Sentences with phrase «wondering aloud»

So, with only a touch of exasperation, Chen turns the question around this afternoon, wondering aloud what the company should do.

In the video, the passengers giggle nervously at the sight of an empty driver's seat, wondering aloud whether passersby are also slightly freaked out, and making casual references to «the future.»

And it means wondering aloud why that Canadian oil is so expensive?

Concern over the financial crisis pervaded the event, with some wondering aloud if the credit crunch would end the blossoming of the green economy that has taken place recently.

Just wondering aloud, here.

Or we will have to start wondering aloud why you do not.

Adding to the mixed impression, the Latin American - dominant contemporary galleries were anomalously outstanding — the handful of American museums with comparable Latin American holdings lacked permanent displays on that scale — but the Suida - Manning collection of European art left some visitors wondering aloud how lucky the Blanton was to have it.

It was a near - perfect copy of last year's shindig: leggy ladies, wearing orange instead of 2004's white, offering greetings; dealers, from Tracy Williams to Johann König, happy to have a drink; a few collectors wondering aloud why they couldn't get into the convention center early this time; and ABMB director Sam Keller at the front door, pressing the flesh and offering bon mots.

Or... maybe... Perhaps keep it completely ambiguous, to the point where even in the midst of battle you have the NPCs wondering aloud which gender Sheik is?

I often found myself wondering aloud while playing Muteki Corporation's latest game: Dragon Fantasy Book II.

We sat together for a while after Belker's death, wondering aloud about the sad fact that animal lives are shorter than human lives.

I wrote a post in February 2010 wondering aloud if any Canadian brokerage would follow suit, and suggested that BMO was the obvious candidate, since they are the only firm to have both a discount brokerage and a family of ETFs.

It's a useful set of views on these numbers, and ends with Gonzalez wondering aloud whether Bowker has correlated book buyers with library patronage.

Her comment came about as a result of my wondering aloud what sort of cut a deal - making publisher like S&S might expect to get from the relatively expensive offerings of ASI's programs.

(I'd like to ask him a clarifying question regarding that fact by wondering aloud where Ingram Book Co. would fall on that list — I'm surprised they aren't # 3.)

When other kids were wondering aloud what they wanted to be, I already had the conceit that I knew what I was going to be.

It should be this powerful, poignant moment, but instead Denton ends up talking about how great school lunches are and wondering aloud about the physiological underpinnings of depression and calling out one of his mean teachers.

And when I kicked things off by wondering aloud (OK, tweeting) that one problem agents might face is unrealistic expectations from writers, author James Scott Bell was right there:

They then engaged in several rounds of wondering aloud about the results.

(One assignment given my youngest daughter in her elementary school days was to write, «I'm terrific,» 20 times on a 3 × 5 card — which she dutifully did, all the while wondering aloud what in fact she was terrific at.)

In these moments, Baumbach allows the cerebral to awkwardly take on corporeal life, wondering aloud how the many themes and ideas we conceptualize (and thus internalize) break free in some sort of physical melee.

Mind you, J.J Abrams and his company Bad Robot were not at all attached to the film, but that didn't stop fans from wondering aloud if there was perhaps a top secret connection.

she practically shouts) before wondering aloud how many sugar babies last more than a few dates before deciding they'd rather make $ 15 an hour and avoid being humiliated, degraded, and possibly assaulted.

Serves several purposes, but for me the primary motivation was to discourage DH from standing with the fridge door open for long periods of time, wondering aloud what was in there.

But Mr. Rangel reveled in the spotlight, shushing other politicos on stage and going off the cuff for somewhere close to 45 minutes, wondering aloud whether to declare himself the winner, until finally NY1 called the race on a television screen behind him.

Fullington then throws one of Cuomo's fellow Democrats, US Sen. Chuck Schumer, into the mix, noting the senior senator makes a point of visiting all 62 counties every year and wondering aloud how many of those the AG has been to.

She has been sceptical about him from the start, voting for Yvette Cooper in the leadership contest and wondering aloud how a perennial rebel such as Corbyn could enforce party discipline.

Hmm... wondering aloud if anyone really wants to work in Albany given the current disdain for politics?

Cuomo looks unbeatable at this point... wondering aloud if the race for Governor may shape up later this Fall to become a sprint to the finish line?

So practice sharing your observations and «wondering aloud» to help your child reflect on why she's acting as she is, and also on the results of her actions.

In Chicago, it broke down, as it does so much in America, along racial lines, with most blacks backing JRW and wondering aloud if race played a factor.

As I baked the sugar cookie bar base and the smell of warm butter and sugar filled the air, kids started filing through the kitchen wondering aloud what I was making.

Is it any wonder that under the reign of Hefnerism, we are now wondering aloud whether there's even such as thing as boys and girls?

Heck, you can't even have a storm without some preacher «wondering aloud» if it might be the hand of God.

«I was wondering aloud if I should have become a physician and my colleague, who happens to be a global health physician and researcher, was telling me that most of his problems were actually management problems,» recalls McGahan, a professor of Strategic Management at the Rotman School of Management.

But despite this amazing windfall, legend has it that before the deal - signing champagne bottle was even through Carnegie was wondering aloud about whether or not he'd made a good deal.

After a fellow HR manager wondered aloud if there could be a way for employees to text their therapists, Menillo consulted the Internet and came across Talkspace.

The host of the show, Steve Davis, wonders aloud whether naloxone enabled addicts, by reducing the threat of fatally overdosing, and he concedes that he's sympathetic to pharmacists who don't want to carry it for fear of being blamed later.

Shortly before it entered force, Sarkis Assadourian, a Liberal MP, wondered aloud at a parliamentary subcommittee what would happen if «baksheesh» were given to a businessman in a Swiss account.

Even Uys wonders aloud whether Loblaw can fully meet its own deadline.

I wondered aloud.

Later, two Conservatives — Ryan Leef and Mr. Wilks, again — stood and used their precious opportunities to hold the executive to account to wonder aloud whether the government might explain the importance of respecting the law.

he wondered aloud with his first opportunity.

Although WhatsApp had posted tremendous growth numbers, many wondered aloud if Facebook had lost its mind.

I wondered aloud if this description indicated the Conservative side was renouncing any intention of ever bringing in a cap and trade system in Canada.

Musk wonders aloud whether the market is «being a little too generous» and «putting a lot of faith in the future.»

he wondered aloud.

It was a transparent political stunt, but most media outlets lapped it up as a sidebar to their coverage of the day's market gyrations. [A few reporters wondered aloud about its real significance, and about what it meant for the independence of the central bank — more on this below.]

A more obedient laity might have wondered aloud about the fact that a significant number of priests post-Vatican II seemed more or less openly gay.

And it won't be made by churchmen who wonder aloud whether the world wouldn't have been better off without Jesus, or who substitute treacle for the Creed, or who throw public hissy - fits rather than celebrate the Eucharist.