How To Use Tack In A Sentence

A little pyrotechnics display tacked on just serves to emphasise its lack of cutting edge. Times, Sunday Times
Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.
And if you can develop a machine to look for the needle in the haystack and what you come out with from having the machine sift through the haystack is a box of straw, where maybe the needle's in there and maybe a few bonus needles, then that's a whole lot better than having humans try to sift through a haystack. Wired Top Stories
Defensive tackle is a bit more of a crapshoot, but the one thing they must make sure of is that whomever they take has a brilliant mind.
Arguing that FDR provoked the attack was Gore Vidal, novelist, provocateur, T. V. icon, and one of the greatest English-language essayists alive.

IS is said to have used chlorine gas in attacks and built up a substantial chemical weapons cache. The Sun
Airline officials are calling the attack a suicide attempt.
It is therefore unsurprising that such seizures are sometimes confused with panic attacks.
You live and die by the way you defend and attack. The Sun
Survivors of the terror attack will give evidence today. Times, Sunday Times
The Government should give industry a lead in tackling racism .
Severe paruresis in school aged children can also lead to complete school refusal by the child, as well as more pervasive anxiety that can spread into other areas of life, such as social anxiety or even panic attacks. WebWire | Recent Headlines
The contours show combinations of mimic phenotypes that are attacked by predators with equal probability.
The virus can actually destroy those white blood cells, leaving the body wide open to attack from other infections.
Once the bewitcher is unmasked they are then confronted and asked to call off the attack.
Surely you appreciate that for those who regularly attack Israel and its suporters, “Likud” is a label fraught with negative implications that have nothing to do with the political realities within Israel. The Volokh Conspiracy » Human Rights Watch Update
They soon added a try when one of their strong running centres burst through some ineffectual tackling to score under the posts.
At the beginning of the protest, Aristide partisans attacked demonstrators, hitting one with a rock and shooting another.
It was the first time I'd finally counter-attacked.
Three teams of firefighters tackled the blaze for more than an hour. The Sun
The officials and diplomats spoke anonymously because of the delicacy of the negotiations on what tack to take on Iran.
The three were taken into custody in connection with alleged plans to attack the US embassy in Paris.
Nanotechnology is in danger of being pigeonholed as a risky, hazardous and controversial business, a new study has found, because companies in the emerging field are not tackling the very real health and safety issues involved.
He is a sure tackler with great quickness.
Tanks often attacked the outskirts of the city in skirmishes with resistance fighters, adding to the chaos and unrest.
Their passing was sloppy, possession was given away too easily and balls were either spilled or over carried in promising attacks.
Polar Instruments has added a flex-rigid PCB design option to the Speedstack PCB layer-stackup design system. Electronicstalk - electronics industry news
York were immediately on the back foot but repelled a series of short corners and managed to engineer a breakaway attack.
It was 2001 when Joe was physically attacked by a passenger he believes was high on drugs.
Initially von Leeb, using troops borrowed from von Bock, was able to mount a concerted attack both on the defensive positions of the southern suburbs and the area north of the main rail line to Moscow, their objective being the historic village now a suburb of Schlüsselburg, right on Lake Ladoga. Deathride
This is then stacked into windrows or movable racks under a roofed area, and the piles are periodically aerated.
Sakazawa was tossed and shaken as the ship bore the brunt of the attack.
He nearly had a heart attack himself. Times, Sunday Times
Such an attack would ignite a regional war. Times, Sunday Times
He stacked the books on pedestals, making three mysterious columns on one side of the shadowy gallery, two on the other.
The rumours of an attack were later confirmed.
Walls are generally the greatest source of heat loss and correspondingly expensive to tackle.
But everything of mine seems so tacky (trouser wise) but luckily, I found a ripper pair in the shop which are simply perfect.
The manifesto includes tough measures to tackle road congestion and environmental pollution.
Batting and, to a lesser degree, bowling are tackled together. Times, Sunday Times
Walking on the road, the wind coming like a heat wave attacks.
There's been a steady decline in smokestack industries such as shipbuilding and steel.
Predators have been observed to avoid attacking brightly coloured species.
The Allies regrouped and launched a new attack.
Does anybody see the contradiction is the Lefts attack on seniors who use Medicare? Sebelius: There will be competition with private insurers
But it is precisely the familiarity of the urban terrain to those who live there that enables them to use it to the advantages of ambushes, surprise attacks and rapid redeployment.
Scores of jurors were quickly dismissed yesterday as the judge tackled the daunting task of finding an unbiased jury. Times, Sunday Times
Jayson drew his swallow and jumped off his stead as Virgo let out a bellow as he tried to scare off the attackers.
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The evidence she’d gathered at the beach had already arrived, delivered by a young tech who’d sheepishly entered the den of the legendary Lincoln Rhyme without a word and scurried about to deposit the bags and stacks of pictures as the criminalist gruffly directed. The Stone Monkey
Severe shock can bring on an attack of acne.
He suffered face, hand and ankle burns trying to tackle the blaze with a garden hose. The Sun
The antidote is intended to protect residents from radioactive fallout from any missile attack on the nuclear station.
Each thread includes a unique program counter, process stack, and set of processor registers.
I'm not sure if it's tacky to wear burnout tops.
She was much applauded for her boldness in tackling the unfamiliar Balanchine style.
The bladelike projections behaved like serpents, attacking and recoiling repeatedly. Reap the Whirlwind
So it has taken a different tack. Times, Sunday Times
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ALLAHABAD - As the country marked the first anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks, hundreds of people in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district turned up at the bank of the Ganga Thursday to witness the "hanging" of terrorist Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
The dead men could have been the victims of mistaken identity. Their attackers may have wrongly believed them to be soldiers.
The player on the left of the dealer takes the top card from his or her stack and lays at face up on the table.
We've gotten better with our techniques and applying them predeparture, ensuring we're looking at as broad a section of potential risk as possible, said Kevin McAleenan, deputy assistant commissioner of field operations at Customs and Border Protection, or CBP.CBP said the gap in U.S. security practices wasn't obvious until after the attempted Christmas attack. U.S. blocks 350 with suspected ties to terrorists
Wanat was a horrific insurgent attack on a U.S. combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan last summer that left nine soldiers dead and 27 wounded. Way Up In The Sky Is The Leader Of The Greatest Band Of All Time | ATTACKERMAN
Only a legitimate government can tackle the festering grievances in the north.
Khadse made headlines when he was brought in to trap panthers after 13 people were attacked and killed by the animals.
Throwing himself into one of the office's numerous squashy chairs, Irvine admits to a last - minute attack of the collywobbles.
The goal to attack the spiralling cost of public services may be laudable, but the precedent is dangerous.
Attack after attack was repelled, tackle after tackle was made. Times, Sunday Times
Some game bird breeders even debeak the birds or attach "peepers" or googles to their eyes to keep them attacking each other in the packed pens. (see: caged hen egg operations.) Is your state breeding birds for Dick Cheney style hunting like Illinois?
Nectarines exhibit different reactions to specific insect attacks and fungal infections than do peaches.
While contemplating the possibility that the Baraita is a Karaite forgery intended to attack rabbinic Judaism, Horowitz finally opted for a rabbinic origin, and concluded that it was composed around the fourth century, in Palestine. Baraita de-Niddah.
The Cologne goalkeeper signalled his potential by publicly attacking the legendary Bayern Munich Maoist Paul Breitner for his heavy drinking, smoking and gambling though not, strangely enough, for his scrofulous appearance. Note to England's rugby players: embrace Der Aggro | Harry Pearson
Trent ducked under another swing attack, swept with his feet in a scissors kick that tripped up his opponent and forced him to the ground.
Male speaker It's an attack on them mentally.
The opening door woke Roger, startled Patrick and gave the cat an unwonted and sudden attack of conscience. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
He tugged at the neck of his turtleneck sweater feeling like it was a noose tightening with each attack.
He didn't know how long he had been standing there, stacking the cuboids one on top of the other.
There was a flicker of interest in Latham in the opening moments of the not-very-great debate - when he tackled the other unmentionable issues, Iran and the war against terror.
A flanking attack on Antigonus' troops from Spartan light infantry stationed in the Oenus valley was thwarted by an aggressive cavalry attack led by the Achaean general Philopoemen.
In a seemingly unprovoked incident, the attackers hit both men and women in the 16-strong party, with a 72-year-old woman left unconscious.
An all-out attack by a junior on a senior at a meeting is usually costly, especially if the junior member wins.
What shall I do when a mad dog attacks an innocent child?
The European middleweight champ needed 1,000 of dental work after the attack. The Sun
They hurt for the wounded and the dead but they are eager to continue to attack.
There were weighty arguments against this theory, in particular the fact that people with great muscular strength and a welldeveloped panniculus adiposus were often attacked by the disease; and also that European crews, on a diet containing sufficient protein and fat, were not immune, even when they were given virtually no rice at all. Christiaan Eijkman - Nobel Lecture
Why do you attack biological evolution when what you are against is atheism? Christianity Today
He said McCain has been critical of so-called 527 groups — named for the tax code section under which they operate — and argued that "virtually every attack-style 527 group on the airwaves" is aiding Democrat Barack Obama. Price of Power: McCain accepts ex-Swift Boaters' donations
Inside are row upon row of metal shelving on rails, containing thousands of boxes stacked to the ceiling. Times, Sunday Times
Having savored victory, the ruffians moved on to attack the homes of well-known abolitionists in the neighborhood.
The sentry defended the gate against sudden attack.
Similarly, the exaction of stiff reprisals for unexpected attacks on troops remote from the fighting front might cow the local population, or might stimulate them to more aggressive resistance.
It was growing increasingly obvious as I defended myself against her attack that she was simply toying with me, drawing out my technique as a schoolmaster draws recitations from his students.
I am for _meddling with slavery everywhere_ -- _attacking it by night and by day, in season and out of season_ (no, it can never be out of season) -- in order to _effect its overthrow_. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens
You are chomping at the bit to tackle new opportunities as you know you've got what it takes to tackle all obstacles and crush your opposition. The Sun
Nobody can take part in the traditional European contest for possession after the tackle if his nose is more than 6in off the ground.
Across the room stood a tower of vinyl albums stacked about 14 feet high.
It helped her defuse a life-threatening situation in the Himalayas, when she and her friends were confronted by knife-carrying attackers.
The attack came amid a major upsurge in violence across the country that has left a thousand dead.
Depardieu's flick-knife is stuck in his stomach, and the dying man's description of his attacker is pointedly applicable to Depardieu. Archive 2008-08-01
The broadcaster attacked customs officials and police who seemingly stood on the quayside watching without intervening to help. Times, Sunday Times
Despite suffering with emetophobia for nearly 75 years, last year she finally tackled her fear with the support of a therapist.
A single attack of dysentery may be "amoebiasis", which can be cured by a complete course of medication. Find Me A Cure
Another serious fungal disease in Africa is Fusarium wilt or Panama disease, which attacks the roots of the banana plant, affecting the vascular system required for mineral and water transport.
The victim was unable to give many details about her assailant because the attack was over in seconds.
I horded the dry food from the kitchen and the water bottles were stacked next to me. 365 tomorrows » 2010 » June : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
The air was choked with smoke and fury, the noise deafening, the attacking fierce. Times, Sunday Times
At the time Longstreet broke through his lines to attack his left wing, he was with the right-wing troops.
Without the rise, the government will not tackle child poverty, it says.
Racism, homophobia, McCarthyism, classism, it's all on display as they try to muzzle those who disagree by vitriolic, personal attack.
Foam attack: Thieves broke into vending machines at Teesdale's new sports centre at Barnard Castle to steal ￡100 cash.
Every few weeks a passenger has a heart attack so thrombolytic drugs are kept on-hand, says Chris Taylor, the ship's senior doctor. What It Takes to Keep a City Afloat
DESPITE his great attacking prowess and capacity to find the net fairly on a regular basis, he does not come across as a penalty taker. The Sun
He has been booked just twice in the past two seasons and does not appear ruffled by heavy tackles. Times, Sunday Times
Two weeks after the police relaxed security at the airports, there was a bomb attack.
It introduces its structure, proposes network protocol stack model, the composing of a home gateway and the application design of remote control. Finally, it points out the next step work.
Obama would surely be careful in innovating his plan since the opposition will be attacking him even if he is successful. Times/CBS Poll: Iraq Still a Dividing Line - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
He claims this has prevented vital resources being allocated to tackle the problem.
Eager to attack Troy, Agamemnon kills her, and the Greeks are given favorable winds for their ships.
I NOTICE that apart from the widespread complaint that the German pilotless planes seem so unnatural (a bomb dropped by a live airman is quite natural, apparently), some journalists are denouncing them as barbarous, inhumane, and an indiscriminate attack on civilians. As I Please
The fortress at the entrance to the village was reduced by a sudden attack.
It's as if she has panic attacks and a kind of phobia.
The designer goods are in there, but they must be ferreted out of mass quantities stacked on undifferentiated shelves in an encompassing sprawl.
He bows down to other countries, and continually apologizes to other countries for America's "misdeed" such as our response to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
The second wave is syntactic: attacks against the operating logic of computers and networks.
Florida's Democratic candidate for governor, Alex Sink, said Monday she will begin airing a rare two-minute-long TV ad attacking Republican opponent Rick Scott for the massive fraud scandal that occurred on his watch at his former hospital company. Alex Sink Attack Ad RIPS Rick Scott Over Massive Medicare Fraud (VIDEO)
There are also scenes of prisoners attacking guards, shanking each other, and discussing their murders, assaults, and mutilations in graphic terms.
He mustered up enough courage to attack the difficulty.
The danger of a surprise attack or ambush is very real.
They will rue their failure to score a try when they had a numerical advantage but they still looked good in attack. Times, Sunday Times
By the time the sloop's deck was perpendicular, we had unbent the boom-lift from below, made it fast to the wharf, and, with the other end fast nearly to the mast-head, heaved it taut with block and tackle. SMALL-BOAT SAILING
Too late - at this speed, it's approximately as effective as scattering thumbtacks in front of advancing armour.
As I come out with a stack of napkins and some plates, their conversation quiets and dies down, and we all eat.
Lines connect countries to Washington, D.C. Each line indicates a cyberattack on a House system that is presently occurring.
He had 300 soldiers, which meant that when the French attacked, 240 of them were standing in trenches around the outside of the fort. The George Washington You Didn't Know
Eggs have been thrown at the library doors, staff have been attacked with stones and foul-mouthed youths have hurled abuse at readers.
Sleep disturbances are very common in the weeks leading up to a heart attack. Christianity Today
They change the angle of attack from acute within the central delta, to near neutral over the outer triangular sail panel.
Asia and South America, attacking various members of the Bovidae, horses, camels, donkeys, etc. as well as the big game, antelopes, deer, etc. sometimes wiping out great herds. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1907 - Presentation Speech
They are flavorful and different, without the tackiness I can not help but associate with most clip art.
Since '96, Montreal has been home to Fang, her pipa (the Chinese lute) and the stack of awards and honours she picked up in her native China.
A psychological counseling case of anxiety neurosis with panic attack was reported in this article.
The librarian sped away along the stacks of books.
We struggled with their wrestling style of tackling and didn't adapt quickly enough. Times, Sunday Times
They are flavorful and different, without the tackiness I can not help but associate with most clip art.
They try, judge and convict individuals who cannot defend themselves from such virulent attacks.
Again, it seems pedantic to quibble about the differences between strikers and attacking midfielders. Times, Sunday Times
His recipe books are bestsellers and he is lauded for his work in tackling childhood obesity. Times, Sunday Times
A bout of fierce fighting gave the rest of the English fleet enough time to come to the rescue and begin attacking the convoy. Times, Sunday Times
The report also outlined plans to tackle online music and film piracy with a new agency. The Sun
An arson attack victim has spoken of her fear after finding that firebugs had set fire to her front door.
How he tackled this brain teaser is an interesting insight into the man at the helm of Microsoft. Boing Boing: September 19, 2004 - September 25, 2004 Archives
His perimeter game has come under attack, but it's improving and he has worked tirelessly on bettering it.
She had been badly hurt in what police described as 'a savage attack'.
Americans tried to take part of British Canada in December 1775, when forces led by Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery unsuccessfully attacked Quebec.
He used the old trick of attacking in order to defend himself.
Despite early reports of suicide attackers there were no signs of vests or of the aftermath of their detonation. Times, Sunday Times
On the tabletop inlays and the ivory panels, the predators include griffins and sphinxes, composite creatures based on the leonine form, while the bowl depicts lions in positions of attack.
Thylakoids of grana stacks are mostly abundant in PSII complexes, while PSI complexes are predominant in stroma lamellae.
The backs have overcome their attacking troubles, and shuffling players around in positions seems to have paid off.
The only exciting thing that happened all day was when the top came off the scaffolding tower, unbalanced by about a hundredweight of slate which had been injudiciously stacked all on the same side of its centre of gravity.
Security Council, in its reaction to the September 11 attacks, obliged member states to "criminalize" terrorist attacks - not to declare war on terrorists. Daphne Eviatar: Graham Bill Plays Right Into al Qaeda's Hands
It is thought that the attacker preyed on him because he thought he was an easy target.
The Islamic State of Iraq, an al Qaeda-affiliated group, claimed credit for the attack.
This gives 1 extra attack, worked out immediately prior to hand-to-hand combat regardless of initiative levels or which side charged.
And the assumption the defenses were based on was only invalidated when the Fleet Air Arm successfully attacked Taranto. Making Light: In the navy, between the wars
It looks at some appalling racial attacks, including a skinhead raid last June on a Gypsy camp near Naples.
The match really was played in the best possible way: mistimed tackles were acknowledged and apologised for, yet no one held back a thing. Times, Sunday Times
Whenever the trigger event occurs, the ability goes on top of the stack the next time a player would receive priority .
Instead, Intel's supporters rallied around to attack Cuomo and the case, putting forward a number of arguments that they believe exculpated the technology pioneer.
To prevent such an assault, defenders were forced to attack the siege engines or their operators to prevent a breach in their fortifications.
Without chromium, however, this alloy is vulnerable to corrosion attack in reducing acids when oxidizing salts such as ferric or cupric chloride are present, even in the parts-per-million range.
When the ship fired its polaron beam at one mine, others within that defensive sphere reacted to the threat, homing in on the source of the beam and attacking it en masse. Creative Couplings
When I mentioned that I couldn't quite see that it was the lack of thrift, the intemperance, and the depravity of a half-starved child of six that made it work twelve hours every night in a Southern cotton mill, these sisters of Judy O'Grady attacked my private life and called me an "agitator" -- as though that, forsooth, settled the argument. Revolution, and Other Essays
There was indeed a ship headed in the direction of Dolphin which was still on her southeasterly tack while Indefatigable was now headed northwest.
A man who attacked a prison officer while in a court dock has been jailed for three months.
Moss allegedly ordered the pair to look for police or traffic officers to attack and "dispossess" them of their service firearms, because the PAC did not have enough weapons to wage its armed struggle. ANC Daily News Briefing
We expect verbal attack, and it helps to keep us honest. Times, Sunday Times
They issued an ultimatum to the police to rid an area of racist attackers, or they will take the law into their own hands.
She defended herself from the attack.
Victorian values might include slavery, children down the mines and chimney sweeps up the stack, as well as gin parlours and asylums.
The oil pressure will force it up into the heart of the stack of valves.
Jabbing with the point he kept off Alexei's attack until the reaction of their mid-air collision made them drift apart again.
Australian striker Mark Viduka is hoping for a recall to an attack which has totalled just four goals in the last six matches.
The mother of a teenager killed during an argument about a dog has branded the British justice system a joke after his attacker was jailed for three years.
Bradshaw has a tendency to be over-zealous in his role as the Department of Health's attack dog, andthis wasn't the first time in the last year that the Minister has been somewhat economical with the truth. More Brownies from Bradshaw
But now that our president, on behalf of America, has repudiated that awful man, now that Obama's here to set right America's wrongs, al-Qaida will have no reason as it *has* had to attack... but it's gonna take a while for that message to get through to them. "Americans do not bow to royalty. In my view, when the royal is the ruling tyrant of a despotic regime, the wrong is compounded."
What began in 1968 as a Beltway junkie's labor of love has turned into an authoritative collection of whistle-stopping campaign slogans and vicious slings and arrows of partisan attacks that stretches all the way back to the Founding Fathers (who came up with terms like "electioneer" and the party "ticket"). How to Sound Presidential
They have often attacked ships in Sri Lankan waters.
A recent heart attack, bypass or valve surgery will result in a drop in insurability and an increase of 25% to 100% or more in premiums over standard, or average, risk policies. Getting Life Insurance
This information would give the Royal Air Force an early warning of an attack by enemy fighters.
The armed forces were prepared to repulse any attacks.
Mahmoud had been unable to uncover anything of a personal nature which might have prompted the attack.
‘He apologised and was really regretful even though he was not involved in the actual attack,’ he said.
Many protesters will be ‘disguising’ themselves as innocent hillwalkers wanting to tackle the Ochils this weekend.
The bomb attack on the capital could signal the start of a pre-election terror campaign.
We also found that one particularly aggressive predatory ant species tended to attack bugs carrying eggs, and gangs of these ants could succeed in killing them.
Unflinching in its attacks, A Ma Soeur is a brilliant piece by an uncompromising and distinctive auteur.
Sixteen people were injured in the attack. Times, Sunday Times
And he attacked MPs who said he should reconsider his position. The Sun

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