Outlook The mood in the art world is definitely one
of letdown after the frenzy of the late 1980s.
Honestly, I thought Windows 8 was kind
of a letdown after spending a few hours fooling around with the Nokia Lumia 920 but upon cruising the Intel Tablet for a few minutes, I realized that the tablet version of Windows 8 is much more versatile than the phone version.
Season 3 was still good, but was kind
of a letdown after the first two - now it's clear it was setting up a lot for the next three seasons, especially Dexter's marriage and family.
The coda that gets into things with Jeff's wife and kid feel like something
of a letdown after the excitement of the flick's real climax.
For us, the Milford Sound was just a tiny bit
of a letdown after visiting Norway.
This felt like a bit
of a letdown after such a successful run so far.
Not exact matches
Switchfoot even stopped playing Christian festivals for a short spell
after the double - platinum success
of 2003's The Beautiful
Letdown.
At the end
of an intensive group it is well to point out that something
of a
letdown is natural
after any mountain - peak experience.
I grew up in a huge berry - growing community and every year I would look forward to getting strawberry shortcake from the cheerleaders
after the Berry Dairy Days parade and the cake part
of the shortcake was always a HUGE
LETDOWN.
The other part
of me wonders if there will be some emotional
letdown after the big Michigan State win and all
of a sudden it's a game late in the third quarter.
The signing was viewed as a
letdown in Dortmund at the time when he signed as Lewandowski's replacement, & then for the duration
of his first season -
after which 2 more strikers were brought in - including Ciro Immobile.
Me, wisely: Miami was overdue for a
letdown after a massive beating
of Notre Dame, Kurt Benkert is actually officially Pretty Good at quarterback, and you probably only watched the Notre Dame game.
And part
of the sadness, I think, was the
letdown which comes
after an experience
of such tremendous intensity; the finality which follows, bland and empty, upon the mixed and powerful emotions that surged toward the climactic moment
of action.
Wiseguys certainly aren't expecting a
letdown for Ohio State
after walloping Michigan State 48 - 3 last weekend, and Illinois may be one
of the big underdogs to avoid this weekend.
They had a bit
of a
letdown, which often happens
after an emotional victory, and only got 3 points in Dodgeball.
She finally got the hang
of it around the second day, and
after battling with oversupply and overactive
letdown, we are still nursing at 23 months.
After the
letdown you can switch to expression mode by selecting one
of three vacuum settings (low, medium and high suction).
After birth, if the nipple can be grasped, a mother can roll her nipple between her thumb and index finger for a minute or two and then quickly touch the nipple with a moist, cold cloth or ice wrapped in cloth (avoid prolonged use
of ice as it can inhibit the
letdown reflex and numb the nipple too much).
Also, normal
letdown sensations usually let up
after the first month or two
of breastfeeding.
However, the single control for both cycle speed and vacuum strength (beyond the initial faster cycling that encourages
letdown but switches off
after about two minutes) isn't necessarily the most effective means
of expressing milk.
Another, lesser - known discomfort is a phenomenon known as D - MER, where mothers feel strong feelings
of depression and agitation when their milk lets down (these feelings are linked to hormones, and disappear soon
after letdown).
Some kids even cry on Christmas because
of the immense
letdown after weeks
of hysteria!
When my milk came in, three days
after the birth
of my youngest, I recognized the signs
of strong
letdown immediately.
This election year has been a spectacle, an extended sporting event, an obsession, a flat - out, dopamine - bursting ADDICTION for millions
of people in this country and even abroad, and we're all likely to suffer some kind
of king - hell
letdown over the few weeks
after the vote regardless
of who wins.
He «had to deal with the
letdown, the frustration and anger,
of realizing that
after years
of hard work and sacrifice to earn my degree, that that Ph.D. didn't qualify me in any way to go out and get a good - paying «real» job,» he says.
In other words,
after a steady diet
of fake sugar foods, regular sugar is a
letdown for your taste buds.
After a huge
letdown, most
of us struggle with the thought
of going out in the harsh dating world were appearance is premium versus the power
of words and feelings you converse online.
Dawn
of Justice was destined to pale in comparison to Christian Bale's Batman trilogy and it was almost guaranteed to be a
letdown after most audiences failed to enjoy Man
of Steel.
Sutter gets down into the dirty
of a gang war again, and it's a bit
of a narrative
letdown after the explosiveness
of last season.
Because this sophomore season has been so strong, «And They Were Enemies» comes as something
of letdown — not so much for the downbeat second half (it's not like I was expecting a parade and fireworks,
after all) but for the hasty way Evelyn Poole and the Nightcomers are dispatched
after so much buildup.
Shortly
after that, you spend the final third
of the story missions on a sort
of sci - fi tour through unfamiliar Lantern worlds, which is kind
of a
letdown.
After building up to the great climactic confrontation for two - thirds
of the movie, it's a
letdown.
The big final - reel reveal —
after so much anticipation and skillful manipulation
of expectations — is a
letdown, leaving too many questions unanswered and undermining what should be the kind
of knockout emotional climax which «Starman» so gloriously delivered.
Peter Krause eventually materializes as the man
of the hour, Kevin's boss, in what can only feel like a
letdown after Hood spends the whole movie going out
of his way not to let us see what he looks like.
Captain America: Civil War a
letdown after the high
of Winter Soldier.
Director Jaume Collet - Serra's third consecutive Liam Neeson movie, Run All Night, feels like a
letdown after the Euro - thriller twists
of Unknown and the locked - room crisscrossing
of Non-Stop.
From «Cloverfield» to «Star Wars: The Phantom Menace,» here's a bunch
of movies that were total
letdowns after enticing teasers got fans excited
After last week's remarkable season premiere
of Game
of Thrones, «The Night Lands» is a bit
of a
letdown.
Although I loved the original film overall, I was definitely one
of the viewers (or «bloody feminists,» to quote director Michael Vaughn) who felt that the now - infamous «joke» at the very end
of the film was a
letdown after the movies» otherwise awesome representation; and although that scene alone wouldn't have been enough for me to dismiss a sequel outright, Vaughn's mansplaining response to criticism was.
The 435i's brakes are not racing brakes,
of course, and they provided the only
letdown, with heavy fade
after a few laps.
After seeing countless spy photos
of what was expected to be the Sentra Nismo, driving the actual 2017 Nissan Sentra SR Turbo was almost a
letdown.
After the incredible storms
of 2016, 2017 was a bit
of a
letdown.
-- but
after playing with the phone for a while, you really get used to it and downgrading to something smaller is a bit
of a
letdown.
After all, it was a pretty big letdown after the exciting announcement of a new Metroid game produced by Team N
After all, it was a pretty big
letdown after the exciting announcement of a new Metroid game produced by Team N
after the exciting announcement
of a new Metroid game produced by Team Ninja.
Looking forward to this game the most
after the somewhat
letdown of sea
of thieves.
I've never expected compelling and novel gameplay from Shiny (not since
after the
letdown of the second Earth Worm Jim, anyway), so the «gameplay» in this case is just a means to and end for me.
No one can claim to have «done» the fair — it is too large and dispersed for everyone to have experienced it the same way, which makes for interesting comparisons on the plane going home, rapturous sharing
of highpoints paired with the inevitable
letdown of having missed this or that installation, off - piste gallery, beach happening or
after - party.
After a year that's been rich in lively shows and discussion about the relevance and legacy
of Minimalism — the Gerard Byrne show and accompanying panels at the Renaissance Society, for one — this fall's big Minimalism - then - and - now show at the MCA is a bit
of a theoretical
letdown...
But
after Faraday Future was hyped to death with a slick marketing campaign as the next great Tesla fighter — one worthy
of $ 335 million in state incentives from Nevada for a factory — this hilariously unrealistic supercar design is somewhere between massive
letdown and some extremely hard - to - swallow Silicon Valley bullshit.
Of course, it all comes down to how good Samsung Mall is when it comes to pattern recognition —
after all, Bixby turned out to be a massive
letdown for the company last year.