Sentences with phrase «wry chuckles»

Few terms can either chill a parent's blood, invoke a cold sweat, evince a shudder, or encourage a wry chuckle (if enough time has passed) quite like «potty training.»

The kind that might, at best, win a wry chuckle from the receiver.

The film is played noticeably straighter in tone and humour than Anderson's previous deadpan efforts to the point of settling into an overtly laconic rut that struggles to extract even a titter, let alone a wry chuckle.

You have likely said it yourself, usually with a wry chuckle or a heavy sigh to indicate the impossibility of it ever happening, or at least happening any time soon.

Not exact matches

Mueller's wry commentary on these weighty matters, mixed with tenderness for his well - intentioned mother, doubtless prompted many readers to chuckle sympathetically, though I suspect more than a few paused long enough to order Shedd's popular book for themselves.

Tattersall makes it clear that he's arguing his interpretation of the fossil record, but even his opponents will find themselves chuckling at many of his wry, sometimes withering critiques, from the near - comical initial interpretation of the first Neanderthal skeleton to be unearthed (referenced in the book's title) to ongoing debate on whether our family tree is actually a bush.

At the same time, he pauses to chuckle at gaffes and botched stunts, and sprinkle in some wry humor.