Sentences with phrase «n't eke»

Even before the remap, Smart recommended 97 octane or above for its baby sports car; even with fairly restrained driving I couldn't eke out more than 250 miles from the 7.7 - gallon tank, averaging about 34mpg.

Or should I exercise till I can't eke out even a single rep even with bad form?

Once youâ $ ™ ve completed your reps at that weight, grab a weight that is about â... «less than what you were using, and pump out 10 - 12 more reps.. This «drop set» will allow you to push beyond what you were able to achieve with the higher weight, just when you thought you couldn't eke out any more reps.

A middle linebacker with the New York Giants, Carson was a celebrated defensive football player, smart and agile, selected for the Pro Bowl even during years his team couldn't eke out a winning season.

Tilby and Forbis may have experience being appreciated by Oscar, but they still haven't eked a win and I doubt they will with this flawed effort.

Not exact matches

Don't say anything to someone you wouldn't want everyone to hear; don't spread malicious rumours you can't verify; and use gossip to eke out weaknesses in order to improve them, not exploit them.

Not only are there numerous highly valued tech companies looking for an exit, economic fundamentals remain moderately strong in the U.S., which has been eking out economic gains since late 2009.

So far rivals have not shown an ability to take advantage of Bloomberg's missteps; the company has continued to eke out additional market share even as its terminal sales have slowed to 1 % annual growth the past two years.

Then make peace with them not doing the stuff they hate, or at the very least eking by with it.

While U.S. stocks managed to eke out modest gains last week, it wasn't without some violent swings along the way.

«On - time payments are a huge aspect of having healthy credit,» says Joshua Eke, business development manager, Factor Funding Co. «Lenders will use this to determine whether or not you are a responsible borrower and evaluate your financial responsibility.»

«Most lenders won't report late payments until it's 30 days or more past due,» Eke says.

They can use those tools to eke out real competitive advantages against rivals that haven't embraced the new capabilities.

We try to be virtuous enough to eke our way into the Kingdom — should there prove to be one — but our righteousness is lived so as not to squander this life's pleasure potential in case there is no Kingdom.

His name is Paterson, the town he lives in is named Paterson and he dislikes poems that rhyme, oddly enough, in what is one of the most critically praised films of the year that didn't manage to eke a nomination.

But am I just human enough to not be able to fully comprehend heaven and, therefore, be afraid of saying goodbye to my sweet wife, daughters, friends, homebrewing, crisp fall air, laughing so hard I cry, happy little existence that I've eked out?

Or the theft of a meager flock, by which a shepherd eked out a literal hand - to - mouth existence, could easily result in intense suffering from malnutrition for the shepherd and his family, always undernourished at best, if not in the actual loss of one or more members of the family.

Just a note — the word you want is «eke» not «eek».

«But if you know what you're doing and stick with it, you can eke out a living — assuming, of course, you don't lose your entire crop to the virus.»

(Ekes, that is just not right!!).

If you see them, don't hold back — you can scale this recipe up and eke some more runway out of their season.

not just that the motivation is missing but the same weaknesses fans have been talking about for three years are still plain to see... we might even eke a win today but so f ****** what he does nt have a top team that can win shit still

This is not quite enough to eke out a healthy profit — but is a bias that should be noted (and we'll use this to our advantage below!).

His Fighting Illini were dreadful in 2012, falling to 2 - 10 and 107th in the F / + rankings, but they surged back to 4 - 8 and 74th in 2013, and with new bodies at quarterback, receiver, and throughout the defense, they not only held steady in the rankings last year (78th) but also eked out bowl eligibility.

The 2014 team that was winning, but not impressing the numbers, eked out a Playoff bid with seven one - possession wins (five against teams that went 8 - 5 or worse) but got embarrassed.

Caballero would not be a long - term fix for Benítez or Newcastle but, if he wanted to eke out the last of his playing career, it would be the best move for all parties.

A win for Palace here and I think they will feel they are likely to be safe and I think given their form and the return of Wilfried Zaha, I think they will go to Vicarage Road and eke out a narrow win here, though perhaps not as dramatically as they did at Selhurst Park earlier in the season.

Back when you were their age, both parents didn't have to work outside the home to eke out a survivable income.

This should not be misconstrued as withdrawing of troops earmarked for Exercise Egwu Eke II.

Director, Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, explained that the military operations — Egwu Eke II and Crocodile Smile II — like the earlier operations, were not targeted at «any particular ethnic group or group of individuals».

The Chairman of ENSIEC, Dr. Mike Ajogwu (SAN) had while declaring the results of the Saturday, November 4 Local Government Elections announced that the PDP won all the 17 chairmanship seats and 258 councillorship positions, stating that elections did not hold in Eke and Obioma wards.

Democratic strategist Jim Manley, a former spokesman Senate Democratic Leader Harry ReidHarry Mason ReidMcConnell not yet ready to change rules for Trump nominees The Hill's Morning Report — Sponsored by CVS Health — Trump's love - hate relationship with the Senate Trump to press GOP on changing Senate rules MORE (Nev.), said he believes Clinton will ultimately eke out a victory in Nevada because the state is «tailor - made for her» with its large population of minority voters.

But Sen. Harry Reid managed to eke out a victory, and Schumer's ascendance to the majority leader's post appears not to be.

The court should eke out the details of the sordid allegations that should not lie concealed.

Eke, who is from Bende LGA in Abia State, pointed out that she had not called her estranged husband to inform him about the development, adding that she was not sure if her husband was aware of the stolen child.

We already know that bacteria which can not communicate are far less virulent, but no less successful at eking out a living, than their communicating brethren.

You might not expect it from a sport that evolved out of bootleggers racing their moonshine down twisty Appalachian roads, but modern racing teams use computational fluid dynamics simulations, wind tunnels, and the highly technical know - how of engineers to eke milliseconds out of each driver's lap time.

Quite simply, the first farmers were not very successful at eking out a living from the land, and their grain - heavy diet was deficient in protein and vitamins — critical for fueling growth of the body and brain.

«There isn't a human alive today that can ever win a game anymore against the full program,» Schaeffer says — although he does leave open the possibility that a person could eke out a draw in the unlikely event that she played a perfect game.

On a good day, I could eke out maybe eight push - ups max — and they weren't pretty.

Whether you need to eke out those last few burpees or sprint a little faster, let their words inspire you to reach goals you didn't even think to set.

«Into the Wild» didn't make me want to eke out a living in an abandoned bus, but it did make me yearn — just a little bit — for my younger, less cynical days when there was nothing but open road ahead, and such a journey would not have been out of the realm of possibility.

However they had to eke out a fourth film, and in turn it was a tired, lazy affair that simply doesn't pay off for the audience looking for something wonderful to watch.

A slickly constructed thriller, Don't Breathe is a single - concept film that ekes every possible idea out of its premise.

Ford has never met a nude scene he hasn't loved, and the movie aches to eke out emotion via juxtaposing style and beauty with the dregs of depravity.

If Moore wasn't so in front, and if Cotillard's surprise win didn't please anyone, Witherspoon could have eked out a win.

The stranger in this case is not an obsessive super-fan, but a vagabond named Jack (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) who Paul (Antonio Banderas)-- a once - popular writer now forced to pen screenplays to eke out a living — brings into his Colorado cabin after Jack saves him from getting beaten up in a diner by an angry truck driver.

I wish to God I'd known about them as a kid, because I maybe would have avoided eight to nine years of it not being an easy time... (But) it started to eke itself out; between the age of seven and 14 was when it was really bad.

It's not anywhere near the crowd - pleaser that Disney's other theme park - release, The Pirates of the Caribbean, was, but The Haunted Mansion delivers enough of the family fare goods to eke out the most modest of recommendations.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Michael Jackson Look - a-Like Dominates Drama Due on DVD A Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) has been eking out a living on the streets of Paris even though, except for the trademark dance moves, felt fedora and a single glove, he doesn't really look anything like him.