Sentences with phrase «yesteryear like»

I love vintage elements from yesteryear like this old general store produce scale given to me by my inlaws.

It was so pure a multiplayer - only experience that it mimicked multiplayer - only PC shooters of yesteryear like Battlefield 1942 by presenting what amounted to Bot matches as story missions.

I'm sorry, but seeing a console mascot that is so shallowly developed that I can't tell you a single solitary detail about him besides «he wears green armor and shoots a lot of aliens» as the new gold standard that all other games aspire too, as sopposed to the colorful robust console mascots of yesteryear like Mario, Sonic, and Crash, forgive me if I can't help but feel a little disheartened by that.

That makes it a feature - length beer commercial which in many ways sets itself up as a throwback to the slob comedies of yesteryear like Animal House and Caddyshack.

Oh the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear like criminals they have choked the breath of conscience in good cheer [«Every Grain of Sand»]

Not exact matches

Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs is the same company behind New York City's new payphone - replacement machines: the Link NYC kiosks that beam out Wi - Fi internet, dole out directions, and yes, like those archaic payphones of yesteryear, also make outgoing calls.

The assets that, until recently, made her look like the obvious choice to succeed Bernanke — being a Fed veteran, having intimate knowledge of QE and forward guidance, a well - known stance on monetary policy and a scholarly focus on unemployment — now seem like weapons to fight the battle of yesteryear.

While you'll have to pay a small amount per trade, these fees are usually flat fees and don't scale up percentage-wise like actual commissions from brick - and - mortars and brokerages from yesteryear.

The blogs of yesteryear are gone, and today's blogs are actually more like articles — so it's time to change your thinking about them.

Traditional fixed annuities (FAs) and multi-year guaranteed annuities (MYGAs) might seem like yesteryear's afterthought, shivering as their sales are in the shadow of the soaring fixed index annuity (FIA) sales.

These days sharetrading is conducted via computer — the trading is often done automatically according to decisions made by the computers themselves — and the drama of the buyers and the sellers at loggerheads is consigned like steam engines and home brewing to our rosy - tinted memories of yesteryear.

Much like when banks of yesteryear hired safecrackers to design more secure vaults, companies today hire hackers to try and penetrate their systems.

Like the pick and shovel purveyors of yesteryear, those serving the industry often offer a very c...

And if you're like a lot of people, malaria seems like one of those diseases from yesteryear — something that was once a big problem, but maybe...

The small fellowship groups were like extended families of yesteryear in which people cared for one another and simultaneously held one another accountable for their behavior.

I am employed by a library, and it is nothing like the libraries of yesteryear were.

I turned around to look at him and he was smiling from ear to ear as he savored another bite of these crispy, yet light, gluten - free pancakes that are the closest thing we have ever had that tastes like the flour - laden pancakes of our childhood and specifically, Aunt Karen's pancakes of yesteryear.

His biggest challenge is training them to feel like the Raiders of yesteryear, the NFL's nastiest, most feared bunch.

Like I said earlier, the hungry Wenger of the yesteryear would have signed Martial just like he did HeLike I said earlier, the hungry Wenger of the yesteryear would have signed Martial just like he did Helike he did Henry.

Evidently we don't have monopoly on the French league like yesteryear.

Although architecture elsewhere was marching ahead under men like Waller Gropius of the Bauhaus, at the Ecole the profession was still hung up on the buttresses of yesteryear.

But its huge surge in popularity circa 2005 means that there are so many Madisons running around today that it's like the Ashleys and Jessicas of yesteryear.

Like Reeves (and for that matter like Clegg), most of today's liberals see individuals as free - floating, untethered social atoms, quite unlike the rooted, flesh and blood individuals presupposed by the social liberals of yesteryLike Reeves (and for that matter like Clegg), most of today's liberals see individuals as free - floating, untethered social atoms, quite unlike the rooted, flesh and blood individuals presupposed by the social liberals of yesterylike Clegg), most of today's liberals see individuals as free - floating, untethered social atoms, quite unlike the rooted, flesh and blood individuals presupposed by the social liberals of yesteryear.

Fat burners nowadays are not like the fat burners of yesteryear.

Wrap up / glove up like Muhammad Ali and the greats of yesteryear and receive the benefits of our boxing circuit program that is leagues ahead of any boxing program know to woman... Or man!

There's nothing like history to make a home feel especially warm, welcoming and rich with thoughts of yesteryear.

Her expertly arranged and curated table of vintage jewelry drew me to its offerings like a month to a flame and within seconds, Anja and I had struck up a conversation about my vintage garb, her yesteryear jewels and a shared passion for the past.

And the accessories had a retro - modern feel as well — yesteryear favorites like patchwork knapsacks, heavily bejeweled box clutches, lace paisley - print tights, large floppy wide - brim toppers, and circle hoop belts felt very current when worn alongside multicolored Jeffrey Campbell Lita - inspired booties with studded heels.

If I didn't have the worst hair ever that looked terrible unless it's completely plain, I would get a cute pixie cut and bleach it like Meggy & the Erin of yesteryear.

Megamind, like Shrek, appears to revolve around the assumption that there really are no more stories worth telling that haven't already been told; as such, this movie subsists upon aping superior tales of yesteryear with all of the overwrought self - awareness of writers who just recently learned the meaning of «meta» (but haven't watched nearly enough contemporary movies to realize that the tactic has already been done to death).

Like the radio show of yesteryear, the film's marketing guns appear aimed at the younger crowd.

Like the Pilgrims of yesteryear, it's not all about the good times and wonderful things that one should be thankful.

The stories of his method - like immersion in his great roles of yesteryear speak of total inhabitation of the character, of losing himself in someone else.

Like the recent Far From Heaven, Down with Love is an homage to movies from yesteryear.

With Martin Campbell's Green Lantern we are given a film that feels like a cheap carbon copy of superhero films of the yesteryear; offering elements of comic books movies we have all witnessed before while at the same time lacking in any form of originality.

Shot in often soft focus B&W, artificially aged to look like a survivor of yesteryear, and filled with absurd imagery (bunny rabbits leap into the trench in the midst of battle) and unfathomable twists, this is a farce with a tragic dimension and a singular vision that defies categorization and description.

In fact, it's been in production and post-production for so long it's beginning to sound like a Terrence Malick film of yesteryear.

I marveled at the eye - popping visuals and smooth animations, but the gameplay was nothing like the brawlers of today (because apparently it's like the brawlers of yesteryear).

Like «Django Unchained» (his 2012 western for which he won an Original Screenplay Oscar), «The Hateful Eight» is about two hours and 45 minutes long, though this time Tarantino adds an intermission — as part of his homage to movies of yesteryear — and just because he can.

Both of these feel like relics from games of yesteryear and are jarring when you play the game.

Even the art style for the most part chases the ever - elusive photoreality, with Rajinikanth - as - Rana closely (as possible) resembling his modern day flesh - and - blood appearance, and the grandiose settings aping what the likes of Cecil B. DeMille achieved practically in the Hollywood historical epics of yesteryear.

But like so many games from yesteryear consumers had doubts as to whether the game truly lived up to their memories.

In some ways Ni No Kuni II feels like a game that's struggling to find its identity as it clings to archaic designs from yesteryear (restricted save points, a chibi - style overworld, fetch quests, and level grinding) while also innovating in clear ways (fluid real - time combat, seamless exploration to combat transitions, liberal fast traveling, and a creative kingdom management system.)

It's a decidedly old - fashioned film in its approach, drawing upon the vibe of MGM musicals of yesteryear, as well as the well - rgarded classics from the likes of Jacques Demy, especially his The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

However, laughing WITH it turned out to be more of the case, as Rock Star, like the band Marky Mark (Planet of the Apes, The Perfect Storm) is in, is not an in - depth look at heavy metal of the 80s, but rather it is a loving tribute made by fans for fans of the music and styles of the hard rock of yesteryear.

We're concerned that it undermines the unifying possibilities of democratic schooling, especially when foundational virtues like personal responsibility and patriotism get dismissed as culturally oppressive remnants from yesteryear.

Still, features like a telescoping steering wheel and center armrest were missing in our test car — more yesteryear thinking, especially when today's competition has them.

The heated / cooled seats and sleek glass showrooms of yesteryear have given way not just to 30 - way massaging loungers, but to inclusive ownership experiences with butler - like services.

But what if your test drive was the opportunity to compare the new 2015 Mustang with EcoBoost power, independent rear suspension and Track Apps like line lock and launch control to the Mustangs of yesteryear, including a 1970 Boss 302?

This more or less looked like a pager from yesteryear with a small oblong screen, only with a Qwerty keyboard and keys that were reminiscent of small berries — BlackBerries, hence the brand name.