Sentences with phrase «ordeal turns»

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For many consumers, it was a prime example of what it's like to deal with a call centre, reinforcing the stereotype of a sales or customer - service version of Henry Ford's assembly line: low - skilled cubicle cattle housed in giant Orwellian workrooms, with a script or a supervisor, turning the simplest request into a maddening ordeal.

Meanwhile, Hutchinson continued to write books, turning out a dozen or more volumes on such themes as the history of Methodism, world revolution and religion, the ordeal of Western religion, the leaders who made the churches and the modernization of China.

The general confession he had to make before his conditional baptism turned out to be a humiliating ordeal («It was like a life photographed as it came to mind, without any order, full of gaps, giving at best a general impression,» he recalls in Journey Without Maps).

I would like to turn the question to you: how would you react if those t - shirts thanked Allah for getting them through their ordeal?

In other words, Banerjea wants to attest to the Divine mission of Jesus by pointing to the miracles that «the unblemished character» performed, which in turn are «proved facts» because they have been «attested by strongest possible testimony» by «witnesses whose competence has been proved by peculiar ordeal.»

I totally over-cooked my chickpeas though, which turned my «peeling» into an hour - long ordeal, but I did get a lot of good, simultaneous tv - watching done:) I will be making this hummus on repeat.

What it turned out to be was a dry, crispy ordeal of dessert.

It turns nighttime feedings into an ordeal which eventually leads to moms giving up breastfeeding too soon.

But doctors typically agree that the difference between colic and ordinary crying is that baby seems inconsolable, crying turns to screaming, and the ordeal lasts for at least three hours and sometimes much longer (occasionally nearly around the clock, much to the tired and fraught parents» dismay).

That in turn goes to the baby through the placenta and give him or her a rush of energy to get through the ordeal of the birth.

A quick trip to wash my hands turns into a big ordeal, as my kids follow my in and feel the need to splash in the water, ask a million questions or unravel the toilet paper.

If you are finding that your previous short soothing routines are now turning into hour - long ordeals before baby will fall asleep, only to find them awake 30 minutes later, that is a pretty clear indication that these soothing efforts are no longer working for your child and that they need to learn how to fall asleep on their own.

Shetterly begins with her own family ordeal: her one - year old son would have bedtime episode where he would cry incessantly, stop breathing, and turn blue, and his body was covered with eczema.

That turns a trip to the doctor, which should require only a few hours» travel, into a days - long ordeal, said Candace Whitman, a local pastor and member of the Island Community Board, during the town's annual Fishers Island meeting last Wednesday afternoon.

He was in obvious shock and he immediately took me upstairs to the office of an assistant commissioner of police who in turn said he got a call from the state commissioner of police regarding my ordeal.

Visiting vendors, meeting your planner, shopping, and other activities might seem like it will take a short period of time but can turn into day - long ordeals.

You can always count on the Kardashian sisters to turn a casual day running errands into a full - out style ordeal.

Jeans with some stretch definitely prove to be a better and more comfortable fit in most cases, but denim fabric technologies over the years has blurred the lines between jeans and leggings which has turned out to be quite the love / hate ordeal.

they turn to adoption to fill the void left by the anguished ordeal.

eHarmony turns dating in Irvine from a stressful ordeal into something that's fun, exciting and — most importantly — fruitful.

A one - time fling turns into a terrifying ordeal for Danielle when her co-worker, Paul, becomes deeply obsessed with her in Alex Karpovsky's chilling new thriller, RUBBERNECK.

No, not, Inferno turned Ordeal, the flick that once starred Lindsay Lohan, but now will feature Akerman alongside Matt Dillon, but simply Lovelace, the version that the directing duo behind Howl is working on.

When they realize they've been double booked with honeymooning hipsters and the handsome, eco-friendly landowner, Nate (Adan Canto), enters the picture, a romantic getaway turns into a group ordeal.

His ole buddy — and Feldon's hubby Nicholas Pryor — is less than enchanted with her nonstop pageant trip, which condemns him to evenings of TV dinners and booze, and with the initiatory ordeal approaching him: on the eve of turning 35, he must kiss a dead chicken's ass while his brother, over-the-hill business pals cheer.

Not only did I make it through what turned out not to be an ordeal, but it was during that week that I was contacted by a principal in another school district to interview for a leadership role in his school.

In an effort to cancel GAP protection and an extended warranty, it has turned into a 3 month ordeal (and not over yet).

All of these little expenses can begin to add up, and before you know it, an attempt to save money has turned into a bigger ordeal than you intended.

Prior to the page turn, Black Jack was setting up a brief explanation of the circumstances behind a particular operation, and how he experienced a similar ordeal with Pinoko.

Settling your debt is a time consuming ordeal and many people find it confusing and as a result, turn to a CCCS.

Although it may be hard to pinpoint when, somewhere along the line, flying turned from an experience into an ordeal.

During weekends and holidays, this trip can turn into a 10h ordeal that destroys much of the experience and is best avoided.

But from the way things have been turning out for Microsoft lately (PS4 Watch Dogs footage, Battlefield 4 PC footage, the whole ordeal with 720p CoD) I would seriously be WORRIED if I had preordered an Xbox One.

As it turns out, the whole island is being covered in this strange goop, with the culprit being a Mario doppleganger attempting to frame Mario for the ordeal.

Furthermore, what good are panels to turn things on and off, or exit vehicles, if the choppy frame rate makes it an ordeal targeting them?

I urge you to buy the book, not so much because I need the money for my end of the case (which I do) but because when a sclerotic and dysfunctional judicial system co-operates with a cynical and fraudulent plaintiff in turning the DC courts into a 21st century version of trial by ordeal, it is more important than ever to push back by disseminating as widely as possible the opinions of him that Mann is trying to suppress.

Whether they're due to car accidents, medical malpractice, or any of the other many reasons, injuries caused by negligence can turn into a long and frustrating ordeal.

It seems that they no longer argue about money, with Matt having sequestered his personal funds and Abby trusting that the whole ordeal will turn out to have been unnecessary.

That stopover — originally less than two hours — turns into an overnight ordeal as a snowstorm grounds all flights.

Packing the wrong items or stowing them incorrectly can turn a fun vacation into a difficult ordeal, so pack carefully.

Lastly, if there are serious offences like accidents, driving under influence, etc. getting cheaper auto insurance could turn out to be an ordeal.

Jenna Harris, a Parkland survivor, turned to poetry following her own ordeal at Marjory Stoneman Douglas.

But there might be an app that turns this ordeal into less of a hassle.

Trying to find something close to the event can be an ordeal most of the time, most of us look for convenience when looking for a hotel to stay in and if the event doesn't offer that convenience, many will be turned off by the event and not attend.

What was originally planned as a two - hour outage for popular cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, turned into a multi-day ordeal, and an emotional rollercoaster for customers.

Didn't turn into a big ordeal, because I had quite a bit of equity.

So many of the organzing bloggers turn it into such an ordeal with labels and binders, it would become a part - time job.

So I threatened to never take her to a toy shop again because she'd turned what was supposed to be a NICE AFTERNOON into such an ORDEAL.