Sentences with phrase «about slogging»

Let me just generalize and say «we,»» Poulter said about his slog around Augusta in the company of 2008 Masters champion Trevor Immelman and Patrick Cantlay, starting just his second Masters.

Lowry was realistic about the slog that awaited him but unafraid to admit he could see himself lifting the trophy.

J.M. Hirsch, having «logged several years in the lunch box trenches» and having blogged about the slog, shares his tricks, tips, recipes, ideas and, most importantly, his emphasis on getting beyond old...

Not exact matches

And there's the rub: As easy as it may be to talk big about big data, the actual doing is a slog — plumbing and janitorial tasks that take a lot of effort and yield marginal benefits.

We're just slogging away in the traditional investment world,»» says Cordes, who built AssetMark Investment Services to about $ 9 billion in assets, sold it to Genworth Financial Inc. in 2006, and last year was part of an investment group that re-acquired the company.

Although it is a tough slog in this country, Canadians concerned about GMOs have found some champions for their cause.

Some I've loved (The Echo Maker, for instance; I wrote about it here); some I've found very interesting but also maddening (The Time of Our Singing); and a handful have been a slog.

It will call to you from the refrigerator while you fiddle with your stir - fry for dinner; it will entice you while you recline on the couch to watch your soap opera; it will torment you as you slog through another session on the treadmill; it will whisper to you while you lie in bed and think about what to write in tomorrow's blog post.

Focusing on successful models is an attractive approach for a narrative journalist, too, because people generally prefer reading emotionally resonant stories about individuals in pursuit of a worthy goal to slogging through lots of dry research and statistics.

We've been topping 80 degrees regularly for the past few weeks and while slogging through the final month of school my thoughts are all about swimming, sunshine, and SUMMER!

Activists are slogging round council estates every weekend, asking about and solving local problems, often unglamorous ones such as helping rejected asylum seekers, carers needing respite and gypsies threatened with eviction.

Pity the group of Labourites who, in one day, had to endure a dog bite and subsequent visit to A&E; three naked aggressors spewing bile about expense abuses - in the same house; and a rogue beetle in their noodles at the end of a hard day's slog.

Her complaints about the lack of money available to her show that she either hasn't realised, or wishes to bypass, the hard slog of winning the support of hundreds of local people required to deliver leaflets for, and donate to, your campaign.

After slogging door - to - door in blistering heat for signatures, rank - and - file committee members can't be too pleased about headquarters misfeasance.

Few issues are more important in federal litigation than determining whether a case will be dismissed for failure to state a claim or instead slog on into Ian Kerner, a sexuality counselor and New York Times best - selling author, blogs about sex on Thursdays on The Chart.

Comedic jabs criss - cross with somber moments telegraphing the studio's sense that the 160 - minute slog upon which we're about to embark is plagued with the self - serious portents of a disaster porn epic.

Also not a fan is Justin Chang of the L.A. Times, who writes about this «hectoring, masturbatory slog» of a movie, «Lars von Trier is a stupid, arrogant troll and, when the mood strikes him, a reasonably talented filmmaker.

Initially hired to the punch up the «slog» — the women's dialogue — in one - reelers and informational shorts, Catrin soon finds herself working on a full - on Technicolor war epic about the evacuation of Dunkirk for an Alexander Korda - like producer.

After its amazing middle - run, Monae's third full - length starts to shake a little under its own weight, such as the six - minute «Don't Judge Me» which is a little bit of a slog to get through when it is largely repeating themes and ideas Monae has already expressed more explicitly and effectively earlier on, and while finale «Americans» is largely an ironic song about the type of country Monae wishes she lived in, it has a tendency to taste a little sour all the same with its overt Americana imagery.

The bad news is you're going to have to slog your way through said lore, and characters reacting to that lore, and characters talking about that lore, and reminding you of the that lore, and reminding you how they feel about that lore, and...

This mawkish slog about the miracle of interconnection is a waste of a tremendous cast: Kate Winslet, Edward Norton, Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley and Michael Pena, led by an unusually sullen Will Smith.

The middle portion of this film, which is predominantly spent with Harry, Hermione, and Ron slogging through the woods lost and confused about how to continue their journey, can get pretty painful at times.

So any kind of movie that combines the things that appeal to the target audiences of these pop culture trends is going to be held to a much higher standard by Vince than some whimsical kitchy Wes Anderson slog about daddy issues, with adults dressed as children in amateur theater in monotone.

There's something a little depressing about watching a talented actor like Jose Ferrer (who, near the start of his career, worked with filmmakers like Otto Preminger and John Huston) slog his way through junk like Zoltan... Hound of Dracula, and though he does deliver a surprisingly effective performance, it's just not enough to disguise the movie's many, many deficiencies.

But the unsatisfying resolution doesn't come before slogging through the expected, would - be shocking revelations about Prot's past.

You can slog through all seven - plus hours of «Penny Dreadful» without getting a sense that Logan has any particular emotional involvement in or new ideas about these classic horror stories (the vampire hiding from the light, the manmade pariah feeling the sting of unrequited affection) beyond the underlying assumption that the world is a cold and lonesome place and it behoves us to take love and friendship where we can get it.

Even Jennifer Lawrence doesn't appear particularly enthused about having to slog through this downer of a finale, and it's hard to blame her, because instead of going out on the high note that the franchise and its loyal fans deserved, my first thought when the film ended was, «Thank God it's finally over.»

He concluded that it was a good thing to see small improvement in the second year of Common Core testing, but that it's going to be a «hard, slow slog» to get the majority of students to the proficient level with only about a third hitting that threshold now.

Think less about an ascent up a frostbound mountain and more about a slushy slog down to the metro station.

From Paris - Dakar Rallies to Camel Trophy slogs through swamps, rain forests, and deserts, Range Rovers and their Land Rover brethren have established an enviable brand identity that's all about heritage, British resolve, continuity, capability, and clever engineering.

To see if the more functional Cruze has the stuff to be spoken about in the same breath as the AUTOMOBILE All - Star - winning Civic Sport hatch, we spent a week zipping around metro Detroit and slogging through the daily commute.

Anyone who has slogged through the cascade of information out there about crossover SUVs will know that it can be overwhelming.

I've recently been slogging through multiple articles and sites about self - promotion for writers because I have two novels being traditionally published this year, and I must admit I'm SEVERELY overwhelmed not only by all the info available, but also by the numerous avenues by which a writer can and must promote his / her work... I hardly know where to start.

I was slogging through the first couple of chapters wondering why everyone was raving about the book about some stuffy, typically stiff, English major but I kept at it and and grew to love the book.

Instead, the core of the trial is likely to slog through recondite economic arguments and civil evidence issues; part of today's hearing focused on expert witness opinion about the competitive effects of agency pricing and whether it coincided with Apple's economic self - interest.

I slogged through, but the more I learn about the history of the period he chose for his diversion, the worse the books fall apart.

I will say that I have about 400,000 Starpoints so one can acquire quite a lot of them and does not really feel like a slog.

Lyft or Uber is easy to call (about $ 12 with tip between Hollywood and WeHo)-- just budget enough time to be stuck in the area's famous traffic jams where a 15 - minute ride can easily bloat into a 45 - minute slog.

Instead you're given the tools you need to be ready for just about any situation without the need to go back to town and respec your character or just slog through a tough section unprepared.

As I said earlier I think they could just about muddle through it, and maybe enjoy it, but it would be a slog for them.

That trailer contained a lot of vehicular shots, which is surprising considering that was the worst part about Wildlands, the driving and flying felt so bad that it made the game a slog to get from mission to mission in my opinion.

I love strategy games but even my old - school favorites, like tactics orge are dated in terms of pace, not sure how I feel about having to slog through a similar game...

I slogged through these two titles in about the span of 3 days.

Given the game's themes, «what a slog» sounds about right, and whether I can or should attribute my fatigue to the levelling system alone is indeed a fair point Shaun, but I can't deny that the grind and glacially slow sense of progress killed Darkest Dungeon for me.

In part two, we explore the game's implementation of co-op gameplay, the narrative implementation of grim, sleaze, and slog, and talk about how this all connects to a larger attempt at capturing an experience at the expense of a more traditionally viable title.

Aside from cardboard products by Nintendo, there wasn't much to talk about this week, thanks to the January slog.

But now I just feel like they are a slog, which is what I'm sure plenty of people felt about them from the start.

But it seems to me that he's assuming that in America, at least, policy about this can simply be set a bit more like the Soviets would have set it, via authoritarian measures taken by the few, and a bit less like what seems to me to be the only option for progress: the hard slog of civic debate, inherently involving the citizenry, even in cases when most citizens already agree on the basic facts.

Whether or not the birds were too concerned about the conflict is hard to tell, but they remained abundant through his binoculars, which he'd don non-stop around base and «beyond the wire,» as he slogged through mud puddles, cruised the parameters, and traveled to all corners of the country (all the while enticing other soldiers to wonder about his strange «missions.»)

I mean, here is Judge Sam Alito, slogging through the single biggest job audition of any lawyer's life, and all anybody can talk about is John Roberts...» Meanwhile, Amanda of Pandagon has posted «Wherein your blogger tries to write a «non-angry» blog for choice,» on Bush v. Choice.