Sentences with phrase «of frazzled»

Whereas Anxious Men focused on portrait - sized representations of his frazzled and frantic faces carved from his «cosmic slop» on white tile, Anxious Audience expands these singular faces into entire crowds with rows upon rows of hysterical expressions.

focused on portrait - sized representations of his frazzled and frantic faces carved from his «cosmic slop» on white tile,

Just as the far right screen flicks to a scene of frazzled merriment — an auctioneer gestures toward a map of sectioned - off Alaska, while his audience of oil tycoons erupts in thunderous applause — real thunder rolls across an apocalyptic storm on the far left.

Players can expect more of their frazzled alt - metal in September, with the group's ever - popular «Chop Suey!»

The phrase summons the image of a ditzy pregnant woman who weeps at Kleenex commercials, or of a frazzled mom with nothing in her head but carpool schedules and grocery lists.»

Stiller is especially good when Brad becomes full of frazzled neurosis, cranking things up to manic but not overplaying it as so many primary comedy actors might be tempted to.

Burning the candle at both ends or, as some describe it adrenal fatigue, is a term used to describe how modern living has many of us frazzled and running on fumes.

Dr. Low Dog notes that while this there is nothing uniquely feminine about ashwagandha, that sort of frazzled, multitasking energy is something that tends to affect women more than men.

Clean the fridge of perishables, but think about leaving a little something for your guests: milk, tea, and coffee as a start, but perhaps a bottle of wine and some cookies to soothe the nerves of frazzled traveling parents.

Kids will often take advantage of a frazzled, mad, or emotional adult; don't give them this opportunity.

But I would be doing myself and my children a disservice to not also look back and feel, beyond the surface of my frazzled nerves, the stored memories soaked into every part of my body that make being a parent more powerful than achievements stored in a baby book.

Mine would be «happily utilitarian attachment - style with hints of frazzled, tired, and clueless a third of the time».

Instead of frazzled and delirious I felt grounded, safe, and secure.

I so remember those days of frazzled, hectic jungling of all to do for the holidays when my kids were younger!

When you see a bunch of frazzled parents wandering around the school supplies section of Wal Mart with long, printed lists in their hands, you know that summer is drawing to a close.

Most mornings, over-snoozing the alarm means scrambling out the door, full of frazzle and empty in the tummy.

Not exact matches

But whatever the mechanism, the bottom line is that if your brain is a bit frazzled from fear of failure or previous setbacks of any kind, simply taking a few minutes to think (or write) about past successes before you tackle any cognitively demanding task is likely to help your brain perform at its peak.

A few too many parties, a culinary over-indulgence or two, and a little over-excitement when gift shopping can leave us feeling exhausted, unhealthy, financially overstretched, and surrounded by giant piles of stuff, so that just when you should be starting the new year with energy, you're instead feeling frazzled and exhausted.

It all points to an extra-hectic summer travel season characterized by long lineups, frazzled counter staff and thousands of frustrated flyers.

One last example, I promise: Last year I realized just how frazzled it made me to fit focused work in between meetings and phone calls every day of the week while still leaving enough space to be with my family, serve my community, visit friends, and read a book or two.

I stood in the dark, hugged a few friends, snapped blurry pictures with my iPod because I'd forgotten my camera, sang along «doo - doot - doo - doo - doo - doo - doo it's Christmas» and became the full sense of sight, drinking the sight of them standing on the risers right into my frazzled soul.

When Brian finally blurted into a brief quiet moment that we were having a new baby, I was feeling frazzled and exhausted, Evelynn was still on the brink of a melt - down, the other two tinies were starving, and we looked like a three - ring circus to everyone else within range.

What I'm hearing here, and forgive me if I'm entirely off the mark, is that your vision of church is a very comfortable, pointless place where you can sink in, lay back, have no purpose or goal or agenda, and congratulate yourself that you're free to navel gaze while all the other busy beavers are working their way into a frazzle, helping those poor people.

By the end of the season, the carol - soundtracked Christmas rush had frazzled us into mad and maniacal elves.

So you can imagine my surprise when, nine months later, I pulled into the carport one chilly April evening and my headlights illuminated a mama flycatcher perched in the very same corner of the carport with her tail feathers in the air and frazzled look that plainly said: «Where's my nest, Bitch?»

Feeling frazzled can also cause people to sleep poorly, consume less - healthy foods, and break away from their usual skin - care routines — all of which could further promote acne breakouts.

And so while making the standard egg salad I usually prepare a day in advance so I won't be running around the kitchen all frazzled looking for something to eat (trust me, it doesn't take much to frazzle the heck out of me) I thought: not today.

Days where I feel frazzled to get all 5 of us ready and out the door by the time the school bell rings, having a hot breakfast for them makes me feel a bit like «supermom».

In addition to an allergy flare - up, Sam has been testing out each of my already - frazzled nerves with his dependence, Jade has had an on - again off - again issue with a girl at school, we are still on the house hunt with nothing in sight (the «dream» home fell through for the time being), and we are down a vehicle thanks to some atypical bad luck.

The thought of stopping is actually worse than how busy / frazzled I feel so I know it's worth it.

And it all goes downhill from there: slightly over budget, I'm so frazzled over the price of arugula that I forget to buy lemons for my dressing and return home frantic, unprepared, and much to my type - A horror, irreconcilably late.

After feeling like a frazzled ball of stress for the past month or so, I finally feel like myself again.

And then something like this happens, where my frazzled brain leads to a discovery in the midst of a messy kitchen and a burning pan of granola - my accidental 4 tablespoons works better than the recipe's 8 tablespoons.

Obviously things are a bit different this time around, since we are assuming that Jordan Jefferson is going to play the entire game this time instead of subbing in for a frazzled Jarrett Lee; but the run game is still going to feature a heavy dose of LSU backs.

Right after the hammer slapped shut a casket for all of Miami's basketball hopes and dreams on South Beach Thursday night, Ben Simmons growled in Justise Winslow's frazzled face.

We have enough permutations in our front 5 to frazzle the brain and although extra quality is never a bad thing our next priorities simply have to be in the 5 in front of the GK.

Like Bendtner three passes before, he squeezes the ball beyond the lunge of Maxwell — his desperation exaggerated by the frazzled nature of his flowing brown hair — and into the path of his intended target.

I am frazzled to heck when I get home and I warn my twin kindergarten girls that I need some time to drink my coffee and de-stress of I might have to spank them just for the kicks and jolly of things.

But bleach wipes aren't designed for the havoc of three frazzled - fecal - Swampthings.

One of my good friends hired someone to make delicious, healthy dinners so that she could spend more time with her daughter and not feel frazzled during the dinner time hour.

You don't remember the lines, you don't remember the expense, and you don't remember the frazzled nerves of all the parents.

Julie is a frazzled mom of three tornadoes.

I distinctly remember feeling a bit sorry for the frazzled parents, and I cringed at the thought of one day joining their ranks.

Children that are rushed and frazzled and stressed out are way more likely to show up with symptoms of ADHD.

What if we offered words of kindness or assistance to a frazzled parent, rather than side eye and complaints?

Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, the picturesque views are enough to settle any frazzled, holiday nerves, but festive lights make it especially cozy during this time of year.

It can leave parents frazzled and craving a bit of respite anyway we can get it.

There are equal days where I feel the rage of stress when we have to be out the door bright and early and I'm still tired from the night and have that frazzled feeling.

In desperation I had taken her into bed with us to try and get more sleep, but my HV put the fear of God into me when she found out, so we stopped doing that «dangerous» practice and I wore myself into a frazzle.

Fortunately, I have some tips for her and any other frazzled mom like myself who has found a three - week old, used diaper beneath several plastic baggies of stale goldfish and pre-opened squeeze packets.