Sentences with phrase «jousting in»

If jousting in a park isn't your thing, it's worth noting that other forms of role playing can be just as emotionally beneficial.

Having just completed a brutal round of jousting in the interest of public education reform during the Texas legislative session, I have a renewed appreciation for the obstacles we face in achieving meaningful systemic change in our education delivery system.

The many long battle sequences are so dependent on computer augmentation that it's impossible not to imagine the actors numbly jousting in front of a green screen.

However, parents may be concerned with the appearance of a naked man (see details below), use of deception, or the premise of jousting in general.

«The actors beautifully trace the arc from the thaw of verbal sparring as Kyra cooks spaghetti bolognese, through rekindled passion to the final bout of full - blooded ideological jousting in which one's sympathies are swung one way and another.»

Sir Menzies» supporters, and much of the party, counter that his natural gravitas is unsuited to the bear - pit atmosphere of the weekly 30 - minute jousting in the Commons - a point echoed in Lady Williams» interview.

Not exact matches

The rise of social media «brandter» (when two corporate accounts joust textually in the hope that their followers will engage) almost makes it seem like some corporations are capable of funniness — albeit of the dad - joke variety.

Bravo's show purports to cover «the intertwining lives» of a group of young up - and - coming entrepreneurs in the Valley as they joust for venture - capital funding, toil round - the - clock in a high - pressure «work hard, play hard» environment and try to become the next Mark Zuckerberg — size success story.

In our persistent jousting, he was persistently dismissive and derisive toward «natural law» — while I'd point out that he kept offering handsome examples of how a jurisprudence of natural law could be done.

A community shaped by the biblical narrative and steeped in classical theology can easily become a gentle anachronism, rather like the clubs that get together to hold costumed jousting tournaments.

Allen came out a poor second in some polite verbal jousting — most likely a case of an amateur agnostic pitted against a professional religionist.

In Luther's colorful image, history is «God's mummery and mystery,» «God's joust and tourney.»

Here, obviously, was a heaven - sent opportunity not only for a reconciliation but also for a productive alliance in place of what had been an unproductive joust.

How about something more in keeping with your mindset, like a good midieval joust, or a hot tar and feathering?

Almost all of the respondents in these jousts have been bested, sometimes disastrously, with the most favorable result being a draw.

That was in the early 1960s, so this sort of jousting has been going on a long time.

This art of verbal jousting does not fit in the postmodern world, so concerned with providing safe spaces.

While I now savor such writing and find it genuinely inspiring, Western readers, who expect theology to be in the form of propositional jousting, are apt to find such talk too vague.

Peter J. Leithart engages in bold caricaturing and simplistic «either / or» analysis in his recent joust with the straw dummy called «dispensationalist pop - apocalyptic.»

A long arm is where a pass rusher fully extends his inside arm, in this case Fletcher's left arm, while aiming to put his hand at the end of that arm right down the middle of the blocker's chest, kind of like jousting with your arm.

The annual jousting between the NCAA and New York's NIT for participants in their postseason tournaments was resolved early.

Another old - style game in which violence was muted was duck - on - a-rock, pastime that now seems to be as rare as jousting.

Fangio's most talented competitors jousted with him in Argentina, but when the results were in it was THAT MAN AGAIN

Bould seemed to enjoy jousting with the media in the same way as he relished the heat of battle with opposing centre forwards.

Get rid of sissoko, bring in ross barkley as i am a big fan of his and it will open up more jousting for playing time.

Ever since that date, high - calibre teams from across the globe have come together to prepare themselves for their impending seasons, in a two - day joust for the Emirates Cup.

As soon as they have checked in Daddy has a pint while the kids begin a jousting match with their Trunkis.

Take control of your very own CHIMA kingdom with this brand new interactive case Hold jousts between your favorite tribes on the fold - out ramp by day and easily store your pieces by night in this bea...

Democratic candidate Bill de Blasio, Republican and Conservative candidate Nicole Malliotakis and independent candidate Bo Dietl jousted, interrupted, ignored and even debated each other last night, participating in the first of two candidate debates mandated by the Campaign Finance Board.

As for Obama, his jousts with Bill and Hill of The Infernal Machine won huzzahs in independent circles.

By lunch break in the trial of Linda Mangano, Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, however, some jurors sat with folded arms as the exhibits and the verbal jousting between Carman and Singh seemed to go on and on.

Republican White House hopefuls insisted that President Obama step aside and let his successor nominate the next Supreme Court justice, in a raucous Saturday night debate that also featured harshly personal jousting over immigration and foreign policy.

He reveled in it simply for the sake of intellectual jousting, whether in the center of American Catholicism at Notre Dame or «educating» some ink - stained wretch from Buffalo hammering out a Sunday column.

It's why there was all that jousting over referendum process in the past few months.

It was a typically quick - witted reply to a barbed invitation from Labour's stand - in leader at Holyrood, Jackie Baillie, to describe himself in just one word, and it set the tone for his final, rowdy joust with the Scottish parliament's opposition leaders.

The race for Democratic National Committee chair, normally a quiet affair managed by party insiders, emerged as a roiling public campaign, as progressives loyal to Sen. Bernie Sanders and establishment Democrats jousted for control of a depleted organization increasingly at loose ends after eight years in the White House and then Hillary Clinton's unexpected loss to Donald Trump.

«The fact that he continues to survive in various capacities perhaps bespeaks that he is untarnished in a realm where not everyone has been able to look back at their career and say that,» said Buffalo - area Democratic Assemblyman Robin Schimminger, who has frequently jousted with Cuomo over economic development issues.

In Westminster terms, the monthly joust between Ed Balls and George Osborne is usually box office and true to form the Labour benches were packed.

A new simulation indicates that the first pass of galactic jousting will occur in 2 billion years, and the galaxies will fuse within 5 billion years.

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Amid continued legal jousting, the situation has remained difficult for all of the parties involved in this tumultuous episode.

That's right, I'm looking at you, jousting team... Enjoy your stay here in prison while I rule the free world, baby!»

In the meantime, Jamal busts some modern dance moves on the medieval dance floor and encounters such intriguing residents of the period as knaves, peasants, archers, jousting knights, maidens, a princess, and even a giant.

The verbal jousting between Django and Stephen (an overt Uncle Tom in every sense of the word — wonder what Quentin's old friend Spike thinks) is a highlight, particularly with Foxx's sneering, swaggy characterization versus Jackson's wide - eyed anger; Jackson in particular hasn't been this engaged in years, even if it's under a thick coat of black makeup and fake jowls, choices of purposely questionable taste.

The rebellion now known as the «Pilgrimage of Grace» begins in earnest, with Henry dispatching Brandon to deal with the uprising; bedridden due to the recurrence of his jousting injury, Henry takes a new mistress: Lady Ursula Misseldon.

The brief resurgence of Anne at court is short - lived, as Jane Seymour rapidly replaces her in the king's affections, a process speeded up by Henry's near - fatal jousting accident and Anne's hysteria - induced miscarriage.

Art School Confidential goes for its doctorate in Jonathan Parker's bitchy, hilarious (Untitled), the story of two pretentious brothers jealously jousting with each other in the dog - eat - dog world of fine - art cred.

Though structured around that day in Dallas, this a conventional biopic, going back to portray LBJ's earlier joustings with the Kennedys and forward to his first days in power.

Looking for answers to the enigmatic puzzle, Gawain traverses the land and encounters many dangerous situations, including jousts, swordfights, and the occasional saving of a damsel in distress.

And in the fourth, he verbally jousts with military psychiatrist Gary Oldman, who is seeking to understand a fatal enemy contact during said Afghan war.