Sentences with phrase «seem irksome»

Even rituals which might seem irksome and pointless to others may be heartily welcome.

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Apparently, irksome technology makes stealing seem easier to do and to justify.
As irksome as Kettle's argument is, it is merely insipid; more troubling are the attempts of some Christians to rationalize this catastrophe in ways that, however inadvertently, make that argument all at once seem profound.
What critics like English linguist Geoffrey Sampson, author of Educating Eve: The «Language Instinct» Debate, seem to find most irksome is Pinker's wholehearted promotion of a linguistic model that views the human capacity for learning language as distinct from other abilities, such as building bridges or writing symphonies.
David Houghton, the lead researcher said, «Selfies, or self - portraits, seem to be some of the most irksome images.»
Deanna is so irksome that even McCarthy seems to tire of her, and her bumbling, burbling, shy but gregarious persona is often discarded — not as a sign of character development, but because it would get in the way of a gag.
Don't bother using the chase cam, either; I'm terrible at using chase cams for racing sims at the best of times but the rigid camera on this one seems especially irksome.
Lively as Farahani's performance is, Laura doesn't really add up to much more than a very strong visual style — or a monochrome - themed variant on that irksome archetype (since the term seems these days to be in semi-retirement, I promise this is the last time I'll ever use it) the Manic Pixie Dream Girl.
Giddy limerence gives way to the more critical eye of a long - term relationship, and even the most beloved characters or innovative worlds can seem overly familiar and irksome.
And even though the norms of independent colleges seem odd and irksome to many, «unusual» does not mean «unsuccessful.»
It would've been impossible to include all of them, but 16 seems a little irksome.
Headphone jacks going away in high - end phones seems pretty much an inevitability at this point, but that doesn't make the day - to - day inconvenience of the #donglelife any less irksome.
We only got to see a small part of this in action but it seems like a neat solution to an irksome problem.
The lack of capacitive buttons is irksome, the camera operation can't impress like its headline 21 - megapixels might make you think, reception has been poor during our testing, and the hefty build of this device makes OnePlus, Motorola and even other carrier - locked devices seem attractive.
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