Sentences with phrase «end of the slog»

It's a choice to make at the end of the slog.

Not exact matches

It's easy to paint a road map to the league's demise — let's say, a critical mass of players leaves the sport because of health concerns, fans likewise lose interest in a sport they know is ruining men, and the game itself becomes a terrible slog to watch — but the end point may be several decades from now, well after the people who could have acted have sold out or died.

A young player could have launched a career last week at Annandale Golf Club in Madison, Miss., creating a little buzz in an otherwise static end - of - the - year slog.

Will Muschamp's team became bowl eligible before the end of October, but this game was an unsightly slog that Tennessee had under control until late in the third quarter, when South Carolina put together a 12 - play, 95 - yard drive for the game - tying score.

Arsenal had to fight hard to get all three points at Newcastle yesterday, and with many of our close rivals also winning, Arsene Wenger is sure that it is going to be a hard slog to hang on to a place in the Top Four, although he believes Chelsea are too far in front at the moment to be caught before the end of the season.

The end result should be that mommy is not the only one slogging away to keep the home clean while the rest of the household behave like they are staying in a hotel with room service.

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.

Speed dating events can feel just as liberating for singles who are tired of slogging through bad dates and dead - end conversations.

Insurance salesman Dodge Petersen (Carell at his most downcast) continues to slog to the office and gym; Elsa (Tonita Castro), his housekeeper, keeps showing up to clean; his married friends (Rob Corddry and Connie Britton) throw dinner parties that have all the end - of - the - world abandon of an aborted swingers confab circa 1982; and so on.

I found myself slogging through it just to get the achievement points and was completely sick of it before episode 1 even ended.

One reason «Lucy» emerges an enjoyably nutty diversion rather than a self - important slog is that it pays deft, knowing homage to any number of Hollywood sci - fi head - trip classics, embedding its ideas in a dense labyrinth of cinematic references that somehow end up feeling sly rather than shopworn.

Still, it's bit of a slog and a surprise death towards the end proves the only truly remarkable event in an otherwise forgettable work.

Instead, Rampage is a little of a slog until the end, beginning with an absolutely brutal five minute space sequence.

Director Francis Lawrence's movie has some smarts and some thrills, but too often it feels like a turgid, repetitive slog, especially compared to the excitement and the cliffhanger ending of its predecessor, «Catching Fire» (which Lawrence also directed).

The Flash continues its painfully slow slog to the end of this uneven season with another lackluster episode.

There are a few good action sequences to keep things interesting, including a nifty bit in which Lara finds herself dangling from the decaying remains of a crashed bomber straddling a raging waterfall, but by the time the film is deep into its second hour, the overall lack of intrigue and charm makes it feel like a long, heavy slog to the end credits.

So when her character weepingly declares, «I don't feel anything,» at the end of Volume One, it's easy to relate, especially with another (and worse) volume still left to slog through.

Annihilation This attempt at a thinking person's action movie devolves into a motiveless slog, in which a group of women soldiers go on a suicide mission, for little or no reason, and end up seeing some very gory, disgusting things.

By the end of the first season, the interminable slog of Phil Miller's (Will Forte) sex - obsessed social pratfalls and a small army of misused supporting actors (poor January Jones!)

The driving definitely isn't bad — it errs on the fast and loose arcade side, which I appreciate more than a rigid simulation because it lends itself to more dramatic crashes — but having to trek back and forth across the same stretches of Louisiana became a slog by the end.

Even Jennifer Lawrence doesn't appear particularly enthused about having to slog through this downer of a finale, and it's hard to blame her, because instead of going out on the high note that the franchise and its loyal fans deserved, my first thought when the film ended was, «Thank God it's finally over.»

As Shah finishes the interview and heads back to slog away again on her new novel, she laughs when asked if it's harder to write the beginning of a novel or the ending.

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.

Even then he still has to do the hard slog of sending out to markets, submitting to prizes, giving readings, and literary editing to make ends meet.

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.

- Combat can become a bit of a slog - Some environmental textures are muddy - Ending is just begging for a sequel

Having played through the game I can at least confirm that they are optional, but at the same time they've clearly influenced the design as the end - game is a brutal slog in order to get a second ending that feels as though it was made with the sole intention of pushing players toward spending real cash.

Persona 5 - Shido's Palace: I don't hate it as much as a lot of the fanbase, but it no doubt is a needlessly convoluted mission that makes Atlus» otherwise amazing RPG a bit of a slog towards the end.

Anyway, I'd been slogging through the end of the game for well over two hours, frequently having to restart battles because someone thought the very end of the game was the best place for a brutal difficulty spike.

Finishing a mission on one end of the bayou and then having to slog back to the other end is a frustrating experience you'll encounter on more than one occasion.

Like last year, The Journey mode was a nice addition but in the end becomes a bit of a slog, career mode gets a nifty upgrade to a game mechanic but nothing more.

Rest areas have been added to ease the slog to the end of the piers and back.

The Daily Green: How to Have an Organic Party by Alexandra Zissu «Parties are on my mind of late — we've been happily slogging through a bunch of birthday parties, end - of - school fairs, and plenty of summer gatherings.

It's timely, then, that the APS is reconsidering its own statement on climate, and I'm currently slogging through the transcript of its recent workshop to that end:

On the song Glowed Up, the potent low end overpowers the mid and high - range information coming from the full range drivers, creating a sort of musical mudslide that is difficult to slog through, especially having heard it on more balanced options from competitors from Sonos.

The X Venture is powered by a low - end Snapdragon 435 processor and 2 GB of RAM, though it should be enough for traversing the trails and slogging through mud pits — if that's your thing.