Sentences with phrase «weary self»

And at the 2006 Whitney Biennial, his weary self - portrait seemed to speak of alienation without rebellion.

And so you'll do what any modern mom does: Take your weary self to the nearest Facebook group, where you'll inevitably hear this advice: «It's an allergy.

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«This world - weary defeatism is self - fulfilling in its own way,» he writes, «and helps explain why Washington hasn't taken action to address the killing.»

In sixty vulnerably soulful stories, the highly anticipated The Way of Abundance moves from self - weary brokenness to Christ - focused givenness.

Then, some day, they grow so utterly weary of this tame, negative, repressive goodness that they can tolerate it no longer, and they start out to be free in wild self - indulgence, only to find it the road, not to freedom, but to slavery, with habits that bind them and diseases that curse them and blasted reputations that ruin them.

«Weary of self and laden with my sin, I look to heaven and long to enter in...» So runs one of the most popular of those hymns; and there were many more which in one way or another focused on death as release from this life into one which was painted as inevitably a happier state.

I'm so weary of this issue and I've tried to keep quiet about it but occasionally someone hits the nail perfectly on the head and I can't help my self.

While self - tanners provide an alternative to the harmful effects of the sun, if you're concerned about any chemical exposure whatsoever, some pro tips makeup application may be enough to get you through these 10 months and those first weary months of motherhood.

And while Klein may have eliminated «social promotion» from the school system, Bloomberg - administration insiders had long wearied of the chancellor's energetic self - promotion.

Heaney describes Faso as an insider - lobbyist with all that connotes to an electorate weary of a self - serving status quo.

Nevertheless, this study is likely to find itself in the groaner column for conservatives who've grown weary of presumed - liberal researchers publishing studies demonstrating how wonderfully self - actualized and mature their own moral tendencies and preferences are.

True to form, my travel - weary, emotionally spent self needed some comfort.

Contending with terrible pain, boredom, self - pity and a meddlesome sister who just may be out for an inheritance, a wheelchair - bound cancer patient imagines a parallel world in which his world - weary alter - ego, L.A. gumshoe Rick Stone, searches for the would - be killer of a blonde femme fatale.

It's a self - important misfire, however, a movie that attempts to trade in meaningful metaphor but instead comes across as merely silly and wearying — and that's if one is being charitable.

Wendy shoplifts dog food and is caught by a teenage shop assistant who self - righteously insists on the rule of law — to the quiet regret of the more world - weary manager.

Marlo is weary, but she's also funny, and Cody finds abundant knowing humor in the situation without resorting to parenting cliches or falling back on self - consciously clever dialogue.

Playing Florence, a Californian au pair weary of resigning her life so others may live theirs, Gerwig cleverly plays dissatisfaction without registering as simply bored or routinely «quirky»: wit, self - awareness and uncertain ambition clash within the performance, set off by her bemusement at having found a less functional stray soul in Stiller's title character.

by Walter Chaw Massively over-written, smug, baselessly self - assured, and world - weary in the way that people who watch a lot of «Sex and the City» and «Girls» are world - weary, Leslye Headlund's rank, unwatchable Sleeping with Other People is like that date that Death goes on «Family Guy» with the girl who tells Him you can't hug your kids with nuclear arms.

No, I can think of something worse: some world weary jack - off self publishing his nonsensical rants via the net, swilling the bitter - ade, cranking out hack «fiction,» and having the audacity to call himself a «professional writer.»

When A Wet Fish Slaps You Even as self - publishing authors may weary of hearing about the problems of much independently produced content — typos and other editorial woes — a new showcase means yet another reason to shoot for precision and excellence to meet the marketplace's standards.

The self - published authors I meet, who are 6 months into the process, are weary and more than a bit angry at themselves for believing that they were going to make more money bypassing the traditional route.

This Maroochydore self contained accommodation is just the thing for the work weary.

This colourful self - catering cottage offers a comfortable stay for 3 guests and is ideal for international backpackers and for a weary traveller, as the cottage is situated within walking distance of the town.

He's world - weary and withdrawn, and yet there's still hints of his former self in the way he speaks to Arcadia, always hinting that his fiery former personality hasn't left him entirely.

The work rests like evidence of a foreshadowing, with Marlene Dumas's 1985 oil painting The White Disease right next to it, offering viewers further proof that, for reasons we pretend not to know, our self - made apocalypse continues its weary march through history: consuming some, stultifying and disfiguring others, and it won't rest until Stanley Cohen's social order has been sufficiently eradicated.

I've spent a long time being weary of self - help and self - actualization, have acquired over the years a maybe unhealthy skepticism of transvaluation, of anything cathartic, really.

Some employers appreciate self - starting professionals, while others become weary of those who haven't maintained a permanent position.

And in today's world of increasingly suspicious and ad - weary consumers, having an air of self - assurance and enthusiasm will be far more effective than a slick sales campaign.