Sentences with phrase «then slows its descent»

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After all, it was while we were above - and - beyond - the - tithe faithful givers and just after we'd filled a pledge to donate sacrificial chunks of change to our church's building campaign that we began our descent (slow at first, then picking up nice steam) from cushy, comfy well - off to broke.

Closer examinations of the lander's transmitted telemetry then revealed that the ejection of the parachute and a heat shield occurred earlier than expected, followed by a too - brief firing of rocket thrusters meant to slow the spacecraft's descent.

The lander used parachutes to slow its descent, and then deployed airbags to bounce to a stop much like NASA's successful Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity.

Furthermore, research shows that when bench pressing, lowering the bar quickly (1 second) and, without pause, then exploding it upward results in greater power gains than a slow descent followed by a pause and explosive ascent.

Ever since then it's been a slow descent, and now this.

Dependably, however, Scott intrudes upon the slow burn of their kindling romance, cutting away from Robin and Marion's bonfire pas - de-deux for some far distant plot business and then cutting back to Robin and Sir Walter as the latter reveals the long - buried secret of Robin's patrilineal descent: seems that Robin's stonemason daddy had some unique ideas about all men being created equal, and set them down in a document that bears a certain resemblance to one M ---- C ---- ...

Opening titles establish 1925 as the peak of this Barrymore's stage success, then followed by a slow descent into alcoholism, which would ultimately claim his life at age 60 in May of 1942.

First up was a minor descent, which the baby SUV passed with ease, then came up a sharp corner where the X1 maneuvered easily at dead slow speed with its chunky and light steering wheel giving a sense of its compact dimensions, which is a big advantage while driving in congested areas.

Off - road in a 4x4 V8, we tried out the hill - descent option, common on most four - wheel drives nowadays, and found it was... like most four - wheel drives with similar hill descent features: It hesitated at first then grabbed the front and rear discs one by one to slow downhill progress to a creepy crawl.

Jump down, then jump down the side with the revolving wheels and grab the three coins on this wall (you can slide down the wall to slow and direct your descent).