Sentences with phrase «agonising about»

They fight three - cornered contests, often bitterly, and do a lot of agonising about preference swaps, coalitions and so on.

«I played the battles like fantastical chess, agonising about every move and every decision, hitting End Turn with that sweet mix of excitement about what I'd achieved and terror about what would happen due to my oversights or recklessness.

If you're spending hours agonising about how you look, is your date doing the same?

«Don't you dare give up on your book, daddy,» it says, wagging its finger when Darwin is agonising about the reception his work will get.

«Don't you dare give up on your book, Daddy,» it says, wagging its finger when Darwin is agonising about the reception his work will...

It probably won't comfort those in his own party who are in the grip of an identity crisis and agonising about what inter-breeding with Tories will do to the Lib Dems in the long term.

One close ally said he was agonising about his future — less than 48 hours ahead of tomorrow evening's deadline for standing in the shadow cabinet elections.

Leigh told Commons leader Chris Grayling on Tuesday: «It is not only on the opposition benches that people are agonising about this.»

Im also agonising about how this is going to affect the kids (I have three girls — 8, 11 and 14).

I've been agonising about the best time to tell her and how to tell her — should I do a sudden announcement and then leave or should I sit down with her and «talk», and how is she going to react to this?

Hummels has always be loyal to Dortmund and has admitted he is still agonising about whether to move on or not.

In a Swiss valley in 1517 another Catholic priest was agonising about the pilgrimages, relics and Indulgences which brought so much business and so much worldliness and apparent abuse of the Gospel, to the Benedictine monastery of Einsiedeln where he ministered.

If Javier Hernandez is unsure whether or not to celebrate any goals that he scores then history suggests that he will only need to agonise about it one time.

I agonised about what to wear!

I agonised about clipping the tie because it might hurt my son and might possibly not be helpful but my husband persuaded me to do it just to help me.

And he agonised about how, and when, would be the right time.

David Cameron might agonise about creating a government which is not in his image (i.e northern, working class, zero Eton - ties), but the Chancellor seems less concerned.

He doesn't have to agonise about what needs to be done.

Labour and the Liberal Democrats believe the UK should remain in the EU but they agonise about the nature of its role in the group.

The thought that he was suffering would send me in to a panic, I had a constant nagging feeling in the pit of my stomach, I would day dream about seeing him tied up outside a shop and then agonise about what I would do if that happened, should I just steel him back, follow him and find out where he lived, phone the police, phone my husband, what would I do if his new family loved him too?

While the abstract expressionists agonised about such matters as the tragic meaning of life, Katz obsessed about surface details — hairstyles, hats, sunglasses.

Not exact matches

There are people in church who have spent long agonising hours praying and worrying about something they see in the church or leadership that just isn't RIGHT.

His mind was still agonising over the matter of the exercise of authority, and in particular the matter of the «Ban» on the sacraments so often exercised by Church authorities when they wanted an overdue debt paying — bans «flying about like bats», as he had said in March — and in general the whole business of excommunication.

So now that we're all champing at the bit in the agonising wait for kick - off, here are two reasons to be even more nervous about this match - here are two reasons that winning would be so goddamn significant for us.

If you are starting to think about decorating your baby's nursery, it's very easy to be totally seduced by all the gorgeous nursery furniture and matching accessories — and they are beautiful if your budget and space allows, but don't agonise over your little one's room if you can't stretch to a complete make over.

Shapps said concerns about the uncertainty of a Leave vote had settled what he described as an «agonising choice».

I appreciate that established conventions might need to be varied to accommodate a coalition Government, with the coalition partners voting differently in certain circumstances, but it surely can not be right for Ministers, including the Chief Secretary to the Treasury today, to agonise publicly in newspapers about whether they are going to support the Government in the Division Lobby.

But Cameron is said to be agonising over what to do about Boris Johnson.

My body doesn't care that it is Christmas, or that I have worked so hard to eat well 99 % of the time, or that I have agonised, fought and said no to myself about many different foods (mainly fruit mince pies, I really wanted to have a fruit mince pie this Christmas).

You don't have to spend hours agonising over your image, and you can stop pretending that you know what bands people are talking about.

This doesn't mean spouting off about how you're done with your ex, flings or a giving an agonised history of your dating past.

Adelaide captain Taylor Walker has opened up about the day he found out about Phil Walsh's murder, detailing the agonising task of having to inform some of Get in touch with others looking for give or receive information about Yorkshire surnames beginning with W.

Make research projects and school reports about Andrew Jackson easy with Adelaide captain Taylor Walker has opened up about the day he found out about Phil Walsh's murder, detailing the agonising task of having to inform some of

It comes at the end of a long night, and it's the one most keenly anticipated by the producers themselves who now have their moment of glory as the people for whom this award represents years of agonising work and instances of what Jerry Maguire called the «up - at - dawn pride - swallowing siege that I will never fully tell you about».

It was often an agonising viewing experience but one that excelled in making us question everything we know about the process of three dimensional vision and how we view the world.

Saoirse Ronan is outstanding in this charming love story about a young Irish immigrant who has to make an agonising choice between heart and home

Chester - born James Bond star Daniel Craig is branded a «twep» by QUENTIN LETTS after agonising in an interview about 007's political correctness

And Judd Apatow's excruciating «anti-comedy» Funny People, where a jaded, loveless comic (Adam Sandler) agonises to Seth Rogen about the futility of it all.

What was the point in agonising over balance sheets and tedious analyses of risks — and why bother worrying about dizzying levels of debt and exposure to potential defaults — when all good things come to those who are optimistic enough to expect them?»

I'm talking about permanent character death, the agonising kiss of which anyone who played X-Com or the original Final Fantasy Tactics will be familiar with.

But the weirdest part of all this, is as agonising as it is, and laughable, this is something that just doesn't happen all that often, and I don't know about you, but I no longer know if I even want it to end!

Tomma Abts, 2006 «Abts agonised before accepting the nomination, stretching the two - day deadline to two weeks — she was worried, in particular, about the press reaction.

For example, there is the usual agonising over the future of the billable hour and a reference to the debate about whether the traditional law «Cravath» pyramid model of legal partnerships — these are issues causing distress to lawyers all around the world.

On the upside, if my mum is right, I no longer have to agonise at the RTA about which organs to donate at licence renewal time.

I agonised for all of two seconds about cancelling the hair appointment, but my regrowth was making me look like a greying skunk.