Sentences with word «nailbiter»

The bomb - defusing nailbiter of a party game!

Even UCLA's weird nailbiters against Memphis and Virginia are looking fine; the Tigers reached 8 - 3, and UVA might make a bowl.

Roach's resume includes comic romps like Austin Powers and Meet the Parents, and then masterclass HBO nailbiters like Game Change and Recount.

The score speaks for itself: After a back - and - forth first quarter in which neither team really found a rhythm, the Pride offense found the end zone three times in the second to turn a 7 - 0 nailbiter into a 28 - 0 rout at the half.

They played two absolute nailbiters this season, one that ended in an OT win over Team Rubin, the other ending in a 4 point loss to Team Kogan..

Two Top - 15 teams, the two best teams in the Mountain West Conference, met in Las Vegas Saturday and had themselves a good, old - fashioned nailbiter.

I left home in 2005, but didn't really bother with my nails much, since I was still a raging nailbiter.

This Donald Siegel - directed nailbiter is a reenactment of Frank Morris» 1962 attempt to bust himself and two other cons out of The Rock.

Back in the U.S., Hagman began to make progress in his career, tallying up several TV guest - star appearances (including, presciently, a smiling villain on an episode of Sea Hunt), a regular role as lawyer Ed Gibson on the daytime soap opera The Edge of Night, and a beautifully played supporting role as a Russian / English interpreter in the nuclear nailbiter Fail Safe.

A true nailbiter, The China Syndrome is a potent harbinger of the potential devastation that can be wrought when humans attempt to harness an energy source they don't fully understand, an energy that can leave no leeway for such human foibles as avarice and sloth.

Also written by the Key & Peele comedian, it's a well - controlled work that builds dread through subtle strains of absurdity before turning into a full - blown, jump - scary nailbiter.

Charlize Theron, James McAvoy and inevitably, Toby Jones, are spies in Berlin around the time of the fall of the wall in this chilly - looking adaptation of the Antony Johnston nailbiter.

Their 4 games thus far have been: solid opening win; buzzer - beater walkoff after mostly being outplayed all game; unmitigated rout that was over by halftime; and a nailbiter of a grind where they couldn't hit a damn thing outside the paint despite plenty of wide open looks.

3 pts in the bag... a nailbiter against * cough * 16th place * cough * QPR.

The Gators never trailed against the Alabama Crimson Tide, but Friday's quarterfinal was a nailbiter nonetheless.

They beat Florida in a nailbiter 19 - 17.

The Seminoles won a nailbiter, 62 - 59, their second win over Duke this season, led by Michael Snaer, who hit the buzzer beater to beat the Blue Devils in Cameron earlier this year:

It was a nailbiter.

Republican Lorraine Marchetti, 57, former Glastonbury board of education and town council member, lost a nailbiter against former Manchester mayor and incumbent Sen. Steve Cassano in the 4th Senate District.

Ever since grade school I have been a nailbiter.

it's not a nailbiter like some of clouzot's other films but has a nice atmosphere and some really interesting characters, especially the detective and the photographer

In fact, its character and rich emotional layers are what elevates the film from a precisely - told absorbing thriller into something much more potent and powerful: a breathtakingly harrowing tale of survival and grueling desperation that redefines the term «nailbiter.»

As Massachusetts Democrats gathered at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel to watch a nailbiter of a presidential race, staring anxiously at large monitors showing a growing lead for GOP candidate Donald Trump, that showdown took a backseat to what for Massachusetts was the most hotly - contested campaign.

And it was a nailbiter for the surfer from Jacó at the Reef Gran Finals in Playa Hermosa this weekend.

It is game design jujitsu: make near perfect mechanics with unfathomable depths and as the reward for completing a nailbiter be told what your actions actually did outside the abstracted game - scape.