Sentences with phrase «keep going through the motions»

There's a lot of this going around (i.e., Christians looking at their faith, at their Church and at their local churches & recognize they can no longer keep going through the motions of Business As Usual).

They didn't adjust their gameplan, they didn't start to chase the game, they just sorta kept going through the motions as if they didn't want to be there, but they knew they couldn't just walk away because that's not how sports games work.

Not exact matches

This creates better knowledge retention and keeps people engaged more than a large group setting where it's easy to just blend in and go through the motions.

For Barnhart, having to keep the outbreak of violence in Oklahoma City before him helped keep him «from just going through the motions.

But mostly it was just going through the motions, in my mind I kept telling myself that I knew better, and that science had ruled out the need for God.

Uncle Joe may have gone to church faithfully every Sunday, marched against gay marriage and did all the other things people are supposed to do within his Christian community, but he could have secretly been a serial killer, or just going through the motions of keeping up appearances.

I can see these Alabama players just going through the motions a bit and all in all for Michigan State to be the far more motivated squad and the team with a chip on its shoulder after being kept out of the BCS.

Their record in Manchester is shabby, as have been some of their recent displays against the 19 - time champions of England, but the Gunners will care less about their underachieving past — this has been a week where they've had too defy the critics, sceptics and plenty of damning statistics in order to keep the haters off their back, and they're prepared to go through the motions all over again on Sunday, when they'll be targeting their first league win over United in Manchester since 2006.

You know there's a thriving, happy, loving person hiding somewhere inside of you, but you can't find her anywhere because you can barely keep your eyes open — you're just going through the motions of the day like a robot.

If that thing isn't something that would really keep you up at night, then why are you going through the motions?

Gently squeeze your shoulder blades together to keep your chest open as you go through this motion.

Instead of just mindlessly going through the motions when you hit the bedroom, successful couples keep bringing new energy, she says.

Make sure to keep a full grip on the staff and do not let go with either finger; it is better to initially perform this exercise through a partial range of motion with a full grip and eventually work up to the full range of motion then to cheat by releasing fingers.

I wasn't expecting to fall this hard for Coachella, but after getting a taste last week and then really going through the motions this past weekend, I can see why so many people keep coming back like it's a bad relationship.

I was going through the motions of keeping up my profile, answering emails, etc..

Well, a fair few probably go through the motions, but we mean genuinely able to keep each other amused and aroused for long stretches of isolation.

I can not imagine any men who behave like this can keep a woman around for more than five minutes, even if offered countless thousands upon thousands a month unless they are escorts going through the motions just so they can leave.

Stewart plays out the film as if it were a traditional «haunted house» film, but because we already know it is about alien life, we merely watch the characters go through predictable motions until the story catches up with what we already surmise, and the only things keeping viewers reeled in are basic questions such as, «why are they doing this?»

A feel - good movie in a positive way, The World's Fastest Indian might go through predictable motions in telling this true story, but it does manage to keep the interest going at full speed.

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Sony is going through the motions at this point and keeping in - line with their yearly product release cycle.

Despite its own rather repetitive nature the many varied locales manage to keep things fun even though you're going through the same motions, and it has a strange, compelling rhythm that kept me playing for hours on end.

The narrative of the story is really what keeps things going, but at times I almost just wanted to see how things played out instead of having to go through the motions of a police work day.

However, if you play your cards right, you just keep getting more and more powerful with the result that I'm guessing most people will start to feel overpowered before the game is over, at which point, you're just going through the motions trying to finish things off with no real challenge from anything other than maybe the occasional boss.

Dungeon exploration can tend to be fairly repetitive, as can combat encounters if you strive to defeat every single enemy on the field and go through the same motions over and over (most standard attack animations play out the same with minimal flair to keep things exciting).

A special thank you goes to Marlo Greer who worked with Steve Shapiro on this case through settlement of the wrongful death claim, and to Amanda Pfeil who handled legal arguments, motions and jury instructions, to Amy Rogers who spent hundreds of hours on deposition summaries and motions and to Melissa Winthers who kept our firm afloat and well managed in the absence of all of its other lawyers!