Sentences with phrase «on white knuckles»

Strike Energy's share price has been on a white knuckle ride over the last few weeks as investors desperately try to work out if it is going to be the next large cap gas producer in Australia, or fail whilst daring to create a new technical frontier in the search for coal seam gas riches.

I've been on some white knuckle roads in my life; the ones you switchback up nothing much more than a concrete trail up sheer cliff face.

Not exact matches

Many small businesses are white - knuckling it on cash flow.

Those who suffered are waiting, white - knuckled, holding on to their portfolios and still wondering what to do next.

There is no white knuckling going on, no bargaining, no lamenting, no self - pity... and most of all, NO CRAVING.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) James Towns hit an open 3 - pointer from the top of the circle and then added two free throws for an 11 - point lead with 2:45 left and Niagara held on through a white - knuckle finish to edge Monmouth 78 - 77 Friday night.

He could hardly give Arsenal a bigger come on unless he was pictured eating Arsenal themed chocolate in a red and white top while holding on to a picture of Arsene Wenger while having GTID tattooed onto his knuckles, but will that be enough to actually see Zlatan Ibrahimovic playing for Arsenal next season?

• promote tolerance of uncertainty and discomfort by finding the balance between outright avoidance and «white - knuckling» through a fear • find lighthearted ways to release tension in the moment, labeling stressful emotions on a child - friendly scale • tackle their own anxieties so they can stay calm when a child is distressed • bring children out of their anxious thoughts and into their bodies by using relaxation, breathing, writing, drawing, and playful roughhousing

With 2 of my 3 kids out of the house and other family about an hour away, I am treating our time together differently; hanging on with white knuckles and cherishing every moment.

All in all, the story within The Jackal is much more focused on the chase, and Jones shows the pursuit of this (and the planning Willis undertakes for the job) effectively, making for a white - knuckled ride.

The mainstream Marvel movies — your Avengers, your Doctors Strange, your Ants - Men — are happy to maintain their white - knuckle grip on a PG - 13 rating, the better to maximize their prospective audience.

A heart - hammering, electrifying tribute to the white - knuckle world of the Motorcycle Grand Prix the fastest sport on two wheels where only the most audacious competitors race at speeds over 200mph and crash at over 100mph.

In one sequence where they nearly drown on a sinking ship, I white - knuckled the arm rests of my chair.

Clooney's film could focus more on the theme of international cooperation than Ben Affleck's current Oscar - contender Argo does, but unfold as a similar white - knuckle historical thriller driven by extraordinary circumstances.

Actions speak louder than words when the white - knuckle thriller, Acts of Vengeance, arrives on Blu - ray ™ (plus Digital HD), DVD, and Digital on November 28 from Lionsgate.

Worst - case scenario: Viewers don't pick up on or appreciate the film's darker themes, and merely enjoy it as a magnificent exercise in sustained white - knuckle tension, featuring top - notch work from its three leads (especially Blunt, who's terrific in a tricky role that's intentionally diminished over the course of the film).

White knuckle past the point of bursting a blood vessel, the basic premise of Don't Breathe flips the home invasion formula on its head, decapitates it and ravages its lifeless corpse.

The Hunting Ground It's difficult not to have a white - knuckled reaction to Kirby Dick's The Hunting Ground, which looks to break the silence and prompt a long - overdue dialog around sexual assaults on American campuses.

Hyams is responsible for two of Van Damme's best flicks (Timecop and Sudden Death) and despite the occasional clunker (End of Days), he can usually be counted on to deliver white - knuckle thrills.

As with Bourne, car chases and hand - to - hand fights are heavily edited, and quite exciting visually, though there is a curious lack of white - knuckle tension that should have resulted from the scenes had the script by first - time feature film scribe David Guggenheim spent more time with the characters to get us to care about their situations before throwing them on the run.

Trial is an excellent piece of a cinematic white - knuckle ride, all done within 15 minutes leaving you on the edge of your seat... and probably a bit confused in a good way.

Fasten your seat belts and hold on white - knuckle tight as writer - director George Miller invites you to an orgy of high - octane auto mayhem that makes Fast & Furious 7 looks like a sedate Sunday afternoon drive.

You know the mouthwatering pitch: Based on the impossible true story, this white - knuckle political thriller recounts the daring escape of six American diplomats during the Iran hostage crisis.

The opening hours of Resident Evil 7 are a fantastic white - knuckle creep show that proved Capcom could stand toe - to - toe (and even one - up) the hip new indie horror games on the block.

«Force Majeure»: A panicked split - second decision on a family's getaway demands lengthy discussions of all the things they can't really get away from; Ruben Östlund's white - knuckle comedy of manners and marriage plays out in wickedly crisp shades of winter.

After they had changed seats it was Todd's turn to have white knuckles and sweat on his lip, plus everywhere else.

Todd noticed that his knuckles started turning white, and little beads of sweat began forming on his cousin's upper lip.

Until two chicanes were added in 1990, the 3.5 - mile - long, white - knuckle blast along the Mulsanne straight produced the highest speeds achieved on any closed course in the world.

When I went there I'd just been driving on a simulator but when you go there, and not even talking about rain or mixed conditions, when you go and try and put a lap in, I was white - knuckle, I mean, I was throwing down.

It's a four - mile, white - knuckle ride on which the slightest misjudgment could end in disaster.

Back in the Wrangler, we engage the Backcountry's locking rear differential and go for it, charging up and over a snowbank as our passenger white - knuckles the Wrangler's «oh crap» handle on the passenger - side dashboard.

At Jeep's launch event for the Grand Cherokee, I wheeled a gasoline - powered one up and down black - diamond - rated trails, heading down sandy grades that had me white - knuckled on the steering wheel.

No white knuckles, no sweat on the brow, but certainly not state - of - the - art either.

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We used it on the hardest sections, and because it operates the throttle and brakes for you, it takes all the white - knuckle anxiety out of four - wheeling.

Standard features like blind - spot monitoring came in handy when changing lanes in the blinding downpour, and the head - up display kept my eyes on the road as much as possible — a good thing when white - knuckling it in tough driving conditions.

The more telling factor is the V6's roll - on acceleration, which is enough to imbue occupants with clammy palms and white knuckles on the right bit of back road, and helps temper a dearth of low - range immediacy.

You can still push the Giulia to the ragged edge on the race track, just without the white - knuckled moments.

«On the courtroom floor, where Margolin is clearly at home, the stock characters adopt roles, albeit briefly, in a satisfying, white - knuckle climax.»

I got the van wound up to about seventy miles an hour and tightened my hands on the wheel until my knuckles showed white and just stared at the road ahead, like I didn't want to see what was behind me.

From high - concept thrillers and white - knuckled suspense to traditional mysteries and literary crime, our titles consistently deliver driving plots, engaging characters, and stunning twists from the most talented authors on the scene.

He and other industry professionals of the old publishing paradigm are still holding onto that gate with both hands (and white knuckles)-- but readers like mine (who, granted, aren't into LIT - tra - chure, but just want to escape into a good read that gets them to think and maybe even changes their outlook on life) aren't particularly flooding to read the books that were deemed acceptable reading material by the old - fashioned gatekeepers who tend to be looking for this year's bestseller to put out in multiple re-iterations in 2 - 3 years.

At the same time, though, you also have to wonder how anyone with such a stock - heavy asset allocation felt when the market went on its recent white - knuckle rollercoaster ride.

«I still white - knuckle it when I'm next to transport trucks on the highway,» says Gentile.

In all honesty though, it's like one of those smooth duck rides that you pop your child on at the theme park whilst you're riding the latest hair - raising white knuckle roller - coaster.

I might have bottled the white knuckle experiences but I managed — and enjoyed - three virtual ones: Driving With The Champion where you feel to be in the car; Speed of Magic where you whiz through a fantasy world and Viaggio in Italia where you're hoisted into the air to look down on a screen and feel the sensation of flying over the famous Mille Miglia route.

«In our red rental car, we passed 617 white - knuckle switchbacks, 56 one - lane bridges, and tons of waterfalls as we traveled away from civilization,» says Kim Binsted, an astrobiology professor at the University of Hawaii who last month drove the length of Maui's Hana Highway — one of the most heart - clutching and beautiful drives on the planet — with her best friend.

Whilst here, thrillseekers can also enjoy a white - knuckle ride at one of the famous amusement parks on Coney Island.

Real thrill seekers can take a supervised parachute jump over Dubai, with a minute of white - knuckle inducing free fall that'll be captured on camera by your instructor and who could forget of course the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

There'll be no white knuckles on this Ocho Rios excursion.