Can the movie itself live up to this inspired warm-up?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Days of 'Thunder'] Reference

Last week the Brits trounced Portugal in a warm-up game.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mind Bending] Reference

You can also consume a sports drink during your warm-up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cycling Nutrition with Monique Ryan: Meal plans for the cyclocross season] Reference

Pakistan have crept in to Lord's and skipped the warm-up.    From Wordnik.com.  [England v Pakistan - day four as it happened] Reference

The Pentagon papers offered Bradlee a warm-up for Watergate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bradlee Treatment] Reference

After a few warm-up sessions you'll be playing like a wizard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cyberscope] Reference

Christopher Marlowe, wearing Timberwolves road warm-up jacket.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hoop Dreams, Harvard Style] Reference

Even then, consider this a warm-up exercise for the real thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Advice, Cheap] Reference

He imagined the roar of the engines coming off the warm-up lap.    From Wordnik.com.  [George W. Wins The 'Phony War'] Reference

Olympic = This year's Dream Team loses warm-up b-ball game to.    From Wordnik.com.  [CONVENTIONAL WISDOM: BIG ORANGE EDITION] Reference

We have a new training centre and our warm-up games taught us a lot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Magners League's expansion threatens to 'burn out' players] Reference

Finally, we found her asleep on the rubdown table in the warm-up tent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Long Legs, Wide Smile, Big Heart] Reference

It's also a warm-up for selling his pro-war wife to skeptical liberals.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Putting of First Things First'] Reference

After we do our stretches and warm-up exercises we all get into position.    From Wordnik.com.  [Go Ahead] Reference

After the warm-up, Fugee bandmates Lauryn Hill and Prakazrel Michel came onstage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Here's What's Going On] Reference

Her day there incorporated a warm-up class with relaxation and breathing exercises.    From Wordnik.com.  [Which school should I choose?] Reference

The college years are nothing but a warm-up for when the kids really leave for good.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: L.A. Lakers Star Kobe Bryant At The Fo] Reference

While the Clinton warm-up was reassuring, some early missteps showed his inexperience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warm-Up Lessons] Reference

My personal summer anthem of 2010 starts slow and then kicks in at a good warm-up pace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Riffs: My "Ultimate Running Mix"] Reference

At concert halls and opera houses, rehearsal and warm-up spaces are a precious commodity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cathedral In A Closet] Reference

A burly bearded man in a black shirt and black warm-up pants emerged from his stone house.    From Wordnik.com.  ['We Are Terrified'] Reference

• After their initial warm-up, they are just as bright as equivalent incandescent bulbs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: Are there any drawbacks to compact fluorescent bulbs?] Reference

Once you're geared up, don't skimp on the warm-up: dedicate 15 minutes to your pre-run prep.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tip of the Week] Reference

The veiled threats and hyperbole are mere warm-up exercises for this Friday's "forest summit.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Birds And The Trees] Reference

And in its recent warm-up matches, the team has had problems scoring against lesser opposition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking On The World] Reference

I will do some warm-up races in Italy before heading back to Canada for the two ProTour events.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hesjedal looking forward to Canadian races] Reference

To mark the occasion, she donned a mint-green warm-up suit and a coordinating cabbage-rose-patterned scarf.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aid and Comfort] Reference

When the '98 team played a warm-up game against powerful Holland, it barely mustered a single scoring threat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fresh Legs] Reference

Before the taping last week, the show's warm-up comedian asks a woman in the audience, "" Do you know Rosie? ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coming Up Roses] Reference

Americans can get away with wearing jeans or warm-up suits in almost any setting -- or at least we think we can.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Grunge: It's Not Just Ugle Americans] Reference

At a warm-up session the day before the official gathering, it was clear that we relished disagreements among us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Random Access Online: Wa's Up?] Reference

Before you even start the digging, do a five-minute warm-up: stretch your arms and legs, take a quick walk around the yard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tip Sheet] Reference

But the real warm-up comes when she and her band strap on wooden sandals and start stomping to a rigorous syncopated rhythm.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Diva From Old Havana] Reference

Serena is so muscular that the crowd sometimes whistles when she takes off her warm-up jacket to reveal her sculpted shoulders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Venus And Serena Against The World] Reference

It was an occasion that demanded a generous warm-up: Prime Minister Tony Blair was to deliver the biggest speech of his political career.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Blair's Popularity Problem] Reference