Sentences with phrase «stand against the storm»

Not exact matches

His assumption that the kind of life he prizes can stand up rootless against the contemporary storm has nothing to commend it in the actual experience of men.

How many of us are strong enough to stand up against a crazy storm of crowd - sourced bullying?

By dint of his own natural propensity as a political leader, he weathered the storm to outshine all those who stood against him, including the already - established Dr. J.B. Danquah and the entire UGCC or the later United Party elements.

A sprawling federal initiative to strengthen Long Island against coastal storms is inching closer to becoming a reality even as doubts persist in the South Shore towns and villages that stand most to benefit from it.

Grounded, smart, and determined, she storms in and takes a stand against Eric Bana's inexperienced Officer Cluff (far from his role as 2003's HULK) who she believes has sent her fiancee to his death.

She leaned against the wall, fingering the Scrabble tile, wondering how long she was supposed to stay there while the men stood around talking about the storm.

The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman There's no magic here; Hoffman takes readers to the year 70 CE to dramatize a historical event: the storming of the fortress of Masada where 900 Jews took a stand against the Romans.

Her use of metaphor is fresh and surprising, whether she is describing the Shivalik Hills that would, «stand like they always stood against the morning sky, whipped and creamy like clotted ghee,» the desert beside the road to Mirpur Khas that, «seemed to unfold endlessly, and devouringly, like a bolt of cloth unfurling in all directions that the slightest wind raised and flapped like the sides of a tent,» or New York City where, «the yellow - lit restaurant, our tiny table at its center, the over-stuffed warmth of our wool sweaters, and even the bitterness of our coffees formed a supreme and cardinal quiet, like the very center of a storm.»

For Honor offers players the chance to storm battlefields as one of 12 heroes who can tear through rank - and - file enemies and stand against nearly any foe.

Grab Total: War Attila, make your stand, ready your army, and battle against the coming storm, so that you may live on in glory, unchallenged and unmatched as emperor.

Besides the isolationist stand of the Party (I quit in 1990 when they came out against Desert Storm), they don't recognize that externalities even exist — and that takes them firmly into the realm of pseudoscience.