Sentences with word «humdrum»

The thing I really like about the festive season is how it's so easy to get lost in it all so you can really forget about the day - to - day humdrum of life.

Wringing subtle wit and hard - won honesty from humdrum life has become something of a trademark in the work of Frank V. Ross, a perennially under - appreciated talent of American independent cinema.

Recommendation: Though it starts sluggish and takes its time to evolve from humdrum human drama into full - fledged, in - your - face bloody action, the back nine of this film is absolutely worth the wait.

But they also provide a place to sleep, have fun and mingle with colleagues — not in humdrum office parks, but in exotic locations around the world, in the European countryside close to urban centers or in warm - weather destinations like Bali.

The clip, directed by Roboshobo (a.k.a. Robert Schober) and shot in the band's hometown of Las Vegas, stars Bella Heathcote (Not Fade Away, Dark Shadows) as a daydreaming casino maid — whose humdrum existence is, of course, conveyed via a proverbial shot of her feeding her cat — who meets cute with a dapper young tourist played by Max Minghella (The Internship, The Social Network) after almost running him over at a traffic light.

Score Rush feels a good bit like Mars Matrix in that regard, itself a fantastic shooter with humdrum enemy design where the opposition feels like little more than placeholders for players to train their lasers upon.

Unfortunately, natural disasters have a way of reminding us how important some of the more humdrum aspects of our financial lives can be, like the details of property and casualty insurance coverage.

Senior Writer Darren Gladstone geeks out over gadgets, games, and odd uses for humdrum tech.

His blond and sensible wife had an unpredictable streak that kept the issues of life from settling into humdrum patterns.

the class not humdrum, and you may very well pick up a few great road humor to share with your friends.

What he was likely to doubt, however, was whether such heroism could possibly be displayed in his own less dramatic and more humdrum day - to - day existence.

However, it's not all good news, because the boot is an awkward shape and interior quality is rather humdrum compared with its German rivals.

Alas, it was not to be, as The Guardian shows Friedkin unable to gain any momentum with his very humdrum story, despite his work on the screenplay with the original novel's author, Dan Greenburg (Private School, Private Lessons).

As was expected, Dr. Bawumia waxed in much prolixity and repetitive humdrum about the ills facing the Ghanaian economy under President Mahama without any spasm of intellectuality to place everything in the broad spectrum of the national economy long before the Mahama era.

No man has insisted on this more vigorously than Baron von Hügel, who with all his deep faith in the fullness of our Lord's embodiment of God, was yet ever ready to maintain that in other religious traditions, and likewise in science, art, philosophy, ethics, as well as in the simple humdrum experiences of daily life, God in some way and to some degree has been found and known.

These were so humdrum before you got your hands on them.

Of course, 2016 was shaping up as a fairly humdrum affair itself until Election Day, with year - to - date gains on the leading benchmarks in the mid-single-digit range.

Thanks for your posts evening out Iggy's posts that was getting a bit humdrum and ofttimes annoying

This light, clear green with yellow undertones is a gorgeous accent color that makes an otherwise humdrum outfit stand out.

Yet all these activities seem humdrum compared with what happened during the Third Intermediate Period, from approximately 1075 to 656 B.C. With startling suddenness, mummification went mainstream.

Assistant can be used to control a wide range of devices, starting with your Chromecast or TV through to something as seemingly humdrum as a light bulb.

If grey seems a little humdrum for the holidays, I rounded up nine additional winter shades that will win you over this season!

These games received great reviews and stole the hearts of gamers around the world, yet other developers seem to have a hard time following that example, creating the same humdrum games over and over again.

Without built - in GPS, NFC or heart rate monitoring technology though, that list of features feels disappointing, not just humdrum.

Lenovo's newest Moto Z snap - on accessory is a fairly humdrum Incipio car dock Moto Mod, but many exciting modules are due out in 2017.

Still, one is never quite sure where to stand or, more precisely, where one stands in an encounter with Murphy's close - cropped, meticulously realist, bigger - than - life renderings of humdrum things and scenes.

Lack of sure - shot double - play man at second base hurts, as does humdrum bench.

Fantasy takes you out of your own humdrum world.

Beneath the swirling chaos of Harare's markets, his work evokes humdrum human interactions.

In The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work, Gottman writes that Hollywood distorts our notions of romantic love: «Watching Humphrey Bogart gather teary - eyed Ingrid Bergman into his arms may make your heart pound, but real - life romance is fueled by far more humdrum scenes.

Affectionately known as Hound or Mutt to his teammates, Kelly is Philadelphia's designated hitter who usually steps onto the ice only when Shero feels the pace of a game has become too humdrum.

It is with great reluctance that I prepare to betray my pre-teen self: here are some sneaky ways you can use physical yoga principals to invigorate your body while doing 6 humdrum activities (publicly or privately).

It was humdrum stuff — until one official mentioned in passing that this tree - lined curve in the river, a popular picnic spot for Hungarians, was to be drowned by a giant hydroelectric dam being planned in secret by a much - feared state agency known simply as the Water Management.

8,300 customers a day are downloading the Harry Potter audiobooks and popping in their earbuds to magically transform humdrum train commutes into rides aboard the Hogwarts Express, leisurely jogs into a frantic escapes from Dementors, and the muggle chore of sweeping the kitchen floor into the Quidditch World Cup.

The father's emotional incapacity and stubborness coupled with his fragility is finely played by Bruce Dern and Will Forte as the long suffering son whose own humdrum life is of no interest to his self - absorbed dad is also a delight.

If you're not down for that sometimes humdrum bit of roleplay, this mod lets you teleport to any fast travel point from anywhere, much in the style of Skyrim.

But Hollywood is perfectly capable of producing humdrum action fare on its own.

Set approximately 10 years after humdrum events of the 2012 prequel Prometheus, this battle royale between humanity and cinema's most perfect killing machine compounds artistic sins by hard - wiring into our nostalgia for Sir Ridley's other sci - fi masterpiece, Blade Runner.

It could have stuck to doing what it does best, which is churning out worthy but dull hatchbacks and SUVs that are long on warranty but short on fun, but the company wanted to inject some excitement into its rather humdrum image, and the result is the i30 N.

Also, while it's true that the Audi S1 will retain a healthy proportion of its purchase price when it comes to time to sell, fast Fords are always in demand, and the residual values of the Focus ST are far more impressive than more humdrum Focus models.

Yet those outings seem positively humdrum when compared to the pandemonium that takes place in Odyssey.

Get a little more creative and give the hiring manager something to get excited about, rather than the same old humdrum list of verbs they see on every other resume.

It's an outwardly humdrum comedy - drama that sneaks up on you, like falling in love.

The Pixel 2 comes in two sizes: a very humdrum 5 - inch phone with a squared - off screen and big, chunky bezels, and a slightly more impressive 6 - inch version with curved corners and smaller bezels.

But even better, the Avalon ditches humdrum looks catered to the geriatric motoring club for a far more dramatic design.

But competing over humdrum necessities that have the lowest profit margins, such as toiletries and laundry detergent, seems like a mug's game to Mark Foote, the former CEO of Zellers, who was tasked with winding down the outgoing Canadian retailer when Target assumed its leases in 2012.