Sentences with phrase «less edifying»

Less edifying here is the puerile debate about nuclear power.

But now, thanks to the American artist Jenny Holzer, it is impossible to overlook the rather less edifying fact that this monumental pile is also a spoil of war, given by Queen Anne to the first Duke of Marlborough as a reward for defeating the French at the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.

Maaaaaybe they didn't pick any of the unabashedly pro-4e comments not out of some kind of secret dark Paizo agenda, but because this is a collection of the most entertaining and clever comments, and most of the enthusiastically pro-4e comments were being made by a particularly humorless and dickish commenter whose comments would be even less edifying outside of their original context?

In Washington, we're watching one of the less edifying education fights of recent years play out.

Labour can not take union support for granted, but historically, unions have opted to support the party rather than let it collapse as the alternative for them is less edifying.

Less edifying was his conduct in the recent Manchester United win over Wigan at Old Trafford.

I have found from much lesser edified posts here that there is little (but not no) need for apology, since much of the critical comment stems from bias or ignorance.

Not exact matches

In the latest less - than - edifying episode of the Trump / Comey saga, it's emerged that the former FBI chief wrote a memo of a meeting with the president in which the latter spoke about the beauty of Russian prostitutes.

Church becomes the place where a few spiritual leaders minister to the less able masses, rather than all believers mutually edifying one another.

Just tell them that, at some point or other, they should be ready to offer a reading, or prayer, or lead silent prayer for 5 minutes, or edify the saints in 250 words or less.

The power of this viewpoint is displayed in the less - than - edifying spectacle of various critics in the course of the next two - and - a-half centuries attempting to make Othello merely swarthy or «tawny,» and not a sub-Saharan African.

The movie is not terrifying but blandly edifying; its scares, foreshadowed as if by telegram, are delivered less effectively than its life lessons.

And if you look at «Ocean of Images» as less of a survey and more of an effort to historicize the confounding sprawl of contemporary photography, you'll find it edifying.