Sentences with phrase «particularly awkward time»

Blankfein's intervention comes at a particularly awkward time for British Prime Minister Theresa May.

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Interestingly Death Wish, the millennial - era remake of the gritty mid 70's crime thriller of the same name, notoriously arrives in theaters at an increasingly awkward moment in a divisive national climate (particularly in the aftermath of the most recent high school shooting) where the political stakes regarding gun violence in America are at an all - time high.

The scene is excruciating (like much of the «hoo - boy is Dean ever awkward» stuff in this movie) and not in a good, Curb your Enthusiasm sort of way but in a «Christ, I feel like I've seen this a million times before and not once was it particularly funny» sort of way.

A neurological phenomenon that causes a person to associate colors with everything from letters to days of the week and even people and emotions, graphemeàcolor synesthesia doesn't have many practical uses in my own life, unless you count the time I filled awkward silences at my spouse's company Christmas party by entertaining acquaintances with the colors my brain links to two particularly unpopular high school foreign language teachers with whom everyone in the group happened to share an F - filled history.

This is particularly popular at awkward times like before an election or where some flaw in Govt policy might come to light and is usually achieved by having terms of reference that don't allow proper investigation or by appointing chairmen who are sympathetic to what the desired end result is.

Other times, particularly with candidates who are awkward or who have interview issues that will take a long to time correctly identify and resolve, even the most well - meaning volunteer may bunt.