Sentences with phrase «rather sober»

Today's iPhone event was a rather sober affair, but Twitter managed to liven up the party with some strong reactions to the...

Right in the middle of the back is the iconic BackBerry logo whose silver adds some bling to this otherwise rather sober looking device.

The Vignale doesn't do much to improve on the Mondeo's rather sober driving behaviour.

And, as various officials explained at the rather sober press conference called to unveil the new scores, that's something that needed to happen.

Later this rather sober and calm painting style changed into a much more dynamic sculpture art, mainly reliefs constructed in aluminum material.

«It is rather a sober and necessary response to an epidemiological transition to life - style related diseases,» he writes.

If the later legislation thus modifies and narrows the covenant faith, at the same time and for the same reasons it adds to the concept a new dimension and suggests again that legalism's silence on social issues is by no means indifference but rather a sober and deeply concerned pessimism.

It is rather a sober estimation of our true predicament.

This reading had a rather sobering effect on me, and I was tempted to abandon the whole project.

As the local election results come in and Ukip's numbers continue to look remarkable, the rest of us should maybe pause for thought and realise that something rather sobering is afoot, as happened in the 2012 county council elections, only more so.

After achieving first - class honours in my biology degree 1 year earlier, I found this all rather sobering.

It's rather sobering to note that even an unqualified success like Skullkickers doesn't bring in enough to keep the lights on, so the Zubkavich and artist Edwin Huang took a brief hiatus to focus on other work.

When Davide and Nicolò were asked about trends in the game industry, they expressed a rather sobering opinion.

Instead, rather sobering assistants attempted to show the wares on iPads, struggling with art - fair - quality internet speeds.

«Getting a loan is a rather sobering experience now,» says Lee.

Not exact matches

On the contrary: The Mind of God is rather a reappraisal of reductionism (its sweeping generalizations about the nonexistence of things like the mind and the soul) and a most refreshing if also sober assessment of the limits of mathematics and the physical theories it supports.

Locating problem drinking in the moral universe neither legitimates simplistic judgmentalism nor authorizes a lack of compassion; rather, it asks that a sober look be taken at a self - destructive behavior so that the desires giving rise to it can be squarely and honestly addressed.

I'd rather be sober and (relatively) unhappy in the face of reality, living my life in this natural world, than to lie to myself and live in a fantasy world.

If they are correct and our physical death is the end, I'd still rather be deluded than live a sober, meaningless and lonely existence.

Glad she's sober and all, but to me it looks like a rather half hearted attempt at 15 minutes of fame.

But it is suggestive enough to be sobering, and to make arguments that our actions do not affect, or can not be shown to affect, the climate, seems rather irresponsible...

During the 1980s Americans gambled their future on wish rather than sober reflection.

We're hearing denunciations — «racists,» «fascists,» «demagogue» — rather than sober analysis of the political realities Trump and the nationalist politicians in Europe are exposing.

Implicit biblical support for democracy does not come from happy idealism about every man's worth or his capacity for sound judgment, rather, it flows from sober realism about every man's tendency to sin against his neighbor if he can get away with it.

It's a very sobering thought to wake up one day and discover that you've spent a considerable amount of time misrepresenting the very One who held all power and authority — yet choose to rule by loving rather than «lording».

Rather, it is a perceptive review of the history that got us here and a sober analysis of where we are headed if we persist on our present course of «sacrificing American sovereignty and social justice to the gods of the global economy.»

This morning he was in more sober mood, delivering his own version of the threat to vote down boundary changes that Simon Hughes made, rather more explicitly, on the Today programme.

«It seems to treat it as inevitable, rather than saying after sober, proper reflection «We don't need to do as much as we do at the moment.»

And I'd rather have a serious, sober conversation without the back - and - the forth of a campaign.

Lehto's detailed chronology of «individual lift devices» is on the dry side, but you learn the sober truth about why these machines never took off: Flight times were measured in seconds rather than minutes; the devices often cost as much as a luxury car; and there was no elegant solution for a malfunctioning jetpack in midair.

He was drinking, and he got really rather drunk, while I had to stay stone - cold sober.

Dance; 18 19 Year Old; Denmark sex tube Plumper; White; German hd Hardcore; Uncut We've all heard the sobering statistics: given a choice, straight men of all ages would rather date women in their twenties.

(Along with last year's «Clean and Sober» this should firmly etch Keaton in the minds of moviegoers as an actor, rather than only a comic.)

That detail is emblematic of the problem with «E-Team,» a documentary that purports to chronicle the sober and urgent work of those who ferret out human - rights abuses, but instead plays like a portrait of a rather glamorous marriage.

Emily Blunt delivers an extraordinary performance in the lead role (rather than simply acting drunk, she plays Rachel as an alcoholic desperately trying to look sober), but it feels like she's in a different film — one that isn't marred by soapy plot turns and Taylor's messy direction.

Set against the crusty, propulsive keyboard plinks of Jefferson Starship's «Jane» (which opens both Wet Hot American Summer and its accompanying series), the trailer overrides American Honey's diegetic soundtrack to give it the low - stakes look of a suggestive teen sex comedy (replete with comedic freeze frames and vintage title cards) rather than the sobering exploration of class and youthful recklessness it is.

In some ways Happy End sees Michael Haneke at his most Scandinavian, producing a film that aspires more to the darkly comic and acerbic, rather than the more sobering early works by the German himself.

Tuesday was admittedly a quieter one than usual in Cannes — partly because of the sober circumstances, and partly because a number of journalists (myself included) opted to sleep in rather than attend the morning press screening of «Radiance,» the latest film from Japanese director Naomi Kawase.

In the midst of all of the crazy comedy, Wright finds room for a few sobering details: A scene in which Gary chooses to batter his head against a wall rather than revealing some hidden scars is emotionally devastating even as it nods cheerfully to midnight - movie classics like The Thing and Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Initially I thought it was rather under - played in sober grey - black but closer inspection reveals that beneath the lacquer is a carbonfibre weave that looks very cool indeed.

Rather naively, I hadn't anticipated the more sobering aspects of my new career — the horror stories coming my way of abuse and abandonment.

The Bouvier des Flandres tends to be sober and thoughtful, rather than light - hearted or whimsical.

It's been four years since I last saw him, rather worse for wear, with his perfectly sober girlfriend in a hotel bar after the final concert of my tour.

With the vigorous support of Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC) director Don Baum, the resulting exhibition, the Hairy Who, was a sensational departure from the typical sober - sided display: a comic for a catalog, brash, sharp - elbowed works full of the detritus of everyday life, artists jumping into the air rather than posing for the ages.

Certainly it does, but not with irony: rather, with sober objectivity, for is there any whole that is not illusory?

But the argument that a cyclist is less likely to kill someone else is only valid up to a point - after all, unpredictable road users are a danger to everyone - and when I'm driving I would much rather know that the cyclist in front of me is sober and is unlikely to wobble into my path.

Again more sobering is «Development of regional future climate change scenarios in South America using the Eta CPTEC / HadCM3 climate change projections: climatology and regional analyses for the Amazon, São Francisco and the Paraná River basins» — a mouthful - titled publication in Climate Dynamics from 2012 that (indeed) uses the Hadley Centre climate model to conclude that droughts in the Amazon basin could increase rather dramatically.

And this will not happen by any scandalous kerfuffle, or in consequence of any contractual obligation, but rather for the one and only good reason: that upon sober reflection, and before 2012 is over, Anthony Watts will conclude, as an individual citizen, and solely of his own free will, that a thoroughgoing, uncompromising, and unequivocal embrace of «Be First with the Truth» is essential to rational skepticism.

Recognizing those limits, rather than ignoring them, will lead to a more sober and ultimately more productive discussion of climate change and climate policies.

At the pace that science traditionally moves, Gretzky would be a recent induction to the Hall of Fame, after a sober cooling off period, rather than handing his final game jersey and jockstrap to a burly Scotsman handcuffed to a velvet trunk.