How To Use Slug In A Sentence

Put all the fruit in a saucepan on a gentle heat and add a couple of tablespoons of caster sugar and a slug of something pleasantly alcoholic such as brandy, whisky or even sherry.
Whether these positive initiatives will be enough to overcome disappointment on the limited over-all budget reduction will depend on the extent to which the investor is willing to look beyond near-term sluggishness in North American growth. Budget '85 Special Meeting of The Empire Club of Canada
Statistics paint a sobering picture — unemployment, tight credit, lower home values, sluggish job growth.
The electronic power-assisted steering feels well weighted, with a slow rack ratio but an on-centre sluggishness, which is safe and steady but not at all responsive. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
The team built a robot which could distinguish a slug from a stone and pick it up.

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Engines usually idle slower and are sluggish to respond until they warm up.
If you feel sluggish in the morning, use turquoise tones in the bathroom. The Sun
It was important that they were allowed to slug it out over the so-called flip-flop on that legislation.
His departure from Time Warner coincided with sluggish operating results at the cable channel.
As gardeners already know, all other slugs and snails (or gastropod mollusks, to the experts) sport a soft and slimy foot.
While she waited on the step May thought about Maurice's mother looking at Southport's slug-like sea with mean, jaundiced eyes. PROSPECT HILL
Birds - blackbirds and thrushes, robins, starlings, rooks and crows, jays, ducks, seagulls and owls will eat slugs
In spite of the complexities of spanning the globe and a sluggish economic environment, most of these tech transnationals have been delivering outstanding financial results.
I think the days that I haven't been active is when I start feeling very sluggish and I lose the energy, I don't think as clearly.
John Edwards today said that after watching his rivals slug it out last night, he's proud to represent what he's calling the grownup wing of the Democratic Party. CNN Transcript Jan 22, 2008
With his refined boxing skills and blending in his tendency to slug it out, he can still entertain us with some great fights in the future.
There they gather short, or editor-shortened, letters in which correspondents with opposing views slug away at each other on a topic selected by the editor.
The only problem with slobbing out for the day or having a slugfest as Kelly likes to call it is that you don't have much to write about the next day.
Hence, an isolated piece of tissue removed from an organism—for example, the eye of a sea slug—will maintain its own daily rhythm but will quickly adopt that of the whole organism when restored to it.
Alex woke late feeling tired and sluggish.
We return to our hotel to slug whiskey and create conversational doodles in the private bar.
Seedlings of parsnip, carrot, beetroot and radish must fight off slugs, and weeds also need checking, hoeing them as they grow, to leave the pests nowhere to hide.
Dress with the lemon juice, a good slug of olive oil and season with the salt and pepper. Times, Sunday Times
They said China relies heavily on exports, though its export growth is expected to slow down due to the sluggish world economy.
But many critics claim the policy of a strong currency has decisively contributed to sluggish growth and record unemployment in both countries.
What with ripened berries, snails, slugs and insects, there was a veritable feast on offer.
You just add the episode number to the slug or permalink of your podcasts.
Must draw sluggish from the exciter current grid to grid skill category factor reduction.
He was assuming that the big, bull-necked, slug-like guys were in some way connected with InfiniDim Enterprises, but it was a reasonable assumption and he felt happy about it because they had logos on their armour-plating which said ` InfiniDim Enterprises 'on them. Mostly Harmless
Remove all but the sturdiest seedling in each position and protect from slugs and snails after planting. Times, Sunday Times
This is a difficult concept to grasp for western consumers, who are worried about job cuts and a sluggish economic recovery. Times, Sunday Times
'Tis a dam sight asier thin goin 'over with a slug iv joynt powder an' blowin 'up a polis station with no wan in it. Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen
That's fine, but to make the transition from pitcher to slugging outfielder is phenomenal. Ankiel's comeback has Cardinals back in swing
Frogs eat a number of different garden pests including slugs, ants and other bugs.
Ragged fire from the slug guns ended in a choking cloud of plaster dust and an ear-splitting roar as most of the west wall fell, severed from its foundations by the azoth Silk had received from Doctor Crane and given to Maytera Mint. Exodus From The Long Sun
Take out the pancetta pieces, add a slug of olive oil and sweat the shallots until they are soft and translucent. Times, Sunday Times
Even if we're headed in that direction and the progress is irritatingly sluggish, one shouldn't be grouching about it.
We were particularly sluggish and incohesive in the first half. The Sun
A puff of smoke from behind a distant rock, the boom of a jezail, and Desmond fell beside the Boy, stunned by a well-aimed shot on the edge of the cheek-bone, the slug glancing off perilously close to the right eye. Captain Desmond, V.C.
Land revenue, despite its sluggish growth in the past, does hold tremendous promise for augmentation of the State's revenues if handled judiciously and with determination.
I've sat in countless staff meetings where doctors who see fifty patients a day are held up as examples to the rest of us sluggards who see twenty-five to thirty.
The slugger's off-field shenanigans were not laughable.
They are very noticeable as they hover or drift around in a sleepy, sluggish way. Times, Sunday Times
; '' '% tag%' '': A sanitized version of the tag name (tag slug field on New/Edit Tag panel). Codex - Recent changes [en]
The cute creatures are seen as a gardener's friend because they help control pests like slugs. The Sun
On one side of the street ran a sluggish stream in a deep channel cut through the earth.
Slowly, weakly, he curled his arms back around her, his movements sluggish and uncaring.
He threw the helm over, hard aport, the Snow Goose responding sluggishly. CORMORANT
We were in the middle of a broad and now sluggish river the banks of which were lined by giant, arboraceous ferns, raising their mighty fronds fifty, one hundred, two hundred feet into the quiet air. The Land That Time Forgot
Most of the adjustments pastors have made to lessen the discouraging effect of sluggish attendance figures are internal. Christianity Today
One or two pairs of tentacles are found on the head, depending on whether the snail or slug is terrestrial (two pairs) or aquatic (one).
The typical procedure for reporting sexual harassment doesn't entail a woman's husband calling the harasser and demanding an apology, like the guy who slugged George Bailey hey Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
Sluggish, heavily polluted and evil smelling, it snaked through the borough like a poisonous serpent.
Now, it's probably a bad idea most of the time for guards to slug inmates - although I can think of lots of exceptions - but it isn't cruel and unusual punishment.
Something is wrong with the car - the engine feels a bit sluggish.
Worse still, they are predicting an extraordinarily sluggish recovery. Times, Sunday Times
Leading while feeling stagnant and sluggish are sure ways to self-destruct in ministry. Christianity Today
A machine exists which can find and grab slugs, without flinching, and work is in progress on an electricity generator which runs on slug flesh, which the robot would be able to stoke up and then plug into for refuelling.
New day, same old story - that's the opinion of most motorists who drive through Newry to work or on school runs as they patiently sit in sluggish traffic jams.
His sluggish response kicked off a crescendo of criticism, prompting calls for him to resign from within his own coalition.
The soil drains freely and slugs aren't a problem.
You can shoot slugs from a smooth bore, but theyll be less accurate and wont go as far. What are the two types of barrels for shotguns?and what is each of them used for?
Statistics paint a sobering picture — unemployment, tight credit, lower home values, sluggish job growth.
This sluggishness is not sleep deprivation - it's poison. Introducing... The Ferrett's New Web Comic!
During the Water Front Strike, Freddie Drummond was somehow able to stand apart from the unique combination, and, coldly critical, watch Bill Totts hilariously slug scab long-shoremen. SOUTH OF THE SLOT
He was unlike other, bigger sluggers since he had more endurance and appeared to be more elusive.
It has faced pricing pressure amid sluggish business spending and stiff competition. Times, Sunday Times
We slug down carafes of water and gallons of red house wine.
Suddenly, all the pools in the zoo are full and overflowing and the animals who were quite sluggish in summer are now frisky.
Add to that the lingering effects of injuries, and the defending Pacific champion looked sluggish and uninterested.
A man with a small revolver was trying to sneak up on them, and Niane kindly ended his existence with a well-placed .45 slug in his forehead.
The poor guy wound up with a slug in his stomach.
After a long slug, he launches into a remixed version of the old mambo tune Chihuahua and soon has everyone on the subway chanting ‘Chihuahua!’
Shaun Hutson, alias The Godfather of Gore, made his name as a horror writer with novels like Slugs, Spawn and Relics.
They are available in birdshot, buckshot and a slug load.
He is closing on a record with his .610 on-base percentage - 28 points higher than the mark he set in 2002-and has an .827 slugging percentage.
‘Slug machines’ was the term used generically to distinguish these line-casters from the Monotype machine which cast individual pieces of type and assembled the cast types into a line.
This lack of visibility will ensure further delays in investing and means another quarter of sluggish growth. Times, Sunday Times
Mai nex dore fren sed spaer beer wuz teh wai 2 cach slugz – but Ai don haz ennee spaer beer! Meerkat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
Work with fruit flies, sea slugs, and mice has revealed the role of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) - protein kinase A (PKA) - cAMP responsive-element binding protein (CREB) signaling pathway in key forms of experience-driven synaptic plasticity. Multiple Realizability
Sluggish economic growth means interest rates will stay low amid tepid demand for loans and a reduced risk of accelerating inflation.
Slug injury to corn may occur before emergence due to feeding activity on the seeds in the furrow or to severe defoliation soon after emergence.
The feel of it is sluggish and feels just.... "bleah". UFies.org: Microsoft Archives
He was the young slugger who easily defeated fighters that had already beaten Ali.
Slugs are attracted to beer, and this weakness can be exploited by deploying pitfall traps baited with beer (real ales with traces of yeast, rather than filtered lagers).
The annual Kaman Cup golf day was contested at Nowra on November 24, with 256 players slugging it out on a somewhat sodden track.
Brettingen, who hit .478 with 44 RBI and a .739 slugging percentage in 2002, is picking up right where he left off, hitting .438 in the young season.
I would have been shocked if we had because he was using an air gun with an enormous piece of slug instead of birdshot.
I have a Llama 45, and it never shot very accurately since new, so I got the bright idea to slug the barrel. (after trigger job, oversize link pin, tightened up barrel bushing, polished crown, etc.) Some Rifle Barrels are Faster than Others
It looks like there could be a good wild mushroom season, if an abundance of slugs do not eat them all. Times, Sunday Times
I've shot 3-1/2 loads out of a Benelli SBE and it was no where near as bad as 3 slugs from a Savage 24F (break action) with a rifled choke on a bench. Bucking Slug Recoil
Preferably, the explosive slug is placed between the compartment containing the lacrimatory substance and the compartment containing the pyrogenic substance.
If you fancy a pudding, make sure it's not something stodgy that could leave you sluggish and immobile.
In an Early Day Motion tabled today by Chancellor Alistair Slugbalancer, the Government is to reintroduce the hunting of bankers under licenced and controlled conditions. Hunting Ban to be Lifted
By the end of the eighth round the packed hall was cheering, chanting and ululating in appreciation of the slugfest playing out in the ring.
The sugar high took me into the wee hours, and as a result, today I am feeling slug like and overly emotional.
No slug has ever harmed, offended, or otherwise done ill to me and it's in their nature to eat plants.
Contestants slug it out to be the best news reader on TV and the winner goes into a head to head clash with Ms Bailey, as the viewer decides who gets the $800,000-a-year job.
At still other times, the two sounds fight for bragging rights, slugging it out between our ears.
Brains of limpets and abalones are much simpler than brains of garden snails and slugs in histological differentiation.
The river is generally slow and sluggish, the only reasonable chance of success being with a spinner to give the lure some life.
Far from being a national icon, Bonaparte is a weakling, a coward, a sluggard, and an ignoramus.
The slowdown will result partly from sluggishness in nondurable sectors such as apparel and textiles.
If anyone really cared about the welfare of slugs and other creepy-crawlies, they would make the use of poisons mandatory, and forbid gardeners to keep nematode worms in their gardens.
Blood stasis is a condition in which the flow of blood in the veins has become sluggish and slow.
This damned heat has addled many people's wits, mine included: made us sluggish, unquestioning, apathetic.
Cla Meredith thought he had been summoned from the bullpen to face the dreadlocked slugger after Edward Mujica (0-1) had given up back-to-back singles to Rafael Furcal and Orlando Hudson with one out. USATODAY.com
It is appealing in the way that independent thinking still has the power to appeal to us with the unexpected shock of the cold water that jolts us out of a sluggish morning.
She pointed out the lettuce and red and white onions, which had been put in earlier in the year, and explained that the broken eggshells on the soil were an attempt to stop slugs from eating her crop.
I hear this banana slug buzz crying that his sides party dont hirer staff that can read, but that seems strange as the reps and senators can not read as well. shaking my head no wonder they are wrong not some of the time but all the time. Think Progress » Stimulus Hypocrite Rep. McMorris Rodgers Not Invited To Ceremony In Her District Heralding Stimulus Project
Gulls wheeled and screamed over the first slug of spawning candlefish.
Halkieriids were sluglike metazoans armored with a coat of mineralized sclerites and two prominent shells at either end.
Far from being plugged with a slug of lead, the loser's fumbling fingers have only cost him a little face in front of his fellow fast draw enthusiasts.
The.22 caliber slug had ricocheted off the top of his cranium, knocking him cold as effectively as a hammer.
Lively baseballs, sluggers, and big ballparks lifted baseball's popularity to new heights.
She slugged down her glass and picked up her bag while Stan smiled at my gaffe. THE MANANA MAN
They were lethargic, sluggish and devoid of any ideas of how to break down the defence of the Lions.
The virus may also be noted by a lack of appetite, general sluggishness and achiness, and by the strong feeling that everything is too much effort, including speech, eye-movement and sensible thought.
The river is generally slow and sluggish, the only reasonable chance of success being with a spinner to give the lure some life.
Perez still has a slug lodged in his left shoulder.
_limax maximus_ or garden slug, known to science -- to omit from their calculations the fact that they are likely every day to receive a large number of visitors, whom they will be obliged to keep waiting; and that these people will require somewhere to wait. Jill the Reckless
If offshore outsourcing is not the cause of sluggish job growth, what is?
In his first at-bat, the touted slugger reached on an infield hit.
That being said, next fall I'll have those same 3in slugs in my 870. +2 Bucking Slug Recoil
He took pics of slugs, orangeade, meals, views through car and plane windows, his dog - whatever - and they looked so good.
One in the last five Premiership games and a string of similar enlightening statistics gleaned from scanning this season's ‘goals for’ column show why Wanderers are slugging it out with the rest of the relegation pack.
Rather than slug it out in a frontal attack, wisdom suggests a detour. Christianity Today
When an individual has a tendency to become overweight, there is a constitutional sluggishness which can be checked by taking citrous fruit for breakfast and later in the day as ‘medicine.’
This time though, his team were not the slugabeds who had toiled so morosely against Austria, Poland and England in Manchester.
He saw the phosphorescent glimmer of a shark, like a sea ghost, drift sluggishly by.
Halkieriids were sluglike metazoans armored with a coat of mineralized sclerites and two prominent shells at either end.
If anything, the metabolism of the obese becomes more sluggish when exposed to cold. The Vitality Diet
Termed also trepang, sea cucumber, sea slug, cotton spinner, and known scientifically as Holothuridae, no less than twenty varieties have been described and are identified by popular and technical titles. The Confessions of a Beachcomber
• Contractor debarment process plagued by delays, inconsistencies: The government's system for suspending and debarring problem contractors is plagued by sluggish reporting, inconsistent standards and a reluctance to act, several department inspectors general said Wednesday. Eye Opener: Veterans hiring, searching for Grizzlies, a 103-year old judge
Statistics paint a sobering picture — unemployment, tight credit, lower home values, sluggish job growth.
For example, visitors will discover that cows are one of the gassiest animals on earth, how leeches are used after some surgeries to assist in the healing process and why scientists are studying the slime produced by slugs and snails for clues in treating cystic fibrosis. Southern Byways
His departure from Time Warner coincided with sluggish operating results at the cable channel.
Her life offers an embarrassment of material for an entertaining one-woman show, but See How Beautiful I Am has all the character of a slug.
Some day in October, the spring in Australia, the afternoon warm sunshine shined on the abandoned chair in the backyard. Let the homemade orange incense taking a nap in the warm, sluggardly afternoon.
If I were the president of a university I should establish a compulsory course in "How to Use Your Eyes". The professor would try to show his pupils how they could add joy to their lives by really seeing what passes unnoticed before them. He would try to awake their dormant and sluggish faculties.
The five riders were picked up by a chase group which detached itself from the sluggish peloton.
It goes, however, slower and slower, and curving its journey less and less, until at last its motion in remote obscurity is again so sluggish, that the sun's attraction is once more predominant, and able to recall the truant towards its realms of light. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852
Slugs would drag along the bathroom floor, trailing their vestments of brown slime.
the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends
Besides, such is the breadth of the upper part of the front of his head, and such the tapering cut-water formation of the lower part, that by obliquely elevating his head, he thereby may be said to transform himself from a bluff-bowed sluggish galliot into a sharppointed New Moby Dick; or the Whale
That often happens when it's been a slow news day, a sluggish news week or sometimes even a slothful news month.
She slugged him and he fell against the bar.
This lack of visibility will ensure further delays in investing and means another quarter of sluggish growth. Times, Sunday Times
Mai nex dore fren sed spaer beer wuz teh wai 2 cach slugz – but Ai don haz ennee spaer beer! Meerkat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
A typical Scottish fry-up will send them back into sluggish lethargy.
Gardeners can enter the largest slug and heaviest snail sections. Times, Sunday Times
The slugabed skipped the fest in Deauville, France. TIME.com: Top Stories
Given the sluggish economic outlook and worries about the medium term impact of public spending cuts, few experts are predicting strong gains this year. Times, Sunday Times
The bond and currency markets, trading primarily via phone, operated throughout the day, but sluggishly.
Two wilting sides then slugged it out toe-to-toe in the extra 30 minutes before Town finally delivered the knock-out blow.
Discounting 2007, when Kennedy missed more than a month on the disabled list, Kennedy set career-lows in batting average (.250), on-base percentage (.322) and slugging percentage (.329). Adam Kennedy's rough season and Jim Riggleman's regret
Auto makers are scrambling to meet higher demand for diesel vehicles at a time when sales of gasoline-powered cars are slowing due to sluggish economic growth in India. Maruti to Buy Diesel Engines From Fiat
The cars feel more responsive and less sluggish plus each motor handles slightly differently too. The Sun
I've been through this before, selling a house into a slack, sluggish market.
At the back of the drainboard, smack in the middle of the dishcloth, a small brown roach waved his antennae sluggishly-sick, no doubt, confusing his nights and days.
Take, for example, batrachia: they are slow, cumbrous and sluggish in their movements; they are unintelligent, and, at the same time, extremely tenacious of life; the reason of which is that, with a very small brain, their spine and nerves are very thick. Religion
I remember a sensation like a slug or a snake, something vile entering me, and I remember vomiting.
So it now faces a triple whammy of big borrowing, a rapidly growing mountain of debt and a global economy sluggish in many areas. Times, Sunday Times
It is nibbled cheerfully by slugs and snails, which slither away in great content. Times, Sunday Times
the sluggishness of the economy
I looked at the base and saw stands with lasers on them and the oversized slugs with beam cannons.
In an era of sharply higher inflation and sluggish wages, those price increases will go down like a lead balloon. Times, Sunday Times
He spoofs himself into an exuberant documentary that demonstrates the all-pervasive influence of modern advertising by satiric example, and with great ingenuity—talking, for example, about product placement while he's placed in such products as a JetBlue terminal where he slugs down a bottle of POM Wonderful. 'Incendies' Burns With Mystery, Truth
The same Board member told Slugger O'Toole Mr Baggott in no sense gave any commitment to 'underwrite' anyone's job when the current full time reserves leave the PSNI. Slugger O'Toole
I grew up in "slug only" country and killed lots of deer with 12 ga. foster types thru the years. Bucking Slug Recoil
The toffee is a bit of an accquired taste - some kids come back for more, some chuck it away and we find it days later gently deliquescing and looking remarkable like a dying slug. Top Ten Weirdest Halloween Handouts » E-Mail
Only reason I listen is my wife thinks hes cute, we even play a version of “Slug Bug” where you get to pinch the other persons butt everytime he saysit ... The Volokh Conspiracy » Obama Accused of Attempted Murder?
However, the sluggish progress of the monsoon and the rising inflation rate as a result of higher crude oil prices has stemmed the possibility of a runaway rally.
The poor guy wound up with a slug in his stomach.
How would I get through all those books at my sluggish pace? The Times Literary Supplement
A bit of the swig, swig, slugging back old granddads cough medicine are we?
If you feel sluggish before hitting the softball field, scarf an energy-boosting bagel or banana.
The Swiss chard and kale were coming on but there was some disappointment that slugs had finished off the chicory. Times, Sunday Times
After reaching over and playfully slugging Sandy's arm, Carla remarked ‘I know it's part of your personality, but sometimes I get tired of your teasing.’
Cards are 11-5 and Albert leads the NL in homers (6) and RBI (21) while batting .345, slugging .724, only striking out 4 times and amassing an OPS of 1.184! A-Poo
I can't think of a green remedy for woodlice, but as far as the snails are concerned, scattering slug pellets on the ground (inside the greenhouse so birds won't be affected) should help a bit.
A microscopic image of a slug follows these reflections, reinforcing this notion, reminding us that perception is multitudinous and malleable.
But they are ideal for dealing with those small slugs that lurk just below the soil surface. The Sun
If I were the president of a university I should establish a compulsory course in "How to Use Your Eyes". The professor would try to show his pupils how they could add joy to their lives by really seeing what passes unnoticed before them. He would try to awake their dormant and sluggish faculties.
Despite slowing growth and a sluggish economy, processors remain optimistic about opportunities to boost cheese consumption.
A sluggish breeze round the tor top slightly ruffled his hair. MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY
Abalone belongs to the phylum Mollusca, a group which includes clams, scallops, sea slugs, octopuses, and squid.
Even someone with his track record - and, for a tubby obnoxious slug, he has managed to shack up with some stunners - must occasionally fall at the first hurdle.
He taught Gregory how to battle worms, whiteflies, slugs, ants, and other enemies of vegetation, and to fertilize, graft, and transplant. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
I was wondering, is it safe/possible to shoot sabot slugs from a smoothbore 870 with an extended rifled choke. Shooting Sabot Slugs With a Rifled Choke??
As a slugger approaches the plate your child says, with a hint of drollery, ‘You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him.‘
Powell and Nagin slugging it out in front of the National League of Cities. Your Right Hand Thief
More conventionally, a sharp barrier such as gravel or crushed seashells or eggshells sprinkled around plants will stop slugs and snails in their tracks.
The group seemed very irritable after that unpleasant sleep and they moved sluggishly around the desert.
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The police promptly disclosed that one of the Weahterman members had slugged Elrod with a lead pipe.
Brains of limpets and abalones are much simpler than brains of garden snails and slugs in histological differentiation.
It is nibbled cheerfully by slugs and snails, which slither away in great content. Times, Sunday Times
Some people also use coffee grounds as a barrier to deter both slugs and ants. The Sun
Nature is remorselessly cruel and none more remorseless than the slugs and snails that are currently trying to eat my lettuces before I can.

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