Sentences with phrase «with staid»

So, the USA debacle has finally caught up with the staid, stable Canadian marketplace.

Don't bore recruiters with staid language.

With the staid investment bank giving their imprimatur to Bitcoin and other digital currencies, it's almost certain that other Wall Street institutions will follow.

Our black version of the watch came with a staid, silicone, black band, but Martian will sell 22 mm replacement bands in a variety of colors, including sunny yellow, quasar blue, Venus pink, cosmic orange and, our favorite, astro teal.

It is not a banner at all; nor is it an image one would readily associate with a staid Boston institution like the Gardner.

«Abandoning deference for playful irreverence, Sommers draws on her interests in renaissance and baroque art, toying with staid motifs and trading solemnity for nose - thumbing whimsy.

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The overall effect is a greater sense of power and luxury when compared with the staid and sedate Camry Hybrid.

In a segment typically associated with staid designs, Accent stands out from the crowd.

Despite constant updates, the outgoing Civic was uncompetitive and boring, with a staid design, uninspiring dynamics, and outdated interior tech.

However, the adrenaline rush of the tornado sequences clash with the staid and often dull filler scenes, including a contrived comical breakfast stopover at Jo's aunt's (Lois Smith) house.

I enjoy simple and peaceful life.I prefer affectionate friends with a staid character...

«Others insisted my enthusiastic communication style didn't fit in with our staid culture.

Not exact matches

The New York — based Thompson hotel group has transformed a once staid and average Sheraton into one of the capital's hippest hotels, packing the lobby with the requisite design books and a gallery's worth of original art.

He hit the ball with authority and for distance and ushered in an aggressive, hitch - up - your - trousers, go - for - broke, in - your - face power game rarely seen in the often stoic and staid sport.

It has been especially intense as leaders of staid categories, such as hospitality, transportation, and finance, realize their entire industry could be flipped on its head by some kids with an app.

2008 global financial crisis, world HNW and MC's, flooded back into US, driving USD strength, flatlined global economy, decelrating trade, collapse of commodity values, reduction in opportunity horizon of Manufacturing and Productive EM, along with debt dynamics in China accelerating (Money Printing, Asset Bloat) and staid developed world horizons and Equity bloat in US.

As discussed in last week's blog, under Tom Donohue's leadership, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has gone from a rather staid business advocacy organization with ties to both political parties to one that has become rabidly partisan.

The campaign consists of a handful of short videos that contrast staid, drab offices with WeWork's vibrant and trendy spaces.

This approach - look at me, honestly wrestling with doubt and modernity, unlike the rest of you unquestioning drones who just believe what The Man tells you - is hardly new, and the desire to be seen as a brave, innovative rebel rather than a staid, boring upholder of orthodoxy, is a strong one and has doubtless been the root of many a heresy.

Staid pretty late, and so over with her by water, and being in a great sweat with my towsing of her durst not go home by water, but took coach, and at home my brother and I fell upon Des Cartes, and I perceive he has studied him well, and I can not find but he has minded his book, and do love it.

These aren't staid, sit - down dishes, but casual ones — Sake - sticky Drumsticks, Tequila and Lime Chicken — meant to be served informally with guests helping themselves.

We're in that deep, lingering last stretch of Winter, and I'm admittedly slipping into a staid routine with all of our meals.

Reporters from both coasts convened at Enz's office, and Douglas chatted for three hours before leaving for a photo session and an appearance, with a standing ovation, at the normally staid Columbus Touchdown Club.

we've improved significantly in defence: chesney / per & flam with their stutters and shockers have been replaced with the more staid ospina / gabriel / coq.

It is more staid than even Major League Baseball, which fields teams with drastic money differences.

I love playing with old, staid quotes and classic literature titles, stories and legends, clichés and adages, and weaving them into unique or humorous settings.

With less experience comes less entrenchment within the Whitehall machinery so often blamed for staid thinking and a lack of imagination.

She is certainly no Ann Widdecombe, who in a recent interview with Saga magazine, said: «I am very staid.

A «semi-pledge» amounts to no pledge, and because he is reluctant to wholly delight or dismay his backbenchers, Cameron is simply perpetuating the same old staid EU membership arguments, which are, ironically, distracting Britain from also «fighting the fire» in the eurozone — a crucial fight if he is to uphold his incessant enthusiasm for eventually delivering UK a deal with the EU in the «national interest.»

In the next few years, your staid supermarket will sell an array of ordinary edibles with extraordinary claims.

Delevingne adds a twist to the staid ponytail with corn - rowed braids extending back from the hairline.

But I'm glad to see you are taking style risks when faced with conservative, staid, or just plain casual environments.

Distinctly Southern, but with a modern edge to keep things from feeling too staid.

I'm careful with my partner, I also like dealing with respect for women in general, q'm naughty when I have to be, but I behave when staid ocacion requires it, I'm considered by those who know me, like a charming.

Nestled into a 160 - year - old heritage home, Lupo is full of charming features: an open fireplace and an enclosed front porch combine with fresh white walls and modern art to create warmth and intimacy that never feels staid.

Cougar dating in comparison to naughty Dating is quite staid, where generally a rich woman or man who is older than you will take you under their wing and lavish you with presents and cash in in return for sexual favours or companionship.

Michael Caine is the best I've ever seen him - staid and grave with much pomp and circumstance.

Amiel makes an admirable stab at overcoming the staid, episodic conventions of the typical biopic, staging Darwin's mental and physical breakdown with startling moments of magical realism.

In an interesting twist, the show was actually filmed by a half dozen fans selected via an online contest, so the footage, as edited together, courses with a free - wheeling immediacy lacking in the staid, singer - drummer - audience - singer cuts of many similarly minded concert docs.

However, with an idiosyncratic, art - house cinema virtuoso at the helm, it is reasonable to expect that Vinterberg's aberration in directing Far From the Madding Crowd could transgress and alter the conventions of the traditional period drama by bringing a distinctive avant - garde style to a staid and stubborn genre.

Teacher Linda Sinclair (Julianne Moore) balances her staid home life with an incredible passion for her subject, but her routine is forever altered when a former star pupil and his unsupportive father reenter her life.

Right down from the charismatic Daniel Day Lewis to the staid British soldiers with unfailingly stiff upper lips and well - characterised strong females, the performances are spot - on.

But there's a certain perplexing charm often associated with seeing stars bring their talents to bear in projects prior to their ability to more fully exercise significant (read: staid) personal choice, and that can certainly be said of Sally Field and The Flying Nun.

«All the Stars» (the song from over the closing credits) strikes me as a classic Oscar nominee, and Lamar and SZA would light up a staid ceremony with their performance.

Most press tours are staid affairs, full of step - and - repeat photo shoots and canned questions met with canned answers.

I feel that Operation Husky is going to be fairly divisive amongst players, with some possibly not appreciating the shift in focus during its last third, but I personally welcome the injection of new gameplay elements into what could be argued to be a more staid multiplayer experience when compared to the variety of its contemporaries.

This is no staid period piece; shot like an action film, with handheld cameras and 360 - degree sets, it's visceral, bloody and moves at a breathtaking pace.

Read the last part of that sentence back and let me know whether that sounds at all like Chariots of Fire or Driving Miss Daisy or Dances With Wolves or A Beautiful Mind or any of the staid, dull, forgettable movies that have reeled in Best Picture in the past four decades.