Sentences with phrase «obstinate at»

We never missed a gear in either car, but shifts are seamless in the Chevy, while the Ford's proved obstinate at times.

Not exact matches

Jackson has heard bullets fly through her front door; lost sleep due to the noisy drug - dealing going on nearby; shared her small apartment for months at a time with children taken from crack - addicted mothers; calmed hysterical young women beaten by their drunk boyfriends; wept at the funerals of young boys; and battled obstinate government bureaucracies to get a swingset for the rusty and littered «playground» at the center of the Smith Homes.

Looking round at them with anger and sorrow at their obstinate stupidity, Jesus said to the man, «Stretch out your hand».

Publicly, I grew obstinate and incorrigible, ready to debate family and friends whose easy confidence baffled and frustrated me and gave me an excuse to be angry at someone besides God.

SO your certainty is just based on your obstinate posturing, this is your stake in the ground so to speak, and not on anything objective at all.

As I write in the book, «I grew obstinate and incorrigible, ready to debate family and friends whose easy confidence baffled and frustrated me and gave me an excuse to be angry at someone besides God.

The only setback: When he was 18, his obstinate old man fell off a ladder at a job site, refused treatment and died a week later of internal bleeding.

He is deluded, obstinate, arrogant, and doesn't possess what is required in the modern era to manage a top team AT the top.

All but an obstinate fool knew full well that Sanchez and Ozil will be leaving at latest next summer and earlier if they can.

«Funny» is not the word usually used to describe the slow - talking speaker, who is more often deemed «reticent» and sometimes even «obstinate» for his close - to - the - vest, wait - you - out style that has proved equally maddening to both members of the press and his fellow leaders down at the Capitol.

Mr Cameron issued a sly dig back at the French president, who earlier this week called him an «obstinate kid», in a question and answer session following a speech.

The mayor's obstinate demand to further tax the rich triggered their feud in the first place, but he keeps picking at the scab in a petty effort to portray Cuomo as a fake progressive.

Here is a meticulous American milieu where obstinate men with crazy facial hair hurl insults at one another in a baroque compendium of Twainian whimsy, Shakespearean oratory, Biblical commandment and the florid spin doctoring of the day, including the single greatest use of the word «nincompoop» in cinema history.

The actress always conveys a disarming sense of vulnerability, even when she's at her most obstinate.

And in contrast to the adults, the children remain impulsive, obstinate and at times destructive when they don't get their way, especially Shinji's young son, who defiantly pokes holes through the paper walls and methodically eats the scraps in a show of indignation.

They are not loyal, they are only servile; not dutiful, only sheepish; not public spirited, only patriotic; not courageous, only quarrelsome; not determined, only obstinate; not masterful, only domineering; not self - controlled, only obtuse; not self - respecting, only vain; not kind, only sentimental; not social, only gregarious; not considerate, only polite; not intelligent, only opinionated; not progressive, only factious; not imaginative, only superstitious; not just, only vindictive; not generous, only propitiatory; not disciplined, only cowed; and not truthful at all: liars every one of them, to the very backbone of their souls.

Suddenly, all that pain you endured subsides with a tremendous sense of accomplishment when you finally figure out how to beat that one obstinate obstacle - even if it came at the cost of your dismembered controller, which you abused like a well - worn stress ball.

In play, it's a pleasing wildcard, allowing wounded members space to heal, or giving your powerhouse an extra chance at killing an obstinate opponent.

Nkisi is a regular at London's Endless club night, and as a producer, she fashions densely layered, obstinate tracks designed to trigger and question collective memories.

We're not yet leading the world on fighting climate change, but at least we're not being as willfully obstinate as we had been during past administrations.

At the core of this failure are the obstinate negotiating positions of the U.S. and other Global North governments who are bent on deregulating the global rules applying to them and advancing the financial needs of big business over the survival needs of people.

Craig Mackintosh at Celsias writes about «the obstinate pushing of ethanol from corn, sugar, soy, and palm oils in the face of their overwhelming detrimental effect on people's lives, and on the environment.

Those who are «obstinate,» some of whom he concedes may be innocent, and those who have too much at stake to not roll the dice.