Sentences with phrase «than an eye roll»

Our conversation ended with a hug rather than an eye roll.

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It's important to note that using the two phrases together is a more sarcastic reaction than an earnest one if the reaction is to something empirically eye - rolling.

Split into seven «books» and more than 20 chapters, Antifragile is often illuminating, occasionally eye - roll inducing and, for a stretch in the middle, fantastically boring.

When I open a LinkedIn request, nothing makes me roll my eyes faster than seeing the standard, «I'd like to add you to my professional network.»

A frail, desperate hope that snorting and rolling your eyes at the notion of something more important than humanity conveys wisdom.

Oh, I rolled my eyes at its pretension, its unapologetic smacking of smarter - than - thou.

Though we do not see how our actions might affect the future, though we may not receive our inheritance right now, though we might go through persecution and trials and nakedness and danger and sword, if we just put our faith in God, as we keep our eyes on Jesus, «Keep the Son in our eyes,» as we, like Peter, keep our eyes on Jesus rather than on the rolling waves around us, we will walk by faith.

And each time, I peered into the face of the one receiving the gift: a lanky boy with pimples and bangs avoiding my gaze; a pretty girl, no more than 13, tears brimming in eager, thankful eyes; a guy wearing his Bama cap because he heard I was a fan, whispering «Roll Tide» as he dipped his bread in the cup; adults receiving with a grateful familiarity, mouthing «thanks be to God» and folding their hands in prayer.

I am sure she was very grateful to me because there was nothing she wanted more for the last trimester of a cold winter pregnancy than to spend her Saturday afternoons perched on a metal folding chair in the backroom of a knitting shop, hunched over needles while Shirley rolled her eyes at our ineptitude.

When I told Dan about some of what has been said on the blogosphere about men who earn less than their wives, he laughed, rolled his eyes a little and said, «It's not emasculating to have a successful wife.

I find myself getting all defensive when local Christians question my commitment to my faith simply because I believe the earth is more than 6,000 years old or when they roll their eyes upon learning that women are allowed to teach at our church services.

Yet, and there is the point, most people I know are more likely to roll their eyes at the tools, rather than use them.

The tools may seem outdated, unhelpful, or cheesy to you, but the Roman Road is probably more effective than rolling your eyes.

I'm also bound to receive a lot less eye - rolling from the Honey than if I happened to casually mention, that, oh by the way, «I'm doing a cleanse...»

Before you roll your eyes at YET another non-dairy milk, allow me to proclaim that this one is way better than all the others.

If you have extra dough from the bottom crust (this will require a roll - out dough, rather than a press - in), use seasonally - themed cookie cutters, like leaves or turkeys, and bake crust «cookies» along with the pie — just keep a close eye, and remove them as soon as they're done; they will cook quicker than the actual pie.

Many desserts hardly suffer from not being made with flour, if at all: In fact my new cookbook, The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen: Glorious Meals Pure and Simple, bears this out in full: I should tell you it includes, in addition to a very extensive general index and a gluten - free index, a Passover index with more than 200 Passover - friendly recipes, all natural, naturally, what else, since I only have eyes for whole foods: It's like having 3 books rolled into one!

I've always believed that every man born has something that he can do better than anyone in the whole wide world,» says Billy Wayne Mays, a 31 - year - old Dallas carpenter, his shoelaces untied, a pack of cigarettes rolled into a sleeve of his T shirt, eyes bigger than life back of his glasses.

But $ 130,00, or whatever it is, was a rounding error in the 2016 campaign, so I kind of roll my eyes about it somehow mattering in any material way (other than enforcing the rule of law, as you mentioned).

Next time, rather than being embarrassed, just roll your eyes and / or shake your head and say «Boys!»

Another common saying that makes me roll my eyes — «laughter is the best medicine» — is proving to be truer now than ever.

If you roll your eyes and act totally put out when your child asks you to play with her, or if you act like spending time with your little one is the last thing on earth you want to be doing, than it's a safe bet that there will be some issues with your connection.

It can feel like everyone is rolling their eyes behind your back when you try to explain why you choose to do things differently than a widely - accepted status quo.

His wife Julie, meanwhile, does little more than roll her eyes.

Why is it that people's eyes start to roll or an awkward silence follows when you say you want to breastfeed longer than 6 months?

The governor warned lawmakers not to spend more than he was proposing, a notion that made some lawmakers roll their eyes.

Time rolled back in my mind's eye, and I imagined a wholly different journey than the one I was taking.

Rather than counting species by eye, some ecologists sample the DNA they shed to quickly get a roll call of an entire ecosystem

I've come to appreciate this rather than rolling my eyes at it but through studying yoga, the chakras, and what it means to live a balanced life, I feel more and more how important it is to not only speak our truth but to truly hear the truth from others as well.

I slumped farther down in the car and at the dinner table, rolling my eyes and proudly accepting my role as a slouchy kid who had more important things to care about than poor posture.

I'll also admit that I rolled my eyes more than once while reading The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up.

But before you (and your pup) roll your eyes, know that it's much less kooky than it sounds — and it could have real health benefits for both of you.»

NARS Multiple, a wide brim fedora, larger - than - life sunnies, a cashmere plane scarf, wedge sandals, an oversize leather tote, a messenger bag, skyn ICELAND eye gels, roll - on perfume, wide leg denim, and a yummy knit sweater.

I recently purchased the Michael kors Parker ceramic chronograph watch for my 22 yr old daughter as a surprise Christmas present, she had a poor copy of one originally, so thought the original would be the perfect gift for her, this particular watch caught my eye on line with the rose gold and white it looked stunning and was very reasonably priced for such a beautiful watch, I ordered straight away which was so quick and easy and within days it was hear I was so excited, anyone would of thought it was for me, when I opened the box I was so thrilled it was more stunning than the picture online and looked so very expensive, and all that for well under 200 amazing, Christmas morning came and when at last the parcel was opened the sqeals of delight and tears that rolled down my daughters cheeks when she realised that this was a Michael kors original were priceless thankyou very much for the gift of an amazing present

If you're the kind of person that can't spend more than thirty seconds on Tumblr without your eyes rolling into the back of your head, -LSB-...]

The eye - rolling predictability of Nancy Sackett's screenplay exacerbates the movie's less - than - watchable atmosphere, as there's virtually nothing that occurs within Ron Howard's Skyward that one doesn't see coming from miles away (eg Julie's parents forbid her from flying, Julie fights with Scott, etc, etc)- which ultimately prevents the finale from packing the uplifting, emotional punch that Howard is obviously striving for.

Teenage daughter Erica (Hayley Orrantia) does little more than roll her eyes occasionally, which, alas, is the only appropriate reaction here.

And while you can roll your eyes at the usual quota of awards - season launches — 18 credible contenders this year — most of them were of a higher - than - usual standard and some of them were top - notch.

It's hard to imagine a subplot of less interest than the money problems of foxy hostage - taker Sandrine (Sandrine Holt)-- and this week's scheme to hijack a high - rolling poker game to help her out, leaving the captive Sanders family in the lurch for a bit, is so preposterously tangential it's all you can do to control the eye roll.

I'm not sure if these developments will make your eyes roll more than your stomach turn, but either way, it's a long way from adequate entertainment for most.

The rival agents keep up their macho competitiveness and Vikander's Gaby rolls her eyes at their juvenile antics, but in between we get elaborate set - pieces: foot chases and car races and physical stunts with real humans and physical objects rather than the manipulated pixels of CGI.

I'd say this movie has more laughs than it does eye rolls (although there are a fair share of them).

The violence is very graphic and determined but at the same time so very campy that you roll your eyed more than averting them.

If director Paul Andrew Williams tries too hard to apply a familiar sense of dry humour to the proceedings (landing closer to last year's eye - roller Severance than to anything Edgar Wright has ever done), he finds his calling in the fine art of overcompensation: throw enough severed body parts around and scream «fucking cunt» to the rafters as many times as possible and perhaps everyone will forget that you don't have much to say at all.

«The Roommate,» more like «Stupid White Female,» fails at characterization, psychology, and suspense, instead earning more eye - rolls than attending a Psych 100 lecture at 8 a.m. Enough said.

Justine is the film's level - headed operator for a reason — as the only female character, she seems very used to navigating pile - ups of male ego with little more than an eye - roll.

In a small conversation with American journalists on Monday, May 22, The Meyerowitz Stories writer - director Noah Baumbach rolled his eyes when asked about whether he'd have gone with a different distributor than Netflix and asked for a topic change.

That's not to say that I «hated» the show, it just happened to make me roll my eyes and scoff at the screen with its middle America values and blatant close - mindedness more than any other show that I watched in its entirety.

There are some irritating aspects to RE7's gameplay that had me rolling my eyes at points, and the game could have benefited from a deeper look at whether certain elements were actually «scary» rather than just «annoying.»

It's also a considerably more engaging premise than director Luis Mandoki's previous project «Angel Eyes», which I watched for its full 100 minutes only to realise as the end credits rolled that absolutely nothing was going to happen.