Sentences with phrase «of flimsy»

The pieces of the slipcovers which are out - of - sight are made of a flimsy J - cloth type fabric & after only a few washings split, in various places.

Most of us, at some point in our careers, have applied to some job with some piece of flimsy paper called a resume.

Long - running rumors suggested that Samsung was working on a premium smartphone that would debut this year with a metal housing in place of the flimsy - feeling plastic or pleather found on current high - end Samsung devices.

As for the headband itself, it looks kind of flimsy but to be fair, it was designed this way to be flexible and light so it wouldn't cause unnecessary pressure on gamers» heads.

They're not made of flimsy plastic and packed with features nobody uses anymore; they're made of curved glass and cold aluminum — and they're incredibly attractive.

I don't care that every part of this thing feels like it's been shaved down to the thinnest, least amount of material they can get away with, or that it's rattly, tinny, and sort of flimsy.

But as it launched the thing last year, we got to hear about much more than just a few of the flimsy things Apple's great wrist - worn gadget will do.

The charging cradle for the Watch 2 isn't as svelte as the pucks that charge watches like the Apple Watch, and it's cheaply built out of flimsy plastic, but the magnetic connection does a great job holding the watch down — much more than I can say about the Fossil Q I reviewed last week.

If you have a garage but it's kind of flimsy, take Consumer Reports» advice and park your car outside, «tight against the garage door — sideways — to block high - speed winds and hopefully preserve the door's integrity.»

And those cajoled or dragooned into Naomi Klein's Marxist - led Leap coalition should be aware of the flimsy basis of their purported belief that the hockey stick will pastoralize and dematerialize the pecuniary society of thousands of years.

Had Australia any competent hydrologists giving counsel to policymakers, they may have created a far deeper and more robust infrastructure, one which could prevent drought at the same time as preventing flood, instead of a flimsy system of dams and reservoirs without redundancy.

To restructure the entire global economy on the basis of this flimsy house of straw is lunacy and it is only a matter of time before that becomes obvious to the most stupid and venal of politicians.

The point is that the whole basis of the flimsy CAGW narrative is 1950 to present, because their is no evidence of a consequential anthropogenic contribution to CO2 prior to 1950 and the data prior to 1950 is highly suspect.

The Senate collapses, a heap of flimsy fabric; the US map is redrawn with Texas at the top; Moses's tablets rise like the Twin Towers in Manhattan.

Consequently, the physical sum of the parts of these flimsy, ephemeral readymades is a permanent, unrecognisable blanketed structure intended to provoke and outrage.

For VR headset - owning fans of its space missions there's also a free single - level spin - off, Jackal Assault (PSVR, Oculus Rift, Vive), which gives you a disappointing turn in one of the game's starfighters for a touch of flimsy - feeling virtual - reality space combat, the sense of speed and destruction somehow muted as you blow up oddly stick - like enemy fighters.

Ground Zeroes had what it needed to move away from the problems plaguing Portable Ops and Peace Walker, but it utilized nothing in favor of a flimsy setup.

Since the credits only mark the end of the flimsy story, I didn't feel the urge to stop playing because there was so much of what I loved left in the game.

You'd expect at least some level of interaction to gain ability boosts, but the training here is a collection of flimsy cutscenes with random outcomes.

The zipper is kind of flimsy, so I'm sure that will be the first part to go.

But as for the districts themselves, they're made of a flimsy card while the tokens you place on them are just cardboard standees, although to be fair I can certainly see the justification for not having miniatures as they would have raised the cost quite a bit.

Made of a flimsy, thin card they don't feel very durable or nice to handle.

There's no sense of flimsy plastic or creaking when you grip it hard, and even when you give it a little shake there isn't that slight rattling sound typically heard in a mouse.

The standard economy row 28 also has a bulkhead which consists of a flimsy curtain and therefore offers more legroom than this premium economy row.

And despite feeling kind of flimsy, the lightweight nature of the device really feels like a feature if you've been holding it for hours.

These days, lots of comic book readers aren't just readers of the flimsy monthly installments.

Never underestimate the sinking power of a flimsy manuscript.

BTW, M - Edge Accessories, our generous partner in E-Books for Troops, has an excellent selection of covers for your iPad mini that offer more protection than Apple's elegant but kind of flimsy Smart Cover.

Beyond the lawn were the boxwood hedges, and then a length of flimsy pier that dipped into the edge of Little Neck Bay.

Hard plastics all around cabin (not nice), also a lot of flimsy bits of plastic all over the place even on the steering wheel the plastic silver bit (looks like ford trying to copy Mercedes) is very flimsy and will flake off on edges.

But the lack of a digital speedometer is a mistake, some of the switch graphics are impossible to read in direct sunlight (ditto the trip computer between the tacho and speedo) and there are a couple of flimsy and ill - fitting plastic bits and bobs, as well as a mixture of rock - hard and slightly softer interior materials.

And it's all included in a nicely designed interior with better - than - average materials reflecting little in the way of the flimsy plastics that typically bedevil other vehicles in this class.

Some «piano black» plastic in the storage bin flexed and felt kind of flimsy and cheap, but most elements create a passing upscale veneer.

What you do get is a pair of flimsy, movable cupholders, one of which can be fitted next to the passenger's right leg.

It's a comfortable, solid - feeling compact with great road manners and none of the flimsy fragility found in cars like the Prius and iMiev.

The interior, like the Clio's, is a long way from the sort of flimsy plastic tat you instinctively expect from a French hatchback, and also boasts a large screen in the middle of the dash.

If we don't trust administrators, let us address that issue directly and not rely on the hollow promise of flimsy parchment barriers.

With the exception of a flimsy Woody Allen spoof and a plodding take on «Honor Thy Father and Mother» that finds two black kids believing their father is Arnold Schwarzenegger, the sketches take pleasures in detailed laughs that consider tone and delivery above the actual setup of the joke.

And while The Fighting Temptations isn't quite as bad as Snow Dogs, Boat Trip, or Men of Honor, it's somehow less of a movie than either — a collection of flimsy narrative excuses for musical numbers that manages to suggest that poor southern African - Americans are slavishly devoted to the word of New York advertising executives while confirming that there are some characters so revolting as to indeed be above redemption.

Viewers aware of the plethora of previous space invader and Armageddon offerings will be instantly cognisant of the flimsy plot predicated upon perpetuating the protagonists» survival, which owes a significant debt to Danny Boyle's undead feature 28 Days Later.

For the lack of an audio commentary in favor of flimsy synergetic inclusions, it also loses some points.

Toulouse - Lautrec (John Leguizamo), the dwarf artist, lives above Christian, and one day comes crashing through the ceiling of their flimsy tenement, sparking a friendship and collaboration: They will write a show to spotlight Satine's brilliance, as well as «truth, beauty, freedom and love.»

Not because Streep isn't great — it's just that she's maybe been too great in recent years, playing a lot of big characters in small movies, perhaps lightly nibbling on some of the flimsy scenery.

As per Fox, the case is of the flimsy «eco-friendly» variety.

They are magnetic collar stays (and instead of the flimsy plastic ones), give collars a nice stiff peak that lasts all day.

The only thing you won't like is the compact (smudge city and kind of flimsy).

I was tired of flimsy «bonded» belts and am very happy to have found this substantial black belt.

This style automatically adds a feminine vibe to one's look and is very reminiscent of those flimsy girly skirts worn during childhood.

I am tired of the flimsy sweaters in stores which do not keep me warm.

In the past, they had baskets from Target, but they were kind of flimsy and didn't hold too much.