Sentences with phrase «in spurts»

Nesting usually comes in spurts of wanting to get things ready for your baby by cleaning, finishing up the nursery, shopping for baby items, washing up new baby clothes or other preparations which have been put off.

We're under the impression that working hard to meet our goals means working all the time when, in reality, the most productive people work in spurts of focus with breaks in - between to enjoy a healthy lunch, take a run or hit the gym, read or just sit and think.

I seem to go in spurts with using our panini press... I sometimes forget all about it, but then when I use it I'm quickly reminded what an awesome little appliance it is.

Hicks» has a horrible injury history and Kendricks is best played in spurts.

The Lone Ranger is undeniably fun in spurts (and features unexplained, offbeat elements like mad cannibal rabbits and a cross-dressing henchman), but it's also another example of its maker's wild propensity for indulgence, clocking in at 149 minutes and featuring its share of ostentatious flourishes, like a joke of a transition that sees a desert scene become a ripply glass of drug - spiked water.

We're going to have to do a lot of things defensively, that we've done in spurts, but we've got to do it with more consistency.

The reason it works: especially for intermediate and advanced lifters, muscle growth happens in spurts.

For my part, I like to work in spurts of great intensity, during which I work all - out for several weeks at a time.

They may be rare or completely absent from nearby spots, and they often are slow - growing and their numbers grow only in spurts.

I'll buy this, probably on day one, but I still haven't finished the first one because I've been playing it on Elite difficulty (I usually just play on normal, but something compelled me to start it on Elite, I du n no why) in spurts here and there.

But I went with Kenny G. Think he showed in spurts what he can do.

Demand is growing rapidly at the beginning of the year, resulting in a spurt in inventory movement that is typically not seen until March or April.

Aside from the lack of eye movement, manufactured smiles can be detected by their controlled manner and the fact they tend to linger longer than the real deal, which appear in spurts.

Akpom however has impressed in spurts, and at 21 still holds more than enough potential to believe that there could still be a future for him at Arsenal.

Our alone time comes in spurts between planned playdates with her friends and during her sister's limited nap time.

Be warned, while it is darkly funny in spurts, this is a sad, depressing film about family and keeping ones kid's sheltered for too long.

The plot moves forward in spurts like a taxi going crosstown in Manhattan.

I write in spurts.

The rain comes in spurts in the populated areas.

We believe MWW is capable of growth in spurts, but it remains to be seen whether the company can produce durable growth as Monster works to overcome competitive pressures.

One thing I did try, really in a spurt of laziness since it was already on the counter, was to make it in a blender rather than my Cuisinart as I typically do.

Pumping can be used to relieve pain, but should only be used in spurts when doing such.

«We need to compete consistently, and not in spurts,» says McCallie.

In the diagram above, we can see that a trending market tends to move in spurts, moving in the direction of the trend and then stalling to take a breath before another leg in the direction of the trend.

The company hires in spurts, resorting first to overtime to handle sales growth.

Most people we come across are motivated in spurts.

Some businesses make sales in spurts but fail to find consistency, at least at first.

Aggie, Isn't it annoying that, even though you cook in spurts, the family seems to want to eat every single day, even multiple times?

I agree playing Derrick White in spurts but he's still inexperienced as heck.

Brandon Sampson, who played for the first time in a month after spraining an ankle, scored five points in the spurt as LSU went ahead 44 - 15.

Shawn Green (42 home runs, 109 RBIs) has carried the team offensively, though in spurts.

I'm bullish on the future for Brissett, who played with a natural calm in college and in spurts during the preseason.

Thought being that we stay bad and halfheartedly «showcase» Niko in spurts without really hurting the tank.

We used zone defense effectively in spurts because it makes them think twice about penetrating to dish for the open three.

This is a series full of memorable games and has been dominated in spurts.

The dual holding midfielders in the Schmetzer 4 -2-3-1 formation seems to really fit his skillset, allowing him to work off of Alonso in the middle while still getting forward to support in spurts.

Once you see your milk starting to come out in spurts instead of just a few drops, you can switch to the expression phase of pumping.

For babies, this means a lot of sleep in spurts.

Poll watchers said voters came to the library in spurts by late afternoon.

The presence of warm dust implies that it formed very recently, perhaps in spurts, as chemically enriched material from the two stellar winds collides at different points, mixes, flows away, and cools.

What's more, throwing in spurts of extra exercise can bump up your burn to a whopping 600 calories an hour.

I practiced yoga on and off in spurts, recognizing how much better I felt when I was on my mat, and then not making time when my schedule seemed to take over (and when, arguably, I needed my mat the most).