The conventions (and clichés) of genre fail to mesh with the story's more fanciful elements.
The story of Mark and Teddy takes up the bulk of the second half of "What I Loved" and its sensationalistic tone and implausible events not only fail to mesh with the finely observed first half of the novel, but also threaten to erase the memories the reader has of that portion -- an unfortunate development for a book that got off to such a promising start.
But, the screw groove bottom surface produced by the flat end of milling cutters will fail to mesh with the flat tooth tip hermetically, and thus give rise to compressed gas leakage.
In 1995, David Letterman was tapped to host the Oscars, but his irreverent humor failed to mesh with the grand tone of the event.
The system has gears that fail to mesh — business with labor, parents with children, the promise of America with the people who would fulfill it.
As a number of rival coaches and scouts predicted, Randolph and Curry failed to mesh, and the Knicks' offense suffered.
Once "Price Check" darkens, it loses its comic footing, along with its nerve, and becomes a wishy-washy potpourri of elements that fail to mesh: backing away from its satirical potential, it sputters toward an evasive and unsatisfying ending.
That being the case, Checketts said he would not hesitate to make changes if his talented but unconventional group failed to mesh and produce victories.
At times the gears of the story fail to mesh; some conversations contain more information than communication; sex scenes are neither erotic nor pornographic, just a bit anatomical.
REBOUNDS Steve Francis looks at the Knicks and sees the same problem that most people do — Eddy Curry and Zach Randolph have failed to mesh.
