So it was not obviously begging to be put out of its misery.
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Government collapses, meaning that the subway system is finally put out of its misery.
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Ultimately, this rule should be taken out behind the barn and put out of its misery.
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But now, in the year 20013, it's finally being put out of its misery — and ours.
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Paralyzed and helpless, the animal is eventually put out of its misery by the killer snake.
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" The email concluded that the fair was "fatally wounded" and needed to be "put out of its misery.
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A dinosaur waiting to be put out of its misery, decaying into the past, it serves on a tried and tested formula.
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"The Withdrawal Agreement ship has sailed and needs to be put out of its misery," she said in a Twitter post on Sunday.
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Image: GizmodoIt's finally time to admit that MoviePass is fumbling around like a wounded golden goose that needs to be put out of its misery.
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As factories closed and services withered, some free-market zealots in Moscow suggested that the city be put out of its misery and shut down.
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When the deed must be done — a foundering book put out of its misery — the unfortunate task is executed with maximum stirrings of pity and regret.
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Its last big round of trade talks, the Doha Development Agenda, became the Jarndyce v Jarndyce of trade diplomacy; in 2015 it was quietly put out of its misery.
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"Regretfully, we believe this situation needs decisive leadership and the fatally wounded Art Basel Hong Kong 2020 needs to be put out of its misery and quickly," he wrote.
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Letter of Recommendation I didn't buy a smartphone until I was forced to in 2013, when my ancient flip was put out of its misery by a spilled can of Vanilla Coke.
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While the PenLite was unceremoniously put out of its misery, Apple did continue to experiment with the form in the years before Steve Jobs returned to the company, but with nowhere near the level of sophistication of the iPad.
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It mostly just went to show why the State of the Union sorely needs to be put out of its misery, but thankfully, there was at least one silver lining from the night—namely, that it inspired some very good memes.
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Groening's creative output has been pretty rough lately—The Simpsons needed to be put out of its misery years ago—but this new cartoon looks like it has an all-star team behind it, including Abbi Jacobson and former Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein.
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However, the disc drive won't read two of the requested destinations, responding instead with monochromatic static and a sound I can only assume is the death's-door spirit of the Mega-CD itself screaming for release, to be finally put out of its misery.
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If it's not very, very careful, Riverdale might find itself making the biggest and deadliest mistake a teen soap can make: coming out of the gate strong and vibrant and buzzy, and then burning out in season one and limping along as a shadow of its former self until it's finally put out of its misery.
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Last weekend, The Simpsons aired its 636th episode, officially surpassing Gunsmoke as the longest-running scripted show on primetime TV. During the past quarter-century, the series has evolved from a rough-edged satire to a brilliant, absurdist free-for-all to an established pop culture behemoth and finally, into the limping relic it is today, in dire need of being put out of its misery by a well-placed shot from Maggie's rifle.
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A review of show's debut by The New York Times described the series as "an argument that the trend of shows about real people doing their jobs ought to be put out of its misery", while crediting the show as "an extended public service announcement".
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Robert Syverton, who had once dreamed of becoming a great film director, recalls the events leading to an unstated crime. In his youth, he saw a horse break its leg, after which it was shot and put out of its misery. Years later, in 1932 during the Great Depression, he wanders into a dance marathon about to begin in the shabby La Monica Ballroom, perched over the Pacific Ocean on the Santa Monica Pier in Southern California. Robert soon finds himself recruited by Rocky, the contest's promoter and emcee, as a substitute partner for a cynical malcontent named Gloria Beatty, after her original partner is disqualified due to bronchitis.
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