Sentences with phrase «as uprooting trees»

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If the modern condition, as D. H. Lawrence once described it, is «a great uprooted tree, with its roots in the air,» only big affirmations can replant us in the universe.

In order to investigate the meaning to be attributed to «faith» as Jesus used it, we have to consider, in addition, the complex of sayings about faith «moving mountains» or «uprooting trees».

(25) And the similitude of a bad saying is as a bad tree, uprooted from upon the earth, possessing no stability.

But Jesus responds to the disciple's request with a touch of irritation — the Greek would suggest a bit of snark — and he tells them that if they had faith as small of a mustard seed, they could command a mulberry tree to uproot itself and replant in the sea... and it would obey.

No injuries have been reported as severe storms ripped through the area Thursday, uprooting trees and knocking down power lines.

Photo: Kevin T. Smith For some, an unwanted reminder of Hurricane Sandy that crashed into the East Coast as megastorm of the century is a big tree uprooted, lying across the yard — If lucky, missing the house.

The researchers» conclusion that terrestrial placental mammals may have lived down under 110 million years earlier than expected, as reported in the November 21, 1997 issue of Science, could all but uproot the mammalian family tree.

I hoped that encountering them up close would resolve a question I've long harbored: Why do we, as animals, uproot ourselves rather than maintaining the stately fixity of trees?

Groaning and cracking, trees shuddered and bent over double, uprooting and falling as easily as sticks in wet sand.

Centered as if the love that boy feels for them anchors them deep as a tree's roots, holds them still as the oaks, which don't uproot in hurricane wind.

It's impressive to see a battle in full flow as well, an explosion sending the corpses of men flying or uprooting a tree.

The Last Tree serves as both performance and installation, like the uprooted tree bursting into a gallery skylight by David Brooks, his machine in the garden, or the layers of earth in photography by Letha WilTree serves as both performance and installation, like the uprooted tree bursting into a gallery skylight by David Brooks, his machine in the garden, or the layers of earth in photography by Letha Wiltree bursting into a gallery skylight by David Brooks, his machine in the garden, or the layers of earth in photography by Letha Wilson.

She uprooted my lawn sign and discarded it by a tree in the parkway, and I spent the rest of my birthday explaining to my broker why this listing had to be taken off the market as soon as possible.

A sidewalk broken when a tree was uprooted by hurricane Irma serves as a makeshift skateboarding ramp for Joey Williams of West Palm Beach Thursday, September 14, 2017.