Sentences with phrase «much of a whimper»

Without much of a whimper, the general public accepted these tests, which increased the esteem of the psychological profession and secured its services in education and industry.

Not exact matches

You might have heard that the American Health Care Act, aka Trumpcare, went out with not so much a bang but a whimper on the floor of the House of Representatives last week (it didn't even get a vote).

Bleeding hearts do throb for heavily weighted undulations of ever to inwardly revolve with not much whimpered bitterness and they will even and always proclaim them not their deadenedness sarcasms.

Last weekend he pulled a muscle in his back so spent much of the time trembling and whimpering in pain.

This was the most dissapointing season for years, struggling in the Champions league, no leadership in the league, beat by a much lesser team in the league cup and bowing out of the FA Cup with a whimper.

Chelsea came with a negative outset but it's all Monreal and testament to the Spaniard that the favourite for PFA Player of the Season was kept largely to a whimper for much of the game — the same can be said to fellow Spaniard, and full back, Bellerin.

Besides, he said when worse things have been uttered by NPP followers, not as much as a whimper is heard from the likes of Rev. Asante.

Charmed by his good looks and Cary Grant - like suave, there isn't much more than a whimper of protest before she's hooked on his arm in an impossible 2 - person mission to stop the Bosnians.

Trials Fusion, the latest installment of the hardcore motorbike - platforming - time - trial - scorechase game from RedLynx is now available, but after two years and much anticipation, it arrives with an uncharacteristic whimper rather than the triumphant engine roar one would expect.

If the peanut gallery can't except that, much like how a stubborn child fails to learn the valuable lessons of a loving parent, so be it, because in the final analysis, history will forget those people: for such individuals are lonely, have no humility, and leave this world not with a bang that, but with a pathetic valueless whimper that contributed nothing to further evolve or nurture the arts in its totality.

The difference between us and our pets is that our pets can't outright tell us that they're in pain - often, the exact opposite is true - they hide all signs of pain as a survival mechanism they developed over thousands of years of evolution to keep weakness hidden from predators and other members of their own colonies, Your pet may tell you in different ways when they are uncomfortable, such as by whining or whimpering, staying too still and showing little interest in what's going on around them, sleeping more than usual, becoming aggressive or intolerant of petting or exercise or even by becoming more active - pacing, circling, wandering - as the pain is too much for them to sit still and rest.

From the first labor pain to the moment of delivery there is much agony and writhing, shouts of «I can't do this anymore» and whimpers of «will this never end.»

Finally, there are deep questions implicating the lack of intergenerational equity in formulating public policy, simply put: why have governments let unpaid internships ascend so rapidly without so much as a whimper.