Sentences with phrase «out of character with»

The entire memo sounds pretty alarmist, but also not entirely out of character with the current administration's views.

«It is so out of character with the guy I knew,» says Gary Baise, a Washington lawyer and former counsel at Kilpatrick Stockton.

According to Ryan's lawyer, the crucial piece of evidence this time around was a psychiatric assessment which found that Ryan's prior «misconduct» was out of character with how he conducted both his personal and professional life.

Typical to a point, the bride steps out of character with an odd sideways look, characterized by a deadpan stare that lies somewhere between resignation and a scowl that would prevent a pick - up line from ever leaving the safety of a suitor's lips, and, worse, chill the will of a nervous groom.

I did not, and I thought the whole episode with the Singer machine man to be totally out of character with Constance...

In the case of one of my friends, it was an unusual choice; it seemed out of character with who she was.

I found this disturbing and out of character with the rest of the car.

It has zero impact on the RS7's capability but feels slightly out of character with the general gracefulness in this big, wide speedster.

The standard seats are meant for comfort and is out of character with the GT3.

But I have to say a manual box seems bizarrely out of character with this otherwise grossly illconceived car.

With the familiar STI shift feel, strong acceleration and high grip levels, the way the spec.B leans at the limit is out of character with the rest of the car.

The only quarrel I had with it was some hesitation on downshifts at lower speeds, which was out of character with its overall behavior.

I too sensed that «In drinking from the discourse of reform critics, Ravitch has become as uncritical of these views as she once was of center - right arguments for choice and accountability» and that there were occasions of «confectionary reasoning» that are out of character with her previous work, but given the point of the book, I'd cut her some slack on these matters.

«It is unsightly, it is out of character with the Adirondacks,» Cuomo said in Glens Falls.

Cantwell would not provide details on the talks, but on Friday he called the signs «stupid» and out of character with Montauk's quaint setting.

The ICCC's plans have been heavily criticized by community leaders, who say the group was not upfront about the senior housing proposal and the buildings are out of character with the surrounding community.

A flier by the group states that the project is «completely incompatible and out of character with the surrounding neighborhood, and will jeopardize property values.»

The bold words are out of character with Tomlinson's agreeable nature.

4 - 9) actually represents a communication from David, one strongly suspects it to be an act of senility again contrived by Nathan and Bathsheba; for it is totally out of character with the king as we have known him.

Since the Word of God is described as a double - edged sword which man can not control, Bonhoeffer's view seems out of character with his overall position.

Nothing would be more out of character with mystery, with nature and its evolution, or with history and selfhood, than a drab homogeneity in any phase of cosmic emergence.

I have never had a problem with the story of Jesus saving the woman... but that last comment of go and sin no more always struck me as odd... so out of character with Jesus previous statement...» Neither do I accuse you».

Your original comment was a bit out of character with many of the athiests I know; I am glad we have delved a bit.

Blood would glob out of the characters with as little as a slap to the face.

Not exact matches

«I was just lying on the bed thinking and came up with all this bizarre imagery... I think also the idea that because I was in a foreign city by myself and I felt very dissociated from humanity in general, it was very easy to project myself into these two characters from the future who were out of sync, out of time, out of place.»

These insights may be even more useful though as another addition to the toolbox of tricks that can help you assess a person's character on the fly so that you can suss out instantly who you are dealing with in a meeting, on a date, or just crossing the street.

In the credit card world, tokenization means taking credit card account numbers out of merchants» hands, replacing them with strings of characters — essentially, digital tokens — that would, theoretically, be useless if stolen by criminals.

Even with conscious avoidance over the past few weeks, I still couldn't help but find out that major characters get killed and raped in the first few episodes of the new season (my ironic apologies for that minor spoiler, though I unfortunately know exactly which characters are involved).

John Boyega, who plays one of the lead characters in the new movie, released an Instagram video of himself at home watching the new trailer and flipping out with excitement for the movie — he was literally screaming and jumping off his couch.

What I tried to do was come up with common characters we face at work — like the «manterrupter» who interrupts you in a meeting, or the office mom who ends up taking on the mother lode of menial tasks — as well as some of the internal barriers, like the feeling of being an imposter, and then digging through the research to find out how you can push back against these things.

As Tom Bissell, a journalist, former Salon writer and lifelong gamer, explains in his new book, «Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter,» the graphics, storytelling and interactivity of gaming have all made tremendous leaps forward in recent years, allowing players to intermingle with nuanced, fleshed - out digital characters in near - photo - realistic environments.

Her approach with Braid was to break out of female - character stereotypes and to avoid playing it safe.

Before it ends, progress in the gold sector will probably be halting at best, although we remain of course open to gold sensing future changes in fundamentals with a long lead time, which can happen out of the blue — but that kind of character change will definitely be noticeable.

Many have pointed out (most recently, Carson Holloway) that the application of natural law to our situation requires the virtue of prudence, a mastery of the details of our circumstances (such as is possible for a human being), with the goals and the weights given to particular considerations by good moral character (or, if you will, a well - formed conscience).

this is so much more real and fits so much better with the image of a kind and loving god... thumpers would have u believe that god is the angriest, most spiteful, micro controlling, bitter, nasty character ever put out to this world... we must remember that the god thing is supposed to produce caring, inclusion, peace and love ~ not murder, hatred, exclusion and bullying..

LoL The Prophet used to, as did all the Prophets before him, go spend a couple days in the cave of Hira» from time to time as we all do go out hiking & camping or to the top of a mountain for a vantage point, reflection, & peace & quiet, & to get away from it all, when it all becomes too much for us to deal with characters like you for instance LoL.

If in the case of the movie Contact again, even if Foster's character stayed with him, bought him presents, took care of him when sick, got him b - day cards or cried at his funeral, someone could always say «Well she could be a psychopath and is just pretending to love him because its expected of her or she expects to get something out it like inheritance.»

Out of all the postings on this site today, I found «Derp's «post the most fascinating and informative, as well as deeply revealing.Even after boasting of what seems to be a practically perfect live by any measure, he informs us that he takes pleasure in mocking and ridiculing those of faith who are presumably his opposite; I can only wonder if, given all his supposed accomplishments, he is smart enough to realize how deeply revealing of his true character his remarks are.As a believer, I rarely engage in arguments with my atheist friends, and like to think I wouldn't lower myself to the level of juvenile name - calling and personal attacks against whatever my atheist friends hold dear.Most of the time we simply agree to disagree; when they hold forth with misinformation or ignorance on their assumed «knowledge «of my faith, I try to gently correct them; I certainly don't allow any disagreements we have to devolve into hateful insults and name - calling.

Coates came out of the second season's recent shock finale pretty well, and viewers saw him praying with some of the central characters, ensuring that the subject of faith isn't lost in a show that is partly an exploration of grief.

My wife believes him and trusts him and she is a better judge of character than I. [When she met Mark Driscoll in 1997 she said he was a «future cult - leader» and she was never happy about me hanging out with the Young Leaders Group.]

That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode of fear I live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots of good information to be plundered loll

When they are out of character or trivial, we remember them with some embarrassment.

It unites the people under one banner and gives them a sense of purpose, along with immediately validating any behavior (no matter how nasty and out of character) as OK.

For example, in his days as an undergraduate at Oxford Waugh's fellow student Harold Acton used a megaphone to shout out lines from T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land from an open window of his upper - storey college suite and was later thrown into a fountain by some drunken students in the middle of the night; while another student, Brian Howard, spoke with a stutter and gossiped his head off: all of which got fused in the character of Anthony Blanche in Brideshead Revisited.

Thomas's answer to this question (in ST1.75.6) sounds occasionally like the position Plato sets out in the Phaedo, where the character Socrates argues that the concept of the soul — and, presumably, also its being — is so tied up with life as not to admit of its opposite, death [105C8 - E10].

And back then, wasn't it the fans wrapped up in «theories» who were ultimately disappointed when they found out that Lost wasn't really concerned with answering the thousands of questions it had raised — that it was less a heady show about theology and science and more an emotional show about its characters and the human experience?

Genuine education for community is identical, therefore, with genuine education of character — the education of real persons who deny no answer to life and the world but are ready to respond out of a living unity to everything essential that they meet.

In a moment of fear, she cries out for God and Winona Ryder's character responds, «I am here with you.»

Committing himself to vivid landscapes dripping with color, he still can't seem to pull completely away from the overwrought muscles and too many pockets and ammo magazines that blow his characters out of proportion - and that his critics have loved to ding him for since his meteoric rise in the 1990s.

The second Story - substitute proposal suggests that moral rights and duties can be squeezed out of the characters themselves, without the aid of any Story - like the odd movie that succeeds with good characters even without the benefit of a discernible plot.