Sentence examples for flimsy world from inspiring English sources

It was slipping past us in the heat, a flimsy world that seemed to evaporate before our eyes.

Things that were once finely crafted and heavy with the meaning of their making had mutated, leaving us with a flimsy world of skins and screens, the role of the architect having been subcontracted.

The meticulous compositions in Mr. Antonioni's films depict a shiny but flimsy new world displacing an older and more solid one.

One may hope, however, that in the interim some Russians will notice how flimsy the world that Kremlin-controlled media creates for them really is.

The rules of parenting suddenly seemed flimsy, and the world became a scarier place, despite the relatively low crime rate.

"When the Lights Go On Again" may call itself "a new 1940s musical," but this flimsy potpourri of World War II songs enjoying an extended run of Friday and Saturday performances at the Triad Theater trots out every cliché of so-called wartime nostalgia.

Bill Gates does it with aplomb, but then he doesn't gyrate before the world in flimsy clothes.

This also applies to those whose commitment to jihadism is flimsy, but who want the world to take notice of them.

(Genzlinger) 'WHEN THE LIGHTS GO ON AGAIN' This flimsy revue built around 28 World War II songs is crude enough to suggest a Mickey-and-Judy show on its rickety first legs (1 30).

The now ardent youth would jump back in horror if he were shown his own portrait in old age. Louis C.K.'s comic universe is populated by many such warped loners: characters who cling to their positions in the world by the flimsiest of threads and whose morality tales seem designed specially to horrify the ardent youth in all of us.

If his timing's right, independence could be carried through on a wave of optimism created by something as flimsy as Scotland qualifying for a World Cup.