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1. Through the jokes and the crude religious posturing, he almost seemed to want me to escape, or at least to try
2. For all his posturing, he seems genuinely upset about this
3. I like the dragon way better; you see-you like-you mate! There is not all this posturing
4. There was no shortage of interest in the bar and Tom found himself at the centre of a veritable storm of hormonal posturing and pouting
5. There were no fights, no disagreements, nor was there any petulant posturing, but nonetheless, during their long dawn conversations they became aware of a doubt nagging away at them beneath their true, true love
6. Tarak came forward and gripped the man in a bear hug and both greeted each other with a lot of back slapping and posturing
7. veritable storm of hormonal posturing and pouting
8. Catfights and posturing
9. NATO is unsuited for rogue nations lest it (too) devolves into a meaningless and (utterly) ineffective organization similar to the United Nations, for example, that has transformed itself over the years into an assembly characterized by corruption and (political) intrigue, parochialism, (national) self-interest, political posturing, factionalism and unstable alliances with openly hostile, refractory nations opposed to Freedom
10. What kind of a message does such inquisitional posturing convey to people of Faith that they need not apply?
11. Such posturing falsely portrays her as a victim, which she clearly is not
12. Wood‘s enormous talents have ―suffered‖ a recent set back, his ―denial‖ is merely defensive posturing common among many successful athletes whose skills have diminished and are no longer able to perform on a level many have grown accustomed or who simply find themselves in the throes of a protracted slump
13. The only real opposition was ideological political posturing
14. And there were plenty of “teachers” who tried to lead the “flock” astray, with their posturing and pretentions
15. I found their lascivious posturing repulsive and their red-stained teeth nauseating
16. Still posturing in the same regal manner for the benefit of those who felt the need to be led by something more than dire circumstance, he again strutted his stuff
17. “What a posturing, poor excuse for a real officer he is,” he grumbled softly as he focused his continuing scowl in their direction
18. Still posturing in the same regal manner for the benefit of
19. “What a posturing, poor excuse for a real officer he is,” he grumbled softly as he focused his
20. It was not at the agonized contortions and posturing of the wretched boy that he was shocked, but at the cosmic obscenity of these beings which could drag to light the abysmal secrets that sleep in the unfathomed darkness of the human soul, and find pleasure in the brazen flaunting of such things as should not be hinted at, even in restless nightmares
21. feathers, screeching and posturing are more common actions in disputes
22. The impression gained from the earlier part of this period is of a posturing figure whose sense of Poland's importance in the Allied cause was out of all proportion to her worth as an ally, though his demands to be treated as an equal partner in the struggle against Germany could be seen as justifiable attempts directed at maintaining Polish dignity
23. old-fashioned ideological posturing doesn’t help us in the slightest
24. “You must impress on Picard that any posturing will be considered taunting by the
25. Posturing had begun
26. and all that exaggerated posturing, and then I hear Mimi
27. puffed up, preening, posing, posturing hacks, individuals whose most profound realization was that
28. If the Jewish posturing against Muhammad as an imposter earned them his wrath, his hostility towards idolatry unwittingly put his believers at odds with the Hindus in later centuries
29. The frugal lifestyle he adopted at the height of his fame and fortune could be owing to his personal proclivity or the public posturing, and/or both
30. Trager was still absolutely sure that the Kierdan fleet was just posturing, and was sure that they would turn back once they saw that the Cluster wouldn�t abandon the refugees
31. ” I'munity pondered the Glutton's Glazed Gaze that Nathan Gaba, Drogon's CEO, was perfectly posturing in his remembrance of the
32. Several of the casino’s patrons were already posturing to sue
33. about enough of the congressman’s posturing
34. Johnny managed to tear his eyes away from Bests gun posturing, to the still talking Priest
35. Posturing defensively in a trice, he barely riposted the headlong charge of multiple attackers
36. Calm with a masterful posturing
37. With everything the Jewish people have endured over the course of their history, I don’t imagine those actually in touch with their heritage and simply not as cover to hide their liberal posturing will be too phased by cookies, punch, and verbalized good tidings of great joy
38. They love the fake posturing
39. The more obviously fake it is, the more ludicrous and grotesque the entire soap-opera posturing is; the more they love it
40. Non-military cultures look at this and can’t understand how this posturing fake in a military uniform that didn’t even fit him ever became popular
41. Since the Austrian Empire in order to invade Serbia had only ordered a limited mobilization; as a purely political form of posturing that imbecile Tsar Nicholas also wanted to order a ‘limited’ mobilization to show that he was on the side of Serbia only as a token show of force… not to be taken seriously
42. The pretence, the posturing, the manufactured public image and the real thing behind that image, the two-faced shrewdness, the two-faced lying of these stupid jackasses can be seen in Wilhelm’s reaction to hearing the Austrian Ultimatum to Serbia writing as a side note in his diary: “It’s now or never”
43. But then again… ALL of the intrigue going on behind closed doors, all the posturing of politicians, all the politically correct shit blared by the mass media is a cover-up of the hidden hands of the undead who manipulate humans souls as if they are puppets on a string
44. But after I had had my new suit on some half an hour, and had gone through an immensity of posturing with Mr
45. He was not posturing, just determined, but he gave her the impression he would do anything to get his way
46. Justine read his posturing as meaning that he was the victim here, and he wasn’t going to accept this
47. Strayhorn might have been posturing when it promised an appeal, but Donovan said the company really wanted to settle
48. The third call was to Lee Chatham, a lawyer who never stayed in his office but was always hanging around the courthouse, posturing as if he had important business there and trafficking in gossip, most of which he created
49. For all her posturing, I could see the child in Lily
50. No, I suddenly found myself on the curtain, an actor, posturing and making futile gestures
