Sentences with phrase «little peculiar»

This did strike me as a little peculiar, but it actually proved pretty intuitive for around town driving.

«So I came up with that name with Rachel Libeskind, who I share the studio with, as something that is at the same time enticing, mysterious, but it looks very much official, so it segregates the casual passerby into two categories: the person who wouldn't even notice that something is a little peculiar, and people who would stop and wonder, «wait a second, what's in there?»»

«I honestly found it a little peculiar that there were so many people engaged and benefiting from so many aspects of the arts ecosystem, yet there were no means to sustain and make viable that ecosystem....

They did release a free Opoona dlc costume for Dead or Alive 5 Last Round recently, which I thought was a little peculiar.

After all these year it holds 22 stocks and, as you might imagine, its portfolio looks a little peculiar, with out - sized holdings in Union Pacific, Berkshire Hathaway, and Exxon.

The Q10's square, 3.1 - inch Super AMOLED display is a little peculiar given the 16:9 (or 9:16, depending on which way it's held) display ratio of almost all modern smartphones, so it takes some getting used to.

«But if you're Doc, it may all start to get a little peculiar after that...» Now in theaters is the latest from acclaimed filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, an adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel Inherent Vice, starring Joaquin Phoenix as PI «Doc» Sportello.

It's a little peculiar that she is so deeply attached to the Maitlands, who, on a supernatural level, are pretty amazingly boring.

Given the list's dubious origins — and even its formatting for a cast list is a little peculiar — and all these supposed comic book character connections (even the fact that it spells Betty Brant's name incorrectly), it's perhaps best to load your web shooters with cartridges of spider - salt for now.

Its anatomy is, by human standards, a little peculiar.

The thing that strikes me as a little peculiar about these comments is that both Diaby and Wenger appear to be steering clear of complaining about the tackle by Robinson, praising the physical nature of English football and in the process accepting it as part of the game.

Sporting rivalries always look a little peculiar to anybody on the outside.

Though Carlo Ancelotti's initial team selection was a little peculiar and didn't quite gel, and though his attacking line of Arjen Robben, Robert Lewandowski, and Kingsley Coman weren't always in tune with one another, the energy and class of Renato Sanches and Joshua Kimmich kept Bayern in control for the first half.

One reason why it is easy to credit Arthur's intelligence is that he is a little peculiar in a certain respect: he believes in occasionally consorting with writers such as the three who were traveling with him.

But when the time came to ring the bells, well, it did look a little peculiar...

Things are a little peculiar.

But even at the time he seemed a little peculiar.

With so many internet entrepreneurs publishing books, Koch reminds readers how much fun it was to start a business back in the»80s, when doing so seemed «eccentric, and a little peculiar.»

Not exact matches

Such major studios as United Artists, Universal and Disney (DIS) all passed on George Lucas» peculiar little science fiction project, and finally it was 20th Century Fox that grudgingly said yes.

The rest of his answer suggests that very little in this budget is specific to the current highly peculiar political moment.

The phrase «of little faith» is peculiar to Matthew.

Her reflections on the priesthood and the Christian life are frequently affecting, and she obviously has little sympathy for the Women?s Ordination Conference, the National Catholic Reporter, and others in the U.S. who have tried to use her peculiar circumstance in promoting the ordination of women.

I will not argue this view here and will try to carry on the discussion presupposing as little as possible my own peculiar proposals for a doctrine of God, proposals which depend upon, but differ from, Whitehead's own position.

What little I accomplish seems to get accomplished through a peculiar dialectic of laziness, malice, and self - centeredness.

An appeal to the unchanging teaching of the Church does little justice to the Church Fathers who engaged their whole minds and souls in the defense and articulation of the truth, based on Scripture, reason, liturgy, peculiar strands of philosophy, and sundry other allies they mustered to their side.

From my own peculiar point of vantage I sense that many Christians may be missing something — a message hidden in Scripture, in the words of the church fathers, and in the deliberations at Vatican II — without which our attempts at interfaith dialogue will be of little or no avail.

A little more than half of these verses are peculiar Matthew's Gospel.

At the same time, he must feel a little uncomfortable standing alongside some of the other members of this particular, and rather peculiar, chorus.

At least, the Irish and Welsh manifestations seems to incorporate a strand of «little us against the world» that would sound very peculiar coming from, say, England.

He is the pacer to beat for the Little Brown Jug next week if his peculiar style doesn't tire him too early

All of which is why we were recently treated to the heartwarming and peculiar sight of plucky little Jermain Defoe, 34 years old, poking home England's opener against Lithuania.

«Cancer cell metabolism is a little bit peculiar,» said senior author Julie K. Schwarz, MD, PhD, an associate professor of radiation oncology.

Where your memory of a walk down a Parisian street may include the mental visual image of the street vendor, the bistro, and the charming little church, the Boskop may also have had the music coming from the bistro, the conversations from other strollers, and the peculiar window over the door of the church.

The report also notes that while «there have been impressive R&D efforts to develop a wide range of driver technologies... very little effort has been spent on developing the technology of the reactor chambers or on addressing materials problems peculiar to inertial fusion.»

I should maybe add, I don't think Lawrence really said it, the most peculiar thing about this dark energy, is really the fact that there is so little of it.

Cornstarch mixed with a little water is peculiar stuff.

Other abundance anomalies are found in a peculiar class of higher temperature stars, called Wolf - Rayet (or W) stars, in which objects containing predominantly helium, carbon, and oxygen are distinguished from those containing helium and nitrogen, some carbon, and little observed oxygen.

We all are a little bit odd - peculiar - and God uses that to do great things when we trust in Him.

You look for the touches — the frayed hem, the hit of peculiar colour (funny how baby blue can look quite threatening), or the ruffles spiralling on the bias around the body — that add a little shiver to the illusion.

Here we pull apart this peculiar patois and dig a little deeper into meanings.

Define slang: language peculiar to a particular group: such as; argot; jargon — slang in a sentence We've been just a little bit obsessed with old timey and subcultural slang here at the Floss as of late, and today we're going to mine one of the

The problems with Evan Almighty are many, but the real liability is the fact that it makes little sense even within its peculiar, offbeat world.

by Walter Chaw A little like Neil Diamond, Kevin Costner is an anachronism whose earnestness has landed him in Squaresville when the tragedy is that with a little tweaking in perspective, his peculiar brand of old - school earnestness might have his contemporaries looking upon him with more admiration than mirth.

I'm of two minds about the film, liking the energy and ingenuity behind many of the characters and their peculiar little world, but the story itself, during the few times it sticks to trying to tell it, is predictable and barely cohesive.

Cage's matter - of - fact, lackadaisical voice over certainly does little to draw us in to his peculiar world philosophy, and colorful villains and wacky side characters also detract from the feeling of authenticity in the story.

For what it's worth, her peculiar ascription of «the female gaze» to the film made me «pit up a little in my mouth.

Peculiar little intro from Jackson though: did he really need to stare that hard at an autocue to say «I hope you enjoy this at Apple»?

BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: Filmmaker Wes Anderson makes contraptions as much as he makes movies, little cinematic worlds that look as if they've been conceived as dollhouses and that operate by their own peculiar rules.

Though Cronyn (doing a totally fine but peculiar English accent) does go sweet on Anderson, which gives them a little more time.

Our good friend Larry Adylette, the superlative movie and music and pop culture blogger formerly known as The Shamus (and, before that, That Little Round - Headed Boy), has a few words on Helvetica (and «Helvetica») over at his new blog, Welcome to L.A. — which is also the title of Alan Rudolph's funny - peculiar 1976 debut feature, starring Keith Carradine, Sally Kellerman, Harvey Keitel, Sissy Spacek, Lauren Hutton, Geraldine Chaplin, Viveca Lindfors and Richard Baskin.