Sentences with phrase «put my finger on why»

Since 2005, I just could not put a finger on why I had the feeling that there was something wrong with my church.

I attempted to make this recipe tonight, but the cheese sauce wasn't quite right, and I couldn't quite put my finger on why that was.

I couldn't put my finger on why everyone was slightly stranger than normal and why my house looked so different.

The beer should taste really great, though you can't put your finger on why.»

This play was my «aha» moment when it came to trying to put my finger on why Richardson wasn't having nearly the success Donald Brown was running the ball.

2 «Nobody can really put a finger on why Denny Hamlin (above) is having so much success.

Can't put my finger on why, his numbers were really impressive this season (and the eye test was pretty good as well).

It's hard to put a finger on why the U.S. has lost the last two — and five of the last seven — Ryder Cups, although with the exception of 1987, when the European big six of Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Jose Maria Olazabal and Ian Woosnam were at the top of their games, none of the defeats had anything to do with which team had the best players.

I can't really put my finger on why.

Kelly, you've put your finger on why the «freedom» argument drives me nuts.

Sometimes it's not quite possible to put your finger on why something doesn't feel right, but that doesn't mean you should ignore that bad feeling in the pit of your stomach.

This birthday seems different somehow; I can't quite put my finger on why.

You find others flocking to your side, as your presence gives them hope and they can't even put their finger on why.

I can't quite put my finger on why.

I totally get it — sometimes things just unnerve you, even if you can't put your finger on why!

As I was looking through my photos I just kept thinking the longer dress with the sweater just looked blah but couldn't put my finger on why.

It was so soft, my husband loved it, I loved the color... but I just couldn't put my finger on why I didn't want to keep it.

I can't put my finger on why or what it was... but it just wasn't me.

I can't really put my finger on why.

Leopard is totally a neutral but I can't quite put my finger on why, exactly.

There is actually a dress that's a deep blue that I * should * love and wear more, and for some reason I always feel a bit * off * in it; I think you might have helped me put my finger on why.

I really can't put my finger on why it happens but I know exactly what you're talking about.

The sweater is Elsamanda, which is a brand that sounds vaguely familiar to me though I can't put my finger on why.

It's so soft and comfy, and while I can't put my finger on why, it looks super chic.

I can't put my finger on why I chose the name, but it made me think of my elegant great grandmother.

I would not give this film any less than a 4 and I can't put a finger on why but I just enjoy watching it, it is refreshing, different, funny and light and just a great experience and I would not mind seeing it again.

I can't quite put my finger on why... but it must be the same thing that makes me wish Viggo Mortensen had beaten Daniel Day Lewis a few years back.

And I can't totally put my finger on why.

I can't quite put my finger on why, but I have this need to do something nice for his car.

It's not a term I use, even when discussing the possible benefits of self - publishing, but I'd never really put my finger on why.

Too bad, too, because Jimmy had liked Dave, although he couldn't put his finger on why most times.

I couldn't quite put my finger on why this book felt difficult to read, then I read barbf's comment and everything clicked.

I couldn't put my finger on why.

If a genre novel is missing obligatory scenes and / or conventions, it can lead to an unsatisfying experience for the reader, even if they are unable to precisely put their finger on why.

Looking at music videos digitally on the internet is fine, but going to a concert to watch holograms just seems weird to me, and I can't quite put my finger on why

Because, you see, despite everything I've said in this review Defiance is a strangely compelling game, and I can't put my finger on why.

I can't really put my finger on why, but it feels good to get a complete an expert combo of hits as you progress through the levels.

Just can't put my finger on why.

Whilst it's apparently cool to hate on Destiny like a clear - lensed hipster glasses wearing prat, I can't quite put my finger on why I love playing it so much.

I can't put my finger on why Hyper Light Drifter didn't fully connect with me.

Again, I can't put a finger on why.

I really can't put my finger on why he is one of my favorites, but I think his deadpan style and sense of justice are traits that have always spoken to me personally.

I can't put my finger on why but I find the art style in this repulsive.

In a 2007 review of a Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Hopper retrospective, The New Yorker critic Peter Schjeldahl put his finger on why, noting that «Hoppers in the flesh add remarkably small increments of pleasure and meaning to Hoppers in reproduction.

Promoters aren't artists, so we can't always put our finger on why a work isn't as good as it could be.

The following post at RealClimate on the effects of Downward Longwave Radiation on the oceans always stuck me as odd, but I can't put my finger on why: http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/09/why-greenhouse-gases-heat-the-ocean/

This effect, now cropping up in modern sets, is the reason a lot of people complain about their new HDTV sets and can't quite put their finger on why they don't enjoy watching them as much as they did their old TVs (and even older HDTVs).

When I first tried out the G403, I thought that it felt extremely familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on why.

For the past week or so, my friend Eva had felt really grumpy and she couldn't put her finger on why.

You may have problems at work, relationship conflicts, stress, anger, depression or anxiety.Sometimes you can't put your finger on why you feel this way or how long you have been unhappy or even the last time you felt happy.