Sentences with phrase «which creaks»

His 1940s films included one military - produced documentary co-directed by Ford and cinematographer Gregg Toland, December 7th (1943), which creaks badly today (especially compared with Frank Capra's Why We Fight series); a major war film (They Were Expendable [1945]-RRB-; the historically - based drama My Darling Clementine (1946); and the «cavalry trilogy» of Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Rio Grande (1950), each of which starred John Wayne.

It buzzes quietly with desert animals moving throughout the skeletal beams, which creak and moan against the landscape's unforgiving conditions.

Not exact matches

This year, with memories of the sad decline of Jackie Robinson last season, with realization that the average age of the six is rapidly approaching a tired, creaking 33, the feeling persists that the five - game gap by which the Dodgers lost last year was a signpost to oblivion, and that this year the Dodgers will come apart, perhaps not quite so thoroughly as the one - horse shay, but sufficiently so that they will run now with the pack rather than with the leaders.

The wooden variety, of which Coney Island's Cyclone is the paradigm, keeps the rider pretty much upright but seems scary because it creaks.

Last season's defeat to Liverpool was another significant stumble in the creaking title defence of Jose Mourinho's side, which would ultimately result in the sacking of the Portuguese coach in early December.

Given the state of the UK's creaking transport infrastructure, especially outside London, it is staggering that Johnson and the government are pouring so much funding into a project which has such little transport benefit.

Very often, not least because of the creaking inadequacies of the legal system Michael Gove outlined in his speech this week, barristers are forced to miss the start or end of a case, or are unable to be in court to say a few words which need saying.

«I think what is coming to an end is a political system rooted in a first - past - the - post means of election which looks as if it is creaking at the seams.

What's more, squeals, squawks, or creaks sound differently to us than to cetaceans, which hear at a much higher resolution, Lammers says.

Mr. Ostlund positions his troubled characters in an environment of polished ash and Scandinavian spotlessness, under which there are dark mutterings — the constant creak of tow cables and un-oiled metal.

Both are charming and commanding; they maintain their dignity even when the dialogue creaks, which is often.

The meat and potatoes are the film's many scenes of the various hauntings inflicted on the characters, which establish an eerie sense of dread with many a creaking door, creepy clapping and shattering glass coming from unpredictable corners.

But eventually, Manny — as Hank dubs his stiff new companion — begins to creak to life, at which point Dano's marooned hero starts educating him about the world (and masturbation) and plotting their escape off the island.

But on urban or B - roads the body control is poor, and the dampers seem to run out of ideas very quickly, after which the intrusion of a pothole seems to be transferred straight into the bodyshell, complemented with a bang or a creak from the interior.

Today, when I entered the car which had been standing for 2 days without use in Finnish freezing winter, I observed slight creak as I entered the car.

The car's basic structure also is 10 percent stiffer, which means there are no creaks and squeaks of the sort that distinguished previous generations of Bentleys.

The previous Versa had many separate plastic pieces on the center stack which created many seams for creaks and rattles.

Most impressively, even during some pretty rough sections of the course, not a single thing in the X5's cabin creaked or rattled, which I consider to be another improvement over the E70.

Single biggest disappointment is the incessant creaking from somewhere in / around the door pillars which is markedly worse in warmer weather.

Rolling down the road at any speed, the body and chassis is free of any creaks or moans, which allows the shocks to do their job nicely.

Which floorboards have some give when you step on them, and exactly how to open the doors for them not to creak.

The young man descends the stairs, opens the gate (which also creaks...

For Jennifer Boylan, creaking stairs, fleeting images in the mirror, and the remote whisper of human voices were everyday events in the Pennsylvania house in which she grew up in the 1970s.

Which of the floorboards flex slightly when one steps on them or exactly how to open the wardrobe doors without them creaking.

The plastic body creaks a bit in your hands, which doesn't inspire confidence.

One of the first things you notice after spending some time with the BlackBerry Torch 9800 is that the hardware feels quite solid; it's durable, yet not too heavy at 5.68 ounces — about an ounce more than both RIM's BlackBerry Bolds 9000 and 9650; the slider mechanism is smooth and there's very little horizontal - «give» while open vertically, which typically bodes well for its durability over time; the battery cover sits snuggly in place, even if you attempt to wiggle it around; and there's little - or - no squeaking or «creaking» if you squeeze and / or press various sections of the device, which hasn't necessarily been the case with other recent BlackBerry devices — expect for the top panel and trackpad, but I'll get to that in the next section.

He likes the brushed aluminum casing which gave the Acer a stylish edge over those tablets with plastic casings but was disappointed at some build quality issues such as the back creaking when squeezed with his fingers.

Kick back in a typical old - world setting tucked away in the lee of hills set in picturesque surroundings that include a scenic mix of mountains and plains - all of which compliment the beautiful old homes, enormous vegetable gardens, and creaking windmills.

Again, the fact that it's structurally almost identical to the Khan Pro means I have basically the same criticisms, which includes the fact that when you twist the headset, move it around and generally just play with it there's some creaking and a feeling of flimsiness.

The combination of the stellar musical score, which uses much of the music from the original movie (remastered of course) and the sound effects — from the grunts and growls of the Alien to the creaks and groans of an aging space station in the process of being decommissioned and moth - balled — create an experience that many fans have been longing for from the Alien franchise for decades.

The German «federal» system, as practiced in Dresden or Berlin, by which the director - general is responsible for political relations, fund - raising and overall administration but leaves artistic decisions entirely to the directors of individual museums, may provide a model in the long term; at any rate the present system is creaking.

In a nutshell: A rather magical exhibition in which sculptor Cornelia Parker has dotted a quirky array of objects provided by 68 of her artist, writer and musician friends, from Anthony Gormley and Thomas Heatherwick to Marina Warner and Jarvis Cocker around the building's creaking staircases and stucco'd state rooms.

Several newly - commissioned works are being shown, some of which engage directly with the architecture of the building, as in Jorge Pardo's creaking doors which fit over the Museum's windows and Rirkrit Tirananija's Untitled, 2006, where he creates a neon light that spells out the first four lines of a Nirvana song by Kurt Cobain.

Leckey has manipulated the footage to surround her in a cloud of scintillating points of light, and there is fetishistic attention to the sounds of her stool creaking and the combing of her hair which recalls David Lynch.

«This is a criminal justice system which is not just creaking, it's about to croak.»

The Moto G is a budget phone, so it can't be perfect, but after holding the HTC Desire 626, which has a seamless plastic build that feels wildly premium for such a cheap phone, the little creak was disappointing.

The only weak point worth noting is the plastic material below the display, which I heard creak if pressed too hard, but that doesn't affect the functionality or seem like it'd fall apart over time.

What impressed me most was the rigidity and quality of the Honor 4X's removable rear, which exhibits very little flexing or creaking.

Most surfaces are sturdy, particularly on the lower half of the chassis, which never creaks and groans in protest when it's treated poorly.

The rear panel is made of matte finish and the cover has some creaks on the edges which feel prominent while holding it.

There are notable creaks when handling it, which is possibly down to the fact that the bulk of the extended pad's innards are concentrated in the phone portion.

There's a new leather - textured, soft - touch back panel which is easier to grip, and blunt metal - finish edges; altogether, the phone measures in at 151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm and 168g, though it still feels somewhat plasticky albeit creak - free.

Handling it doesn't cause any creaks or groans, and the hinge opens and closes with one hand, which generates confidence in its longevity.