Sentences with phrase «steam out of that argument»

Mr. Avella faces a challenge from the former comptroller based largely on complaints that the breakaway group's partnership with Republicans has stymied liberal causes in Albany — but the plan to reunite with the Democrats following November's elections has taken a bit of the steam out of that argument.

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Most of the time the arguments are just a way to let off steam when parents have a bad day or feel stressed out over other things.

Vickers made the argument that if he had actually used the calculator's predictions to pace his race, he would've run out of steam.

Silly me, I forgot that you're a mind - reader and that when the scientific portion of your argument runs out of steam, imputing motive seamlessly takes over as if nobody will notice the switcheroo.

Brandon responds, «Silly me, I forgot that you're a mind - reader and that when the scientific portion of your argument runs out of steam, imputing motive seamlessly takes over as if nobody will notice the switcheroo.

He jettisons the more striking and vulnerable parts of the argument one after the other, in order to preserve the persuasive force of the rest, rather like the crew of an early steamer cutting timber out of the superstructure to feed the boilers.

The Linux desktop has enjoyed some other huge advances this year — such as amassing a growing game library from Steam — but the systemd arguments have sucked a lot of air out of the room.