Sentences with phrase «striking discordant»

His take on the complications in Dade's life is sophisticated and thoughtful, especially on the ambiguities of that «relationship» with Pablo, while his limning of the growing friendship with Alex is deeply satisfying, never striking a discordant emotional note.

Pulayas, squeezed at the bottom of the most repressive socio - religious structures known to man, were not incapable of striking discordant notes while eating the humble pie.

When the U.S. tone strikes a discordant note however, there are opportunities to look to Canada and Mexico as platforms for North American trade, in the event the U.S. pulls out of NAFTA and decides to go it alone.

Not exact matches

Though he remained largely unchallenged, Lee's combative character began to strike an increasingly discordant note among a growing number of Singaporeans.

But the discordant note was struck because of the contrast between her contrition and her position.

So why did it strike a slightly discordant note?

Tully strikes a slightly discordant note, jarring against the film's otherwise naturalistic tone.

We can almost hear the discordant keys being struck during TAMMY's wannabe heartfelt moments with Duplass, who plays Tammy's love interest Bobby, and later with Kathy Bates, whose Harvey Keitel - via - PULP - FICTION-esque character Lenore hits her with a «no doy» lecture.

However, while that may be sweet music to your ears, what strikes a slightly discordant note is that only Taiwan will be blessed with the e-reader initially and it's not known when the rest of the world will be as fortunate.

With her father's blessing, Sadie combed through the files to find the most striking pages, and she found different ways to repurpose them — and the discordant story they told.

Striking a slightly discordant note are Dole's final ads featuring O'Keeffe's images.