Sentences with phrase «sounds quaint»

Actually I know bugger all about Dublin, but the name sounds quaint.

I'm not just saying this because it sounds quaint, or astute, or like something a resume writer would say.

This all sounds quaint now, especially when you consider the U.S. pet industry has grown into a more than $ 60 - billion business, and pet products can now be found in almost every retail setting you can imagine.

This all probably sounds quaint from a modern point of view, but for people in 1987 who had just cut their teeth on the first Dragon Quest, the combat system here was significantly more complex.

Although the Montreal Expos offered him the most money, he signed a five - year deal with George Steinbrenner's Yankees for $ 2.9 million, an amount that sounds quaint by today's standards but made him the highest - paid player in the game.

This view of the critic sounds quaint in today's commercial culture.

All of this may sound quaint today, but at the time Washington's focus on self - help was not particularly controversial.

Such restrictions sound quaint and archaic today, but from the «20s through the mid -»60s, various versions of this code guided the major Hollywood studios.

Although their language would sound quaint today, a dualistic view of human nature torn by the lure of the flesh against the spirit has simply gone underground.

Since the Reformation, many of the names chosen by popes — Pius, Clement, Leo, Urban, even Benedict — sound quaint to non-Catholic ears.

Those innovations now sound quaint, but the concerns they raised are fresher than ever.

Does that sound quaint or even sexist?

While it may sound quaint, the game's expert level design and art direction do an incredible job of conveying it's emotionally heavy - weight story while keeping the player on their toes for the two to three hour duration.

The second consideration may sound quaint in contemporary society but nonetheless can not be ignored: It is simply a moral issue whether a society tolerates and acquiesces to systematic public misrepresentations and distortions of science and scientists.

All this may sound quaint to most of us dealing with Windows 7, but I had a call from a firm just last week who were limping through with computers that were «about 10 years old», which would place them squarely in the Windows 2000 era.

Here is the front of the cottage (I think I want to call it my guest cottage, doesn't that sound quaint?)

Not exact matches

All of this is a long way of saying: Debt - free by 40 is starting to sound as quaint and improbable as «Freedom 55.»

This means that the reader can be assured that the book is pure of sectarian or theological contamination as it follows the by - now quaint - sounding criteria of a history objective and scientific.

This now quaint - sounding term represents, in the West, a long practice of premarital sexual union and cohabitation.

The author labored to give his words and phrases the quaint, old - fashioned sound and structure of our King James's translation of the Scriptures; and the result is a mongrel — half modern glibness, and half ancient simplicity and gravity.

Home visits sound downright quaint these days when most people are seldom at home or are too busy and adamantly prefer that the pastor not call.

To critics of this type its stories sound like quaint old myths that are rather interesting vestiges of a primitive society but of no particular significance.

There's something that sounds incredibly idyllic about owning a quaint little cottage where guests and tourists can visit and feel like they're at home.

And you paint such a quaint picture of you as kids — I love the thought of the kids stealing table scraps:) These cookies look spectacular, Valentina — so perfect that they're vegan and a little bit lighter, but by the sound of it, no less delicious..

After noting the quaint ambiance of neon beer signs, 1950's tool shop calendars adorned with half - naked «models,» multicolored strands of ceiling - mounted fly paper (many of which are moving due to the heavy population of still - living flies trapped on them), and a rotating floor - mounted fan that alternatively emits a teeth - gnashing whine or a sound not unlike metal pieces being shoved through a meat grinder.

BUBBA»S BBQ JOINT — After noting the quaint ambiance of neon beer signs, 1950's tool shop calendars adorned with half - naked «models,» multicolored strands of ceiling - mounted fly paper (many of which are moving due to the heavy population of still - living flies trapped on them), and a rotating floor - mounted fan that alternatively emits a teeth - gnashing whine or a sound not unlike metal pieces being shoved through a meat grinder.

But though the margin made it sound as if it was a quaint Sunday in Palm Beach Gardens, it didn't look like it would be that easy early on.

That was the quaint way that one newspaper greeted the news of Dolly's birth, but it was not the only one to sound the alarm.

Unblocking receptors on cell walls sounds to me like a quaint and very strange idea.

Biking and quaint little shops sounds so fun.

An album that does his low - key legacy well, mixing classic rock - influenced guitar solos and quaint folk sounds with psychedelic effects and high - pitched melodies that put Rush's Geddy Lee to shame.

The simple inclusiveness of that idea and the feeling behind it — the sense that this nation, with all of its troubles, is something we're all in together — may sound especially poignant now, and even a bit quaint.

But its assets, and significance, go well beyond the showier roles, capturing a newspaper — still on the cusp of greatness — that stood up to a corrupt administration, which included putting journalism ahead of its business interests, as quaint as that sounds.

The title is all kinds of winking: It sounds like a lost Horton Foote play about hardscrabble people of the land, and yet that's the setting here — a quaint, secluded farm, only the struggle is to survive being ripped apart by aliens.

Jaguar Land Rover's Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) division sounds very much like a clandestine organization secretly engineering skunkwork projects that would make the SR71 Blackbird look quaint in comparison.

That sounded very quaint to our tech - focused ears, but that was the only option, as the Vibe GT didn't support downloadable turn - by - turn directions we've seen in other GM cars, such as the Saturn Aura Green Line.

Burrywood is a quaint coastal town on the shore of Puget Sound, with a group of eclectic, close - knit townspeople involved in solving a rash of murders.

Dotted with quaint seaside towns, there are plenty of opportunities along the way to pause, relax, and soak up the sights and sounds of the Antarctic Ocean.

Whenever you wander thru our grounds, the sounds of the waterfalls will follow you and quaint sculptures and statues will surprise you at every turn.

One can enjoy the sound of the waves from a rocking chair on the front porch, watch seagulls soar overhead while floating in the calm pool, or meander along the walkways shrouded by fragrant magnolias and stop to rest in a quaint gazebo.

Located in a quaint beach community on Santa Rosa Island, this family - friendly, tri-level vacation rental showcases spectacular sunsets over the Santa Rosa Sound.

Old limestone walls, quaint balconies, window boxes overflowing with flowers, the rippling sound of an inner courtyard fountain are all features of this beautiful property, which has an atmosphere reminiscent of an old country cottage.

Disembark at Picton, a quaint village nestled on the shimmering shores of the Marlborough Sounds.

For me, it will go into my sock drawer (actually I have a safe, but sock drawer sounds so much more quaint).

Right on the beach, the quaint studio is a secluded retreat, ideal for couples seeking solitude between the sounds of waves licking the shore.

Continue north to Picton, a quaint village settled on the shimmering shores of the Marlborough Sounds.

If this sounds incredibly quaint and picturesque, you're absolutely right.

In fact, the negative connotations sound almost as quaint as the manifestos.

sounds welcoming but quaint by contrast.

By today's standards, the then - record - breaking prices — even adjusted for inflation — sound almost quaint.