英语词汇“smarmy”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Charles knew being smarmy was the best way to get adults to do exactly what you wanted them to do. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I'd shaken him, and it took him a second to find that smarmy smile, but he found it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She says it in a way that makes her sound like a smarmy used-car salesman with oil-slicked hair. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The smarmy guy was oilier than a soggy sack of fries. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Put a word in his ear, in that smarmy way of yours. Suggest delicately that a reward might do wonders.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I am more troubled by the show’s smarmy, disrespectfully pedagogical aesthetic. “13 Reasons Why” Makes a Smarmy Spectacle of Suicide 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Pine is delectably smarmy as Nixon, making a colorful foil for Mr. Strauss’s noble terrier Bradlee. Theater Review | 'Top Secret': A Vietnam War-Era Fight at New York Theater Workshop 2010-03-10T03:02:00Z

In a way, Ms. Upton’s casting is part of the joke of the movie — that smarmy men will always smarm their way toward younger and more beautiful women. Some Fashion Models Are Better in Movies Than Others 2014-04-18T18:38:50Z

Largely because these women placed advertisements in cheap papers, the woman physician became associated with the idea of the smarmy, greedy and untrained abortionist. How 19th-century literature spread the archetype of the "evil abortionist" 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z

He remembers, with a queasy smile, somebody once describing him as "a smarmy little greased-up dwarf". Adam Buxton: 'I was called a smarmy, greased-up dwarf' 2013-05-11T17:00:03Z

He was always dealing some smarmy anecdote about his friendship with Trebek and emphasizing that he performs surgery on hearts. What Should the New ‘Jeopardy!’ Be? Guest Hosts Provide the Clues. 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z

It rarely puts a foot wrong, as such – apart from when Jarvis Cocker creeps unwanted into earshot, his voice as strained and smarmy as ever. Discodeine: Discodeine ? review 2011-03-24T23:00:01Z

AP: Is it funny to find yourself playing the smarmy attorney Billy? Billy Ray Cyrus jumps into Broadway's 'Chicago' 2012-11-05T19:10:09Z

He embodied the kind of personality that people first encounter on the playground but then again throughout adulthood: the obsequious work colleague, the backstabbing boyfriend, the smarmy politician. Perspective | The brilliant, subversive jerkiness of Eddie Haskell 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z

Scarry’s smarmy tweet got ratioed so hard he deleted it, then floated the hilariously disingenuous claim that he was just trying to compliment her, you guys! Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins the rigged conservative shame game — by refusing to play 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

The smarmy pep talk, with its generous doses of magical thinking, isn’t the only dubious line of goods Charlie is peddling. Theater Review: ‘Bethany,’ With America Ferrera, at City Center 2013-01-21T03:00:00Z

Rockwell is suitably smarmy and opportunistic, a man who lacks Stark's natural talent and must therefore take risks to get ahead, while Rourke whips genuine menace from what might have been a one-note part. Iron Man 2 shows how Marvel movies could fly 2010-04-29T14:18:00Z

“Let’s say I was acquainted with a lot of different ladies at that time of my life,” the smarmy Nick avers. ‘I Hate Kids’ Review: A Father-Son Comedy With Few Charms 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Lampooning the strange, smarmy world of child beauty contests in Texas is like spearing catfish in a bathtub. Review: 'Pageant Play' is a hoot ? full of Lone Star beauty-contest lunacy 2010-07-21T22:02:00Z

Mr. Lythgoe has a smarmy show biz manner that suits telethon work, even if he’s not in any way as eccentric and histrionic as Mr. Lewis. ArtsBeat Blog: The TV Watch: No Jerry Lewis, but Telethon Still Offers Suspense 2011-09-05T14:43:34Z

And act the smooth and smarmy cad to perfection. Seattle actor Mark Chamberlin: an appreciation of his work, and life 2011-03-30T23:12:10Z

The standard plot — young boy and heroic, smarmy dog confront bad guys — was perfect fodder for children. A Dog’s Purpose? To Speak on Film, So to Speak 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

The smarm of Reddit’s hardcore userbase defending the toxic culture of the site is just as smarmy as the smarm of people defending the culture of Hollywood movie producers or US Congressmen. When the absolute right to snark turns sour: A Gawker believer reconsiders the manifesto he once held dear 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

But “Parenthood,” which after six seasons ended last month, had a much more conventionally sweet, even smarmy, sensibility beneath its screwball banter. Review: In ‘The Slap,’ Culture Clash and Family Dysfunction 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

How is Jack more than just a smarmy sales guy? From "Morning Show" to "Hello Tomorrow!" Billy Crudup reveals what his antiheroes are really selling 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

To us, Richards seemed a little, well, smarmy. Perspective | How journalism saved ‘Jeopardy!’ from an unworthy host after an utter failure of corporate vetting 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z

Garfield should have been seductive here, and he goes for smarmy instead. The worst film performances of 2021 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

Bolger, while effectively smarmy and combative, makes Mike almost entirely unsympathetic — an easy pitfall to be sure, when the play’s sympathy lies so squarely with the underdog. ‘Good People’ portrays the haves and have-nots 2013-03-16T16:53:55Z

Spacey has lost none of his smarmy magnetism as the cartoonish villain of David Fincher’s fun house version of present-day Washington, D.C. ‘House of Cards’ Season 2: More delicious ruthlessness 2014-02-11T21:21:09Z

If these were broadcast network shows, the weekly reunions would be accompanied by hordes of cheerleading family and friends and an unctuous, smarmy host telling everyone how they should feel. Television: ?Runaway Squad? and ?The Locator? Make Hiding Hard 2010-04-02T22:40:00Z

The instructor’s lectures are followed by seduction workshops and sexual tests that go beyond silly into shameless and smarmy. ‘Red Sparrow’ Review: Flightless Bird 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z

But when they find themselves a player short, Kieran Culkin’s smarmy Roman approaches the young son of some onlookers and promises him a million dollars if he hits a home run. Succession's 10 best moments: from Boar on the Floor to excruciating phone sex 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z

And delightful though Mr. Smith is as Elizabeth and Hitler and a rosy-cheeked, smarmy Ronald Reagan, exuding platitudes, these historical walk-ons are more flashy jokes than substantial additions to the narrative. | 'Passion Play': Sarah Ruhl?s Play Within a Play at Irondale Center 2010-05-13T03:53:00Z

He leans back in his chair, gives me the smarmiest grin a humanoid face can give, and says, “So? Do you still have that dime?” The Celebrity Interviews of Yesteryear 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z

She elevated a rather "smarmy" art form and injected it with some compassion and humanity. Liz Smith, Longtime Queen of Tabloid Gossip Columns, Dies at 94 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z

Despite the anthropomorphized Little House, Burton smartly avoids smarmy sentimentalism with a straightforward text and illustrations that sparkle with color and design. 'The Little House' and 'Brown Bear' chalk up big anniversaries 2012-03-24T04:14:31Z

And not just the usual obvious targets, like the smarmy hypocrites at court. Review: Michael Urie Puts the Madcap in Hamlet’s Madness 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

So why do I call this calming music “avant-garde jazz” and not the smarmy candy known as “smooth jazz”? Simply: smooth jazz is a category. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Avant-Garde Jazz 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z

Two smarmy instructors lead the students, who include a gay man, a haughty female elitist, an agitated male novice and a high-strung working-class woman. Theater Review: ‘Swing & Beowulf,’ at the Irish Arts Center 2014-05-05T21:12:47Z

Mr. Foley, played with amusingly smarmy self-righteousness by Mr. Burton, is seen lamenting the digital trail he left behind when exchanging instant messages with a young page. Rachel Dratch in ‘Tail! Spin!,’ a Political Comedy of Errors 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

My father always found Spencer Tracy a trifle smarmy; and, even though he loved Crosby's crooning, he never thought much of him as an actor or a human being. Irish America and the siege of Hollywood 2010-07-11T21:29:00Z

She was excluded from the realm of the couples, who had been her best friends, exiled to the netherworld of single ageing women and smarmy men. The world of the widow: grappling with loneliness and misunderstanding 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z

It opens with that board meeting, a theatrically deadly series of speeches at which the smarmy Christian characters spout the predictable benighted outrage. Theater Review: At the Vineyard, Reading Can Be Hazardous 2010-05-20T04:12:00Z

The moment could have seemed smarmy, but it read as sweetly ingenuous—a tone that suffused the rest of his performance. Rich Chigga and the Difficulties of Keeping It Real 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

But his portrayal comes to life as soon as Lloyd's Walter saunters into the attic with smarmy designs of understatedly playing the white knight. Arthur Miller's 'The Price' bursts into meaning at Mark Taper Forum 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

Rip Torn portrayed Mr. Sanders’s unflappable if sometimes smarmy, producer Arthur. Garry Shandling, who parodied TV’s conventions in two hit comedy shows, dies at 66 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

The lyrics have a scrutinizing mien that’s similar to the tunes he wrote with Mr. Fagen, though he renders them with less guile or smarmy satisfaction. Listen to 13 Essential Walter Becker Songs 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

"The word I used in describing Jose is smarmy: somebody who is slick, underhanded and doesn't shoot straight." Retired prosecutor aims at Anthony attorneys 2011-11-15T12:36:09Z

They know their employee pool well: Mr. Malin is a smarmy veteran of the “Big Brother” franchise, and Mr. Moore was an especially loathsome participant on “The Millionaire Matchmaker.” Television Review: It?s Hard Out Here for a Reality-Show Celebrity 2011-07-08T22:09:39Z

Yet even the smarmy soft-sell of his evangelical pitches — a casual question about churchgoing, followed by a disclaimer, “I’m just curious about people’s beliefs” — is too sweetly transparent to be offensive. Grace on Broadway: Paul Rudd and Michael Shannon in Motel Hell 2012-10-09T14:30:38Z

We first see her walking into a bar, whipping out her baton and physically and verbally assaulting a group of smarmy white men — identified only as “Republicans” — just to mess with them. Review: In BET’s Police Drama ‘Rebel,’ Blaxploitation Matters 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, who will bark anything to anybody, is the malicious inverse of the smarmy celebrity interviewer. “Hand to God”: “Sesame Street” Meets “The Exorcist” 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

As smarmy as he sounds, Kilgrave might be on to something when he tells Jones that he didn’t make Malcolm do anything he didn’t want to do. ‘Jessica Jones’ Episode 6: The Truth Comes Out 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

Halfway though “The Neon Demon,” Nicolas Winding Refn’s new film about envy, duplicity and cannibalism on the Los Angeles fashion circuit, a smarmy designer forces a young man to judge two models. Nicolas Winding Refn Dissects His Bloody Confection 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

An actual incident, or just the creeping reach of evil into the life of superficial, smarmy Dad? ‘The Night Manager’ Season 1, Episode 3: What Makes a Villain Charming? 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

He often plays a likable jerk or a smarmy man-child, in entertainment that walks the line between mocking obnoxiousness and glorifying it. Rob Corddry and the Healing Power of Laughter 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

It’s all her smarmy chief of staff, Will Abbott, needs to hear — he’s a lot like Frank Underwood’s creepy dogsbody Doug Stamper. Lies, leaks and threats to our liberties: A new thriller captures the moment 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

The Washington Post reviewer, Hank Stuever, called the show "lazy and perfunctorily smarmy" and added that Gervais "proved last year that he wasn't the right man for the job". Golden Globes 2011: who'd be an awards show presenter? 2011-01-17T20:30:01Z

What makes Pearson’s story so unique is his starting point: the harsh biblical literalism of Pentecostal faith, and the smarmy world of American televangelism. Come Sunday: how one of America's biggest preachers became a pariah 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

For that matter, the movie’s smarmy racial tokenism wouldn’t take heavy lifting to overcome. The Silent Women of “Entourage” 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

The smiles are too broad; the pitch becomes too high; the doctors are too obsequious; the personalities are too smarmy; Jesse is too uncontrollable to be just ADHD. Review: 'Distracted' at ArtsWest is a look at modern-life overload 2011-03-16T19:27:04Z

He’s altogether too pleased with himself; his grin is too smarmy. Gone Girl review – a bracing, scalding sketch of a marriage in meltdown 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

But it was clear from the off that Stoppard's smarmy smug operator was not a man on whom you'd turn your back while he was in possession of a carving knife. Rewind TV: Broadchurch; The Politician's Husband; Super Sunday; The Wright Way – review 2013-04-27T22:45:01Z

Here Victoria Justice plays Lola, who works for a smarmy Los Angeles wine importer. ‘A Perfect Pairing’ Review: Going Down Under for Wine and Romance 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

In a daytime landscape filled with bland, polished hosts and smarmy good cheer, Mr. Philbin was crumpled, nasal and histrionic. The TV Watch: Regis Philbin Says Goodbye on ?Live!? 2011-11-18T22:00:56Z

Here, three panellists are testing their mettle against Jonathan Watson's smarmy host, whose questions grow ever more surreal. Quiz Show – review 2013-04-03T17:43:16Z

He was the guy with the wristwatch that cost a small fortune, the “Who, me?” look on the hot seat, the vibe that fell somewhere between charming and smarmy. The quid pro quos of Gordon D. Sondland 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z

In a daytime landscape filled with bland, polished hosts and smarmy good cheer, Philbin was crumpled, nasal and histrionic. Regis Philbin says goodbye on 'Live' 2011-11-19T03:52:04Z

He invites our sympathy — especially when contrasted with the smarmy Aaron — but doesn’t really deserve it. Review: Winning Her Back on Deadline in ‘Literally, Right Before Aaron’ 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

They are there to help characterize Jack, a fashion photographer, by their response to his smarmy advances. Review: In Matthew Perry’s First Play, a Chandler Gone to Seed 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

Not stuffy, smarmy or dumb...he was a very good choice! Emmy Awards 2016: Emmys Welcome Surprises Along With the Favorites 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

The girlfriend is now his wife, a detail that cements the smarmy vibe of a show that may be perfect for cellphone viewing in eight-minute chunks at the nail salon or during a boring date. Watch List: Yahoo! Screen Introduces Shows With Puppets and a Tiny Rambo 2013-09-08T21:53:03Z

You exude smarmy charm here, as when you dine with Hannah and get her drunk. "I love absurdist comedy": Ryan Phillippe on his career evolution and the fun of playing a rich jerk 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z

The smarmy introductions and whirligig graphics and general aura of hectic oversell could be replaced with a more confident statement of what theater, at its best, has been and can be. A Chance to Fix the Tonys, and So Many Things to Fix 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

Tall, pale, gawky and convinced of his superiority, he’s a caricature of a smarmy liberal white man convinced that he’s blond, blue-eyed Jesus’ gift to an ignorant world. “Jordan Klepper Solves Guns” answers crucial questions (unrelated to guns) 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z

To borrow the show’s oft-repeated example of the industry’s smarmiest idealism, shouldn’t women also have an opportunity to make the world a better place? Perspective | ‘Silicon Valley’ is done, but the important work of mocking tech culture must carry on 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z

“I remember him being all smarmy: ‘Let me help you take off all your clothes,’ ” she recalled. Bill Cosby’s legacy, recast: Accusers speak in detail about sexual-assault allegations

If you’re looking for moral lessons, you might check the latest finger-wagger by the pop star or the talk show host, with smarmy, redundant artwork to match. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

Mr. Swere excels as Carol’s officious husband, T. Eugene “Cotton” Thompson, as well as a smarmy colleague of his and the investigator assigned to the murder. ArtsBeat: New York Fringe Festival Report: ‘Carol and Cotton’ 2013-08-15T21:39:15Z

True, Garrett Marshall’s creep Billy lacks the last measure of smarmy menace, but he’s still part of an invested group effort, sailing through Lee Martino's inventive choreography, harmonizing under Brian P. Kennedy's musical direction. With 'Carrie: The Musical,' you can't say they haven't tried 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

Franco portrays Dave Skylark, a smarmy TV host for one of those distasteful celebrity tabloid shows. Absurd, this fuss over Three Stooges-like 'The Interview' 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

And two cheers for Patten, who taps the Dickens spirit in his persuasive turns as Magwitch and the comic Jaggers, a smarmy lawyer involved in Pip's fate. Review: Dickens classic done up in trademark Book-It style 2011-02-17T21:32:05Z

"On your knees, avoid the fees," as Alexander Armstrong's character, a smarmy MP, puts it. Rev and The Interceptors 2010-06-29T07:00:00Z

Then there's Sam Rockwell's excellent Justin Hammer, a smarmy, deeply sad Stark wannabe who's willing to do anything to grab himself just a smidgen of his rival's insouciant cool. You review: Iron Man 2 2010-05-04T11:23:00Z

Between songs at the Borderline in London, the 70-year-old mocks rock critics who apply words such as "smarmy, quirky, idiosyncratic: adjectives that have lost their special charm to me". Van Dyke Parks: 'I was victimised by Brian Wilson's buffoonery' 2013-05-09T17:30:01Z

In the film's prologue, a doctor tells him, "I don't love your EKG" – a wonderfully smarmy preface to everyone's worst nightmare – and he flees the office rather than hear the details. Michael Douglas: The last great antihero 2010-05-21T12:01:00Z

Yes, arguably the people condemning Gawker gleefully outing a rival media company executive are being self-righteous and “smarmy,” defending the values of a traditional power structure in the face of challenge. When the absolute right to snark turns sour: A Gawker believer reconsiders the manifesto he once held dear 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

In support, Bugzy Malone exudes cool as JJ, even though his character is a bit vague, and while Grant is appropriately smarmy in his role, he is painful to watch. In "Operation Fortune," Aubrey Plaza saves Guy Ritchie's latest action-packed but lackluster caper 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z

It’s a tough assignment for a self-described wimp who ceaselessly cites his own shortcomings: bad grades, a flabby torso, a smarmy personality. A punk rock record label owner strains for respectability in ‘hilarious,’ twisty ‘Sucker’ 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z

Here’s hoping this is not only Shazam’s last outing but the nail in the coffin of the smarmy superhero as well. Review: 'Shazam! Fury of the Gods' has an attitude problem 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

These Oscars were business as usual, but the pockets where spontaneity was scripted to appear were unusually effective — less smarmy than warm, grateful, and yeah, I’ll say it: moving. Perspective | Maybe the Oscars are better when they don’t try so hard 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

A Supreme Court that took ethics seriously would want to get to the bottom of this smarmy arrangement. Opinion | The court’s supremely obtuse response to its ethical problems 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

The Times’s smarmy details about the operatives’ astonishing access to the justices, even as these same operatives were making six-figure donations to the Supreme Court Historical Society, were chilling. Opinion | The Supreme Court has lost its ethical compass. Can it find one fast? 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z

Still, there are enough similarities between the two films, both rife with smarmy, unlikable characters, that one could become preoccupied in wondering why “Knives Out” works and why “The Estate” decidedly does not. Review: More bleak comedy than black, 'The Estate' is not worth your time (or Toni Collette's) 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

Some criticized what they saw as a smarmy, take-no-prisoners, internet troll approach. Canadian Conservatives pick populist Pierre Poilievre to challenge Trudeau 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Sunak, while “intellectually brilliant,” came across as vaguely “smarmy,” he said. The Front-Runner to Replace Boris Johnson Wants to Be a New Iron Lady 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

But while McCarthy’s behavior is typically smarmy, Garland’s untypical behavior requires explanation. Opinion | Garland is no gambler. My bet is he’s acting on more than a hunch. 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

The actor is most inventive in roles that evince authority, like the smarmy, manic know-it-all Barney Stinson on “How I Met Your Mother.” Review | Neil Patrick Harris’s ‘Uncoupled’ is a joyless look at starting over 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

Because of their smarmy politics and records, a few, at least for me, are hard to swallow. Opinion | The national and local intersect for D.C. in November 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z

"Bin Salman's smarmy reply underlines the way in which the U.S. government's lawlessness... and its weird commitment to Israeli apartheid... undermine its moral standing." Saudi Arabia's MBS turns the tables on Biden, U.S.: "Remember Abu Ghraib?" 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z

Absolutely relegated to the “cult classic” home theater shelf, “Wild Things” is B-movie exploitation at its best, a smarmy thrill ride loaded with twists and stacked with a great cast. ‘Wild Things: Limited Edition’ 4K Ultra HD movie review 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z

His smarmy habit of getting all Jesus-y, even in the face of a public health crisis? Rick Scott's loony-tunes 11-point plan: Classic GOP projection, and a roadmap to theocracy 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z

Hawley is one of those who looks in the mirror and sees a future president, while the rest of us look at him and see just another smarmy, self-impressed, opportunistic politician. Small minds think alike 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z

In hackneyed fashion, the musical turns Frank Jr. into the smarmy emcee of a ’60s TV variety show — imagine a kind of “This Is My Life” with a beaming dance ensemble. Review | ‘Catch Me If You Can’ fizzled on Broadway. A new Arena Stage production loses altitude in much the same way. 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

And, to add a cherry on top, more evidence for her supporters that liberals are a bunch of smarmy know-it-alls. Marjorie Taylor Greene's "Gazpacho police" is very dumb — but we underestimate her at our peril 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

The bitter truth of addiction is obscured by the smarmy ads and compromising relationships, and yet federal oversight is downright nonexistent. The Rising Human Cost of Sports Betting 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z

They cited a smarmy statement by Manchin about how from "the grocery store to the gas pump, Americans know the inflation tax is real." Our addiction to fossil fuels is accelerating inflation — passing Build Back Better can help free us 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z

It is a pretty stunning admission — even for a smarmy used car salesman like Terry McAuliffe. Terry McAuliffe: ‘Smarmy used car salesman’ 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

The responses from the accused have been vague, smarmy and blustery. Opinion | With Russell Moore’s departure from the SBC, Christian conscience has left the building 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

The crooning, bellowing, devilishly smarmy vocalist was ringleader of the World/Inferno Friendship Society, a band with an ever-changing lineup that melded punk defiance with the decadent theatricality of Weimar-era cabaret. This week’s passages 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

There's a reason the religious right — as smarmy, hypocritcal, and dishonest as they are — survived for so many decades as the backbone of the Republican Party. Trump's defense of Matt Gaetz is a major problem for the GOP 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z

No, they get only chyrons and newsprint, to go with smarmy platitudes of inaction, specious pieties worn smooth by repetition. The victims of this war don’t get a wall 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z

Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, on Wednesday afternoon, issued a similar smarmy statement declaring, "Violence is not how you achieve change." Don't let smarmy calls for "civility" fool you — most Republicans still side with insurrectionists 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

These folks are shameless, so we need to prepare ourselves for an unbelievably smarmy display of sanctimony. A new era of what-about-ism: Media already feeling pressure to cover Biden "corruption" 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

Never before have those who govern college athletics or have the gravitas to influence that authority — with Krzyzewski, also on faculty at Duke’s Center of Leadership and Ethics, one notable exception — seemed more smarmy. Perspective | The NCAA was created to protect college athletes. Now it’s trotting them out during a pandemic. 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z

In the midst of another nasty election season, it’s refreshing to see some Wichita-area leaders and organizations taking principled stands and holding colleagues accountable for smarmy politics. Recent Kansas editorials 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

Offering more smarmy gore than scenes of cohabitation, the cheaply produced film shows its age even with a restoration, and it’s as humorous as creepy as it satirically skewers human nature. Best Blu-ray & 4K UHD horror movies: ‘Psycho,’ ‘The War of the Worlds,’ ‘Beetlejuice,’ and more 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z

Hawley’s smarmy histrionics only serve to cheapen the process and distract the public from the way this nominee, religious views and all, are being foisted upon the American people. Recent Missouri editorials 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z

Mr. Willard was a master at playing ridiculous, slightly smarmy characters prone to rambling monologues. Fred Willard, scene-stealing comic actor and master of improvisation, dies at 86 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z

But it would be nice to get through one school board election without vile, smarmy personal attacks, distortions and outright lies. Column: You'll need a shower after reading about this school board race that's descended into the gutter 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z

“He didn’t use the delicate language of diplomacy in that conversation, that’s true. He also doesn’t use the smarmy talk of politicians,” McClintock said. House impeachment report coming ahead of landmark hearing 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

One of the bad ways is to be smarmy. Press Watch: Soledad O'Brien attacks a Pence puff piece, sets off anti-NPR Twitter rampage 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

There is something sinister and smarmy about these authors ascribing political incorrectness to a reader’s opinion about a single author, especially when the attack is so patently self-interested. Hey, young adult authors: writing for teenagers is no excuse to act like them 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

One rally attendee described the mayor as “kind of smarmy” and suggested he tone down his “salesman” persona. Can Pete Buttigieg's moderate message win over purple Iowa? 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z

She describes another of her employee-inmates as “smarmy” and laments the high rate of recidivism. California writers explore our past, promises in a trio of books 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

It’s a convenient strategy for Cohen, whose persona can shift between smarmy and sly — a celebrity kiss-up artist who must put his guests at ease while simultaneously prying secrets out of them. How Andy Cohen became the ringmaster of our insane celebrity circus 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

With the smarmy sanctimony that is the particular preserve of this sport, the Patriots are wonderfully taken with their own mystique. Antonio Brown Saga Just Another Sign of the Patriots Way 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

Their unconventional methods soon get put to the test when they encounter a smarmy mayor, mischievous Mounties and a smuggling ring. Movies on TV this week Sept. 8, 2019 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

Nixon was a past master at smarmy fake patriotism. Trump's fake patriotism was sophomoric and insulting. So of course his voters loved it 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z

As clueless and distasteful as his history of smarmy dealings with individual women is, his public record is worse. Biden wants us to forget his past. We won't | Adolph L Reed Jr and Cornel West 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z

Opposing any incumbent president is not a day at the beach, and campaigning against today’s uniquely smarmy incumbent would be especially disagreeable. Opinion | Trump is trashing the Constitution. Larry Hogan shows how Republicans should respond. 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

Another user, “Hypercyberpastelgoth,” wrote, “She attacked us first. . . . She just had to open up her smarmy mouth.” Fake-porn videos are being weaponized to harass and humiliate women: ‘Everybody is a potential target’ 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z

But he’s sharp — if a bit over the top — on its rather smarmy television ads of late. Congress just showed us what comprehensive regulation of Facebook would look like 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z

Not by the smarmy, immoral president, who lied about his affair. On the streets of Seattle, feels like the fight for Roe is already lost 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

It was a portrait of politics in close-up: smarmy and slippery. Perspective | The Chris Brown mug shot tells the story of a life 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

What may have offended Hersh even more than Kissinger’s misdeeds was the smarmy way some of Washington’s most respected journalists lined up to kiss his ring as he spoon-fed them unadulterated spin. Review | Major scoops and controversies of a storied investigative journalist 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

How did he know that Clinton's e-mails would be released - remember his chortling, smarmy interview on Fox predicting a bombshell that would hit the Clinton campaign? Giuliani to Join Trump’s Legal Team 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

These smarmy liars from Facebook should not be able to wiggle away from the outrage named Trump that they intentionally engineered on their platform. Facebook to Require Verified Identities for Future Political Ads 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

Attempts to silence players who refuse to accept their assigned roles fits right in with owners’ smarmy manipulation of the women cheerleaders through discriminatory Jane Crow “laws”. The NFL’s plan to protect America from witches | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

Yet Ms Clifford is no smarmy British comic or slippery senator. Why Stormy Daniels is so dangerous 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

The harassment game, long accepted with knowing smiles and smarmy smirks, has been shut down. Panthers' Jerry Richardson's exit from ownership ranks is a sign of the times 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z

He was a smarmy, supercilious comic who liked to ridicule conservatives, and he’s a person who regularly looks down his nose at those who don’t share his progressive ideals. Al Franken shouldn’t have folded 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

"And that kind of comes across as smarmy and it comes across as somebody that is projecting that they still have license." As Kevin Spacey seeks 'evaluation and treatment,' his second accuser says the damage has been done 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

Other characters are underdeveloped, including the prosecuting attorney, played as a churlish, smarmy bigot by Dan Stevens, who does what he can in a thankless role. Review | ‘Marshall’: An engaging portrait of a Supreme Court justice as a self-assured young man 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

Just because you are the smartest person in the room doesn’t mean you also can’t be the smarmiest, smuggest person in the room. Perspective | Bill Belichick is simply a ‘small man who wins football games’ 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

“In wrestling, some smarmy heel is going on and on and on and the baby face quips a response right back and the audience goes crazy.” Donald Trump insults tactics borrowed from WWE pro wrestling 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z

Most of the time, the worst penalties that they are subjected to are hectoring “fact check” reports and smarmy voiceovers by late-night comedians. Trump’s barrage of lies is nothing new: Lying has been at the heart of Republican politics for 50 years 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

A president with high standards of integrity would be mortified by a brewing scandal that seems to involve smarmy aides and a foreign government. We set a low bar for Trump. He still failed to meet it. 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

He lets his smarmy charisma shine through Malick’s words, which many actors before him have taken too seriously and made leaden and lifeless. Review: Malick gets some life back in ‘Song to Song’ 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

But who are these women journalists who apparently buy into everything else in the smarmy Fox fratboy ethos up until the point when it touches them personally? Fox News Settled Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Bill O’Reilly, Documents Show 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

He’s Trump without without the smarmy charisma that allows Trump to skate away from scandal far more intact than he has any right to be. Curt Schilling was a hero in New England. But his time has passed | Hunter Felt 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

Increasingly, though, the rap on Clinton combines gender, age and health in a smarmy package of unsupported insinuation. Trump’s sickening attacks on Clinton’s health 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

As part of the movie's launch, Gervais performed on a makeshift stage in Leicester Square as his smarmy alter ego with his fake band. Ricky Gervais's Brent movie splits critics - BBC News 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z

Instead, that job went to Jon Hamm: The debonair cad from “Mad Men” got cast as a comically smarmy version of his TV character, complete with one grotesque facial expression after another. The problem with Chris Hemsworth’s stunt casting in ‘Ghostbusters’ 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

He performed on the groundbreaking television comedy show from 1977 to 1980 and honed his skills portraying insincere and lovably smarmy characters. Bill Murray to be awarded Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z

The smarmy Republican majority leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell, whispers that he thinks he can manipulate the amateur Trump to his will, so he isn’t too worried. Trump is crushing the conservative movement: Inside the implosion of a decrepid ideology 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z

In the context of GOP politics, he could not compete with the alpha dog or the smarmy piety of Cruz. Marco Rubio Suspends His Presidential Campaign 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

Pundits, politicians and comedians have heaped on descriptors like “arrogant,” “smug,” “smarmy” and “creepy.” Ted Cruz, human dog whistle: Evangelicals — those “courageous conservatives” — know exactly what he is talking about 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z

Sure, she’s an unlikeable, demagogic, smarmy, haughty, mendacious bag of complete and utter failure, but… sorry, where was I going with this? Bon voyage, wackos! A look back at the doomed campaigns of the GOP’s wing-nut warriors 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

In the weeks since he achieved worldwide virality, Bill has also attracted a large contingent of haters who fault his smarmy tone and his lack of self-awareness. You absolutely should not ‘Be Like Bill,’ the smarmy stick-figure meme eating Facebook 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

Schneider, sporting a smarmy pencil mustache, invariably was clad in a white T-shirt, denim vest and tool belt. 'One Day at a Time' actor Pat Harrington Jr. dies after Alzheimer's struggle 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

Kratz is a smarmy guy, with the look and nasally mumble of a Jurassic Park-era Wayne Knight, who we constantly see evading pointed questions about the gaping logic in the prosecution's narrative. The problem with treating true crime villains like fictional villains 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z

Stamos plays Los Angeles restaurateur Jimmy Martino, whose eponymous eatery turns away diners accompanied by children and serves up a smarmy helping of its owner’s ego along with the tagliatelle. Fall TV Preview 2015: Every new show, the schedule for every returning show, and what’s worth watching

You would never be smarmy with a pig. Liberal leadership spill: Malcolm Turnbull ousts Tony Abbott as Australian PM – as it happened 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

How often have you seen a trailer which including a montage which went “explosion, gunfire, pretty girl in a state of undress, chase scene, door kicking open, a cute girl in peril, smarmy quip?” Rebecca Ferguson Stole 'Rogue Nation' From Tom Cruise, But What Kind Of Career Will She Have? 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

Luthor is merely the latest troublemaker to wear the relaxed uniform and smarmy grin of startup founders. Silicon Valley CEOs are the default movie villains of our generation 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

However smarmy their questions about his fans may be, the media’s complete inability to puncture Trump’s bubble shows that they come by their cluelessness honestly. It’s not who he is, it’s who he hates: The secret to Donald Trump’s toxic appeal 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z

Everything else — his heart of gold, his smarmy charm, and his loyalty to his friends — is fleshed out by the end of A New Hope. Han Solo's spinoff film will let Disney keep the original Star Wars trilogy alive 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

You would never be smarmy with a pig. Liberal leadership spill: Malcolm Turnbull ousts Tony Abbott as Australian PM – as it happened 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

In a despicable segment, O’Reilly sent smarmy young reporter Jesse Watters to stroll around Penn Station, shove microphones into homeless people’s faces and ask them where they slept and whether they had drinking problems. 5 worst right-wing moments of the week — Bill O’Reilly’s cruelty knows no bounds 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z

Even Jagger endorsed Klein in his own tepid and smarmy fashion, telling the Beatles that he was “all right if you like that kind of thing.” The prize: When news of the Beatles’ imminent financial danger spread, notorious manager Allen Klein knew his time had come 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z

But elite media is getting rather smarmy, too; and it’s hard not to conclude that elitism is part of the reason why they write about Trump’s fans as if they were anthropological curiosities. It’s not who he is, it’s who he hates: The secret to Donald Trump’s toxic appeal 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Daddy, but I don’t think five days of pink champagne and smarmy Cupids would have made any difference,” the daughter replies. Morris Wilkins Dies at 90; Lured Lovers to Poconos 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Wood is confidently smarmy and outraged as Sims, who can’t believe Morris is attempting to shut down his perfectly legitimate business on moral grounds when nobody is actually getting hurt. Review: ‘The Nether’ is a complex cyber-detective story 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

The absurd machinations of Will’s smarmy political adviser are also good for a laugh. ‘Annie’ movie review: An uneven remake that promises not to be timeless 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

After all, his sanctimonious denunciations of ideologues — particularly the left-wing kind — and his longstanding servility to corporate power make him an excellent fit for the smarmy, business-backed No Labels. Joe Lieberman is pretty sure history will record that George W. Bush was just swell 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

Despite often choppy animation of his performance capture acting, Spacey lends smarmy gravitas to his character, the highlight of an otherwise rote, self-serious, globe-trotting campaign. Review: ‘Call of Duty’ multiplayer tops rote story 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

In a couple of months, he and Paul would unleash upon the world their iconic recurring “Lounge Singer” bit, in which Bill was the smarmy crooner Nick, and Paul was his accompanist. An excerpt from Martin Short's "I Must Say" 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

No known evidence demonstrates any complicity in Chisholm’s scheme, but in a smarmy new ad she exploits his manufactured atmosphere of synthetic scandal in a manner best described as McCarthyite. George F. Will: The nastiest political tactic this year

It solved the game’s since-launch problem of the smarmy Cryptarch, a vendor who would “decrypt” your random item engrams, and often reveal gear or weapons of a worse quality than you expected. What 'Destiny' Needs To Learn From 'Diablo 3' About Loot 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

Traficant simply didn’t fit the mold of the classic, corrupt congressman – a slick, smarmy narcissist in fancy suits. Rep. James Traficant Was Stubbornly Anti-Establishment Before the Tea Party 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

The Washington Post’s respected Fact Checker blog dismantled that accusation, calling Perdue’s ad “pretty smarmy” and “utterly bogus.” Islamic State at the border: Fearful new focus of GOP campaign ads 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

A few minutes after I saw the latest video, I thought to tweet a screenshot of it as a screw-you to a commentator from the far-right who was being particularly smarmy about the subject. The NFL has made you 'need' to watch Ray Rice beat his wife. That's how the cover-up works 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

I will leave out the smarmy tone Rumsfeld used when answering questions that he felt were dumb. Baghdadi of ISIS Pushes an Islamist Crusade 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z

Ernst’s opponent, Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley, comes off as a “smarmy doofus,” asserts the top GOP Senate operative, who pointed to continued stumbles that have portrayed the congressman as elitist and out of touch. The Senate 7: Democratic Control Hinges on the South 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

This was certainly the impact of Karl Rove’s smarmy and unfounded recent speculation about her health. The GOP, running scared

David Beach’s marvelously unctuous devil is too smarmy and smirking to be trusted. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Damn Yankees, the Red Sox Version’ in East Haddam 2014-05-09T22:27:53Z

It’s consumer democracy rather than real democracy, more like voting some smarmy country singer off “American Idol” than like claiming the political power that is supposedly ours. Donald Sterling, ritual scapegoat 2014-05-03T16:30:00Z

Students deserve a cool, clear, objective voice about the body, rather than the smarmy, feel-good chatter that now infests sex-ed workbooks. Put the Sex Back in Sex Ed 2014-03-13T11:02:38Z

In a recent Saturday homily, Francis warned an audience that included Cardinal Bagnasco of the danger of becoming a “smarmy” priest. Pope With the Humble Touch Is Firm in Reshaping the Vatican 2014-01-14T02:58:13Z

"There is something about his smarmy, supercilious demeanour that repels delighted mirth," he said. Smith praised in Shakespeare comedy 2013-09-18T10:53:43Z

“It became more of a talking-points yelling match between people who thought the job was to be smarmy.” Gingrich Will Be Back in the ‘Crossfire’ on CNN 2013-08-23T00:23:54Z

He nonetheless spared little in his description of Senator Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican who was one of the authors of the Senate bill, calling him a “smarmy and dishonest” turncoat. National Push by a Local Immigration Activist: No G.O.P. Retreat 2013-08-07T00:33:49Z

Both towered above their older, more dignified neighbors, while making unconvincing references to prewar materials and details, Ms. Huxtable said, like a smarmy tip of the hat. The Appraisal: 30 Years Later, an Architecture Critic’s Voice Still Rings True 2013-01-14T16:12:10Z

It all sounds smarmy and smart, except for one thing: the history and the reality don't support it. The Fifth Down: Debunking the 'Same Old Jets' Myth 2012-11-26T15:38:07Z

A smarmy “eat my dust” message for pursuing players? What Seattle Times sports readers are saying 2012-11-22T03:55:44Z

This is a huge victory for the Obama campaign, and for all those who believe in smarmy politics. 'Show Me Papers' Politics: Romney Paid 13% Taxes 2012-08-17T00:05:24Z

But do not confuse conversational marketing tactics with smarmy sales hype. Will Marketing Muck Up Social Media? 2012-07-05T20:42:14Z

Another person now appeared, a sleek, pale, old young man, whom Jasmine recognized from Selina's allusion as the 'smarmy' doctor. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z

Broncos 35, Vikings 32 Tim Tebow played well enough to get a one-week reprieve from the smarmy sarcasm that has pocked the Broncos’ Quick Hits capsules for the last month and a half. The Fifth Down: Week 13 Quick Hits: In Praise of Packers Receivers 2011-12-05T12:42:26Z

The off-balance-sheet risks, the tax havens, the impenetrable accounting, the smarmy and delusional executives saying all’s well, the hapless regulators. XXX-Ratings May Save Us From Financial Armageddon: William Pesek 2011-11-29T20:23:16Z

He is a smarmy jerk to everyone he talks to. Michele Bachmann is invincible 2011-06-28T12:30:00Z

As if he had never amounted to more than a smarmy character like Falco. Tony Curtis's New York, on Film and in Reality 2010-09-30T20:35:00Z

And in tomorrow's £1 Big Paper: lots of stuff about schools and universities and such like in Education, plus reports of politicians looking smarmy and telling lies in our general election build-up. The Fiver 2010-04-07T15:49:00Z

I'm so offended ” Rebecca DeFalco When Papalexis gave evidence he was polite and articulate but came across as smarmy, deceitful and dishonest. 2010-02-15T15:05:00Z

If she thinks him too sweet and smarmy with other people, she should let him have it to his nose, straight out. Fantasia of the Unconscious

"We're ready for you now," he announced with all the smarmy triumph of an interrogator leading the way to the torture chamber. Wild Justice

They lipsynch the soundtrack, cadge souvenirs and pester you with smarmy, show-off questions. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

She would not sit there and let a woman read the Bible at her... and in that "smarmy" way.... in spirit she rose and marched out of the room. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1

单词	smarmy
例句	smarmy Charles knew being smarmy was the best way to get adults to do exactly what you wanted them to do. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I'd shaken him, and it took him a second to find that smarmy smile, but he found it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She says it in a way that makes her sound like a smarmy used-car salesman with oil-slicked hair. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z The smarmy guy was oilier than a soggy sack of fries. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “Put a word in his ear, in that smarmy way of yours. Suggest delicately that a reward might do wonders.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But I am more troubled by the show’s smarmy, disrespectfully pedagogical aesthetic. “13 Reasons Why” Makes a Smarmy Spectacle of Suicide 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Pine is delectably smarmy as Nixon, making a colorful foil for Mr. Strauss’s noble terrier Bradlee. Theater Review \| 'Top Secret': A Vietnam War-Era Fight at New York Theater Workshop 2010-03-10T03:02:00Z In a way, Ms. Upton’s casting is part of the joke of the movie — that smarmy men will always smarm their way toward younger and more beautiful women. Some Fashion Models Are Better in Movies Than Others 2014-04-18T18:38:50Z Largely because these women placed advertisements in cheap papers, the woman physician became associated with the idea of the smarmy, greedy and untrained abortionist. How 19th-century literature spread the archetype of the "evil abortionist" 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z He remembers, with a queasy smile, somebody once describing him as "a smarmy little greased-up dwarf". Adam Buxton: 'I was called a smarmy, greased-up dwarf' 2013-05-11T17:00:03Z He was always dealing some smarmy anecdote about his friendship with Trebek and emphasizing that he performs surgery on hearts. What Should the New ‘Jeopardy!’ Be? Guest Hosts Provide the Clues. 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z It rarely puts a foot wrong, as such – apart from when Jarvis Cocker creeps unwanted into earshot, his voice as strained and smarmy as ever. Discodeine: Discodeine ? review 2011-03-24T23:00:01Z AP: Is it funny to find yourself playing the smarmy attorney Billy? Billy Ray Cyrus jumps into Broadway's 'Chicago' 2012-11-05T19:10:09Z He embodied the kind of personality that people first encounter on the playground but then again throughout adulthood: the obsequious work colleague, the backstabbing boyfriend, the smarmy politician. Perspective \| The brilliant, subversive jerkiness of Eddie Haskell 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Scarry’s smarmy tweet got ratioed so hard he deleted it, then floated the hilariously disingenuous claim that he was just trying to compliment her, you guys! Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins the rigged conservative shame game — by refusing to play 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The smarmy pep talk, with its generous doses of magical thinking, isn’t the only dubious line of goods Charlie is peddling. Theater Review: ‘Bethany,’ With America Ferrera, at City Center 2013-01-21T03:00:00Z Rockwell is suitably smarmy and opportunistic, a man who lacks Stark's natural talent and must therefore take risks to get ahead, while Rourke whips genuine menace from what might have been a one-note part. Iron Man 2 shows how Marvel movies could fly 2010-04-29T14:18:00Z “Let’s say I was acquainted with a lot of different ladies at that time of my life,” the smarmy Nick avers. ‘I Hate Kids’ Review: A Father-Son Comedy With Few Charms 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Lampooning the strange, smarmy world of child beauty contests in Texas is like spearing catfish in a bathtub. Review: 'Pageant Play' is a hoot ? full of Lone Star beauty-contest lunacy 2010-07-21T22:02:00Z Mr. Lythgoe has a smarmy show biz manner that suits telethon work, even if he’s not in any way as eccentric and histrionic as Mr. Lewis. ArtsBeat Blog: The TV Watch: No Jerry Lewis, but Telethon Still Offers Suspense 2011-09-05T14:43:34Z And act the smooth and smarmy cad to perfection. Seattle actor Mark Chamberlin: an appreciation of his work, and life 2011-03-30T23:12:10Z The standard plot — young boy and heroic, smarmy dog confront bad guys — was perfect fodder for children. A Dog’s Purpose? To Speak on Film, So to Speak 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The smarm of Reddit’s hardcore userbase defending the toxic culture of the site is just as smarmy as the smarm of people defending the culture of Hollywood movie producers or US Congressmen. When the absolute right to snark turns sour: A Gawker believer reconsiders the manifesto he once held dear 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z But “Parenthood,” which after six seasons ended last month, had a much more conventionally sweet, even smarmy, sensibility beneath its screwball banter. Review: In ‘The Slap,’ Culture Clash and Family Dysfunction 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z How is Jack more than just a smarmy sales guy? From "Morning Show" to "Hello Tomorrow!" Billy Crudup reveals what his antiheroes are really selling 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z To us, Richards seemed a little, well, smarmy. Perspective \| How journalism saved ‘Jeopardy!’ from an unworthy host after an utter failure of corporate vetting 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Garfield should have been seductive here, and he goes for smarmy instead. The worst film performances of 2021 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Bolger, while effectively smarmy and combative, makes Mike almost entirely unsympathetic — an easy pitfall to be sure, when the play’s sympathy lies so squarely with the underdog. ‘Good People’ portrays the haves and have-nots 2013-03-16T16:53:55Z Spacey has lost none of his smarmy magnetism as the cartoonish villain of David Fincher’s fun house version of present-day Washington, D.C. ‘House of Cards’ Season 2: More delicious ruthlessness 2014-02-11T21:21:09Z If these were broadcast network shows, the weekly reunions would be accompanied by hordes of cheerleading family and friends and an unctuous, smarmy host telling everyone how they should feel. Television: ?Runaway Squad? and ?The Locator? Make Hiding Hard 2010-04-02T22:40:00Z The instructor’s lectures are followed by seduction workshops and sexual tests that go beyond silly into shameless and smarmy. ‘Red Sparrow’ Review: Flightless Bird 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z But when they find themselves a player short, Kieran Culkin’s smarmy Roman approaches the young son of some onlookers and promises him a million dollars if he hits a home run. Succession's 10 best moments: from Boar on the Floor to excruciating phone sex 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z And delightful though Mr. Smith is as Elizabeth and Hitler and a rosy-cheeked, smarmy Ronald Reagan, exuding platitudes, these historical walk-ons are more flashy jokes than substantial additions to the narrative. \| 'Passion Play': Sarah Ruhl?s Play Within a Play at Irondale Center 2010-05-13T03:53:00Z He leans back in his chair, gives me the smarmiest grin a humanoid face can give, and says, “So? Do you still have that dime?” The Celebrity Interviews of Yesteryear 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z She elevated a rather "smarmy" art form and injected it with some compassion and humanity. Liz Smith, Longtime Queen of Tabloid Gossip Columns, Dies at 94 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Despite the anthropomorphized Little House, Burton smartly avoids smarmy sentimentalism with a straightforward text and illustrations that sparkle with color and design. 'The Little House' and 'Brown Bear' chalk up big anniversaries 2012-03-24T04:14:31Z And not just the usual obvious targets, like the smarmy hypocrites at court. Review: Michael Urie Puts the Madcap in Hamlet’s Madness 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z So why do I call this calming music “avant-garde jazz” and not the smarmy candy known as “smooth jazz”? Simply: smooth jazz is a category. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Avant-Garde Jazz 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Two smarmy instructors lead the students, who include a gay man, a haughty female elitist, an agitated male novice and a high-strung working-class woman. Theater Review: ‘Swing & Beowulf,’ at the Irish Arts Center 2014-05-05T21:12:47Z Mr. Foley, played with amusingly smarmy self-righteousness by Mr. Burton, is seen lamenting the digital trail he left behind when exchanging instant messages with a young page. Rachel Dratch in ‘Tail! Spin!,’ a Political Comedy of Errors 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z My father always found Spencer Tracy a trifle smarmy; and, even though he loved Crosby's crooning, he never thought much of him as an actor or a human being. Irish America and the siege of Hollywood 2010-07-11T21:29:00Z She was excluded from the realm of the couples, who had been her best friends, exiled to the netherworld of single ageing women and smarmy men. The world of the widow: grappling with loneliness and misunderstanding 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z It opens with that board meeting, a theatrically deadly series of speeches at which the smarmy Christian characters spout the predictable benighted outrage. Theater Review: At the Vineyard, Reading Can Be Hazardous 2010-05-20T04:12:00Z The moment could have seemed smarmy, but it read as sweetly ingenuous—a tone that suffused the rest of his performance. Rich Chigga and the Difficulties of Keeping It Real 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z But his portrayal comes to life as soon as Lloyd's Walter saunters into the attic with smarmy designs of understatedly playing the white knight. Arthur Miller's 'The Price' bursts into meaning at Mark Taper Forum 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Rip Torn portrayed Mr. Sanders’s unflappable if sometimes smarmy, producer Arthur. Garry Shandling, who parodied TV’s conventions in two hit comedy shows, dies at 66 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The lyrics have a scrutinizing mien that’s similar to the tunes he wrote with Mr. Fagen, though he renders them with less guile or smarmy satisfaction. Listen to 13 Essential Walter Becker Songs 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z "The word I used in describing Jose is smarmy: somebody who is slick, underhanded and doesn't shoot straight." Retired prosecutor aims at Anthony attorneys 2011-11-15T12:36:09Z They know their employee pool well: Mr. Malin is a smarmy veteran of the “Big Brother” franchise, and Mr. Moore was an especially loathsome participant on “The Millionaire Matchmaker.” Television Review: It?s Hard Out Here for a Reality-Show Celebrity 2011-07-08T22:09:39Z Yet even the smarmy soft-sell of his evangelical pitches — a casual question about churchgoing, followed by a disclaimer, “I’m just curious about people’s beliefs” — is too sweetly transparent to be offensive. Grace on Broadway: Paul Rudd and Michael Shannon in Motel Hell 2012-10-09T14:30:38Z We first see her walking into a bar, whipping out her baton and physically and verbally assaulting a group of smarmy white men — identified only as “Republicans” — just to mess with them. Review: In BET’s Police Drama ‘Rebel,’ Blaxploitation Matters 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, who will bark anything to anybody, is the malicious inverse of the smarmy celebrity interviewer. “Hand to God”: “Sesame Street” Meets “The Exorcist” 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z As smarmy as he sounds, Kilgrave might be on to something when he tells Jones that he didn’t make Malcolm do anything he didn’t want to do. ‘Jessica Jones’ Episode 6: The Truth Comes Out 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Halfway though “The Neon Demon,” Nicolas Winding Refn’s new film about envy, duplicity and cannibalism on the Los Angeles fashion circuit, a smarmy designer forces a young man to judge two models. Nicolas Winding Refn Dissects His Bloody Confection 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z An actual incident, or just the creeping reach of evil into the life of superficial, smarmy Dad? ‘The Night Manager’ Season 1, Episode 3: What Makes a Villain Charming? 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z He often plays a likable jerk or a smarmy man-child, in entertainment that walks the line between mocking obnoxiousness and glorifying it. Rob Corddry and the Healing Power of Laughter 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z It’s all her smarmy chief of staff, Will Abbott, needs to hear — he’s a lot like Frank Underwood’s creepy dogsbody Doug Stamper. Lies, leaks and threats to our liberties: A new thriller captures the moment 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z The Washington Post reviewer, Hank Stuever, called the show "lazy and perfunctorily smarmy" and added that Gervais "proved last year that he wasn't the right man for the job". Golden Globes 2011: who'd be an awards show presenter? 2011-01-17T20:30:01Z What makes Pearson’s story so unique is his starting point: the harsh biblical literalism of Pentecostal faith, and the smarmy world of American televangelism. Come Sunday: how one of America's biggest preachers became a pariah 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z For that matter, the movie’s smarmy racial tokenism wouldn’t take heavy lifting to overcome. The Silent Women of “Entourage” 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The smiles are too broad; the pitch becomes too high; the doctors are too obsequious; the personalities are too smarmy; Jesse is too uncontrollable to be just ADHD. Review: 'Distracted' at ArtsWest is a look at modern-life overload 2011-03-16T19:27:04Z He’s altogether too pleased with himself; his grin is too smarmy. Gone Girl review – a bracing, scalding sketch of a marriage in meltdown 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z But it was clear from the off that Stoppard's smarmy smug operator was not a man on whom you'd turn your back while he was in possession of a carving knife. Rewind TV: Broadchurch; The Politician's Husband; Super Sunday; The Wright Way – review 2013-04-27T22:45:01Z Here Victoria Justice plays Lola, who works for a smarmy Los Angeles wine importer. ‘A Perfect Pairing’ Review: Going Down Under for Wine and Romance 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z In a daytime landscape filled with bland, polished hosts and smarmy good cheer, Mr. Philbin was crumpled, nasal and histrionic. The TV Watch: Regis Philbin Says Goodbye on ?Live!? 2011-11-18T22:00:56Z Here, three panellists are testing their mettle against Jonathan Watson's smarmy host, whose questions grow ever more surreal. Quiz Show – review 2013-04-03T17:43:16Z He was the guy with the wristwatch that cost a small fortune, the “Who, me?” look on the hot seat, the vibe that fell somewhere between charming and smarmy. The quid pro quos of Gordon D. Sondland 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z In a daytime landscape filled with bland, polished hosts and smarmy good cheer, Philbin was crumpled, nasal and histrionic. Regis Philbin says goodbye on 'Live' 2011-11-19T03:52:04Z He invites our sympathy — especially when contrasted with the smarmy Aaron — but doesn’t really deserve it. Review: Winning Her Back on Deadline in ‘Literally, Right Before Aaron’ 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z They are there to help characterize Jack, a fashion photographer, by their response to his smarmy advances. Review: In Matthew Perry’s First Play, a Chandler Gone to Seed 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Not stuffy, smarmy or dumb...he was a very good choice! Emmy Awards 2016: Emmys Welcome Surprises Along With the Favorites 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z The girlfriend is now his wife, a detail that cements the smarmy vibe of a show that may be perfect for cellphone viewing in eight-minute chunks at the nail salon or during a boring date. Watch List: Yahoo! Screen Introduces Shows With Puppets and a Tiny Rambo 2013-09-08T21:53:03Z You exude smarmy charm here, as when you dine with Hannah and get her drunk. "I love absurdist comedy": Ryan Phillippe on his career evolution and the fun of playing a rich jerk 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z The smarmy introductions and whirligig graphics and general aura of hectic oversell could be replaced with a more confident statement of what theater, at its best, has been and can be. A Chance to Fix the Tonys, and So Many Things to Fix 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Tall, pale, gawky and convinced of his superiority, he’s a caricature of a smarmy liberal white man convinced that he’s blond, blue-eyed Jesus’ gift to an ignorant world. “Jordan Klepper Solves Guns” answers crucial questions (unrelated to guns) 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z To borrow the show’s oft-repeated example of the industry’s smarmiest idealism, shouldn’t women also have an opportunity to make the world a better place? Perspective \| ‘Silicon Valley’ is done, but the important work of mocking tech culture must carry on 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z “I remember him being all smarmy: ‘Let me help you take off all your clothes,’ ” she recalled. Bill Cosby’s legacy, recast: Accusers speak in detail about sexual-assault allegations If you’re looking for moral lessons, you might check the latest finger-wagger by the pop star or the talk show host, with smarmy, redundant artwork to match. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Swere excels as Carol’s officious husband, T. Eugene “Cotton” Thompson, as well as a smarmy colleague of his and the investigator assigned to the murder. ArtsBeat: New York Fringe Festival Report: ‘Carol and Cotton’ 2013-08-15T21:39:15Z True, Garrett Marshall’s creep Billy lacks the last measure of smarmy menace, but he’s still part of an invested group effort, sailing through Lee Martino's inventive choreography, harmonizing under Brian P. Kennedy's musical direction. With 'Carrie: The Musical,' you can't say they haven't tried 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Franco portrays Dave Skylark, a smarmy TV host for one of those distasteful celebrity tabloid shows. Absurd, this fuss over Three Stooges-like 'The Interview' 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z And two cheers for Patten, who taps the Dickens spirit in his persuasive turns as Magwitch and the comic Jaggers, a smarmy lawyer involved in Pip's fate. Review: Dickens classic done up in trademark Book-It style 2011-02-17T21:32:05Z "On your knees, avoid the fees," as Alexander Armstrong's character, a smarmy MP, puts it. Rev and The Interceptors 2010-06-29T07:00:00Z Then there's Sam Rockwell's excellent Justin Hammer, a smarmy, deeply sad Stark wannabe who's willing to do anything to grab himself just a smidgen of his rival's insouciant cool. You review: Iron Man 2 2010-05-04T11:23:00Z Between songs at the Borderline in London, the 70-year-old mocks rock critics who apply words such as "smarmy, quirky, idiosyncratic: adjectives that have lost their special charm to me". Van Dyke Parks: 'I was victimised by Brian Wilson's buffoonery' 2013-05-09T17:30:01Z In the film's prologue, a doctor tells him, "I don't love your EKG" – a wonderfully smarmy preface to everyone's worst nightmare – and he flees the office rather than hear the details. Michael Douglas: The last great antihero 2010-05-21T12:01:00Z Yes, arguably the people condemning Gawker gleefully outing a rival media company executive are being self-righteous and “smarmy,” defending the values of a traditional power structure in the face of challenge. When the absolute right to snark turns sour: A Gawker believer reconsiders the manifesto he once held dear 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z In support, Bugzy Malone exudes cool as JJ, even though his character is a bit vague, and while Grant is appropriately smarmy in his role, he is painful to watch. In "Operation Fortune," Aubrey Plaza saves Guy Ritchie's latest action-packed but lackluster caper 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z It’s a tough assignment for a self-described wimp who ceaselessly cites his own shortcomings: bad grades, a flabby torso, a smarmy personality. A punk rock record label owner strains for respectability in ‘hilarious,’ twisty ‘Sucker’ 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Here’s hoping this is not only Shazam’s last outing but the nail in the coffin of the smarmy superhero as well. Review: 'Shazam! Fury of the Gods' has an attitude problem 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z These Oscars were business as usual, but the pockets where spontaneity was scripted to appear were unusually effective — less smarmy than warm, grateful, and yeah, I’ll say it: moving. Perspective \| Maybe the Oscars are better when they don’t try so hard 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z A Supreme Court that took ethics seriously would want to get to the bottom of this smarmy arrangement. Opinion \| The court’s supremely obtuse response to its ethical problems 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z The Times’s smarmy details about the operatives’ astonishing access to the justices, even as these same operatives were making six-figure donations to the Supreme Court Historical Society, were chilling. Opinion \| The Supreme Court has lost its ethical compass. Can it find one fast? 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Still, there are enough similarities between the two films, both rife with smarmy, unlikable characters, that one could become preoccupied in wondering why “Knives Out” works and why “The Estate” decidedly does not. Review: More bleak comedy than black, 'The Estate' is not worth your time (or Toni Collette's) 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Some criticized what they saw as a smarmy, take-no-prisoners, internet troll approach. Canadian Conservatives pick populist Pierre Poilievre to challenge Trudeau 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Sunak, while “intellectually brilliant,” came across as vaguely “smarmy,” he said. The Front-Runner to Replace Boris Johnson Wants to Be a New Iron Lady 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z But while McCarthy’s behavior is typically smarmy, Garland’s untypical behavior requires explanation. Opinion \| Garland is no gambler. My bet is he’s acting on more than a hunch. 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The actor is most inventive in roles that evince authority, like the smarmy, manic know-it-all Barney Stinson on “How I Met Your Mother.” Review \| Neil Patrick Harris’s ‘Uncoupled’ is a joyless look at starting over 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Because of their smarmy politics and records, a few, at least for me, are hard to swallow. Opinion \| The national and local intersect for D.C. in November 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z "Bin Salman's smarmy reply underlines the way in which the U.S. government's lawlessness... and its weird commitment to Israeli apartheid... undermine its moral standing." Saudi Arabia's MBS turns the tables on Biden, U.S.: "Remember Abu Ghraib?" 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Absolutely relegated to the “cult classic” home theater shelf, “Wild Things” is B-movie exploitation at its best, a smarmy thrill ride loaded with twists and stacked with a great cast. ‘Wild Things: Limited Edition’ 4K Ultra HD movie review 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z His smarmy habit of getting all Jesus-y, even in the face of a public health crisis? Rick Scott's loony-tunes 11-point plan: Classic GOP projection, and a roadmap to theocracy 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Hawley is one of those who looks in the mirror and sees a future president, while the rest of us look at him and see just another smarmy, self-impressed, opportunistic politician. Small minds think alike 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z In hackneyed fashion, the musical turns Frank Jr. into the smarmy emcee of a ’60s TV variety show — imagine a kind of “This Is My Life” with a beaming dance ensemble. Review \| ‘Catch Me If You Can’ fizzled on Broadway. A new Arena Stage production loses altitude in much the same way. 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z And, to add a cherry on top, more evidence for her supporters that liberals are a bunch of smarmy know-it-alls. Marjorie Taylor Greene's "Gazpacho police" is very dumb — but we underestimate her at our peril 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z The bitter truth of addiction is obscured by the smarmy ads and compromising relationships, and yet federal oversight is downright nonexistent. The Rising Human Cost of Sports Betting 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z They cited a smarmy statement by Manchin about how from "the grocery store to the gas pump, Americans know the inflation tax is real." Our addiction to fossil fuels is accelerating inflation — passing Build Back Better can help free us 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z It is a pretty stunning admission — even for a smarmy used car salesman like Terry McAuliffe. Terry McAuliffe: ‘Smarmy used car salesman’ 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The responses from the accused have been vague, smarmy and blustery. Opinion \| With Russell Moore’s departure from the SBC, Christian conscience has left the building 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z The crooning, bellowing, devilishly smarmy vocalist was ringleader of the World/Inferno Friendship Society, a band with an ever-changing lineup that melded punk defiance with the decadent theatricality of Weimar-era cabaret. This week’s passages 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z There's a reason the religious right — as smarmy, hypocritcal, and dishonest as they are — survived for so many decades as the backbone of the Republican Party. Trump's defense of Matt Gaetz is a major problem for the GOP 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z No, they get only chyrons and newsprint, to go with smarmy platitudes of inaction, specious pieties worn smooth by repetition. The victims of this war don’t get a wall 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, on Wednesday afternoon, issued a similar smarmy statement declaring, "Violence is not how you achieve change." Don't let smarmy calls for "civility" fool you — most Republicans still side with insurrectionists 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z These folks are shameless, so we need to prepare ourselves for an unbelievably smarmy display of sanctimony. A new era of what-about-ism: Media already feeling pressure to cover Biden "corruption" 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Never before have those who govern college athletics or have the gravitas to influence that authority — with Krzyzewski, also on faculty at Duke’s Center of Leadership and Ethics, one notable exception — seemed more smarmy. Perspective \| The NCAA was created to protect college athletes. Now it’s trotting them out during a pandemic. 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z In the midst of another nasty election season, it’s refreshing to see some Wichita-area leaders and organizations taking principled stands and holding colleagues accountable for smarmy politics. Recent Kansas editorials 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Offering more smarmy gore than scenes of cohabitation, the cheaply produced film shows its age even with a restoration, and it’s as humorous as creepy as it satirically skewers human nature. Best Blu-ray & 4K UHD horror movies: ‘Psycho,’ ‘The War of the Worlds,’ ‘Beetlejuice,’ and more 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Hawley’s smarmy histrionics only serve to cheapen the process and distract the public from the way this nominee, religious views and all, are being foisted upon the American people. Recent Missouri editorials 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Willard was a master at playing ridiculous, slightly smarmy characters prone to rambling monologues. Fred Willard, scene-stealing comic actor and master of improvisation, dies at 86 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z But it would be nice to get through one school board election without vile, smarmy personal attacks, distortions and outright lies. Column: You'll need a shower after reading about this school board race that's descended into the gutter 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z “He didn’t use the delicate language of diplomacy in that conversation, that’s true. He also doesn’t use the smarmy talk of politicians,” McClintock said. House impeachment report coming ahead of landmark hearing 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z One of the bad ways is to be smarmy. Press Watch: Soledad O'Brien attacks a Pence puff piece, sets off anti-NPR Twitter rampage 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z There is something sinister and smarmy about these authors ascribing political incorrectness to a reader’s opinion about a single author, especially when the attack is so patently self-interested. Hey, young adult authors: writing for teenagers is no excuse to act like them 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z One rally attendee described the mayor as “kind of smarmy” and suggested he tone down his “salesman” persona. Can Pete Buttigieg's moderate message win over purple Iowa? 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z She describes another of her employee-inmates as “smarmy” and laments the high rate of recidivism. California writers explore our past, promises in a trio of books 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z It’s a convenient strategy for Cohen, whose persona can shift between smarmy and sly — a celebrity kiss-up artist who must put his guests at ease while simultaneously prying secrets out of them. How Andy Cohen became the ringmaster of our insane celebrity circus 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z With the smarmy sanctimony that is the particular preserve of this sport, the Patriots are wonderfully taken with their own mystique. Antonio Brown Saga Just Another Sign of the Patriots Way 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Their unconventional methods soon get put to the test when they encounter a smarmy mayor, mischievous Mounties and a smuggling ring. Movies on TV this week Sept. 8, 2019 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Nixon was a past master at smarmy fake patriotism. Trump's fake patriotism was sophomoric and insulting. So of course his voters loved it 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z As clueless and distasteful as his history of smarmy dealings with individual women is, his public record is worse. Biden wants us to forget his past. We won't \| Adolph L Reed Jr and Cornel West 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Opposing any incumbent president is not a day at the beach, and campaigning against today’s uniquely smarmy incumbent would be especially disagreeable. Opinion \| Trump is trashing the Constitution. Larry Hogan shows how Republicans should respond. 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Another user, “Hypercyberpastelgoth,” wrote, “She attacked us first. . . . She just had to open up her smarmy mouth.” Fake-porn videos are being weaponized to harass and humiliate women: ‘Everybody is a potential target’ 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z But he’s sharp — if a bit over the top — on its rather smarmy television ads of late. Congress just showed us what comprehensive regulation of Facebook would look like 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Not by the smarmy, immoral president, who lied about his affair. On the streets of Seattle, feels like the fight for Roe is already lost 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z It was a portrait of politics in close-up: smarmy and slippery. Perspective \| The Chris Brown mug shot tells the story of a life 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z What may have offended Hersh even more than Kissinger’s misdeeds was the smarmy way some of Washington’s most respected journalists lined up to kiss his ring as he spoon-fed them unadulterated spin. Review \| Major scoops and controversies of a storied investigative journalist 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z How did he know that Clinton's e-mails would be released - remember his chortling, smarmy interview on Fox predicting a bombshell that would hit the Clinton campaign? Giuliani to Join Trump’s Legal Team 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z These smarmy liars from Facebook should not be able to wiggle away from the outrage named Trump that they intentionally engineered on their platform. Facebook to Require Verified Identities for Future Political Ads 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Attempts to silence players who refuse to accept their assigned roles fits right in with owners’ smarmy manipulation of the women cheerleaders through discriminatory Jane Crow “laws”. The NFL’s plan to protect America from witches \| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Yet Ms Clifford is no smarmy British comic or slippery senator. Why Stormy Daniels is so dangerous 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The harassment game, long accepted with knowing smiles and smarmy smirks, has been shut down. Panthers' Jerry Richardson's exit from ownership ranks is a sign of the times 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z He was a smarmy, supercilious comic who liked to ridicule conservatives, and he’s a person who regularly looks down his nose at those who don’t share his progressive ideals. Al Franken shouldn’t have folded 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z "And that kind of comes across as smarmy and it comes across as somebody that is projecting that they still have license." As Kevin Spacey seeks 'evaluation and treatment,' his second accuser says the damage has been done 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Other characters are underdeveloped, including the prosecuting attorney, played as a churlish, smarmy bigot by Dan Stevens, who does what he can in a thankless role. Review \| ‘Marshall’: An engaging portrait of a Supreme Court justice as a self-assured young man 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Just because you are the smartest person in the room doesn’t mean you also can’t be the smarmiest, smuggest person in the room. Perspective \| Bill Belichick is simply a ‘small man who wins football games’ 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z “In wrestling, some smarmy heel is going on and on and on and the baby face quips a response right back and the audience goes crazy.” Donald Trump insults tactics borrowed from WWE pro wrestling 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Most of the time, the worst penalties that they are subjected to are hectoring “fact check” reports and smarmy voiceovers by late-night comedians. Trump’s barrage of lies is nothing new: Lying has been at the heart of Republican politics for 50 years 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z A president with high standards of integrity would be mortified by a brewing scandal that seems to involve smarmy aides and a foreign government. We set a low bar for Trump. He still failed to meet it. 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z He lets his smarmy charisma shine through Malick’s words, which many actors before him have taken too seriously and made leaden and lifeless. Review: Malick gets some life back in ‘Song to Song’ 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z But who are these women journalists who apparently buy into everything else in the smarmy Fox fratboy ethos up until the point when it touches them personally? Fox News Settled Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Bill O’Reilly, Documents Show 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z He’s Trump without without the smarmy charisma that allows Trump to skate away from scandal far more intact than he has any right to be. Curt Schilling was a hero in New England. But his time has passed \| Hunter Felt 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Increasingly, though, the rap on Clinton combines gender, age and health in a smarmy package of unsupported insinuation. Trump’s sickening attacks on Clinton’s health 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z As part of the movie's launch, Gervais performed on a makeshift stage in Leicester Square as his smarmy alter ego with his fake band. Ricky Gervais's Brent movie splits critics - BBC News 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Instead, that job went to Jon Hamm: The debonair cad from “Mad Men” got cast as a comically smarmy version of his TV character, complete with one grotesque facial expression after another. The problem with Chris Hemsworth’s stunt casting in ‘Ghostbusters’ 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z He performed on the groundbreaking television comedy show from 1977 to 1980 and honed his skills portraying insincere and lovably smarmy characters. Bill Murray to be awarded Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z The smarmy Republican majority leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell, whispers that he thinks he can manipulate the amateur Trump to his will, so he isn’t too worried. Trump is crushing the conservative movement: Inside the implosion of a decrepid ideology 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z In the context of GOP politics, he could not compete with the alpha dog or the smarmy piety of Cruz. Marco Rubio Suspends His Presidential Campaign 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Pundits, politicians and comedians have heaped on descriptors like “arrogant,” “smug,” “smarmy” and “creepy.” Ted Cruz, human dog whistle: Evangelicals — those “courageous conservatives” — know exactly what he is talking about 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Sure, she’s an unlikeable, demagogic, smarmy, haughty, mendacious bag of complete and utter failure, but… sorry, where was I going with this? Bon voyage, wackos! A look back at the doomed campaigns of the GOP’s wing-nut warriors 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z In the weeks since he achieved worldwide virality, Bill has also attracted a large contingent of haters who fault his smarmy tone and his lack of self-awareness. You absolutely should not ‘Be Like Bill,’ the smarmy stick-figure meme eating Facebook 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Schneider, sporting a smarmy pencil mustache, invariably was clad in a white T-shirt, denim vest and tool belt. 'One Day at a Time' actor Pat Harrington Jr. dies after Alzheimer's struggle 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Kratz is a smarmy guy, with the look and nasally mumble of a Jurassic Park-era Wayne Knight, who we constantly see evading pointed questions about the gaping logic in the prosecution's narrative. The problem with treating true crime villains like fictional villains 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Stamos plays Los Angeles restaurateur Jimmy Martino, whose eponymous eatery turns away diners accompanied by children and serves up a smarmy helping of its owner’s ego along with the tagliatelle. Fall TV Preview 2015: Every new show, the schedule for every returning show, and what’s worth watching You would never be smarmy with a pig. Liberal leadership spill: Malcolm Turnbull ousts Tony Abbott as Australian PM – as it happened 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z How often have you seen a trailer which including a montage which went “explosion, gunfire, pretty girl in a state of undress, chase scene, door kicking open, a cute girl in peril, smarmy quip?” Rebecca Ferguson Stole 'Rogue Nation' From Tom Cruise, But What Kind Of Career Will She Have? 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Luthor is merely the latest troublemaker to wear the relaxed uniform and smarmy grin of startup founders. Silicon Valley CEOs are the default movie villains of our generation 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z However smarmy their questions about his fans may be, the media’s complete inability to puncture Trump’s bubble shows that they come by their cluelessness honestly. It’s not who he is, it’s who he hates: The secret to Donald Trump’s toxic appeal 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Everything else — his heart of gold, his smarmy charm, and his loyalty to his friends — is fleshed out by the end of A New Hope. Han Solo's spinoff film will let Disney keep the original Star Wars trilogy alive 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z You would never be smarmy with a pig. Liberal leadership spill: Malcolm Turnbull ousts Tony Abbott as Australian PM – as it happened 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z In a despicable segment, O’Reilly sent smarmy young reporter Jesse Watters to stroll around Penn Station, shove microphones into homeless people’s faces and ask them where they slept and whether they had drinking problems. 5 worst right-wing moments of the week — Bill O’Reilly’s cruelty knows no bounds 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Even Jagger endorsed Klein in his own tepid and smarmy fashion, telling the Beatles that he was “all right if you like that kind of thing.” The prize: When news of the Beatles’ imminent financial danger spread, notorious manager Allen Klein knew his time had come 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z But elite media is getting rather smarmy, too; and it’s hard not to conclude that elitism is part of the reason why they write about Trump’s fans as if they were anthropological curiosities. It’s not who he is, it’s who he hates: The secret to Donald Trump’s toxic appeal 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z “I’m sorry, Daddy, but I don’t think five days of pink champagne and smarmy Cupids would have made any difference,” the daughter replies. Morris Wilkins Dies at 90; Lured Lovers to Poconos 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Wood is confidently smarmy and outraged as Sims, who can’t believe Morris is attempting to shut down his perfectly legitimate business on moral grounds when nobody is actually getting hurt. Review: ‘The Nether’ is a complex cyber-detective story 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The absurd machinations of Will’s smarmy political adviser are also good for a laugh. ‘Annie’ movie review: An uneven remake that promises not to be timeless 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z After all, his sanctimonious denunciations of ideologues — particularly the left-wing kind — and his longstanding servility to corporate power make him an excellent fit for the smarmy, business-backed No Labels. Joe Lieberman is pretty sure history will record that George W. Bush was just swell 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Despite often choppy animation of his performance capture acting, Spacey lends smarmy gravitas to his character, the highlight of an otherwise rote, self-serious, globe-trotting campaign. Review: ‘Call of Duty’ multiplayer tops rote story 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z In a couple of months, he and Paul would unleash upon the world their iconic recurring “Lounge Singer” bit, in which Bill was the smarmy crooner Nick, and Paul was his accompanist. An excerpt from Martin Short's "I Must Say" 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z No known evidence demonstrates any complicity in Chisholm’s scheme, but in a smarmy new ad she exploits his manufactured atmosphere of synthetic scandal in a manner best described as McCarthyite. George F. Will: The nastiest political tactic this year It solved the game’s since-launch problem of the smarmy Cryptarch, a vendor who would “decrypt” your random item engrams, and often reveal gear or weapons of a worse quality than you expected. What 'Destiny' Needs To Learn From 'Diablo 3' About Loot 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Traficant simply didn’t fit the mold of the classic, corrupt congressman – a slick, smarmy narcissist in fancy suits. Rep. James Traficant Was Stubbornly Anti-Establishment Before the Tea Party 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z The Washington Post’s respected Fact Checker blog dismantled that accusation, calling Perdue’s ad “pretty smarmy” and “utterly bogus.” Islamic State at the border: Fearful new focus of GOP campaign ads 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z A few minutes after I saw the latest video, I thought to tweet a screenshot of it as a screw-you to a commentator from the far-right who was being particularly smarmy about the subject. The NFL has made you 'need' to watch Ray Rice beat his wife. That's how the cover-up works 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z I will leave out the smarmy tone Rumsfeld used when answering questions that he felt were dumb. Baghdadi of ISIS Pushes an Islamist Crusade 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z Ernst’s opponent, Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley, comes off as a “smarmy doofus,” asserts the top GOP Senate operative, who pointed to continued stumbles that have portrayed the congressman as elitist and out of touch. The Senate 7: Democratic Control Hinges on the South 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z This was certainly the impact of Karl Rove’s smarmy and unfounded recent speculation about her health. The GOP, running scared David Beach’s marvelously unctuous devil is too smarmy and smirking to be trusted. \| Connecticut: A Review of ‘Damn Yankees, the Red Sox Version’ in East Haddam 2014-05-09T22:27:53Z It’s consumer democracy rather than real democracy, more like voting some smarmy country singer off “American Idol” than like claiming the political power that is supposedly ours. Donald Sterling, ritual scapegoat 2014-05-03T16:30:00Z Students deserve a cool, clear, objective voice about the body, rather than the smarmy, feel-good chatter that now infests sex-ed workbooks. Put the Sex Back in Sex Ed 2014-03-13T11:02:38Z In a recent Saturday homily, Francis warned an audience that included Cardinal Bagnasco of the danger of becoming a “smarmy” priest. Pope With the Humble Touch Is Firm in Reshaping the Vatican 2014-01-14T02:58:13Z "There is something about his smarmy, supercilious demeanour that repels delighted mirth," he said. Smith praised in Shakespeare comedy 2013-09-18T10:53:43Z “It became more of a talking-points yelling match between people who thought the job was to be smarmy.” Gingrich Will Be Back in the ‘Crossfire’ on CNN 2013-08-23T00:23:54Z He nonetheless spared little in his description of Senator Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican who was one of the authors of the Senate bill, calling him a “smarmy and dishonest” turncoat. National Push by a Local Immigration Activist: No G.O.P. Retreat 2013-08-07T00:33:49Z Both towered above their older, more dignified neighbors, while making unconvincing references to prewar materials and details, Ms. Huxtable said, like a smarmy tip of the hat. The Appraisal: 30 Years Later, an Architecture Critic’s Voice Still Rings True 2013-01-14T16:12:10Z It all sounds smarmy and smart, except for one thing: the history and the reality don't support it. The Fifth Down: Debunking the 'Same Old Jets' Myth 2012-11-26T15:38:07Z A smarmy “eat my dust” message for pursuing players? What Seattle Times sports readers are saying 2012-11-22T03:55:44Z This is a huge victory for the Obama campaign, and for all those who believe in smarmy politics. 'Show Me Papers' Politics: Romney Paid 13% Taxes 2012-08-17T00:05:24Z But do not confuse conversational marketing tactics with smarmy sales hype. Will Marketing Muck Up Social Media? 2012-07-05T20:42:14Z Another person now appeared, a sleek, pale, old young man, whom Jasmine recognized from Selina's allusion as the 'smarmy' doctor. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Broncos 35, Vikings 32 Tim Tebow played well enough to get a one-week reprieve from the smarmy sarcasm that has pocked the Broncos’ Quick Hits capsules for the last month and a half. The Fifth Down: Week 13 Quick Hits: In Praise of Packers Receivers 2011-12-05T12:42:26Z The off-balance-sheet risks, the tax havens, the impenetrable accounting, the smarmy and delusional executives saying all’s well, the hapless regulators. XXX-Ratings May Save Us From Financial Armageddon: William Pesek 2011-11-29T20:23:16Z He is a smarmy jerk to everyone he talks to. Michele Bachmann is invincible 2011-06-28T12:30:00Z As if he had never amounted to more than a smarmy character like Falco. Tony Curtis's New York, on Film and in Reality 2010-09-30T20:35:00Z And in tomorrow's £1 Big Paper: lots of stuff about schools and universities and such like in Education, plus reports of politicians looking smarmy and telling lies in our general election build-up. The Fiver 2010-04-07T15:49:00Z I'm so offended ” Rebecca DeFalco When Papalexis gave evidence he was polite and articulate but came across as smarmy, deceitful and dishonest. 2010-02-15T15:05:00Z If she thinks him too sweet and smarmy with other people, she should let him have it to his nose, straight out. Fantasia of the Unconscious "We're ready for you now," he announced with all the smarmy triumph of an interrogator leading the way to the torture chamber. Wild Justice They lipsynch the soundtrack, cadge souvenirs and pester you with smarmy, show-off questions. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom She would not sit there and let a woman read the Bible at her... and in that "smarmy" way.... in spirit she rose and marched out of the room. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1
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