Sentence examples for on a flimsy from inspiring English sources

The champion neocon pitches up to chide Europe for failing to rein in Putin and failing to uphold the principle that big countries just can't invade small ones on a flimsy pretext.

As soon as they land Bruce is clad in one or another of his clown costumes, leaping about on a flimsy stage in some banana republic.

And she has on a flimsy, skin-tight negligee, which by today's standards, no one would think twice about.

Life caught on a flimsy wing.

Yet Armstrong's credibility rests on a flimsy foundation: he hasn't been caught.

Even small works on a flimsy support are now eagerly sought when graced with the aura of the early 1960s.

At first, they had me put on a flimsy-collared golf jacket.

As you see from the video below, the vehicle offers a graceful and tactful way to skip across a pond like a huge freak, bouncing around on a flimsy-looking hydrofoil thinger that will inevitably cause you to flip over and spill your beer.

If the NTP-RIM trial is any precedent (in which RIM lost on a flimsier case and had to pay more than $600 million), Apple might be better off settling now. the strategy Klausner seems to be pursuing is to line up settlements with the other co-defendants first to put more pressure on Apple.

Past performance suggests that the Home Office will plough on regardless, produce a flimsy justification for new powers, and combine it with political threats about the dire consequences should parliament fail to listen.

"There's something enraging about seeing people who look like your brother or your cousin mowed down on such a flimsy premise.