"It is just intimidating.
On the other hand, as the bar for what makes a great hack goes up, hackathons become more exclusionary and intimidating to exactly the kinds of people we want to attract".
Ballzy, one of New York's loudest, most raucous fire starters, comes with a thick crowd — one of elbow-throwing, neck-snapping, mosh-pit-shoving ruffians that doesn't exactly jibe with Santos's thorough, and intimidating, fleet of security guards.
While not difficult, exactly, the formalized nature of FOIA can be intimidating for anyone new to the process.
But, while the menu won't exactly be ordinary, Blumenthal does not want it to be intimidating, setting a set lunch menu at £25, not least because he wants a busy, noisy dining room rather than a grand, austere one.
Large dogs are intimidating to predators, even if your pet isn't exactly brave.
Staff are dressed formally in white tie and tails, and hit exactly the right level of service, combining a formality that is not intimidating with a friendliness that is not intrusive.
There were exactly three that truly intimidated me: a 1999 Dodge Viper ACR with a huge wing, a 1981 Lamborghini Countach LP400S with six carburettors and this Corvette Z06.
It no longer seems intimidating to contact a pop star, and why should it when pop stars are so often reaching out for exactly this kind of contact?
