Sentences with phrase «much of a jolt»

That would be pretty cool, though not as much of a jolt as Titanic life.
I had forgotten how much of a jolt it is to start afresh on Shakespeare's language when you've been out of it for a while.
The second accident was minor and she «did not experience much of a jolt», and the car accident did not alter her pre-existing symptoms and did not suffer any physical disability.

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A few hours later, after drifting into the sleepy, dazed state she was in for much of her hospital stay, she woke with a jolt and proclaimed she was the country singer the Zac Brown Band.
Don't overcomplicate it when it comes to exercising — even a 20 - minute walk can provide a much - needed jolt of happiness.
The flurry of activity has given a much - needed jolt to the Navy Yard, which has been in a slumber for decades.
The gas market saw a jolt at the end of December and in early January due to extremely cold temperatures across much of the U.S..
Mr Speaker, much has been said of compensation for the Australian live animal export industry and yes, the Government should help the industry deal with the current moratorium's commercial jolt.
But the simple fact that he can play above - average defense immediately jolts him past some of his peers, and I'd imagine he'll find a much better balance of the two sides in the coming years.
They make my room feel so much more serene, and I'm no longer jolted awake in the middle of the night by an errant car horn.
Sometimes, the right piece — a smoothing, high - waisted slip or seamless underwear that disappears under every dress — can give you a jolt of confidence without too much hassle.
Do you like the jolt of color or is it way to much for you?
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo move their many playing pieces around with as much grace as possible, and they offer up jolts of pleasure throughout.
While J.J. Abrams gave a much - needed jolt of energy to the franchise with M: I 3, Mission: Impossible thrives when it takes the complex action of spy life and weaves into a smoothly - paced adventure.
Based on Joyce Carol Oates's novel Lives of the Twins (written under the pseudonym Rosamond Smith), Ozon's L'Amant double is a fantastical, steamy sex thriller that gave critics here a much - needed jolt of humor late in this festival.
The final twists pack a nice jolt, but I couldn't take them seriously: They remind me of nothing so much as a silly narrative stunt from «Days of Our Lives» circa 2003 — which makes sense, considering the MCU has become Hollywood's most endlessly renewable big - screen soap opera.
Even with the much - discussed departure of Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, this film had all the potential to be the quirky and charismatic jolt of energy that the franchise needed to stave off the fatigue it's been plagued with increasingly the past few years of dolling out one overfamiliar entry after the next.
When the film moves away from the barracks and back to Bill's family home in its last — and best — section, Vanessa Kirby, as Bill's flouncy sister, brings to the proceedings a much - needed jolt of adrenaline.
The question of the needs of the few outweighing the needs of the many, a question that leads to situational ethics vs following regulations, good intentions subverted by both secrets and lies, plus a dash of Nietzsche, provides a sophisticated element that tantalizes the synapses as much as the action provides a substantial adrenalin jolt.
That's as much as can be disclosed from the nasty, well - knotted script by James Greer and Jonathan Bernstein (upping their game slightly from the Jackie Chan vehicle «The Spy Next Door»), before proceedings tumble into a writhing snake pit of melodramatic reversals and vintage B - movie jolts — some chilly, some silly, but all held together with defiant, dug - in credibility by Foy.
British action director Matthew Vaughn («Layer Cake») gave the series a much - needed jolt of adrenaline with this prequel, taking us back to the beginning of the story and showing how a young Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) joined forces before tragically parting ways and pursuing differing philosophies.
Things are getting serious now as movies designed to jolt the brain as much as the blood pressure are set to hit the big screen, many of them already earning OSCAR buzz.
Rufus Norris adapts Alecky Blythe's and Adam Cork's stage musical, London Road, for the big screen, and the result is a jolt of much - needed electricity into a dreadfully deflated genre.
It certainly has an interesting turn of events, and the unexpected macabre nature seems to come out of nowhere, but aside from a jolt or two, there's not much there to take the film from being more than just okay.
First, as shown in the JOLTS data, public schools have much lower rates of job openings, hire rates, quit rates, and voluntary and involuntary separations than every industry except the federal government.
Past experience gives reason to doubt that much milder versions of the system will deliver the same jolt.
A windshield chip is made of thousands of micro cracks and a strong jolt or extreme temperature change can turn it into a much larger crack.
As such, large jolts are unavoidable and uncomfortable, but smaller surface changes are dealt with in a no fuss manner; the dampers rapidly absorbing undulations with the prowess of a much larger, more expensive vehicle.
It's even more comfortable on smaller wheels, as larger alloys do cause some harsher jolts from the rear axle over more severe bumps, but that's not too much of a surprise given that the Disco has been designed to carry seven people and luggage.
But thanks to an engine that delivers much of its power when it is turning at just 3,000 rpm, the RS feels fast, delivering nice jolts of torque from a standing start.
Much to our delight, the new twin - disk clutch eases the effort of actuating the left pedal, and driveline jolts are cut down by a dual - mass flywheel.
Nevertheless, that first birthday, when Jude had bounced into the Savoy Grill with Ramsey gliding beside her — it was already late enough in a marriage that was really just a big, well - meaning mistake that her clasp of his hand could only have been for show — Irina met the tall man's gray - blue eyes with a jolt, a tiny touching of live wires that she subsequently interpreted as visual recognition, and later — much later — as recognition of another kind.
- rebeccar Anachronism Much like the scene in the movie [i] Somewhere in Time [/ i] where Christopher Reeve's character finds the modern day coin in his pocket and is jolted out of the past, there was one anachronism for me on page 144 when there's a joking reference to... - rebeccar Compare and contrast the gifts Meridian receives from Alden and from Clay.
I simply can not stop laughing!!!! Thank you very much for the healthy jolts to the heart because of your response.
When the markets are pricing in something like continued perfection, sometimes it doesn't take much to jolt them out of what is an unstable equilibrium.
although the normal household current of 120 volts may not seem like much, it is enough to give your puppy quite a jolt and can potentially be fatal.
When things get too much for Hundred Knight, players can activate the ability to call upon the «Third Eye,» a jolt of status boost for your little knight.
In a wonderfully bold curatorial move, San Francisco's Legion of Honor challenges its own collection of traditional, European art by giving it a much - needed jolt of contemporary criticism.
We're happy to report that the patent system is getting a much need jolt of sanity, in the form of a clear Supreme Court ruling affirming a basic, but sometimes forgotten, principle: laws of nature, and obvious methods of working with them, are not patentable.
The letter was a much - needed jolt of life for cryptocurrency investors, who have endured a string of negative news, including the recent announcement that Twitter will be banning cryptocurrency ads.
Do you like the jolt of color or is it way to much for you?
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