Sentences with phrase «withering looks»

Although he largely remains calm in the face of considerable provocation, James is someone who can't abide bullshit and in this most postmodern of films that includes traditional filmic pomposity, those moments which seem extraordinary - grand speeches and indulgent anecdotes which he slices through with castrating barbs and withering looks.

Her incisive comic timing, withering looks and mega-watt smile are familiar to late - night TV viewers, but it's her impressive acting range that stands out here, marked by vulnerability, complexity and an easy chemistry with co-stars — both the actors playing her young students and the ever - affable O'Dowd.

Good government and public policy advocates have taken withering looks at the water authority and other public utilities that have become frequent stops for political patronage appointees.

Murray gave Martin a withering look for being outhustled by Reeves; perhaps he was remembering last year's game at McKale, in which the Bruins gave up the lead and the game in the last four seconds.

It was at this moment that Cameron offered his withering look.

It would be more accurate to say that Arnaud wants very badly to be in the kind of movie where a woman saves him from himself, but he's disappointed: Madeleine's withering look when he tries to talk her into taking a baby ferret as a pet is a particular standout.

After the announcer says there is no hope, she gives him a withering look, as if to say, «You're the last person I'd want to spend the end of the world with,» and leaves him.

I remember being startled by how lovely and different Wither looked.

Lance Esplund takes a withering look at the John Baldessari retrospective that has now found it's way from from London to Los Angeles.

Withers looked almost guilty.

Judges regularly give a withering look to parents who look up at the bench and say «well, the kid just doesn't want to go» especially where younger children are involved.

Not exact matches

It was an unnerving look that irrevocably rattled more than one interlocutor, typically some poor employee undergoing a withering product review, and it stared out from every Fortune or Time cover he graced.

Dawn Reshen - Doty, president of Benay Enterprises, gave invaluable advice to foreign entrepreneurs looking to set up in the US at the recent Withers Bergman «Boot Camp for the Inbound Foreign Entrepreneur.»

It was Jesus, no one else, who looked at around «with anger» when the Pharisees so heartlessly cared nothing whatsoever for a man with a «withered hand» who was there in the synagogue with them (Mark 3:1 - 5).

In his syndicated article, Fr Richard McBrien (Professor of Theology at Notre Dame) makes a similar point: «The lessening of interest in private devotions is more likely a sign that the Church is spiritually healthier now because its spiritual life is, as the Council hoped it would be, rooted more directly in the liturgy itself and especially inthe Eucharist» (The Tidings, Los Angeles 28 March A Matter of Health Many theologians in fact rather look forward to the withering of private devotions, as a vindication that maturity has arrived.

It was very sunny that day - a perfect day for BBQ (that's what we had) and we were all withering under the summer heat till Michèle brought out this lovely and cold delicious looking bowl full of fresh veggies and some sort of wheat in it.

Rather than withering and dying in this lame weather, one way I try to look after myself is ensuring I eat warm comforting meals.

Judge the time by how the chips look, they should be crunchy but you don't want them so withered and dry that they no longer resemble kale.

And lastly because the dressing sounds and looks amazing, and I've wanted to buy a nub of turmeric root for ages, just, you know, not to let it wither into a witch's finger in the fridge.

Granted, his hire of former North Carolina interim coach Everett Withers doesn't look particularly shiny after UNC gave up 300 rushing yards to Missouri yesterday, but it typically isn't smart to overreact to one hire.

With pre-season not being the best, a 1 - 0 defeat at Walsall the nadir with unrest amongst the fans, the optimism which budded at the start of the month looked to be withering.

Well from a biological essentialist viewpoint, our only natural assets, our looks and our reproductive system wither away as we age.

The poor kids wouldn't know where to look — the reassuring fullness of their own mothers» breasts, granny's withered pancake boasting its long experience, or the strange mound of flesh granddad was squeezing up in breast envy.

And anyone wishing to understand Mrs May's withering insult to the author at the Spectator political awards, only has to look back at Oliver's continuous criticism of her perceived failure to stand up and be counted for the Remain campaign.

The Leave vote gives Labour the opportunity to look forward, set out positive vision for the country, think creatively about our future, and excite people, including its withering working - class base.

Once Withers left, the men and women at the table looked at one another.

You know as those things began to wither, and I think they probably will in a world where money becomes somewhat scarcer — I mean look at the size of the deficits we are now running.

Im young, in good athletic shape, white, looking to have a dom top feed me and or lay it all on me wither awake or asleep:)

Description: Take a look at the trailer for Minecraft: Story Mode's Episode 4, the Wither Storm Finale.

Reynolds Woodcock has a tendency to look inward or downward, and when he does look at others, it's usually a withering stare over the top of his glasses, a dismissive expression communicating that whatever or whoever he's looking at is beneath him (something further underlined by his lilting, regal voice).

As for J.P., a withered old lemon drooping from the vine, he can't bother to look up from his ticker tap to answer queries from the Italian police.

He looks gaunt, withered and seriously ill and masterfully captures both the impending fate of Woodroof and his drive to survive.

Borrowing heavily from The Muppets (or even High School Musical), the overall plot — put on a show, save the home from closure — is predictable, but the performers are clearly having a good time; Michael Gambon is deliciously cruel as the show's controlling musical director, while unlike Marigold Hotel, Maggie gets more to do than simply look at people with a withering expression.

For more on what is going on at the NRC, take a look at the recent report on school accountability, which Eric Hanushek has subjected to withering criticism.

Look for more updates on our year - long journey with the Genesis G90 in the coming months as we do our best to see whether this is the new luxury brand's moonshot, the foundation for a new Lexus, or if it's just another near - miss, doomed to wither in the netherworld of «near luxury.»

Mine have too; my face looks like a withered grape, my body the vine.

What you want are letterforms that are heavier; Baskerville on the Kindle Paperwhite looks downright frail, as though it's withering away in old age.

Publishers have looked at tablets as the 2.0 platform for their withering print publication business.

True miniatures are only about 5 kilos (11 pounds) and 38 cm (15 inches) high at the withers but there are also smaller dogs (toys) and larger Klee Kais (standards) that still look like miniature Huskies.

Generally a dog in good weight when looking above the dog down his back, from shoulders to rump the dog will be a straight line, slight indentation at the withers (waist) okay but should not be defined and neither should he bulge out at the withers.

Now, with last year a yawning pothole in our rearview mirror, let's take a look at some of the most interesting games of 2018, and how they might deliver some much - needed entertainment to us as our world withers into dim nothingness.

In the third episode, «The Last Place You Look», Jesse and his gang have to find Soren and then request his assistance to end the Wither Storm.

All at once, the ad's promise that I, too, could have George Clooney's «youthful good looks» withered.

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), Fieldfisher, Withers and RPC have joined a growing group of UK top 50 law firms looking to change the way they appraise their fee earners and staff.

This would appear to direct a court to look at issues of reliance by the paying client — a matter which was not canvassed by the preliminary issue before Master Rogers, but which may be raised by MCD on a future assessment of Withers» costs.

I think the Pricing Forum is a tremendous idea and I'm very much looking forward to attending the upcoming sessions» - Richard Henwood, Strategy & Governance Executive, Withers

This looks more like a view of the Constitution that's likely to wither on the vine,» Mr. Sossin said.

Sadly it looks like the Mini is going to wither on the vine.

A depressing update for the MacBook Air: It's been two years since Apple updated the MacBook Air, and it certainly looks like the company would happily watch its former star wither away and die.

Does your resume look old and withered?