Sentences with phrase «cranked into»

I was almost too scared to start up the computer every morning, unless I had a good 10 minutes to wait as the thing cranked into action, or because another «essential update» or another patch was waiting to be installed, shutting me down as it did its devious stuff.

The annual UK directory season has cranked into gear, with firms busily preparing the first round of Chambers submissions due December 15.

In the 2010s the movie empathy machine has cranked into overdrive.

Our minds and bodies are cranked into overdrive at the onset of any weight loss regime, making us feel hungrier and emotionally sensitive.

And once the general election result was declared void (November 5th), the by - election machine which ensured victory in Crewe & Nantwich and Norwich North should have been cranked into action.

By the time of Uber's meeting with Cuomo, the company's war machine had already cranked into gear, currying the support of the Rev. Al Sharpton and mounting an ad campaign opposing City Council support for the de Blasio - backed legislation.

But in 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis, we started noticing that young people were doing some awfully significant things, whether in the financial world (Meredith Whitney had just made her bold call against Citigroup), in the tech world (Facebook was beginning to crank into high gear), or in other industries (Kevin Plank's apparel upstart Under Armour was giving Nike a real run for its money).

Once the results are in, analysts can crank them into a huge database called CODIS, maintained by the FBI.

This stretching can activate calcium ion channels, causing a neuron to fire, or can signal the body's repair mechanisms to crank into overdrive.

That means processes associated with being awake crank into gear, calling a premature end to quality sleep.

While it's possible to build your own turrets and upgrade them as a single player trench - mech, it's easier to do so when each co-op player has their own money supply (picked up after enemies are defeated by holding down the right - bumper) to crank into upgrades.

It's not exactly Run Lola Run caliber, but you could do much worse than inject Crank into your DVD player whenever you need your next mindless action fix.

It does get more advanced systems designed to lower the amount of «turbo lag» - the delay between pressing the throttle and boost being delivered to the engine - but demand performance in a higher gear and you'll still find yourself waiting for a moment or two while things crank into life.

My heart cranks into high gear, - thud — thudding against my ribs.

For Amazon competitors in the ebook reader space such as Sony, it's time to put the leisurely pace of global roll - outs behind them and crank into high gear.

As the holiday marketing machine cranks into gear, more of us will start contemplating the upcoming season's spending — and our credit limits.

The pre-E3 rumourmill is now cranking into operation.

He really cranks into gear when he arrives at the subject of transport energy.

Not exact matches

This inspired us at Virgin Records to throw a few beanbags around the place, crank up the volume and transform the music - buying experience into a fun trip.

Amsterdam - based design studio Heldergroen actually enforces the end of the work day by cranking desks up into the ceiling, along with computers, paper, and that cup of coffee you were going to finish.

He also cranked out hits that didn't even yet have a place: strange, viral - worthy segments of Dave dropping things off tall buildings and dunking himself into tanks of water wearing an Alka - Seltzer suit pre-dated YouTube by 20 years.

There are others, including a crank that replaces the trigger — turning a gun into what a gun aficionado channel on YouTube called «a mini Gatling Gun.»

It would outlaw the manufacture or possession of bump stocks or trigger cranks which turn rifles into assault - style weapons.

American politicians have prayed before public gatherings since the Founding Fathers crowded into a stuffy Philadelphia room to crank out the Constitution, Kennedy writes.

The old crank instinctively knows this and resists his isolation by striving, ad nauseam, to articulate the inarticulable, to share the unsharable, to enlarge his shrinking world, to transform pain into a basis for communion rather than a rupture of it.

Tacitus could not know, nor Pliny, that the group of people whom the one thought a danger to society and the other a set of pig - headed cranks were the vanguard of a body which would take charge of the whole new movement, give it directions, and carry it into ages far ahead.

The key to the dish's dramatic puff comes from oven spring — the jolt of steam and heat the batter gets when it's poured into the sizzling - hot pan and then goes straight into a cranked - up oven.

So I cranked up the oven to 400, rolled the falafel mixture into balls, and baked them for 10 - 15 minutes on each side until golden brown.

I roll the dough out into sheets with my hand cranked pasta machine....

«My excitement for freshly made ravioli starts as soon as the prep begins,» says Vagasky, who adds semolina flour to the dough for a smooth consistency before kneading it and running it through a hand - crank machine to roll the pasta into an ideal thickness.

For this you need a hand cranked scratter, to chop up the fruit into pea size pieces, and a hand operated basket, or pneumatic - jacked rack and cloth, press.

Meanwhile, blending oats, mashed sweet potato and flax seed into the batter cranks up the fiber count.

I didn't make these today (which is kind of obvious, as it's not even 10AM as I post this), but it was an equally toasty day, and cranking up the air conditioner and digging into a few of these with spicy sriracha aioli was a pleasure.

The proprietary process is a bit different here, as Crank says it involves converting pectins into starches and, ultimately, simple sugars.

It requires little - to - no hands - on time beyond throwing some vegetables, beans, and spices into a pressure cooker pot, cranking the heat and pressure up, and setting a timer.

Man, cranking out a few posts a week is hard work, and we're only into the first week of Vegan MOFO!

Close up the whole shebang with another slice of buttered bread and throw that beautiful creation into your pan on medium heat for a couple minutes on both sides to melt the cheese and then crank the heat up to medium high and cook it for another minute or two to brown it up all pretty and delicious.

Close it up with another slice of buttered bread and throw that beautiful creation into your pan on medium heat for a couple minutes on both sides to melt the cheese and then crank the heat up to medium high and cook it for another minute or two to brown it up all pretty and delicious.

The rule cranked up the underground market for elite prospects because it pushed just about every single elite prospect — including those who otherwise would have jumped straight into the NBA — into the college ranks.

«J.J. and Shelden won't have to pace themselves,» says Krzyzewski, who hopes a 10 - man rotation will enable Duke to extend its defense, crank up the offense (into the 80s or 90s from last season's 78.2 points per game) and give all the starters time for a breather.

The Frenchman cranked a powerful finish into the top corner to put his team up 2 - 0 after 20 minutes.

A few cranks later, three oranges came flipping into the windows and 100 silver dollars came clattering into the tray.

If you didn't know any better you would have thought somebody went into his attributes in FIFA and cranked up anything related to his speed ratings to 99 and hit save.

Welcome to this week's edition of the Pinnacle Pulse where the line managers at Pinnacle Sports look to give you an unprecedented insight into the point spread movement on key games each week plus offer you the inside line on a little gambling theory to help players of all levels crank up their skill level and hopefully their winnings as well!

The guys dealing with crying (start by putting on headphones, crank them up, and take the baby for a walk in the stroller) report back they get good at it and the feelings of frustration (and shame) turn into one of «dad to the rescue».

In fact, I was just out to lunch the other week with a dear friend who shared that when she's at home she can be, maybe, 50 % tuned into her work, but when she steps into an external workspace, she cranks up to 100 %.

TIP: Dress your child in a Wu - Tang onesie and crank the bass when you roll into the parking lot to mitigate the risk of prolonged conversation.

Crank up your favorite holiday tunes, break out that sewing machine, and dig into these 32 Easy Sewing Christmas Gifts.

Liberal groups are organizing hard in part because they took such a beating in the 2009 congressional recess (most notably in «town hall» meetings that turned into viral - video - ready Tea Party rallies), but both sides are cranking up their efforts to reach congressmembers while they're home in their districts: witness Heritage Action's nine - stop rally tour, featuring Ted Cruz.

Place your beef, chicken, carrots or other items into the chute, and turn the hand crank.