Sentences with phrase «something of a stumbling»

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One of the best things about being an avid reader is that moment you stumble across a phrase that clearly describes something you've experienced but didn't previously have the words for.

But Spangenberg describes his latest, and what he thinks will be the biggest and longest - lasting investing idea he has ever had, as something he stumbled into as a result of a friend convincing him to buy bitcoin.

I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.»

During one of our many weekend brunches at his place, I stumbled upon something that resembled a plan for the week only it was insanely strategic down to the minute.

«I guess I kind of stumbled into something great without being completely aware of it.

A lot of people stumble upon something that works for them, and then later on they find out there's a lot of research that's related to it.

With the SEC's official sanction, Elio launched their regulation A offering, something of a cross between a traditional IPO and investment crowdfunding, just as the market began to stumble.

After my post last night got me reading Budget 1980 and the National Energy Program, I stumbled upon something completely fascinating: the hated National Energy Program proposed an indexed price for synthetic crude from oil sands projects which, had it been followed until today, would have been above the Canadian dollar price of WTI in -LSB-...]

Even if we are doing something good, others with weak conscience might perceive it as a stumbling block, the means of another's downfall: in that case we are in some sense partly responsible for that stumbling.

By this we are all stumbling pilgrims on the Way, who know something, but do not know much more, and by this we are all on the Way Home together where the adventure continues on the other side of eternity.

The happiness that comes, when any does come — and often enough it fails to return in an acute form, though its form is sometimes very acute — is not the simple ignorance of ill, but something vastly more complex, including natural evil as one of its elements, but finding natural evil no such stumbling - block and terror because it now sees it swallowed up in supernatural good.

And speed and time are the addictions of all space outside of heaven and the kids are standing there looking us now in the eye and we are stumbling out of bed and looking in the mirror and wondering if we've grown into the lives that we prayed for or have we fallen into something else?

Luther had stumbled across something people had not heard of in their day: «sinners are attractive because they are loved; they are not loved because they are attractive.»

From Carter McNeese: A couple of years ago I stumbled onto something that I have really liked that I am extending this year.

I never set out to be a stumbling block, and I don't really want to be one... but I guess when enough people tell you that you are something, you sort of grow into the role.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that if I must be a stumbling block, let me be the kind that moves — out of the way when I might hurt, in the way when I might help, and down new and uncharted paths when it's time to learn something new.

I asked Eugene about a lot of things, but I stumbled onto something.

Last month, I stumbled onto a cool program called Bakin» Friends - a collection of bakers, bloggers and foodies who each month bake something yummy...

I've stumbled upon something here, that not only is good for you, but it actually rivals some of the best chocolate chip cookies I've had in my lifetime as a cookie - connoisseur.

I've said it before, but I think one of the biggest misconceptions running rampant through our culture is this idea that happiness is a fortuity; that it's something we stumble upon if we're in the right place at the right time or if we wake up on the right side of the bed.

But just in case someone else stumbling across this finds this useful... I've been researching this myself this week, and discovered a Journal article (Journal of Gastroenterology or something — I don't recall off the top of my head) that said that several essential oils — most especially lemongrass and lemon verbena — were effective for killing H. pylori.

A couple of weeks later, I was ransacking my office looking for something else and stumbled across an envelope from Driscoll's Berries with the coupons Danielle sent me in them!

Before leaving for our end of summer camping trip I knew I wanted to do something to remember this incredible summer by, and that's when I stumbled upon AU's newest product — their Layflat books.

Tuttle found himself in something of an awkward position, however, as Clemson stumbled to a 3 - 8 record, its worst in 23 years.

sometimes (not too much) I roam around other SB blogs, but almost never ever stumble on something with this level of quality.

Whether those pressures can be alchemised into something fortifying, or whether the players will stutter, stumble, and find themselves completely overwhelmed by an unprecedented convergence of history, expectation and turmoil.

Don't get knocked out by a guy you called your easiest fight then stumble past a guy you said was nowhere near your level and come out of that with something to say about anyone else.

That, though, doesn't explain how dominant United have been in recent games, and with the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal stumbling, the door is open for them to still make something out of this league campaign.

This has helped convey to Laurel that we're in it together, and that stumbling is a normal part of life; something that will offer a lesson.

Especially if you're one of the first few who stumbles upon something you really didn't want to see — such as your own child's death.

I too, stumbled onto co-sleeping and found that something I did out of desperation for sleep became something I really loved.

2 (1986), I stumbled upon something that was quite helpful in understanding the possible impact of birth.

I was researching something online yesterday, and I stumbled into a number of stories about networked video baby monitors getting hacked.

As the evidence and observations of these FRB anomalies continue to trickle in, however, astronomers are cautiously optimistic that they have stumbled not across fiction or technical error, but something much more novel.

In the early 1970s, plant pathologist Gary Griffin of Virginia Polytechnic Institute was hunting in the Blue Ridge Mountains when he stumbled on something far more valuable than the grouse he'd planned to bag.

Every now and then we stumble upon a new species of lemur in an obscure jungle or an exotic bacterium in a deep - sea vent, but at this point we are unlikely to discover something truly astonishing, like dinosaurs dwelling in a secluded cavern.

Motivated by the discovery, physicists Eduardo Guéron of the Federal University of ABC and Ricardo Mosna of the University of Campinas, both in Brazil, say they have stumbled onto something else lurking in Einstein's equations.

NASA's Mars rover Opportunity seems to have stumbled into something akin to a carwash that has left its solar panels much cleaner than those of its twin rover, Spirit.

This can happen during a run or even from something as innocuous as tripping over a curb — or stumbling in a pair of stilettos.

It's just something that we kind of stumbled across, basically.

One day, Joe stumbles upon a crazy workout online that requires him to perform insane repetitions of multiple different exercises, probably something close to 1,000 reps.

I stumbled upon this recipe out of laziness by accident when I was searching for something quick and healthy to take to work with me.

When I am looking for new sneakers (or if I stumble across them through no fault of my own), I like to generally look for something unique and different.

Instagram is the best for quick inspiration, but there are plenty of times when I stumble upon awesome things that don't make sense for a full blown post or when you want to look at something later when you're at your computer.

This struggle is something I face every single day, some days my inner girl boss takes reign and I rock a power outfit with tons of enthusiasm, other days I look in the mirror and realise I look like I've just stumbled out of bed.

When I started research deep conditioning treatments on YouTube I wanted to find something a product with the least amount of chemicals and this is when I stumbled across the DIY Banana - Avocado Hair Mask.

However, I knew I wanted something a little different, and after hours of searching on the internet, I stumbled across dresswe.

If you've ever had to interview someone for a job, you may have looked them up online, and you might have stumbled across some information they didn't want you to know — whether that's photos of them doing something questionable, or their most recent Facebook status update saying they've lied on their CV...

Others are very dubious about the possibilities of stumbling across just the right person at the right time on the forum with something that catches the attention of the looker.

Countless curious seekers have stumbled upon the pages of SeekingArrangement, finding themselves intrigued by the idea that there are many real people out there who are pursuing something that they may have never thought practical for them.