Sentences with phrase «against the walls of»

Scruffy - looking people gathered against the wall of a post office across the street from Twitter's headquarters.

Krasner: I have — like a lot of civil rights lawyers, like a lot of activists — been beating my head against the wall of the DA's office and the [Philadelphia] police department for a long time because the DA's office in Philly was not enforcing the law against police.

A neurologist explained to me that the fluid around my brain had become infected and was essentially squeezing my brain against the walls of my skull.

It's a gentle version that Brinley gives, and once the New Englandy town of Mammoth Falls starts to believe Dinky Poore's fib about the monster in Strawberry Lake, The Mad Scientists» Club picks up another classic element of boys» books» for that's the moment when Henry Mulligan, the club's vice president and chief of research, leans his piano stool back against the wall of Jeff Crocker's father's barn and begins to think about how the boys could use their radio equipment, a wrap of canvas around a chicken - wire frame, and a quiet outboard fishing motor to make the monster come alive.

It repeatedly bounced against the walls of my belief system.

My vitamix was just pushing the cashews up against the wall of the container without more liquid.

Make sure the crust is sticky enough to hold shape by pressing the crust up against the walls of the food processor with a spoon.

Ogama Onsen's open - air pools are ringed by worn concrete steps and weathered wooden decking; against the wall of a beautiful old house was a stand filled with long - handled utensils, bits of vegetable fiber still caught in their mesh.

I slide my spatula flat against the wall of the blender and ever so slightly push the mixture into the centre, which sort of feeds it back into the blades again and prevents an air bubble from forming underneath the surface.

Stoop - shouldered and sinisterly handsome, he slouches against the wall of the saloon, a filter cigarette in his teeth, collar open, perfectly happy and self - assured, gazing through the uneven darkness to sort out the winners from the losers.

Formed of natural stone and built against the wall of an indoor basketball court, the wall provides a safe environment to learn basic climbing skills or just to keep in shape during the winter months.

As the rotor dances, it keeps each of its three corners pressing against the walls of the epitrochoid chamber in a gastight seal.

When Nelson speaks of losing time by opening up in a jump, she is talking about how much her momentum is slowed by her body slamming against a wall of air resistance.

If he struggles against the wall of players ahead of him, the Blues could be left waiting for a moment of sheer Costa brilliance, as they did at the weekend against West Brom.

Lee Dixon tells an eye - opening story in the film 89 about being pinned up against the wall of the dressing room by his own team - mates before his first -LRB-...)

Lee Dixon tells an eye - opening story in the film 89 about being pinned up against the wall of the dressing room by his own team - mates before his first north London derby.

When Freiburg managed to break through that, they came up against a wall of three strong center backs, marshalled as well as ever by the ageless Naldo.

If your nipples rub up against the walls of the shield you either need to reposition it to the middle or size up to a 27 mm or larger.

I rolled up a blanket into the shape of a log and I put it against the wall of the bassinet.

Then, after months of worn out knees from scrubbing messes and frayed nerves from bashing our heads against the Wall of Lack of Communication, our brilliant son put together all the pieces of the jumbled up mess of a puzzle we handed him and was «trained»!

The breast shield should closely surround your nipple but leave enough space so that your nipple does not rub against the wall of the shield and can move freely back and forth.

Your baby's movements have gone from flutters to full - on kicks and jabs against the walls of your womb.

Soon, I feel her pushing against the wall of my vagina, her door to the world.

Perched on top of benches and reclining against the walls of the restaurant structure, migrants and refugees converse, drink black coffee or milk tea, and watch Indian and Eastern European music videos on a large flat screen.

It is quite remarkable and a credit to Climate Camp protestors that a crowd of that size, crammed together against a wall of Police officers in riot gear, conducted itself so calmly.

The challenge is to press the catheter firmly enough against the wall of the heart so that sufficient tissue is destroyed, without pushing so hard that the catheter punches a hole in the heart.

Plenty of reptiles give birth to live young, including a fifth of all lizards and snakes, and they all allow the embryo to nestle against the wall of an...

Once Jones is disconnected from the heart - lung machine, Damiano holds a pencil - sized ultrasonic probe against the wall of the artery he has stitched.

Seven bikes lean against the wall of Jim Papadopoulos's basement in Boston, Massachusetts.

They bang their abdomens against the walls of their nests, and it now seems this informs other wasps that food is available.

In the UK, around 20 per cent of postmenopausal women suffer from pelvic organ prolapse, which occurs when a pelvic organ, such as the bladder, drops from its normal place in the lower abdomen and pushes against the walls of the vagina.

«Our team found evidence that the blast wave caused by the fireball brakes against a wall of very dense gas, which we believe is the crowded region where stars form.»

The plunger fit snuggly against the walls of the tube,.

«It could be that in some cases the active site, the part of the enzyme that needs to be in contact with the chemical to be converted, was pointing the wrong way and pressed tightly against the walls of the pore,» Ackerman said.

Do you remember the amusement park ride where you stand against the wall of a cylindrical shaped room, and after the room starts spinning around at...

It protracts the scapula (pulls it forward) and holds it against the wall of the thorax, which is very important in throwing and pushing movements.

Blood pressure is the measure of the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries.

High blood pressure occurs when the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your arteries is consistently too high.

The nature of this package's identity — Wipeout Omega Collection is three different but very similar experiences — may nudge against a wall of homogeneity, but it's easy to overlook when you're going too fast to focus on anything in the periphery.

Quavering vows are exchanged against a wall of antique - blush roses; John Schwartzman's camera gorges in crystalline close - up on every last silver cufflink and shred of Chantilly lace.

In the breathtaking final third of Moonlight, Andre Holland's character is photographed against the wall of his diner, taking a smoke break, exhaling a plume of pure sex appeal.

Dead Rising 4 feels like the combination of the third game mixed with the original and smashed against a wall of stuff to do.

«Then he ran up against the wall of his photoshop skills, in terms of getting the color balance of the light sources working and everything,» Goelz explained.

Harry's Internet was playing silly billys, and though James and I could play online in Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, we totally smashed our heads against the walls of the following missions: Supreme Ruler of the Swamp and The King of the Mountains.

He pins Norma against her wall of dishonesty, demands she tell the truth and Norma goes ape - kaka on him.

I wouldn't say that it affects the quality of the film or these opening scenes positively or negatively, but that feeling in the gut is undeniable as the waves of malcontent Iranians crash against the walls of the embassy before it finally gives way.

I have been banging my head against the wall of «making maths more creative» for 15 years (it's a pretty wall, but it's quite hard).

The faster the user spins the washing machine on the touch - screen, the farther up against the wall of the washing machine poor Teddy is flung, all while earning points for gathering detergent, avoiding evil dirt clumps, and hitching a ride on a soap bubble or two.

He looked up, still braced against the wall of the...

He looked up, still braced against the wall of the Sorrento Diner, heart pounding like a dryer with a load of sneakers.