Sentences with phrase «goes through the motions while»

These employees are walking zombies (my term)-- emotionally checked out or just going through the motions while contributing to gossip circles (and collecting a paycheck in the process!).

Their lengthy rules are strict and the nanny only goes through the motions while the parents are around.

Not exact matches

He crafted a superhero story that goes through the standard motions of an origin story while also managing to be a fun heist movie with great performances by Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas.

Using a turning motion, scoop the balloon whisk through the center of the bowl, bringing some of the dry ingredients down and through the whites, while giving the bowl a quarter turn counter-clockwise (left - handed folks will prefer to go clockwise).

He talked up the team, waxed poetic about Curry's greatness, bragged about the hard work his teammates had put in to get to this point and picked at his afro while going through the motions of making a quick exodus out of the locker room.

Clay, who hung around Liston's gym while the champion went through the motions of preparing for Patterson, heckled him relentlessly.

If you don't have access to a park with playground equipment, simply walking through a park, down curbs, or along walkways, while singing and performing fun motions like running, jumping, and «go / stop» types of games will be just as fun.

Moreover, they quite conceivably might not be able to handle the idea of their beloved party going through the motions of a party conference in September, passing rule changes to turn back the clock to the 1980s, while a parallel Momentum conference is going on next door, with speakers who are far - left non-members, or even members of separate parties which stand against Labour.

From these questions, they gleaned whether a person has a strong instigation habit — one where a cue triggers the instantaneous decision to exercise — and whether a person has a strong execution habit — that is, knowing exactly what kind of exercise they'll do once you get to the gym, or being able to go through the motions of an exercise routine while being mentally checked out.

While it's ideal to do a few postures that stretch your hips through their full range of motion, holding one pose and focusing on completely letting go is a great place to start.

Whether you do well on the test or not does not directly correlate to whether or not you can move well through full range of motion or you have a decreased risk for back pain or other compensations while going about your daily life.

Now recreate this chest training tip by going through the motion of a «regular» flye with your wrists locked, while feeling the muscle movement with your other hand.

If you hip can't move through a full range of motion with relative ease, you're going to face serious trouble while lifting weight and that one rep max will forever be out of your reach.

While the onscreen story goes through the motions, the movie itself actually does nothing more than urge customers to watch the movie, and to buy the movie, and to buy all the products.

Perhaps it's not fair to compare the two, but while Garden State felt full of life, Wish I Was Here seems like it's going through the motions.

Trouble is, while not trading quips, the characters actually go through the motions of being scared of the croc, menaced by the croc and so on.

Fun Size was just going through the motions (a.k.a. uninspired play), while Silent Hill: Revelation 3D thought timing would be everything (critical and financial success).

«as he goes through the motions of what is expected, and while playing he even counts down to punching the doctor in the face, which of course he does, not out of aggression, but almost like he is still playing the part.

While it isn't a great performance by most traditional measures, it likely would have been an action star - making turn, as Lee not only has the athletic physical attributes to convincingly go through the motions of the fight choreography, there is an innate sense of goodness and sensitivity in his demeanor that makes for a fine romantic hero, even though he looks like the inspiration of Heath Ledger's Joker from The Dark Knight and he's got murder on his mind.

While Williams goes through his earnest warm - fuzzy motions as the lead (the only really distinctive thing about his work here is how he wears a head - to - toe metal suit for much of the picture), the standout work — and that which goes a long way for one's involvement in the picture — belongs to Embeth Davidtz, who has a dual role as Amanda, a.k.a. «Little Miss,» the youngest daughter in the family that «adopts» Andrew; and Portia, her granddaughter.

Many times, students go through the motions in pursuit of the grade while missing out on the learning.

But early on, the school had a major problem: While they went through the motions of working together, teachers didn't get along.

I know better than to fuss with the WRX's archaic infotainment touchscreen while driving, so I go through the motions of connecting her phone via Bluetooth before we set off.

Every once in a while she would make a half - hearted attempt, going through the motions, as if to prove she is, indeed, a dog, but it has never been part of her standard repertoire.

While wearing these caps, your cat can go through the motions of scratching, but will cause no damage.

While Echo has its interesting moments, I was overall just going through the motions by the halfway mark, and there's basically no story to what is happening in the current moment.

After a while the enthusiasm wears off and you'll sit quietly together going through the motions of fighting off yet another wave of attackers.

While I did have fun with it, there were times when I felt like I was just going through the motions, and very little of the innovation or character of previous entries shone through.

While I enjoyed Uncharted 3's story and some of its magnificent set pieces, it seemed to be going through the motions at times and felt like more of a refinement of the previous adventure without the care and excitement baked into it.

While New Super Mario Bros. on the Wii and 3DS may have felt like they were simply going through the motions, New Super Mario Bros..

So the Waxman - Markey bill, while going through the complex motions of creating a carbon abatement regime, takes care to neutralise itself.

Actually the notion that the vast majority of climate scientists are going through the motions of producing and debating research while simultaneously adhering to a consensus none of them actually believe in is a very wild conspiracy theory.

«Now, thanks to federal government whistleblowers, there is clear evidence that the Trudeau government had already secretly approved the pipeline while continuing to go through the motions of consulting First Nations.