Sentences with phrase «odd sense of»

I remember feeling shock, sorrow, anger and an odd sense of validation in finally having an explanation for the tension and unhappiness that had permeated our home for as long as I could remember.

In its scale, the time he devoted to it, and especially in the odd sense of privacy he maintained around the existence of these tiny paintings, a picture emerges of an independent spirit who was struggling in his resistance to more popular trends.

Overlaps with Jasper Johns, early Claes Oldenburg, Bruce Nauman and Robert Gober are hard to ignore, and create an odd sense of mastery and striving.

Step into a strange and otherworldly universe that provokes an odd sense of déjà - vu at an exhibition of paintings by Mehdi Farhadian, who represented his home country, Iran, in the 2015 Venice Biennale.

John Wesley's surreal figurations, dependent on their own odd sense of repetition, stand out as the sole moment of whimsy.

But there's an odd sense of disconnection from the bulk of the battles, and you won't uncover some of the really useful Gambits - like ones that target enemy weaknesses - until late in the game.

Go back and play that mission now and there's an odd sense of foreshadowing.

Finding the need great and having an odd sense of pleasure in the constant chores, Pat found her niche washing dishes, hidey boxes, litter pans and loads of laundry.

And even if you set things up perfectly for a nice 20 - year retirement, fate has an odd sense of humor.

I've been a fan of Sedaris» odd sense of humor and way with words since I first read 2000's Me Talk Pretty One Day, and it was exciting to see and hear him in person!

An odd sense of disappointment sets in.

LOUISA: MATT: LOUISA SAYS: Director Todd Solondz is a freaky - weird guy with an odd sense of humor to match, so it goes without saying that

There's an odd sense of deja vu to Bruce LaBruce's latest provocation, recalling not just some of his own prior joints (notably 2004's «The Raspberry Reich») but tongue - in - cheek fantasies of much earlier films featuring the overthrow of patriarchy — the nearly half - century - old likes of John Waters» «Desperate Living» and the Warhol - Morrissey «Women in Revolt,» in particular.

There's an odd sense of deja vu to Bruce LaBruce's latest provocation, recalling not just some of his own prior joints (notably 2004's «The Raspberry Reich») but tongue - in - cheek fantasies of much earlier films featuring the overthrow of patriarchy — the nearly half - century - old likes of John Waters» «Desperate Living» and the Warhol - Morrissey «Women in Revolt,» in -LSB-...]

There's an odd sense of dragging in the middle, and some of the action sequences feel like they never quite crank...

He made Better Off Dead stand out from its peers by infusing it with an incredibly odd sense of humor.

Have a odd sense of humor and enjoy laughter, look for that in others.

ive a bit of an odd sense of humor, but im a bit quiet till i get to know people.

Like to laugh, but odd sense of humor.

... Play music, it's kinda a love of mine, I have an odd sense of humor..

Well travelled, never been married, no kids, educated, with an odd sense of humour.

and courageous female... who has an odd sense of humour and isn't shy to try new things

He is either a) very, very bitter and his tongue is in his cheek b) lives at home with his mommy and wants another one or c) into leather and whips or d) he has an odd sense of humour and hopes someone with similar humour will get it.

As we emerged from the room, there was this odd sense of camaraderie between us... as if we had survived some kind of ordeal together.

This print has always reminded me of Darwins «corals» and every time I wear it I get an odd sense of purpose.

I miss his odd sense of humor and his incredible intelligence.

Some women report uncomfortable sensations before or during letdown, such as an uneasy feeling in the stomach, weakness, sweating, and even an odd sense of melancholy.

It was an odd sense of deja vu... a «I think I've photographed pillows just like that, at just that angle, with just that background before.»

AKB's have an odd sense of logic.

Who else would have the same odd sense of humor as me?

Did Christ not heal someone based on what they had to wear or withhold miracles because their dress did nt fit some odd sense of uniformity.

Not exact matches

While a background at a consumer tech company might seem like an odd fit for an education startup, it actually makes a lot of sense, said Modi.

But as damaging and hurtful as my childhood was, these are still my stories that I tell with an odd, confusing sense of nostalgia.

Visit people, talk to them, bring them together, have a meal, talk about life, solve the world's problems, drink a glass of wine, walk along the road, fish, collect friends around you, share common sense advice, solve the odd predicament.

Rather, we suffer (in the older, broader sense of the word) experience and usually that experience has an odd, disjointed logic.

However odd this sounds, that by movie's end it seems both plausible and fitting bespeaks the artistic triumph of In Bruges: its ability to convey the Christian sacramental sense of divine presence within the created order, and most especially in self - sacrificing acts of love by imperfect beings themselves being perfected by Christ.

religion is about community and caring overlook the odd tenants here and there and appreciate the fact that men with a strong sense of faith - be it democrate or republician want to lead.

An Emergent definition of relevance, modulated by resistance, might run something like this; relevance means listening before speaking; relevance means interpreting the culture to itself by noting the ways in which certain cultural productions gesture toward a transcendent grace and beauty; relevance means being ready to give an account for the hope that we have and being in places where someone might actually ask; relevance means believing that we might learn something from those who are most unlike us; relevance means not so much translating the churches language to the culture as translating the culture's language back to the church; relevance means making theological sense of the depth that people discover in the oddest places of ordinary living and then using that experience to draw them to the source of that depth (Augustine seems to imply such a move in his reflections on beauty and transience in his Confessions).

Moreover, according to it, Jesus» conviction concerning the coming end was not simply an odd, adventitious belief which he held, extraneous to some more important conviction, but was central to his sense of who he was and what his mission was.

So the job has been left to a rather odd assortment of men, amateurs either at the game or the faith, who have tried with very little success to make sense of matters too deep for them.

At least it warns us against the wrong kind confidence on the matter, and it prevents us from succumbing too easily to that odd variety of self - centeredness, in the worst sense, which demands «immortality» because it is determined to play «dog in the manger» in God's universe.

If the gospel makes sense, it makes a very odd kind of sense.

Same, let's call it odd, sense of humor.

At first I thought the peanut butter was a bit odd, but when you consider that the majority of raw cheesecakes are made with an abundance of cashews whipped into a butter, the leguminous peanut butter made sense.

Brewed and infused with «curiously odd» ingredients, Dr. Jekyll's Beer Attack exhilarates the senses through its complex flavors and aroma by combining a touch of cinnamon with a mildly sweet, nuttiness along with a hint of smokiness from imported peated malt.

But as odd as it may sound, the idea of Irving wanting out to forge a legacy of his own makes sense.

Pacific salmon have never surmounted Shipherd's Falls, a roaring, 60 - foot cataract in Washington's Wind River (although they now negotiate it by fish ladder), but the Steelhead is able to pick his way up by leaping from one small pocket of water, four, five or six feet to the next, often jumping at odd angles to hit the targets he must sense but can not possibly see as he launches himself.

He also had a wicked sense of humour and was not adversed to playing the odd practical joke on his colleagues.

Look for odd jobs to pay something — the man who does whatever is necessary to take care of his family is a man in its truest sense.

Despite the criticism and attacks from Democrats, Republicans who have experience handling statewide races in North Carolina insist McCrory made the right political calculation — one that might seem odd outside of the Tar Heel state but makes sense in a purple state that still has a sizable number of conservative Democrats.