Sentences with phrase «brief spurts»

The real «meat» of the novel rests in its keen and unflinching exposure of the inner lives of its characters, revealed in brief spurts of narrative that shift back and forth in time.

Chloe had a major role in Uncharted 2, and in brief spurts throughout Uncharted 3, but hasn't had any attention since.

Its 4.0 - liter V6 develops 270 horsepower and 278 pound - feet of torque, plenty for brief spurts of acceleration, but not quite enough for tail - happy maneuvers on dirt roads.

With illustrations and short sections, it's easy to read what you need during brief spurts of time — which may be all you have when caring for a newborn!

As the cars lined up to start in turn, thick snow lay heavy on much of stage one, with brief spurts of dry tarmac splitting treacherous patches of black - ice.

Unfortunately the story, a relatively disconnected series of incidents none of which are particularly compelling, works only in brief spurts.

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are brief spurts of radio emission, lasting just one - thousandth of a second, whose origins are mysterious.

Scientists spotted a phenomenon called a short gamma - ray burst, a brief spurt of high - energy light, less than two seconds long.

In particular, the brief spurt of blood that erupts from slain soldiers, but you'll also notice cloth billowing in the wind and P.O.W.s stopping to salute before leaving behind another piece of weaponry to enhance your arsenal.

That said, it could just be a bear market rally, or a brief spurt of mid - and small - cap value amid a market favoring growth investing.

With a promising start, delivering almost 1,100 MW for a brief spurt, the team determined to down tools after breakfast, with a precipitous 500 MW collapse in less than 90 minutes.

The BTC price mostly traded below $ 1,000 in 2013 until year - end, at which time it had a brief spurt trading above $ 1,000.