Sentences with phrase «too genteel»

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It's a well - acted soap with one too many plot lines, tied together by genteel audio - visual sutures and supported by the brittle metaphor of its title.

Maybe I've just driven too many VTEC Hondas recently, but I was amazed that this 4.7 - liter V8 can create 230 horsepower and 320 pound - feet of torque while remaining as genteel as British royalty.

If you find the host of American offerings at this auction simply too brash for your tastes, this 1952 Jaguar is a touch more genteel than a Challenger.

In most areas, biased and incompetent reviewers are all too common (if you talk to the reviewees, anyway), not to mention a healthy level of genteel back - stabbing and dirty dealings in general.