Sentences with phrase «as hunkered»

Though not quite as hunkered down as a Hyundai Santa Fe or Mazda CX - 9, the Ford Explorer can nevertheless hold onto a line around a bend surprisingly well — especially when you consider the earlier comments regarding the steering.

Not only does the X1 feel larger and not quite as hunkered down, the new turbo - four has a bit of throttle lag at low rpm.

The reality is that the world went on just fine without us as we hunkered down in our home and cared for our precious little ones.

«I love you,» Meghan Hill wrote in text messages to her sister, as they hunkered down one floor apart.

This will be great as we hunker down for the snowapocalypse coming.

It was a streamlined crouch which Jean calls his profile d'un oeuf (egg position), because of the shape his upper body assumes as he hunkers down over his skis.

As we hunker down in anticipation of what will almost certainly be a less dramatic snowstorm than...

As we hunker down for what could be a long, cold winter it's time to turn our attention to the air that we breathe inside our homes.

Not exact matches

As the road turns twisty, the Aston hunkers down, moving swiftly and efficiently through the corners without compromising comfort.

«Enjoy the little bit of calm in the middle of the storm, and get ready to hunker down as Q2 is probably going to be a bit more similar to Q1,» he added.

A pair of recent reports suggest that the industry can stay in hunker - down mode for a while — as long as prices don't crash much further.

Reiman believes this unstructured cogitation is just as important to a project's success as time spent hunkered down in client meetings.

As the largest company on our list, 7 - Eleven could have just hunkered down and comfortably weathered this recession, but the company has pursued an aggressive growth plan instead — taking advantage of lower real estate costs, encouraging independent convenience - store owners to convert to its system and selling off company - owned units to franchisees.

Hogan and his team then hunkered down to slice that vision into a series of 90 - day action plans — such as ramping up sales to the robotics segment of the automotive industry and expanding into burgeoning markets such as China.

He's the poor schmuck who at age 32 still hunkers down in Mom and Dad's basement because his post-graduate education only fetches him a position as PhD burger flipper at the Scottish restaurant chain which shall not be named.

CNN: As sex trade increases around conventions, faith - based groups step up efforts It's 10 p.m. in Charlotte's trendy NoDa district, and a handful of women and one man have hunkered down over French press coffee and pastries.

This is to say nothing of the declining social trust that Robert Putnam has identified as a side effect of increasing diversity, the «turtle» effect that makes citizens «hunker down,» an unforeseen consequence that Tocqueville would have grasped immediately.

You can hear life, forced into a slow - down; life less - deliberate; life lived as it was for centuries, before the busy inventiveness of the last five decades: life acquiescent to uncontrollable nature, and hunkered - down.

As we begin to hunker down for the impending cold weather, we are craving dishes that will warm us all the way down to our toes.

As the end nears, the NFL has turned into the NFL — the National Arithmetic League — and the American public is holding its breath as Commissioner Pete Einstein hunkers over his calculators, trying to figure out whether Tampa Bay's first victory in history last Sunday will qualify the Buccaneers for a wildcard spot when the playoffs begin on Christmas EvAs the end nears, the NFL has turned into the NFL — the National Arithmetic League — and the American public is holding its breath as Commissioner Pete Einstein hunkers over his calculators, trying to figure out whether Tampa Bay's first victory in history last Sunday will qualify the Buccaneers for a wildcard spot when the playoffs begin on Christmas Evas Commissioner Pete Einstein hunkers over his calculators, trying to figure out whether Tampa Bay's first victory in history last Sunday will qualify the Buccaneers for a wildcard spot when the playoffs begin on Christmas Eve.

However, my fellow Gooners, it is time to hunker down as a supporter.

As questions go unanswered, and writers and fans on both side hunker down even further behind their personal defenses, it just gets uglier — and more tiresome — each year.

I remember choosing it well over a year ago and thinking that it was just what we should all be doing this time of year as we come in and hunker down, catching our breath from the busy seasons before.

Instead, hunker down and soak up whatever information you can find from as many sources as possible and try to keep a positive outlook.

Maria slammed into Puerto Rico on Wednesday, cutting power on most of the US territory as terrified residents hunkered down in the face of the island's worst storm in living memory.

Hunkered down in the courthouse cafeteria with his father and several other family members an hour before the verdict, Adam Skelos described how he got a text from his wife, Ann Marie, as he left court Thursday: «Call me.

As the protest proceeded in the Capitol hallways, Cuomo and legislative leaders hunkered down behind closed doors just yards away in an effort to hash out their 2014 - 15 budget, due for completion April 1.

ALBANY — Gov. Paterson hunkered down in the walled - off Executive Mansion and begged state Democratic leaders for more time yesterday as a growing number of party members demanded his resignation...

As in 1940 we hope eventually for better times, but meanwhile we are prepared to be patient and hunker down.

Hunker noted that the Pentagon's recently unclassified cyberwar strategy treats cyberattacks, no matter who launches them, as acts of war, and other countries may see them in the same light.

«Al - Qaida is as powerful as they are because of cyber,» Hunker said, noting that prior to the Internet, a group like al - Qaida might have stayed a small, local terrorist organization.

Jeffrey Hunker, a Pittsburgh - based cybersecurity consultant who worked for the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton as senior director for critical infrastructure, said the problem is compounded by the fact that the appropriate response to a cyberattack hasn't yet been worked out.

As the slugs hunker in ambush, the unsuspecting bird (order Strigiformes) lands and suddenly finds itself upside - down and swinging like a pendulum from the buttered perch, talons gripping in astonishment.

As the company he built hunkered down, David Heydon was back in Brisbane, having left Nautilus in June when the company was riding high.

As the hurricane roared into Houston, Mary Robinson hunkered down at the University of Texas Health Science Center downtown.

Spacecraft orbiting Mars hunkered down behind the planet to safely observe comet Siding Spring's close approach, as shown in this illustration.

As many of us broil in August heat, the Mars rover Spirit is hunkered down to survive a far more brutal season — a Martian winter.

You see it thrown around all sorts of ways this time of year as people hunker down with a new set of healthy habits.

So root vegetables, they give us that sense of being grounded even if we think of fall when we tend to have more of those root vegetables we're tending to go more within and we choose those root vegetables they tend to act more as warming foods, as stabilizing foods, and that kind of gives us that cozy feeling to really anchor and hunker down into our physical body.

As many of you guys know I'm in NYC, so Team Griffin is hunkered down hoping Hurricane Sandy doesn't affect power / WiFi / etc.

My girlfriend Erin gets in tomorrow night for Lollapalooza so I'm hunkering down these next two days to get as much work done as I possibly can (hence why I'm keeping it short and sweet today).

I'm extremely thrilled to start a new chapter (I've been hunkering down on applications), but I'm also sad to leave this one behind — as the past four years have become a huge factor in shaping who I am.

On the other hand, I really enjoyed seeing the odd, feral - looking beauty Mireille Enos (of TV's «The Killing») as Pitt's on - screen wife; I wish she had more to do in the film than hunker onboard an aircraft carrier with their kids, hoping the zombies won't learn how to swim.

Rodgers and Hart travelled to Hollywood in 1929, where after guest - starring in the short subject The Melody Makers they hunkered down to compose such favorites as «Mimi,» «Lover» and «Isn't it Romantic?»

Bobbie Markowitz (Bette Midler) sets herself apart as a Jewish writer with a biting sense of humor, a hunkering for ice cream and a horribly messy house.

Back there, however, Ava's husband Michael (Roger Davies), a physician helping the injured as monsters ravage New York City in the original movie, flees and hunkers down with a young girl, Molly (Clover Nee), whom he rescues along the way.

The second half of James White is given over to Gail's unalterable condition, and Abbott and Nixon hunker down as their characters travel down a road that only has one final destination.

I would characterize the maps as medium to large, offering up more opportunities for snipers to hunker down and pick you off.

As Americans we simply can't hunker down within our borders.

Styling is always subjective, but in spite of some rather gauche details its long, low form, hunkered down over large rims, does at least stand out on the road as something different.