Sentences with phrase «most irksome»

Everyone wants to know they're appreciated and are doing a great job, but one of the most irksome personality traits of a new employee is expecting constant praise or positive feedback.

The most irksome scenario is something Daniel Bader and I have experienced over and over again.

One of the most irksome aspects of past AC games was the constricting mission structure that turned the sprawling game world into a claustrophobic corridor.

Poll any group of cat lovers on which feline behavior is most irksome and you will find that the litter box is ground zero.

One of the most irksome errors we encountered so far, was the fact that when you adjusted your brightness level allot of programs discounted your settings resulted in your screen being bright one moment and dim the next.

One of the most irksome aspects of the growth of tablet computers during the course of the last year was resolution based.

Mr. Turner hits the traditional biopic beats more routinely than the latter, but at least it refuses to truck with that most irksome generic sawhorse, the emotionally tidy rise - and - fall arc, by a simple expedient: opening at the height of its subject's popularity, and then dwelling with Leigh's characteristically misanthropic relish on the artist's latter - day sufferings and setbacks.

David Houghton, the lead researcher said, «Selfies, or self - portraits, seem to be some of the most irksome images.»

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.

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.

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The third act is troubling, not only because it finds the most generic climax to this tale but also because it implies irksome comparisons to the act of violence that started the story in the first place.

Giddy limerence gives way to the more critical eye of a long - term relationship, and even the most beloved characters or innovative worlds can seem overly familiar and irksome.

When Greta Gerwig came to most folks» attention, she was at the crossroads of a few irksome cultural trends.

When all brought together, the Infiniti Q50 no longer comes across as an executive sports sedan in the same mould as a BMW 3 Series — instead, it's far better suited to life flowing along the open road in impressive - by - class - standards comfort and serenity; sweeping away for the most part those irksome steering issues under the proverbial carpet.

It is here that I found the response to Wallace - Wells» article from what Roberts accurately describes as the «Hope Police» reached its most, erm, irksome.

Sure, most people won't have more than one phone, but the lack of tablet / desktop app had to have been more than a little irksome to those who were at home in New York watching things come together and having to respond by phone.