Sentences with phrase «unflattering portraits»

Their default mode is to blame Ned for everything, which ends up painting unflattering portraits of three self - involved women who haven't accomplished much of anything on their own.

Kessler's book — scheduled for release Tuesday — is viewed as a defense of the president, especially in the face of other unflattering portraits like Michael Wolff's best - seller «Fire and Fury.»

The trial painted an unflattering portrait of Mr. Percoco and more broadly of the inner workings of the state capital, one replete with expensive fishing trips, clubby nicknames and «magic phone calls» that could make or break multimillion - dollar contracts.

One report is actually a pointed analysis of the recently enacted state budget, with a warning of economic troubles ahead, and the other an unflattering portrait of how the governor's economic development engine, Empire State Development, which handles billions, has systematically failed to meet statutorily mandated reporting requirements for a vast array of programs and initiatives.

The woman likely felt that a mathematician had to be unsociable and unattractive, but Mack is far from resembling this unflattering portrait.

Fans of HBO's «Project Greenlight» should enjoy this unflattering portrait of ego - driven filmmaking.

It is probably too dark and too much an unflattering portrait of Hollywood to run the gauntlet of awards season.

When a professor in St. Petersburg asks the protagonist why she paints such an unflattering portrait of Russia in her novel, Lena replies, «I paint unflattering portraits of everything.»

New York's attorney general paints a deeply unflattering portrait of Cooper Union's leadership.

More importantly, you will begin to eliminate the counterproductive repetition, detail and mumbo - jumbo that might have gone into an audience's unflattering portrait of your argument.

Not exact matches

(Wiseau has fought to prevent the release of an unflattering documentary portrait called «A Room Full of Spoons.»)

Otherwise, this unflattering yet moving portrait of an eccentric common man (which aired on PBS) might not interest some.

The objects are «looked at» by an isolated, purposefully unflattering self - portrait of the artist on an opposite wall.