Sentences with phrase «worse than a handful»

It does kick in a little abruptly at about 3,000 rpm, but it sounds no worse than a handful of other cars, and better than a lot.

Not exact matches

Worse yet, if you combine this principle with capitalism, property rights, and rent - seeking, the rich will get richer and the poor poorer until one day there is barely more than a handful of people who can even afford to volunteer or donate anything.

Randolph isn't a bad keeper but can't keep his form going for more than a handful of games.

It came in more than abundantly with OK who I pumped religiously around the clock every two hours for, it came in a tiny bit, but not much, with the singleton who was also way too early to attempt to save, and it came in even more abundantly than for OK with MK, even though I only pumped ever three hours and made sure I got at least one six hour stretch of sleep a night, and my worst oversupply problem of all of them was with YK, who I only pumped those first few days a handful of times when I felt up to it.

At the same time, it had one of the state's larger drops in turnout relative to 2013 and it's one of the handful of places where the Democrat at the top of the ticket performed worse than in its last election.

The Drugs May be Worse than the Heart Attack Carl had a heart attack and then the real nightmare started with handfuls of prescription drugs and their side effects.

Too bad the tweaks to the time - tested gameplay (smarter bodyguards, more balanced weaponry, etc.) and handful of new gameplay modes (Bridge Melee) are beginning to show more desperation than innovation or creativity.

Veteran Forest Whitaker (whose character I won't go into any detail about whatsoever) and perennial bad - ass Bassett make the most of any moment they happen to be a part of, while rising stars Daniel Kaluuya (an Oscar nominee for 2017's Get Out) and Winston Duke each get a handful of opportunities to make a lasting impression they're more than up to the challenge of making the most of.

Any hope that «Warcraft» would be the first great video game adaptation is promptly squashed within the opening 30 minutes, and it only gets worse from there as the audience is forced to suffer through the convoluted plot (including an unearned romance between Lothar and Garona), a clunky finale that's more interested in setting up future sequels than providing a satisfying conclusion, and a handful of unmemorable action sequences.

But, far too much of Three Billboards trumps its humanity and empathy with vicious cynicism, which makes its goal of at least partially redeeming a handful of characters feel like little more than a hollow stab at stamping some sense of humanity on a film that otherwise wallows in the worst of it.

As I mentioned previously, there aren't any of the short films that I would consider bad, but the amount of them I'd ever want to see again is probably limited to less than a handful.

Furthermore, it makes no sense to defund public schools, which 85 - 90 % of kids attend, for the benefit of the 5 percent that attend charters, when only a handful perform better than public schools, while most do the same — or worse.

As you mentioned, a handful of bad experiences can spoil the reputation of a small company far easier than for a big company.

As bad as it is to have a publishing world with only five major publishers in it — a monoposony in which a tiny handful of companies converge on terms and practices that are ultimately more to their benefit than those of authors, it's even worse to have a world in which a single company controls the entire market.

Even worse is a combination of these breeds with others that have a tendency towards animal aggression, independence, or stubbornness; thus Chow - Akita or German Shepherd - Alaskan Malamute mixes can be more than a handful and potentially dangerous in the wrong hands.

Its less - than - stellar controls and a handful of bugs keep The Fall from being truly great, but if you're looking to hop back into the yellow - tinted world of human augmentation, seven dollars isn't a bad price to pay for sneaking around and reading everyone's emails.

For example the American crime drama television series Breaking Bad, is more meaningful and profound as five seasons rather than as a handful of episodes, the same goes with painting, its visual potency is strengthened through revisiting themes.

If I had to pick a handful of topics that deepen my skepticism every year it would be Climategate, The Pause, the «Its Worse Than We Thought» brigade, the 97 % Consensus and the unrelenting barrage of insults that flow from the AGW «scientists» and media.

It's also under threat from a handful of invaders; few are worse than the ani.

Yes, worse than hugely increasing the number of small firm solicitors would be to allow the decimation of them by the proven and consistent predatory practices of a handful of giant corporations who, having gotten rid of the multi-thousands of lawyer competitors, would then have the public at their rapacious mercy.