Sentences with phrase «humdrum things»

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.

It is also a profoundly strange object, confirming the artist's ability to find the magical in the most humdrum things and places.

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.

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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.

Cinematographer Masanobu Takayanagi's muted palette respectfully reflects the seriousness of the story, the chilly, humdrum environs and the frosty reception that greets the paper's investigation; while Howard Shore's unobtrusive score creates a sense of a story gathering momentum and keeps things nail - biting when they're up against the clock.

Collective nouns for animals range from the humdrum and vaguely familiar («a pack of wolves» and «a string of ponies») to the colorful, off - the - wall, and hard to believe someone's not just making these things up («a bouquet of pheasants,» «a mischief of rats,» and «an intrusion of roaches»).

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And to make things yet more difficult for its business managers, even bills which the government might have expected to be fairly humdrum and uncontroversial have, perversely, found themselves in the spotlight, thanks to events, dear boy, events.

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.