Sentences with phrase «little jabs»

The phrase "little jabs" refers to small comments or actions that are intended to hurt or criticize someone. Full definition
We always get some of the big company execs throwing little jabs at one another over business plans, projections, and financial statistics.
But then it locks onto a moment that is unexpectedly arresting and little jabs of poetic meaning or hard - earned truths reel a viewer back in.
I also hate how the Enfamil containers say «experts agree bf is best»... it's an extra little jab each time I read it.
nothing huge, just little jabs that i now recognize as baby.
My uncle sat in the great chair at the head of the table, a tiny slumped figure against the vast gloom behind him, and picked at his food with sharp little jabs like a bird.
This time is no different as Samsung has just released an ad which clearly and openly ridicules all iPhones in general and even delivers a clever little jab at the mighty iPhone X!
Anger gets expressed as criticism or little jabs at the other person's character.
All people go through suffering, and your little jab was petty and unnecessary.
Now start writing your empty responses and be sure to add a little jab of sarcasm and stereotypical foolishness I am ready and able to expose your dark and lost souls ramblings to the powerful light of God or the «Invisible sky fairy» as the Godless call him.
It was a little jab but as Elwood pointed out I do capitalize Zeus and Thor.
By week 21 you should be able to feel his newly coordinated arms and legs give you little jabs and kicks.
Is it me, or is that «assuming they come on the program» a little jab at AG Andrew Cuomo, Paterson's erstwhile primary opponent, who has been keeping a very low profile, especially when it comes to the budget battle and his ideas to fix the state.
I'm generally a fan of your work, but throwing these little jabs in there are losing my respect, for what it's worth.
What's worse are his little jabs at her routine lifestyle of long meetings, hotel bars and performance reports.
He gives Riggan an added layer of mystery and throws in some more commentary to the happenings around him and gives the audience a little jab about why we, the movie goer, are even in the theater watching this movie to begin with.
The film makes excellent use of sound, but the little jabs at American ideals grows old quickly (such as asking who is the real terrorist).
Also, in the same scene, if you look carefully, one of the magazines on the floor reads «Pants: Why you Should Wear Them,» a little jab at the people who complained about Yooka and Laylee not having any clothes (a la Banjo's backpack and shorts).
Behind criticism and little jabs, for example, a person may feeling a fear that their partner is losing interest in them, or a sadness and loneliness about craving more contact and more connection.
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