Sentences with word «harrumph»

This excessively twinkly comedy got a much - needed dose of harrumph from Dame Maggie, whose eye - rolling and side - eye single - handedly made the movie worth watching.

Many an old sneak - boater harrumphed at newfangled duck calls equipped with built - in bellows and decoys with heads abob and wiggling tails.

Mike Leigh rustles up a glorious portrait of the artist as harrumphing old dog with his labour - of - love biopic of JMW Turner.

Sam harrumphed loudly and poked me in the ribs.

It's a feature that's been a long - time coming, frankly, as iOS users have long harrumphed about unwanted apps taking up real estate on their iPhone screens.

Thanks to the hypnosis of Stone's amethyst gaze, slightly magnified behind her glasses, you can convince yourself that this match was important in itself, rather than a way for King to explain the potential of underrated and disrespected women's tennis to a bunch of harrumphing men in bad sports coats.

American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten issued a press release harrumphing:

Now the RBC ploy has been exposed to the full light of day, of course, and outrage is building, the government is making harrumphing noises.

«Irresponsible and ignorant,» harrumphed Senator John Kerry.

Bishop Candler harrumphed, «Well, maybe we ought to think about it a little more.»

To which Cahill says harrumph, or to be more accurate, «preposterous,»

(«Pataki stabbed him in the back,» noted an elderly man to harrumphing approval.)

Though harrumphs and grunts from the breakfast club indicated empathy, solidarity is another thing.

Groves looks like you would expect — this uptight, harrumphing general, and they misspelled his name on the badge so it's hand - corrected.

Roland Barthes's A Lover's Discourse: Fragments is loosely the source material for this unusual class of romantic comedy that delivers its laughs with something of an awkward, infuriating harrumph.

Old Edward harrumphs, shifts some phlegm, and starts recycling again.

Every good actor taking on a Chekhov role has felt the same desire, reaching for a performance a little closer to the bone, a little less harrumph - y and consciously theatrical than usual.

A posting on a Walnut Valley message board that I perused harrumphed that «You shouldn't have a right to apply for a school you do not financially support.»

So harrumphed an indignant and self - righteous Warren Fletcher, president of the United Teachers of Los Angeles.

When juices stir and there are miles of broad highways and mountain wrigglies to get behind thee, the engine's harrumph becomes a big animal growl as the power comes on.

«I'm not going to buy it because they extended the release date harrumph!»

Critics of the Turner prize are used to harrumphing crossly about the absence of painting or drawing from the award's shortlist, and condemning a perceived preponderance of video or film work.

But Zehner is also clearly playing the provocateur here, and it appears to have been a wise gambit, given the sonorous harrumphing the book has generated in green circles... read the full review of Green Illusions

A little bit of research — which you appear reluctant to do, in spite of your incessant harrumphing — would have told you that.

If I was to I say to them, «Oh, you are going to try and sell a new customer,» they would no doubt harrumph and tell me that they do not do such crass things.

The real problem is the tired, cynical approach it still seems to take to whatever the topic is, harrumphing at anyone and anything it doesn't quite understand and eschewing real discussion in favour of a bust up.

Now, I could stomp my feet, harrumph loudly, and send snarky emails to those who compile the numbers.

The grumpy, harrumphing old men of the British media will insist that its a congenital weakness in Arsenal's character; that any squad so keen on dressing - room selfies simply can not hack the relentless grind of league football.

Church leaders like DeBonville have harrumphed about declining dress standards for Sunday service for years, while others say God only cares what's in someone's heart.

And also Stiers, who has the thankless role of remaining in a perpetual state of harrumph and commenting on his frivolous wife's «medicated haze,» a condition that's played entirely for laughs in homage to the great fun that heavy boozing is in real life.

The harrumphing and cold breeze is then followed by the reason.

«Science can't answer how...» is the same argument as «Man will never fly...» Harrumph and horse feathers sir, we will answer questions in the due course of time, not because of religion but in spite of it!

Exhibit B: In the aftermath of the Synod, Cardinal Godfried Danneels, archbishop - emeritus of Mechelen - Brussels, looked down his nose, cleared his throat, harrumphed — and then told the Church in Africa that it ought to stop criticizing the infidelity and rampant individualism of post-Christian Europe, because «it is possible that the crisis we have had here will spread there, too, with all this entails.

Harrumph.

Hi Deb, Heard you on NPR today... you were great and disarmed the harrumphing Lopate.

There was no repeatable skill, harrumphed the extremely erudite baseball writer, and it's very easy to dust off those old arguments and reuse them.

He negotiates his own contracts, a quirk that caused one Italian agent to harrumph that the German star signs deals shortchanging himself by 80 %.

At the end, Paul's mother, Sharon, said, «Paul, clear the dishes,» and away he went, no harrumphs, nothing.»

Harrumph.

To be punctuated with the appropriate «harrumph» — channel Homer Simpson - as - Victorian Gentleman and you'll get the idea.

Hurtling joyfully on to the slogan «we're all in it together», he harrumphed «it's a good slogan.

He harrumphed, guffawed, and a couple of times turned a full 90 degrees to give Faso a look of blazing blue - eyed decimation that must reduce folks in the attorney general's office to little puddles of fear.

As former Freeman sports editor Ed Palladino said, «Harrumph!»

There was harrumphing, especially from the women.

«I say imagination must be captured and controlled,» harrumphs the scientist, before Figment can teach him to set his imagination free.

Harrumph.

This imminent destruction is set in motion when the kangaroo hires a vulture named Vlad (Will Arnett) to eat or otherwise decimate the speck («Being a lady,» she harrumphs, «I'd prefer not to get my hands dirty, but I know you have no problem with that»).

He harrumphed and glowered his way through dozens of talkies, most often as unpleasant corporate types; sometimes, as in his portrayal of Friar Laurence in MGM's Romeo and Juliet, he could rechannel his negative authoritativeness into a more positive vein.