Sentences with phrase «like acquaintances»

Throughout the film, the two characters break the fourth wall, responding to the audience like acquaintances, as if we're in on the joke.

Like an acquaintance couple's baby pictures, Friends With Kids induces coos but isn't as cute as they think.

The agent was cool and down to earth so it makes you feel more like an acquaintance instead of just a customer!

Not exact matches

At 9:04 p.m. that evening, an acquaintance of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's tweeted a closeup of one of the FBI's pictures at him, presumably assuming that the «Suspect 2» in the FBI photos merely looked like Dzhokhar:

And sometimes we like in order to show solidarity or unity with a friend or acquaintance and their way of thinking.

Researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia found that those who talked to service providers — like a barista or a package deliverer — as if they were an acquaintance were left happier by those interactions.

If a new acquaintance says something you don't like, you don't have to give them the time of day anymore.

The Mansion's multiple private decks and panoramic views of the bay provide cozy quarters so guests can feel more like friends and family than business acquaintances.

If you have a connection in common you can also them to make an introduction, but make sure that you know the mutual acquaintance well enough that it doesn't feel like an imposition.

But Vance describes his neighbors using those external forces as an excuse to give up — coworkers who were routinely late to jobs they desperately needed to support their families, and an acquaintance quitting his job because he didn't like getting up early and then taking to Facebook to bemoan the «Obama economy.»

If it's a general acquaintance it's probably more like three to four minutes.

I think his observations are valid; I am not an evangelical Christian but I have, at one point or another, heard ALL of these terms and practices he describes from friends, acquaintances, and commentators on boards like this one who are «born again.»

Dark, an acquaintance of mine and fellow Zondervan author, really struck a cord in the first chapter, where he says, «We feel pressure to believe — or pretend to believe — that God is love, while suspecting with a sinking feeling that God likes almost no one.»

Family, friends, neighbors, co-workers and acquaintances from high school we stalk on Facebook all press us with the idea that we've got little margin for error in our twenties — that life should play out like a clear - cut script.

Since then, I have repeatedly encountered this reverential attitude toward the Westminster Confession of Faith among my more Reformed friends and acquaintances, and it looks like it is this attitude that has led to Enns» suspension.

Whitehead is employing an expression like that of William James: «Your acquaintance with reality grows literally by buds or drops of perception.»

Casual sex with friends or acquaintances («friends with benefits») may seem like a good idea to millennials fearful of romantic and emotional entrapment.

He scornfully quotes a few lines of Othello's account of the «magical» wooing and remarks, «This was sufficient to make the Black - amoor White, and reconcile all, tho» there had been a Cloven - foot into the bargain»; and he is outraged that a white Venetian like Iago should be depicted as a conniving liar: «He is no Black - amoor Souldier, so we may be sure he should be like other Souldiers of our acquaintance.»

At intervals the eight men in the chancel choir, or sometimes Dwyer alone, would utter what sounded like speech of a special eloquence, every word clearly to be heard, but observing a discipline that was musical, in that there was no hint of anything that was colloquial, but not like any music I had met with in my, by this time, fairly good acquaintance with music.

I have a best friend and lots of acquaintances, but not very many true, close friends that are like me.

I hope your 2016 has been wonderful so far As I spent the last of 2015 working like crazy (nannying, catering two parties for my friend David, making regular cookie deliveries to a jeweler downtown, figuring out this food blogging thing, etc), traveling to Texas and back, and making dinner for 300 of my closest acquaintances, I hope 2016 brings a lot of naps.

On making a new acquaintance he removes the cigar and smiles like a boy who has just been handed a puppy.

I saw this when an acquaintance of mine «Liked» it.

We were looking for a community that felt more like a family than a bunch of acquaintances.

Another mother and somewhat of an acquaintance used social media to shame my decision for letting my kid sit on a stranger's lap, and in that moment I realized what it was like to be judged and shamed for a decision that, honestly, didn't affect anyone but my immediate family.

If your pregnancy was (or is) anything like mine, your friends and loved ones (as well as strangers and acquaintances whose names you can't even remember) will offer you many, many thoughts on giving birth, child - rearing, parenting and, especially on the challenges of breastfeeding.

Didn't feel like hiking up the hill back home and took a ride with a male «acquaintance.»

We have to understand when he is uncomfortable with strangers, friends, or acquaintances that we may have to remove him from the situation when it has become too taxing, whether or not we fee like ending the conversation or leaving at that point.

When my daughter was a toddler, an acquaintance asked me, «What would you like your daughter to be when she grows up?»

One acquaintance at group playdates looked at him like he was a special needs child after me casually mentioning that he was in speech therapy.

Obviously this is a gift for a close friend and not an acquaintance from the office (unless you like really awkward moments).

Even a «retired» double agent will have lot's of acquaintances and can be used to make the right people to shake hands and this solely can link him to whatever conspiracy theory you do like.

She says Conservatives were a rare breed among her acquaintances until she met other like - minded people at university.

(Much like my candidate acquaintances who had bombed out on interview day!)

It is like being in a dirty glass jar, unable to reach out and with acquaintances passing by without saying hello.

«Even at a place like Wellesley, which is full of brilliant, ambitious, hard - working individuals, one finds the entire spectrum,» said Wilmer, «from those who have spent their lives failing to recognize friends and celebrities, to those who recognize the shallowest of acquaintances many years later.»

As usual I set out to make the acquaintance of almond wax with my standard ratio experiments so I could get a better idea of what it's like and how it performs with liquid oil (olive oil in particular).

Your acquaintances and colleagues who know about legal steroid pills will know that you are using something like Anavar.

By relying on Facebook data logs, the researchers were able to distinguish between types of activity — passive reading, likes, pokes, and comments — as well as which interactions came from close friends versus casual acquaintances.

It's like having friends - better to have 1 best friend than 10 acquaintances.

Oooh, your acquaintance sounds like she missed a few finishing school lessons.

Especially with wedding season under way and so many proposals happening right now (I seriously feel like I have a friend or hear of an acquaintance getting engaged every other day!)

After a good 6 months of feeling like my only readers were my Mom and hubby, friends and acquaintances started commenting on my posts and with that came suggestions to do as the other style bloggers do and photograph myself in the outfits I'm blogging about.

Fellow bloggers, friends, family, acquaintances, and the like.

(Like, I'm a little embarrassed when I see my neighbors, my favorite FedEx delivery person, or my mom acquaintances at the park, haha.)

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You can also look through personal profiles of any person you like and make new acquaintances.

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