Sentences with phrase «swatting at»

And as you know, swatting at bugs is just part of being outside in the South.

In some cases, implementing a system makes as much sense as swatting at a mosquito with a sledgehammer.

Are you swatting at distractions all day?

Short of an incredible - looking Mario game on the horizon, unless you're into anime melodrama or swatting at endless waves of slack - jawed enemies, the end of 2017 is going to feel rather thin for early adopters of Nintendo Switch.

Combat between players is fun, but lacks that magical spark required to make it stand out, largely because your attacks feel light and powerless, like you're swatting at a fly.

In any other game, I would have been swatting at the door in vain, but not this one.

When she arrived, she was prone to hissing and swatting at people.

In my case, swatting at my little guy to discipline him or giving him a swift tap on the nose does not work.

Typically, an attempt at physical punishment, such as pushing the puppy away, grabbing his muzzle, or swatting at him, will be seen as play behaviors and will only aggravate the situation.

But for those times when you're not around, your kitty will love swatting at this adorable hanging teaser toy!

Her foster mother Renetta reports that Jamie will play with her son for hours, just like any other cat, swatting at the string and pulling herself along the floor to get at the other toys.

Question: About a half hour ago my dog was outside and swatting at a giant wasp on the ground.

Many cats can watch the same videotape for hours each day, tracking the animals» movements, growling or chirruping and swatting at the screen.

Rubbing the dog's nose in the waste or swatting at the dog.

The nifty adjustable arm for the musical toys ensures your baby won't be swatting at the air or, worse, screaming in frustration.

She's crying for her idea of what life should be like: Sunday after church, all the sisters, sisters - in - law, wives kissing and patting, swatting at each other's children and at the same time loving them and rubbing their little round heads, women comparing and swapping babies, and all the men gathering and talking business, wool, yarn, lengths, shipping, bloody Flemings, fishing rights, brewing, annual turnover, nice timely information, favor - for - favor, little sweeteners, little retainers, my attorney says... That's what it should be like, married to Morgan Williams, with the Williamses being a big family in Putney... But somehow it's not been like that.

While swatting at moblins could get old fast, managing these special powers was enjoyable — and then I realized that my time was running out and there was a goron captain that needed saving.

«Everyone is swatting at it and Smiley opens the window just enough for the bee to get out.»

Who has also discovered her hands that are now constantly in her mouth or swatting at toys or grasping my fingers — it makes my heart happy being able to experience every moment of her growing.

That night the rain is torrential and the team huddles under a tarp in the dark, swatting at mosquitoes, relighting the candle after moths extinguish the flame.

People can also unconsciously detect gender, do simple adding problems when «invisible» numbers are flashed onto the screen, or distinguish between depictions of inappropriate and appropriate actions (for example, discerning between an invisible image of an athlete batting a ball with a baseball bat and an image that has been doctored to show the player swatting at the ball using a flower bouquet).

«The metaphor I've been using is (Attorney General) Andrew Cuomo is Goliath, whatever Republican gets in is David, and I'm this mosquito they are both swatting at,» Hawkins said.

The New York City tabloids, so often partners to Cuomo in his never - quite - explicit personal crusades against other New York officials, have taken Bharara's side in the battle, joining the Times in cheering him on and swatting at the governor.

But to go from simply extending the arms to swatting at objects to grabbing them in a handful of weeks (get it?)

(Yes, swatting at a toy is a developmental milestone!)

In the early months, when baby's play consists primarily of looking, wiggling, kicking and swatting at things, your home is a goldmine of baby toys.

It began with tummy time and basic «lying around staring» time, but that quickly progressed to the stage where they reach for the dangling toys above them, swatting at them in a sort of Pavlovian way.

The nifty adjustable arm for the musical toys ensures your baby won't be swatting at the air or, worse, screaming in frustration.

Baby play gyms encourage babies to use that ATNR in a functional manner as they lay on their back and begin looking at and swatting at the toys!

My baby girl started swatting at the toys the first time she used it at about 2mo.

Babies also start to explore their surroundings with their hands, reaching out, swatting at, and grasping for a favorite toy.

Like the flies in Kakuma: First you come to accept the nuisance, then you begin swatting at it, even after the flies have gone to sleep.

Within a few days you'll come to accept them, swatting at them with half the effort and one - tenth of the consciousness you paid the pests when you first arrived.

It was a runner swatting at a fielder.

So I suspect you may be swatting at ghosts of the past, or those you will never have a hope of convincing anyway.

It had become rippled, and Yoda swatted at the resulting funny shapes.

if he swatted at the puck with a stick that's one thing but the puck ends up where it is due to collision with the goaltender.

Their close - cropped hair glistened in the sun and several peeled off their T - shirts and jumped to swat at the low - hanging branches overhead.

He was a large dinger boy back in his day, and it was fun to watch him swat at batting - practice pitches.

Couples keeps his, the better to swat at the ground as he goes.

Men with sticks swat at children to get back.

Watch as Manolas barely kept Rossettini onside, then watch again as Rüdiger lets him waltz past him... then, watch again as Wojciech Szczesny swats at the ball like a toddler chasing fireflies.

He DEMANDS attention and will swat at me when I'm passing him if I don't respond to his meow.

Older babies swatted at or punished bad puppets, but they rewarded good puppets with treats.

In lay and play mode, this Gym allows baby to lay on their back and look up at their reflection in the mirrored sun or swat at and practice grabbing the five dangling toys that spin, clack and smile back, all while chubby baby feet kick at the large buttons on the piano to hear the music.

Even in the animal kingdom the mom will swat at her babies when they do something wrong.

Does he growl if you go near his food, snap at people who touch his paws, or swat at you when you pet him at an inconvenient time?

Kids can swat at it with their hands, crouch on the floor and jump on toward the balloon (like a rocket going to the moon), kick it with their feet, and so on.

It makes a crinkly noise when kicked or swatted at that our little one loved.

Learn the sleepy cues: he's sleepy if he rubs his eyes, swats at his ears, whines at the slightest stimuli, becomes quiet and still, yawns a lot, or loses interest in people and toys.