Sentences with phrase «flails through»

One by one, characters and situations introduced in those opening scenes suddenly become important, as Ford flails through one tactic after another.

Initial optimism about the prospects for tax reform gave way to doubt as the new administration flailed through several attempts to repeal Obamacare.

Hey, at least hippie moms have super soft skin as we flail through this mom life.

Given its creative pedigree, Imaginary Mary is most comfortable in the family - comedy gear that is ABC's bread and butter; replace Elfman with Malin Akerman, and the Halpern - and - Haskins - penned second episode — which finds Alice flailing through after - school pickup duties — could be a first draft of a script from their one - season wonder.

The multiplayer options, both on and offline, offer experiences all the way from hilarious staccato flailing through to hugely tactical affairs where combatants look to take every opportunity to block, counter, or stall their opponents attacks in the hope of creating some small window to sneak a punch in.

Not exact matches

I think we can chalk most of last season's flailing up to that incredible injury bug that ripped through the team early.

A high PnR that Sergio fought through, made ehh contact, and Kemba flailed his body Harden - style to earn three FTs — he went 1 - 3).

A few goals here, a few there, and suddenly Chelsea2 have a few more points in the league, another away goal in Europe, and José Mourinho isn't sneering and flailing his way through press conferences like a man doing a bad impression of José Mourinho.

The 25 year old had a decent season at the Turin club but was unable to prevent a calamitous season that saw the Old Lady of Italian football go through three managers and finish in seventh spot and flail disastrously in the Champions League where they finished in third spot before falling to Fulham in the Europa League.

The sponge's cells, its calcium carbonate or glasslike silica spicules, and the mass of collagen that forms its visible body all create a network of tunnels and chambers, with little flailing hairs called cilia on the walls that wave the water through and filter out plankton and waste.

It's not unplayable but it will have the true NG fan complaining the entire way through (no vigoorian flail!?

Swinton's particularly good at nailing the flailing, jittery syntax and body language of a high - strung alcoholic trying to function through a cognitive swamp.

But even when the film begins flailing (literally so in an irritating Joan Cusack's case) through a Depression - set Nancy Drew adventure, the story never loses sight of its social conviction, even connecting Kit's fearsomeness to the heroes of youth fiction — from Robin Hood to the cow that jumped over the moon — and recognizing that hers is a high - wire show of moral exactitude every child should look up to.

An overqualified cast either flails or sleepwalks through this dull Euro - thriller.

Thanks to the solid bolsters on the sport seats, your torso won't flail around excessively while you hustle through corners.

Atiq Shaukat flails about him with his whip, trying to force a passage through the ragged crowd swirling around the stalls in the market like a swarm of dead leaves.

A red border on surfaces means that Yaiba can jump to another platform, and then by either jumping, using the flail to swing on hooks, or punching through surfaces, Yaiba can make his way to the next area to fight other creatures and bosses.

As a heads up, though; yes, you will end up hurtling through space, flailing and rolling your ship hopelessly at least a few times while getting your bearings.

Through a series of simple mini-games, you're given the tools to create a new beat for the song you're playing by either carefully assigning notes or frantically flailing your arms around.

More than a few times, I was cycling through weapons, only to have them apparently disappear, leaving me brandishing Duke's flailing leg at hordes of enemies in the hopes that he was cultivating a fungal infection that would have them keel over as soon as they caught a whiff.

I tried to get through a bit of personality in Marsh's animation such as his flailing arms when standing on a ledge.

Ripple effects from the flailing housing market could also ding the national economy through lower tax revenues and job growth.

There is a rumor, an urban myth, a fiction, a fantasy, a black and white screen cliché that love looks like the mad, romantic dash through airports for a last chance at a flailing kiss.