Voorbeelden van squib

• The purpose of this squib is to argue against this strong position.

• Words are spat out from the mouth like live squibs.

• The core of the book - and subtitle - turns out to be a brief, damp squib.

• Endeavouring to undertake this task clearly exceeds the modest goals of this squib.

• Then there is, for my palate, a tiny nugget - a short squib describing a theropod sternal plate (chest bone), that immediately rang recognition bells for me!

• It is perhaps time, as with ripraps, crackerjacks, squibs or whatever, to introduce a complete ban on the sale of bangers.

• Will he accept that we have not had even a few sparks, only a damp squib?

• It is my experience that the straw just fizzles and goes out like a damp squib.

• It is to create an explosion in our ranks, whereas, in fact, all they have been able to do is to produce a damp squib.

• If there ever was a damp squib it was that, because it had no relation whatever to realities.

• The whole thing has become a damp squib.

• Its intentions—to be generous to those who drew up the declaration—may have been sincere, but it has proved to be a political damp squib.

• The much-trumpeted deregulation initiative is a damp squib; it is a mouse.

• I must say that it was something of a damp squib, and that we did not rehearse this question.

• What we have had today has been a damp squib.