Sentences with word «herculean»

At its heart, though, «Mud» is a coming - of - age story, one profoundly interested in the things that fascinate in youth — young romance, shoot - outs, and the seemingly Herculean task of freeing a boat from a tree.

After 48 hours of Herculean effort by Vernon, we got the facts.

Little things no longer feel like Herculean battles.

«Substantial reductions in emissions are possible for both the U.S. and the rest of the world, but it will take herculean efforts and transforming the global energy system into one that does not use the sky as a waste dump,» Caldeira said.

A baby who is not ready to sleep yet will fight against the sleep with Herculean effort.

Coming up with compelling lore while honouring it and telling a great story are Herculean challenges in numerous other media, forget something like video games.

Proofreading and editing are not herculean tasks.

Sometimes it can feel like the air has quite literally been sucked out of the room you sit in, requiring Herculean strength just to get to the next moment.

This is a team that can not win without James working at herculean levels, and — as they showed in Game 2 — could well lose anyway.

and when you perform the twelve Herculean labors of prospective adoptive parents, including attacking the hydra of international paperwork, facing the hell hounds of the home study, cleaning the Aegean stables for the house inspection and enduring an interminable wait (we waited exactly 361 days).

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For reference, no other Warriors» player was better than plus - 50, and LeBron James, as Herculean a performance as he put on in the Finals, was minus - 6 for the series.

Rashford performance remarkable after Herculean effort against Chelsea.

There are a number organisations exactly who present their particular products and services at competitively priced premiums although finding the right 1 is a really Herculean job.

It beggars belief that it should have required such herculean efforts by the EFF and other principled intervenors to suspend the iron hammer of the DMCA — a 1998 law written to penalize software & music piracy (cracking software and CDs)-- from being used as a blunt intimidation tool by corporations against researchers and watchdogs whose only wish is to peak out the blacked - out windows of this runaway train and warn us of the pending risks we (the occupants) face.

If the Democrats protect all of their incumbents (currently none are engaged in particularly competitive re-elections) and win five of the seven targets listed above — an enormous, almost herculean task — Sen. Audrey Gibson of Jacksonville will serve as president of the Senate in 2018 - 20.

Ernst came from behind and surged in recent weeks despite herculean efforts by powerful Democratic figures to save Braley, including a campaign visit by Obama's wife, Michelle.

We were hacked HARD, says Lori — tons of images deleted, it's just a mess, and everyone (including our new hosting service) is doing Herculean work to get it all put back together, but in the meantime, we're not gonna leave you hanging for your weekly fix: you can right - click download this week's INSUFFERABLE at either the CBZ or PDF links, your choice!

Actresses and models go through herculean efforts to be skinny because their living depends on it.

Meditation might sound like a difficult undertaking only tackled by monks or tech executives with Herculean levels of self control and a lot more household help than you have, but experts insist that you can get the benefits of mindfulness meditation in just a few minutes a day.

I knew that in his midseventies he had single - handedly hauled a number of cedar logs down a mountain, then hand - split the rails and cut the posts and installed all 2,224 linear feet of the pasture fence I had just climbed over — a task so herculean I shake my head in wonderment whenever I think about it.

For one, Microsoft has ditched Windows 10 Mobile, so any such effort would have to rely on spinning Windows 10 for ARM builds, a much more Herculean task compared to a custom Android ROM.

At this stage, as long as conditions don't get materially worse (a rather herculean assumption perhaps, given the trade tensions along our southern border), we think Canadian stocks could start to finally attract some investor interest.

At this stage, as long as conditions don't get materially worse (a rather herculean assumption perhaps, given the trade tensions along our southern border), we think Canadian stocks could start to finally attract some investor interest.

That's going to require the kind of effort that should have started decades ago, and, at this late hour, a near - Herculean push for major reform.

For me, finding liquid eyeliner that is universally easy to apply has often felt like a near Herculean task.

These are the people whose herculean efforts produced stand - out performances in green this year.

The game has a lot of content, with its PvP mode and Chalice Dungeons in addition to the main story campaign and I find myself chasing the elusive Platinum trophy for this, regardless of the seemingly herculean task that faces me.

The Bulldog has a reputation for being an angry herculean hunter.

Final Fantasy IX's PS4 remaster has «Hail to the King,» a truly Herculean achievement for mastering a difficult minigame.

Another cause of wrist injury, though not as frequent, is striking the ball with herculean force.

In the accompanying text, Pakenham provides humorous anecdotes about the natural and cultural histories of the trees, not to mention the sometimes herculean efforts he made to get up close and personal with them.

But there are more reasons to give your forearms some tough love other than aesthetics — achieving a complete forearm development will not only help you build a look of Herculean power, it will also translate to a maximum grip strength and enable you to work with heavier weights.

It took 12 people to lift the sedated animal, a truly herculean effort.

In contrast to Greek painting and sculpture, in which Herculean sportsmen ran or -LSB-...]

In contrast to Greek painting and sculpture, in which Herculean sportsmen ran or threw javelins, Wheat rewrites art history — depicting female figures in their place, clad in leotards and legwarmers, bending or stretching for their toes.

That sounds like a pretty Herculean task, and only time will tell if DICE can succeed.

Think it would take something herculean for Arsene to lose faith in RvP and B52, especially with 5 senior places spare!

Once the decision was made in 2009 to feature the Alamosaurus at the new facility, Tykoski recalls it was a three - year Herculean effort to get the vertebrae ready for the Museum's debut.

Finishing the original Metroid for NES without emulation or guides is truly among my most herculean gaming achievements.