Sentences with phrase «days of slogging»

We follow every step of Paks's training, days of slogging through thick mud, and a multitude of battle scenes.

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That time was spent slogging through long days of writing and reviewing new software and scrambling to keep frustrated customers from abandoning the site, which continued to suffer from occasional slowdowns and crashes.

There are new blogs being started every day but those of us who have been slogging it out for a few years (and more) are burning out.

These are the dog days of summer, when out - of - contention teams slog through the schedule and even some of the most devoted fans are forced to abandon their heroes.

But come on, it's been so long and all day it kind of felt inevitable that he was going to slog his way to a number that left him two or three shots short of playing the weekend.

Though more often than not these days I would rather be watching Sunday leaguers slogging it out down at the local park for little more than the joy of the game and competition, I found myself fixated, along with millions of other world citizens, at the unfolding spectacle that is, and has become, El Clasico.

But it's a hard slog when kids fight and argue every minute of the day.

Pity the group of Labourites who, in one day, had to endure a dog bite and subsequent visit to A&E; three naked aggressors spewing bile about expense abuses - in the same house; and a rogue beetle in their noodles at the end of a hard day's slog.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER As the State Senate slogged through its last scheduled day in its 2014 session, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) that shares majority power with the Republicans, voiced hope that a measure to bar mental health professionals from performing «sexual orientation change efforts» on minors could yet get a floor vote.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER As the State Senate slogged through its last scheduled day in its 2014 session, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) that shares majority power with the Republicans, voiced hope that a measure to bar mental health professionals from performing «sexual orientation change efforts» on minors could yet get a -LSB-...]

You find it hard to think clearly, and you feel like you spend your days slogging thru a vat of waist - deep oatmeal, it just takes way more effort than it should for you to accomplish anything.

This is the time of year that I usually start to crank up my traditional grouse: based on what's available on retailers» racks, they seem to think that we ALL spend our summers cavorting at the beach, or a lakeside resort, or anything other than slogging into the office five (or more) days per week.

«It's a daily slog, going through hundreds of accounts every day evaluating them and deactivating them,» he says.

It's hardly a surprise then that Robin Hood is merely another dreary step on Scott's long slog, its scanty virtues wholly negative ones (primarily a lack of that self - consciously sadistic, souped - up ultraviolence that has begun to infiltrate even kiddie pictures these days).

DQ1: The first game id pretty much completable in a few days slog and retains all the charm of the original with a facelift of sorts.

It's early days in the War on Terror, so the long slog of entrenchment isn't on anyone's mind.

Last fall, at the end of my final day there, I was slogging toward the street, walking gingerly on blistered

Last fall, at the end of my final day there, I was slogging toward the street, walking gingerly on blistered feet.

The Kodiak (in either version) does come with a new fully sealed wet rear brake system for durability under harsh conditions such as being slogged through water and muck all day and then left sitting all night, the sort of thing that might be routine duty in ranching or farming.

It's a nice place to spend time, and I'd know, having traversed the boring slog from Tampa to Miami and back (600 miles) during a single day of the car's stay with me.

After a long slog through LA traffic, we ventured into the Mojave Desert for a day filled with nearly 100 miles of dirt trails.

There's this opinion among a lot of indie authors that marketing is a slog and its a pain to get through every single day.

One thing you thankfully don't have to anticipate at the end of day, is a long walk to the hotel or condo, which can feel like a desert trek or an Arctic slog depending on the weather.

Start: Glen Reenen Rest camp, Golden Gate National Park Finish: Golden Gate National Park Duration: 2 days, 31 km circular walk Fitness: moderate to difficult Our tip: sweeping views of Lesotho's mountains make the slog well worth it

Before multiplayer games became the behemoth it is now, many kids found themselves slogging their whole oversized PC rig to a friend's house (this was in the days of dial - up modems) and teaming up to play a game of good old - fashioned Counter-Strike.

«When you're going to new technology, every day is a slog, progress is slow and it really takes a different kind of attitude and mentality to get through that kind of push and it's not right for everybody.»

It's fine in the early days of your colony when you are managing just a couple of buildings, but as time goes on and you've got so much more to keep your eyes on having to constantly ferry resources from area to area becomes an irritating slog of micromanagement, a problem that doesn't get solved until you can build a shuttle port which will automatically deploy little ships to move resources around as needed.

Like I said in the GTA IV playback a couple of days ago, I found I was slogging through boring missions and wanted to skip cutscenes.

I do have fond memories of playing a ton of Diablo II waaayyy back in the day — pretty sure I'd slog through a dungeon and a few hundred skeletons on my paladin after coming home from my summer internship in high school.

Give me a game failing in a hilarious way to being a slog any day of the week.

I slogged through these two titles in about the span of 3 days.

Sonic Unleashed has some stellar moments that remind me of better Sonic games from days gone by, but players will have to slog through the repetitive night stages to reach them.

Watching this sick trailer for Aboveground Animation made our day after long hours of slogging through press releases.

Over 850 days and 4,000 miles, Ed Stafford — joined part - way through his trek by Peruvian Gadiel» Cho» Sanchez Rivera — slogged the entire length of the Amazon River; the two are the first to have recorded the entire journey.

The drive to be a better mom kept me slogging through endless nights and days of study.

Long sentences and unbroken blocks of text are turnoffs for readers — especially hiring managers who spend their days slogging through cover letter after boring cover letter.

Long sentences and bulky, unbroken blocks of text are turnoffs for readers — especially hiring managers who spend their days slogging through letter after letter.

Others have been married for many years, and though they have been slogging along — in calm or storm — their days of wine and roses are a dim memory.

The chance to sit back and relax after years of hard slog seems like a dream when one is stuck in the eighth meeting of the day.