Sentences with phrase «many irksome»

All parents understand the incredibly irksome dilemma of an unaccountable child.

Apparently, irksome technology makes stealing seem easier to do and to justify.

While that practice may appear redundant or irksome, the fact is that old posts have high engagement when shared.

That's irksome for the UK giant but far worse for its local partner.

While irksome, his analysis is irrelevant because at the end of the day the private sector will make investment decisions with a clear head, and correct numbers, as they own all the risk.

If their simplest appetites are met, why should they take up irksome responsibilities?

Amos describes how religious people find it irksome to wait for the new moon before they resume oppressing the poor.

Even rituals which might seem irksome and pointless to others may be heartily welcome.

So what is it about religion that makes it so irksome?

Catholic laymen must take up their place in life and face their family, their love, their children (who perhaps do not always come up to their expectations), their professional duties which grow ever more irksome and their duties as citizens; in doing so they will meet situations in which, because they reflect on their faith, they will know how to behave as Christians living in the grace of God, the light of the gospel and the imitation of the crucified Christ.

While people might have found Teebow's assertion of his faith in public irksome, nobody condemned him on TV for it, or made threats against his life.

For there will always be fathers in this world, and even today we experience them not only as exercising an irksome authority, but also as the power that supports us by sending us forth into our own life and liberty.

One who is fortunate enough to have an ideal work situation ought to view with sympathy and understanding the plight of the many who do not; one who must earn his living under unpleasant conditions ought to try to see in his job something more than its irksome necessities.

It also contains an irksome spelling error!

When later confronted with a huge manuscript, he found the task exceedingly irksome.

But not all of school's more irksome lessons are useless.

This is irksome for politicians and for the public.

As irksome as Kettle's argument is, it is merely insipid; more troubling are the attempts of some Christians to rationalize this catastrophe in ways that, however inadvertently, make that argument all at once seem profound.

It sometimes sounds as though God needs us more than we need God which can be a bit irksome.

(Nicholas Stilthatos) Both put charity above personal devotion: «We in the Church must often suspend our personal devotional life in order to nourish the hungry souls of others» (St Bernard) and «When we receive visits from our brethren, we should not consider this an irksome interruption of our stillness, lest we cut ourselves off from the law of love» (St Theodorus).

The world has become too attractive; philosophy and speculation and adjustment of Christian belief to contemporary thought have become too fascinating; the clean - cut distinction between the Christian and the world has become irksome and burdensome.

By 1975, his activities as an organizer of the mines were sufficiently irksome to the establishment which led to his arrest during the emergency.

His activities became irksome to the establishment which led to harassments and arrests.

It's getting irksome to hear the pitiful excuses like «we were too soft in defence» «We were naive in defence» etc..

He's always been a bit of an off dude, all the 3rd person referential nonsense when he was younger was just weird and irksome, whatever really.

I've always said Jack is quite stylishly irksome sometimes, but that lad is a damn good fighter, please let him stay.

Too many of them, she felt, were beset with inconveniences irksome to beast and man.

disliking the press is one thing... many are really stupid for sure and just selling copy... but its his attitude to the fans that is so irksome... other managers state honestly we are short here or weak there, need to strengthen in this or that department etc... it has been obvious to people as stupid as robby savage and michael own that we lack quality up front and steel in the middle of defence... fans have been saying same for years now... but wenger refuses to acknowledge and say hes working on it... respect mourinho for being straight forward on these matters

This irksome portrait doesn't even take a breath from its sexist drivel to consider that maybe a mother / childless WOMAN might be looking to pack up her home.

I don't think the Duchess is obligated to show her «baby bump» — just one of many irksome terms doled out to pregnant celebrity women — to anyone.

What is really irksome in the lead - up to winter is when the freezing cold kicks in.

Soreness often accompanies the swelling, and your toddler will experience relief of this irksome symptom, which often appears three to five days before the tooth breaks through, once the tooth appears.

Perhaps the most irksome assertion that Jong makes in her essay is that we mothers today are so trapped and burdened by the way we're choosing to parent our kids that we've become «perfect tools of the right» and thus, are prevented from working for progressive political change.

Too bad I can't say the same for her rather irksome name choice.

Susan Burger, president of the New York Lactation Consultant Association, finds few things as irksome as telling women that they need to try specific holds.

At the time, I thought it would provide a useful excuse to liberate me from such an irksome duty.

Sears» suggestion to nurse around the clock and somehow deal with the accompanying bleary - eyed sleeplessness was particularly irksome — and impossible — for Lipman Weiss.

This makes it harder for corrupt Committee members to make up pretexts for getting rid of irksome observers.

It's irksome for the 51 - year - old congressman from the Hudson Valley, but almost inevitable for a 4:30 meeting.

A rundown building in Morrisania has become an irksome eyesore to neighbors.

However, the optics of a late budget are likely to be particularly irksome for Cuomo, who has repeatedly pointed to on - time budgets as a sign that he has righted the ship of state.

Gallo, who helped draft nuisance abatement legislation in his role as city assistant corporation counsel, hammered on themes like building code enforcement and holding social service agencies responsible for their clients» behavior in a bid to appeal to working - class residents of Midtown, where quality - of - life crime and neighborhood eyesores are irksome and perennial issues.

Mr. Cuomo first saw it as irksome, and eventually disrespectful, as the mayor rallied the governor's union allies to his cause.

What O'Rahilly finds particularly irksome about public attitudes, and what he hopes his research will overturn, is our peculiar habit of blaming the victims of these ills for their misfortune.

Then there's the irksome way CERN's buildings are numbered.

What critics like English linguist Geoffrey Sampson, author of Educating Eve: The «Language Instinct» Debate, seem to find most irksome is Pinker's wholehearted promotion of a linguistic model that views the human capacity for learning language as distinct from other abilities, such as building bridges or writing symphonies.

I, for one, would find it refreshing to hear any presidential candidate discuss the RFS in the following manner, presumably after wiping a piece of deep - fried Milky Way from his or her mouth with the discarded campaign T - shirt of an irksome rival:

But not only is the tension you feel irksome, it could harm your health.

Just as Tucks pads are great for hemorrhoid relief, these postpartum healing pads are great for post-baby swelling, rips & tears, and those irksome hemorrhoids too.

It also helps with even ingredient distribution, preventing sweating, and even preventing that irksome graininess we've all encountered with buttery concoctions.