Sentences with phrase «association withered on the vine»

In his absence, the Colorado Veterinary Association withered on the vine.

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Discredited by its association with a movement which had sought to eradicate Christianity itself, «progressive» Catholicism withered on the vine, while a newly confident «conservative» faith, characterised by rigorous orthodoxy and strict adherence to the Pope, would come to dominate Catholicism throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Some of the winners» names were familiar just kicked - off awards season — Alexander Payne's Hawaiian - set «The Descendants» was named Best Picture, as it also was recently by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association — but perhaps the biggest winner of the night was Nicolas Winding Refn's neon - lit, criminally overlooked «Drive,» which sadly withered on the box office vine earlier this fall and yet sped off with the most trophies Sunday night.