Sentences with phrase «riposte in»

The exhibition brings together new painting by Jaray alongside recent sculpture by Wilding, offering the opportunity to see their works complement, parry and riposte in unpredictable ways.

Other things to keep in mind when creating your party is having heroes with high Bleed, Stun, and Riposte in order to successfully defeat the Viscount.

Not exact matches

More pertinently, Voltaire's riposte to Theodicy in Candide» why would the Lisbon earthquake occur in this best of all possible worlds» has no good answer.

Though the natural riposte is to think, «Never say anything completely counter-intuitive in a sermon,» the chaplain had a point.

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King has occasionally compared himself to Theodore Dreiser and Frank Norris, two turn - of - the - century social realists who specialized in urban miseries and workmanlike prose, and he loves to quote Norris» riposte to critics: «What should I care if they single me out for sneers and laughter?

Replying to a question during the tour's annual tournament meetings about whether he would prefer to secure a 19th major trophy or see his grandson, Buffalo Bills tight end Nick O'Leary, catch the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl, the Golden Bear had «em rolling in the aisles with his riposte.

So with the ignominy of a 4 - 0 shutout in the morning, and stewing as the home crowd got so much to cheer for, McIlroy went out in the anchor match of afternoon fourball and proceeded to provide an emphatic riposte.

With his riposte later in the day, Rory got in another jab at Chamblee by mocking Tiger's strength — or lack thereof, if there's any truth to recent rumors about Woods» inability even to sit in a car without pain.

Overture to football's opera, Hurricane to Ezzard the Blizzard, Investment in the sea, Exams for the men in stripes, Packaged riposte for golfers, The Dutch seals

Fabregas added a third to make the game safe, and in a nice touch at full - time, he assembled the players together to applaud each corner of the ground - yet another riposte to those who say he lacks leadership qualities.

But in a riposte, the Klottey Korle MP on Asempa FM's Ekosii Sen programme Monday, stated unequivocally that «I owe no one gratitude».

Cartwright's insistence upon annual parliaments was a riposte to the celebrated declaration made by Edmund Burke to his Bristol electorate in 1774, that a Member of Parliament's «unbiased opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you... Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion».

By the time Miliband offered his vacuous but highly effective riposte, comparing George Osborne to «Norman Lamont with an iPod», Cameron was in a full - on defensive position, his body language protective and indignant.

Then came the baleful riposte, from some Arewa «youths»; who growled that should the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) be serious with its secessionist threat, then the Igbo, living and earning their living in the North, must quit that region by October 1 — or else!

The Republican - led Senate's riposte to Cuomo's proposed budget laid bare some of the biggest points of contention in their education agendas — restoring cuts in school aid and the creation of a tax credit for school donations.

Before discussing the views of party members and supporters in more detail, let me address the obvious riposte — in the light of the polls» performance in this year's general election, why should we trust these latest figures?

ALBANY — The Republican - led Senate's riposte to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget laid bare some of the biggest points of contention in their education agendas — restoring cuts in school aid and the creation of a tax credit for school donations.

Plaid's riposte is that Labour has been arrogant in the run up to Wednesday's events, with Carwyn Jones offering nothing clear on his plans for government.

Until then Sir Malcolm Rifkind has proposed an elegant riposte to the creation of the Scottish region in the EU — but one without teeth.

The Tories» most effective riposte to this damaging charge yesterday was to point to Labour's indulgence of its own wealthy donors — one of whom, Swraj Paul, is a non-dom who has long sat in the Lords, and another of whom, David Sainsbury, made super-sized payments before being appointed to ministerial office.

In The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins crafts an elegant riposte to show that the complex process of Darwinian natural selection is unconscious and automatic.

Bergson's riposte, that there is more to time than clock time, seemed trivial in comparison.

But in previous ripostes to the book's critics, most notably in a 19 June Huffington Post article titled «Five Critics Say You Shouldn't Read This «Dangerous» Book,» Wade charged that his critics were «indoctrinated in the social - science creed that prohibits any role for evolution in human affairs» and contended that the book's central argument «has not been challenged by any serious scientist.»

Jonathan Rosenbaum's Movie Wars: How Hollywood and the Media Conspire to Limit What Films We Can See is all over the place, scattering its ripostes hither and yon over the idea that modern popular criticism is a bankrupt profession in bed with the interests of a few very powerful movie distributors (Miramax's Weinstein brothers in particular) that have become our guardians of «independent» taste.

The closest analogue in feel is Todd Solondz's unfortunate riposte to his detractors, Storytelling, but at least that one wasn't all tarted up in attention - grabbing technical pandering.

The ultimate film — a ghost story that, like Gremlins, is in some ways the scary riposte to E.T. — strongly resembles Spielberg's work, and the subsequent suggestions that Spielberg had effectively directed it by proxy proved highly damaging to Hooper's emerging directorial career.

For example, on occasion one machine will indicate, in a roundabout sort of way, that he opposes the continuation of human life on Earth, whereupon the other machine will come back with a pithy riposte.

Trent's snotty teenage daughter is asleep in the back seat, leaving no one to witness, much less defend the introverted, overthinking kid who can't think of a riposte and, hence, sinks further into a sulk that mystifies his mother when she wakes up.

It's not quite Bette Davis» classic riposte to Joan Collins in The Virgin Queen («Mistress Throckmorton.

The faux sincerity as he delivers a stiletto sharp riposte to the world at large has a completely different emotional shade from the nimble banter with Baccarin, from their first date as they try to one - up each other's heretofore miserable lives, to his proposal with an oversized ring that has been in an unfortunate hiding place.

In the process, revealing the complexity of human interaction, where genuine affection can be expressed in the brutal honesty of a withering riposte, and a moment's comfort can arrive via a stranger with no emotional investmenIn the process, revealing the complexity of human interaction, where genuine affection can be expressed in the brutal honesty of a withering riposte, and a moment's comfort can arrive via a stranger with no emotional investmenin the brutal honesty of a withering riposte, and a moment's comfort can arrive via a stranger with no emotional investment.

Escher's core product, Riposte, provides a solution for postal authorities seeking to counteract a decrease in traditional mail volume by widening their service offering, reducing cost and increasing efficiency.

Presumably this service is being introduced as a riposte to WOW Air who announced back in September that it would start flying between Reykjavik and DFW.

It also bothers me that such an essential talent as being able to riposte is locked away until you can find the correct trainer and hand over a chunk of gold in order to learn it.

Your foes, meanwhile, can settle into several difference stances in order to bugger up your plans, such as Riposte, which automatically blocks any melee attack and inflicts substantial damage to whomever was stupid enough to assault them.

While Ubisoft may have intended an exhilarating jumble of parries and ripostes, it quickly devolves into flailing your saber about and hoping the pointy end sticks in something.

Light attacks, strong attacks, blocks and dodge rolls, parries and ripostes and ability to two hand weapons are all featured in similar fashion to the games it takes inspiration from.

Imagine strolling through the Iron Keep, Lost Bastille or Belfry Luna without your shield raised, your riposte readied or you Estus in - hand?

The animations for backtabs, parries, and ripostes all mirror those of Dark Souls, but the pace of fights is definitely faster (Not Bloodborne fast, mind you; you'll still have your shield up while you roll through attacks in many instances).

Quick swipes to nail crushing blows on an opponent, resting a second out, stunning him with a gunshot as soon as he is about to hit you, and then hitting him again in riposte.

Splurging your moves early will leave you open to a crushing riposte, but in practice these options offer far more tactical pizazz: familiarity with enemy patterns lets you brace during the big attacks or unleash hell during an opening.

In the late game I built Red Monika into a dodge tank by stacking her evade stat and using abilities like Distracting Shot, Fade Strike, and Lightning Reflexes to raise her evade percentage during combat, then grinning when an earth elemental fired off a barrage of rocks and watched her dodge every single one, then turn around and attack with a high - powered Riposte.

By juxtaposing diverse works from the 1950s onwards, this new show is a riposte to our exhibition examining sculpture organised in 2016 called Shaping a Century.

Damien Hirst's cows preserved in formaldehyde are undoubtedly among the most iconic and divisive spectacles to have featured, along with Tracey Emin's My Bed (1998), which didn't actually win but was sufficiently notorious to inspire performance artists Yuan Chai and Jian Jun Xi to offer a riposte, staging a pillow fight among its sheets before being removed by security.

In riposte, his works gesture toward steps into the future.

That is exemplified by two series of paintings, which question (even mock) painterliness without abandoning it, and a wonderful installation that — perhaps in something of a feminist riposte — redistributes the poundage of Richard Serra's massive «Delineator» (1974 - 75).

Using it in work that so clearly evokes the New York School can not help but suggest a lighthearted riposte to the macho posturing of some of its members.

There was a riposte to Pope's optimistic «Nature and Nature's Laws lay hid in night God said «Let Newton be» and all was light» which went: «It did not last — the Devil howling «Ho!

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