Sentences with phrase «than stranger things»

The town of Winden lives in the shadow of eternal clouds, lending Dark a more macabre vibe than Stranger Things, which peppers in comic sequences and lots of nostalgia.

But if it's hot buzz we're chasing, then there was nothing more scorching among TV audiences this year than Stranger Things.

Not exact matches

Turns out, «Netflix and chill» has become so popular that many people would rather kick back, order takeout and binge watch Stranger Things than get dressed up and go out.

Stranger Things led the social - media pack out of 65 different brands, which ran 104 spots in 49 ad breaks on Fox for just under 49.9 minutes of dedicated ad time, according to iSpot.tv, which measures activity from more than 10 million smart TVs and tracks responses to TV ads on social and digital platforms.

Microsoft's critical advantage is that in our new connected world, where we get into strangers» cars, invite strangers to stay in our homes and buy things from strangers all over the world, nothing matters more than trust.

His citations go back as far as Plato («You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation») and as recently as «Stranger Things» teen star Millie Bobby Brown («I was bored one day, so my dad took me to this acting school.

The company's algorithm is uncanny at suggesting additional products I might like because it's easier to get me to buy related things than it is to get a stranger to buy one thing.

The strange thing about the tariffs is that they end up punishing US allies more than the country that Trump has singled out most often in his protectionist rhetoric: China.

I'm no stranger to people - watching during service, but to be honest it's more along the lines of «let's gauge all my dating prospects» or «let's take surreptitious pictures of the guy trying to stay awake» than the things Powell was telling me about.

But it is strange how convinced we are that our own opinion must be right though we admit theoretically that others are on the average not much more stupid than we are and also by and large want to do the right thing.

This whole thing is so utterly bizarre - the truth is stranger than fiction once again.

As with many things about the universe, the truth often turns out to be stranger than any of our presumptions.

For example, the aforementioned Moore noted that, yes, Christian sexual ethics might increasingly be seen as strange, but that cultural dissonance would present an opportunity to winsomely affirm that we believe things, like the Resurrection and the Second Coming, «that are even stranger than that.»

Writers like Wendell Berry, Annie Dillard and Lewis Thomas all speak of the most ordinary things, yet find in a weasel's stare, a swollen river, a snail's strange life something far more than...

This is because her life radiates beauty: through her hospitality to friends and strangers alike, through her joyful laugh, through her care of those in need, through her passion for education, through her love of framing things on film through the lens of a camera, through her ability to be patient with her doofus husband, through her genuine love for God, through her sacrificial generosity to those with less than we have, and even through her stubborn refusal to let me get away with any of my trademark snark.

Stranger Things is a show more of our time than of the time it obsessively depicts.

The movements are frequently confounded, for it is said that one needs faith to renounce the claim to everything, yea, a stranger thing than this may be heard, when a man laments the loss of his faith, and when one looks at the scale to see where he is, one sees, strangely enough, that he has only reached the point where he should make the infinite movement of resignation.

In my opinion, Breaking Bad (which I hated) and John Wick (which, full confession, I loved) do little more than glorify murder and revenge, while The Walking Dead Netflix's Daredevil and the mega-hit Stranger Things (which dipped into moments of full blown horror) were able to use gruesome and disturbing scenes to push the viewer to wrestle with big questions.

Thank God for them all, of course, and for that strange interval, which was most of my life, when I read out of loneliness, and when bad company was much better than no company You can love a bad book for its haplessness or pomposity or gall, if you have that starveling appetite for things human, which I devoutly hope you never will have.

I followed ingredients to a «T,» but my maple cheesecake layer was more brown than white and did the strangest thing — it sunk into the loaf itself so that there pretty much was no cheesecake layer.

On Saturday night I did help Ben DIY a last - minute look for a Halloween party - the kind that was more likely to serve beer than Mr. Big bars - and I grabbed a box of our favourite fun size treats for our near - nightly episodes of Stranger Things this week, proving to myself that Halloween is still fun these days despite being different.

I found the bay leaf to be strange as I heated the milk, because it was the only thing I could smell; the bay leaf reminded me of dinner rather than dessert.

I'm so curious how they became runny, such a strange thing to happen when there's no liquid involved other than a couple drops of extract or juice.

Maybe it's because there's a five - year - old at my hip who declared it «the dressing that makes me into a lover of salad things» or perhaps it is because that five - year - old's babysitter asked to be paid in jars of dressing rather than real money, but there is something about this dressing that has given me the strange inertia to make it over and over and over again.

But few things are logical in the Southern Conference, a strange assortment of public, church and military schools that has changed borders more often than Czechoslovakia; 32 institutions have been members at one time or another since its founding in 1921.

We can complain all we want but if the people at the club (Wenger / Kroenke) have different objectives than us, ie we want trophies and competitive teams, they want profit and a solid business, we will always seem to make strange decisions or want strange things from each other.

I can't see Wenger pay that for a player like Nzonzi, especially not in January lol his age, position and market value I doubt Wenger would pay more than 20 - 25m for him, but stranger things have happened.

Get ourselves ahead of spu and we'll see how things look, doubtful Lei are going to drop more than five or six points but stranger things have happened (like lei not dropping points in pressure games)

It is a strange thing to say about a 20 - year - old who appears to be more of a silent assassin than a chest - pounding leader.

I've seen way stranger things than 4 QBs in the top 8

Football is a strange old game, things change so much more than a soap opera on telemundo.

Strange thing is the pressure of being top of the pile means I spend more time worrying than enjoying the football.

Strange thing is, he's not a big fan of Denilson but at least he can appreciate the fact that Denilson is doing the Makelele way better than his Arsenal team mates.

Nevertheless, the Russians will bank on that home advantage in the second leg that to carry them through, and far stranger things have happened, even if they are unlikely to go any farther than that.

But stranger things have been known to happen in football so just best to not lose by more than one goal today, should we lose that is.

The strange thing was we seemed to play more like a team that's safe from relegation with a few games to go rather than a team needing a win for a chance at a title.

It can take more than a few months for all of these strange things to feel comfortable to your toddler.

As images from Sandy — rescuers saving pets, power strips charging strangers» phones, and NICU nurses whisking preemies to safety (causing my blood to run cold, realizing that that could have been my own two - pounder)-- morph into mental images of Thanksgiving celebrations, visiting relatives, and holiday festivities (which also made my blood run cold when I realized that Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away), one thing became clear to me... they all share a common theme.

Indeed, while parents worry about «stranger danger», they often fail to realise two things: their children can be more at risk from online grooming and sexting, and that according to one children's charity they are actually 90 per cent more likely to be abducted by someone they know than a stranger.

Few things make for a better conversation starter with strangers than asking about their kids (or grandkids).

The strangest thing yet, is more often than not, breastfeeding moms are fairly covered up while publicly feeding.

A very strange thing for anyone other than a landlord to do.

The actor is best known for things other than his political advocacy, but he is no stranger in progressive Democratic circles.

The little things in life have more power to change the value of my life than all the fancy gadgets or trendy clothes that money can buy: the passing smile of a stranger; a cold mineral water on a hot day; an «I love you» note waiting for me in an unexpected place; and other seemingly insignificant experiences.

It does seem a bit strange to me that adding resistance training to the aerobic training seems to make things worse rather than better — but the overall analysis in the paper says that AT and AT / RT are statistically indistinguishable.

In fact, the strange thing is that gluten - free bread is actually easier and much quicker to make than wheat bread!

The strange thing was that I could never do more than about 530 pounds for a single effort in the squat (void of knee wraps, super suits etc.).

I've been inside more kitchens than the average person.At one point, my work as a private chef and culinary instructor meant I was stepping through the thresholds of at least five strangers» kitchens a month.The first thing I do when I... Continue Reading about How to Organize Your Kitchen Cabinets and Pantry

Sure, it was ostensibly a more casual and laidback thing than an interview with a stranger in a cold corporate environment, but it was almost harder to dress for, because of that?

Gaten Matarazzo: The «Stranger Things» actor couldn't have been more endearing than in this ASOS eggplant suit styled with a retro - print floral shirt.