Sentences with phrase «only flimsy»

The much - hyped 2009 Copenhagen climate summit yielded only a flimsy accord.

Again, leaving us with only the flimsy hypothesis that Russia managed to accomplish a mass brain washing of American voters.

The story is only a flimsy excuse to get to the «action».

First up is the atrocious screen, which is not only flimsy and ugly to look at, but sucks as a touchscreen.

Much of what had been written had been of a propagandistic nature with only a flimsy foundation of objective facts.

Obsessed with these three gags, the script pays only the flimsiest attention to the storyline in which Jack recognizes his days as patriarch are numbered.

It's one explosion after another with only the flimsiest of excuses («truck versus jet?

Not exact matches

But other times, you'll find a flimsy rope is the only thing holding you back... and all it takes is a nudge to snap it.

Where Trump's narrative has always been flimsy and inconsistent, Comey's has been careful, consistent, and in keeping with everything we know about the president, which only bolsters his credibility.

Faith is the most horrible way of discerning what is true or not, and to hings something like eternal torture on something so flimsy and interpretive as faith, is not only unreliable, but completely exclusionary to certain types of people.

Eye witness accounts are the flimsiest bit of evidence and it's telling that apparently the only eye witnesses were other devout folks who would be gullible enough to believe it.

He takes refuge behind a closed door, and for the moment this flimsy barrier must serve as his only security.

Only a worm destroyed his bomb shelter - a flimsy affair anyway, consisting mainly of the leaves of a castor bean plant.

So our valuations can only be the flimsy concoctions of cosmically homeless minds alone, and not the reflection of any inherent aspects of nature.

Nevertheless, if the medium of religious practice and expression is not only predominantly casual in style but also artistically «flimsy» (a complaint lodged by Kathleen Norris), or perhaps even kitsch, then one must ask: What sort of God are worshipers envisioning as they sing or look or move?

Not only did Jones find Rice was honest with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell during their June 16 meeting, but the NFL's case was incredibly flimsy, built on semantic arguments and poor note taking.

You have to bear in mind that another NYC DA pursued a felony gang assault charge against Renzo Gracie on exponentially more flimsy evidence for the scuffle at One Oak several years ago with video evidence in existence to contradict the DA's witnesses» false statements which is the only reason it abandoned those charges for a misdemeanor assault plea.

Safe standing sections are now clearly inevitable and being held up only by a stale government on the flimsiest of grounds.

Suffice it to say, the new mandate hasn't made anybody happy and has garnered plenty of vocal detractors (and rightly so), from US Lacrosse, the sport's national governing body (which, among other things, called the mandate «irresponsible» and premature), to coaches (who don't see the flimsy headband approved by FHSAA — what one longtime game official told The Times looked «more like a thick bandana» — as serving any purpose and no more than a «costly distraction to parents and the players»), to game officials (one told The Times that the only effect the headgear was having on the game was to cause delays because the headbands were prone to falling off) to the athletes themselves, who say all it does is get in the way of their goggles.

The only thing that is holding me back from the urbo2 is I heard many complaints about it being a hassle to fold and unfold as well as the frame feeling flimsy.

The only place where I had to lift it up was the one step on the plane and it is a bit flimsy on uneven surface but over all it helped me a lot and I think it's an amazing product and so do a lot of other people who commented on it along the way

I have used this buggy very little, as the front bar is extremely flimsy and after only a few uses no longer clips into place and is broken, the seat space is small both the width and height.

Firstly, aesthetically the navy material faded so it looks old and work when it's not, this happened within a couple of months, the green dot where you know to push the brake release forward rubbed off within seconds so now when others try to help me out when pushing the buggy they push the release the wrong way, needless to say the brake mechanism is now half broken, the canopy struts are awkward and don't flip up or down evenly and often pull out of their sockets, this is super annoying, the seat has a flimsy strap underneath supporting the legs, on occasion this has undone and I've found my infant in the storage section underneath hanging on by a tether, bad bad design, the viewing window on the canopy is only good on a non windy day.

This unit is different from other swing because not only is it easy to put together, but it also does not feel flimsy when it is fully assembled.

I have been using both the briefs and boxers on my toddler for a few weeks and these trainers are not only cute, but a great alternative to bulky trainers or flimsy underwear.

Key thought: ``... a gun is only as powerful as the will of the person aiming it, and those flimsy pieces of paper and their electronic descendents can make a huge difference on that front.

The animal's lower jaw, which hangs under the ridge like an evolutionary afterthought, is even narrower — a flimsy structure only about three feet across at its widest point on a fully grown whale and studded with four - inch teeth.

Floating the panels in water was the only way to test how these flimsy panels worked in anything like the reduced gravity of space.

That's right — eating well not only does wonders for your waistline and bolsters your immune system but can also provide some very real get - gorg benefits, such as smoothing wrinkles, giving hair a glossy shine and strengthening flimsy nails.

My only complaint is that the ferrule (aluminum part of the handle) feels somewhat flimsy and feels as if the bamboo handle will detach from it.

The only complains that I have is that the packaging is really flimsy and the lid is already cracked down the side so it doesn't stay on very well when it's rummaging around in my makeup bag.

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

A cheap shoe will not only be flimsy but leave blisters on your feet.

Friends can only be added outside of the game on the XMB, and the clan support is rather flimsy, other than that the game is really without flaw.

In Days of Future Past the only arc is James McAvoy's Xavier and it is a flimsy one at that.

The extortion subplot involving Ansel's manager and Lance Reddick's shadowy menace (playing a mysterious figure in the way only he can) may be a necessary evil to motivate Ansel toward taking on the family as clients, but in practice it is such a half - baked flimsy concept that it never evolves beyond plot device status, feeling more like manipulation than motivation.

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, the third and apparently final entry in the series about museum exhibits that come to life, suffers from the fact that this flimsy material really only deserved a one - shot deal.

Case in point: After throwing Molotov cocktails into the town's police station, setting it ablaze, the only reprimand she receives after being provided with the flimsiest of alibis is the side - eye of the town's temporary police chief.

Chicago first came out on DVD as a single - disc release in the summer of 2003, the only bonus features being the deleted song «Class», an audio commentary, and a rather flimsy behind - the - scenes featurette.

The only complaint is the flimsy lock switches in the door handles.

Cheapened interior materials, flimsy steering wheel switch gear, less padding in seats, only a 2 - way power passenger seat, plastic covered board for seat - back map pockets, baby - puke yellow fake wood trim, etc., all combine to paint a less than luxerious interior.

Our only gripe is that the light feels flimsy, so don't leave it anywhere where someone can sit on it.

Thankfully Sony has made sure the build quality is up to the task, so while the Z2 is thin and light (only 426g) it never feels flimsy.

There's also an annoying flimsy battery cover that's only held in with these tiny plastic tabs.

The only thing we didn't like is the trackpad, which feels a bit flimsy and moves around a bit too much.

Measuring only 0.24 inches thick and weighing 3.1 ounces, the new touch is amazingly portable, but it's by no means flimsy.

The Ematic feels much flimsier than any of the above, and is much less flexible in fitting the non-default fonts into the screen space — lots of sluggish, jerky panning and scrolling for PDF's, and ebooks» text seemed to skip the «off - screen» parts quite a bit when going back and forth in the larger text modes (only 4 or 5 size choices, and no font choices).

As a professional canine behavior consultant and owner of a successful dog training business, Joan has seen the unfortunate consequences of many traditional pet harnesses that are made from flimsy materials (chafes, irritates the animal), have too many straps and bulky clips (poor fit), only have one location to attach a leash (limited walking options), and are overall confusing for people to put on and take off their dogs.

the only containers he has for water and food are flimsy food containers which he ends up chewing on or tipping over and then has nothing in them for hours sometimes days.

My only complaint, and a minor one at that, was that the luggage rack in the bedroom closet was small and a bit too flimsy to adequately hold my suitcase when it was open.