of «ghetto nerd» Oscar.

Your narrator wants you to be thrilled and promote the audiobook with gleeful shouts from the mountaintop when it's all done.

The announcement drew gleeful reactions from the author's millions of fans, who have waited 17 years to catch another glimpse of Lyra, the heroine of the fantasy realms depicted in The Golden Compass (1995), The Subtle Knife (1997) and The Amber Spyglass (2000).

In fact, the name of this little bundle of gleeful mischief comes from «Affen,» the German word for monkey.

Crafting your Gambits into killing machines then wandering through fields and slaying monsters can transition from a slog to a gleeful process.

As much as I dislike condemningan entire genre, the FPS always seems to suggest by its very nature (a game where you shoot things) that some group of people must die, and from there its only a quick injection of some half - baked ideology or another to justify gleeful mass murder.

In multiplayer, Monster Hunter transforms from a deeply personal challenge into a gleeful co-operative experience.

Visible from the gallery entrance is FORGETABOUTITBATMAN, a huge painting of Batman's cowl, the character's eyes twisted into an almost gleeful expression.

A gleeful miasma of lines and twists and knots of color, the structure mounts the stairs and balcony, loosely knitting a helter - skelter scaffolding that seems to emanate from an oversize yet unassuming yarn ball nearby.

The UK tabloids were gleeful, in 2005, when the Tate Gallery purchased a set of paintings entitled The Upper Room from Ofili while he was still a trustee (pictured above, courtesy of Victoria Miro Gallery.

Though the ads cost more than $ 250,000, the campaign ended up being a bargain because of all the valuable and gleeful left - leaning media attention it received from outlets such as The New York Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and The Huffington Post.

While recent headlines about the woes of U.N. - led efforts to assemble a comprehensive picture of the science have caused gleeful headlines on The Drudge Report and other skeptical media outlets, the vast weight of the evidence — from melting glaciers to warming oceans to satellite temperature readings, and much more — still points to a changing climate caused by human activity.