Sentences with phrase «near direct hit»

We survived a near direct hit from a tornado, ice - storms and Oklahoma's brutally summer heat with no A / C.

Not exact matches

It's good this happened near the end of the school day, because my stomach felt like it had taken a direct hit from a dodgeball.

From the famed Dodo, through the lesser known Guam Flycatcher, to the near - extinct Albatross, the exhibition combines beauty with more hard - hitting images that really bring home the devastation wrecked on these fragile creatures, often as a direct result of human behaviour.

«The plan was to detonate the charge in order to give a near miss the appearance of a direct hit, in order to give Moscow the appearance that our efforts were more successful than they were,» Aspin said.

The first film directed by the co-scripters of the sleeper megahit «The Hangover,» Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, «21 and Over» is hitting a theater near you March 1st after a somewhat delayed release.

Although the barrier did not hit the head, this near miss indicates that only slightly different crash circumstances could produce a direct hit to a person's head.

Super Smash Bros. combat is less direct than Street Fighter's, because in Super Smash Bros. your positioning on the level matters — if you hit someone hard in the middle of the stage, you're less likely to defeat them than if it's near the edge.

We took a direct Wilma hit near the eyewall.