How To Use Akin In A Sentence

Assuming that 15 pound breaking strain line is used, an angler using monofilament might have to use a six or eight ounce sinker and use a 20 lb class rod to carry that sinker weight.
Secondly, he makes the team too much money, raking in ticket and merchandise sales like crazy.
I learned how to negotiate fights between adolescent girls without making it seem like parental interference.
If you lip balm contains phenol, camphor, menthol, peppermint oil or eucalyptus, it's most likely making your lips more chapped than not.
Neither of them sugar-coat the ups and down of working in the industry, but they will open your eyes a great deal about the false assumptions that you're making.

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But Sexton found Nicks for an easy 31-yard score on fourth down with 4: 11 left to seal it, and Nicks set the receiving record with a 22-yard catch a little later from T.J. Yates, making his first appearance in relief from a broken ankle suffered in September against Virginia Tech. Newspaper Home Delivery - Subscribe Today USATODAY.com
Would you stop making jokes at my expense?
The breaking of a branch under my foot alarmed the deer.
In any event, when making a case against the indivisibility of Sinitic, it is not necessary to rebut each of these "common" features individually, since they are largely or wholly extralinguistic. Language Log
Interior spaces may also be gendered: the author explores both the activities particular to women, such as needlework or lace-making, and the objects related to female and maternal domesticity.
I can, however tell you that AB is absolutely freaking awesome!! What I've been doing this morning...
He was afraid of waking up in the morning and finding that Jessie was dead.
Meanwhile, Mr. Christie is taking the same tact in what he described as a "passionate" relationship with Mr. Sweeney, who has the power to single-handedly block bills. Christie, Sweeney in Standoff Over Funds
Thrice a day, the performers have been taking to the stage under the massive fireproof tents, which can accommodate up to 2,500 viewers.
It was part of Rolls-Royce, one of the world's largest manufacturers of jet engines, which grew out of the original car-making company founded by Henry Rolls.
As surveyor and topographer, he took on the task of making sketches of the stockades.
Another group of supervisors from light manufacturing industry are undertaking a conversion course to catering supervisor.
Speaking of pal Dorian, he's mentioned to me a couple times at work that somewhere on the John Byrne Forum, some industrious individual "rewrote" events in Identity Crisis so that You-Know-Who wasn't sexually assaulted and killed. Archive 2004-07-18
That creaking sound you hear? Times, Sunday Times
It's worth taking chances when you're shooting at a chance of fame and wealth.
Making a flip book involves using the corner of a sketch pad to illustrate individual still frames of cartoon movement.
A minute later Arsenal extended their lead after breaking with searing pace.
Now the word "prayer" to non-Muslim readers will evoke an image of people perhaps silently clasping their hands together, leaning forward in a pew, and either silently, to themselves, or in a quiet tone, speaking heartfeltly to God. David Horowitz Freedom Center
They were making plans to move north, to protect their border from the Kariens. TREASON KEEP
Taking up the whole stage included three guitarists, a bass player, one on drums, and a xylophonist, but this time no microphone in sight. FasterLouder.com.au > Your Access All Areas pass to the latest in Australian rock music! News, Reviews, Photos, Forums and more
Genetic factors, scientists believe, account for 70% of cocaine addiction, making it as heritable as schizophrenia and other mental health conditions.
I don't think you're playing devil's advocate (a word every/filmer seems to want use) simply by making entirely senseless comparisons between films like Transformers and There Will Be Blood, and ranting on with points of view that even someone in defense of Transformers would never use. Things I Noticed While Watching 20 Minutes of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek | /Film
This seems like an unnecessary attention-seeking tactic, making sure we notice a particularly sleazy line.
A second wave of emigrations of Ashkenazic Jews from Eastern Europe at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries brought larger numbers of Yiddish-speaking, traditional Orthodox Jews into the Seattle community. Weaving Women's Words: Seattle Stories
Management has not succeeded in breaking the strike.
This cooperative family decision-making has much to recommend it.
Firefighters said a man had taken off a valve before realising gas was still leaking out. The Sun
Except that in Latin a ship's prow was called a rostrum and the plural of rostrum was rostra so they called the speaking platform rostra.
It joins a host of other multinational businesses making similar pledges. Times, Sunday Times
I felt something akin to the tender hatred one can sense when staring hard at a photograph of oneself.
Specimens are rarely found in one unbroken piece, and the process of reconstituting them is akin to completing a jigsaw puzzle.
Young barristers undertaking publicly funded work frequently earn very little in their first years. Times, Sunday Times
Parts of all three vases were mingled together and the position of each piece had to be painstakingly documented to aid the reconstruction. Times, Sunday Times
Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose.
Stick us in a virgin paradise, and we create great honeycombed bureaucracies, vast bramble-fields of rules and regulations, ornate politburos filled with policymaking politicos, and, above all, tangled webs of power.
What I really liked, from my white boy point-of-view, was Eddie taking a brief second to explain his continual usage of the N-word: because its power is lessened the more it's used.
One table had an older family, taking a break from cooking at home.
Then the first of three banderilleros (usually older bullfighters who form part of the matador's team) individually run towards the bull making him charge.
His love-making is passionate and impulsive, joyous almost to rowdyism. The Confessions of a Beachcomber
After climbing a steep rise for about twenty minutes the road crested, then began to slope downwards, taking a more westerly direction.
Generally speaking, I tend not to get too bent out of shape by occasional rhetorical howlers.
Volumes of exchanges have been taking place over what some of these correspondents have called the militarisation of Haiti by international forces, many of the voices sounding off against it. TrinidadExpress Today's News
He travelled widely in pursuit of his ornithological passion, making many new discoveries. SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
Digital photography and fewer people taking holidays appear to be the main culprits there.
Which means making sure I'm near the front of the line on opening day and a systematic approach to acquisition.
“No, there ain’t no Bowlong,” said the barmaid, taking up a glasscloth and a drying tumbler and beginning to polish the latter. The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll
Taking up so much of the roof area, it has to stay sealed with the glass permanently in place to maintain the car's body rigidity.
It also provides a condensed primer to some of the issues at stake in American avant-garde cinema, which, partly because of its historical opposition to the dictates of commercial mainstream moviemaking and partly because it resists commodification unlike, say, abstract painting, oppositional cinema doesn't rack up big sales at Sotheby's, has been relegated to the status of museum pieces and festival marginalia. NYT > Home Page
It was an old-fashioned mill for grinding linseed, expressing the oil, and making oil-cake.
Making all pupils feel they are valued and have a contribution to make to the school community is vital in helping children become responsible adults.
A short umbilical cable rolled out with the rocket which was fired by electrical impulse, breaking the cord.
Whether Mr. Johnson was speaking metaphorically or just plain sillily, the fact he was expressing concern over adding many US military personnel to a small island displays concern for the overall impact on the Guamites … Guamians … Guamicans, hell just what does one call a resident of Guam? Think Progress » Rep. Johnson worries that the island of Guam will ‘tip over and capsize’ if U.S. troops relocate there.
Although nationally distributed boxes do not change fronts often, the regional ones do, making them a prime target for collectors.
At about the time Hanson began making his realistic figures in the 1960s, other artists were also making life-sized figures molded from actual people.
Sémillon (also Muscadelle and Sauvignon Blanc) is the best grape for making botrytis-affected sweet wines.
We see him speaking with Budd, trying to convince him to watch out.
Thank you for making learning not a dull thing but a great joy.
Add in baking powder and flour and combine well. The Sun
The main problem with making films is keeping continuity.
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New antioxidants include ferulic acid, idebenone, ubiquinone coenzyme Q10, alpha lipoic acid, and resveratrol and are already making their way into our friendly neighborhood counters. You Being Beautiful
Within four years he managed to dislodge the shah then in place Ahmad Shah Qajar and coronate himself, making his 5-year-old son crown prince. A Monarch Dethroned
But this is all about making content safe, when delivered as a stream or as a file, over the internet.
He was asleep on the window, looking angelic as the moonlight shone in, making his skin a smooth pale lucid colour.
Making a completely clean break with the past, the couple got rid of all their old furniture.
She added that the annual Halloween celebrations will see bonfires on the area, only making things worse than they already are.
If a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking. - Woodrow Wilson
They usually leave this live breaking stuff to the cable news networks these days.
Talking about the investment in the new main stand, the increased capacity, and the scope for making money rather than just haemorrhaging it, he insisted his family are in it for the long haul.
He gave the address of his hotel, making sure that Johnny, talking to another salesgirl a foot or two away, would have heard it. DISPLACED PERSON
He was a highly intelligent commercial lawyer and then judge who suddenly found himself having to grind out fact after fact from nuggets of information painstakingly. Times, Sunday Times
No major American artists in the twenties were making totally abstract, non-objective paintings.
Zack and I spent last evening making modelling clay figures at the kitchen table.
Indeed, "My mother said I could be no lad, till I was twentye, '* is a passage I notice in my Milton with a view to this; which see; and therein also of a shep - herdess" taking the tale. The Rolliad, in Two Parts: Probationary Odes for the Laureatship; and Political Eclogues and ...
The actress is asking the court to protect her from an obsessive fan who is making her life a misery.
The light was fading and the sky had rings of black, purple and navy making their way up to the small point of light in the center part of the sky.
We also believe that practically any country that degrades women or any country that cuts them off from the vital life of the country is making a very big mistake.
Without these sagacities, the brickwork of the tambour, in addition to taking a very long time so that the concrete could dry up and solidify, would surely have been too heavy to support the dome.
He stacked the books on pedestals, making three mysterious columns on one side of the shadowy gallery, two on the other.
Seal the cauliflower in its little parcel as if you were baking a fish. Times, Sunday Times
Who knew breaking up with Ted would so aversely affect her story-lines. How I Became Disappointed With HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER | the TV addict
A man rushed past and jogged her elbow, making her drop the bag.
We salute the flag, honer our military and are for taking care of our elderly, military and avoiding socialism. Obama invites senators from both parties to discuss vacancy
It also stokes the emotions, making physical violence more likely.
Monasteries, breaking the Lawes of obedience, and being addicted to pleasures of the flesh, are become lascivious and dissolute, making the world beleeve, that whatsoever is convenient for other women, is no way unbeseeming them, as thinking in that manner to escape. The Decameron
I am speaking of the ease with which motives are impugned, lifestyles derogated, name-calling condoned, individuals and groups demonized. The Ten Commandments
Part of the problem in making extrapolations from these patterns to build a theory is that the relationship between language and social structure may vary considerably, both synchronically and diachronically.
They have to put up with some shoddy sequels to groundbreaking originals.
This company's workhorse is lemna, also known as duckweed-a tiny, aquatic clonal plant that doubles its biomass every 36 hours-and is skilled at making proteins that mammalian cells struggle, and often fail, to produce. News from The Scientist
My birthday wishes to you are the warmest.May all the plans you are making work out just right for you and may life always bring the best things your way.
Of course, daylight savings time will never go away, because modern environmentalism has become more a matter of making empty feel-good gestures than performing rational acts that actually improve something. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » It Seems I Was Right About Daylight Savings Time
This is Europe's problem too," went the refrain, after more than 1,400 immigrant had arrived in Tenerife and Gran Canaria in the previous week, making 2,000 landing in the month, mostly from Senegal and Mali. The pace quickens
If you are not inside a house, you don not know about its leaking.
The sound is a direct descendant of old skool UK garage, the bumpy beats of yore with rubbery basslines and cutting edge sampling techniques, taking in everything from soul to electro to jazz to blue grass.
They were following the cortege to the cemetery, and her dad was making jokes. IN REAL LIFE
The judge was making the point that the Pledge, in its current incarnation, is only about 50 – 60 years old and that the language “under God” was inserted at a particular time in response to concerns of that time and that the Pledge is not some sacrosanct invocation from the founders. The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Reinhardt’s Dig on Sarah Palin
The purpose of evaluation is to collect and analyse information that can be used for rational decision making.
And that was all my poor cousin got by making his old mistress his new wife — not a drum, not a trumpet, not a fife, not a tabret, nor the expectation of a new joy, to animate him on! Clarissa Harlowe
I know there are some psychoanalysts who theorize that every creature which appears in a dream or waking dream is an aspect of the dreamer. GALILEE
I'm delighted that our local communities and voluntary groups are taking the lead on renewable energy for lighting and heating.
The film was a difficult undertaking, though. Times, Sunday Times
Aryan shrieks and runs out of my room, making such noise that her footfalls sound like an army trooping onto the battlefield.
She points out that many high performers in Generation Y roughly speaking, people born between 1975 and 1995 job-hop in order to strengthen their resumes. NPR Topics: News
Phil is taking over from David on a pro tem basis.
Any instrument of knowledge proving the non-existence of consciousness, could do so only by making consciousness its object -- 'this is consciousness'; but consciousness, as being self-established, does not admit of that objectivation which is implied in the word 'this,' and hence its previous non-existence cannot be proved by anything lying outside itself. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
The Governing Body, in its wisdom, devolved decision making for the trophy's route to its constituent bodies, the counties.
As you can see from about two posts ago, my mind has been taking the occasional hike down memory lane lately.
So, while not disavowing the memo should your Democratic staff on the select committee be taking that as a straightforward admonition?
The manager of a dressmaking factory noted with amazement that her employees all took Sunday for a gala day and not as a day of rest. A Renegade History of the United States
But this exclamation is hyperbole; we are not speaking in literal seriousness.
It is not just about productivity, but predictability, speeding things up, making things flow smoothly.
We had good straight-line speed, but overtaking is so difficult here.
Information is also readily available to aid senior management in decision making.
*** Pharmaceuticals Sigma Pharmaceuticals said that it is likely to breach loan conditions with bankers after taking a charge of as much as 270 million Australian dollars ($253.4 million) from the A$900 million fire sale of its pharmaceutical division to South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare. Business Watch
The period detail has been painstakingly recreated and it is shot in a sombre palette of olive greens and sepia tones.
Very interesting that our Member of Parliament seems to think spending every waking hour in horning is more important than being in Parliament. Campaigning in Horning
But one of the biggest gems for Nordic skiing is the plan for snowmaking capabilities.
After making the sauce, I thought both potatoes and chickpeas sounded good, so on a whim I made a potato with panch phoron side dish -- but next time I would do 2 things differently. Archive 2009-04-01
Arbon, are you speaking in generalities (Microsoft OS products are 'iffy' right out of the box!) are do you have current experience with an unstable Win7 product? Computers in mexico
“Yes, of course, the whole idea is utterly inane, but to let its predictable inanities blind you to its truly fabulous and breathtaking aspects is to do both oneself and the genre a disservice.” — The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend
Thus far, there have been eight, and two will be making their racecourse debuts this summer. Times, Sunday Times
Greek weekly "Proto Thema", an unregretted and shameless Akin stated that he killed Solomou and would do it again if needed. OpEdNews - Diary: Murdering Peace in Derynia
Neither does it give them excuse for committing imprisonable crimes or for not making efforts to work to support themselves. Times, Sunday Times
These build and swell into clouds, suddenly breaking apart and dispersing unexpectedly.
Possibly one of the most important memories I have of learning about music as a teenager was me and my mate sneaking into his big brother's bedroom and putting on his records on his super quality hi-fi.
But to Mr. Robin there is no actually existing Burkeanism anywhere, making those who cite the ideal of a reasonable, pragmatic, nonreactionary conservatism guilty of the kind of utopianism the left is more commonly faulted for. NYT > Home Page
I've had an insanely busy day here, and I was listening to the latest album but it was just making me kind of listless and spacy.
She is a woman of integrity who has never abandoned her principles for the sake of making money.
Real will is an attribute of consciousness, not of the sleep in which most people pass their waking lives.
In issuing the order, the President has pushed his lawmaking powers beyond their limits.
They're not going to be making much at the lower end of the scale. Times, Sunday Times
For two days it had been snowing, great flakes so plume-like that they seemed almost artificial, making one think of the blizzards which originate high in theatre-flies under the sovereignty of a stage-hand who sweats at his task of controlling the elements. Then I'll Come Back to You
This South Wales operation uses hand-raking and sieving to harvest the molluscs.
One particularly nice feature is the true print previewer that lets you proof and edit a map before making the final print.
Manufactories are now making more and more civilian GPS receivers.
This capricious beast had been trained to caracole, and his owner had taken to impressing girls by making the beast execute this pretty trick whenever he saw one. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
But this volume considerably expands our understanding by widening the regional sphere of comparison and by taking on board issues of secrecy, cultural heritage and museology.
Thus, Nietzsche underlines our creative power in playing with masks, in taking up selves only to put them down again.
Since my parents both commuted a long way from home, long before the word "playdate" ever existed, I spent most afternoons running from house to house, soaking up the sounds, smells and tastes. Jessica Seinfeld: Reclaiming Family Food
Speaking to camera, the masked man accused the hostages of being spies for the British government and claimed that they had been abandoned. Times, Sunday Times
Among techniques clearly described to us is his camerawork, which is presented during an early description of the symptoms of anxiety: nausea, shaking, loss of balance and distorted vision. Mike says ANTI-CHRIST is shocking, disgusting, frightening and will leave you feeling uncomfortable. But that’s kind of the point! | Obsessed With Film
And the images you conjure with "straddling glowing globes and caressing the giant W" makes us sound so freakin 'horny ... oh wait ... nevermind. Blogger Bender - Part II
He is capable of taking over this game, and if he does, Illinois' primary weakness will be its undoing.
Note: Fees for the standard exhibition booth include those for exhibition space, 2.5-meters-high wainscot, making of lintel, negotiation table, two chairs, 220V mains socket and two spotlights .
Imagine you are making jam and have gotten to the point where you pour the steaming liquor of fruit, sugar, and pectin into the jars.
I am assuming as they are looking for the will that the flash sidewards was taking place shortly after the plane had landed, at which point Kate is on the run from the police and definitely not bringing up a child. LOSTCasts 82: The Lighthouse
Bell was also a sycophant, a Yes man, who could shift his political stance in a heartbeat, talk in circles and dodge any important decision making.
In the 1970's the two-way radio made a big difference in making up trains and the brakeman were no longer giving signals with lanterns and lighted fuzees.
White cap set her up long hair and half of his face is obscured, but felt she must be very beautiful, breathtaking beauty!
The mostly German-speaking cantons, or provinces, are divided nearly equally between the two religious affiliations.
An attorney is your employee, in a manner of speaking.
Speaking in rapid, intense bursts, Smith expanded on his sometimes convoluted story.
Instead of buying pre-packed munchies, involve the kids in making their snacks from scratch. The Sun
A sedentary lifestyle also spells bad news for hips and thighs: increase your circulation by taking more exercise.
White says no one could fail to understand the strategy, but is at pains to point out that making more money does not mean losing more jobs - quite the opposite.
One example is bookmaking - punters can now both back and lay horses over the web.
This is a comparatively extrovert third album from the talented and technically advanced young Scots harper and pianist, now sojourning in Barcelona and soaking up even more musical influences.
In this passage, the word renew means “to exchange,” like taking off old clothes and putting on new. Do You Know Who I Am?
Speaking of rounding tight corners, the Daily News reports that some messengers attempted to promote cycling in Queens this past weekend by holding an alleycat called "BLVDS of DEATH: Archive 2010-09-01
If implemented, Straw's curfew will allow adults to evade taking responsibility for the welfare of future generations.
Stephanie MacDonald-Taylor operates a company called Politically Speaking from her southwest Houston home.
Solicitors taking a confrontational approach can often inflame the situation rather than calm it. Why Am I Afraid to Divorce?
Previously he had been engaged in making a geological map of Devon and he now continued this work in an official capacity.
So he had got experience, at least you could say that for him, and of course it would be in a French-speaking area. THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE
For the crust, stir the flour, cornmeal, sugar and baking powder together in a large mixing bowl.
At an emotional news conference, members of the women's eight apologised for breaking national Olympic rules and expressed regret at condemning their team mate.
It was nice listening to the two kids laughing their heads off as they played "moviemaking" on Sunday. Shlemazl
Some may balk at the frivolous approach to taking drugs, but few series are as vocal in their celebration of youthful individuality. Times, Sunday Times
In 1975, after losing 3 "weathermen" terrrorists in a bomb-making accident and being that they are now on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List, Ayers & Dohrn "go underground". Latest Articles
Give responsibility for minor decision making to the elder councils.
The researchers needed to show whether the larger portions had been making people fatter, he said. Times, Sunday Times
Carol is part of the London Laughter Club, a group which has the sole aim of making each other laugh.
She shamed him into making amends
A British company with a history of taking on larger rivals says it owns six patents affecting software downloads.
I'm still labelled a hypochondriac, a lier, someone who's making things up. BlogHer - Comments
Meanwhile taking strong note of the police behaviour towards peaceful students demonstration leaders of the central university andolan samiti have threatened to intensify their agitation in support of their demands. NC-Congress coalition government responsible for the agitation on Central University issue
This "indistinguishability" seems to me to be precisely the point that aiguy has been making in this thread (and doing an outstanding job of it, BTW). Aiguy's Computer
It's like they don't know how to drive in freaking snow. Archive 2009-01-01
She was also snapped exposing her toned midriff while taking a telephone call. The Sun
He prefers to purge children of demons by making them take laxatives and emetics.
Here he climbs aboard the ‘longest train in the world’, breaking his journey at Chinguetti.
Taking a dig at the BWSSB, a corporator noted perhaps a cess should be levied on BWSSB every time sewage is let into storm water drains maintained by the BMP.
It was a strange spectacle to see the two former enemies shaking hands and slapping each other on the back.
Geoengineering, its proponents would say, is about keeping the planet earthlike, and critics would say, is about making it non-earthlike. The Volokh Conspiracy » Time to Look at Geoengineering?
So before they ship out, the Marines are undertaking what amounts to a massive deprogramming campaign for their own troops.
Probably by breaking off from a frame to do a quick poo in the corner of the auditorium.
‘Oh, I think the music's great,’ responded our darling son in a replay, no doubt, of father-son conversations taking place all over the world.
If theyre taking money from ACORN, then why is Blackwater, and other thieving, lying companies funded by my tax dollars still receiving monies from the government. ACORN files lawsuit over loss of federal funding
So maybe BP isn't the best example yet, but clearly businesses that embrace principles of social entrepreneurship--discovering how to "unstick" society when it has gotten stuck, by changing the system--are having widespread impact in making the new buzzphrase "social value" the litmus test for success for not only social entrepreneurs but profit-oriented businesses, too. Marian Salzman: Reinvention, Part II
Use the rest of the butter to grease a large baking dish (the sort of thing you would make lasagne in). Times, Sunday Times
As the train stopped for its human freight at each station it slowly gathered a cargo of trammies and bussies making for their depots.
Elroy is surprised to learn that the gardens are not fables but space stations that orbit the Earth and are run by a much-feared Lord, who seeks out Wiggles for taking the forbidden fruit - an apple, natch. 4/06 UPDATE: My New Year's Resolution
He reeled off six consecutive pars before taking bogey from a greenside bunker at No. 8. USATODAY.com - Goosen ganders second U.S. Open victory
I say this because in the mid distance is the Swinden Limestone Quarry, and they are removing one hill, and making another with the quarry tailings, and successfully grassing over the spoil and planting trees.
It's probably been twenty years or more since I read L' Engle's ‘Time trilogy’ about the Murry family, and in that time L' Engle has written another book in the series, making it a tetralogy.

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