clubbable in a sentence
Examples
- In " A Clubbable Woman, " the first of three installments of a series based on Reginald Hill's Dalziel / Pascoe mystery novels, Oscar Madison and Felix Unger are more or less reincarnated with Welsh accents.
- The television series, co-produced ( on a seemingly spare budget ) by A & E and the BBC, begins at the beginning with " A Clubbable Woman, " the story that introduced the odd couple in 1970.
- In " A Clubbable Woman, " the action revolves around the Wetherton Rugby Football Club, where various pillars of the community can regurgitate the fleeting moments of glory they may have had in the good old days . Dalziel himself is a member.
- In what may be the most disgruntling proposal for members of a particularly clubbable set of Britons _ the members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords _ he said, " Parliament should set an example and become smoke free ."
- What elevates " A Clubbable Woman " slightly routine whodunit is the recognition of how women are clearly seen as appendages to their husbands; even the murder victim is demonized in death as a vindictive, scheming woman intent on sabotaging the boys'extramarital fun.
- How did this least clubbable of men navigate the dense thicket of protocol and backslapping that is life in the House ( the world's largest Rotary meeting ) and the Senate ( the self-styled " world's most exclusive club " )?
- Describing him as " Britain's most controversial television director " and " a pretty much unique figure in contemporary television who has devoted his career to giving the powerful sleepless nights ", Rees quotes Kosminsky as saying " I'd be nervous if I were clubbable.
- Like its British gumshoe peers, " A Clubbable Women " hooks us with a mystery that, twists aside, exposes British society's more disturbing givens : in this case, sexism in the hail-fellow-well-met world of British weekend rugby.
- The Club website states that " " Candidates have to be clubbable " " ( i . e . " clubbable " in the sense of a traditional gentlemen's club ) and " " the Hawks'Club remains unashamedly elite " ", claiming to include only " " the top one per cent " " of University sportsmen.
- The Club website states that " " Candidates have to be clubbable " " ( i . e . " clubbable " in the sense of a traditional gentlemen's club ) and " " the Hawks'Club remains unashamedly elite " ", claiming to include only " " the top one per cent " " of University sportsmen.