Sentences with phrase «humdrum of»

Escape the humdrum of city life and head down to the Kent countryside.

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.

In the crazy humdrum of online job search and application, its easy to mistake the idea of a resume as a 21st century concept invented well after the word processor and the Internet.

In the humdrum of dozens of resumes littered with phrases like «Partnered with manager to improve team efficiency,» that could put them to sleep, a resume that uses great action verbs and tells a vivid story of who you are as an employee will make them perk right up and reach for their phone.

Are you ready to leave the humdrum of a mundane job and embark on the «WhirlWind» journey to accomplish our BHAG in the next five years and beyond?

Are you sick of the snow or the humdrum of life's responsibilities?

The sandy beaches, warm clear water and vibrant marine life all add up to a wonderful travel break from the humdrum of everyday life.

The early riser will hear and see the bird life, settle down to a leisurely gourmet breakfast and feel the evocative atmosphere of Mount Ninderry that will remain in your memories long after you have returned to the humdrum of daily living.

A spark ignites in your soul as you move away from the humdrum of the city into Vasundhara Sarovar Premiere, one of the best resorts in Vayalar.

I recognize that failing to plan is planning to fail but going with the humdrum of life seems to be more interesting for most of us.

In the humdrum of daily driving — or the hustle and bustle of New York City, for that matter — it's refreshing to spend time in a car that allows you to escape from all that.

What if these experiences weren't just simply part of the humdrum of everyday life?

Worse yet, there's so little inspiration, and even less attention to detail, to this newest incarnation of Bond's iconography that it becomes difficult to parse the genuinely intriguing stuff from the grisly humdrum of it all.

A tale of three border guards on a day when things take an unexpected turn from the usual humdrum of a day in the desert, Transpecos is a hugely accomplished debut by Austin - based director Greg Kwedar.

Since 1992, HomeExchange has given thousands of people the opportunity to escape from the humdrum of everyday life and experience a new city from the comfort of a real home.

Most of us get caught up in the humdrum of our day - to - day, forgetting the magic that can exist between the pages of a good book and opting for the mindless relief of a TV show or movie instead.

What do you buy for any of your loved ones on Valentine's Day without the lull and humdrum of the usual chocolates and roses?

In recent years, most defeated Prime Ministers have walked away from frontline politics altogether, with few willing to descend to humdrum of Cabinet or Shadow Cabinet.

They know only the humdrum of existence with its duties and demands, its bits of hopes and joys, its many sorrows and its final death.

Thus, in 1839 Richard Wagner makes a hasty escape from political intrigue, personal bankruptcy, and the humdrum of provincial life in Riga, again by sea; and it is this nautical misadventure that was to inspire his Flying Dutchman and, ironically, lay the foundations for his eventual success as a composer.

Inevitably they spill some of it into the humdrum of ordinary life.

Friends of religion, in contrast, find support for their views in Berger's criticisms of the limitations of everyday reality, in his argument for the role of overarching canopies of meaning, and in his openness to the possibility of «signals of transcendence» that break through the sheltering humdrum of everyday life.

Treat your eyes to the gorgeous snow clad mountain peaks visible through the hotel and give your mind a much - deserved break from the humdrums of city life.

Not exact matches

We've assembled a group of fantastically successful companies in incredibly humdrum industries to show that being boring is a desirable business strategy.

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.

As more consumers turn away from car ownership, the shift has produced a lot of humdrum offerings from places like Zipcar and Enterprise CarShare.

A résumé can be so much more than a biographical «humdrum» of skill - sets, education, and accomplishments.»

It's about as humdrum an item of apparel as you can get.

Walk past the windows of Fossil, Build - A-Bear Workshop, Guess — humdrum chains you can find in any mall in America.

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.

So while it's easy to get exasperated by the obsession with the humdrum at these meetings, analysts» financial nit - picking is kind of crucial — especially with visionaries like Musk.

A humdrum, fifty - dollar - a-barrel price outlook for next year is part of a recipe to stifle investment, mute production growth and burn off inventories.

I don't want to compare my experience to that of Moses, since I was only called to open my heart, but I find the scriptural account moving in that when Moses first notices the burning bush — a moment we have come to think of as a great theophany — the impression given by the text is more humdrum.

Stripped of any belief in the kind of higher consolation that makes sense of life's inevitable injustices and humdrum frustrations, the demands that people place on the political system «become as infinite as the infinity they have lost.»

It is not the routine, humdrum marking of time in our daily lives, or the terror and dread of devastation.

But it is also impressive to note how an otherwise humdrum or tedious job can be made bearable, enjoyable, and even a place for growth when people of good will act cheerfully, courteously, kindly and caringly toward one another.

She gives us pictures of how women can find a thrilling, transformative love that fits into real life, right in the middle of all the humdrum things we're perpetually pestered with, like financial worries and annoying relatives.

Carl Sagan claimed that «we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe».

My astonishment alternated with a humdrum certainty: «Of course.»

When debate about an artist's merit no longer seems to have any point, one is left either with an icon of culture, too sacred to enjoy, or with a target of satire, brought down to our more humdrum level by a vaudeville lampooning of the unapproachable totem, as when graffiti artists paint a moustache on reproductions of the Mona Lisa.

Along with these radiant moments comes the abiding that is neither towering nor spare but steadily evident in the humdrum and hand - over-hand routines of our waking hours.

It is perhaps an unusual place to start, though, because our everyday lives tend to be plains of humdrum daily existence rather than peaks on which the gods visibly dwell.

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.

Break out of your humdrum habits by trying something new each day.

Don't be part of the humdrum herd milling around the grill.

One of these blue holes, half a mile from the southwest end of the reef, holds the vital parts of a mysterious ship — a vessel that attracts because so much is known about it and yet so little; its main cargo could have been gold and silver or merely a humdrum lading of cheap goods.

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.

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

Yet one of its most important moments happened in the humdrum privacy of a morning shootaround last Thursday, when power forward Chris Bosh — among the NBA's more serene stars — had a rare alpha episode of his own.

There's the humdrum reality of having a stadium an hour's drive south of the city its team is named for.