Sentences with phrase «rather smug»

I was rather smug that I'd remembered to allow sufficient time to thaw said turkey, not to mention the incredible bargain.

In the long run, I think the criticisms will significantly weaken the Hockey Team since their primary strategy is a rather smug dismissal of legitimate criticisms.

He came across rather smug and self - satisfied.

Many American educators have a rather smug view of Asia as the home of rote learning and nose - to - the - grindstone schools.

Never one to shy away from a good cut - out or plunging neckline, Mrs. West looked calm, cool, collected, and rather smug as she showed off every single inch of boob possible and some insane abs (they are truly insane, right?).

I simply read the belief blog to look for interesting comments and find it disappointing going the ever going (and rather simplistic) battle between fundamentalist people of faith and rather smug atheists going back and forth.

Today's entry is a rather smug piece by Jacques Berlinerblau, who thinks that purely rational (and rationalist) standards are the only ones that can be considered truly and professionally academic.

Not exact matches

Righteousness has a rather dreary sound to modern ears, because it somehow makes us think of self - righteousness, the smug twitch of the mantilla, the faint air of moral superiority.

The viewpoint is sometimes a bit smug, sometimes avuncular, but always anthropological, rather as if the show were about naked natives from deep in New Guinea using La Machine or blow dryers for the first time.

The fight doesn't go too well for the conscientious kid trying to do things the «right way» and he gets pummeled, but he remains smug in the fact that he can take the puritanical high road and can cock a snook at those who rely on external factors to win rather than doing things «the right way».

The Super Furry Animals on fighting the «smug» Tories, Welsh independence and Jeremy Corbyn It's telling that the main stories from this year's Conservative party conference have been about what has taken place outside the conference «safe zone» rather than inside.

He's characteristically insufferably smug but also rather good at it.

The rather diabolical ascension to the throne feels particularly unpleasant when you can hear the din of the cheering crowd juxtaposed against the smug face of McKellan and the worried faces of everyone else.

A bleak journey through an underground tunnel brings to mind one of the finest chapters in Stephen King's The Stand; similar such references are far from being smug in - jokes, but rather uniquely appreciative of previous horror texts.

It's the kind of movie that can only be admired for its showmanship and presentation, rather than on its believability, and along these lines, Leterrier keeps the hi - tech eye - candy light and mirror displays dazzling, the sweeps and swoops of the camera simpatico with the mesmerizing music, and the action from scene to scene moving almost brisk enough to avoid enraging us from its perpetually smug attitude toward its audience.

There's a furtive and rather cryptic Mexican (Demian Bichir) who calls himself Bob, a former Confederate general (Bruce Dern), a smug and effete British hangman (Tim Roth, filling what might otherwise be the Christoph Waltz part), and a smirking gunman named Joe Gage (Michael Madsen, doing the Michael Madsen thing).

«Apparently rather than debating the merits of his argument in a rational and reasoned manner, Gore is left only with ad hominem attacks and smug condescension toward his critics.

OK, some might rather watch the match than carry out this task, but just think how smug you will feel once the job is done and you can see the light pour in through your streak - free windows.