Sentences with phrase «like valiant»

games like valiant hearts, binding of isaac were good and we want them to continue, but please give us aaa games aswell.

David Mann (Dennis Weaver) is on his way to a meeting with a client way out woop - woop, driving his nice and shiny new red Plymouth (much like the valiant my father used to own) when a short «incident» with a very run down truck triggers off a sequence of events that can only really be described as pre-meditated road rage.

His name sounds like valiant, so you know he's the good guy.

Nevertheless, the new standard may seem like a valiant (a mediocre Plymouth I drove in the 1970s) initiative on the horizon (a truly lousy Plymouth I owned in the 1980s) to make the country a bit less reliant (a crummy Plymouth I somehow avoided) on foreign oil, as well as less polluting and more innovative.

Not exact matches

When we have been valiant and «virtuous» in the struggle (which means we have not eaten anything «sinful»), we know the gates of heaven are at hand (it only feels like hell).

Others, like the ancient Pharisees, prompted by equally noble motives, are making valiant efforts to keep the church structures buoyant and active by winning converts from the lost world as occasion offers.

And like in Jesus» explanation, when the Losers» Club (industrious Ben, jittery Eddie, thoughtful Mike, goofball Richie, methodical Stanley, soulful Bev and valiant Bill) begins dealing with a horror beyond human imagining, they're better equipped for the fight owing to their very youth.

The club is also about it's glorious and honourable history, about the glorious 1930's, the valiant 10 man fight in the 1952 Cup Final, about Herbert Chapman, George Allison, Tom Whittaker, Bob Wall, Joe Mercer, Bertie Mee Frank McLintock, Bob Wilson, Charlie George, Tony Adams, Steve (the disgracefully marginalised by Wenger) Bould, Ray Parlour, Nigel Winterburn, Henry, Bergkamp, Viera and great players AND great people like those.

If they had faced Bayern they would've put up a valiant fight too and not lose on 10 - 2 aggregates like cowards.

Like most other comments before mine, we blew it at home and made it too difficult for ourselves after a valiant 2nd leg effort.

Daws went walkabout, Gallas got back goalside just to admire the view, Dembele made a valiant scramble but failed to get it safe, and only Kyle had the nous to actually * defend *) he made some huge contributions and looked a real leader at the back (likewise against the Hammers)... And just a few weeks ago he looked like he'd lost his mojo.

I have made a valiant effort to provide a balanced diet, homemade yogurt, fruit smoothies, veggies, homemade bone broths and the like.

It's trippier than «Ex Machina,» and Garland makes a valiant go of its concerns, but «Annihilation» feels like a short - story amount of story pulled and twisted into feature length.

But we already know what the monsters look like and how they behave, a mystery that provided much of the original movie's suspense, and although a valiant effort has been made to script a new and unique group of ragtag characters, and good casting choices fill those roles, Predators doesn't feel like a sequel.

Of course, they can't have one nonstop fart to fill the running length with, although they do give it a valiant effort, so they throw in a virtual kitchen sink of random «funny» characters and gags, none of which feel like they belong in this movie.

Unfortunately, Red Sparrow, Jennifer Lawrence's valiant attempt to kickstart a second, potentially lucrative franchise after the billion - dollar grossing Hunger Games series ended three years ago (practically an eternity in Hollywood), feels exactly like the aforementioned, 10 - part torturous, interminable slog.

«The Finest Hours,» based on the true story of the valiant 1952 Coast Guard rescue of a sinking oil tanker off the coast of Massachusetts, splits in two much like the wounded vessel at its heart.

Spectre never tops this spectacular cold open, but it makes a couple of valiant efforts: There's a playful high - speed pursuit down the narrow allies of nighttime Rome, Bond testing his custom ride while long - distance flirting with Moneypenny (Naomie Harris), and a knock - down, drag - out fist fight with a Jaws - like henchman (Dave Bautista, of Guardians Of The Galaxy fame) aboard a speeding train.

We've seen plenty of valiant attempts at ousting established high - end vehicles like the aforementioned Bimmer and Jag, most of which fail.

In a sharp, deadpan voice, witty, valiant Lucia recounts her misadventures setting fires in a Robin Hood — like protest against the ruling class.

I like the overall concept of the Xperia PLAY — one of the only companies in the world that could pull off a pure gaming handset is Sony Ericsson — and this is a valiant first effort in the space.

Today, thanks to the valiant efforts of amazing authors like Konrath and of the astonishing and farsighted efforts of the good folks at Amazon (and Smashwords and others) the Royals don't get the final word.

Thanks to the valiant efforts of businesses like Florblanca and the people of Costa Rica, there is an abundance of a Pura Vida to be shared by locals and tourist like me, for which I'm grateful.

That's a shame, since it does a valiant effort of replicating the experience you'd usually find in games like Advance Wars and Military Madness.

A valiant warrior, much like the Paladin from Diablo II, the Crusader wields a specialized shield, and most of their skills focus around using that shield for both defense and offense, including a shield throw that bounces of multiple enemies like that of a certain star - spangled captain of note (as a side note, it can also be argued that this move was taken from the Paladin class in World of Warcraft.

Like any respectable role - playing game, valiant decisions don't always pigeonhole players into easily identifiable groupings - classifications are based of views of control, power, and lawfulness rather that simple diametrical views of good or evil.

The fact that primary sources were becoming freely accessible through valiant teams like BAILII and others was entirely co-incidental; and very welcome.

It's a valiant effort for Apple's first stereo phone, but even mid-rangers like the Alcatel Idol 4S handily give the iPhone a run for its money.

Still, while they don't compare directly to the AirPods, the Pixel Buds make a valiant attempt at staking their own ground, offering intuitive tap controls and some impressive features to set them apart from the crowd, like real - time translation.

You can see it any time you're on the underground, with the valiant iPhone owner tapping away in between the screen cracks, or with company initiatives like HTC's Uh Oh Protection that guarantees a straight device swap for a broken screen in the first year of ownership.

Most passengers looked at us with squinted eyes (the «evil eye» as I like to call it), but as we neared our seats the choir students broke out into cheers and clapping for our valiant and successful effort.