Sentence examples for rocky phase from inspiring English sources

It also included a sharp, pungent account of Mr. King's growing up, finding a soul mate named Tabitha, going through a rocky phase that involved taking drugs and drinking mouthwash, and eventually discovering his professional destiny.

Launching your startup is one thing, but if you've managed to survive past that initial rocky phase of getting your business off the ground, it won't take long before your attention turns to how you'll scale.

When it comes to determining exactly who came up with a winning phrase in a meeting or exactly who on the team was responsible for holding an important client relationship together during a rocky phase, the evidence gets fuzzy.

Do You Want to Be Liked or Respected at Work? How to know if a friendship is just going through a rocky phase or if it's time to throw in the towel.

China's manufacturing sector may be past the rockiest phase, but it appears to be recovering fitfully.

Now 74, he took the job in June 2002 as a caretaker, to right the ship after the rocky first phase of the redevelopment project.

And the European Union has launched a carbon-trading system, now in its initial phase (see "Rocky Start for CO2 Trading").

The artist formerly known as LeRoi Jones has had so many phases -- Greenwich Village beatnik, Harlem black nationalist, bloodied warrior of the 1967 Newark riots, Marxist, critic of Newark mayors -- that he seemed unfazed by the rocky start of his laureate phase.

[Excerpts, Page A28.] The announcement by Mr. McCain, which followed his private 90-minute meeting with Mr. Bush, heralded a new phase in a rocky political relationship that went from remarkable amity in December to extraordinary animosity in March and a tense, delicate dance of reconciliation over the last two months.

The announcement by Mr. McCain, which followed his private 90-minute meeting with Mr. Bush, heralded a new phase in a rocky political relationship that went from remarkable amity in December to extraordinary animosity in March and a tense, delicate dance of reconciliation over the last two months.

Girardi has learned much about how to deal with the end of a star's career, beginning with that rocky period when he had to phase out Posada at catcher and then out of the lineup altogether.