Sentence examples for pedal against from inspiring English sources

"We had started the tournament well but after beating South Africa we took our foot off the pedal against Samoa and were given a fright.

Argentina took their foot off the pedal against Germany, France failed to put theirs on against Italy tonight, but Lippi and Italy judged their gear changes immaculately throughout the tournament.

In addition, the bike can be ridden without the battery, or the middle-aged athlete can opt for a work-out in which he or she or I opt for high levels of resistance; as you pedal against the resistance, you charge the battery and burn calories.

One of these studies compared 24 young drivers (age 18 25) to 24 older drivers (age 60 and older) on responses to combinations of three CSW alert types: visual (a flashing numeral that indicated the proper speed); auditory (a voice instructing the driver on the proper speed); and haptic (3-s force on the accelerator pedal against the driver's foot) (McElheny et al. 2006).

Without brakes, I have to pedal against the fixie to stop.

A woman who spent her career pedaling against others found her mind in a different kind of race mode.

But one newcomer is pedaling against the wind.

Participants then pedaled against a resistance equivalent to 7%% (0.07 kg kg−1) body mass for Wingate sprints and slightly lower 5%% (0.05 kg kg−1) body mass for Tabata.

The U.S. government has considerable leeway to reject patent applications it finds obvious, the Supreme Court said today in a unanimous opinion on a case pitting manufacturers of brake pedals against each other.

Pedaling against the water inside the heated pool left me feeling relaxed and sleepy; not exhausted or sore.

This result was replicated in a further experiment [16] that involved pedalling against a load at an increasing rate: the heart and respiratory rates increased with the pedalling rate.