Sentences with phrase «with dull points»

Embed wooden chopsticks, pine cones, or sticks with dull points deep into the soil with the tops exposed eight inches apart.

You can also try embedding wooden chopsticks, pinecones, or sticks with dull points deep into the soil with the tops exposed eight inches apart, this will act as an obstacle and deter cats from this area.

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Indeed, it can even be read as a mockery of the whole literary enterprise, pairing dull and uncomprehending readers who ploddingly manage to miss the obvious, with clever authors (both the fictional Vereker and the actual James) who feel compelled to play the trickster, taunting their readers with the hint that there is something — indeed, the whole point of it all — that they don't get.

The intuitional evidence for belief in Allah, the belief based upon the recognition of Allah by our inner consciousness, is brought to our attention in the Qur» an by pointing out the important psychological fact that there is an instinctive feeling of faith in Almighty Allah, the Creator of the universe, which comes to men when they are free from inclinations, or the distractions of dull routines, or when surprised by the question of the origin of the universe, or when faced with hardships or misfortunes which they can not overcome by themselves.

The things I find most appalling about religion reach a new zenith in Islam --(i) a dulling down of individual thought and a dogmatic requirement to conform to the views of the masses; (ii) a stultifying ignorant education system in which anything inconsistent with the Qur» an is not just discouraged, but censored; (iii) the subjugation of women to the point of educating them to be nothing but mindless f * king, breeding machines for their insecure husbands; (iv) a political class that feeds off the religious - based ignorance it imposes on its populations; and (v) a general back - sliding against the rest of the planet because heads are buried in Dark Ages mythology.

The following example shows how one man moves with sustained interest and surprising force to a point that, handled otherwise, would have sounded like another dull preachment about «life's little things».

Just 7 weeks back, after a dull stalemate with Bolton, Arsenal were 7th, 12 points behind their North London rivals, and in grave danger of not qualifying for next season's Champions League

The game was a dull affair, which was to be expected, with chances few and far betwee, but the point will be seen as a very good point on Stoke's behalf and they can now travel back home with a smile on their faces as they return to what has been a happy hunting ground for the Potters this season, with five of their six league victories come there.

Manchester United secured the point they needed to finish second in the Premier League with a dull 0 - 0 draw at West Ham United on Thursday.

Well not exactly: the Hart effect works through his latest effort, particularly as his chemistry with co-star Josh Gad (who apparently still enjoys warm hugs) is the high point of an otherwise dull affair.

From that point on, Transformers Age of Extinction is an unforgivably dull showreel of mindless carnage and mass destruction coupled with an extraordinary disregard for time, place, life, logic, physics... everything, in fact, but its own boorish, bombastic existence.

This high - budget (supposedly $ 135 million) summer - blockbuster escapist film is dull formulaic fare that has a questionable history premise, a star who does not light up the screen with charisma (Matthew McConaughey), a foreign - born female lead (Penélope Cruz) as eye candy who struggles with the English language to a point where it's an unwelcome distraction, and a tiresome and silly plot line to fill in the gaps while the adventurers are involved in their all too familiar set action pieces.

More to the point, so many times you see the makings of a target set to be skewered with razor - sharp wit, and not even a dull blade appears to take a swipe.

The film opens with one of those dull, routine traveling helicopter shots of the small town and its green fields and sweet little buildings, but at some point, the image segues into Adam's miniature attic model of the same town.

The Kia Ceed at this point then is hardly an evo - centric car, but then as opposed to the influx of compact SUVs, and with the possibility of a warmer future offering in the pipeline, we'll take one of these over a dull compact SUV any day.

Nonetheless, Dog Boy finds its strength in Hornung's attention to descriptive detail, and images such as the «frozen puddles here and there [that give] a dull gleam, wrinkled like the eyes of dead fish» or Romochka's tiny thumb that had at one point been sucked to «its perfect shape» or the intricate knowledge of Moscow's metro system stay with the reader and create bursts of literary delight.

After six occasionally dull volumes, the original series is reinvigorated in the seventh with the introduction of Saito, who comes after Kenshin, grievously wounds Sano, lures Kenshin out with a note, and hangs out at the dojo for a while until Kenshin gets back, at which point they have an epic duel.

«Life on rice and beans is pretty dull» — While I do genuinely like rice and beans, I completely agree with your point.

Last years Call of Duty: Ghosts was a low point for the series with a dull campaign and multiplayer that ignored the efforts of Treyarch's Black Ops II to move the franchise forward.

For starters, the ranking system is as dull as possible, with players starting off with 1,000 points and then being able to improve this score by way of placing well in races.

It may seem like a bonus but it's a failing movie with a dull tale, minor interesting points and has slow movie pacing.

The overworld feature is a welcomed change to what was a dull, inanimate experience in the previous title, but with very little function other than to travel from point A to B whilst collecting shiny bright objects, the entire affair unfortunately still feels rather tedious and virtually inconsequential to the overall task.

Basketball is kind of dull, with players just spamming grabs at each other to score points.

This could be frustrating, but ESO's world is so detailed and so brimming with lore collectibles, skill points, and treasure that wandering is never dull.

The exhibition, «I speak now from the aesthetic and artistic point of view when I say that life with Michelle Grabner is dull» brings together the work of four antithetical painters who Michelle Grabner, the Chicago - based artist, heralds as profoundly enabling to her own unvaried and unimaginative abstract investigations.

Exhibition invitation April 23 — May 22, 2010 Participating Artists: Michelle Grabner, Katharina Grosse, Brad Killam, Philip Vanderhyden & Molly Zuckerman - Hartung The exhibition, «I speak now from the aesthetic and artistic point of view when I say that life with Michelle Grabner is dull» brings together the work of four antithetical painters who Michelle Grabner, the Chicago - based artist, heralds as profoundly enabling to her own unvaried and unimaginative abstract investigations.

At some point, a total buffoon decreed that racing games should be dull and grey, on grey tracks, with grey controls.

Burns suggests that once you morph bland, dull resume bullet points into qualified and quantifiable results, you can go into an interview with a whole lot more confidence.

Upgrade a dull daybed to the status of a beautiful focal point with a fabric - covered headboard.