Sentences with phrase «quaint anachronism»

The member - only printed lawyer directories are a quaint anachronism within the profession, but the public needs a better method for vetting professionals with the regulatory bodies.

With social media and its instantaneous but faux connection, postcards are a quaint anachronism.

Today, in our secular, modern multi-cultural Canadian society, the fear of divine retribution may seem a quaint anachronism, if not a complete irrelevancy.

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And there is much emphasis on historical detail, archive footage, quaint language, to show that the attitudes were of the period (1924), but also annoyingly glib anachronisms that seem meant to demonstrate that prejudice is timeless.