Sentences with phrase «mien of»

The photo visible in the frame is a Melgaard still of the grimacing mien of a man dying of autoeurotic asphyxiation.

Not that it will come as much of a surprise to anyone with a degree in MCU studies that «Civil War's» roster of fighters includes the first big - screen incarnation of T'Challa / Black Panther (a striking Chadwick Boseman), as well as the latest incarnation of Spider - Man, with the plucky young British actor Tom Holland («The Impossible,» «In the Heart of the Sea») donning the nervous, nerdy mien of Peter Parker to terrifically scene - stealing effect.

Deadpool assembles a team of mutants (except, hilariously, a guy named Peter, who has no obvious superpower) that he dubs X-Force for a daring, pratfall - filled and mostly ill - fated rescue before facing off against a rather more ordinary but still plenty nasty villain, the headmaster of Broadstone House, a reformatory for mutant children, who has the mien of a bureaucrat and the soul of a sadist.

And that's why we see from the honourable gentleman the smooth reassuring mien of the bank manager.

From the general mien of those sleek, strong, long - muscled schoolteachers, psychologists and engineers - to - be, the world had better watch out.

It basically has the mien of a bus stop.

Not exact matches

Many of these men, for example, spoke of having to constantly calibrate their public miens: striving to appear focused at the office but not too aggressive; hungry but not threatening; well dressed but not showy; talented but not too damn talented.

It is an open question as to whether the outcome is different if the first lines read: «Vice is a spectacle of so ludicrous mien, / As to be laughed at needs but to be seen.»

Hamann's last attempt to get it printed was through C. F. Nicolai in Berlin; and when Nicolai failed to respond to his request, Hamann published an exquisitely deranged feuilleton called Monologue of an Author under the ridiculous «Chinese» pseudonym Mien - Man - Hoam.

All romancing and trumpeting abroad about one's cleverness in penetrating the God's incognito, though without receiving the condition from the Teacher; that one took notice of him by the impression he made, such a strange feeling coming over one in his presence; that there was a something in his voice and mien, etc., etc. — all this is but silly twaddle, by which one does not become a disciple but only makes a mockery of the God.1 The servant - figure was no incognito.

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

That face now has a set and sour mien, an expression of permanent outrage.

In Hitler's Mien Kampf Hitler states «I believe today my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator.

This is my favorite version of the popular Dan Dan Mien.

E (my three - year old) kind of picked her way through it but loved the chow mien noodles and the carrots.

me: ground pork dad: no, no ground pork me: za tsai (preserved mustard green) dad: (makes a face of disgust and disbelief) me: peanuts dad: nobody puts peanuts in dan dan mien!

I just want you to know that even though I liked this version of dan dan mien, it is not sanctioned by either of my parents.

anh — No, my dad objected to the inclusion of peanuts because he doesn't know what actually goes into dan dan mien.

One thing I noticed from pouring over niu rou mien recipes is that most of them instructed you to boil the beef to get rid of the impurities.

Also thanks for posting lots of recipes (soy sauce eggs, zhajiang mien) which i grew up with and are comfort foods to me.

But mainly, Hamilton was startled during his commentary by something he had never seen before in his nine years of describing the Braves in action: As Aaron turned third base, his solemn face suddenly broke into a bright grin, as surprising to see, considering his usual mien, as if he had started doing an Irish jig coming down the base path toward the plate.

Sometime in the last ten years the confident and inscrutable mien that we all knew and were fond of, his chutzpah, gave way to a fearful countenance, puerile excuses and touchline tantrums.

One man, with a serious mien and a constantly outstretched arm and pointing index finger, as though it is imperative that he always be in a posture to instruct, holds in his other hand a piece of paper on which plays are written.

Splash now lives in the exurbs of the Northeast, but in his day as a high school swimmer he was the fastest 50 - yard freestyler in the state of Wisconsin and the fourth fastest high school swimmer in that event in the U.S. Lean, swart and crew cut in those years, Splash affected a sullen mien that he thought would score points with the girls, but at heart he was a happy romantic.

Cards are part of the game but lets keep it down boys, there is a way we can bully teams and be mien aswell and that's by playing a fast and pressing style (Sanchez or Welbeck style).

For even though he is gray - haired and a bit paunchy now, with rimless spectacles and the dignified mien one might expect of a retired engineer from New York, Bowers was once a member of the University of Chicago's world - record two - mile - relay team that was coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg.

Mien got... Talk about the kool aid king... Moonlighting as a speech writer for wenger's post match of the day bs session... If we bring a world attacking option in during next 7 days we might have a chance of something... Walcott Campbell ox wellbeck and giroud is not a potent pool to draw on....

That is the real tragedy, for though ARG is proudly Yoruba — and correctly and unapologetically so — its reasoned mien, since it broke away, tended to shun the supremacist gait of its pristine elder cousin.

Too many unpardonable hitches have been recorded in the last few weeks and most especially at a time that Buhari has been putting on an «I am now Strong» kind of mien across the country.

Fighting a cold, and sipping from a mug of herbal lemon tea, Mr. de Blasio adopted a professorial mien for the second budget presentation of his tenure, striding across City Hall's Blue Room to point out statistics on a PowerPoint document projected onto a television screen.

«Your sterling leadership mien is not unexpected, given your pedigree and antecedents as a former Governor and Chairman of Nigerian Governors» Forum.

And though their drab hues and soggy miens suggest otherwise, they'd have bloomed, if left in their rainforest homes, into some of nature's largest, weirdest and worst - smelling flowers.

In a commemorative photo of a visit by Jimmy Carter, the two men resemble each other in stature, but Hurst's mien is more serious than the president's; with reading glasses, his somber look gives him a somewhat owlish appearance.

Poker players or diplomats might bluff their opponents with an impassive mien, but most of us aren't such good actors.

Of course, these are scintillating mien.

Get a thrill of Web chat online mien phi.

Marcel Bozzuffi, a French actor of neurotic mien and receding hairline, was a familiar presence in numerous international films.

Some time in the mid-1990s, between the publication of Nick Tosches» magisterial biography of Dean Martin, Dino, and Doug Liman's featherweight comedy Swingers, the whole idea of dressing up in sharkskin and chiffon, drinking martinis, smoking cigars, dancing to swing music and emulating Sinatra and the gang in look, lingo and mien took on a new life.

Shot in black - and - white, with a spare, minimal production design making it an expressionist piece projecting the barren interiors of its broken characters, Nebraska, though not the adaptation of the identically - named collection of Ron Hansen short stories I initially hoped it was, at least possesses the same wintry, intellectual mien.

Presumably that means something more extreme than a really dangerous trip to the grocery store, because you don't cast someone with Trejo's fearsome mien just to pick up an extra carton of eggs.

Soderbergh has assembled a winning group of actors, so no worries on the second front: Craig looks like he's having the time of his life, sporting a southern lilt to go with a bleached blonde dome, while Tatum's downhome charm contrasts perfectly with Driver's standoffish mien.

Of the additions to the cast, Eckhart stands out in the role of tragic hero, a role his strong but good mien is perfectly suited tOf the additions to the cast, Eckhart stands out in the role of tragic hero, a role his strong but good mien is perfectly suited tof tragic hero, a role his strong but good mien is perfectly suited to.

by Walter Chaw Threatening at any moment to veer off the populist tracks and become something legendarily, unpleasantly subversive, the middling 13 Going on 30 is really little more than a collection of «I Love the»80s» vignettes presided over by Jennifer Garner's peculiar, mannish mien.

Renowned Scot thespian Alan Cumming — a performer whose impish mien and propensity for displaying his bum belie a surprising variety of dramatic gifts — stars in this nearly solo version of the Scottish play, set in a psychiatric hospital and directed by John Tiffany (Once).

«It's hard to keep track year to year of the number of languages, said Punyon, but we usually have students speaking Chinese, Vietnamese, Spanish, Cambodian, Lao, Mien, Hmong, Amharic, Tigrinya, Somali, Oromo, Tagalog, Cambodian, and Cham.

• Europe o Linda Allal — University of Geneva o Menucha Birenbaum — Tel Aviv University o Filip Dochy — University of Leuven o Mien Segers — University of Leiden and University of Maastricht o Kari Smith — University of Bergen

Approaching the midway point of our longterm Ford Mustangto largely please drivers with its rev - happy 435hp 5.0 liter V8 and sinister blackedout mien Its Bridgestone Blizzak winter tires are long gone and the return of 0.94 g of lateral grip from the Pirelli P Zero summer rubber means we're back to tearing up country roads and highway interchanges Despite its more civilized global design, the latest Mustang still feels all - American at heart, including one of our favorite characteristics, the sloping fastback roofline that evokes that of the first - generation Mustang from the mid-1960s.

Set in the late 20s and early 30s, the 11 - book series follows the crime - solving career of the debonair Lord Peter, whose idle aristocratic mien (complete with monocle) is at odds with his sharp wit and vigorous pursuit of crooks of all sorts.

Another would be to start with a portrait of the painter as a young man, somber of mien and hue.

Mien Meo Mieng translates as «The land of distortion».