Sentences with phrase «failed attempts at»

It took me SO MANY failed attempts at grass (read about them here) to finally give up and buy sod.

I have a beautiful HomeGoods driftwood mirror that was supposed to go on the left wall, but after many failed attempts at hanging it (it was heavy and my drywall was being difficult) we opted to add more plates to instead (to cover the 5,000 holes we made trying to hang the mirror).

Thanks for always being so prompt with your linky and for your patience with my FAILED attempts at it!

However, you never talked (that I've read) about any failed attempts at joining your Board of Director's — where one who wants real change should want to be.

Like the failed attempts at resistance in other colonised countries, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples found there was effectively no way for them to challenge the colonisers as their power and resources were too great.

Leading clinical psychologist Dr. Craig Childress, says Ludmer, put the current failed attempts at helping these families this way:

It's taken many failed attempts at trying to «shortcut» my way through a meltdown to realize, the only way through is to ride it out.

In his upcoming book on trust and betrayal What Makes Love Last, Dr. Gottman does more than show awareness for the unending emotional toll of failed attempts at bids — what he refers to as the unsuccessful sliding door moments.

In his book on trust and betrayal What Makes Love Last, Dr. Gottman does more than show awareness for the unending emotional toll of failed attempts at bids - what he refers to as the unsuccessful sliding door moments.

We used longitudinal data and multilevel modeling to examine how intimacy, relational uncertainty, and failed attempts at interdependence influence emotional, cognitive, and communicative responses to romantic jealousy, and how those experiences shape subsequent relationship characteristics.

As it is, the fingerprint scanner implementation here is clumsy, awkward, and comfortably in line with the long history of failed attempts at making this technology work.

With failed attempts at smartphone modularity, I've been hesitant to spend money on accessories.

After the months of failed attempts at other driving schools, Ride Chicago was definitely a success.

Remember «When BP spills coffee,» the video that satirized BP's many failed attempts at stopping their catastrophic oil spill in the gulf?

Title: Barometer Material: Ceramic Year: 2017 Dimensions: 15 x 15 x 4 inches These recent sculptures are about abstraction, a longing for wilderness, and my failed attempts at conju...

However, you still have to deal with very frequent switches between left and right, resulting in many failed attempts at special moves.

On October 21st of last year, SAG - AFTRA, a labor union coalition representing over 160,000 media professionals working in various mediums, began a strike after 19 months of failed attempts at negotiating deals with games industry employees regarding the poor treatment, conditions, and pay faced by voice actors.

Now, most of us gamer's certainly love our headsets and peripherals so we get the best audio whether it be for hearing our enemies failed attempts at a humiliating stealth kill or just the general ambiance and epic music scores of our favourite games.

Yet I wonder if Necalli and his shirtless, massively coiffed look come from CAPCOM's failed attempts at putting a Brazilian capoeira practitioner into Street Fighter IV.

I love seeing all my failed attempts at the same time, this is a great mechanic and heightens the feeling of accomplishment when you get through a particularly hard level.

Instead, both Serah and Lightning can be added to the long list of failed attempts at progression.

- devs originally thought online global matches would be impossible - pretty much everyone at Camelot is a big Mario fan - developers made sure that every single character was well polished, including the minor ones - Nintendo was against having Boo as a playable character, since he would be unable to hold a racquet in his hands - Camelot thought his ability to disappear really gave that character a «Mario» flavor - character balancing was a challenge - if fans did not approve of something, then the developers also wouldn't - there were many failed attempts at character balancing, but things eventually came together - the way the devs picked characters for the roster went as follows:

It's filled with struggles, failed attempts at finding un-fleeting happiness, jadedness, hope, discovery, disaster and longing.

Fashion Forward and Eco-Friendly Plagued by failed attempts at finding natural, yet aesthetically appealing, dog beds, Island Dog Design co-founder Ileana van der Linde wanted to create her own solution.

Sadly however, many dogs are condemned as «bad» and needlessly surrendered, re-homed or even euthanized, due to their owners» frustration with failed attempts at understanding and communicating with them in a way that they understand.

The results are consistent with all other failed attempts at targeting breeds in the name of public safety.

Following Van Gogh through failed attempts at school and jobs, the text gently but truthfully presents many of the challenges of his adult life, until painting finally gives him a direction.

Scott Eyman does a masterful job at recounting the cinema's several earlier failed attempts at sound films, and the later, fateful attempt that set an entire indusry on it's ear.

Author and illustrator Torben Kuhlmann shows off the mouse's many failed attempts at flight, which resemble the first real flying machines.

After several failed attempts at getting inside the world of my book, I realized the best way in was through character development.

After a few more failed attempts at various combinations of «Set» and «Destination», we stumbled upon the «Menu.»

I was, at the time, looking for a 5k - 8k car... after many failed attempts at purchasing a liable car, I decided to finance a car at Napoli Nissan in Milford CT..

The failed attempts at parent - trigger legislation in spring 2014 resemble what happened last year, when bills to create or expand such laws stalled or died in 20 states and only one became law.

The airplane crash drama is incidental: this is a movie about self - destructive behavior, failed attempts at recovery, and eventual redemption.

I enjoyed the failed attempts at creating humans, the laws of universal annoyance, and the advice given by J.C., Ea's older brother that left and never returned, but is personified as a statuette.

His backfires, combined with his cat's reactions to his failed attempts at capturing the Smurfs will have you laughing out loud.

Many times in my failed attempts at beating him).

Following a series of failed attempts at various sports, he eventually discovers a love for downhill skiing and turns out to be pretty good at it.

Most of the famous faces are little more than cameos, and so you will have to spend more time with Coop's (Michael Showalter) failed attempts at romance (with Lake Bell) than anybody wants to, but there are so many distractions from the «plot» of «First Day of Camp,» that the piece rarely drags.

But, as evidenced in Scream 3, Kruger isn't much of a comedy writer, and the failed attempts at humor end up taking viewers out of the increasingly complicated story rather than making it more enjoyable.

It is the biggest aspect of the current project that distinguishes it from other previous failed attempts at getting a new movie into production.

At its core there is a horribly written script with clichéd characters and many failed attempts at jokes that do not land.

In his first comedy special, the popular comic actor and musician reveals edgy, honest tales of his failed attempts at being a gangster, his humble roots, marriage, fatherhood and his thoughts about Eminem.

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The fast approaching rent payment, the failed attempts at education, a string of horribly failed relationships, debts, and a job that adds a wrinkle to your face every time you think about it for more than a minute.

After several failed attempts at light conversation I saw things were going bad fast so I came right out and asked her what happened...

A piece that I happily brought home sometime last year after many failed attempts at finding the one.

After several failed attempts at traditional medical care, she finally found relief and healing for her children through diet.

After several failed attempts at overhauling my lifestyle and trying to reach over-the-top weight loss goals, I realized health is much more than food, weight - loss and nutrition.

This video takes failed attempts at cool yoga poses and compiles them into one hilarious video of yoga fails.