Sentences with phrase «put on the spot»

He then added that Democrats should «call his bluff» and «put him on the spot» to make him «respond and commit to terms.»

If they make the video cut, put them on the spot in the interview to verify what they claim to be great at.

It is surely good news to hear that spammy guest blogging (to which many reverted after some of the latest google search algorithm update) is finally put on the spot.

It's pretty silly and not everyone is going to say when put on the spot either.

Jeremy, I wasn't trying to put you on the spot like that.

Were I put on the spot in that unlikely circumstance, I think I would say that the most important thing now happening on Planet Earth is the desecularization of world history.

A cardinal rule of spiritual teachers seems to be: Don't let the seeker put you on the spot; put the monkey on his back.

Things are now so bad that I tend to keep my atheism to myself, and instead mumble something about being a very lapsed Catholic if I'm put on the spot, for fear that uttering the A-word will make people think I'm a Dawkins drone with a mammoth superiority complex and a hives - like allergy to nurses wearing crucifixes.

But I think it may have for me, having been thus put on the spot; because it seemed to me that these reasons were about as good as any that might come along, unless one is prepared to do a lot of spadework.

Sorry to put you on the spot, Ray, I know there is no recipe for these horrible mind things (been depressed myself so know full well how what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another) but I was grasping at a straw when I asked you for some insight.

Sorry to put you on the spot, Ray.

Glad to hear «Big Faith»; Clive, hate to put myself on the spot but was basing my response on scripture where it says something to the point of not blessing a person on a journey or path or on their way etc. leaning towards I believe that unbelievers are on a path outside of Christ.

Not calling himself Hebrew that puts them on the spot and upsets posers when you catch them at it.

Put on the spot, Luther replied that he had not changed his mind about the correct way to approach such a matter, but that the lawyers had changed theirs about the legal facts!

So now I just put them on the spot and ask, «is this just a friendly get together or are you wanting to tell me something?»

The crucifixion narrative, like nearly everything else in the Bible, finally puts us on the spot.

Members of the hierarchy do not want to be put on the spot on a matter that involves revision of basic theory.

Put on the spot, I told everyone, Yes!

BOBBY LAYNE Quarterback Detroit Lions That's putting me on the spot with all the unfair publicity I've got about skylarking, but I do know a lot of players who relax with a drink or two and it doesn't hurt.

I mean I will dismiss the the comments from Kelce, Nelson and Nacho because they clearly were put on the spot by the media, and you simply do nt throw teammates under the bus, especially game changers like Peters who just nabbed two interceptions.

Not wishing to put you on the spot here but if we bought Benzema and Giroud left, what would expect to see for your # 40M?

9 out 10 Arsenal fans hold Elneny in higher esteem than Ox, maybe even more than 9 of every 10, if they were put on the spot.

If I was put on the spot Id say Benzema, but is he worth 40m?.

Put on the spot after Lewis Hamilton's championship triumph in Mexico, Kimi Raikkonen and Max Verstappen tried really hard to congratulate the Mercedes driver.

I know I should have talked to Marian and told her not to single out the children, but I didn't want to be put on the spot.

Mr Clooney was put on the spot at a press conference at the Venice Film Festival in 2007 over working with a company with a track record of abusing human rights.

You not required to provide anyone with an explanation about how long you plan to breastfeed, why you feel the need to do it in the open or any other questions that makes you feel put on the spot.

or make a child feel put on the spot.

You may feel uncomfortable with someone putting you on the spot for your interview.

Gaining access to an A-list Hollywood star has proved problematic, but Mr. Clooney was put on the spot about this at the Venice film festival today as he took part in a press conference about his latest role.

If they are uncomfortable being put on the spot about their recall abilities, it won't make diaper changes any better.

It is the kind of demand we would expect from our negotiating partner to put us on the spot, not one we would inflict on ourselves.

He later said he wasn't trying to put them on the spot, merely using them as examples of Democratic lawmakers.

They did not want to be put on the spot - hence the angry reaction to Chuka Umunna's single market amendment to June's Queen Speech.

That's the nice thing about being in a party: When you haven't really thought about an issue yet and get put on the spot, you just look up what the experts in your party are saying about it and quote their opinion.

Some of his Town Board colleagues felt he was putting them on the spot.

He is not interested in running for governor in 2018 — something he wouldn't say when put on the spot during a debate in his last campaign — especially if it meant going against Cuomo.

I will, no doubt, be interrupted, shouted down, slandered, put on the spot, and subjected to a scrutiny that would be a thousand times more intense than anything directed at other panellists.

The pumped - up PM was put on the spot about whether he would cut child benefit or tax credits if he wins next week's election.

Cuomo is able to avoid the potentially sticky position of having to spend his summer being put on the spot in various primaries, each instance of which would be a reminder for voters that his only unqualified statement in support of a Democratic State Senate came as a condition for securing the nomination of the liberal Working Families Party.

The day of disaster begins: Gordon Brown is put on the spot in Rochdale by Gillian Duffy, a grandmother aged 66.

Showing an awareness of how the programme might play out he launched a pre-emptive strike: «I will no doubt be interrupted, shouted down, put on the spot... It will be political blood sport».

Thornberry is not the first politician to have been put on the spot by the presenter.

Or maybe it was because I was told to dart the rhino at the last second, a set - up to put me on the spot.

Then, I put on a spot treatment.

I'm gonna put you on the spot.

I don't want to put you on the spot but a caution or go ahead would really help me.

When people are put on the spot — and about to make a financial investment in improving their health — they spend some time really thinking about how to specifically articulate their health goals.

We rounded up a couple of girls with flawless faces in the office and put them on the spot.

I don't do well with being put on the spot.