Sentences with phrase «like going through the motions»

It's like going through the motions knowing it wouldn't make a difference any way.

If the film proper feels a bit like going through the motions, Sony's Blu - ray is an example of going through the extra mile and then some, for they reward the series» faithful following with one jam - packed disc.

It feels too much like going through the motions, but in HD this time.

The lack of shooting also makes each time you're chased in a vehicle feel like going through the motions; wait for traffic light, slam the square button, and repeat.

Halo was exhausting itself by the time «Halo: Reach» showed up, and despite Halo and Gears of War being handed to new studios, it largely felt like going through the motions.

If you do not feel like going through the motions and earning the bucks then you can purchase a separate in - game currency which can be used in the same roles as bucks.

But until then both exploration and some battles feel like going through the motions in a «kinda sorta» tutorial way.»

Whenever you lose a ball, you might as well just quit (or more like go through the motions of intentionally losing the rest of your lives since you can't manually pause and quit or restart) because you'll soon find out that the game has become impassable.

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More important, in the great times when I feel like I am just going through the motions, I am reminded by Fred's example to always strive to find a more eloquent or efficient strategy.

Your rate of learning decreases, and all of a sudden it seems like you're just going through the motions.

There's women who I'd bleed for, who look numb and empty and who are going through the brave motions because you've just got to do the next thing even when nothing feels like it's changing anything.

Or the times when I go through the motions — caring for the poor, showing hospitality, fellowshipping with believers, praying, reading Scripture, trying to live like Jesus — to find that there is redemption in the motions themselves, that taking a step of faith does not necessarily require a desire to move.

But Bible thumpers will twist any atrocity, like toying with Abraham to get him to go through the motions of killing his own son, into a virtue.

Unless a maturing faith is found, the person either leaves the ministry or by middle age is like a salesman going through the motions of peddling a product in which he does not believe.

Finally it threw me into a pool of like - minded people who are either going through the same motions as I currently am or have survived their post-grad experiences.

Man city are far from their best and even so there is no hunger from our players... Add the inevitable mistakes from the usual suspects and it looks like we are just going through the motions with no real desire... Any team with mustafi and xhaka as guaranteed starters has left the top flight in my books... The only positive we are still one nil down I would prefer to see some kind of attacking effort in second half and loose by 3 than this kind of blandness

Bellerin has had an iffy two last seasons, this one he was bad way too often, also the other season when fans turned on him it was like he was going through the motions.

And the players that did play seemed to be going through the motions like us but they got punished with a shocking loss at home.

Now he has his tail between his legs, he will resign, go through the motions, like Arshavin, then get a free and a last contract in Turkey or China.

I for one and been a fan for 60 yrs have never seen a team like the present, that just goes through the motion.

i say attack a lot because i think this team plays much better when they're not going through the motions on offense and passing the ball around like a hot potato.

Instead our team look like they are going through the motions and as Alan Shearer suggested before the international break that usually means that they are ready for him to move on.

It feels like the club is just going through the motions these days, because no one within the club really cares whether we win, lose, or draw.

Not making excuses, but it was like WF were thrilled to be there and really wanted the game, and the Ags were just going through the motions.

Its almost like you cant question him on that, every single time our team goes through the motions we just have to sit back till the 70th minute for the substitutions.

it seems to me that players like Debuchy, Elneny, Walcott, Wilshere, Holding and even Giroud have just given up on ever being first - choice players again and are just going through the motions.

We are standing way off and allowing them space and its starting with Bentdner up front who is trotting around goin through the motions, youd think he would have a point to prove but it looks like he thinks the ball is going to fall on a plate for him.

i can see wot you mean ice, there all like minded and all the same type player, evenin how easily they get injured, its mad... but im not sure where we would put def minded players in a system that has served us wel thus far, i just think the players we hav did nt work hard enough to getbehind the ball yesterday and alot of it was left to song whod been on intern duty and had travelled halfway round the world to get home, like i said i was hugely dissapointed with nasri, ros and ramsey who i felt did nt put in a shift worthy of beating such a resolute opponent, even AW was exasperated after the game and offered no excuse just that you cant expect to win games / leagues on this performance... when we go down i these games its always the same, with a whimper... there were 15 mins left when we conceded and you could be sure utd and chelsea woulda got their equaliser but we simply cant re-raise our game when wer only going through the motions in these games

On the half hour it had been a lacklustre performance by United who had not created anything since the Rooney effort at the start of the half and honestly looked like they were just going through the motions as news had come through that Arsenal were up 3 - 0 so fourth position would be the best United could finish.

Scholes said: «Since he has been there you can not doubt his quality but at times he looks like he is going through the motions, however much ground he covers.

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 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.

I follow the «wake / feed / sleep» schedule, but I feel like it's a futile attempt since he's just going through the motions for naptime and not actually getting any sleep!!!!!

I felt numb, like I was just going through the motions, thinking about all those woman I know who just LOVED breastfeeding and motherhood, realising that I was not one of them.

«Many in the community feel like Congressman Meeks is just going through the motions and has lost his connection to the community,» Achille said.

«Leaves are cantilevered like diving boards and they go through harmonic motion [when struck], so you have to calculate the initial deflection and orientation, and then consider how does that leaf rebound and can the gecko still stay attached,» Niklas said.

By now your legs will be burning like hell, so if you can't go through a full range of motion on every rep, go for half reps on the last two sets.

Nothing adds insult to injury like getting a half - baked, pseudo-apology from someone you know is only going through the motions.

Have you ever tried to workout on an empty stomach and felt like you were just «going through the motions»?

Trying to control sugar cravings without addressing insulin resistance is like learning to swim without getting in the water: you're only going through the motions, not developing any lasting change.

Then we're going to go down, same grip all the way through and feel that same motion like you're pulling with this left hand, big stretch in the right shoulder.

The very very last thing that I add in and sometimes it can be a good 12 - 15 weeks before I add in this component is chronic competitive motion where it's okay, we're actually going out to go on a bike ride or swim or run or something that is metabolic conditioning roadwork because that's the stuff in someone that is overtrained who often times has their parasympathetic nervous system really really beat up you know, if you test their heart rate variability, the number called there high frequency is really really consistently low you know usually because there are triathletes or marathoners that's more often I'm dealing with those people with adrenal fatigue than I am with like a cross fitter who's kind of an opposite sympathetic nervous system fatigue issue but with those parasympathetic nervous fatigue, the last thing we add back in is the swimming and the biking and the running because it's important to realize that when you're trying to recover from adrenal fatigue or overtraining, even if you're doing like an easy swim or an easy bike ride or an easy run, if you're a triathlete or a marathoner or a swimmer or a cyclist, those easy sessions send a message to your body that you're training, that you're running from a lion and you still get that hormonal depletion and it's so easy for you to just turn into a depletion session and so that's the very very last thing that I'll add back in so that's kinda like the crow's eye view of you know, the type of things that I'll implement in a program for overtraining recovery, you know and you know, this is something that people hire me to walk them through.

I felt like a shell of myself, going numb through the motions of life.

Ruthless Mobility is a video workshop that goes into detail on the anatomical, physiological and hands - on methods that work best to dramatically increase range of motion through the most commonly affected joints like the hips, thoracic spine, and shoulders.

Day after day I felt like I was going through the same motions on repeat.

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.

Finding a relationship should be a conscious decision — being proactive means, for Steinberg, that people «see their dating experiences as purposeful instead of just feeling like they are going through the motions».

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.

Now here we have the same two actors — actors we like, actors who are good to look at, actors who work easily together — and the same directorial hand at the helm, and they just seem to be going through the motions.

The most rewarding way to watch Water for Elephants is to focus on the sideshow of costumes and craftsmanship, because the romance in the center ring smells like trained animals going through the motions.