Sentences with phrase «of chest thumping»

Be aware of the vulnerable narcissist: For most people, when they imagine a narcissist, they immediately conjure up the stereotype of a chest thumping, charismatic, cult of personality.

There was plenty of chest thumping for the two prominent pols, who were also joined by Queens Congresswomen Grace Meng and Carolyn Maloney on stage.

This sort of propaganda against the NDP — is just the beginning of the chest thumping, the innuendos, the caterwauling and the outright backstabbing that will occur with the business sector and the cheesed off PC supporters (if there are any left).

Not exact matches

The second is Marine Le Pen, the deeply controversial, far - right National Front leader whose harsh anti-immigration rhetoric and chest - thumping nationalism has won a lot of support, even as she's had to field off frequent accusations of racism and nativism.

Yet for all its chest - thumping bravado, the game also portrays the anxieties and contradictions of aggressive sexuality.

But when the snubs consistently and disproportionately affect women and people of color over the old white male guard, one is forced to reckon with the fact that for all its chest thumping, Hollywood remains decades behind the times.

A shaky Chinese regime is likely to try and displace public discontents over the policy's impacts on the Chinese economy and Chinese society by chest - thumping in its immediate neighborhood; signs of this are already visible in the South China Sea.

People are getting turned off by those «Chrisians» who thump their chests and give satched of old testament quotes.

We're arrogant, thoughtless, «I - am - holier - than - thou - chest - thumping» people «on the wrong side of history.»

It is swelling so full of love and memories that it is fit to burst; the dull ache of each thump in your chest only serves to remind you how very full it is.

Happen upon a race, and your eyes will be drawn to the powerful women in the bow of each boat, the ones with backs like oak doors who tear great gashes in the water, pushing and pulling and exhaling clouds of carbon dioxide until their chests are aflame and their temples thump.

In fact, I have now started to look at these chest thumping statements as actually proving a lack of what the players are saying rather than the opposite.

When I read the chest thumping words of their Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal, reported by the Daily Mail today, I instantly thought it sounded like someone trying to convince themselves rather than someone who was full of confidence.

The carefree showmanship of Ronaldinho and the chest - thumping, never - say - die attitude of Steven Gerrard — fittingly, it's not a bad way to define the on - pitch persona of a player who may well be world football's most exciting youngster.

Townsend's 3 goals are a cross / shot, a really well taken chest down / half volley and a lay off he's thumped in from the edge of the box.

You can thump your chest and roar your bs «alpha male wan na be» roar all you like, but in reality land of USA and Earth 2016, pulling yourself up by your own boot straps is something rich people tell poor people to keep them hoping that maybe, just maybe, someday if I try hard enough... It's little more than a ploy to keep the masses from rebelling.

After a superficially worthy iteration of that now trite sentiment of British politicians, public intellectuals and commentators that national pride needs to be «reclaimed» from the «small - minded» and the «racist», the following 21 pages provided a tour de force in national chest - thumping that could barely do more to put its small - mindedness and contempt for the rest of the world front and centre.

General chest - thumping in response to threats of war (which is what Saddam was doing) are not the same as clearly stated demands backed by a credible threat of force.

I still can not understand why the Nana Addo described the perfect submission by the President at Agona Nkwanta as insults directed at his person.Nana is free to continue his anti-transformation chest thumping that's his cup of tea attempts to sow doubt about the President's capabilities has failed and will forever fail.So far he has failed to mount a significant challenge Mahama's #Changinglives, TransformingGhana # agenda leaving him in the confused state he finds himself.

So the, kind of, chest - thumping is coming to a close.

When Simons and a colleague repeated the test with other observers — this time with the gorilla stopping to face the camera and thump its chest — only six of 12 people noticed it.

Just as a song's bass thumps in your chest at a concert, Mary's lamb caused minute vibrations — just tenths of a micrometer — in the chip bag.

Thump the palms of your hands along the sides of your rib cage to encourage your chest to round, puff, and lift.

Regrettably, it's the movie version of John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, a book still thumping its chest on the hardback best - seller list after more than three years.

But it's refreshing to see a sci - fi movie about a team on a virtual suicide mission so devoid of chest - thumping theatrics.

The central appeal of The Hangover lays primarily in Phillips's ability to keep things in balance, allowing his guys to have fun, but reigning it in before the whole thing devolves into a chest - thumping mess.

And, after a title card that proudly thumps its chest in a declaration that there are no rules in politics, deciding to put in a consciousness in the middle of the on - screen chaos is huge risk... that doesn't quite work because the satire isn't in firm place.

Similarly, by pitting everyone against the monsters right up front, we don't get a lot of bravura character on character chest thumping.

Tarzan has been dusted off, his abs polished and his vocabulary spruced up in David Yates» handsome but altogether pointless «The Legend of Tarzan,» a chest - thumping resurrection of the Ape Man that fails to find any reason for the iconic character's continued evolution.

Towards the end of the year, McConaughey also appeared in Martin Scorsese's drama «The Wolf of Wall Street» as cutthroat businessman Mark Hanna; the brief role was most notable for an on - set improvisation in which Hanna leads Leonardo DiCaprio's Jordan Belfort into a humming, chest - thumping routine in the middle of a crowded restaurant.

He expresses this character convincingly and successfully translates his typical chest - thumping bravado into a man plagued by enigmas — making his performance easily the funniest part of the movie.

No one needs an entire movie starring, say, Matthew McConaughey's chest - thumping weirdo from The Wolf of Wall Street, or Alec Baldwin's bullish corporate shark from Glengarry Glen Ross.

Still, there is a distinct absence of chest - thumping among the famously reticent Finns.

The Revel's chest - thumping power is reminiscent of a powerful home theater system.

Refresher drives in each reaffirm their claims to being, in order, a borderline frighteningly quick mid-engine supercar, a bananas open - air monster, and a sharply styled vanquisher of more than a few chest - thumping executive stoplight burners.

Nissan's chest - thumping over this feat aggravated Porsche enough that the company conducted its own test of the GT - R.

After a recent decade of mid-engine cars built for blockheads more interested in thumping their chests in a testosterone - fueled fury than in actual driving, the NSX's ability to actually travel long distances is pretty charming.

You never quite get the really big - chested thump that you imagine 265 lb ft of torque should provide you with.

Once the new Golf is released we'll be able to listen to Volkswagen thump their chests about their newest range of efficient small capacity turbocharged engines and plenty of other new technologies, too.

I don't always agree with them, and I think Konrath in particular tends to get carried away with the chest - thumping, but traditional publishing definitely has its share of issues.

There was some fretting and some chest - thumping, but there were also some very earnest and absolutely sincere discussions about the right to freedom of speech, and for their legally - protected right to create a satire.

In the end, it was the combination of Butler's sloppy journalism — combined with the magazine's impressive circulation of 250,000 and the irony of all their chest - thumping about bullshit - busting and «smart, fearless journalism» — that clinched it for MoJo.

With a release date set for the 21» st of February Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze will feature classic side scrolling action, with colourful and vibrant HD graphics and a chest thumping soundtrack composed by David Wise.

It's one of the most atmospheric games I have played in quite some time, and the sheer suspense and clever use of the environment make this a game that will keep your heart thumping inside your chest.

An adventurous romp of the chest - thumping variety.

Fetishistic readings of treaty - making process and chest - thumping about treaties the Senate has refused to ratify miss the larger point...»

Most lawyers and firms I know are not of the chest - thumping type and it is not intuitive to them to ask for a positive online rating or review from their many satisfied clients (especially when they don't know Google My Business reviews even exist).

The earbuds translate the subtle dynamics of the band's upright bass in a way you typically only hear and feel when you're in a room with one, even if it doesn't thump you in the chest.

Cool professionalism is definitely becoming subservient to hot - air - driven hollow chest - thumping of the internet variety.

Yes, there are some very corrupt, undeserving registrants operating within the industry who should be in jail, but by the same token, there are some very honest, educated, professional negotiators (often not the one's with the largest advertising budgets, because they don't need that sort of chest - thumping hoopla) from whom to choose from.