It needs inordinate self-confidence to face drastic change without inner trembling. From LearnThat.org. [Eric Hoffer]
I agree, but if progressives are only 20% you spend in inordinate amount of time harping on them. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Herding Cats] Reference
He's got a lot going on in these songs, but nothing is calling inordinate attention to itself. From Wordnik.com. [Expecting Rain] Reference
Krugman cannot be given "inordinate" deference, because he is right. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: Nationalization Would Be More Expensive Than Our Plan] Reference
But you can build some boundaries around the kind of inordinate influence that has been there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 9, 2006] Reference
Martin Narey blames prejudice for decline and criticises 'inordinate' length of court processes. From Wordnik.com. [Letters: Adopting a child-centred approach] Reference
@John Cole: I agree, but if progressives are only 20% you spend in inordinate amount of time harping on them. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Herding Cats] Reference
The panel's requests of Goldman were not "inordinate" compared to its requests of other Wall Street firms, Thomas said. From Wordnik.com. [Goldman Sachs Subpoenaed By Financial Crisis Panel For Withholding Key Info] Reference
Whether the impact of any one group is "inordinate" depends on your view of the group's agenda. it's not an objective term. From Wordnik.com. [The Civility Plea, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Jets have made an 'inordinate' amount of national news this season. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Any evidence of inappropriate conduct such as inordinate involvement in management?. From Wordnik.com. [Bankruptcy and Restructuring Blog] Reference
The lower court gave too much ( "inordinate") weight to the plaintiff's choice of venue. From Wordnik.com. [Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)] Reference
Others still face "inordinate" delays, he said, with children waiting to get psychiatric evaluations and treatment. From Wordnik.com. [Omaha World-Herald > Frontpage] Reference
The violations put an "inordinate" load on the courts, said Terry Stewart, a court administrator with Maricopa County. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
"inordinate" amount of time spent in the Education Labour Relations. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"inordinate" amount of time for judges to analyze each sealing request and all the accompanying materials. From Wordnik.com. [Law.com - Newswire] Reference
"inordinate" number of 911 calls, according to a staff report, leading many agencies to rack up overtime costs. From Wordnik.com. [The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA News, Sports, & Weather] Reference
With inordinate self-satisfaction, I soldiered on. From Wordnik.com. [‘Love It or Leave It’] Reference
The unusual and inordinate number of trucks is a dead giveaway for locals. From Wordnik.com. [China's Traffic Jam Tells A Story] Reference
On the other hand, it is certainly injurious when taken in inordinate amount. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
What I do know is that an inordinate desire for vengeance entered into my soul. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
An inordinate amount of the rhetoric emanates from cable news — your industry. From Wordnik.com. [Can Republicans Survive?] Reference
I spend an inordinate amount of time like this, worrying about what's in my online profile. From Wordnik.com. [Why I Hate Facebook] Reference
It troubled me to see the inordinate joy and pride many found in our "precision" bombing of Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [Our Neighbors Called Us 'Japs'] Reference
This hotel has a gift shop filled with an inordinate amount of teddy bears and lily arrangements. From Wordnik.com. [Assumption] Reference
But Brooks puts an inordinate amount of energy into keeping his off-hours business self hidden from his fans. From Wordnik.com. [The World According To Garth] Reference
He was a red-headed little Irishman, with a peppery temper, the whole being set off with an inordinate vanity. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
These were an inordinate love of dress, and a strong desire to attract to herself the esteem and love of creatures. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
Enlarging his formats to triptychs and diptychs, he lavished inordinate care on the seams where the panels abutted. From Wordnik.com. [An Old-School Radical] Reference
But spitball them he does, at inordinate length, while we grow restive, captives in a world-famous writer's workshop. From Wordnik.com. [The Writer's Workshop] Reference
The fact of the matter is the only affliction from which he was suffering was an inordinate desire to make my acquaintance. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
Knowing the Indian's inordinate fondness for coffee, particularly when well sweetened, they even served him this luxury freely. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
America is the country of countries in which the inordinate use of ice has gained for it a reputation which it has never deserved. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
The problem with the NBA and those of us who cover it is that we have spent an inordinate amount of time looking for that next Michael. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: May The Second Season Begin] Reference
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