Sentences with phrase «pecked into»

Growl lacks the polish (not to mention fame) of the Streets of Rage series, but it's still thoroughly entertaining, and nowhere else will you see bad guys pummelled by elephants or pecked into oblivion by a convocation of raging eagles.

Fitchner is Mona's husband, who's been hen - pecked into an affair with anequally shrill waitress (Jamie Lee Curtis).

It is documenting in unprecedented detail tens of thousands of figurines (the original «pitoti») that were pecked into rock faces in the valley of Val Camonica, in northern Italy, between 10,000 and 2000 years ago.

Not exact matches

«Your brain is wired not only to figure out where you sit in the professional and social pecking order against others, but to reinforce your position in that pecking order,» says writer Steve Errey, who continues: «When you get wrapped up in establishing or maintaining status, the moment your place in the hierarchy drops you're going to feel pretty horrible... Don't get into the status game — there are no winners.»

Admittedly, Alex will have his work cut - out to break into the Arsenal in the future, with Alex Iwobi having added to the list of players ahead of him in the pecking order, but I still don't think it is time to cut our losses just yet.

The last time I checked he was a winger at RM behind Jesse in the pecking order has he now transformed into an ST worthy of getting the mighty Arsenal the EPL and UCL?

The Austrian international would of course have been aware that the signing of Davinson Sanchez would have made life even more difficult for him in terms of breaking into Mauricio Pochettino's plans as he dropped further down the pecking order, and so an exit seems to be the most sensible solution for all parties.

There is every chance that he will develop into a BETTER centre - back that Gabriel or Chambers, and Wenger will automatically put him higher in the pecking order, so he could easily become forst choice.

Rugani made a total of 17 appearances for Juventus last season and has struggled to break into the starting line - up with Leonardo Bonucci, Andrea Barzagli and Giorgio Chiellini all ahead of the 21 - year - old in the pecking order.

Giroud had reserved hopes of being the club's first - choice striker coming into the new campaign, but this record deal looks certain to see him fall down the pecking order, and with the World Cup coming up next summer, he may be tempted by the offer of first - team action.

most from guys looking to get into the line up or establish a pecking order for call ups.

The Frenchman now finds himself behind the likes of Granit Xhaka, Mohamed Elneny and Aaron Ramsey in the pecking order of the Gunners midfield and with Santi Cazorla and Jack Wilshere set to come into the picture next season, the future does not look very bright for Coquelin.

We currently have the likes of Laurent Koscielny, Rob Holding, Shkodran Mustafi, captain Per Mertesacker, Calum Chambers, Mohamed Elneny and Nacho Monreal all able to play in the three centre - back roles in the side, and it is tough to figure out just where he fits into that pecking order.

With Alexis Sanchez, Danny Welbeck and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain all ahead of him in the pecking order, I really can not see him breaking into the starting eleven any time soon.

The competition is down the pecking order from the Premier League, but being pitched against top - flight London rivals, with a Wembley final and glittering tri-handled trophy coming into focus, can force a coach's hand.

Since the move to the Emirates, and Arsenal's slight drop in the pecking order of those who compete for English Football's most prestigious honour, the rivalry has turned into something less feral and, dare I say it, tame.

While these numbers are in no way eye - popping, Ricci was thrust into a starting role out of necessity and has been serviceable; it'll be interesting to see where he is in the pecking order in January when Berardi and Politano return from injury.

A new study manipulating the pecking order of monkeys finds that low social status kicks the immune system into high gear, leading to unwanted inflammation akin to that in people with chronic diseases.

As other members of the panel — Ken Miller, physicist Freeman Dyson, Carl Sagan's widow, Ann Druyan, and science writer Margaret Wertheim — made generally polite observations about the tensions between science and religion, Dawkins alternately cocked an ear at their remarks and periodically pecked a few notes into his titanium laptop, which glowed like a night - light on the stage.

Luis Barreiro at the University of Montreal, Canada, and colleagues sorted female rhesus monkeys who had never met into groups and observed as they formed a social pecking order.

I am not saying I have slipped back into complete sadness, but there are a few aspects in my life that have been pecking at me for quite some time.

And why shouldn't we chuckle at the alliterative shenanigans of his assistant, Pippi (Ophelia Lovibond), who packs a peck of plosives into every utterance.

Along the way, we get insights into the pecking order at Harvard, a campus where ability joins wealth and family as success factors.

From its opening sentence («We rode the hillsides and vales of Missouri, hiding in uniforms of Yankee blue») Woodrell's novel lures the reader into the first - person narration of a young Dutch Southerner destined to become the sort of «hardened youth» whose experience of war and death («we made trash of men and places») is such that when he comes upon two human heads sitting «ripe and pecked» on a pole, he simply notes that one year earlier this sight would have sickened him «beyond consolation».

The bird pecking at a head wound is more preposterous than disgusting, but there's also the scene where workers are transporting a huge block of ice into town that flips the equation.

That means school choice can «sort» children into different types of schools: the most informed and committed parents colonise the better ones, which may then rely on their reputations to keep their position in the pecking order.

Right at the top of the Corvair pecking order; if you could step into a time machine and were told to order the best one then and the best one now, this is it.

A ghostly phosphorescence, a gleaming flash, its large eyes unblinking as it slipped into a seam in the current, then rose toward the luminous surface where a school of tuna was pecking at the tiny larvae and crustaceans snagged on a weed line.

There's nothing wrong doing business with value shoppers (check to see where Wal - Mart fits into the overall pecking order of retailers; hint... the world's largest corporation, 1.5 million employees, soon almost a half TRILLION in gross revenues).

By Anne R. Allen When you start a writing project, whether you're diving into the intensity of NaNoWriMo, or just carving out a few hours to peck away at the keyboard on weekends, it helps to get emotional support from friends and family.

If you're keen to move slightly higher up the pecking order, dive into schnitzel or dumpling - packed goulash at bistro - style Alter Fuchs or the good - value Wilder Mann tavern.

Now he's focusing on figuring out the pecking order in his very own pack, especially where he fits into the mix.

When there's more than one Pin living in the house, the pecking order usually follows the order in which they came into the family.

Integrating Sassy into the family with the two other family dogs was a challenge at first, but once they established their pecking order, things began to run smoothly.

All these other species (horses, elephants, lions, birds, even humans... etc.) still have a pecking order, but now we deny there is a pecking order when it comes to dogs... and all this comes from people who are into operant conditioning.

Much of the meat sold by the restaurants is sourced locally and reared in a fashion to which the tag «free range» takes on a whole new meaning: often, as you settle into your seat in almost any rural café, the owner's chickens will be pecking around your feet and his goats will be fighting with each other in front of the bar.

we ask and two kids hop into action — «come on» — and lead us a few yards down the road to a nondescript alleyway where a chicken slowly pecks away at his tin of food and a woman hangs up laundry to dry.

There is a strong assortment of enemies to encounter including various types of demons that fire different projectiles such as flames and some demons even attempt to capture the pilgrims; various enemies that roll along the ground that the pilgrims are walking on that will kill any of the pilgrims they come into contact with; vultures that attempt to peck at the pilgrims; plants that fire projectiles into the air; a woman's face with white make - up and red lips that blows fatal kisses; and many more besides.

With little of the series» signature humor and ridiculous shenanigans to peck at his funny bone and an abundance of decidedly less interesting binary choices crammed into the bite - sized experience, Holiday Star «s fowl love potion gave Jay a case of the Bird Flu.

In the version demonstrated by Geoff Lawton in the video below, the chickens aren't fed grain at all — but rather food scraps from local restaurants, which the chickens peck at and incorporate into a mulch mixture, creating high quality compost exactly where it is needed.

You can easily split that bushel up into four pecks, keep one yourself and hand the other three over to other people / entities.

Inevitably, this increased interest in coins that fall further down the pecking order from a market capitalization perspective is translating into some upside momentum in tokens that, just last month, would've been considered very much off the radar from a mainstream market standpoint.

Taking regular retreats is a wise practice hard won by couples who have let months of hectic schedules and harried pecks on the cheeks turn into years.

But the topic in this article could get Ontario agents into a «peck» of trouble or a hot pot of stew.

I'm so over the birds and really never got into them because it always brought back bad memories of the movie «The Birds» with Sean Connery and Tippi Hedren... lots of birds pecking in that one;) I'm have a new logo / banner designed for my blog and that was the first of my elimination process... all the designed she presented with birds in them... lol Have a great day.