Sentences with phrase «exercise in frustration»

Bonus season has become an annual exercise in frustration for everyone involved.

It made listening to music — the main purpose of headphones of any sort — a daily exercise in frustration.

Been there, done that two hour exercise in frustration.

There are certainly far worse, but trying to play it is a complete exercise in frustration.

It feels nice and sturdy and does an excellent job of holding the headphones, but getting them out was a pretty consistent exercise in frustration.

Something seems to have gone off - balance in Outlast 2, however, as far too many of the chase sequences become exercises in frustration — especially in the first half of the game.

Optional races or time trials in Twilight are the same kind of exercise in frustration as in prior Disney Infinity games, but at least the mandatory vehicular sections aren't bad, and the core vehicle sections are actually fun in the cases of the Tatooine pod race and Cad Bane chase sequences.

Ulster's budget - making, like all towns and school districts, is an annual exercise in frustration, juggling rising healthcare and pension costs against a state - mandated tax cap which next year will restrict property - tax increases to less than 1 percent.

That's essentially what the Vin Diesel witch hunting vehicle is; a whole bunch of video game and action fantasy clichés rounded up into one incoherent exercise in frustration.

It's half a movie, but not half a movie in the way Kill Bill Volume 1 was half a movie, in that it's not a purely infuriating exercise in frustration.

Even with Ice Cream Sandwich underpinning this device, Android still has yet to be properly optimized for more than one input display, making the Echo and Tablet P exercises in frustration and what usually happens when software is pushed too close to its limits for the sake of differentiation and novelty.

Between server disconnections, frame and animation drops, crashing menus and lack of clarity, jumping into even a simple exhibition game can be fun - killing, time - wasting exercise in frustration.

Weirdly, nearly everything about the online experience outside of the gameplay itself is a real exercise in frustration.

What a stupid exercise in frustration.

Processing new information and navigating unfamiliar situations — which is what we ask children to do at school every day — becomes a daily exercise in frustration.

One would think the HomePod might take that title, as it would be a true smart speaker for the home, but many reviewers called the HomePod version of Siri «embarrassingly inadequate,» «underpowered,» and «an exercise in frustration» — and in my own limited tests of the device, I found it lacked some of the features we've now come to expect from a smart speaker.

The App Store is in disarray, and having to enter passwords using the Siri remote is an exercise in frustration.

But these days flying is fast becoming an exercise in frustration.

That would making try to fill the ravioli an exercise in frustration.

That whipped ganache recipe was a game - changer for me when I discovered it, as like you, whipping coconut milk can be an exercise in frustration!

Baking holiday cookies can go from a labor of love to an exercise in frustration when your gingerbread men come out more bloated than a Macy's parade float.

The subsequent attempt to remove the white pith from the lemons was an exercise in frustration, to say nothing of the fact that I nearly sliced my hand open.

Eric Gordon was an exercise in frustration.

I've learned to try not to fall in love any one player, because it's just an exercise in frustration.

If your child isn't ready yet, any training attempts will be an exercise in frustration.

Every single lunch is an exercise in frustration and self - loathing.

Taking an unhappy baby's temperature is an exercise in frustration, particularly when using those crappy little thermometers they give you in the hospital.

If your infant is less than 6 months old (adjusted age) and doesn't seem to be sleeping for longer stretches, this may only be an exercise in frustration for you.

But try that times two, and it can be an exercise in frustration.

Getting kids to eat healthy can be an exercise in frustration and the source of much family discord.

The chore of developing a standard and restful sleep pattern for your infant is often an exercise in frustration and confusion for many parents.

While sometimes eventually successful, these communication attempts are often an exercise in frustration for both child and adult (s).

For Ulster town officials waiting for news about the Ulster County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals's trap, neuter and release (TNR) program to tackle the issue of feral cats in the Sunrise Park and Fox Run neighborhoods, the process has been described as an exercise in frustration.

Just trying to find these guys, so well camouflaged with their cartoonish headdresses, is an exercise in frustration.

Trying to force an agenda will be an exercise in frustration, but when you surrender and let the universe guide, miracles will occur.

Big changes in diet can be difficult enough when we want to change; forcing a change upon someone who does not want it is an exercise in frustration and futility.

Anthropologie's skirts have been an exercise in frustration for me the last few seasons such that I'd taken to pretty much ignoring them completely.

If you really want to learn how to sew, you are going to need to invest in a piece of equipment that will make your new hobby enjoyable rather than an exercise in frustration.

More technical gamers will be able to appreciate the gameplay to a greater extent, but the laggy servers make even this an exercise in frustration.

More often than not, the game is an exercise in frustration, which unfortunately characterizes The Flame in the Flood most accurately: a promising, interesting survival game that is ultimately left to drown in the waters of mediocrity by its own core mechanics.

Trying to race competitively with a controller like the PS4 one, at the pro level is an exercise in frustration.

The gameplay is old, tired and boring and the broken nature of much of the «puzzle solving» makes for an exercise in frustration.

Thankfully, they're named quite well — «KitchenSink» and all that — so it's not an exercise in frustration.

Anyone who has spent time in an emergency room, regardless of the hospital, knows it can be an exercise in frustration, confusion and Kafka - like bureaucracy, along with the physical and emotional strain of whatever put you there in the first place.

Boss battles are an exercise in frustration, as well.