Sentences with phrase «struggling up a hill»

You're struggling up a hill halfway through a ten - mile race.

Sadly, the studio are still lagging behind, like a car struggling up a hill, trapped in first gear.

Put off by the thought of struggling up hills?

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Those who really struggle with weight loss and maintaining healthy lifestyle choices can feel a lot like Sisyphus, the mythological Greek figure eternally doomed to push a giant boulder up a hill over and over only to see it roll to the bottom again and again.

The story of Antarctic marine conservation efforts often feels like the myth of Sisyphus, the Greek king who was condemned to spend eternity struggling to roll a boulder up a hill.

With the 2012 budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) up in the air as Congress struggles to craft next year's spending bills, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has issued a report that will doubtless provide fodder to NIH - boosters on Capitol Hill.

When I am struggling through a workout — maybe I'm running up a big, steep hill — I will repeat this mantra over and over again until I feel better.

We shoot this look right below the Colorado National Monument and let me tell ya, I was struggling when I had to walk up this hill wearing these heels, haha.

King of the Hill, about a struggling but resourceful preteen (Jesse Bradford) growing up amid the fear and poverty of the Great Depression, is director Steven Soderbergh's only film to focus on the life of a child.

XV struggles with hills, and it requires the 2.0 L 4 - cylinder to be wound up pretty high to get the wagon moving.

I recently drove this car over a mountain pass and found it to not be as powerful as I would like, at times it struggled to maintain 60 MPH and would not accelerate very fast up the hill.

The 1.6 - litre engine is underpowered and struggles up steep hills, while the more powerful 1.4 - litre turbo is too noisy when pushed hard.

Imagine you've got a full load, and you're struggling to get up a hill — instead of waiting for the van to figure out it needs to downshift, you can do it quickly yourself.

Pulling away from lights, out of junctions, or accelerating up a hill doesn't see the Clio struggle, it's just that the engine is set - up for performance of an economical nature, rather than a sporting one.

Going up hills at speed is really the only time you notice the Toyota C - HR is working hard as the acceleration occasionally struggles to kick it up a notch when required.

Keeping in mind that the average iM buyer won't be hammering up and down twisty roads, the iM still seemed to struggle to find the guts to confidently pass cars on the highway or tackle steep hills.

These symptoms will be of the sort that relate to your vehicle having to struggle to get the fuel that it needs, and will include such things as hard starting, rough running and idling, hesitation, particularly during an attempt at a hard or sharp acceleration, such as when trying to pass another vehicle, and a sense of reduced power, especially noticeable when going up a hill or during some other type of demanding activity.

The pet overpopulation problem still remains an up - hill struggle.

I struggled up the steep hill with my bags, passing an old water mill and headed up the town's main street.