Sentences with phrase «of sore thumbs»

BW: Konami's Blades of Steel was focused on action and timing, often delivering high - scoring games and plenty of sore thumbs afterward.

It's kind of a sore thumb in my opinion because the capacity of buttons on it Can't really be used when you're wearing gloves in cold weather.

But they are also a bit of a sore thumb on smartphones, the platforms that popularized them.

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It must become part of the organization's communication and feedback DNA, rather than some temporary, superficial supplement that sticks out like a sore thumb.

For example, Vessenes wrote me in an email, the fact that there's still only a relatively small number of Monero users means that any massive transaction will stick out like a sore thumb: there just won't be many others of a similar size to mix with.

@DP Here are three of your statements that stick - out like a sore thumb that stop me from even considering having a conversation with you:

Finally, 10 out of the 11 of Muhammad's wives were either close to his age, or older than him; if he really were a pedophile, this would NOT be the case — you would expect more child brides, which DID NOT happen, making the claim that Aisha was 9 stick out like a sore thumb.

the acts of jesus shine out like a sore thumb from the bibles pages... that's where i place my faith.

They stand out like a sore thumb in every aspect; losers in just one of their last nine, unbeaten in six at Craven Cottage but also having comfortably beaten Spurs and Peterborough in the earlier rounds.

Looking back through their results this season, their 4 - 2 trouncing of Tottenham back in November stands out like a sore thumb.

After the review of more than 200 catastrophic cheer injury reports between 1982 and 2009, one pattern stood out like a sore thumb: Cheer programs lacked a rehearsed catastrophic emergency plan.

We joined a new school and thanks to lack of uniforms we stuck out like sore thumbs.

Best of all, it's sleek design blends in with the rest of my decor so it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb.

The Internet exposes youth to a lot of dangers — and we're not talking about eye strain and sore thumbs here — even though they are secure under our roofs or safe in our line of sight.

Many residents feared the tower would obstruct views and stick out like a sore thumb in neighborhood of low - rise 19th - century buildings.

Florida stuck out like a sore thumb on U.S. temperature maps this year, the lone bright orange spot in the sea of blue that dominated the eastern half of the country for most of the year.

If your feet are sore, spend more time on relaxation techniques and then gently press the following points on the bottom of each foot with your thumb or index finger for five to ten seconds each (see chart):

Plus, as another colleague pointed out, more and more people are beginning to wear this kind of shoe around town and to the gym, so you wouldn't necessarily stick out like a sore thumb.

As a general rule of thumb, when sore, back off your workouts and stick to only using isolation exercises with lighter weights.

I'm the only blonde in a sea of dark haired girls and stick out like a sore thumb lol) I would love a little girls getaway there.

If I'm in a meeting with a lot of women, it's not a problem, but most days, women who wear dresses stick out like a sore thumb.

While they stick out like a sore thumb, they are made of the softest wool and I could not part with them.

Some of the pieces in my wardrobe that I love the most are the odd items that, when compared to the rest of the minimal collection, stick out like a sore thumb.

It could also be the first - ever pair of oxfords to join your shoe collection, thus sticking out like sore thumbs (ahem, toes) amid a sea of girly ballet flats.

The people of Rome dress almost exclusively in black so while I stuck out like a sore (American) thumb, it felt great to wear light colors on dreary gray days.

It's a shame, then, that screenwriters Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon have opted to throw in a series of increasingly dramatic interludes, as there's just no denying that such moments come off as entirely needless and flat - out forced (ie unlike certain similarly - themed efforts, the film's more schmaltzy attributes stand out like a sore thumb).

The lack of manageable control and the nearly on - rails gameplay are just two of the sorest sore thumbs that stick out, which if fixed could have made the game at least halfway enjoyable.

The masterstroke of Thor: Ragnarok is realizing that Thor has always been the sore thumb that sticks out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

From the moment Franco opens his mouth, onscreen as the sore - thumb Tommy, we know this isn't the usual leading man kind of performance.

Compared with the sights / sounds / gameplay of «MGS2», the technical flaws that were present on the N64 version (and haven't been fixed in this PS2 port) stand - out like a sore thumb on Roger Ebert's hand (there's a lovely image for you!).

Elsewhere the references take the form of namedrops, familiar dialogue and imagery and frankly, stick out like a sore thumb.

It overstates the emotion of each scene, sticks out like a sore thumb where it should be subtle, and often sounds like something from a made - for - TV movie rather than a big studio film.

While based on true events, 5 Days of War contains blatant fictional elements which stick out like a sore thumb, including Hollywood - style split - second timing and other contrived scenarios that damage the film's integrity.

Beefing you out to epic proportions and letting you slip into the threads of choice for the would - be God, it's a kinda» nifty look (though it also makes you stand out like a sore thumb).

With the exception of Paul Rudd (who sticks out like a sore thumb thanks to his ability to improvise better dialogue), the casting for the film is absolutely horrendous.

A haunting scene involving Rudd interacting with an elderly woman searching the burned remains of her home sticks out like a sore thumb (in a good way) and gives the film a unique shape that distinguishes it even more from Green's studio work.

Liam Hemsworth sticks out like a sore thumb against the group of older burly muscle men, however, his earnest charm and sniper skills make up for what he lacks in star power.

Hooper asks incredulously after he's told that a band called Shithead recorded the ending theme), but also «credit» Hooper with insisting on changes to their screenplay that stick out like a sore thumb, such as the elimination of a passage of time between the prologue and our introduction to the Barrows that more or less imposes an awkward real - time gimmick on the proceedings.

is always a line that sticks out like a sore thumb for me in games, like the forced laugh track and painted on smiles of a cheesy American sitcom that does little to deserve it.

Like the sorest of thumbs, the ending - already plastered across every newspaper since the event in» 09 - hovers awkwardly, reducing any conflict too little but a forced after - thought.

One thing stood out like a sore thumb while I was playing which was the lack of voice acting.

Elswit returns for Roman J. Israel, but this time — with the exception of an interlude at and around the Santa Monica pier — the city feels like an anonymous Anywhere, U.S.A. And so Washington's ill - conceived character stands out like a sore thumb, the shallow center of Gilroy's unfortunate sophomore slump.

None too pretty, though, is that sniffy feeling of crashing a party where you stick out like a sore thumb — where everybody knows everybody else and you keep asking the wrong questions.

There are far too many laughs in «Sorority Rising» to enumerate everything that works about this sequel, and it's telling that the few botched gags stick out like sore thumbs — one overextended joke involving a marital miscommunication and some bad green screen inadvertently serves as a reminder that the rest of the movie is too funny to take for granted.

What sticks out like a sore thumb, however, are the expressionistic flourishes that belie the understated style of the film's source material.

Marc never quite resolves the extent to which Ontario sticks out like a structural sore thumb, nor does he quite draw the lesson that might be most applicable here: American education surely needs a major overhaul of its education governance before it can successfully put into place the other changes in policy and practice that Marc urges (and that these other countries do).

This would be very noticeable at the start of the drain (fluorescent green coolant will stand out like a sore thumb... the other colored coolants would as well).

In the modern NASCAR world of cookie - cutter ovals and mile - deep parking lots, tiny Darlington Raceway stands out like a sore thumb.

As I write, there is a 1964 Peugeot 404 Familiale seven - seat station wagon sticking out like a sore thumb in the barren parking lot of a shipping depot somewhere near Livingston, Montana.

Some of us might want to save fuel, but not stick out like a sore thumb doing it.