Sentences with phrase «like unwelcome»

Mentioning things that are only vaguely relevant sounds like unwelcome persuasion to swing the decision in your favour.

Appearing in his empty studio, speaking directly into the camera, Landers satirizes the solipsistic formula of 1970s video art as he tests the limits of his logorrhea.In the NY Times, Karen Rosenberg writes that Landers is a writer at heart, so the video camera sometimes seems like an unwelcome intermediary.

When the dark days of winter cling on like unwelcome Christmas guests, frost - covered Canadians warm themselves with daydreams of sun - dappled escapes.

Few things can throw a wrench into your quick mortgage loan closing like an unwelcome pop - up surprise.

Not an internal editor that's climbed up your back like an unwelcome hippo, but the ability to know what you're aiming for and... Read More

Verbal harassment like unwelcome sexual comments, jokes, or gestures made up the bulk of the incidents, but physical harassment was also common, she says.

Fifty Shades Freed comes barging into the national #MeToo debate like an unwelcome and embarrassing guest.

For me, the ultimate act of self - care has been infusing my life with the people and materials that nourish and sustain me — and that don't feel like unwelcome obligations.

Not exact matches

What constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace varies, but as theAAUW notes, it includes behaviors like «unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, direct or indirect threats or bribes for sexual activity, sexual innuendos and comments, sexually suggestive jokes, unwelcome touching or brushing against a person,» among others.

I'm not sure if she'd like it to be brought up, as it isn't really relevant to her job and as far as I can tell, nobody has given her cause to feel unwelcome or in need of support.

«Sure, no one ever told me I was unwelcome, but their thinking and actions excluded people of color like me.»

It seems that they spread like a virus throughout Europe - ostensibly at first, because of new opportunities, but then, it seems they took advantage of freedoms, over reproduced (like Mexicans in America) and made their presence very unwelcome.

would people like it better if the headline read «why do whites hate blacks», or «why are chinese people unwelcome»??

The freedoms of expression present democratic societies with the unwelcome news that they are in trouble, hut because all societies, like most individuals, are always in some kind of trouble, the news doesn't drive them onto the reefs of destruction.

It feels like if I post anything without a dozen caveats, I risk starting an unwelcome avalanche of opinions.

And what better, if unwelcome, wake - up call than Isaiah proclaiming that «we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth.»

I don't like people touching my baby, and I've had quite a few unwelcome hands try.

It is troubling to consider how many people are made to feel unwelcome and upset by outbursts like those reported above.

Former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara told George Stephanopoulos on Sunday's broadcast of This Week that, like fired FBI director James Comey, he was also the subject of unwelcome, one - on - one political advances from Donald Trump.

For more than 20 years, researchers have suggested that private messages could help animals like the swordtail show off for potential mates while avoiding unwelcome carnivorous attention.

It may not hold Italy's interest like presidential sex scandals, but the country's premier science funding agency, the National Research Council (CNR), is generating its own unwelcome headlines after it came out that CNR helped fund and support a pro-creationism book compiled by a vice-president at the organization.

This is because a common process for manufacturing decaf coffee includes the unwelcome residue of industrial chemical solvents like methylene chloride or ethyl acetate.

Saturated fat and added sugars have both come under well - deserved scrutiny, but there are also issues with excess protein: in aggregate, stimulating sometimes unwelcome growth signalling, and of specific amino acids, like methionine.

Any food can cause unwelcome symptoms, ranging from familiar problems like asthma to mysterious syndromes, such as fibromyalgia.

That means that if you make, say, brownies with it, when you go back go grab one the next morning, you'll likely feel the erythritol crystals as they've reformed and the product may have an unwelcome «crunch» that is similar to what undissolved sugar would feel like.

I don't have any unwelcome symptoms like that.

What is maddening is it seems like there is some kind of balancing act where you have to accept their presence since they can never be totally killed off, and almost cultivate them like little unwelcome pets, yet not let them get out of hand.

It's like getting a free and spontaneous (albeit slightly unwelcomed) style advice, you know.

Critics Consensus: Unnecessary, unfunny, and generally unwelcome, Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son offers more of the same for fans of Martin Lawrence's perplexingly popular series.

Naturally, like there always is in these types of movies, there's a unwelcoming tension between the young new family and the dreary locals, who warn Adam and Claire about the hallowed grounds and to steer clear.

Like Janet Jackson's unwelcome exposure, the incident is on every news show in the nation and results in the Bellas being suspended from collegiate competition.

Hyper - artistic movies like this are a rare species, unwelcome in the tentpole Hollywood...

Born into a family where music is unwelcome, Miguel (voice of Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming a musician like his idol, the late and much - loved Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin... Continue reading →

Born into a family where music is unwelcome, Miguel (voice of Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming a musician like his idol, the late and much - loved Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt).

For in a film that is for the most part highly elliptical, occasional scenes that lack such economy (like David's comic exchange with an unlicensed cabbie, or the overlong — if nicely performed — expositional scenes with a series of coroners and counsellors) are an unwelcome disruption of the story's spare rhythm.

These insurgents find the American presence as unwelcome as the alien one, setting IEDs and taking captives in a way that recalls contempo war movies (like «Lone Survivor»), whose style has clearly inspired the pic's gritty, oversaturated aesthetic and deafening rock score (this on top of its already overkill Dolby Atmos sound design).

Maths teachers were telling me that they had been made to feel unwelcome, like they didn't fit in, that they weren't part of our community — simply because of the way they looked or spoke or other social identity markers.

At meetings like NewSchools Venture Fund and Pahara (a leadership development program run by the Aspen Institute), conservative reformers report feeling unwelcome, uncomfortable, and cowed into silence.

Some don't recognize that their school culture is unwelcoming or that fami - lies feel like they are «bothering» school staff.

Few will like the wide 41.4 - inch turning circle, which was unwelcome in the city.

This seems like an odd trait for a car that's historically been targeted at an older driver, but not an unwelcome one.

It is only perceived as stridency by Buy - and - Holders (and by people like Rob Arnott who are trying hard to be sensitive to the concerns of the Buy - and - Holders) because the Buy - and - Holders today see the changes in our understanding of how stock investing works that are inevitably coming as unwelcome.

AYikes — no one likes to be the recipient of the dog's unwelcomed advances.

And nothing ruins the rabbit - human bond like forced holding, incorrect carrying, tugging on ears, pulling on tails, unwelcome poking or chasing — which makes for a timid, skittish, fearful and unsocial rabbit.

This oh - so - popular and famously frustrating dog behavior might be the bane of your gardening existence, but rest assured, like most troublesome dog behaviors, unwelcome digging can be resolved.

-- First, the mission, as it should be — to help people first — The Japanese culture isn't unwelcoming of outsiders, but careful... and likes to invite help on their terms (which actually makes some practical sense as well).

Many designer dog breeds are crossed to reduce their size or correct other appearance characteristics that are believed to be unwelcome or unhealthy for the dog (like a squished snout).

A thorough vacuuming should rid your home of any fleas, but using products like Hartz ® UltraGuard ® Flea and Tick Carpet Powder will ensure your house can't become a home for unwelcome pests.

As humans, we're often able to pinpoint the exact cause of an unwelcome revisitation of our stomach contents (that $ 5.99 discount seafood buffet sounded like a good idea at the time).

If kitty is acting out because of a change in her home environment — like a family member leaving for college, for example — then staff members might recommend a new toy or treats to reinforce good behavior and distract from the unwelcome change.