Sentences with phrase «flails when»

So he will stick in a bunch of recognizable icons and a bunch of obvious in - joke references and will call back on the older movies semi incessantly, but he does not really get why or how those things functioned the way they did in their original contexts, and he kind of flails when it comes to improvising something new.

In reality, Rory was handed so many opportunities that she felt entitled to them (her freakout at the Sandee Says CEO is a perfect example of this) and began to flail when the opportunities stopped coming.

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They distract big companies and their management at a time when legacy brands are flailing.

On Friday, for example, Jim Cramer took the board to task on CNBC, demanding, «When will someone finally be held accountable for this kind of sub-par performance and why do corporate boards tolerate these mistakes, keeping the flailing CEOs of these two companies [McDonald's and UPS] around for still more earnings seasons?»

When Marissa Mayer took over as chief executive of the flailing company in mid-2012, security was one of many problems she inherited.

James Dolan surprised many casual observers of the flailing newspaper trade when he suggested he might bid on the for - sale New York Daily News — and offer a dollar.

When I set out to defend the Bible, almost without fail, the discussion quickly degenerates into a full - blown argument, complete with flailing arms, red faces, flying spittle, and bulging blood veins.

I miss being a small child when it's perfectly acceptable to throw yourself on the floor, arms and legs flailing and having a full on wobbly.

When stung he forgets caution and flails away.

When he bears down on a quarterback, arms and legs flailing, he looks like a ponderous, menacing bird.

(3) this team is rotting from the inside out and it's going to take some unprecedented moves on the part of this board and the fans to facilitate the necessary changes... this club must rid itself of it's absentee billionaire landlord before we become just another sporting wasteland in this man's collection of flailing clubs... when this is done it will expose just what exactly has been going on behind the scenes and I'm afraid of what will be uncovered because if Wenger's business model is as antiquated as his football philosophy it could look an awful lot like and old Monty Python sketch in the backroom... we need to replace the owner with someone who actually cares about this club and isn't afraid to wear their emotions on his or her sleeves or spend their own money to achieve greatness... this new owner needs to find someone who represents the same sort of cutting edge that Wenger represented in his early years then pair that individual with someone who knows how to conduct transfers in the modern era... then and only then will we find a way to escape the malaise that has permeated our once storied club for way too many years

Abe absorbed plenty of punches in his world travels, including solid blows from a kangaroo in Australia, who scored a technical K.O. when he sent Abe sailing from the ring with a well - placed flail of his tail.

Why do players get booked for fairly innocuous hand ball when so many bad tackles and flailing arms go unpunished?

Why wouldn't women be afraid of their ability to labor independently and successfully when the only behaviour that is modeled for them is of the «good» passive woman who does what the doctor tells her and the «bad» hippy woman who screams and flails about uncontrolably?

It works by keeping them wrapped up so when they get startled by a sudden noise, their little arms won't flail out to the side and wake them up.

AP was lying on his changing table while I attempted to fasten a diaper around his flailing legs, when the fastener tore off and with it went my dignity.

Remember, they don't even know they have limbs attached to them, so when they flail their arms and legs when they cry, they think strange things are moving around them.

I did everything in my power to compose myself, when all I really wanted to do was ugly - cry and flail myself on the floor.

As a baby develops motor control, she learns along the way that her hands and fingers can also be used for nonverbal communication (think about how an older baby will sometimes flail about or push an object away when he or she is unhappy or having a tantrum).

Have you ever had one of those days when the seemly smallest little thing suddenly turns your little cherub into passionate flailing, boneless, and red - faced inconsolable terror?

No wonder, Karp says, they feel insecure and unhappy when lying alone in a quiet nursery, their arms and legs loose and flailing.

When the arms are bent while swaddled, a newborn is more likely to be able to break free from the blanket, thus increasing the chances that her arms will flail.

Picture the scene: you're grocery shopping, trying to grab everything on your list, replying to a handful of texts and e-mails and chatting to your toddler and basically being a multitasking ninja, when out of the blue some unknown infraction has sent your child into a downward spiral that has resulted in said child flailing around like a maniac and attracting quite the crowd.

When baby kicks his or her feet and flails their arms, the rattles make noise, and the bright colors stimulate vision.

These early days are about getting the arms and legs flailing about and the newborn noticing that they are attached and when they are moved they may touch other objects around them.

When changed from the upright position and the containment of his mother's arms to the horizontal position laying down uncontained a baby may produce random movements and suddenly flail his arms and legs as if to save himself from falling.

When a baby is overtired, they will exhibit a high degree of fussiness that may be highlighted by crying, screaming, and flailing.

When we try to wake him to go to the bathroom, he begins to scream and flail and doesn't seem to be able to rouse enough to use the toilet.

Then, when faced with 50 - 50 coparenting they either drop the ball or flail around for a long time.

When legs are kicking, mouths are screaming, and arms are flailing, it's meltdown mode, and no time to try to reason with them or work on problem - solving strategies for the next time a conflict arises.

If it is heavy, a bang on the head could be the result of hands flailing around wildly with a heavy piece of silver in one of them - not to mention someone being hit when caught in the line of fire of a flying rattle.

A more subtle way to know that your baby is hungry than waiting for them to cry is that when they see food they kick their legs, flails their arms, and / or open their mouth!

They're less likely to stick by you when you start flailing about blaming everyone but yourself.

Speaking about the moment on the campaign trail when Trump appeared to mock a disabled reporter by flailing his arms around Streep warned: «When the powerful use their position to bully others we all lose.&rawhen Trump appeared to mock a disabled reporter by flailing his arms around Streep warned: «When the powerful use their position to bully others we all lose.&raWhen the powerful use their position to bully others we all lose.»

Check the wacky details — the blood that spurts when you're harpooned, the WW2 - style Rising Sun on the ships, and the little mushroom - head sailors (are they wearing hats???) who bounce and flail (and drown?)

When the occasion did call for something more than jeans - and - a-sweater, I'd flail around and ultimately dress up some of my office basics with jewelry, bags and shoes.

I tell ya, when we take these blog photos... and by we, I mean me flailing around in front of the lens contributing plenty of dialogue... Gim me bokeh!

When excited, I flail them all over the place while I talk.

When we hear Nixon (the film used his actual recordings) railing against the Post and telling an aide their reporters are to be banned from the White House, it's impossible not to imagine a president flailing about over «fake news» and demanding that reporters be fired for disagreeing with him.

Brett, another flailing doofus who feels like Connor's long - lost cousin, loudly explains this to his cooler, more competent sister at the beginning of the film: «There's a reason we were doing these experiments in space,» he yells when the mutagen escapes the lab, «and it wasn't exactly for the betterment of humanity!»

That's when Moretti's film starts to flail.

If we're used to seeing adolescent minded men in these types of growth resistant situations, Laggies's Megan has an awful lot in common with Melanie Lynskey's character in 2012's Hello I Must Be Going (and, to a superficial degree, Analeigh Tipton in this year's Two Night Stand), women with advanced degrees wallowing in an the in - between zone when they realize that they've lost interest in their chosen career or a flailing relationship has stunted their drive.

The purpose of 1:1 control is to create a feeling of being a part of the action, yet when things become hectic, the best of us revert to wildly flailing the Wii Remote.

She may not have seemed the ideal actress for this part initially, but when she dons a black wig Moll strikes an uncanny resemblance to Page, and she offers a supremely perky and lovable performance which helps hold the viewers» interest while the movie flails in no particular direction.

When push comes to shove, the usually impressive Ruffalo is badly miscast, Isla Fisher flails against hideous dialogue, and Eisenberg phones in just another turn as a hyper - intelligent dick.

Penn, meanwhile, flails the camera around with an uncharacteristic lack of elegance, when he isn't borrowing some of Terrence Malick's most self - indulgent impulses.

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.

A laughable moment arises when a flailing and drunk Billy sobers up in seconds flat after his assistant (Alona Tal) calls him to inform him of a murder.

When Scenes from a Marriage (1974) was first released theatrically in the U.S., it held the voyeuristic thrill of watching a live couple flailing themselves before our eyes.

We can't sit back and watch a child flail — hoping alone is indefensible — when we can brainstorm some interventions and put them into place.