Sentences with phrase «from unaccustomed»

Excerpted from Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri Copyright © 2008 by Jhumpa Lahiri.

It's therefore conceivable that participants in the total body group benefited from the unaccustomed stimulus of training more frequently.

The war in Vietnam forced us to look from unaccustomed perspectives at the role played by the United States in international affairs.

Not exact matches

His retreat from the investing world brought a merciful close to a humbling chapter for a man unaccustomed to failure.

And some who have recently seen Tillerson say the former ExxonMobil chief executive — unaccustomed to taking orders from a superior, let alone one as capricious as Trump — also seems to be ready to end his State Department tenure.

Unaccustomed to saying such a word ourselves, we can hear from the world a cry that should sound familiar to us: «Who will rescue me from this body of death?»

It was, then, not merely from personal ambition, which doubtless functioned, nor because of an exaggerated self - importance induced through unaccustomed flattery, that these kings moved steadily in the direction of arrogation of absolute powers.

To those people already unaccustomed to seeing breastfeeding in public, a nursing toddler is quite a different sight from a nursing baby and I have been concerned about negative reactions.

The prone or side sleep position can increase the risk of rebreathing expired gases, resulting in hypercapnia and hypoxia.54, — , 57 The prone position also increases the risk of overheating by decreasing the rate of heat loss and increasing body temperature compared with infants sleeping supine.58, 59 Recent evidence suggests that prone sleeping alters the autonomic control of the infant cardiovascular system during sleep, particularly at 2 to 3 months of age, 60 and can result in decreased cerebral oxygenation.61 The prone position places infants at high risk of SIDS (odds ratio [OR]: 2.3 — 13.1).62, — , 66 However, recent studies have demonstrated that the SIDS risks associated with side and prone position are similar in magnitude (OR: 2.0 and 2.6, respectively) 63 and that the population - attributable risk reported for side sleep position is higher than that for prone position.65, 67 Furthermore, the risk of SIDS is exceptionally high for infants who are placed on their side and found on their stomach (OR: 8.7).63 The side sleep position is inherently unstable, and the probability of an infant rolling to the prone position from the side sleep position is significantly greater than rolling prone from the back.65, 68 Infants who are unaccustomed to the prone position and are placed prone for sleep are also at greater risk than those usually placed prone (adjusted OR: 8.7 — 45.4).63, 69,70 Therefore, it is critically important that every caregiver use the supine sleep position for every sleep period.

British politicians were unaccustomed to coalition politics, and the Liberal Democrats came under fire from Conservative and SNP opponents who claimed they had «sold out» their principles.

A man finds beer bottles and beer cans in wall - coolers in an abandoned market and the camera cuts to him as he sits on the floor appearing drunk and slurring his words, a man drinks from a bottle of beer and prevents a woman from taking it away from him, a woman unaccustomed to drinking drinks wine and giggles loudly and a man tells her that she should save the rest of the bottle for another time (she pours and drinks another glass of wine, giggling more), two men and a woman drink wine at dinner in a few scenes, and a woman asks a man to have a drink with her and he politely refuses.

In writing Lauren, for instance, I imagined what it would feel like to be a sister - in - law from a small family, unaccustomed to the constant togetherness of big family life.

Fear of dogs may be, in fact, one of the chief causes why city dwellers unaccustomed to animals, and people from cultures which shrink from dogs are often bit.

We could tell from the start that air conditioning was a treat to which she was unaccustomed.

From June to August the weather tends to be cooler and the humidity drops, making it more comfortable for visitors unaccustomed to the tropical climate.

Many gamers have gone online to post initial frustrations with the game — an understandable reaction from the perspective of somebody unaccustomed to its structure and design ethic, particularly in the context of an FPS.

The specific brand of humor which inhabits her art results from rubbing up against the «pure air» that prevails in an art world unaccustomed to deal ¬ ing in certain «vulgarities.»

The unaccustomed sensation of interpenetrating fields of scent throws open a dimension simply missing from most art and overcomes the work's slightly repugnant surrealism.

Well, I'm accustomed to forthrightness from the outset and to my good fortune, unaccustomed to direct competition, particularly in the case of former clients.