Sentences with word «impertinent»

As governor, Cuomo was a difficult, formidable force to deal with for a journalist whose job description includes asking impertinent questions.

Well, I had to transfer from one graduate program to another because I kept asking impertinent questions.

In the light of all this, it almost seems impertinent to speak of Jesus» weakness when only the greatest of martyrs have been able to share, in some measure, his cup of suffering but without being able to absorb the anguish in the way that he did.

Snake's heroism isn't pandering, and while his laconic machismo fits a certain Eastwood mold, he finally emerges as more of a countercultural badass who uses his carte blanche audience with the President to ask him the kind of impertinent rhetorical question one wants to say to every bureaucrat valued more than the soldiers doing his bidding: «We did get you out.

What some people interpret as impertinent questions leading to unnecessary discomfort and unfortunate disunity is actually an attempt to improve our individual lives and the community we desire to share.

The only glimmer of light in Poe's impertinent existence is his furtive lover Emily Hamilton (Alice Eve), the daughter of a retired Colonel and rich Baltimore socialite.

At least they would exclude the «activists»» those who are so impertinent as to act upon their convictions.

But that quibble seems almost impertinent today, when the main task is to repel the invasion of the ideologues and to restore sanity to art history.

Your fresh, impertinent ideas are most welcome in my inbox, or those of any of the board.

It will be superfluous to show how impertinent these Christian dogmas of «the son of God or trinity» have been and continue to be so.

In the matter of faculty appointments, the critical issue was not simply the dwindling proportion of Methodists (and their fractional presence in the professional schools), but the growing conviction that it was impertinent even to consider someone's membership in a community of faith to he a professional credential qualification pertinent for a faculty position at Vanderbilt.

So if you will permit me, Senator, I regard your question as not merely impertinent but unconstitutional, and so I decline to answer it.

I hope I don't sound impertinent.

Why should he be called impertinent by declining to supply information which rabbinic law itself forbade the authorities to wheedle out of an accused person?

Perhaps Collins hasn't made as much news because she's neither as entertainingly impertinent nor as scheming as Chu was, but she's already blown by him in terms of historic winnings.

Even if kids are asking seemingly impertinent questions, or notice things that make adults feel awkward, that's not enough reason to shut them down and shoo them away.

12:33 - Steve Rotheram, the fifth Beatle, asks something impertinent about the Liverpool mayor being granted publicity like Boris.

To question the leader of the opposition's patriotism for being impertinent enough to ask questions is pretty low.

And I still can't wait to watch Return of the Jedi through Seth MacFarlane's impertinent eyes.

And Rush is playfully impertinent and downright rude, even as he betrays a deep sympathy for the patient's plight.

Chastain manages to be wan and fragile as porcelain, yet simmering with desire; Farrell pushes his range as the articulate, impertinent servant.

Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, this book explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk — a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate — became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos, the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe.

Also included are impertinent information and review regarding said product based on ownership.

This other's doing so felt impertinent.

Mr. Shields was good enough to answer a few impertinent queries from MarketBeat via email.

The blog will appear on the first and third Mondays of each month, and will deal with a variety of veterinary life topics — surgical or not, scientific or philosophical, deeply profound (let's even say earth - shattering) or ever - so - slightly impertinent.

Denny's feisty bark and impertinent wiry Mohawk suggest that he is part Terrier.

Indian clothes will not only look beautiful, but protect you from dust, insects, impertinent stares and the sun.

But mainly they are bracingly contemporary, which is to say nonchalant, stripped - down, skill - resistant and even a little impertinent.

Michael E Mann, an eminent person terrified of impertinent Tweeters, is a big part of the shut - up culture that has so deformed «climate activism» that calling on the state to criminalize dissent now seems entirely normal to them.

Hunter — you really are the most impertinent hick I've ever encountered.

If he hosts an ask - me - anything Q&A session on Twitter, he threatens in advance that impertinent whippersnappers will be «blocked & reported».

By nonchalantly bringing me to Prawfs, Dan subtly encouraged me to stay impertinent, and to think of the legal academy as someplace I belonged.

They do not have to release entire documents that divulge other impertinent details.

Which of us hasn't borrowed a book from a library only to discover that in addition to the odd grease spot and marmalade stain there are impertinent notes left by some earlier patron who was either suffering from hypergraphia or the delusion that l'État, c» etait Lui.

In contrast, asking questions which seem impertinent or irrelevant may strike the alcoholic as prying into his private affairs.

The teacher looked at the page and exploded, sending Howard back to his desk with grave threats of what would happen if he were to be so impertinent in future.

Alot of people abuse this faceless medium and presume that it is acceptable to behave badly or ask impertinent questions.

«And it's impertinent of me to say coffee is less important than something else.»

He insulted analysts who asked pertinent (or perhaps, from his standpoint, impertinent) questions.

The Nobel laureate mugger is offended by the impertinent protest of the muggee.

I suspect it is» it would seem impertinent, to say the least, to argue with the founding fathers on the point» but I do want to complicate the argument just a bit.

Just as it is illegitimate for Jews to tailor their convictions to the expectations of the majority community, it is likewise «impertinent and unwise» for the community of the few to advise or solicit corresponding changes on the part of the «community of the many.»

He is known to have been impertinent to his elders as far back as age 12, when he argued fine theological points with them in the temple, without any consideration for the feelings of his parents.