I was a geeky, scrawny, underweight kid who liked strange music and didn't fit in at all. |
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It had to be compact enough to fit in the tight shelf space reserved for impulse buys at the supermarket. |
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Somehow I would have thought that cycling would be an activity that would fit in easily with the ambience of the canals and waterways. |
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The unit has a power output of 150 watts and is small enough to fit in your plane's glove compartment when it's not in use. |
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Last Wednesday he saw a specialist and we didn't think he'd be fit in time for the Brighton game. |
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Some audiences will find this annoying, for me it fit in perfectly with the subtle weirdness of the proceedings. |
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In the Marines, he was a nobody with a silver bar, too junior to matter to staffers, too senior to fit in with the enlisted grunts his own age. |
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Her house truck with its zany adornments can be quickly converted to fit in with our image of a gypsy fortune teller's tent. |
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We had quite a discussion at the select committee about the issue of whangai, and how those people fit in. |
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Seven-figure ransoms in used bills easily fit in a standard-size briefcase. |
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All the Valley guys put suits on to impress the wonks, and all the wonks would put khakis and knit shirts on to fit in with the Valley. |
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The skip containers will be used mainly for garden refuse and rubbish which does not generally fit in the normal green drums. |
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Nevertheless, it does match the reduced forces of the chamber score and settles into a nice fit in the allegretto movements. |
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In order to fit in with the lads, he finds himself going out on a Friday night club crawl. |
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Taking on the role of a high society lady as well as wife and new mother, Chopin fit in well with the New Orleans culture. |
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The words didn't fit in the box and I filled the margins so that anyone reading the form would notice what I had written. |
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It was too big to fit in the removal van without taking it apart, and we hastliy unassembled it on the day of the move. |
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Now I groan a bit at the prospect of moving and wonder if all our stuff will fit in one removal van. |
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The set was drawn mostly from the last two albums, but the occasional early song fit in seamlessly. |
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No matter how many last-minute things you have to fit in before December 25, try to find time for a manicure. |
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There are jerks on both side of the gender gap and Diana doesn't seem to fit in anywhere except in the boxing ring. |
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I guessed that he probably never fit in too well with North Dakota's rock-ribbed mainstream. |
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I also tear out newspaper and magazine articles and keep them on hand, as they easily fit in my purse and I can toss them when I'm done reading. |
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After assurances that we would all fit in my car and they could put their pram in the boot they accepted. |
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The cartridges are asymmetric, so there is only one way they'll fit in the camera. |
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However, tactics from this war to 1914 had not changed to fit in with this new weapon. |
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Coaches from Inverness to Scrabster are scheduled to fit in with the ferry sailings. |
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I didn't really fit in with the other girls either, who always came to class in frilly dresses and t-bar shoes. |
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He still is learning how to fit in with his teammates and where he should play on offense. |
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This desire to fit in, however, is no different for teenage girls than it is for teenage boys. |
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To be fair, my dad always bent over backwards for us to fit in, but not lose a sense of who we are. |
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My blocks didn't seem to fit in the gallon size zip locks I had, so I used the Baggie brand that come on a roll. |
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In that particular environment of deep pile carpet and glass display gun cases crafted of dark mahogany, his garb fit in. |
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To help our readers get in where they fit in, we've chosen nonfiction selections that look both back to our past, and forward to our future. |
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The rules and regulations of a club membership are something you are either built to fit in with or take flight from. |
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The old-fashioned look of the clock, the ceiling light, and the framed photographs fit in well with the period tiling and carpet. |
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Consequently the walks are all accessible by public transport and scheduled to fit in with bus and train timetables. |
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Everyone plays different beats at the same time so they really feel the rhythm through their hands and can work out where they fit in. |
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Old Town is liked because it shows how Swindon used to be and we wanted to fit in with that. |
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Mr Bailey said any application would be considered on its merits and would have to fit in with other buildings. |
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Children may have to suppress their natural behaviours and tendencies to conform and fit in, which can cause undue distress. |
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If my own educational journey was to start again I would hope to fit in some astronomy and microbiology. |
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They engineered the lobes to fit in the middle of one another to take any kind of horizontal torquing a fall or an aid use might put on it. |
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Town hall bosses are considering moving the market to a new home to fit in with plans for a cultural quarter. |
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So instead of being a film about a mouse trying to fit in with humans, we get a far more banal film about a middle brother's loneliness. |
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But believe you me, that silly seventy dollars will fit in mighty nice this time of year in my cash-flow. |
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A personal data assistant is a minicomputer that can fit in the palm of your hand. |
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Adults can fit in the cheap seats way out back, but the tallest ones will want to call shotgun on long trips. |
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It totally would fit in my little bitty purse and still give me room for my phone, wallet, and other stuff. |
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He said you should modify your diet to fit in with the types of fruit, vegetables and herbs that you could easily grow. |
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She didn't really fit in, she stood out from the rest, far more beautiful and a lot shyer. |
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It was Alexz that would never fit in mom's clothes, being the size twelve that she is. |
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The builders blasted out the foundations of the old property with dynamite in order to fit in the base of the new house. |
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It's just as well I have sillily long legs, which don't fit in most theatres, so I can stick them out onto the steps and be my own tripod. |
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Surely, the other argument is that due to their simplicity, blogs are easier to customise and fit in with complex designs. |
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The job is ideal for those people who would like a bit of extra cash but are unable to fit in many hours of work. |
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Grampian Police has a booklet on how to pass its tests in which it spells out the need for police officers to be fit in no uncertain terms. |
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You know, they have to go to the hairdresser, to the nail thing, to do makeup, and then they fit in their skinny dresses. |
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Wearing a natty sports jacket and carrying a briefcase, Fraser would easily fit in with any group of up-and-coming executives. |
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I've added the boxout to the right of this paragraph to feature a related comment that doesn't really fit in the main body of the text. |
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Which leaves Stern in the familiar role of the nebbish buddy who just wants to fit in. |
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Taken between 1910 and 1960, many of the untitled and anonymous images are contact prints and, as such, small enough to fit in the hand. |
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I mean, it was about two girls who did not fit in because they were brainiacs. |
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Early on, his drinking was linked to loneliness and an inability to fit in socially with his fellow players. |
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I think he played a more rockish and uptempo set to fit in better with Los Straitjackets. |
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He is on the opposite end of the social spectrum, a wannabe aristocrat without the breeding to easily fit in. |
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Smiling, bubbling with energy and exuding a quiet confidence, Annie Maria doesn't exactly fit in with one's image of an evangelist. |
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His date, lips popping red, long blonde hair pulled into victory rolls, would have fit in when the Eagle was a fly boy hangout. |
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He might be a nice fit in the bullpen given the team's need for left-handed relief help. |
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On an endless search for what is needed to fit in and be socially acceptable, all sense of self is lost. |
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He learned to follow their low-key, businesslike approach because it was the best way to fit in with the group. |
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The period was not the studio's finest hour and he did not fit in, spending more time hiding in a cupboard than at his desk drawing. |
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They are all small enough to fit in a purse or handbag, and I know that you will be thankful to have them. |
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Take careful measurements of doors and windows before buying to make sure they will fit in their new home. |
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Mix half the liquid ingredients together and spoon over a heatproof plate that will take the whole fish and fit in a large steamer. |
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How does that fit in with the liability of, say, a solicitor for giving advice, or a barrister for giving chambers opinions? |
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Like all movie stars, she is unique, itching to fit in a category, yet somehow beyond categorization. |
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It has looked into the best and worst American cities for sleeping in, being physically fit in, stressfulness and crime rates. |
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I too wanted to stretch my legs and walk around a little just to fit in and look the same as the rest of the people that crowded around us. |
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The new development has been designed to fit in with the design of the original stone houses. |
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To fit in I am planning to wear a string vest, swig from a bottle of whiskey and loudly chant the lyrics to a couple of Marti Pellow songs. |
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Whenever his celebrated opera performances leave him time, Heppner tries to fit in a recital. |
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It's not quite shocking or sordid enough to fit in the hentai tradition, and its visual style is a far cry from traditional anime. |
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This cylindrical, tufted pillow would fit in perfectly with a formal living room with heavy drapes, deep sofas, and perhaps a Bichon Frise curled up on the ottoman. |
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But Peggy is not tempted in the least to change her shop to fit in with the new surroundings. |
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The noseless man's beautiful daughter challenges her boyfriend, who ends up losing a body part, possibly on purpose, in order to fit in to her family. |
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The Scarfe cartoon would comfortably fit in any compendium of such grotesqueries. |
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Each fan is securely held in place by a plastic frame that includes lugs to fit in the fan mounting holes, and opposing clips to hold the fan in place. |
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There are really no rules of thumb, but older couples are less likely to adopt infants and many younger couples prefer babies in order to fit in with peer groups. |
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He claims his agenda is industrial rather than political but observers say he will fit in with the new awkward squad of younger, more militant union leaders. |
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Mouton stated that there was a marvellous regularity in nature which made a metric system of measurement based on nature fit in with human activity. |
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Back home in New Orleans, Donovan is reticent and Pleasant is reflective, but neither man fit in. |
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The juvenile captive birds bound for release are shipped to Mississippi after about a month, and they quickly learn to fit in with the refuge population. |
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I didn't really fit in, not to mention I was completely smashed. |
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Joan, new in town, is a wisecracker who just wants to fit in. |
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How much bull can one fit in such a short opening paragraph? |
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Sear the pork on both sides and on the fat edge, working in batches if the chops don't all fit in the pan at the same time. |
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Snowboarding is a lifestyle, and boardercross, no matter how gnarly and how fun to watch it is, just doesn't seem to fit in with that for most people. |
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The moment one of the partners is expected to give up their beliefs and to fit in with an alien culture against their will, we no longer have a healthy marriage. |
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It would fit in the canon of raunchy teen comedies alongside American Pie and Road Trip. |
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Note the backslashes for lines that were too long to fit in this example. |
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The first prototype is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. |
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We could all fit in the station wagon but it would be a tight squeeze. |
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They're modified only slightly to fit in with the journal entry format. |
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These nouveau-riche folks were often unaware of the standards of high society, so they were given specific codified rules to follow in order to fit in. |
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Dwelling on the reality of service doesn't really fit in with the mentality of success or mind-set of anyone in the armed forces. |
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So basically, all the gold that has ever been mined on Earth today can only fit in three Olympic-sized swimming pools. |
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Animals that could fit in a pet carrier and be stowed according to train guidelines would be eligible for travel. |
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All modern radiators have been removed and replaced, while fresh paint has been applied to mask any anachronisms which do not fit in with the historic surroundings. |
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They didn't fit in with the communist regime's vision for the country. |
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The idea of the 'resting' actor does not seem to apply to Juliet, who even managed to fit in some part-time study a couple of years back, gaining a B.A. degree. |
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We managed to fit in a whistlestop tour of Greenwich before taking our seats in the leftmost extremities of the Palladium's Upper Circle with minutes to spare. |
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We now have a better understanding of where early apemen fit in evolution. |
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To fit in society well, a youth has to learn a skill, vocation, profession or trade for him or her to become a responsible citizen in the community. |
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Who on earth would be able to fit in that Lilliputian getup? |
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I could not imagine how she had fit in there with such a voluminous dress. |
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True, you won't necessarily fit in with the new romantics' misty sentiments right away, but, deep down, Ariens have a poetic nature, and the coming era nurtures it. |
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Then people wonder why kids grow up too quickly and think they have to master the karma sutra to fit in with their teenage peers. |
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Elizabeth Dewfall, of Norfolk, says she'd love to use her skills but hospitals won't give her hours to fit in with her life as a mum. |
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I tightened the belt on my gorblimey trousers, and stoned some crows, all the better to fit in. |
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I realised it wouldn't fit in my landing net and had to call for help from another angler fishing 20 yards away. |
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Goobie covers a lot of ground with misperceptions, group dynamics, family relationships, and the pressures many teens face to fit in somewhere. |
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It's perfect for daywear because it's so light, impressively long lasting and will fit in your handbag. |
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Douglas Elliman broker Stanley Ginsberg helped a couple find the perfect fit in Flatiron. |
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Yesterday, the Record revealed how Norma Ingles was told her 30-stone husband Robert's coffin would not fit in any crematorium in Scotland. |
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Planners beleive the flats will fit in well with the area which is mainly housing. |
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Desso said it delivered its Wilton carpet with a self-adhesive back, providing maximum flatness and a perfect fit in the airplane's cabins. |
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Because meerkats live in large family groups in the wild, Kirkleatham staff are confident they will fit in. |
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Walton Tap Extractors are designed with hardened steel fingers that fit in the flutes of broken taps and back them out easily and safely. |
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In death, Reuben, with his birthmarked red face, is finally more ferociously alive to his father than he ever was as a boy struggling to fit in. |
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You will need a non-stick frying pan that is ovenproof and small enough to fit in the oven. |
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My dog cain't fit in her puppy bed anymore, but she still tries, bless her heart. |
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He is a pulp writer who had to tell a story in as few words as possible so it could fit in one of the numerous pulp magazines. |
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It consists of two custom-made, hollow, ear canal inserts that fit in the ear canals. |
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William had looked kind of stupid wearing it the day before, but now that he stood in the field with a bunch of other 'bucket-heads, he fit in. |
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And you thought the jetpack that fit in your trunk was convenient. |
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The passenger module is sized to fit in the payload bay, and can carry up to 24 passengers and 1 crew. |
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And in what could be the start of a charm offensive, Neymar has claimed his good friend would fit in perfectly at the Nou Camp. |
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The life-sized statue was the same size as the subject, and since he had never fit in that chair, neither did the statue. |
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Eleven pieces of Mutine cookware can fit in the dishwasher, he said, versus three pieces with fixed handles. |
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Most lamps have metal bases that fit in a socket to support the lamp and conduct current to the filament wires. |
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Or they must be stubbornly resisting dominant norms because they did not want to fit in. |
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In 1838 the race was moved to a Wednesday to fit in with the railways' timetables but was still run on different dates depending on Easter. |
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How is the Naked Lady of Northumbria going to fit in or will it not distract drivers? |
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Williams did not fit in with the members of the association, whose primary interests were in Welsh architecture and archaeology. |
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All toothed whales are opportunistic, meaning they will eat anything they can fit in their throat because they are unable to chew. |
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They also fit in some activities, participating in a shoreline cleanup in Victoria and bungee jumping, dirtsurfing and parkouring in Edmonton. |
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With the body being too big to fit in the boot of the car, the body was wrapped in an eiderdown and put in the back seat of a car. |
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Othering is the creation of those who discriminate, to distinguish, label, categorize those who do not fit in the societal norm. |
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However, verbs with vowels that did not fit in the existing pattern of alternation retained their reduplication. |
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The yarn is wrapped snugly around a ruler and the number of wraps that fit in an inch are counted. |
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Undergraduates are grouped in rather sameish groups to do rather sameish things. You are there because you fit in. |
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The long-stemmed roses didn't fit in the short vase because the stems were too long. |
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These synodists thought fit in Latin as yet to veil their decrees from vulgar eyes. |
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Sometimes, a parent will request a broad-spectrum antibiotic such as amoxycillin to fit in with school. |
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But like Artie, I was a nerd, always trying to fit in and get my hair to lie flat. |
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From the moment she could fit in a designer baby grow, Victoria has carted Harper around like a fashion accessory. |
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Your cockatiel should be housed in the largest cage you can fit in the area that you have chosen. |
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But how, in general, do stochastic processes with purpose-equivalent outcomes fit in with our understanding of God's actions? |
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From a short brisk walk to a marathon run, get fit in the comfort of your own home and at your own pace with the Total Strider treadmill. |
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Lemurs range in size from the tiny mouse lemur, which can fit in the palm of your hand, to the Indri lemur, which is larger than a house cat and can weigh up to 9 kilograms. |
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Although the long magazine does not allow the pistol to fit in the holster, it can readily be used as a shoulder stock, adding to the fun factor of this terrific BB spitter. |
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Visitors can meet representatives from clubs such as Co-Wheels, E-Car Club and City Car Club who will explain how car clubs can fit in to your transport requirements. |
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Hogg was born with Treacher Collins Syndrome, meaning he could not wear conventional hearing aids as they are styled to fit in and around the top and middle of the ear. |
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It is about time people accepted that we all have our faults and stopped pontificating to others who don't fit in with their own particular lifestyle. |
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At 18 I was fortunate enough to receive an offer to study at Oxford University. I was enthralled with the exciting new world around me and tried desperately to fit in. |
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He came to realize that this sort of policy was very appealing, since it bound workers to the state, and also fit in very well with his authoritarian nature. |
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Given that passports do not fit in a typical wallet or purse, most people do not carry their passports in public without an advance that they are going to need them. |
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Perhaps she has to buy a new stairgate, fireguard, or fit in a lamp. This may be a big dip in her purse, but in this financial comparison it is trivial. |
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Ty, who once woozily sang, How many girls can I fit in my cabana? |
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Nonharmonic frequencies fit in between the harmonic frequencies. |
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How Jonathan Ross will fit in with that lot is anyone's guess. |
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The neighborhood was wary of the project and understandably concerned it would not fit in with the scale and mood of this lower-scale residential area. |
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They're also furious at changes in the curriculum to improve children's literacy and numeracy skills because they don't fit in with their progressive ideas. |
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Each Kennel Deck section can be joined by clips to another section if greater size is preferred or each section can be cut with a hand saw to fit in smaller spaces. |
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He said the design and how it will fit in with the surroundings was a major con sideration as he does not want it to detract from the value of his own prop erty. |
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The oversimplifying theory of professionalization, borrowed from American or English sociology, does not fit in the peculiarities of these groups in contemporary France. |
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Completely unique to the marketplace, the space-saving shopper totes are lightweight and fold down to fit in a conveniently-sized snappable pouch. |
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As well as adapting to a range of conditions, daylilies fit in well in a wide variety of gardenscapes, from classic herbaceous borders to wild naturalistic schemes. |
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