Sentences with phrase «at tense times»

A text just isn't enough, say researchers, who have found that among the virtues of voice is the ability to comfort at tense times.

Bratton said Brinsley had made online posts that were «very anti-police» prior to the shooting, which comes at a tense time between police unions and de Blasio.

Not exact matches

Either our time away flew by, or we somehow manage to feel just as tense at the end of the break as we did at the beginning.

This might sound like a huge challenge for the most impatient among us, but Brooks suggests that «when you find yourself in a line at Starbucks or the supermarket or at a red light, just breathe and observe your surroundings (e.g., the sights, sounds, and smells) or you can use the time to make some inner observations (e.g., are your muscles tense, are you cold, hot, thirsty, hungry?).»

«The national climate plan negotiations were tense at times, but Canadians are largely happy with the results.

Now restrains» that is what we call the present tense which means that the clear statement of scripture is that both the man of iniquity and the restrainer were present at the time of Paul's writing.

Of course emotions were tense and at times tears flowed.

Besides the visit being her first real introduction to the Coca - Cola system, it will be a test of how she will navigate her way through the anchor bottler's complicated — and at times tense — relationship with its major shareholder.

It was a tense affair at the Emirates at times, with the referee being the subject of much of the shouting.

So tense that during a frantic scramble in front of goal, Lucas Vazquez earned a very, very soft penalty in the final seconds of stoppage time, and Gianluigi Buffon was sent off with a straight red card for the ferocity of his protests, continuously bumping and manhandling English referee Michael Oliver while screaming at him.

My mom once admitted she was about to run away and leave us behind at a very tense time of our family life.

If your baby can be tense or appear fretful at times, using baby massage can help ease their mood, which in turn can help them relax enough to fall more gently to sleep.

Everything in life at that point is in the present tense, and just having the baby on time is a big deal.

At the same time, you might feel tensed and nervous to handle this delicate, tender being.

«Whilst negotiations have been protracted and at times tense, we are pleased that a settlement has been reached that will provide our Jersey members with conditions of service more in line with their UK counterparts and recognise their commitment to provide a first class education service.»

This has resulted in stand - offs and fights on a number of hills, and in the deterioration in community relations at an already tense time (Since then the CNTB has been suspended, and Bambonanire sacked).

When situations have grown tense, the massed ranks of riot police grow and await the slightest reason to employ force, unleashing batons on fans who might well just be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

As my colleague Zeeshan Aleem writes, although the Obama administration gave Israel a bigger military aid package than any US president in history, and has vetoed past UN condemnations of settlements, Obama had a «tense and at times outright hostile relationship with the right - wing Netanyahu.»

At the same time, the Cuomo administration is estimating with should spending be kept under a 2 percent increase, a $ 2 billion surplus is also possible (Cuomo has referred to this surplus as being in the present tense).

This was as close as police came to resorting to the weapon, but even the wording of the article hints at the tense atmosphere of the time.

It also comes at a most - tense time for Puerto Rico and as Gov. Cuomo has offered special New York government assistance to the island, which is facing harsh economic circumstances and issues with its healthcare system.

The protest, which at times grew tense and disorganized with residents shouting over elected officials, comes on the same week the city announced the number of homeless people has grown to 60,000 people, an increase of nearly 10,000 since de Blasio took office and the highest it has been since the city began keeping count.

The forum — sponsored by WNED - TV, days before Tuesday's Democratic primary in the mayoral race — was, at times, a tense affair.

«Physicians and other personnel are not there for years at a time; they're going in for maybe six weeks or six months, into a very tense environment and making resource - allocation decisions, deciding who gets care and who doesn't: our soldiers versus friendly soldiers versus enemy combatants versus civilians, children.

► Anne Glover, former European Commission chief science adviser, spoke at «a sometimes tense briefing,» Erik Stokstad wrote at ScienceInsider on Wednesday, about what she called «the good, the bad, and the ugly» from her time in that role, which was eliminated in November 2014.

Some families may have happened to be at a rough «patch» at all instances of observation, whereas others may not have appeared that dysfunctional at the time but generally functioned on a tense and unhealthy level.

At the same time your arms, chest, and shoulders are tensed as they stabilize your body.

Good muscular coordination is essential to do the dragon flag so a good drill is to stand in front of a mirror and practice tensing as many muscles as possible at the same time.

Make sure you are keeping your core tense at all times during the movement and not letting yourself go back to the ground.

«A strict crystal meth diet also helps people shed unwanted pounds, hair and teeth and promotes the growth of healthy scabs and unclean fingernails,» continued the report which assessed the health of 1000 meth addicts and concluded that they had the rugged lean health of a 19th century street urchin with taut, tense muscles from constant alertness coupled with an immunity to most infections from living in their own filth for long periods at a time.

It makes every muscle in my body feel like it wants to tense up at the same time.

Partly because he does not try to relax the muscles he is not trying to tense and partly because it is usually only his fascination with his bicep or pectorals that makes him instantly stop as though he had been shot by a sniper and strike a pose every time he passes a mirror that the control needed to contract and relax any muscle at will does not occur.

Americans also remain passionate about their women even after 10 years of being together: kisses, hugs, a spark in the eyes when he looks at her, spending time together without being annoyed or tense... Just like it was many years ago.

The holiday arrived at an especially tense time for the president's relationship with the black... him dating back to the 1970s and including his criticism of NFL...

It was funny, tense, and intriguing at the same time.

It's in this greyed - out, apocalyptic scenario that Bryan Singer's film lays out its basic plot line: with their backs against the wall in the present tense, the X-Men (or what's left of them following a series of Sentinel raids) opt to send Wolverine (Hugh Jackman)-- or at least his consciousness — back in time 50 years so that his younger self can try to alter this chronology — a scheme that nods to H.G. Wells and Harlan Ellison (as well as the X-Men comics series).

A presumably tense story as the protagonists are without horses and harassed at all times by indians, but never manages to transmit that danger.

Its that tense anarchic ride you know is wrong but it feels so good and its damn hilarious at the same time.

It's rare that a game can be beautiful, gruesome, tense and exhilarating all at the same time, but Inside does just that.

This tense but at times funny film takes father - son tension to a place we haven't really seen before — the Talmud runs through it.

Another good impression maker is the excellent action stunts, most noteably a great car and tram chase with multiple wrecks which all look realistic, some good tense stand offs and none of it being watered down, a good step for Murphy although at times he doesn't quite nail the gritty realistic acting thing.

Tense at first, the initial thrills dampen the more time you spend in the company, but The Flame In The Flood's warm ambience and unusual design are worth discovering for yourself.

Critic Consensus: At times a tense and provocative thriller, Civic Duty struggles to move beyond its one - note premise.

As with all great thrillers «71 is at times unbearably, painfully tense.

A satisfyingly tense desert - island thriller — just without the desert island — the action this time around is set at a Norwegian outpost (the one referenced by the guys at the U.S. - run Antarctic outpost at the beginning of Carpenter's film).

At times, the film approaches gallows comedy... perhaps a little too much so; at others, it's a tense, chilling look at a seemingly unbearable choice — refreshingly, without telling its viewers what to thinAt times, the film approaches gallows comedy... perhaps a little too much so; at others, it's a tense, chilling look at a seemingly unbearable choice — refreshingly, without telling its viewers what to thinat others, it's a tense, chilling look at a seemingly unbearable choice — refreshingly, without telling its viewers what to thinat a seemingly unbearable choice — refreshingly, without telling its viewers what to think.

The spirit of a vicious child serial killer resurfaces in the nightmares of teens in modern - day and is responsible for their subsequent and shocking deaths in this tense, spooky thriller from who else, but Wes Craven (I'm actually not that familiar at all with his style, but since this is a horror film for the ages I figured I'd best get ahead and jump on the bandwagon as quick as possible to make up for lost time).

it was tense but at times it just seemed tense for the stake of it being a movie.

It's suffocating (I'd never considered how liberating edits were from a complete immersion into a film) and at times unbearably tense — and though some will point to the airlessness of Hitch's Rope or the fluid choreography of Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark, The Silent House is a different beast altogether.

This time he works with a script from playwright Dennis Kelly to deliver a gritty, tense thriller that is lacking any traditional Hollywood fluff... it's a down and dirty look at greed, desperation and the survival instinct.