Sentences with phrase «like veneered»

Lastly, they make a trip to The Omnia in Zermatt, Switzerland (page 172), a car - free town that presents some interesting design challenges, met with solutions like an electric buggy customized with an Eames - like veneered wooden interior.

I've known this for a long time: religion often behaves like a veneer.

But this year, thanks to the black - attired protest by female attendees and stirring speeches from the night's female winners, the Globes had an almost Oscar - like veneer of importance.

Sielaff then proceeded to bend and flex the screen, and explained that it can be positioned much like a veneer over virtually any material — including wood.

Some discount plans cover cosmetic procedures like veneers, but it's rare, and almost unheard of with insurance policies.

In addition, select dental savings plans offer discounts on some dental specialties that are rarely covered by dental insurance, including cosmetic dentistry services like veneers, teeth whitening and more.

Are the steps premade and put in over the board that is there like a veneer or is the old board removed and the whole step is a new solid board with a finished edge?

May be single piece of wood or other material, several pieces laminated together and cut to size, or substrate with surface material like veneer or laminate.

Not exact matches

Social network theorists and activists give the event a veneer of authenticity, but in truth it boasts a toxic piñata of attendees: U.S. officials, telecom magnates, security consultants, finance capitalists and foreign - policy tech vultures like Alec Ross (Cohen's twin at the State Department).

A thick veneer of religion, like the façade of «democracy,» covers most aspects of Colombian life.

How can we read about this veneer - like faith and not shudder as we compare it to the broad, wide and often equally shallow thing that passes for Christianity in so much of our culture and in so many of our churches?

It's like our society has made a complicit agreement to keep a veneer of perfection on social media.

It's a treat to see Ritter return to the leather jackets, scarves and fingerless gloves again; her character isn't quite like anything else on television, with furtive glances and desperate gambles revealing some worrisome cracks in her smart - alecky veneer.

Wonder what his lifestyle is like - that perfectly coiffed hair with every curl in place, the white veneers, the expensive clothes.

There is a purity attached to college sports; despite the abuses of recruiting, under - the - table payments to players and the like, there remains a veneer of joy, shared by athletes and fans.

Instead of «political expedience», I'd describe it more like «can congressional Republicans do the minimum possible to maintain even the thinnest veneer of plausible deniability to keep this obvious criminal madman in office so they can keep pushing their congressional agenda», but that would be opinionating, so I left that part out:)

«The government's recall proposals have the veneer of democracy, but a streak of paternalism runs through them like a stick of rock,» Unlock Democracy's director Peter Facey commented.

The general - purpose design allows you to use it for a variety of projects and with many different materials like plywood, wood, plastics, composites, and thin veneer.

Future Print a new one: 3 - D printers and digital scanning technology are close to offering easy ways to make and reproduce custom dental products like crowns and veneers.

In fours graves, researchers found plant impressions on a thin layer of mud veneer which was presumably spread like plaster inside the grave.

Usually their looks are a bit too fussy looking for me, with only the thinnest veneer of unfussiness or carelessness superimposed, but I like the color and pattern play and can like them as a starting point (or outright, once in a while).

Fiction is an on trend bootie featuring a high stretch lycra sock - like design, peep - toe and leather stacked veneer heel.

I would have liked to stain and varnish the top, but the top had veneer on it and I was worried that if I sanded to much I'd sand right through the veneer.

I like the table with its twisted legs but it had a little water damage plus the table top is a wood veneer anyway.

And although once upon a time men like this got away with fomenting a culture of toxic masculinity, that veneer appears to be cracking.

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As long as you like the shape of the table, the chalk paint will adhere to the veneer without any problem.

Details like that are inventive and fun, but they're not nearly enough to melt the candy - hard veneer that coats «Shrek.»

With This Is 40, Apatow gets closer to making his quintessential dramedy — one which may not deftly express the universal experience of midlife (as if there even is one), but moves past its veneer of autobiographical verisimilitude and rings with something like real truth.

But where films like «Clerks» had some charm that broke through that cynical veneer, «The Brothers McMullen» is just depressing.

While it was a canny selling point initially to the extent that it was the only thing that gave the entire opportunistic project a slightly edgy veneer, we can't be the only ones who feel like tucking five bucks into Cody's voluptuous ream of salmon - colored draft pages just to make her and her (man --RRB- handlers shut up already about it.

Sure, it might look like a mobile title and some of its gameplay systems certainly suggest a healthy dose of that design DNA, but look past its lo - fi veneer and you'll discover a wacky little 2D action platformer that doesn't ask much of you but gives a lot of entertainment in return.

Like Hart, Bullock frequently puts up a tough veneer that hides a vulnerable core that's worth exploring.

She's quickly dispatched to India on a three - week PR mission to gain the trust of local farmers, not knowing that her calculating CEO (Donald Sutherland), just like «Okja's» Tilda Swinton, harbors a greedy heart beneath a veneer of benevolent sustainability.

Scott Wilson absolutely nails crew - cut conman Dick's jock veneer and sharpie amorality and Robert Blake catches Perry's deadly sadness and wounded grace — like a bird trembling in a hand.

In the first interaction we see between Louise and David, Crawford behaves like a woman trying her best to adopt a carefree, affable attitude before this thin veneer collapses and Louise confesses her desperate love.

When Sue reveals that she listens to Portishead to help her concentrate, it feels like a clumsy attempt to give a two - dimensional character a thin veneer of indie cred.

Both the screen and the controller, like so many elements in the bento - box interior, are hidden behind dampened, wood - veneered covers.

You can treat yourself to handsome 20 - way adjustable leather seats with diamond - quilt patterns, a litany of color and veneer trim choices for the interior, and dashing touchpoints like a knurled metal rotary knob and start - stop button.

Inside, the new Continental GT Convertible's sumptuous interior is also shared with the coupe, and will combine the latest infotainment architecture, including the Toblerone - like rotating infotainment screen, with soft waxy leather and mirror - finish timber veneers.

Sumptuous leather, rich veneers and surprisingly sorted in - cabin tech feel bang up to date; it makes an F - Pace feel like a public convenience.

The five ventilation outlets in silver shadow, with their metallic cool - touch effect like the majority of the controls, oppose against the warm look of genuine veneer and give an impression of high quality.

The interior is comfy, with fairly well - executed trims (like Andy, I thought of Jaguar immediately when I spotted that wraparound strip of veneer) and easily accessible entertainment and climate controls.

Also carbon fibre, brushed aluminium (like the i6 Dunhill) and from 2002MY, metallic veneer

Real wood veneers, Piano Black accents and fine leathers are a big part of the Bentley experience and this handcrafted approach using traditional touches like the organ stop vent controls are incorporated in an interior that also uses the latest in electronics and infotainment.

It's the simple things, like the C - Class» center stack cut from a single wood veneer, that is sure to mesmerize.

A knurled effect on details like the rotary shifter, together with the finest veneers and finishers, enhance the cockpit's contemporary and elegant appearance.

You can have things like rear quarter vanity mirrors with veneer surround, black curtains and four exclusive city umbrellas.

The much simpler design certainly works, and Land Rover has gone to great lengths to make the interior more inviting, not just with very high quality leathers and veneers but also with stuff like acoustic lamination of the windscreen to reduce noise and an extra 118 mm more legroom in the back (that's 4.6 inches in old money), and even a a new two - seat Executive Class seating package for the ultimate rear - seat Range Rover experience.

This was reflected by features like a satellite navigation system and the choice between dark veneer or Kevlar (a carbon fibre) for facia and door cappings.