Sentences with phrase «at the worst of»

I get it — it can be challenging at best, and near impossible at the worst of times to get kids to eat enough green vegetables, especially broccoli.

That story broke at the worst of times.

Giroud may cause frustrations to us all at the worst of times, but selling him is not the way to improve the striker situation at Arsenal.

Where others» form may be perfectly timed, increased uncertainty over his performances and future could come at the worst of times for Martial.

At the best of times, this was like doing a Where's Waldo puzzle; at the worst of times, it was like answering an essay question on an exam for a class for which you hadn't done any of the reading: «Compare and contrast the current defensive coverage with the pass routes assigned to the play in question.

At the worst of my symptoms — sluggishness, constant bloating and all - over puffiness, digestive pain, and mental fogginess — I was on a significant dose of thyroid medication, taking up to 175 mcg of Synthroid daily.

Bad skin days have a tendency to pop up at the worst of times.

Looking at the worst of all the political promises (flat cash funding per pupil) set against cost increases averaging at 1.5 % (approximately 8 % over five years), the situation looks very bleak, with the prospect of worse to come.

This graphic - novel account of Hurricane Katrina is bruisingly straightforward, with blunt facts and fearless illustrations staring straight at the worst of what the storm wrought: the swamp of dead bodies, the stench of the Superdome, and the failures of local and federal governments.

Over time you'll still experience a wide variation in results among your holdings, but you'll find that at the worst of times, you won't lose much by holding a portfolio answering that description.

Credit problems can also pop up at the worst of times.

But you'll find that at the worst of times, you won't lose much by holding a portfolio answering that description.

We all know our cats love traipsing across our keyboards for attention at the worst of times, and we sometimes just can't bear to have to move Puss from their comfortable snooze!

These storms are completely random and sometimes, they can approach at the worst of times.

As our hero can only hold up to 20 items, this means going back and forth into the inventory management system at the worst of times to stay alive.

At the worst of times, it seems more like he's catering to his own ego than representing Nintendo's history.

These provide similar control schemes to the Xbox One version, including the very handy popup guide which goes a long way to making the game more accessible for players like me who forget commands at the worst of times.

Poor old Dom seems to like being a bullet sponge at the worst of times; if he's in a situation where he's down but not out, you can still revive him but if he dies you are forced to restart from the last checkpoint.

The Corcoran's leadership consistently failed to capitalize on periods of great opportunity — behavior that is indicative at best of cultural myopia and at worst of arrogant indifference to the institution's mission.

In conjunction with the political instability and protests, this cyclone could have not occurred at any worse of times.

Not exact matches

That business suffered badly last year and in early 2015 because of labor strife at West Coast ports from Seattle to San Diego.

Only moonshots matter; being in the middle of anything else is mediocre at best and boring, which is even worse.

But Low points out that, in the type of negotiations she studies at least — ones where failing to reach a consensus means everyone goes home with nothing — more aggressive negotiating meant worse negotiating.

«I knew when I was eighty that I would never, for example, think about why I walked away from my 1994 Wall Street bonus right in the middle of the year at the worst possible time.

Potdevin joined Lululemon at the tail end of the worst year in company history.

«We're not afraid of competition, we're afraid of bad VR,» says Raymond Pao, vice-president of VR new technology at HTC.

You could be one of the world's worst people ever at hiring employees.

Regardless of what people think of you at any particular moment, one thing is certain — you're never as good or bad as they say you are.

Minneapolis commuters don't have it bad — average commute is 12 minutes and transportation costs are fairly low at 27.5 % of annual income.

At a January investors conference, Lululemon executives suggested a host of reasons for the decline: bad weather caused by the polar vortex; poor product mix; insufficient seasonal merchandise; broader economic conditions.

And how about this uplifting message from Jagmeet Singh after he won the leadership of the New Democratic Party on the weekend: «At a time when people are feeling so despondent, when there is a lack of hope, when it feels like things will only get worse before they get better, Canadians must stand united and champion a politics of courage to fight the politics of fear.»

«I think Coursera and Udacity will be as bad for higher education as the University of Phoenix,» said Clay Shirky, a writer - in - residence at NYU's Journalism Institute.

Nick Exarhos, an economist at CIBC World Markets, said the numbers offered a glimmer of hope that the worst could be over.

You don't have to 86 all of your bad clients all at once.

Here is a look at Alek Minassian, the 25 - year - old suspect in one of the worst mass killings in Canada's modern history.

While more than half of employees forfeited paid time off at year's end, some bright spots in the survey results hint that Americans may be in the process of reversing their bad vacation habits.

When he's not busy at work fixing the HR Software for a number of helpless staff members, Greg enjoys studying languages and fighting the good fight to keep bad disco dancing alive and well.

To make matters worse, labor strife at the ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach caused a big drop in shipments of imports from Asia.

At a time when debate about a potential outer harbour project south of Perth is building momentum, a look at the history of development in Kwinana's industrial zone provides an illustration of the impact of government intervention in the state's economy, for better or worsAt a time when debate about a potential outer harbour project south of Perth is building momentum, a look at the history of development in Kwinana's industrial zone provides an illustration of the impact of government intervention in the state's economy, for better or worsat the history of development in Kwinana's industrial zone provides an illustration of the impact of government intervention in the state's economy, for better or worse.

In 1986, while in charge of crude oil supply and strategic planning in the refining and marketing division at Petro - Canada, Thompson saw the worst downturn of her career.

When Fox Sports recently ranked the best and worst front offices in football from No. 1 to No. 32, the Buffalo Bills came in near the bottom of the heap at No. 29.

«He has always said the worst part of ETFs is that they becomes a trading vehicle that can hurt investors of any size, which contrary to the old index mutual funds, that can only be traded at the end of the day,» said Drew Voros, editor - in - chief of ETF.com.

While we're in the midst of a healthy bounce from the year's lows, the larger trend is, at best, in the midst of a flattening out or, at worst, presaging a rollover.

The higher bands are good for relaying lots of data in densely populated open spaces — say, a stadium — but they are notoriously bad at penetrating walls.

Throughout my career serving in roles at B2B technology companies as Director of Demand Generation, Head of Marketing, and now as a CMO & Co-Founder of Terminus, I have seen it work both ways (good and bad).

Through a measurement of happiness and well - being called the «Cantril ladder,» Gallup asked nationally representative populations to value their lives on a scale from 0 to 10, with the worst possible life valued at 0 and the best valued at 10.

The first part of the suggestion comprises of obliging the financial sector to write off a certain (not huge) amount of their bad debt, while also driving down the costs of doing business a little more at the same time.

Greycroft co-founder Alan Patricof said Friday that Amazon is «not necessarily» a bad company, but urged that «as a society we have to think about the fact that, you know, at what point do we say we're destroying the fabric of America?»

Regardless, Buddemeier says sheltering in place for at least 12 to 24 hours — about how long the worst of this radiation lasts — can help you survive the threat of fallout.

There's not much most of us can do to look good on video, but at least we can make sure we don't hurt ourselves by looking worse.