Sentences with phrase «skittishness in»

In fact, there is timidity and skittishness in some lines, sharpness in others.

The tester's ride was about average for a small car, and except for some occasional skittishness in the rear, its handling was good enough.

Along with revealing data, perceptive analysis, and welcome candor, however, comes a certain skittishness in sensitive areas such as African American parenting practices, a bit of folly (encouragement of dialect and street language in English class), and some sky - pie about «collective action» and national leadership to solve problems for which there are no easy solutions.

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Namely, it's just begging the government to continue examining its practices, which can only result in more skittishness from investors.

Valukas also portrayed a corporate culture in which there was heavy pressure to keep costs down, a reluctance to report problems up the chain of command, a skittishness about putting safety concerns on paper, and general bureaucratic resistance to change.

Those reversals are generally a signal that there is an underlying «turbulence» in market internals, which is a symptom of increasing skittishness by investors.

The online media company has faced pressure in recent days amid investors» general skittishness about media stocks.

The horse and its skittishness answer to that which is low in a man and its skittishness is that which courage checks.

If there is a certain skittishness when it comes to talking about them much, I suspect it is in large part because both have been exploited for ideological purposes: slavery to underscore black victimhood and to mandate compensatory attitudes and policies; the Holocaust as a convenient stick with which the ACLU and its like beat their «Fascist,» i.e., conservative, critics.

Yet part of Francis» charm is that this skittishness didn't come off as a snub, because the pope proceeded to spend the better part of the next hour standing in the front of the economy cabin of the papal plane to personally greet each of the roughly 70 journalists on board.

Andy's wooing of Trish is a fairy - tale courtship, but Carell and Keener fuse their contrasting skittishness into a moonstruck neurotic connection, and when Andy does finally act to confront his problem, it's a glorious release indeed: a nerd's love - in.

Echoing Stardust Memories and forming a kind of hyper - misanthropic double bill with Deconstructing Harry, Celebrity is Allen's jet black industry satire, composed of a series of increasingly brutal vignettes in saturated black - and - white, presented with cokey, non-sequential skittishness.

Nobody in this movie, despite the fine performances of Williams and especially Rogen, appears to live on Earth, but on some mystical faraway planet where people actually care about Margot's indecisive skittishness.

Mike could have been written with Eisenberg in mind, his ineffectual skittishness and that hint of darkness to the sweetness that lets Mike have the uncontrolled reflexes of a coldly efficient killer and the helpful personality of a guy who will point out a gun to the bad guy at just the wrong moment.

had retained at least some of the high - speed skittishness that blighted the 917 in its inaugural (1969) season, but by ’71 the extravagant long tails were a much more secure proposition.

Presently, deteriorating stock market internals suggest fresh skittishness among investors, which coupled with still - rich valuations (on the basis of normalized earnings) often results in particularly negative outcomes for stocks.

In fact, if a White Shepherd is going to have any temperament fault, it's more likely to be timidity or skittishness.

Although skittishness is a characteristic in some lines, the breed as a whole is generally pretty sound with other dogs and it shouldn't take too much effort on your behalf to have your Poodle socializing contentedly with other dogs.

Yet the fall season of shows in New York's galleries, museums, and alternative spaces should quell some of the skittishness and titillate our senses.

But, judging by remarks by in - house counsel at a recent conference, there's still skittishness toward TAR.

Mark Zuckerberg announced the news on Thursday evening in a post on his own Facebook page to expected investor skittishness.

As usual, no one thing can be blamed for Bitcoin's current downturn, but recent skittishness around a subpoena for Bitfinex and concerns around Tether — a kind of cryptocurrency counterpart to USD that matches the dollar one to one — probably factor in.