Sentences with phrase «hit a wall against»

I didn't find it uncommon to hit a wall against the game's most challenging creatures, but thankfully by the time I did I had unlocked new abilities that allowed me to explore more of the world.

Not exact matches

For the past three years, the Mirzas say they feel as if they have been hitting their heads against the wall.

According to Nava, the two men then grabbed Nava's jaw to keep him from screaming and repeatedly punched him and hit his head against the wall.

According to the memos, techniques included waterboarding, walling (hitting a detainee repeatedly against a wall), facial holds and slaps, stress positions, sleep deprivation, and releasing insects into a confinement box.

Yup, I know that feeling of hitting your head against a brick wall trying to make it a lifestyle change.

I need a new wall to hit my head against mine has crumbled

In Game 2, Beal finally ran out of fumes, and hit the same wall that Wall hit last year in Game 7 against Boswall that Wall hit last year in Game 7 against BosWall hit last year in Game 7 against Boston.

As they do well against bottom 2 lines with more OZ starts, you can start mixing them more challenging minutes, but there's always the option to pull back if they hit a wall and can't handle it rather than ruining their confidence.

We are in real need to move in a new direction, but we'll opt to hit our heads against the same wall we've been trying to break for 10 years.

I agree about them not getting the decision in the second half, but Giroud should have won a penalty, you know just before we got that free kick which Sanchez hit against the wall.

My first technique was just hitting it as hard as I could against any of the four walls and hoping for the best.

Later, Captain Jonah would hit Alex Merritt for a TD and it would be 9 - 0 for the # 12 seed... With their backs up against the wall, Team Gerszonovicz needed to make some plays or they'd be heading home..

In extreme cases, the abuse involves hitting a child's head against a hard object, like the wall or the floor.

They may attack themselves by hitting their heads against the floor or wall, biting themselves, or holding their breath.

If I were working with a Chartwells [another huge food service management company], I'd be hitting my head against the wall.

For years, Cuomo has been hitting his head against the wall on getting a real state teacher - rating system.

(CNN)-- Ohio gubernatorial candidate John Kasich is going on the defensive in his first campaign ad, hitting back against Democratic efforts to portray him as a former Wall Street big wig.

Broglio is studying the use of HITS as part of his research on concussions, typically caused when a violent blow to the head causes the brain to slide forcefully against the inner wall of the skull.

Another 15 admitted to «abuse» in a more general sense, which could have involved striking the child or hitting it against a wall or floor.

Set up right against the bar and push your hips and hams back as if they were trying to hit a wall behind them.

The creative process is pretty much the same: Some days the spark, colors, and bright ideas just flow, and other days it's like hitting my head against a wall.

Then fold the rack open, hit the weights, fold it back against the wall and pull back into the garage.

Usage: Throw against the wall to hit a target or use for medicine ball workouts like squats, sit - ups, twists and more; Not meant to be used for slam ball exercise routines as it will damage the ball

Anyway, I leaned up against the wall and pulled my knees up toward my chest propping myself up across from my crush, suddenly the teacher pulled me out into the hall quickly and explained that I needed to sit in a more ladylike manor while wearing a dress and it hit me that, I was so enthralled, I totally didn't notice I was flashing the entire class my underpants..

Ok, I hit my head against the wall thinking, Which movie should I dismember first?

► A man suffering from radiation poisoning coughs and gasps in bed and has a nightmare at night that causes him to shake and hit the headboard against the wall as he wails.

Granted, this series isn't the most hard - charging action spectacle around, but the wizards do remarkable damage with their backs against the wall, like an asthmatic kid stepping up to the plate and hitting a home run.

► A man shoots another man repeatedly and he falls over a landing and snaps his neck when he hits the floor below (we see the twisted body with a lot of blood pooling on the floor); a man is shot in the head and we see blood splatter on the walls around him, another man is shot in the arm and a man is shot repeatedly against a wall splattered with blood.

I eventually hit a hard wall against the steel elder dragon Kushala Daora.

The two stars feature in the hard - hitting Against the Wall film, which Belafonte co-produced for his social group Sankofa.org, which is attempting to help raise awareness about preventable violence.

And dealing with immortal beings in the movies always comes down to who can hit or knock the other against stone walls the hardest.

Violence: Characters are kidnapped, kicked, punched, beaten, threatened with guns, shot, hit with metal rods, slammed against the wall and stabbed with a pair of scissors.

From within means to be self - managed, self - financed, to move a lot, to hit much against the walls and against the government, and fight what does not leave you neither in, nor out.

You hit the ball against the wall, and can accurately predict the return path of the ball.

The other segments of the show can be tense — there is an obstacle course segment, where the contestants are racing against each other and also the clock, and another segment where they hit each other with sponge - ended paddles, both of which can be extremely exciting, especially if the contest is a close one, evenly matched and with much at stake — but this part, with the wall climbing, is too disturbing.

Russell is the international bestselling author of Fatal Exchange, a groundbreaking genre - blending thriller set against the counter-culture backdrop of New York's gritty underground, The Geronimo Breach, an action / intrigue / thriller set in Panama, the bestsellingZero Sum trilogy of Wall Street thrillers — Kotov Syndrome, Focal Point and Checkmate (which hit # 15 on Amazon's top 100 free books), The Delphi Chronicle trilogy (The Manuscript, The Tortoise & The Hare and Phoenix Rising), the epic assassination thriller King of Swords, and its prequel, Night of the Assassin, and The Voynich Cypher.

Around the globe authors are exploring opportunities — some are succeeding, others are hitting their heads against brick walls...»

The downside is that if you have a long cat, he / she may not be very comfortable in the litter box and if he sprays, his spray may hit against the wall of the unit.

Not knowing that I could convert to CF when I closed the CSF last month, I now wanted to hit my head against the wall!!

I eventually hit a hard wall against the steel elder dragon Kushala Daora.

In Destiny it has always been the way that when you hit the end game content you find yourself up against a wall of missions and activities that require you to meet up and join with people you know in order to compete.

While the concept is sound, actually playing SuperHyperCube is like hitting your head against the wall.

The Wii U can still pull off enough power against the Xbox 720 and PS4, but at some point, developers will hit a brick wall and it won't be able to keep up (cross format games).

Fiery Whirl can hit your target for a maximum of 8 times depending on position, target size and freedom of movement: if used against a wall your enemies will take all hits.

I started hitting the ball against my own wall in order to increase momentum, and then would fire it at my opponent.

A work by Robert Mangold against fabric - covered walls in the Family Dining Room hits the perfect note.

Absolutely impeccable logic in its awful way, and I think it goes to support Stefano's comment that «debates against AGW always hit a brick wall.»

They don't do so smoothly, but bump up against the wall, hitting hard, then bouncing off equally hard.

While lawyers not familiar with the intricate claim process are likely to hit a wall in their case, our lawyers boast substantial experience, having handled bus accident cases against both the government and third - party companies.

Late paying clients are also proving a real problem for barristers, which means a barrister's cash - flow can hit extreme peaks and troughs throughout the year — if a tax bill hits during a trough, many barristers could find their backs against a wall.»