Sentences with phrase «seem stale»

The executive resumes of the future have arrived... and they make the traditional list of bullet points seem stale by comparison.

And the content, though chosen by the same editorial panel as before, will now seem stale.

Arbus shocked in that way, and, right now, in an era where obsession with identity politics, self - discovery and radical self - assertion (Cosey Fanni Tutti's vagina photographs or Vito Acconci's masturbation under the stairs play up the «I» of experience in a way that seems far less potent right now, in the era of youtube, file - sharing and self - exposure opportunities galore) has begun to seem stale, her work feels more poignantly, exquisitely relevant than ever.

In never establishing the world or characters, the jokes seem stale and obvious.

Even with the flaws, the fact that we've seen this sort of film already, whether in the Japanese form or in similar American vehicles, makes Dark Water seem stale and boring without something new to add to the genre.

They seem stale and less creative.

Traditional, formal church buildings seemed stale and inappropriate to many.

When such principles are lacking, personal existence loses its zest and meaning, life seems stale and unprofitable, and personality decays for want of an integrating objective.

Specific areas that need improvement: The midfield that drove Everton to fifth place last May seems stale and tired.

This wacky family road trip is all about hackneyed misadventures and gross - out scatological humor — material that already seemed stale when the «Vacation» reboot came out in 2015.

Her material has never seemed staler, and those deliberate, tumbleweed pauses into which she deadpans her lines are now just gaping abysses where laughs should be.

From his era - appropriate soundtrack (featuring Thomas Dolby, Greg Kihn and The Fixx) to the visual style of his opening credits and his slyly reverential camerawork, West gives his movie the look and feel of a 25 - year - old relic, yet nothing about Devil seems stale.

The beer seemed stale, but of course I drank it.»

The programming, which focused heavily on retrospectives of mid-twentieth-century male artists, seemed stale and irrelevant.

Not exact matches

The first group of ideas that follows consists of refreshing variations on familiar - but - stale standard tactics, whereas some of the other ideas that follow may seem downright outlandish.

The bottom line seems to be the same whatever the change you want to make — be it a huge career about - face, a new wellness routine, or an update of a stale product offering — don't focus on the end goal, but instead on the small experiments that will start you on the the journey there.

Sometimes the relationship will fill us with great joy, other times it will seem boring and stale.

Sandwich bread — besides the fact that it never seems to go stale, just moldly — would turn out too soft.

And it seems silly to buy something just so it could get stale.

Some with puffed cereal seem to be ALL puffed cereal and become stale easily.

What should the ambition of AFC be, fro some here it seems that they are content with carrying on with this stale mediocrity, or should we have the ambition to strive to be as good if not better than Barca and Bayern.

Sending a semi-useful (most importantly, cheap) veteran PG out the door to facilitate DET dumping an abuser for a possible better tasting, still stale, cookie years from now still seems pointless, and like a reactionary trade because it was at least «something».

Benzema may just be in need of a new challenge after perhaps growing stale after so long in Madrid, and he seems a player who could be a great fit in the Premier League.

Then for some reason, it all changed... the players became stale, they became aware of their vulnerability and from briefly regaining a foothold in challenging for the title, they seemed to fall so far from grace that our very best became despondent and started doubting the very source that got them to greatness in the first place.

After twenty years his tactics have become stale and predictable and he seems to be unable to break out of the pre-emirates stadium money saving mentality.

Sanchez certainly seems a more natural fit for City and the way they play under Guardiola, though there's no doubt United could greatly benefit from the spark he'd provide in an attack that has looked stale at points under Mourinho's reign.

For many rallying is still the ultimate display of driver skill, but in recent years the WRC seems to have become a bit, well, stale.

chelsea look a bit stale to and ancelotti seems insecure and intimidated my his upcoming battle with mourinho.

Things may seem pretty stale on the frontline of the transfer window, but Arsenal have been pretty busy this week with four players on the move.

It is early in the window but we seem to be stuck in a stale striker loop of Batshuayi, Iheanacho, Onyekuru, Giroud and (occasionally) Sturridge.

You haven't been on holiday for ages it seems and things are looking a bit stale.

The reason I point this out is because in my personal experience if I do only Barbell Military Press week in and week out, my workouts seem to get stale and improvement is slower in coming.

Even the Gingerbread Man, who hasn't gotten that much screen time, seems a little stale.

This time when they appear on the screen, the jokes seem rather stale.

There was nothing new about that film and the references that made the first one seem so fresh, ended up making this one stale in comparison.

But if its «us versus the world» plot is groan - inducingly unoriginal, the film is blessed with a trio of funnymen, headlined by the uproariously scene - stealing Will Ferrell, who seem hell - bent on breathing life into this stale and paper - thin premise.

Just like director Oliver Megaton's other Besson productions, «Taken 3» is competently made, but it's an incredibly stale action thriller that seems to have forgotten what made the original so entertaining.

Paul's quick review: The previous movies were starting to feel a little stale as the same pattern seemed to be used in each one, even down to the ending with Bond floating away in a raft with the girl.

Not that Lucky 13 should be seen by fans of those sorts of movies, as it seems a very stale and redundant film today.

Although the Clash of Ninja series of Naruto fighters on Nintendo consoles was initially praised as the quintessential Naruto fighter, it seems like it has been growing stale over the years.

Even the jokes about race are sanitized for your protection, though small hints of Fowler's comic touch seem to have survived the factory process without going stale.

As I relate when I discuss his audio commentary, Ratner happily acknowledges his theft, but that doesn't make the segments seem any less stale.

He seemed a bit stale and one noted in the first few scenes.

It never grew stale because its leads, Jessica Rothe and Israel Broussard, seemed engaged throughout.

But their voices, each singularly delicate, precise, and calculated in unique ways, are especially fitting for the Merchant Ivory adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, where you can see the aristocracy that reigns in films like Gosford Park and The Rules of the Game — or, more fittingly, other Edwardian set period feasts of the Merchant Ivory vein — looks stale and seems to crumble.

The 2015 Ford Mustang represents a fresh take on a formula that had grown stale, making a car that was meant to evoke carefree youth seem faintly middle - aged.

Maybe you could walk us through that, because it just seemed to be that suddenly, the situation seemed dire, stale, hopeless.

iOS is «stale», Android remains klunky, Blackberry is dead - end, and Windows Phone is the also - ran that just can't seem to win.

Gale has applied the same cross-disciplinary approach before in the American Decades and American Eras series, but it doesn't seem to get stale.

Friskies Dry Cat Food also seems to store better than most other brands, so if it is not used quickly it does not absorb moisture or go stale.