Sentences with phrase «pelted by»

Although I like them, I am feeling a bit pelted by pumpkins, and it also makes me feel a tad cynical about how blog promotions work.

Then, when you factor in an emergency day or two for inclement weather, it can feel less like you're juggling multiple balls and more like you are just getting pelted by them.

We're getting pelted by messages today from readers using iTunes Match, Apple's music locker service, who either can no longer find, or no longer sync their playlists from, to, or with iCloud.

Oklahoma also is pelted by hail more often than most states; if you don't have comprehensive coverage, you'll have to pay for repairs on your own.

My guess is that the copy to Gavin is due to his having been pelted by RC regulars about your findings.

The submarine mission where a small team manages to immobilize a Russian submarine, break in, reroute where some nuclear missiles are launched, and then escape on an epic boat chase that swerves about the ocean and between huge battle ships pelted by huge missiles.

Some are fast, some are slow and some look and dance like Michael Jackson while getting pelted by anthropomorphized flowers.

In these first two weeks of April 2016 the North Texas area has been pelted by massive amounts of hail.

Audiences who have seen the director's brilliant experimental documentary «The Arbor» (2011) and her heartrending drama «The Selfish Giant» (2013), know her skill at conjuring a bleakly enveloping sense of place, and this movie, with its wild, rugged moors pelted by sudden rains, is no exception.

At take - off the plane climbs into the skies, pelted by rain, erratic winds and dark clouds.

Images of a stage production of «Uncle Tom's Cabin» ending in an actor playing Lincoln being pelted by vegetables hint at the sort of picture this should have been; images of an elephant rampaging through the Draft Riot streets suggest that bread and circus dispenser P.T. Barnum's dictum was mostly correct.

(Including getting pelted by high - speed debris, birds, and more.)

I loved reading the whiney n00b comments on here... learn to shoot the guns n00bs... don't run into fire n00bs... stay in cover if your are infantry and getting pelted by fighter jockies n00bs... configure your computer correctly n00bs... configure your internet conn correctly n00bs... AND MOST OF ALL... REMEMBER ITS A GAME!

It's pretty much impossible to get sufficient amounts of vitamin D from food sources, so if you aren't being pelted by the sun's rays... it's time to supplement.

Surprisingly, once trained, the simulated characters are able to deal with and recover from never - before - seen conditions: running over irregular terrain and doing spin - kicks while being pelted by projectiles.

From that perch, high above the bulk of Earth's atmosphere, the box - shaped instrument was pelted by heavy atomic nuclei from deep space, leaving bread - crumb trails of light in its three sets of detectors.

He cites extreme dryness of the planet, which is also pelted by blistering levels of ultraviolet radiation.

«So once you had an Earth - size planet, it was constantly being pelted by the last few percent of this material that was still out there.

Deck hands pelted by frozen sea spray and snow stagger like drunks.

Such elements are normally captured in the metallic cores of rocky worlds, and their existence hinted that Mars had been pelted by asteroids throughout its early history.

The deputy PM was pelted by an egg as he prepared to address a political rally, but what really impressed onlookers was the speed with which he delivered that left jab.

Instead of being pelted by the London mob, any modern day John Lilburnes who won't play along are set to face humiliation in front of their peers.

The tradition of throwing a ball back and forth is almost as old as... getting pelted by said ball thrown by your father!

The SNA is supporting its members who are getting constantly pelted by advocates for «healthier foods».

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola questioned the organisation of his side's arrival at Anfield after City's team bus was pelted by bottles and cans ahead of their highly - charged Champions League quarter - final at Liverpool on Wednesday.

To add insult to injury, as White turned around and sat on his butt watching Smith celebrate, he was almost pelted by two penalty flags that were thrown at him simultaneously.

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Pelting by asteroids has left Callisto with the most heavily cratered surface of any moon.

You can find Warm Pelts by killing Kelbi in both the Wildspire Waste and Coral Highlands.

Decades of research on island fox morphology and interactions with humans have documented their smaller size relative to mainland gray foxes, the occurrence of intentional island fox burials, and the use of fox pelts by Native Americans [18 — 22], but their evolutionary history has remained unresolved.

Internal drawers, shelves, and hanging wardrobe space all painted with Pelt by Farrow & Ball.

Not exact matches

Drew Van Pelt, the head of Larson Juhl who was hired by Cool in 2011, says she connected him with other chiefs at sister companies like Johns Manville and molding - maker Marman Industries.

(Reporting by Kara Van Pelt and Timothy Gardner, writing by Timothy Gardner; Editing by Dan Grebler)

In NewFront news, ESPN, among other moves, is rolling out a daily, digital version of its «SportsCenter» flagship on the newly revamped ESPN app hosted by Scott Van Pelt and a rotating cast of other anchors.

It is also strange that he quotes the letter to his curate, Bloxam, in 1841 on the conversion of England by missionaries going barefoot and being pelted and trampled on, and does not make the connection with Blessed Dominic Barberi.

As he drove to the stage in the popemobile, Francis was pelted with T - shirts, banners and flags from the increasingly adoring crowds being held back by barricades on both sides of the street.

For the recalcitrant, there was death at the hands of the community - commonly by the brutal method of stoning, that is, pelting with rocks until the poor wretch went down under them, and then was finally pounded to death.

That came after Colorado State had tied the game at 35 on a 30 - yard run by senior QB Bradlee Van Pelt.

«No offense to any of those other guys, but I think he's the only guy to win three tournaments on tour this year,» Van Pelt told reporters after finally blinking on the 17th hole, allowing Woods (8 - under) to win the AT&T National by two strokes.

At the end of the 3 - 1 loss to Reading, Brunt was pelted in the face with coins by frustrated West Brom fans.

That sentiment has been echoed by many of his confreres recently, since a barrage of batted balls has pelted pitchers in the opening weeks of this season.

By the New York Giants, five - time All - Pro linebacker BRAD VAN PELT, 33, to the Minnesota Vikings, for running back Tony Galbreath, 30.

Since Gutekunst took over as general manager in January, the Packers moved on from quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt and made a change to the wide receiving corps by releasing Jordy Nelson, one of Rodgers» favorite targets.

At the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., the tournament Woods hosts, Tiger quickly erased all doubts, winning in style by outdueling Bo Van Pelt for his third title of the year.

Take a moment to marvel at the beard: a beaver pelt run roughshod over a face, creeping north to the eyes, annexing territory well to the south and stopped only by the firebreak of melted skin that gave way to scar tissue.

Liverpool have been charged by Uefa after Manchester City's team bus was pelted with bottles and cans ahead of their Champions League defeat at Anfiel -LRB-...)

Shrouded by squalls of red flare smoke, droves of supporters lined the streets outside the stadium to greet the City team bus, which was subsequently pelted and ravaged by a deluge of projectiles hurled by the baying crowd as the vehicle made its approach.

Pineapple was unbothered by the constant pelting of rain and exhibited enough energy to keep the fans cheering through the team conceding 2 goals at home.

Finish the look by toting around an animal pelt or, perhaps, a plush owl (bonus points if it is a Western screech owl, one of Kennicott's scientific namesakes).

I will not be asking him this question again, because I'm beginning to feel like a journalistic Charlie Brown lining up to kick the football teed up by the Cuomo administration's Lucy van Pelt.