英语词汇“sophomoric”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Friendship goes far beyond the booze and sophomoric humor we often see in movies like “The Hangover.” Brews, baby seals and ‘Big Little Lies’: How an epic Highway 1 road trip brought three guys closer together 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z

They make such good foils for each other that the sophomoric elements endemic to Sandler's work — guys getting socked in the crotch and such — fade into the background a bit. Just Go With It? Jennifer Aniston Runs Away With It 2011-02-11T00:40:00Z

At its weakest, "I Want You Back" feels sophomoric with characters behaving like teenagers. In Amazon's affable rom-com "I Want You Back" Jenny Slate and Charlie Day charm as meddling exes 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

He also captures the essential sweetness of Brooks’ vision in spite -- or maybe because -- of the relentless sophomoric puns. All puns intended at DOMA's 'Young Frankenstein' 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

Many efforts push, sometimes to a sophomoric degree, against the boundaries separating art and life while straining the limits of the exhibition format. Art Review: Documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany 2012-06-14T21:44:01Z

Instead, what I heard veered closer to sophomoric and insipid. Review: ‘The Present’: Even in Russia, It’s Hard to Turn 40 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z

They’re both dog owners and fans of trivia nights, and both have an affinity for sophomoric humor. Date Lab: Things got hazy by the end of the night 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

The lesson can feel profound or sophomoric, depending on how much patience you have for this kind of thing. Classical Myths Filtered Through a Modern Prism 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

I'd call it more poetry, and pretty sophomoric poetry at that. Robert Moog: 'I wouldn't call this music' – a classic interview to mark a Google doodle 2012-05-23T10:54:12Z

It would be a mistake to assume that Martin agrees with the assessments of his characters in their overheated, often sophomoric debates, their ironized pillow talk. The Moral of These Stories? ‘You Are Not as Special as You Think’ 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

One dismissed it as "excruciatingly unfunny" while the other called it "worse than sophomoric." Meet Fred Figglehorn; everyone under 18 has 2010-09-16T18:01:00Z

But most know Friedman through his work on “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” which Times theater critic Charles McNulty called a “sardonically frolicsome, unabashedly sophomoric emo musical.” Remembering Michael Friedman: Interview from the earliest days of 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z

This is the fleetest, funniest and — in keeping with its adolescent protagonist — most sophomoric of the volumes translated into English thus far. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

“The revamped U2 isn’t trapped in sophomoric seriousness because it’s no longer so sure of itself,” wrote the New York Times. R.E.M.’s leap of faith: 25 years later, every curveball on “Out of Time” makes perfect sense 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

It’s all grating and sophomoric, from the first straining moments to the inevitable happy-ish ending, which comes two intermissionless hours later. Theater Review: ?Leave the Balcony Open? at 3LD Art & Technology Center 2012-02-13T22:42:57Z

Her first role came in the sophomoric daytime drama, Doctors, two years ago. Ami Metcalf on Walking And Talking like Kathy Burke 2012-06-22T23:01:00Z

A character is introduced for purely expositional purposes, while Spiegel’s intriguingly desultory dialogue sometimes skews into the sophomoric. Echo Theater's 'Dry Land' pulls no punches in tale of an unwanted pregnancy 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

“It’s glum, preachy, sophomoric and aesthetically aimless,” another critic wrote in 1993. Anthony Elms Prepares for the Whitney Biennial 2014-02-14T19:28:38Z

"The Gentlemen" continues to showcase his crass flash, featuring more sophomoric antics than prankish teenage schoolboys. From "Hillbilly Elegy" to "The Gentlemen," here are the worst films of 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z

One cast member quits after a week, and several who remain resist what they call Lapine’s “sophomoric” theater games and directing style. Sunday in the Trenches With George 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

Finding the sophomoric humor in Shakespeare’s green academics is easy. | 'Love?s Labor?s Lost': ?Love?s Labor?s Lost? at Public Theater - Review 2011-11-01T02:01:01Z

The show is the closest thing to my experience in writing rooms, with male energy and the sophomoric madness that happens when people are trapped, trying to do a series.” Lisa Kudrow on The Comeback’s groundbreaking satire 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z

I just went with the flow, and oh, the places they took me — from sophomoric sunniness to the shadows of mortality. Stoppard Classics, Reborn for an Age of Uncertainty 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

The world of “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” is sophomoric; there is a good deal of collegiate humor here. Rocking the Vote, In the 1820s and Now 2010-10-22T23:03:00Z

It’s a one-sided conversation that is more sophomoric than scary. REVIEW: Die Antwoord's Donker Mag Fails to Maintain Momentum 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

In addition to reproducing the 25 or so images presented in the show, the catalog contains 65 excruciatingly sophomoric poems written by Mr. Franco in reaction to nearly all the Sherman film stills. Art Review: ‘James Franco: New Film Stills’ Arrives at Pace Gallery 2014-04-22T20:20:35Z

Indeed, that initial tower of poo is a sophomoric gag compared with what eventually develops in “Death Fugue.” Review | Banned in China, Sheng Keyi’s ‘Death Fugue’ is a pungent political satire 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

Their conversation, too, has a sophomoric ring, as they debate the right word for big breasts, like the pair on one of Wheeler’s co-workers. ‘Linda Vista’ Review: A Womanizer Who Devastates as He Charms 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

He wonders, with sophomoric profundity, “Is it possible to be both good and evil? Can a man be a good man when he is a bad man?” Salman Rushdie launches a novelistic attack on Trump 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

"It's sophomoric, filthy and disgusting," says Menken, letting loose a torrent of obscenities that are in the opening number, which are not in an "honorable" Disney tradition. Composer Alan Menken explains how 'Newsies' became a stage dynamo 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

Thom’s angst may feel a trifle sophomoric now, like something he might grow out of. Review: Michael C. Hall Probes the Despair of ‘Thom Pain’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

He still strains to fill Stewart’s formidable shoes–too sophomoric some nights, too strident on others–but Trump brings out his best. The New Politics of Late Night 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

French Spy Spoof Set in Swinging ’67 Rio Good James Bond spoofs, from Maxwell Smart to Derek Flint to Austin Powers, have always involved suffering copious indignities in the cause of sophomoric humor. | 'OSS 117: Lost in Rio': French Spy Spoof Set in Swinging ?67 Rio 2010-05-07T04:04:00Z

Instead, it offered a lazy array of tired and sophomoric gay jokes and lasted one season. 'Empire' sends a powerful LGBT message 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

It's genuinely scary to see how one incredibly sophomoric cartoon can incite such strong feelings and even violence. "South Park's" radical patriotism 2010-04-22T18:23:00Z

Most of this is simple, rather sophomoric fun, the kind of games literary folk play. Is that Harold Bloom? Susan Sontag? ‘Muse’ brims with literary barbs. 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

He reread Mr. Toole’s book recently and, despite its charms, still dislikes in it “the overload, the strain, the sophomoric take on life.” In ‘Avid Reader,’ a Celebrated Editor as Shepherd and Alchemist 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

I had written the short with some friends, and that was a very sophomoric, silly, crazy idea about, "What if a baseball announcer flipped out on the air?" Hank Azaria: "For Mets fans, the bad news is there's no games. The good news is there's no games" 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

To others, he is also the very epitome of the hipster young American: self-obsessed, stupid, sophomoric. Taipei by Tao Lin – review 2013-07-04T08:00:01Z

It was a terrible plan and an uncharacteristically sophomoric suggestion from one of the series’ wisest figures. “Game of Thrones” recap: “Beyond the Wall,” an adventure into thin air 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

But when it comes to Mr. Brock’s sophomoric dances, none of that matters. Dance Review: Chase Brock Experience at the Connelly Theater 2010-07-09T21:37:00Z

Unlike more sophomoric hybridists of highbrow content and popular form, Mr. Brinkman brings genuine passion, curiosity and analytical skills to his subject. | 'Rap Guide to Evolution': Rapping Your Mind-State Around Darwin 2011-06-27T21:53:16Z

After the speeches, the presentation of certificates and the photo op come the slightly sophomoric awards you might expect at an eighth-grade graduation. In the ‘reverse Peace Corps,’ future leaders from abroad hone their skills 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

“We had these kind of sophomoric growing pains for a while,” Ms. Nichols said. A Theater Company’s Secret to Success: Bedlam 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

Written by Lino K. Villa, it’s an enjoyably sophomoric romp that’s also playfully queer, thanks to a nutty detour involving a character named Popo. ‘Satanic Hispanics’ Review: The Devil Made Them Do It 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z

But for every politically astute zinger in “Long Shot,” there was an equally sophomoric gag playing to the lowest common denominator of dude-centric wish fulfillment. Perspective | What are you laughing at? ‘Late Night’ leads a new crop of comedies trying to make jokes more woke. 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z

Proudly sophomoric at times and certainly snarky, Jack is also quite witty. Challenges Abound in a Feast of Serious Trivia 2011-02-08T16:09:41Z

Instead, he doubles down, printing several similarly derogatory and sophomoric Asian jokes. Books of The Times: ‘His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir,’ by Dan Jenkins 2014-03-04T20:04:03Z

In the 1980s, academics such as Mark Jefferson attacked sentimentality, and Neo-Expressionists gave sincerity a bad name through their sophomoric attempts at heroic paintings. David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture 2014-04-13T19:30:00Z

Sometimes the banal and sophomoric, delivered right on time, becomes urgent and profound. Sympathy for the devil: To overcome Donald Trump, we first have to accept that we created him 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

It is a grindingly sophomoric exercise that sits undigested under this novel’s skin, like an armchair inside a snake. At the Close of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle,’ a Magician Loses His Touch 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

The parody of ballet here is nonspecific, and as an idea it’s rather sophomoric for Mr. Glover, a choreographer who’s pushing 40. Dance Review: Savion Glover’s New Show at the Joyce Theater 2013-06-19T20:55:59Z

He filled his Facebook page with “posts about girls, food, sleeping habits, the drudgery of college and a couple of sophomoric jokes in Russian.” ‘The Brothers,’ Masha Gessen’s Book About the Boston Marathon Bombers 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

Robinson has also toned down the production's original sophomoric glibness. San Diego Opera seizes the hour with prophetic 'Nixon in China' 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

It happens that The Grand Budapest Hotel is a wonderful movie, and A Million Ways to Die is a sophomoric sophomore effort from the ingratiating actor-writer-director. REVIEW: A Million Ways to Die in the West, But Few Ways to Laugh 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

There was a time when Brooks’ films were viewed by snooty critics as vulgar, sexist and sophomoric. Mel Brooks: ‘Donald Trump doesn't scare me. He's a song-and-dance man' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

They went through the motions of “Enema,” an album whose sophomoric juvenalia was already tired when it was released. Nobody on stage seemed to be having fun at Lil Wayne and Blink-182’s nostalgia show 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

Like the film, “Future Man” is sophomoric and subtle by turns. Review: In ‘Future Man,’ the Future Calls and a Janitor Answers 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z

With his buddies he was one of the guys, not above their sophomoric pranks and their sporting attitude toward death, even after he had met Juliet. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 2013-06-11T20:59:24Z

Viewed today, the films seem daring and clever and even sophisticated, while still being vulgar and sophomoric and insufficiently respectful toward women and minorities – though all in an endearing, high-class way. Mel Brooks: ‘Donald Trump doesn't scare me. He's a song-and-dance man' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

And then Nolan proceeds to hammer them relentlessly into the ground with an increasingly clumsy, clunky plot and an allegedly profound mystery that just sort of fizzles out into what-if-this-world-isn't-real sophomoric musing. "Inception": A clunky, overblown disappointment 2010-07-15T01:01:00Z

When is AO Scott going to tire of the endless streams of sub sophomoric movies coming out of Hollywood. ‘The Interview,’ With James Franco and Seth Rogen, Is Back On 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z

Laboring to be poetic, it was merely sophomoric, troweling on cliche with such abandon that I found myself wondering if the libretto was deliberately trying to evoke the banality of Marnie’s world. Review | ‘Marnie’ is all too insubstantial at Met Opera premiere 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z

The Variety article “struck me as utterly implausible and sophomoric,” Byers wrote for Puck this week. Variety revises article on former CNN chief Jeff Zucker that was sharply criticized 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z

“The methods used to disguise their con were sophomoric and transparent,” the attorney general said. Charges filed year after phony signatures roiled Michigan race for governor 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z

But they weren’t always helped by the staging, particularly when sophomoric swordplay was involved. Review: At L.A. Opera, Russell Thomas is an Otello for our time 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z

Then he quit journalism, calling it a “kid’s game” that was “insipid, sophomoric and superficial.” Column: Tucker Carlson's ludicrous falsehoods have no place in journalism 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z

The lyrics, written by the still-anonymous Ghostwriter, are sophomoric, and the delivery inorganic, with paint-by-numbers metaphors and misogyny that veers away from the syntactic detail that gives both artists’ songs their uniquely incisive texture. Perspective | AI-generated Drake song is an insult to the artistry of hip-hop 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z

But the real stars of the show are the mainstream GOP officials who are even more sophomoric and crude than the professional bomb throwers. A crowd less CPAC: Did Trump kill off conservatives' biggest confab? 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z

That sophomoric stunt was enough to make Lemon look classy and enlightened. Opinion | Does Don Lemon’s punishment fit the crime? 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z

But the effort can sometimes read as sophomoric, even silly. Review | ‘Tomb of Sand’ meditates on the cultural diffusion that permeates India 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z

The good news for Chargers fans is that their SoFi Stadium games sound prim and proper compared to the sophomoric nonsense I heard the last time I was at a Rams game there. NFL readers Q&A: What's with all the screaming at Rams, Chargers games? 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

You went from women at work to “cliquey and sophomoric” really fast. It Could Be Millennials vs. Gen X. Or It Could Be You. 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

Musk also tweeted Monday, “What do you call someone who is a master of baiting,” apparently in sophomoric reply to a now-deleted tweet. Column: Thanks to Elon Musk's weekend of crazy, Twitter's in flames for election day 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z

Investigators attributed some of Sarver’s behavior to his “sophomoric and inappropriate” sense of humor and his “lack of a filter,” but they documented incidents that repeatedly crossed the line into harassment. Robert Sarver starts process of selling Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z

Blending the brilliant with the sophomoric, “Rick and Morty” won’t disappoint mature gift receivers looking for something very, very different in the world of animated absurdity. Father’s Day TV Gift Guide: Blu-ray ideas for dads 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z

The civility is a far cry from the sophomoric taunts they had exchanged throughout much of the often-bitter six-year legal fight. Commentary: Here are the real winners of the USWNT players vs. U.S. Soccer Federation lawsuit 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

There is — or should be — a distinction between sophomoric provocation and outright racism. Opinion | At Yale Law School, a party invitation ignites a firestorm 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

Sometimes the comedy is belabored, and the musical spoofing occasionally hits a sophomoric note, as when the Kander & Ebb classic “New York, New York” becomes “no pork, no pork.” Review: Liza plus Aristophanes equals the bedazzling camp of 'Lizastrata' at the Getty Villa 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

“To be as precise as is possible about such a movie, it is funny, sophomoric, brilliant, obscene, disjointed, marvelous, unintelligible and relevant,” wrote New York Times film critic Vincent Canby. Robert Downey Sr., provocative underground filmmaker, dies at 85 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

Putney Swope was described by the New York Times film critic as "funny, sophomoric, brilliant, obscene, disjointed, marvellous, unintelligible and relevant". Robert Downey Jr pays tribute to 'true maverick' film-maker father 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z

Is being a sophomoric clown a prerequisite to being a baseball announcer/color guy on this network? Letters to Sports: Nothing superstitious about Clippers 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z

“Plan B” possesses the requisite number of outré sight gags and gross-out humor to qualify it as a sophomoric teen flick. Review | This raunchy teen comedy is also a genuinely moving testament to sisterhood and abiding friendship 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z

"These sessions, in both their content and delivery, are so sophomoric and simplistic, so unsophisticated and inane, that I would be embarrassed if they were taught to Brearley kindergarteners," Gutmann wrote. NYC parent rips $54G-a-year private Manhattan school over 'cancerous' anti-racism policies 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z

For those not understanding why they would waste time watching a show packed with sophomoric shenanigans, adult humor and sci-fi-inspired, intellectual theories, I offer a trio of my favorite episodes so far. Blu-ray TV reviews: ‘Harley Quinn’ and ‘Rick and Morty’ 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

For such a sophomoric brand of satire, the case evolved into an important test of limits of the First Amendment, and was the central issue depicted in the movie about Flynt. Larry Flynt, the man who built pornographic publishing empire before becoming an unlikely First Amendment champion, has died 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z

The freshman lawmaker’s sophomoric posting about the impeachment proceedings quickly led to criticisms that culminated in Ms. Green defending herself in a subsequent tweet. GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene likens senators to excrement with toilet bowl tweet 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z

The reactions have been as comical as they are predictable: Wall Street grandees bemoaning the sophomoric heathens who’ve turned finance into a video game. Perspective | GameStop mania exposes SEC’s failure as regulator 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z

He was right, and the simplistic, sophomoric critics were wrong. Commentary: Why it's time to revive Leonard Bernstein's long-dismissed, race-conscious White House musical 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z

At best, Clous’ petulant, sophomoric, potentially threatening gesture was a wholesale dereliction of his duty as an elected representative. Editorial Roundup: Michigan 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z

Though the piece made waves, Shipnuck recalled that “people just shrugged off the comments as sophomoric humor from a young kid” — especially after Woods’ record-breaking 12-stroke victory at Augusta National days later. 'It ... spun out of control': Part 2 of HBO's Tiger Woods documentary gets personal 2021-01-17T05:00:00Z

As Elvira has been a staple of Halloween for many a decade her film debut definitely warrants watching during this creepy holiday, especially by those young males looking for sophomoric laughs and titillation. Best Blu-ray & 4K UHD horror movies: ‘Psycho,’ ‘The War of the Worlds,’ ‘Beetlejuice,’ and more 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z

"Borat has lost none of his bite, treading that same fine line between sophomoric humour and pointed political satire." Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Mixed reviews for Sacha Baron Cohen sequel 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

Critics called it “simplistic,” “sophomoric” and “a Bicentennial bore.” Commentary: Why it's time to revive Leonard Bernstein's long-dismissed, race-conscious White House musical 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z

But the movie also reminds viewers just how intelligent Hoffman was beneath the tie-dye headbands and sophomoric pranks. Review | Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ is an entertaining — and stirring- history lesson 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

But it did take Snyder to task for encouraging and allowing a “sophomoric” cultural atmosphere. LOVERRO: No one can be surprised at latest dysfunction 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z

"The speaker has made a number of sophomoric observations like that, and I think we just have to ignore her." Kennedy slams Roberts over ruling on Louisiana abortion law: 'He flip-flopped like a banked catfish' 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z

"According to this logic, burning down a building isn’t an act of violence. What a sophomoric and morally bankrupt defense of the indefensible," National Review editor Rich Lowry reacted. NYT Magazine reporter suggests destroying property 'is not violence' 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

Kennedy said it's "sophomoric" for some to claim that those expressing concerns about the economic shutdown are "putting dollars over human life." Sen. John Kennedy: Economy will collapse if it's closed until COVID-19 cases are gone 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z

And when the coronavirus emerged as an international threat in January, it seems this sophomoric tendency blunted his understanding of the situation. How Trump let China play him on the coronavirus 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

Somehow the music felt sophomoric and pretentious at the same time — a 14-year-old’s conception of danger and sophistication. The Doors are rock gods. I hate them. Can I learn to like a band I've always loathed? 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z

Critics felt Mattern’s ruminations were sophomoric, and he had a tendency to mispronounce names of people and places. He was touted as the Mojave Desert's savior. Authorities said it was all a ruse 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

Representative Gerald E. Connolly, Democrat of Virginia, described the briefing as “sophomoric and utterly unconvincing.” Pelosi Announces Vote to Limit Trump’s War-Making Power Against Iran 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

For his part, Virginia Democratic Rep. Gerald E. Connolly called the briefing "sophomoric and utterly unconvincing." GOP Sen. Mike Lee furiously slams 'worst military briefing' ever on Iran, as meeting divides lawmakers 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

It was a sophomoric attack on an obscure federal agency, but those last two sentences are unassailable. Should the U.S. Expect an Iranian Cyberattack? 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

Greenberg ultimately settled on “specious,” “sophomoric” and “nonsensical.” Opinion | Trump must be thrilled to find someone as bad at history as he is 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

Some object to the long-winded and sometimes sophomoric philosophizing that characters are prone to—something of a Kojima trademark. The Blockbuster Video Game That Wants to “Make America Whole Again” 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

Pull more sophomoric stunts to disrupt the proceedings? Opinion | The facts are only going to get worse for Trump 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

But at best, it was sophomoric, wildly inappropriate and firmly in contravention of academy rules. After courts martial dropped, cadets fight expulsions 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z

But being 6-foot-6 and 300 pounds has invited ribbing from teammates about his weight, and as harmless and sophomoric as it might appear, it has fueled a stigma that Tengwall is passionate about breaking. For high school offensive linemen, fat-shaming and health risks come with the territory 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

“I’m interesting in joining your GOP, but I’m afraid my computer skills are sophomoric at best,” Mr. Broeksmit emailed the Guardians of Peace. Me and My Whistle-Blower 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

The situation escalated Monday as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service became further tangled in the political storm over Trump’s false claim and sophomoric attempt to defend it. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z

For one, we are no longer in 2009: Mark Zuckerberg’s sophomoric musings on transparency or the global village impress only very few. The Epstein scandal at MIT shows the moral bankruptcy of techno elites 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

The drama of a category 3 hurricane and the terrifying projections unpacked during the CNN forum still weren’t sensational — maybe the word is “sophomoric” — enough to wean us off our need for man-made spectacle. Commentary: Why Trump's apparently doctored hurricane map overshadowed CNN's climate town hall 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

“What is worse, some of the officers seemed more interested in sophomoric gallows humor than ensuring that they were keeping Tony alive.” Video Shows Last Moments of Dallas Man, Restrained as Officers Joked 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

The decision to bounce an apologetic student over a sophomoric mistake betrays a lack of intellectual confidence in that original mission. Opinion | Harvard has betrayed its mission to educate 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

But its message is clear: the problems of our days are trivial and sophomoric, compared to the climate crisis at large. How do you write a play about the climate crisis? 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z

New California Gov. Gavin Newsom said of Trump’s idea: “It is illegal. It is immoral. It is unethical. It is sophomoric. It is petulant. And it is par for the course.” Trump, Cher and the debate over dumping immigrants in sanctuary cities 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

I think Keaton would have disapproved of his dangerous and sophomoric stunts rather than feel like a kindred spirit. Blu-ray reviews: ‘Stan & Ollie’ and ‘The Great Buster: A Celebration’ 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z

Named for the tourist complex Keen owns, he said the Uranus Examiner was shunned by local advertisers because he used to own a strip club and uses sophomoric jokes to promote his businesses. Town by town, local journalism is dying in plain sight 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z

It’s not that Mrs. Pelosi had a problem with their sophomoric style, she just wanted to control when they shrieked and when they sneered. Congresswomen in white need a change of heart 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z

“One sophomoric response does not deserve another,” Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, said in a statement. Trump Hits Back at Pelosi, Threatening Her Trip to See Troops 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

“One sophomoric response does not deserve another,” Republican Senator Lindsey Graham wrote on Twitter. Trump blocks Pelosi trip as shutdown tensions mount 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

But their silly sophomoric semantics are not over words like “wall” or “fence” or “slats” or “barrier.” Battling semantics at the border 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z

It’s become shorthand for bad blockbuster moviemaking - male-driven, mindless spectaculars with sophomoric humor. Review: ‘Transformers’ gets a great savior in ‘Bumblebee’ 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

The drag name may be a sophomoric pun, and she’s not necessarily the feminist advocate we all thought we needed. The 99-Seat Beat: So long, Scrooge. These holiday shows have a feminine point of view 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

He and Mr. Dilione engaged in a sophomoric competition to see who could give a better lap dance to one of the women. Night of Partying Ended in a Grisly Murder. A Jeweler’s Surrogate Son Is Guilty. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

The series consistently reveled in politically incorrectness and the sophomoric hijinks of its hero, when not embracing gratuitous violence amid gallons of spilt blood. Best Blu-ray & DVD Halloween TV: Charmed, Ash vs Evil Dead, The Walking Dead & America Horror Story 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

It is like the sophomoric entrance ritual to some secret society. Opinion | The poison of Trumpism is tainting the GOP 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

The joke was that Fox, known for its sophomoric TV lineup, was going to cover football with a “Married With Children” sensibility. The NFL’s TV ratings have become a weekly referendum on everything 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

He “does not play these sophomoric Washington games”. Op-ed sparks high-stakes whodunit in Washington as Trump seethes 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

The rivalry between the two offers some redeemable moments. but it’s not enough to redeem this otherwise sophomoric show. Review: Netflix's 'Insatiable' is meant to be funny, but it's a fat-shaming mess 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

They don’t reflect at all well on Gunn and his sophomoric desire to bust predictable taboos. How Marvel film director James Gunn was demonised by the alt-right | Seb Patrick 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

Any claim to the contrary amounts to a sophomoric view of legal history. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

In another court, judges determined that a Sicilian man’s groping was an example of sophomoric humor, not sexual intent. Are You Too Old to Have Been Sexually Harassed? In Italy, Maybe 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

“I personally negotiated with Prime Minister Trudeau, who, by the way, I basically liked working with, but not until this sophomoric play,” he told CNN. Justin Trudeau’s remarks rile Donald Trump’s aides 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z

Roth once described the novel as a "hyper-realistic farce," and some critics reveled in the satire; others saw it as sophomoric and anti-Semitic. Philip Roth dies at 85; novelist both probed and skewered Jewish American culture 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z

Dale said that the two are “like 5-year-olds” together, and Andrea agreed; the pair share a sophomoric sense of humor that keeps them entertained. Gadsden businessman changes life after incarceration 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z

“It came from a simple, sophomoric idea about two little girls playing,” he says. Would You Wear a “Shrunken Suit”? Designer Thom Browne is Betting Yes 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

The dialogue spoken between the men and women is utterly sophomoric compared with the rest of the show's material. 'The Looming Tower' looks at the rise of Al Qaeda, and the dysfunction of Washington 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z

How does a sophomoric college student define "temporary?" A Homeless Camp in Our Back Yard? Please, a University Says 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

It was an unflattering portrait of Albany, with state officials and lobbyists trading in clubby lunches and dinners, fishing trips and sophomoric nicknames. Key Prosecution Witness Describes Bribes to Top Cuomo Aide 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

If Bannon is not dead to the president, the disheveled insurgent at a minimum has been reduced to the kind of sophomoric Twitter nickname the president likes to bestow on foes: "Sloppy Steve." Best-selling book on chaos of Trump's first year is itself the product of that dysfunction – LA Times 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

I, too, am looking forward to Mr. Peele's next effort and trust that it will make this one look even more sophomoric than it already is. Jordan Peele’s X-Ray Vision 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z

While the misconduct began as “juvenile and sophomoric” high jinks, it degenerated into a “destructive, toxic and hostile” workplace, investigators found. Navy aviators disciplined over air phallus after Coronado hearing 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z

But he managed to get a revised bill passed in May, prompting Trump to hold a sophomoric victory rally at the White House. Opinion | Don’t get distracted: The GOP’s cruel health-care plan isn’t dead yet 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

Huckabee Sanders has likely had to walk through similar rings of fire in the political arena, even before she found herself defending Trump’s sophomoric attacks. Trump's Twitter rant against 'Morning Joe' hosts Scarborough and Brzezinski again prompts the question of how far is too far? 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

The attempt to make our objections seem narrow-minded or sophomoric is unworthy. Opinion | Bret Stephens Takes On Climate Change. Readers Unleash Their Fury. 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

Tiger Woods tweaks his back on soft hotel bed Try to refrain from any sophomoric Tiger bed jokes, since this involved actual sleeping. Where does Dustin Johnson's stair slip rank among freakiest golf injuries? Let's take a closer look - Golf Digest 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

The disappointment extends to his sex scenes, which have a leering, sophomoric quality utterly out of keeping with his storied reserve. Review | ‘Song to Song’: Beautiful searchers seek meaning in Austin’s music scene 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

So much of the activity on Capitol Hill over the past 6 years seems has been so sophomoric and hyperpartisan that that legitimate oversight has all but disappeared. Divided, Dysfunctional Government 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

I guess it's sophomoric, not as clever as radium stadium, and potty humor is often looked down upon by writers, but still - Citi Field? One Guarantee for the Chicago White Sox’ New Stadium Name: Derision 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

Each of the scant but precious 10 episodes of the season offers a combination of sophomoric, often profanity-laced shenanigans merged with some brilliant, sci-fi-inspired, intellectual moments. Blu-ray review: ‘Rick and Morty: Season 2’ 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

The jollity often has a desperate quality to it, and the raunchiness, of which there is plenty, tends to be either sophomoric or overly crass. Review: Accessorized in the Outback in ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ on Long Island 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

I blame a script that forces laughs and plays too deep in sophomoric waters while attempting to tug at the heart strings rather than let her take comedic control. Blu-ray review: ‘The Boss’ - Comedy clunker rescued by the extras 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

It would all be quite ominous if it weren’t so sophomoric. How our thinking on markets has evolved 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

I guess it's sophomoric, not as clever as radium stadium, and potty... One Guarantee for the Chicago White Sox’ New Stadium Name: Derision 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

Sen. Bob Corker, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Mr. Obama had made “sort of sophomoric threats” about the prospects of free trade with Britain. Brexit: World leaders scramble to manage political, financial fallout 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z

The two-term Ohio governor earned plaudits for his ability to remain above the fray as his rivals waged an increasingly sophomoric, bitter race. Kasich Says No to Third-Party Run 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

I think he was finally undone by the sophomoric jokes. Marco Rubio Suspends His Presidential Campaign 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

Trina Weir, 57, of Front Royal, Va., said, “I hate to see the sophomoric activity like that, but after the smoke clears, let’s see who’s being more substantive.” Spray tans, pants-wetting and little hands: The GOP race goes in the gutter 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

The hundreds of pages of emails made public so far — including Mr. Fina’s, which became public in October on the Supreme Court’s order — are sophomoric. Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania Attorney General, Fights for Her Political Life 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

The trio delivers in each sequel a steady stream of “Three Stooges”-style slapstick, sophomoric situations and double entendre wordplay. Blu-ray reviews: ‘Ted 2 Unrated,’ ‘The Naked Gun 2 1/2’ and ‘The Naked Gun 33 1/3’ 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

He also dismissed surveys designed to ask students how they felt as “sophomoric”. Justice Scalia: minority students may be better off where 'they don't feel pushed too hard' 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

For all of Fiorina's early polish, the only other campaign she ran is best remembered for a sophomoric crack made about her opponent's hairstyle. You Don't Have to Smile to Win 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z

Are we not way above that?” wondered Kentucky senator Rand Paul, before refining his age estimate up a couple of years and concluding the debate had a “sophomoric quality”. Playground atmosphere at Republican debate puts antics ahead of substance 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky slammed his character and temperament as “sophomoric.” GOP debate: Fiorina gets rave reviews even as Trump dominates airtime 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

Mrs. Fiorina called him “an entertainer,” and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky labeled him “sophomoric” in the opening minutes of the debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library here. Candidates Use Second G.O.P. Debate to Taunt Donald Trump 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

Ms. Fiorina wouldn’t take the bait, saying it was up to voters, but Sen. Rand Paul called Mr. Trump “sophomoric.” Donald Trump defends place at head of Republican field 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

It’s really been about celebrity and really sophomoric insults. Will Wednesday’s GOP debate move the discourse from flash to substance? 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

Businessman and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is dismissing an editorial from Iowa’s leading newspaper calling for him to exit the presidential race as “sophomoric.” Donald Trump dismisses ‘sophomoric’ Des Moines Register editorial 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

That sophomoric level of exchange is precisely what both governments have said they aim to leave behind, over the six months since Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced the surprise rapprochement. The Fun Part is Officially Over with Cuba 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

Entertainment Weekly labeled Saints Row 2 as the worst game of 2008, citing overwhelming instances of misogyny, racism, crude and sophomoric themes, as well as humorless and stupid. GTA Vs. Saint's Row: A Battle Of Satire 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

Their journey to see the band live at Cabo Hall in Detroit leads to much sophomoric humor and ribald shenanigans for the adult viewer. Blu-ray reviews: Detroit Rock City, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

The sophomoric jokes they contained about Mr. Clinton were not particularly damaging but did raise some concerns about their discretion. A Young Manager for Clinton Juggles Data and Old Baggage 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z

“I am not at all surprised by the Des Moines Register’s sophomoric editorial,” Mr. Trump said in a statement. Donald Trump dismisses ‘sophomoric’ Des Moines Register editorial 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

“It was ill-advised. It was sophomoric in many ways and I think it gave comfort to our enemies and pause to our allies,” Democratic Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer said on Wednesday’s “Morning Joe.” Backfired: Lawmakers sour on Iran letter 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

Two days later, while the emails were still overwhelming my inbox, a well-meaning weirdo created a Twitter feed using my name and likeness, and began to tweet sophomoric replies to the right-wing mob. My week in the right-wing lie machine: When Fox News, Twitchy and Montel Williams declared war on me 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

Mr. de Blasio's campaign was stoked by police bashing and his tale of two cities was sophomoric at best. Poll Finds Unease in New York Over Racial Divide After Garner Case 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

I don’t want to be sophomoric about this, but I always felt a strong bond because he was the voice of the Texas I knew. An Old Friendship Where News and Music Met 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z

And complaints about oil money being funneled to terrorism represent the most sophomoric kind of political analysis. The Evil That Is OPEC: Wait, What? 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

It is easy to dismiss to such matters as sophomoric foolishness, distracting from the far more consequential Issues Of The Day. Midterm madness: the politics of snowmobiles and chickens 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

But the show is more than sniggering, sophomoric humor. Art review: ‘Readymade@100’

It included simple acts of retail vandalism, like tossing the competition’s signs in the garbage, as well as attempts at psychological point-scoring that could charitably be described as sophomoric. For Coconut Waters, a Street Fight for Shelf Space 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

Constitutional lawyers say Boehner’s ploy is somewhat sophomoric and that no court would take it seriously. Our odd ways of dealing with problems 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z

“I tossed this book; thought it was sophomoric rather than clever,” wrote one reviewer. 'Blood Feud' Author Also Wrote Obama Birther Fiction 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

“This Commanding Officer witnessed, accepted, and encouraged behavior that, while juvenile and sophomoric in the beginning, ultimately and in the aggregate, became destructive, toxic, and hostile,” Adm. Former Blue Angels commander found guilty in Navy probe, reprimanded

Kevin Spacey could play Snidely Whiplash for all I care, or have to muddle through a sophomoric script — I’ll still watch. 18 Things the Call of Duty Advanced Warfare Trailer Tells Us About the Game 2014-05-02T19:35:51Z

The humor may be sophomoric but Mr. Hall credits the name with doubling his revenue in the first few years. Risqué Names Reap Rewards for Some Companies 2014-04-23T16:58:48Z

Additionally, although the old adage asserts that "sex sells," experts say companies realize that watchers have grown bored with sophomoric humor and other obvious shock tactics. Super Bowl ads show signs of maturity 2014-01-29T20:55:30Z

“It is sophomoric and it is dangerous to play with the trust and transparency of your followers and your customer base,” he said. How to alienate your Twitter followers: Chipotle staged hack falls flat 2013-07-25T23:00:00Z

The article is based on absurd psychology and sophomoric reasoning. Why Can't Private Sector Innovate Any More? 2013-02-25T16:45:28Z

It is culturally accepted, the stuff of knowing TV sitcom references and sophomoric press puns. The case for legalizing pot 2012-11-05T22:36:00Z

Her graduation essay was on the rather old and sophomoric subject, "The Influence of Woman on National Character;" but in the intensity of her convictions and her words there was nothing ordinary. Women of Achievement Written for the Fireside Schools 2012-02-08T03:00:23.060Z

It was highly sophomoric in character and abounded in striking and lofty metaphor. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z

He had written, at the beginning, rather biting if sophomoric things, inspired by the malice he sensed toward his profession. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z

Some segments resort to sophomoric humor, and some seem stilted or simply look unrealistic. City Room: Animating New York City's News 2011-11-20T07:30:38Z

The sophomoric strategist thinks he can slice the American electorate into a million little pieces and make it more than the sum of its parts. Is Obama Toast? Handicapping the 2012 Election 2011-11-03T08:58:00Z

And I never saw a drunkard yet—a real Simon-pure drunkard, I mean; not a mere sophomoric tippler—who wouldn't jump at the chance to reform if he could. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z

Mr. Obama’s political advisers realize this, and their strategy is simple: The election is about the future — their constant refrain of “Win the Future” is sophomoric, yet repetition works in messaging. Letter From Washington: Obama Hasn't Won a 2nd Term Yet 2011-05-08T19:30:34Z

Obama’s political advisers realize this and their strategy is simple: The election is about the future -- their constant refrain of “Win the Future” is sophomoric, yet repetition works in messaging. Obama’s Abbottabad Bounce May Prove Short-Lived: Albert R. Hunt 2011-05-08T15:06:58Z

Irredeemably sophomoric, even freshmanic, Orgazmo is a cheerful parable about how innocence can blunder into strange and dangerous territory and, with the help of Heavenly Father and some outrageous plot twists, conquer all. Mormon Media: 10 Memorable Pop Culture Depictions of Mormons 2011-04-25T13:35:00Z

Ancient history, dead philosophy, sophomoric periods, bad music, empty pews, weary groups of the faithful longing for home, 144 were, in brief, the things that we saw and heard. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry

Men whose early culture was deficient are far more apt to be permanently sophomoric than those who lived through the sophomore at the proper time and place. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867

I wish I could get by the scruff of the neck that sophomoric old philosopher who once said nothing survives being thought of. The Prairie Child

There is a mildly sophomoric flavor about the "Salmagundi" papers, as there is about Irving's letters of the same period. Washington Irving

His mind is parasitical, his discourse full of precedents, quotations, classic scenes, and historic allusions, sometimes savoring of schoolboy recitations, sophomoric and declamatory, stilted and grotesque. Senatorial Character A Sermon in West Church, Boston, Sunday, 15th of March, After the Decease of Charles Sumner.

We have some verses written by Nero in his seventeenth year that show a good Class B sophomoric touch. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8

Dante was back home in Florence from his sojourn abroad, a bit of a dandy no doubt, with a becoming dash and a touch of sophomoric boldness. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers

But I refuse to subscribe to that sophomoric philosophy of hers which would divide the race into fools and knaves. The Prairie Child

If tradition were a reverent record of those crucial moments when men burst through their habits, a love of the past would not be the butt on which every sophomoric radical can practice his wit. A Preface to Politics

It is flaccid, elephantine, doltish, coarse, dismal, flatulent, sophomoric, ignorant, unconvincing, wearisome. A Book of Prefaces

I thought you had passed the sophomoric stage, and it is a shameful waste of dialectic ammunition to throw your antithesis at me. Infelice

In the days when Felix Piers was in the habit of patronizing the place there floated to his ears such phrases as "bad colour scheme!" "sophomoric treatment!" "miserable drawing!" "no atmosphere!" Fifth Avenue

The moment was so beyond words that it made him sophomoric—which was appropriate enough, even though his freshman year had been halted by those examinations, which had so "jarred" his guardian. The Vehement Flame

And yet, as long as the million tiny cords that bound hum, Gulliver-like, went back to Rose, talk of breaking them was sophomoric foolishness. The Real Adventure

I give this rather shocking example of sophomoric shiftlessness for the purpose of illustrating my attitude toward my educational opportunities and what was possible in the way of dexterously avoiding them. The "Goldfish"

Perhaps it is truer to call Mr. Tarkington's plots sophomoric than to call them adolescent. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920)

He had provided her with the answer himself, with his sophomoric talk about traveling light and refusing to wear harness. Mary Wollaston

He was dressed with a great deal of style of the efflorescent kind called sophomoric. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise

The younger was a tall and angular young fellow, of an eager and sophomoric youth. The Forest

Benjamin Franklin was not unlike other boys in his love for sophomoric phrases. Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way

He was sophomoric enough to talk about his broken heart and she was sophomoric enough to suffer for him most enjoyably. We Can't Have Everything

In a vain and sophomoric preface he declares that poetry is to him an idle experiment, and that this is his first and last attempt to amuse himself in that line. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World

It was very sophomoric, of course, but boys of eighteen who study anything and defend it in essays and orations are right out on the highway which leads to superiority. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers

Nevertheless, this is incomplete definition, and it is annoying that the dean of letters in our tongue should be subjected to a sophomoric formula in which the emphasis is wrongly placed. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism

His sophomoric dignity drew a faint, ironic smile to her lips. Viola Gwyn

He thought with sophomoric shame of his futile affair with the waitress, then forgot her as he seemed almost to touch the comforting hand of the brown-eyed girl. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man

As for his speech, it was a straightway argument; not a superfluous or a sophomoric word, not an attempt at rhetoric. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel

The prominent characteristic of the Poems is affectation, artificiality; their makeup is a complacent and pretentious outpour of false figures and fine writing, in the sophomoric style. Christian Science

"Your ideal is a fine one, my friend, but—isn't it a little sophomoric?" The Foundations of Personality

He read it over before mailing, and was particularly impressed by its sophomoric amateurishness and general worthlessness. Martin Eden

He had proved it to-day, with his amateurish and sophomoric productions. Martin Eden

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例句	sophomoric Friendship goes far beyond the booze and sophomoric humor we often see in movies like “The Hangover.” Brews, baby seals and ‘Big Little Lies’: How an epic Highway 1 road trip brought three guys closer together 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z They make such good foils for each other that the sophomoric elements endemic to Sandler's work — guys getting socked in the crotch and such — fade into the background a bit. Just Go With It? Jennifer Aniston Runs Away With It 2011-02-11T00:40:00Z At its weakest, "I Want You Back" feels sophomoric with characters behaving like teenagers. In Amazon's affable rom-com "I Want You Back" Jenny Slate and Charlie Day charm as meddling exes 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z He also captures the essential sweetness of Brooks’ vision in spite -- or maybe because -- of the relentless sophomoric puns. All puns intended at DOMA's 'Young Frankenstein' 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Many efforts push, sometimes to a sophomoric degree, against the boundaries separating art and life while straining the limits of the exhibition format. Art Review: Documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany 2012-06-14T21:44:01Z Instead, what I heard veered closer to sophomoric and insipid. Review: ‘The Present’: Even in Russia, It’s Hard to Turn 40 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z They’re both dog owners and fans of trivia nights, and both have an affinity for sophomoric humor. Date Lab: Things got hazy by the end of the night 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The lesson can feel profound or sophomoric, depending on how much patience you have for this kind of thing. Classical Myths Filtered Through a Modern Prism 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z I'd call it more poetry, and pretty sophomoric poetry at that. Robert Moog: 'I wouldn't call this music' – a classic interview to mark a Google doodle 2012-05-23T10:54:12Z It would be a mistake to assume that Martin agrees with the assessments of his characters in their overheated, often sophomoric debates, their ironized pillow talk. The Moral of These Stories? ‘You Are Not as Special as You Think’ 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z One dismissed it as "excruciatingly unfunny" while the other called it "worse than sophomoric." Meet Fred Figglehorn; everyone under 18 has 2010-09-16T18:01:00Z But most know Friedman through his work on “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” which Times theater critic Charles McNulty called a “sardonically frolicsome, unabashedly sophomoric emo musical.” Remembering Michael Friedman: Interview from the earliest days of 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z This is the fleetest, funniest and — in keeping with its adolescent protagonist — most sophomoric of the volumes translated into English thus far. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z “The revamped U2 isn’t trapped in sophomoric seriousness because it’s no longer so sure of itself,” wrote the New York Times. R.E.M.’s leap of faith: 25 years later, every curveball on “Out of Time” makes perfect sense 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z It’s all grating and sophomoric, from the first straining moments to the inevitable happy-ish ending, which comes two intermissionless hours later. Theater Review: ?Leave the Balcony Open? at 3LD Art & Technology Center 2012-02-13T22:42:57Z Her first role came in the sophomoric daytime drama, Doctors, two years ago. Ami Metcalf on Walking And Talking like Kathy Burke 2012-06-22T23:01:00Z A character is introduced for purely expositional purposes, while Spiegel’s intriguingly desultory dialogue sometimes skews into the sophomoric. Echo Theater's 'Dry Land' pulls no punches in tale of an unwanted pregnancy 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z “It’s glum, preachy, sophomoric and aesthetically aimless,” another critic wrote in 1993. Anthony Elms Prepares for the Whitney Biennial 2014-02-14T19:28:38Z "The Gentlemen" continues to showcase his crass flash, featuring more sophomoric antics than prankish teenage schoolboys. From "Hillbilly Elegy" to "The Gentlemen," here are the worst films of 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z One cast member quits after a week, and several who remain resist what they call Lapine’s “sophomoric” theater games and directing style. Sunday in the Trenches With George 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Finding the sophomoric humor in Shakespeare’s green academics is easy. \| 'Love?s Labor?s Lost': ?Love?s Labor?s Lost? at Public Theater - Review 2011-11-01T02:01:01Z The show is the closest thing to my experience in writing rooms, with male energy and the sophomoric madness that happens when people are trapped, trying to do a series.” Lisa Kudrow on The Comeback’s groundbreaking satire 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z I just went with the flow, and oh, the places they took me — from sophomoric sunniness to the shadows of mortality. Stoppard Classics, Reborn for an Age of Uncertainty 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The world of “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” is sophomoric; there is a good deal of collegiate humor here. Rocking the Vote, In the 1820s and Now 2010-10-22T23:03:00Z It’s a one-sided conversation that is more sophomoric than scary. REVIEW: Die Antwoord's Donker Mag Fails to Maintain Momentum 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z In addition to reproducing the 25 or so images presented in the show, the catalog contains 65 excruciatingly sophomoric poems written by Mr. Franco in reaction to nearly all the Sherman film stills. Art Review: ‘James Franco: New Film Stills’ Arrives at Pace Gallery 2014-04-22T20:20:35Z Indeed, that initial tower of poo is a sophomoric gag compared with what eventually develops in “Death Fugue.” Review \| Banned in China, Sheng Keyi’s ‘Death Fugue’ is a pungent political satire 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Their conversation, too, has a sophomoric ring, as they debate the right word for big breasts, like the pair on one of Wheeler’s co-workers. ‘Linda Vista’ Review: A Womanizer Who Devastates as He Charms 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z He wonders, with sophomoric profundity, “Is it possible to be both good and evil? Can a man be a good man when he is a bad man?” Salman Rushdie launches a novelistic attack on Trump 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z "It's sophomoric, filthy and disgusting," says Menken, letting loose a torrent of obscenities that are in the opening number, which are not in an "honorable" Disney tradition. Composer Alan Menken explains how 'Newsies' became a stage dynamo 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Thom’s angst may feel a trifle sophomoric now, like something he might grow out of. Review: Michael C. Hall Probes the Despair of ‘Thom Pain’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z He still strains to fill Stewart’s formidable shoes–too sophomoric some nights, too strident on others–but Trump brings out his best. The New Politics of Late Night 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z French Spy Spoof Set in Swinging ’67 Rio Good James Bond spoofs, from Maxwell Smart to Derek Flint to Austin Powers, have always involved suffering copious indignities in the cause of sophomoric humor. \| 'OSS 117: Lost in Rio': French Spy Spoof Set in Swinging ?67 Rio 2010-05-07T04:04:00Z Instead, it offered a lazy array of tired and sophomoric gay jokes and lasted one season. 'Empire' sends a powerful LGBT message 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z It's genuinely scary to see how one incredibly sophomoric cartoon can incite such strong feelings and even violence. "South Park's" radical patriotism 2010-04-22T18:23:00Z Most of this is simple, rather sophomoric fun, the kind of games literary folk play. Is that Harold Bloom? Susan Sontag? ‘Muse’ brims with literary barbs. 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z He reread Mr. Toole’s book recently and, despite its charms, still dislikes in it “the overload, the strain, the sophomoric take on life.” In ‘Avid Reader,’ a Celebrated Editor as Shepherd and Alchemist 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z I had written the short with some friends, and that was a very sophomoric, silly, crazy idea about, "What if a baseball announcer flipped out on the air?" Hank Azaria: "For Mets fans, the bad news is there's no games. The good news is there's no games" 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z To others, he is also the very epitome of the hipster young American: self-obsessed, stupid, sophomoric. Taipei by Tao Lin – review 2013-07-04T08:00:01Z It was a terrible plan and an uncharacteristically sophomoric suggestion from one of the series’ wisest figures. “Game of Thrones” recap: “Beyond the Wall,” an adventure into thin air 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z But when it comes to Mr. Brock’s sophomoric dances, none of that matters. Dance Review: Chase Brock Experience at the Connelly Theater 2010-07-09T21:37:00Z Unlike more sophomoric hybridists of highbrow content and popular form, Mr. Brinkman brings genuine passion, curiosity and analytical skills to his subject. \| 'Rap Guide to Evolution': Rapping Your Mind-State Around Darwin 2011-06-27T21:53:16Z After the speeches, the presentation of certificates and the photo op come the slightly sophomoric awards you might expect at an eighth-grade graduation. In the ‘reverse Peace Corps,’ future leaders from abroad hone their skills 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z “We had these kind of sophomoric growing pains for a while,” Ms. Nichols said. A Theater Company’s Secret to Success: Bedlam 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Written by Lino K. Villa, it’s an enjoyably sophomoric romp that’s also playfully queer, thanks to a nutty detour involving a character named Popo. ‘Satanic Hispanics’ Review: The Devil Made Them Do It 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z But for every politically astute zinger in “Long Shot,” there was an equally sophomoric gag playing to the lowest common denominator of dude-centric wish fulfillment. Perspective \| What are you laughing at? ‘Late Night’ leads a new crop of comedies trying to make jokes more woke. 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Proudly sophomoric at times and certainly snarky, Jack is also quite witty. Challenges Abound in a Feast of Serious Trivia 2011-02-08T16:09:41Z Instead, he doubles down, printing several similarly derogatory and sophomoric Asian jokes. Books of The Times: ‘His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir,’ by Dan Jenkins 2014-03-04T20:04:03Z In the 1980s, academics such as Mark Jefferson attacked sentimentality, and Neo-Expressionists gave sincerity a bad name through their sophomoric attempts at heroic paintings. David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture 2014-04-13T19:30:00Z Sometimes the banal and sophomoric, delivered right on time, becomes urgent and profound. Sympathy for the devil: To overcome Donald Trump, we first have to accept that we created him 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z It is a grindingly sophomoric exercise that sits undigested under this novel’s skin, like an armchair inside a snake. At the Close of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle,’ a Magician Loses His Touch 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z The parody of ballet here is nonspecific, and as an idea it’s rather sophomoric for Mr. Glover, a choreographer who’s pushing 40. Dance Review: Savion Glover’s New Show at the Joyce Theater 2013-06-19T20:55:59Z He filled his Facebook page with “posts about girls, food, sleeping habits, the drudgery of college and a couple of sophomoric jokes in Russian.” ‘The Brothers,’ Masha Gessen’s Book About the Boston Marathon Bombers 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Robinson has also toned down the production's original sophomoric glibness. San Diego Opera seizes the hour with prophetic 'Nixon in China' 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z It happens that The Grand Budapest Hotel is a wonderful movie, and A Million Ways to Die is a sophomoric sophomore effort from the ingratiating actor-writer-director. REVIEW: A Million Ways to Die in the West, But Few Ways to Laugh 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z There was a time when Brooks’ films were viewed by snooty critics as vulgar, sexist and sophomoric. Mel Brooks: ‘Donald Trump doesn't scare me. He's a song-and-dance man' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z They went through the motions of “Enema,” an album whose sophomoric juvenalia was already tired when it was released. Nobody on stage seemed to be having fun at Lil Wayne and Blink-182’s nostalgia show 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Like the film, “Future Man” is sophomoric and subtle by turns. Review: In ‘Future Man,’ the Future Calls and a Janitor Answers 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z With his buddies he was one of the guys, not above their sophomoric pranks and their sporting attitude toward death, even after he had met Juliet. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 2013-06-11T20:59:24Z Viewed today, the films seem daring and clever and even sophisticated, while still being vulgar and sophomoric and insufficiently respectful toward women and minorities – though all in an endearing, high-class way. Mel Brooks: ‘Donald Trump doesn't scare me. He's a song-and-dance man' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z And then Nolan proceeds to hammer them relentlessly into the ground with an increasingly clumsy, clunky plot and an allegedly profound mystery that just sort of fizzles out into what-if-this-world-isn't-real sophomoric musing. "Inception": A clunky, overblown disappointment 2010-07-15T01:01:00Z When is AO Scott going to tire of the endless streams of sub sophomoric movies coming out of Hollywood. ‘The Interview,’ With James Franco and Seth Rogen, Is Back On 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Laboring to be poetic, it was merely sophomoric, troweling on cliche with such abandon that I found myself wondering if the libretto was deliberately trying to evoke the banality of Marnie’s world. Review \| ‘Marnie’ is all too insubstantial at Met Opera premiere 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z The Variety article “struck me as utterly implausible and sophomoric,” Byers wrote for Puck this week. Variety revises article on former CNN chief Jeff Zucker that was sharply criticized 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z “The methods used to disguise their con were sophomoric and transparent,” the attorney general said. Charges filed year after phony signatures roiled Michigan race for governor 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z But they weren’t always helped by the staging, particularly when sophomoric swordplay was involved. Review: At L.A. Opera, Russell Thomas is an Otello for our time 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Then he quit journalism, calling it a “kid’s game” that was “insipid, sophomoric and superficial.” Column: Tucker Carlson's ludicrous falsehoods have no place in journalism 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z The lyrics, written by the still-anonymous Ghostwriter, are sophomoric, and the delivery inorganic, with paint-by-numbers metaphors and misogyny that veers away from the syntactic detail that gives both artists’ songs their uniquely incisive texture. Perspective \| AI-generated Drake song is an insult to the artistry of hip-hop 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z But the real stars of the show are the mainstream GOP officials who are even more sophomoric and crude than the professional bomb throwers. A crowd less CPAC: Did Trump kill off conservatives' biggest confab? 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z That sophomoric stunt was enough to make Lemon look classy and enlightened. Opinion \| Does Don Lemon’s punishment fit the crime? 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z But the effort can sometimes read as sophomoric, even silly. Review \| ‘Tomb of Sand’ meditates on the cultural diffusion that permeates India 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z The good news for Chargers fans is that their SoFi Stadium games sound prim and proper compared to the sophomoric nonsense I heard the last time I was at a Rams game there. NFL readers Q&A: What's with all the screaming at Rams, Chargers games? 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z You went from women at work to “cliquey and sophomoric” really fast. It Could Be Millennials vs. Gen X. Or It Could Be You. 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Musk also tweeted Monday, “What do you call someone who is a master of baiting,” apparently in sophomoric reply to a now-deleted tweet. Column: Thanks to Elon Musk's weekend of crazy, Twitter's in flames for election day 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Investigators attributed some of Sarver’s behavior to his “sophomoric and inappropriate” sense of humor and his “lack of a filter,” but they documented incidents that repeatedly crossed the line into harassment. Robert Sarver starts process of selling Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Blending the brilliant with the sophomoric, “Rick and Morty” won’t disappoint mature gift receivers looking for something very, very different in the world of animated absurdity. Father’s Day TV Gift Guide: Blu-ray ideas for dads 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z The civility is a far cry from the sophomoric taunts they had exchanged throughout much of the often-bitter six-year legal fight. Commentary: Here are the real winners of the USWNT players vs. U.S. Soccer Federation lawsuit 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z There is — or should be — a distinction between sophomoric provocation and outright racism. Opinion \| At Yale Law School, a party invitation ignites a firestorm 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Sometimes the comedy is belabored, and the musical spoofing occasionally hits a sophomoric note, as when the Kander & Ebb classic “New York, New York” becomes “no pork, no pork.” Review: Liza plus Aristophanes equals the bedazzling camp of 'Lizastrata' at the Getty Villa 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z “To be as precise as is possible about such a movie, it is funny, sophomoric, brilliant, obscene, disjointed, marvelous, unintelligible and relevant,” wrote New York Times film critic Vincent Canby. Robert Downey Sr., provocative underground filmmaker, dies at 85 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Putney Swope was described by the New York Times film critic as "funny, sophomoric, brilliant, obscene, disjointed, marvellous, unintelligible and relevant". Robert Downey Jr pays tribute to 'true maverick' film-maker father 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Is being a sophomoric clown a prerequisite to being a baseball announcer/color guy on this network? Letters to Sports: Nothing superstitious about Clippers 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z “Plan B” possesses the requisite number of outré sight gags and gross-out humor to qualify it as a sophomoric teen flick. Review \| This raunchy teen comedy is also a genuinely moving testament to sisterhood and abiding friendship 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z "These sessions, in both their content and delivery, are so sophomoric and simplistic, so unsophisticated and inane, that I would be embarrassed if they were taught to Brearley kindergarteners," Gutmann wrote. NYC parent rips $54G-a-year private Manhattan school over 'cancerous' anti-racism policies 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z For those not understanding why they would waste time watching a show packed with sophomoric shenanigans, adult humor and sci-fi-inspired, intellectual theories, I offer a trio of my favorite episodes so far. Blu-ray TV reviews: ‘Harley Quinn’ and ‘Rick and Morty’ 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z For such a sophomoric brand of satire, the case evolved into an important test of limits of the First Amendment, and was the central issue depicted in the movie about Flynt. Larry Flynt, the man who built pornographic publishing empire before becoming an unlikely First Amendment champion, has died 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The freshman lawmaker’s sophomoric posting about the impeachment proceedings quickly led to criticisms that culminated in Ms. Green defending herself in a subsequent tweet. GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene likens senators to excrement with toilet bowl tweet 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The reactions have been as comical as they are predictable: Wall Street grandees bemoaning the sophomoric heathens who’ve turned finance into a video game. Perspective \| GameStop mania exposes SEC’s failure as regulator 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z He was right, and the simplistic, sophomoric critics were wrong. Commentary: Why it's time to revive Leonard Bernstein's long-dismissed, race-conscious White House musical 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z At best, Clous’ petulant, sophomoric, potentially threatening gesture was a wholesale dereliction of his duty as an elected representative. Editorial Roundup: Michigan 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Though the piece made waves, Shipnuck recalled that “people just shrugged off the comments as sophomoric humor from a young kid” — especially after Woods’ record-breaking 12-stroke victory at Augusta National days later. 'It ... spun out of control': Part 2 of HBO's Tiger Woods documentary gets personal 2021-01-17T05:00:00Z As Elvira has been a staple of Halloween for many a decade her film debut definitely warrants watching during this creepy holiday, especially by those young males looking for sophomoric laughs and titillation. Best Blu-ray & 4K UHD horror movies: ‘Psycho,’ ‘The War of the Worlds,’ ‘Beetlejuice,’ and more 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z "Borat has lost none of his bite, treading that same fine line between sophomoric humour and pointed political satire." Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Mixed reviews for Sacha Baron Cohen sequel 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Critics called it “simplistic,” “sophomoric” and “a Bicentennial bore.” Commentary: Why it's time to revive Leonard Bernstein's long-dismissed, race-conscious White House musical 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z But the movie also reminds viewers just how intelligent Hoffman was beneath the tie-dye headbands and sophomoric pranks. Review \| Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ is an entertaining — and stirring- history lesson 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z But it did take Snyder to task for encouraging and allowing a “sophomoric” cultural atmosphere. LOVERRO: No one can be surprised at latest dysfunction 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z "The speaker has made a number of sophomoric observations like that, and I think we just have to ignore her." Kennedy slams Roberts over ruling on Louisiana abortion law: 'He flip-flopped like a banked catfish' 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z "According to this logic, burning down a building isn’t an act of violence. What a sophomoric and morally bankrupt defense of the indefensible," National Review editor Rich Lowry reacted. NYT Magazine reporter suggests destroying property 'is not violence' 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Kennedy said it's "sophomoric" for some to claim that those expressing concerns about the economic shutdown are "putting dollars over human life." Sen. John Kennedy: Economy will collapse if it's closed until COVID-19 cases are gone 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z And when the coronavirus emerged as an international threat in January, it seems this sophomoric tendency blunted his understanding of the situation. How Trump let China play him on the coronavirus 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Somehow the music felt sophomoric and pretentious at the same time — a 14-year-old’s conception of danger and sophistication. The Doors are rock gods. I hate them. Can I learn to like a band I've always loathed? 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Critics felt Mattern’s ruminations were sophomoric, and he had a tendency to mispronounce names of people and places. He was touted as the Mojave Desert's savior. Authorities said it was all a ruse 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Representative Gerald E. Connolly, Democrat of Virginia, described the briefing as “sophomoric and utterly unconvincing.” Pelosi Announces Vote to Limit Trump’s War-Making Power Against Iran 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z For his part, Virginia Democratic Rep. Gerald E. Connolly called the briefing "sophomoric and utterly unconvincing." GOP Sen. Mike Lee furiously slams 'worst military briefing' ever on Iran, as meeting divides lawmakers 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z It was a sophomoric attack on an obscure federal agency, but those last two sentences are unassailable. Should the U.S. Expect an Iranian Cyberattack? 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Greenberg ultimately settled on “specious,” “sophomoric” and “nonsensical.” Opinion \| Trump must be thrilled to find someone as bad at history as he is 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Some object to the long-winded and sometimes sophomoric philosophizing that characters are prone to—something of a Kojima trademark. The Blockbuster Video Game That Wants to “Make America Whole Again” 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Pull more sophomoric stunts to disrupt the proceedings? Opinion \| The facts are only going to get worse for Trump 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z But at best, it was sophomoric, wildly inappropriate and firmly in contravention of academy rules. After courts martial dropped, cadets fight expulsions 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z But being 6-foot-6 and 300 pounds has invited ribbing from teammates about his weight, and as harmless and sophomoric as it might appear, it has fueled a stigma that Tengwall is passionate about breaking. For high school offensive linemen, fat-shaming and health risks come with the territory 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z “I’m interesting in joining your GOP, but I’m afraid my computer skills are sophomoric at best,” Mr. Broeksmit emailed the Guardians of Peace. Me and My Whistle-Blower 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z The situation escalated Monday as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service became further tangled in the political storm over Trump’s false claim and sophomoric attempt to defend it. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z For one, we are no longer in 2009: Mark Zuckerberg’s sophomoric musings on transparency or the global village impress only very few. The Epstein scandal at MIT shows the moral bankruptcy of techno elites 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z The drama of a category 3 hurricane and the terrifying projections unpacked during the CNN forum still weren’t sensational — maybe the word is “sophomoric” — enough to wean us off our need for man-made spectacle. Commentary: Why Trump's apparently doctored hurricane map overshadowed CNN's climate town hall 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z “What is worse, some of the officers seemed more interested in sophomoric gallows humor than ensuring that they were keeping Tony alive.” Video Shows Last Moments of Dallas Man, Restrained as Officers Joked 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The decision to bounce an apologetic student over a sophomoric mistake betrays a lack of intellectual confidence in that original mission. Opinion \| Harvard has betrayed its mission to educate 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z But its message is clear: the problems of our days are trivial and sophomoric, compared to the climate crisis at large. How do you write a play about the climate crisis? 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z New California Gov. Gavin Newsom said of Trump’s idea: “It is illegal. It is immoral. It is unethical. It is sophomoric. It is petulant. And it is par for the course.” Trump, Cher and the debate over dumping immigrants in sanctuary cities 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z I think Keaton would have disapproved of his dangerous and sophomoric stunts rather than feel like a kindred spirit. Blu-ray reviews: ‘Stan & Ollie’ and ‘The Great Buster: A Celebration’ 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z Named for the tourist complex Keen owns, he said the Uranus Examiner was shunned by local advertisers because he used to own a strip club and uses sophomoric jokes to promote his businesses. Town by town, local journalism is dying in plain sight 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z It’s not that Mrs. Pelosi had a problem with their sophomoric style, she just wanted to control when they shrieked and when they sneered. Congresswomen in white need a change of heart 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z “One sophomoric response does not deserve another,” Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, said in a statement. Trump Hits Back at Pelosi, Threatening Her Trip to See Troops 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z “One sophomoric response does not deserve another,” Republican Senator Lindsey Graham wrote on Twitter. Trump blocks Pelosi trip as shutdown tensions mount 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z But their silly sophomoric semantics are not over words like “wall” or “fence” or “slats” or “barrier.” Battling semantics at the border 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z It’s become shorthand for bad blockbuster moviemaking - male-driven, mindless spectaculars with sophomoric humor. Review: ‘Transformers’ gets a great savior in ‘Bumblebee’ 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The drag name may be a sophomoric pun, and she’s not necessarily the feminist advocate we all thought we needed. The 99-Seat Beat: So long, Scrooge. These holiday shows have a feminine point of view 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z He and Mr. Dilione engaged in a sophomoric competition to see who could give a better lap dance to one of the women. Night of Partying Ended in a Grisly Murder. A Jeweler’s Surrogate Son Is Guilty. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z The series consistently reveled in politically incorrectness and the sophomoric hijinks of its hero, when not embracing gratuitous violence amid gallons of spilt blood. Best Blu-ray & DVD Halloween TV: Charmed, Ash vs Evil Dead, The Walking Dead & America Horror Story 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z It is like the sophomoric entrance ritual to some secret society. Opinion \| The poison of Trumpism is tainting the GOP 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The joke was that Fox, known for its sophomoric TV lineup, was going to cover football with a “Married With Children” sensibility. The NFL’s TV ratings have become a weekly referendum on everything 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z He “does not play these sophomoric Washington games”. Op-ed sparks high-stakes whodunit in Washington as Trump seethes 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z The rivalry between the two offers some redeemable moments. but it’s not enough to redeem this otherwise sophomoric show. Review: Netflix's 'Insatiable' is meant to be funny, but it's a fat-shaming mess 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z They don’t reflect at all well on Gunn and his sophomoric desire to bust predictable taboos. How Marvel film director James Gunn was demonised by the alt-right \| Seb Patrick 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Any claim to the contrary amounts to a sophomoric view of legal history. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z In another court, judges determined that a Sicilian man’s groping was an example of sophomoric humor, not sexual intent. Are You Too Old to Have Been Sexually Harassed? In Italy, Maybe 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z “I personally negotiated with Prime Minister Trudeau, who, by the way, I basically liked working with, but not until this sophomoric play,” he told CNN. Justin Trudeau’s remarks rile Donald Trump’s aides 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Roth once described the novel as a "hyper-realistic farce," and some critics reveled in the satire; others saw it as sophomoric and anti-Semitic. Philip Roth dies at 85; novelist both probed and skewered Jewish American culture 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Dale said that the two are “like 5-year-olds” together, and Andrea agreed; the pair share a sophomoric sense of humor that keeps them entertained. Gadsden businessman changes life after incarceration 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z “It came from a simple, sophomoric idea about two little girls playing,” he says. Would You Wear a “Shrunken Suit”? Designer Thom Browne is Betting Yes 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The dialogue spoken between the men and women is utterly sophomoric compared with the rest of the show's material. 'The Looming Tower' looks at the rise of Al Qaeda, and the dysfunction of Washington 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z How does a sophomoric college student define "temporary?" A Homeless Camp in Our Back Yard? Please, a University Says 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z It was an unflattering portrait of Albany, with state officials and lobbyists trading in clubby lunches and dinners, fishing trips and sophomoric nicknames. Key Prosecution Witness Describes Bribes to Top Cuomo Aide 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z If Bannon is not dead to the president, the disheveled insurgent at a minimum has been reduced to the kind of sophomoric Twitter nickname the president likes to bestow on foes: "Sloppy Steve." Best-selling book on chaos of Trump's first year is itself the product of that dysfunction – LA Times 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z I, too, am looking forward to Mr. Peele's next effort and trust that it will make this one look even more sophomoric than it already is. Jordan Peele’s X-Ray Vision 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z While the misconduct began as “juvenile and sophomoric” high jinks, it degenerated into a “destructive, toxic and hostile” workplace, investigators found. Navy aviators disciplined over air phallus after Coronado hearing 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z But he managed to get a revised bill passed in May, prompting Trump to hold a sophomoric victory rally at the White House. Opinion \| Don’t get distracted: The GOP’s cruel health-care plan isn’t dead yet 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Huckabee Sanders has likely had to walk through similar rings of fire in the political arena, even before she found herself defending Trump’s sophomoric attacks. Trump's Twitter rant against 'Morning Joe' hosts Scarborough and Brzezinski again prompts the question of how far is too far? 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z The attempt to make our objections seem narrow-minded or sophomoric is unworthy. Opinion \| Bret Stephens Takes On Climate Change. Readers Unleash Their Fury. 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Tiger Woods tweaks his back on soft hotel bed Try to refrain from any sophomoric Tiger bed jokes, since this involved actual sleeping. Where does Dustin Johnson's stair slip rank among freakiest golf injuries? Let's take a closer look - Golf Digest 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The disappointment extends to his sex scenes, which have a leering, sophomoric quality utterly out of keeping with his storied reserve. Review \| ‘Song to Song’: Beautiful searchers seek meaning in Austin’s music scene 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z So much of the activity on Capitol Hill over the past 6 years seems has been so sophomoric and hyperpartisan that that legitimate oversight has all but disappeared. Divided, Dysfunctional Government 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z I guess it's sophomoric, not as clever as radium stadium, and potty humor is often looked down upon by writers, but still - Citi Field? One Guarantee for the Chicago White Sox’ New Stadium Name: Derision 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Each of the scant but precious 10 episodes of the season offers a combination of sophomoric, often profanity-laced shenanigans merged with some brilliant, sci-fi-inspired, intellectual moments. Blu-ray review: ‘Rick and Morty: Season 2’ 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z The jollity often has a desperate quality to it, and the raunchiness, of which there is plenty, tends to be either sophomoric or overly crass. Review: Accessorized in the Outback in ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ on Long Island 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z I blame a script that forces laughs and plays too deep in sophomoric waters while attempting to tug at the heart strings rather than let her take comedic control. Blu-ray review: ‘The Boss’ - Comedy clunker rescued by the extras 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z It would all be quite ominous if it weren’t so sophomoric. How our thinking on markets has evolved 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z I guess it's sophomoric, not as clever as radium stadium, and potty... One Guarantee for the Chicago White Sox’ New Stadium Name: Derision 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Sen. Bob Corker, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Mr. Obama had made “sort of sophomoric threats” about the prospects of free trade with Britain. Brexit: World leaders scramble to manage political, financial fallout 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z The two-term Ohio governor earned plaudits for his ability to remain above the fray as his rivals waged an increasingly sophomoric, bitter race. Kasich Says No to Third-Party Run 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z I think he was finally undone by the sophomoric jokes. Marco Rubio Suspends His Presidential Campaign 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Trina Weir, 57, of Front Royal, Va., said, “I hate to see the sophomoric activity like that, but after the smoke clears, let’s see who’s being more substantive.” Spray tans, pants-wetting and little hands: The GOP race goes in the gutter 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The hundreds of pages of emails made public so far — including Mr. Fina’s, which became public in October on the Supreme Court’s order — are sophomoric. Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania Attorney General, Fights for Her Political Life 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z The trio delivers in each sequel a steady stream of “Three Stooges”-style slapstick, sophomoric situations and double entendre wordplay. Blu-ray reviews: ‘Ted 2 Unrated,’ ‘The Naked Gun 2 1/2’ and ‘The Naked Gun 33 1/3’ 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z He also dismissed surveys designed to ask students how they felt as “sophomoric”. Justice Scalia: minority students may be better off where 'they don't feel pushed too hard' 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z For all of Fiorina's early polish, the only other campaign she ran is best remembered for a sophomoric crack made about her opponent's hairstyle. You Don't Have to Smile to Win 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Are we not way above that?” wondered Kentucky senator Rand Paul, before refining his age estimate up a couple of years and concluding the debate had a “sophomoric quality”. Playground atmosphere at Republican debate puts antics ahead of substance 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky slammed his character and temperament as “sophomoric.” GOP debate: Fiorina gets rave reviews even as Trump dominates airtime 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Mrs. Fiorina called him “an entertainer,” and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky labeled him “sophomoric” in the opening minutes of the debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library here. Candidates Use Second G.O.P. Debate to Taunt Donald Trump 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Fiorina wouldn’t take the bait, saying it was up to voters, but Sen. Rand Paul called Mr. Trump “sophomoric.” Donald Trump defends place at head of Republican field 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z It’s really been about celebrity and really sophomoric insults. Will Wednesday’s GOP debate move the discourse from flash to substance? 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Businessman and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is dismissing an editorial from Iowa’s leading newspaper calling for him to exit the presidential race as “sophomoric.” Donald Trump dismisses ‘sophomoric’ Des Moines Register editorial 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z That sophomoric level of exchange is precisely what both governments have said they aim to leave behind, over the six months since Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced the surprise rapprochement. The Fun Part is Officially Over with Cuba 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Entertainment Weekly labeled Saints Row 2 as the worst game of 2008, citing overwhelming instances of misogyny, racism, crude and sophomoric themes, as well as humorless and stupid. GTA Vs. Saint's Row: A Battle Of Satire 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Their journey to see the band live at Cabo Hall in Detroit leads to much sophomoric humor and ribald shenanigans for the adult viewer. Blu-ray reviews: Detroit Rock City, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z The sophomoric jokes they contained about Mr. Clinton were not particularly damaging but did raise some concerns about their discretion. A Young Manager for Clinton Juggles Data and Old Baggage 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z “I am not at all surprised by the Des Moines Register’s sophomoric editorial,” Mr. Trump said in a statement. Donald Trump dismisses ‘sophomoric’ Des Moines Register editorial 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z “It was ill-advised. It was sophomoric in many ways and I think it gave comfort to our enemies and pause to our allies,” Democratic Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer said on Wednesday’s “Morning Joe.” Backfired: Lawmakers sour on Iran letter 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Two days later, while the emails were still overwhelming my inbox, a well-meaning weirdo created a Twitter feed using my name and likeness, and began to tweet sophomoric replies to the right-wing mob. My week in the right-wing lie machine: When Fox News, Twitchy and Montel Williams declared war on me 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Mr. de Blasio's campaign was stoked by police bashing and his tale of two cities was sophomoric at best. Poll Finds Unease in New York Over Racial Divide After Garner Case 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z I don’t want to be sophomoric about this, but I always felt a strong bond because he was the voice of the Texas I knew. An Old Friendship Where News and Music Met 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z And complaints about oil money being funneled to terrorism represent the most sophomoric kind of political analysis. The Evil That Is OPEC: Wait, What? 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z It is easy to dismiss to such matters as sophomoric foolishness, distracting from the far more consequential Issues Of The Day. Midterm madness: the politics of snowmobiles and chickens 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z But the show is more than sniggering, sophomoric humor. Art review: ‘Readymade@100’ It included simple acts of retail vandalism, like tossing the competition’s signs in the garbage, as well as attempts at psychological point-scoring that could charitably be described as sophomoric. For Coconut Waters, a Street Fight for Shelf Space 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Constitutional lawyers say Boehner’s ploy is somewhat sophomoric and that no court would take it seriously. Our odd ways of dealing with problems 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z “I tossed this book; thought it was sophomoric rather than clever,” wrote one reviewer. 'Blood Feud' Author Also Wrote Obama Birther Fiction 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z “This Commanding Officer witnessed, accepted, and encouraged behavior that, while juvenile and sophomoric in the beginning, ultimately and in the aggregate, became destructive, toxic, and hostile,” Adm. Former Blue Angels commander found guilty in Navy probe, reprimanded Kevin Spacey could play Snidely Whiplash for all I care, or have to muddle through a sophomoric script — I’ll still watch. 18 Things the Call of Duty Advanced Warfare Trailer Tells Us About the Game 2014-05-02T19:35:51Z The humor may be sophomoric but Mr. Hall credits the name with doubling his revenue in the first few years. Risqué Names Reap Rewards for Some Companies 2014-04-23T16:58:48Z Additionally, although the old adage asserts that "sex sells," experts say companies realize that watchers have grown bored with sophomoric humor and other obvious shock tactics. Super Bowl ads show signs of maturity 2014-01-29T20:55:30Z “It is sophomoric and it is dangerous to play with the trust and transparency of your followers and your customer base,” he said. How to alienate your Twitter followers: Chipotle staged hack falls flat 2013-07-25T23:00:00Z The article is based on absurd psychology and sophomoric reasoning. Why Can't Private Sector Innovate Any More? 2013-02-25T16:45:28Z It is culturally accepted, the stuff of knowing TV sitcom references and sophomoric press puns. The case for legalizing pot 2012-11-05T22:36:00Z Her graduation essay was on the rather old and sophomoric subject, "The Influence of Woman on National Character;" but in the intensity of her convictions and her words there was nothing ordinary. Women of Achievement Written for the Fireside Schools 2012-02-08T03:00:23.060Z It was highly sophomoric in character and abounded in striking and lofty metaphor. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z He had written, at the beginning, rather biting if sophomoric things, inspired by the malice he sensed toward his profession. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Some segments resort to sophomoric humor, and some seem stilted or simply look unrealistic. City Room: Animating New York City's News 2011-11-20T07:30:38Z The sophomoric strategist thinks he can slice the American electorate into a million little pieces and make it more than the sum of its parts. Is Obama Toast? Handicapping the 2012 Election 2011-11-03T08:58:00Z And I never saw a drunkard yet—a real Simon-pure drunkard, I mean; not a mere sophomoric tippler—who wouldn't jump at the chance to reform if he could. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Mr. Obama’s political advisers realize this, and their strategy is simple: The election is about the future — their constant refrain of “Win the Future” is sophomoric, yet repetition works in messaging. Letter From Washington: Obama Hasn't Won a 2nd Term Yet 2011-05-08T19:30:34Z Obama’s political advisers realize this and their strategy is simple: The election is about the future -- their constant refrain of “Win the Future” is sophomoric, yet repetition works in messaging. Obama’s Abbottabad Bounce May Prove Short-Lived: Albert R. Hunt 2011-05-08T15:06:58Z Irredeemably sophomoric, even freshmanic, Orgazmo is a cheerful parable about how innocence can blunder into strange and dangerous territory and, with the help of Heavenly Father and some outrageous plot twists, conquer all. Mormon Media: 10 Memorable Pop Culture Depictions of Mormons 2011-04-25T13:35:00Z Ancient history, dead philosophy, sophomoric periods, bad music, empty pews, weary groups of the faithful longing for home, 144 were, in brief, the things that we saw and heard. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry Men whose early culture was deficient are far more apt to be permanently sophomoric than those who lived through the sophomore at the proper time and place. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 I wish I could get by the scruff of the neck that sophomoric old philosopher who once said nothing survives being thought of. The Prairie Child There is a mildly sophomoric flavor about the "Salmagundi" papers, as there is about Irving's letters of the same period. Washington Irving His mind is parasitical, his discourse full of precedents, quotations, classic scenes, and historic allusions, sometimes savoring of schoolboy recitations, sophomoric and declamatory, stilted and grotesque. Senatorial Character A Sermon in West Church, Boston, Sunday, 15th of March, After the Decease of Charles Sumner. We have some verses written by Nero in his seventeenth year that show a good Class B sophomoric touch. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Dante was back home in Florence from his sojourn abroad, a bit of a dandy no doubt, with a becoming dash and a touch of sophomoric boldness. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers But I refuse to subscribe to that sophomoric philosophy of hers which would divide the race into fools and knaves. The Prairie Child If tradition were a reverent record of those crucial moments when men burst through their habits, a love of the past would not be the butt on which every sophomoric radical can practice his wit. A Preface to Politics It is flaccid, elephantine, doltish, coarse, dismal, flatulent, sophomoric, ignorant, unconvincing, wearisome. A Book of Prefaces I thought you had passed the sophomoric stage, and it is a shameful waste of dialectic ammunition to throw your antithesis at me. Infelice In the days when Felix Piers was in the habit of patronizing the place there floated to his ears such phrases as "bad colour scheme!" "sophomoric treatment!" "miserable drawing!" "no atmosphere!" Fifth Avenue The moment was so beyond words that it made him sophomoric—which was appropriate enough, even though his freshman year had been halted by those examinations, which had so "jarred" his guardian. The Vehement Flame And yet, as long as the million tiny cords that bound hum, Gulliver-like, went back to Rose, talk of breaking them was sophomoric foolishness. The Real Adventure I give this rather shocking example of sophomoric shiftlessness for the purpose of illustrating my attitude toward my educational opportunities and what was possible in the way of dexterously avoiding them. The "Goldfish" Perhaps it is truer to call Mr. Tarkington's plots sophomoric than to call them adolescent. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) He had provided her with the answer himself, with his sophomoric talk about traveling light and refusing to wear harness. Mary Wollaston He was dressed with a great deal of style of the efflorescent kind called sophomoric. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise The younger was a tall and angular young fellow, of an eager and sophomoric youth. The Forest Benjamin Franklin was not unlike other boys in his love for sophomoric phrases. Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way He was sophomoric enough to talk about his broken heart and she was sophomoric enough to suffer for him most enjoyably. We Can't Have Everything In a vain and sophomoric preface he declares that poetry is to him an idle experiment, and that this is his first and last attempt to amuse himself in that line. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World It was very sophomoric, of course, but boys of eighteen who study anything and defend it in essays and orations are right out on the highway which leads to superiority. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Nevertheless, this is incomplete definition, and it is annoying that the dean of letters in our tongue should be subjected to a sophomoric formula in which the emphasis is wrongly placed. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism His sophomoric dignity drew a faint, ironic smile to her lips. Viola Gwyn He thought with sophomoric shame of his futile affair with the waitress, then forgot her as he seemed almost to touch the comforting hand of the brown-eyed girl. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man As for his speech, it was a straightway argument; not a superfluous or a sophomoric word, not an attempt at rhetoric. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel The prominent characteristic of the Poems is affectation, artificiality; their makeup is a complacent and pretentious outpour of false figures and fine writing, in the sophomoric style. Christian Science "Your ideal is a fine one, my friend, but—isn't it a little sophomoric?" The Foundations of Personality He read it over before mailing, and was particularly impressed by its sophomoric amateurishness and general worthlessness. Martin Eden He had proved it to-day, with his amateurish and sophomoric productions. Martin Eden
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