Sentences with phrase «days slog»

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.

But even the best, most dynamic employees can lose their drive amidst the day - to - day slog.

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.

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.

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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.

Don't have to slog in the kitchen to whip up a delicious meal for two on Valentine's day or date night.

Breakfast Casserole — Zucchini and chorizo make a great meat and veggie pair and this will have you feeling ready to take on the day without slogging you down.

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.

But while I do love to eat chicken and pasta as much as the next person, to load on the same dishes day in, day out, becomes a slog.

That first day eventually proved to be the hardest and longest, an eight - hour slog through the forest — this being the wet season, the path was muddy, and infested with leeches and deadly cobras.

His trip to San Diego this time around will last two days longer than last year's depressing slog.

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-...]

«We've always worried that taking anything every day was going to be hard slog,» Hillier says.

This happened to me for YEARS as I slogged my way through 60 + minute BodyRock.tv workouts every day.

Whether it strikes you for a few hours or a few weeks, it's easy to slog through the day feeling grumpy and grouchy.

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).

Day Three slogs through two long, not - always - rewarding films by Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Bertrand Bonello.

Day Three slogs through two long, not - always - rewarding films by Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Bertrand Bonello.)

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.

As with every job, though, there are some days that are just a slog.

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

Other times, it's a slog just getting the minimum onto the page, but I've missed only three days since I really committed in October.

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

Day 3 — Inca Trail Chaquicocha to Winaywayna — Inca Flats Our reward from yesterday's slog is a somewhat more leisurely scenic six hour day on what is called Inca FlaDay 3 — Inca Trail Chaquicocha to Winaywayna — Inca Flats Our reward from yesterday's slog is a somewhat more leisurely scenic six hour day on what is called Inca Fladay on what is called Inca Flats.

Thanks slim, so nice to see my pic on your great site.Just spent a magic week at G - land, such a magic place.stayed at rays camp.staff were great and couldn't do enough to help us.A big Thank You to the old Aussie dave, slogs it out day in and out in the scorching sun takin great pics and always has the time to talk and help where he can.right man in the right place.Thanks again, be back for sure

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.

It's not the longest game ever — it'll take you 10 hours at most to beat — but for those like me who long for the days when that was considered good enough rather than the single - player epics we have to slog through these days, it's a welcome change to return to a tight, padding - free adventure.