Sentences with phrase «who latches onto you»

One of my favourite is a streaker who latches onto you thus slowing your movement substantially.

The fourth friend, Alan (Zach Galifianakis) is painted as a slightly disturbed loner / social misfit who latches onto his new buddies in an unhealthy way, as well as saying and doing increasingly odd things; he's apparently aiming for laughs, but these antics land sickeningly, with silence.

Either she's the kind of woman who latches onto the beliefs / interests of her current partner or it was a ruse to begin with.

Dropbox, which has claimed 500,000 users worldwide since the middle of 2016, gained traction among consumers who latched onto its free offering but also offers a couple paid versions.

This is true of those who latched onto this hunk of steel as some testament to their faith.

Even now, running helter - skelter with no visible means of protection from the onslaught of offers from movies, television, records, jigsaw puzzles, animal food, countless other commercial interests and the pack of agentry ten - percenters who latch onto instant celebrities like ticks on a hound, Riggs is a wonder to observe.

He led OU to a 34 - 6 record in his three years as a leader who latched onto any portrayal of him or his program as something less than.

The nine - term lawmaker lost Tuesday night to fellow Democrat Seth Moulton, an Iraq War veteran who latched onto frustration with Tierney's past ethical troubles and an anti-incumbent sentiment to win by a stunning 8 - point margin.

One teacher who latched onto the idea is Brian Daly, who has taught second grade at Rose Hill Elementary School, in Kirkland, for twenty years.

But in marketing a luxurious, conservatively cut sedan, has Saab (an acronym for Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget — or Swedish Aircraft Co.) forsaken those who latched onto models of the past because they were quirky, novel and a ball to drive?

Pet parents who latch onto these trends represent various demographics, income levels and geographic regions, Leary - Coutu says.

B) cranks who latch onto papers they do nt understand in the hopes that this paper will bolster their crank ideas.

«We're surviving and thriving in an era of giants,» says Domb, who latched onto Philadelphia's luxury condo market 20 years ago and hasn't let go since.

Not exact matches

Part of that apprehension stems from not knowing how Trump or even Clinton (who has, to a degree, latched onto American protectionist sentiments) would reform trade agreements.

And what of the slaveowners and segregationists who used to latch onto Genesis 9:25 to justify slavery?

There were even cults who worshipped them, but they weren't latched onto by a super-salesman and promoter like Paul of Tarsus, so they and their meme didn't spread so widely.

Minutes later the Chilean latched onto a great through ball from Ramsey and turned it round the corner for Welbeck who was brought down, giving Arteta the chance to score from the spot.

Oier Olazábal had no spectacular saves to make but was under pressure from Vitolo and Correa on either wing — in addition to a marauding Šime Vrsaljko, who was looking for someone to latch onto his crosses.

As expected the visitors Spurs battled back as the game progressed and nearly levelled through Steven Pienaar in the first period but it was Blackpool yet again who added to the scoring against the run of play when striker DJ Campbell was able to latch onto a weighted James Beattie cross and make it 2 - 0.

Blackburn gave themselves a fine start in the first half and broke the deadlock with an exceptional goal after Danny Graham latched onto a through pass from Marvin Emnes, who looked particularly bright in the opening stages of the game.

Many babies who are offered a bottle before they are ready to differentiate between mom's breast and a rubber nipple have trouble with their latch or will refuse to latch onto the breast at all.

This is also a great technique for baby's who are having trouble latching onto the breast.

Her youngest who was about 18 months old at the time, jumped up onto her lap while we were talking and latched on while sitting there peering out at me from the corner of his eye.

Moms who use these bottles appreciate how easily their babies latch onto the NaturalWave Nipple.

It's only after they are around other children who have already latched onto this notion that kids don't like vegetables and after they start watching television where cartoons, commercials, and other television shows perpetuate the «kids don't like vegetables» notion (if you watch kid's programming, you'd be surprised at the number of times that either kid characters in shows or television commercials portray vegetables as yucky) that they are exposed to the much - accepted norm that kids don't like vegetables — and so they decide that vegetables are yucky.

It's not a good feeling when a baby who is latched onto her nipple suddenly yanks their head away because a toddler banged a toy next to him.

The nipple for this bottle may be a bit too slippery for some babies who prefer to have some texture to latch onto.

But there can be no denying that there are some racists who will latch onto a mainstream political issue as a cover to push their own warped ideas.

Fake paper fools global warming naysayers The man - made - global - warming - is - a-hoax crowd latched onto a study this week in the Journal of Geoclimatic Studies by researchers at the University of Arizona's Department of Climatology, who reported that soil bacteria around the Atlantic and Pacific oceans belch more than 300 times the carbon dioxide released by all fossil fuel emission, strongly implying that humans are not to blame for climate change.

Of course, I don't think those who oppose global warming actually believe the stuff they are posting, they are latching onto whatever partial or faulty data they can find for ideological reasons.

The most perplexing thing here is that the same people who cling strongly to the notion that energy - in versus energy - out is the sole determinant of whether you'll be fat or not are the same people latching onto this research claiming that non-nutritive zero - calorie sweeteners make us fat.

It's easy to latch onto one single person who you've formed a connection with in the beginning of your online dating experience, but the best thing to do is to date around before making any final decisions.

Seuss was quite unhappy when the anti-abortion movement latched onto the book's line of «a person's a person, no matter how small,» but this movie has touches of politics all over it that weren't in the book, including a town council more concerned with PR than safety and the injection of conservative culture - war rhetoric into the book's sour kangaroo (who now «pouch - schools» her joey.)

Making a pledge to the victim's mother that he will not rest until he finds the killer, Jerry, who is twice divorced and childless, latches onto the case as a spiritual lifeline that can give meaning to an existence that seems to have run out of purpose.

On the Line does have a few little things that old folks (people who remember Cheers during its network run) can latch onto.

Yeah, von Trier is nothing if not provocative and he throws it all at us here: a coldly controlling husband who can't seem to draw a line between treatment and experimental psychotherapy, a fragile wife who slips into darkness and latches onto his projections of her «cruelty» to embrace her inherent «evil,» a natural world mutated into a Bosch image.

As a critic, and one who's written pretty extensively on religion and the movies, I instantly latched onto the early tell in the film that McDonagh was trying to channel Flannery O'Connor, the Catholic writer from the American South who is practically a saint among Christians who think seriously about literature.

Filmgoers latched onto a film about Bethany Hamilton, a surfer who got back on the board even after losing an arm in a shark attack.

The narrative attempts to tell a bizarre funhouse mirror version of a rags to riches story of a crazy director with no talent who becomes a celebrity in spite of himself by making a terrible movie badly, but Franco and his cadre of famous friends (his brother Dave, Alison Brie, Zac Efrton, Seth Rogen, and so on and so on) seem far too tickled making shot for shot remakes of scenes from The Room to latch onto anything beyond an extended SNL skit.

Ethnocentrics and eugenicists, who viewed intelligence and other social behaviors as being determined by biology and race, latched onto IQ tests.

Its a fact people who are clueless about things LOVE to latch onto some form of proof that is sold to them thru advertisement.

To the extent that I can now send direct messages to media professionals via Twitter, I believe Twitter has already helped expand my book promotion capabilities and may continue to do so... if I don't become so frustrated with the dark side of Twitter (which, to be fair, isn't Twitter's fault — Twitter can't help the fact that a pack of dorks have latched onto Twitter as yet another way of annoying those of us who aren't prospects for whatever it is that they're selling).

The only ones who pit these companies against each other, latching onto one with extreme loyalty while ridiculing the other two, are rabid internet fanboys.

You've got Mack, the robo - dog who can blow enemies up; Seth, a sneaky spider bot that helps you latch onto new platforms, and Duncan, a big bruiser who exists to inflict damage.

It also acted as a way to give players who hadn't played Street Fighter since Street Fighter II something new to latch onto.

I think these concepts all latch onto some small thing to incorporate the entirety of young people, who span generations.

Of course, I don't think those who oppose global warming actually believe the stuff they are posting, they are latching onto whatever partial or faulty data they can find for ideological reasons.

Those who seem to spend much of their time trying to cast doubt on human - driven global warming had latched onto the expansion of Antarctic sea ice as undercutting arguments for global warming.

Thus, the UN latched onto Michael Mann's hockey stick to overturn a consensus that there was a Medieval warm period, and now they have latched onto Nicholas Stern to overturn the opinion of, approximately, every other economist in the world who think CO2 mitigation will be really expensive.

Meanwhile, back in the land of circumspect reality, the people who actually know what they're talking are not latching onto blind optimism.