Sentences with phrase «wringer for»

I'd been putting myself through the wringer for six or seven months in an attempt at kicking my results up a notch, only to have the opposite effect.

The premise is broad and musty, somewhere between an extended arc on Girls and either a reheated Sixties counterculture comedy or an Eighties hand - wringer for boomers.

Josie Rourke is on to direct the latest iteration of the film, which has been caught in the development wringer for more than a decade.

His actresses are willing to put themselves through the wringer for him and he gets devastating, powerful work in return.

It says something about the project that she'd be willing to go through the Marvel wringer for it.

With black - rimmed glasses, broad shoulders and GQ good looks, Maxime Rooney is a wringer for Clark Kent.

Not exact matches

«After the very public case we went through in 2013 when we put the Lib Dems through the wringer and they were exposed as having no policies, you would have thought the other parties would have been on red alert for this,» Harris said.

Blue Monday — the blue refers to the dye that made clothes glimmer white, and Monday was once the preferred day for washing — is an exceptional collection of washing gadgets and widgets: soap chippers, mangles, wringers, irons, stirrers, and plungers, as well as old soap boxes and «magic» detergents.

Cortisol, a «stress - buffering hormone», in itself is not bad for you, but think about why it's necessary — whether it's heart palpitations or butterflies in your stomach, your body gets put through the wringer when you're in love.

Normally, you wouldn't expect them to work together, which may be why they're the perfect fodder for humor, as they're shot at, punched, mauled and generally put through the wringer.

There, they are thrown through the wringer of the industry, failing audition after audition for years and never landing any roles.

, Lawrence is still evidently game for feeding her star persona through the wringer, and more power to her for that.

Lawrence, the director, conjures compelling evidence for Dominika's dual allegiances — her growing relationship with the American agent feels convincing, but the punishingly brutal regime of Charlotte Rampling's stern matron throws doubt into the mix as Lawrence, the actor, is put through the wringer.

There's the 1982 edition, for starters, a masterful collaboration between Steven Spielberg and Tobe Hooper that sends a suburban family through the haunted - house wringer.

In other words, we're in for one of those serious - minded textbook cases that takes an initially skeptical family and puts them through the wringer.

When Brendan McDonough (Miles Teller), a recovering junky trying to set his life straight after the birth of his daughter, tries out for the squad, he's put through the wringer, particularly by Christopher MacKenzie (Taylor Kitsch), who knew him from an EMT course they took and feared that he would drag everyone else in the crew down with him.

While she thanks director Russell for giving her the chance to prove that she could do more than play sweet, wide - eyed innocents, Adams has admitted that life is too short to put herself through that wringer again, especially with a six - year - old at home.

It's pretty obvious that a movie like Last House on the Left put its performers through the wringer in catering to an exploitation audience's thirst for flesh and blood.

The hand - wringers are further incensed that public funds are being «siphoned» from public schools to pay for vouchers, insisting — as they invariably do — that more money will lead to better public schools.

Another year passes; another crop of edtech gear gets put through the wringer by Tech & Learning's expert panel of judges for the Awards of Excellence.

Waiting to put it through the wringer are three very different yet extremely capable adversaries: the lightweight, ultra-focused mid-engined Porsche Cayman R, the slick and potent all - wheel - drive Audi TT RS, and the honest - to - goodness Nissan 370Z, here being tested in box - fresh GT Edition specification for the very first time.

Hook readers with a sentence, draw them in with characters they sympathize with immediately, make the stakes costly, run the reader and your protags through the wringer, and end with a twist or a reveal or a save that no one saw coming and that leaves people thinking about your story for weeks or years.

If you're thinking about how to find a cosigner for a student loan online, put the service (and the cosigner) through the wringer.

While it can be more time - consuming to manage a large portfolio, most people are better off aiming for at least this number to avoid getting put through the volatility wringer.

Each world presents distinct time - distorting powers and puzzles that feed your brain through the wringer, squeeze it out, let it air, and then forcefully knead it afterwards for good measure.

Opportunities for multiplayer were far rarer than they are now — you could go one - on - one over a phone line, or put yourself through the hellish wringer of setting up an IPX network for some four - way fun — but I was a monster there, too.

There's been a long, long build up to Battlefield 1's second major DLC pack, and many people have been able to play pre-release versions of maps and other content for a while now, as DICE put it through the wringer in their Community Test Environment, which recently came to consoles.

For the hand - wringers who imagine this would trash the canon, I'll note that cramming in 50 more paintings by women would still keep their presence below 16 percent.

Don't let agents put you through the wringer just to get the first word on current rates: do a quick NetQuote search and put the ball in your court for seeking out Euless insurance premiums you can live with.

It's waterproof to 165 feet, and meets the MIL - STD - 810G standards for shock, temperature, and humidity, so you can put this thing through the wringer, and it'll probably come out OK.

Like we do for all the products we test, we put gaming headsets through the wringer.

Medical sales managers usually have a lot of candidates for one position, so they can (and will) put you through the wringer.

There's no cost to the Seller to put the Buyer through the court process wringer, especially if it's via Small Claims Court, and there's no incentive or disincentive for the Seller to sign the mutual release under any circumstance.

The major retailers have been through the wringer, and those that have survived, for the most part, are healthy,» he says.

I enjoy baking, cooking, and having family over for dinner, so this kitchen is put through the wringer!