Sentences with phrase «as stab»

Another new feature is contested kills, where you can semi-stun an opponent by punching him / her just as they stab you.

Couple this with a hefty increase of its defence and special defence and you have a Pokémon that can decimate entire teams with relative ease thanks to a combination of boosted priority moves such as STAB Fake Out and Sucker Punch and absurdly powerful Returns.

I think by sharing our experiences we can all learn a bit more from each other so these kind of decisions aren't as stab in the dark and trial and error based — so many times I have shaken my head and rolled my eyes and said «why did I do that?

Honda's big central display in the driver binnacle is clear and easy to follow even while on the move at rapid rates, visibility is astonishing for a low - slung supercar — rear view excepted — and the center console is pleasingly minimal on extraneous buttons, even if those which make the cut feel somewhat pedestrian as you stab or twist at them.

That said, the actions of Russia in this situation more look as a stab in the back.

The departure of former Rovers boss Sam Allardyce was both a shock and shocking, with the club's clueless owners installing former club first - team coach Steve Kean as manager until the end of the season in a nasty piece of business which came across as a stab in the back for Allardyce, who produced miracles during his time and Lancashire and will no doubt be a wanted man in 2011, unlike tickets to Blackburn games despite Venky's best efforts to revamp the club and turn it into Real Madrid.

Winter, however, «took it as a stab in the back because my boss was in attendance — and that feeling led me to promptly ignore her feedback.»

It was that social network the search giant launched a while back, around the same time signing up for yet another social network became about as attractive as stabbing yourself in the neck with a shrimp fork.

Clinton released a statement on Sunday going over her plans to defeat terrorism in the wake of the explosions in Chelsea and New Jersey, as well as a stabbing spree in Minnesota in which 9 people were injured.

The other big problem with a challenge is that a contender would be seen by activists as stabbing the leader in the back and would start a vicious civil war inside the party.

And as I stabbed a stubby forefinger through Pinterest and my old high carb recipe board, it occurred to me to do what any good momma does — trick him!

This outdated and almost specifically un-LBGT-friendly app is about as much joy as stabbing yourself repeatedly in the eye with the pointy end of your rainbow coloured flag.

This outdated and almost specifically un-LBGT-friendly app is about as much fun as stabbing yourself repeatedly in the eye with the pointy end of your rainbow coloured flag.

The violence in Fargeat's picture harkens back to the height of New French Extremity, as she stabs, shoots, and bludgeons these hurtful swine, and the director's camera takes an undeniable amount of pleasure in each of their splattery demises.

In an hilarious scene that features Johnson himself (as the stabbing victim of marital violence!)

Something as simple as a stabbing or as disturbing as a human scarecrow with its eyes gouged out are treated with equal amounts of delicacy.

While much of the violence is sanitized (meaning there is little blood shown), some scenes are more explicit, such as some stabbing and impaling portrayals.

He picked up his shovel, and cursed and groaned as he stabbed the soft earth at the base of the rock.

I admit that might not sound as exciting as stabbing some angry Soviets but believe me, it's far more rewarding and challenging.

They announced that the game had to be banned - in its current form at least - due to the fact it featured «first - person perspective, close - up depictions of human characters being subjected to various types of violence, including explicit decapitation and dismemberment as well as locational damage such as stabbing through the chest, mouth, throat, or eyes,».

As well as stabbing and strangling leather - clad ne'er - do - wells, it looks like protagonist Deacon St. John will be able to herd zombies as walking, biting weapons.

The game is a prequel to the TV show and casts you as the charmless hillbilly Daryl Dixon, whose most distinctive trait is calling female zombies «d *** head» as he stabs them.

as i stabbed the bokoblin in midair with my spear.

That you're so capable and have such amazing forethought in any situation, that you don't have to resort to something as crude and reactive as stabbing or shooting.

Willem de Kooning embraced chaos as he stabbed at his just - about - figurative images.

It must have been shocking for neighbors to learn that a 15 - year - old Mississauga girl was charged with second - degree murder following what police are reporting as a stabbing.

Alice Springs, in recent years, was known as the stabbing capital of the world.

Not exact matches

As a college student, Kaling illustrated a daily comic for the school paper called «Badly Drawn Girl,» which «riffed on day - to - day campus life and took a witty stab at everything from fraternity life to alumni.»

As David Brent once said, «You have to be 100 percent behind someone» ¨ before you can stab them in the back.»

«Putin's initial reaction — calling the incident «a stab in the back by the terrorists» accomplices» — is about as bellicose as could be imagined.

They draw out the last syllable as the pitch ascends and the volume builds into a brain - stabbing physical force.

Mair, 52, is accused of shooting and stabbing Cox, a 41 - year - old mother of two young children, in the street as she arrived for a meeting with residents in the town of Birstall.

«There are a lot of businesses where you're better off stabbing people in the back, but as a VC you're better off helping people and being honest even if you lose money in the short run,» says Davis.

For others, however — such as this Australian academic who says the pressure drove her to heroin — the life of the mind is a minefield: underappreciated work, little pay, poor social skills, posturing, back - stabbing.

Another Electronic Entertainment Expo is upon us, which means the nerd news cycle of the next week will be dominated by a steady stream of video game information and hype, not to mention a decent share of child - like squealing as the latest alien - shooting, terrorist - killing, football - throwing, aristocrat - stabbing and Italian plumbering titles are announced.

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The FBI is investigating the stabbing attack as a «potential act of terrorism» after an ISIS - run news agency claimed responsibility, the New York Times reported.

President Donald Trump's tax blueprint will closely mirror his proposals on the campaign trail last year, leading some to dismiss the still - fluid plan as more of a public relations stunt than a stab at real policymaking.

A stabbing attack outside a middle school in Mizhi county, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on April 27 that left nine students dead and 10 injured should be classified as a terrorist criminal case, according to Chinese criminal psychology professors on Wednesday.

The yield on 10 - year U.S. notes took a stab at the psychologically important 3 % level before pulling back on Monday as strengthening inflation prospects added to expectations of a more hawkish approach from the Federal Reserve.

Trump's blueprint will closely mirror his proposals on the campaign trail last year, leading some to dismiss the still - fluid plan as more of a public relations stunt than a stab at real policymaking.

The government took a stab at cross-border price differences in the 2013 budget when it eliminated tariffs on baby clothing and sports equipment — rates as high as 18 per cent for skates — to try to narrow the gap.

In the early 1980s, just as the U.S. prison population was starting to rise, two young men were convicted of stabbing to death a park employee in the parking lot.

Numerous governments are taking a stab at this right now through structuring policies around what makes sense for them as a sovereign entity.

I can see commands like stabbing pregnant women through the womb to kill the next generation of a conquered city, and keeping all the young virgins as sex slaves for what it is.

What makes the message of Mystic River doubly powerful is that the audience knows Dave is innocent (of this particular crime at least) and can only watch as his former friend first stabs him and then shoots him at point blank range.

OK, let me take a stab: if love (heart) is large enough, and you put it as the denominator of the equation, no matter what is in the numerator, the huge heart makes them disappear (approach zero).

Each side sends out as many gullible followers as they can find or buy and they send them to an agreed upon place where they bash eachothers heads in and stab at eachother with spears and arrows and eventually only a few survivors will wander back to their masters covered in blood and wounds and claim Truth for their side, since whichever side won was obviously God's chosen ones...

Known as the «Patroness of Mercy,» she was stabbed fourteen times by an attempted rapist, but forgave her assailant on her deathbed, hoping aloud he would find God — which he astonishingly did in prison, serving his remaining days in prayer and penance.

But, as shocking as these statistics are, the true picture is even bleaker as the Met believes the majority of stabbings go unreported.