Sentences with phrase «too staid»

But lest it come too staid, a deep red coverlet brings saturated color and a jolt of energy to the otherwise neutral white and wood - toned room.

Be cautious against jokes, slang or colloquialisms (we're striving for professionalism after all) but also shy away from being too staid.

The headset's customizable lights and integration with the robust SteelSeries 3 Engine software add enough pizazz to keep it from looking too staid.

Over at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, in his first New York solo show, «The Skin I Live In» (January 8 — February 7), the British artist Jonathan Baldock also appeared to have been informed by Kogelnik in body - minded pieces he made by sewing limbs — felt arms and legs — and dots (pink, white, and blue) in decorous arrangements onto burlap, but the end result is too staid, too restrained.

Some people might find it a bit too staid, and you could be forgiven for mistaking the car for the larger A8 or smaller A4 from Audi's range

On the outside the proportions look pleasing and the styling is unmistakably Mercedes without being too staid.

Still, the romance being explored here — which so rarely gets the Hollywood treatment, and which the writer / director Angela Robinson takes such care to flesh out — is enough to keep things from ever feeling too staid.

Though finely acted by all three leads (McAdam's British accent isn't perfect, but she's still plenty effective), Disobedience is, in defiance of its title, too staid and measured to deliver the intended emotional wallop.

de Ayala is required to supply too much of the energy in a film that is, overall, far too staid for its subject matter.

It's too thoughtful for that — too staid and too static.

It looks polished without being too staid, and bright without being cartoonish.

Distinctly Southern, but with a modern edge to keep things from feeling too staid.

Not exact matches

Even the normally staid Alan Abelson of Barron's finally threw in the towel last week, abandoning his own caution that stocks have run too fast, too far, and suggesting that investors let their profits run «until they start to go the other way.

But before the staid numbers - cruncher realizes what he's getting into, it's too late to get out, as his increasingly unpredictable new friend drags him through a world of shoot - outs, double - crosses and espionage that could get them both killed in more ways than Calvin can count.

«It pops up in my stage plays a lot, too, but I guess mostly because the plays I was seeing were quite staid and dull, and nothing ever actually really happened....

But before the staid numbers - cruncher realizes what he's getting into, it's too late to get out, as his increasingly unpredictable new friend drags him through a world of shoot - outs, double - crosses and espionage that could get them both killed in more ways than he can count.

That movie gets a little of a bad rap, but this go - around, their efforts do feel fresh and original in an R - rated comedy genre that too can feel more staid than the superhero one.

Too often, training is staid, boring, tedious and, simply put, awful!

The outfits were way too short for 1919, the time period of the novel, and made of a sparkly yellow material instead of the staid black satin in the story.

An artist himself as well as a DJ, curator, writer, publisher, and former Turner Prize judge (in 2007), he has also for the past five years served as the creative advisor of the Independent art fair, using that platform as an opportunity to introduce a broad range of creativity into the traditionally staid, too - often straitjacketed art - fair format.

What voters had to say: «She has been a breath of fresh air and has truly reinvigorated a moribund organization dominated for too long by staid, privileged white males.»

React to events a week too late and you look ponderous and staid.

Resumes are often staid: White paper, black font, and nothing too fancy.

He thought I might be a bit too out - there for the staid medical set.

Furniture in boys» bathrooms can run the gamut from vibrant and playful to more staid and formal, but many parents prefer a kid - themed approach here, too.