Sentence examples for endless drills from inspiring English sources

It was a place of clanging bells, and shouting, and endless drills: "The feeling of being on a hopeless journey, an exile that would last for years".

Ryan did not have the best talent in the world, but he implemented a system that worked for his players and hammered fundamentals through endless drills.

But endless drills in the car on the way to the event and right up to the last minute on the back of the stage enabled Mr. Bloomberg to deliver his message without a glitch.

He moved through the 1997 season with a passion, working so hard in the weight room that he could now bench-press 350 pounds; running endless drills to improve his foot speed; and doing so much extra throwing that by day's end it took an hour to ice and treat his arm.

But as educators try to bridge the yawning achievement gaps between poor minority students and white middle-class ones, some are worried that the summer programs -- many of which are mandatory for students who fail to meet promotion requirements -- will simply repeat ineffective teaching approaches and frustrate children with endless drills for high-stakes exams.

A long report in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram a year ago left you thinking that the endless drills are also a bore to the teachers.

Finally, there is the training, which involves endless drilling on even the most routine scenarios.

Memories of his father's pitiful condition and, while on holidays spent near a barracks, the sight of endless drilling and marching put him off the army.

This was a great age of individualism, and for those millions of civilians on loan to the military, camp life was a combination of endless drill, monotonous routines, constant boredom, homesickness and an underlying fear of ever-present sickness.

Admittedly, I have had unfair advantages: endless drilling in arithmetic; teachers who punished for nonperformance and occasionally scorned me for not working up to my potential; and parents who did the same.

Boston City Council members, who solicited the views of local young people on why violence was rising, reported "frustration and boredom with the endless drilling and practice" for the state comprehensive assessment exams, which students in grades 3 through 10 are required to take.