Sentences with phrase «first striking out»

It can be tough when you're first striking out to not only find essentials that match your personal taste, but are also comfortable, well - made and durable.

It was at this minimalist discotheque Bowie first struck out as a lost human being in the world he hoped to avoid as a spaceman.

To an educated man it is an annoyance to find his author warning him that something written long ago, and quoted every day almost ever since, is not an original remark now first struck out.

Not exact matches

He later partnered with Izzy Asper to start a buyout shop (Global Television was their first purchase) before striking out on his own with Onex in 1984.

I also think Robin is somewhere lookin» down and laughing, remembering the first time we met backstage and I (for the first time ever) was a star struck bumbling idiot that couldn't even get my words out.»

When I was first getting started in business, I regularly struck out.

Ryanair Holdings Plc faces its first - ever strike as crews in Italy prepare to walk out as part of a push toward unionization.

In his first at bat he struck out looking.

Some entrepreneurs may strike gold the first time out.

The news that HBO struck a five - year deal to air first - run episodes of Sesame Street brought out two main reactions in people.

After striking out as a bartender, Cuban decided to found his first company, a computing consultancy called MicroSolutions.

Anime Strike is the first of these channels to be curated specifically by Amazon, though Variety reports that the company plans to roll out more genre - specific channels in the coming months.

A word to the wise, though: for apps like Barneys» that require customers to relinquish some personal information, you absolutely have to to strike a careful balance with the type of content being shared: too many overtly promotional notifications, and consumers will be quick to opt out; too few, and the marketer won't see the benefit of implementing those beacons in the first place.

While the difference in annual fee may seem striking — $ 450 compared to $ 95 (waived for the first year) for the Starwood Preferred Guest ® Credit Card from American Express — Starwood Preferred Guest ® American Express Luxury Card cardholders who can utilize the free anniversary night and $ 300 travel credit should actually come out ahead.

He said, also, that the man who was the first to board a vessel had one slave over and above his share, and that when they sprang to the deck of an enemy's ship, every sailor held a dagger in each hand and a third in his mouth; which usually struck such terror into the foe that they cried out for quarter at once.»

The Jews did not have the right to strike out against their enemies unless their enemies attacked first.

Dateline recently ran a special with Brian Williams called «Hurricane Katrina: the First Five Days» The images struck me afresh: families punching their way out of attics, the looting, bodies floating face down in the water.

Yet it is also the case that such groups frequently come into being in the first place out of a desire to strike back at what their members perceive as America's bullying tactics (in cultural as much as military matters).

The US has carried out air strikes on Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq; the first strike in an expanded mission recently announced by Barack Obama.

Its founder, Tyler Merrick encourages anyone wanting to make a difference to first link arms with someone else already doing it, and then evaluate whether they still want to strike out on their own.

As the years passed, and his sense of isolation deepened» even amid a loving family» he promised to strike out on his own the first chance he got.

The first time that he stretched out this cross upon his back his tender frame was struck with terror at it, and blunted the sharp nails slightly against a stone.

How could the richer animistic aspects of Nature, the peculiarities and oddities that make phenomena picturesquely striking or expressive, fail to have been first singled out and followed by philosophy as the more promising avenue to the knowledge of Nature's life?

He was falsely accused, arrested, slapped, spit on, had His beard pulled out of His face, sent to court where though no guilt was found was sentenced to be beaten to within an inch of HIs life, struck with rods, whipped with a weapon that had sharp bones and different pieces tore large chuncks of flesh off, drug back to court wearing a robe which when the blood dried to it became its own bit of torture, the first beating not good enough so sentenced to die, had a crown of thorns pressed down into his skull causing much more blood loss, beaten some more, forced to carry an extremely heavy wood beam as he marched toward His death, whipped and beaten along the way, had huge nails driven through His hands and feet, and had a shoulder separated.

Obviously I'm passing my love for the salty and sweet combination along to my kids because when I asked my son what I should make with RITZ crackers he was struck with some RIZpiration and the first thing out of his mouth was «A brownie!»

Aaron London (ex-Ubuntu) opened his first solo project, the veg - focused AL's Place; Ravi Kapur also struck out on his own at Liholiho Yacht Club, a globe - trotting spot with a heavy nod to his native Hawaii; sophomore efforts from Melissa Perello at Octavia and Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski at The Progress impressed; and there was a return to fine dining at Mourad from Mourad Lahlou.

Gurriel ends up striking out looking on a pitch right on the inside corner, and Kershaw's got the Dodgers» first 1 -2-3 inning of Game 7.

It begins with a -36 for Gilliam when, as first man up for the day, he struck out.

The state's attorney blew snot when he saw me grimace from the blow, after which I proceeded to tell the judge about the beautiful game of golf and how it had been a long and winding road for me since that first purely struck two - wood in 1973, but that I'd finally discovered the proper way to grip a club, and would His Honor really mind if the sheriff would be so kind as to fetch my driver out on the county road and bring it to the courthouse so my new grip could be photographed from all angles for my peace of mind.

from where i'm sitting, conor's strengths: - long and athletic - great power in his hands and feet - throws with speed & accuracy - uses all 8 points of contact (and uses them all in multiple ways)- uses good footwork to circle away from power shots and to control pace / location of fight - has shown good to great TD defense (until tired)- has good chin (tested several times and the proof appears to be in the pudding, as they say)- displays good head movement which allows him to absorb fewer strikes while within range - excellent counter puncher (able to get in and out fast using his karate style stance)- has shown better conditioning at lw than fw or ww - has incredible fight iq (lone exception in the ufc was against nate in first fight when he was clearly fatigued)

In his first two postseason starts, he allowed just two runs, striking out 14 and walking just one.

Heung - Min is into his third season in the Hamburg first team having moved to the Imtech Arena side back in 2008 and last term the adaptable forward, who can play out on the flank or in an orthodox striking role, became a regular in Thorsten Fink's starting eleven.

Rookie Don Collins came on in relief against New York with the bases full and none out in the ninth and preserved an 8 - 5 win by inducing the first batter he faced to hit into a double play and striking out the next.

In the eighth, in fact, he struck out four men because Pan Am's Mike Duffey gained first on a third - strike passed ball.

Son's 89th - minute strike — his first in 13 games and fourth for the Lilywhites in total — added to Erik Lamela's opener to mean that Odion Ighalo's seventh goal in six outings counted for nothing.

In one of his first games Doby struck out on three pitches, then sat down at the end of the bench with his head in his hands.

By striking out 10 White Sox last Friday, the Nationals righty set a record for whiffs (32) by a pitcher in his first three games.

Every pitcher likes to get out ahead of the hitter, usually putting a strike across on the first pitch.

Nervous start — usual criticism at the beginning of the season, with the lack of spending Ramsey's first blood — Arsenal shocked the league, we played brilliant football, scoring beautiful goals, all seemed like a decent season for us Coq red card — injury crisis struck, the lack of bench depth put pressure on the team, the downfall of performance caused crucial points Alexis» goal when down to ten men - it all seemed like arsenal would lose out in the title race again but arsenal somehow surprised the league again, saying aye we got the quality but we just ai nt gonna show in week in week out Draw in NLD with 10 men — can't really complain about it but you ain't happy.

I strongly believe he should / will be given another season at least to show what he can do albeit in a different role to which he wants... he will have ro reinvent himself and learn to play and score from the wings because to be perfectly frank he had more than enough time and games to show he can top strike for us when he first joined and Giroud was out Injured and he was less than impressive goals wise.....

No games and no progress — that was the news as the first Sunday of the NFL's strike passed with the players still calling time - out

But he's included here because he faced seven batters in his first spring appearance, and he struck out six of them.

Verlander was magnificent in both of his starts in the series, striking out 13 and allowing one run in Game 2 in the first nine - inning complete game in a League Championship Series since 2005.

Takes the defender out of the game on his first touch and strikes it with his second.

He went 23 — 4 with a 2.07 ERA, won the pitching triple crown (wins, ERA and strikeouts), set a major league record with 13.2 strikeouts per nine innings, did not allow a home run in any of the 293 at bats against him with a runner on, permitted only three leadoff walks to score (he walked the first batter only six times in 213 1/3 innings) and struck out 37 % of all batters he faced.

He walked the first batter he faced but struck out the next and that ended the Beavs» batting in the fifth.

Bob Klapisch of the New York Post may be the first beat writer since ex-Twin Charlie Walters of the St. Paul Pioneer - Press to have struck out at least two of his subjects.

He strikes out instead, and the Astros are now one out away from tying this series and winning a World Series game for the first time in franchise history.

In his first 13 postseason innings Rodriguez allowed just four hits and struck out 19.

He's off to a good start, striking out Chris Taylor and Corey Seager to kick off the bottom of the first.