Sentences with word «brandishing»

When museums first truly came to the United States, it was part of an American effort to claim a seat at the table of Western civilization by brandishing collections of antiquities and masterpieces (the Met, our first world - class institution, was meant to be encyclopedic like its cousins the Louvre and the British Museum).

Digitally generated battle sequences can be thrilling in small doses, but too much brandishing of broadswords gets old fast.

An older less effective technology is often brandished as a sign of credibility.

On January 7, the Louisiana Hearing Committee recommended one fiery lawyer's permanent disbarment after determining he «had to be admonished for brandishing about his shillelagh, his action clearly inappropriate for a disciplinary proceeding.»

Game - play promises to be familiar, with missions leading to combat with enemies while brandishing weapons crafted by the users themselves.

Nowhere are swords brandished in anger; for him the whole world wends as he wishes.

Iconic Scenes, Extraordinary Posters During that time, movie lovers could walk into a local cinema brandished with painted murals of old movie stars in iconic scenes from their best films.

Players control Mondo Zappa, a professional «Executioner» who wields a sword in his right hand while brandishing interchangeable weapons in his left artificial arm.

Researchers at the University of British Columbia showed subjects one of two different slide shows — either a depiction of people brandishing guns or images of individuals who were obviously ailing.

Although Under Night doesn't brandish beloved GGPO middleware, online matches exhibited minimal lag and smooth execution.

They also brandished placards asking «Is it all a fix?»

Everton's 2nd goal was offside, the biased referee kept on brandishing yellow cards against Arsenal and deliberately ignored the fouls made by the Everton players.

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ISLAMOPHOBIC comment on a placard brandished at an anti-live exports rally in Adelaide has been condemned as «divisive» by the Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AACCI).

Strong, propulsive, dark lines form hypnotizing patterns and imaginative perspectives in depictions of churches, tunnels, trains, roads, farm animals, Madonnas, and men brandishing guns astride powerful horses.

In a hushed Vatican reading room, the scene was shocking: a crazed professor shot dead after brandishing evidence of a grisly crime.

The role fits Hanks like a glove, and he even brandishes Bradlee's trademark growling speech pattern.

Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga shout and brandish sticks during a protest in the Mathare slums of Nairobi on Wednesday.

One such concept which is rather loosely brandished about is that regarding «establishing» God's kingdom.

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«There were a number of reports of very inquisitive and sometimes aggressive reactions of elephants toward signs of Maasai, but not towards people brandishing spears,» he says.

Rob makes use of the typeface across a series of posters which brandish slogans that offer glimpse into Rob's mind — a mixture of politically provocative and hilariously silly.

Despite not discussing the talks with the demonstrators, many brandishing signs saying «fair votes now» and «stand up and be counted», Clegg told them that political reform was his priority.

There has already been in a variety of sports some blurring of this principle: witness, for example, the overturning of refereeing decisions to brandish yellow or red cards in football matches.

A group of protestors stayed civil throughout the town hall, generally opting to signal their disagreement or agreement with Tenney by brandishing red and green cards.

Michone is a samurai sword brandishing badass and Rick's current love interest.

Studies are conducted by reputable institutions, statistics are brandished like badges of injustice, and the hearth of discontent is tended with frenzied diligence.

Planes had been flown over stadiums brandishing banners with the hashtag #WengerOut, while staged walkouts were also put to plan during the season, but there appears to be no such reprieve this summer.

Campaigners brandished posters depicting Barroso with his Touareg, bearing the slogan «Big talk, big emissions».

«Andy Burnham yesterday also brandished leftist credentials.

Some species sport robust pincers on their heads, while others brandish long, thin spears, and still others wield elaborate pitchforks.

And when Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California, the Guerrilla Girls instantly rose to the occasion with «The Schwarzenegger Shield,» admonishing «Don't Let Your Governor Grope You,» which they proudly brandished during a reading of their book at the Central Library in Los Angeles the day after his election.

If there weren't yawning demographic and taste divides in this land, half the country wouldn't be preparing to secede over their right to celebrate the Confederacy by brandishing assault weapons in church, while the other half demand that the particulars of safe gay sex be taught in the schools.

«Preacher Brandishes AK47 for Chicken Nuggets».

Feuerstein then brandishes a handgun, and says he brought it with him because they «hate the Second Amendment.»

Like nearly everyone, adult and teenager, at Roosevelt High School, Andy is scared by fearsome history teacher Mr. Strickland (Ice Cube), first seen brandishing a bat à la «Lean On Me,» and later, in his classroom, a fire axe, which he applies to an offending student's desk after being subjected to a prank.

Though the end result was delicious and the kids» reactions were delightful, I was admittedly terrified at the idea of having to supervise five different groups of small children brandishing sharp knives.

Unlike a lot of other futuristic, dystopian titles, Horizon: Zero Dawn avoided the focus on brandishing firearms and instead put a focus on bow and arrows, ropecasters, and other primitive weapons and traps.

An apparently unwitting Kathy Nicolo (Jennifer Connelly) is evicted from the home she grew up in by a team of legal and law enforcement officers brandishing a court order citing unpaid back taxes.

But Mr. Ofili's fleeting motifs reveal themselves to include images, set amid tropical settings, of a hanged figure, soldiers brandishing bayonets, and a black man surrounded by white policemen.

However, Nara's illustrations of children, who are often brandishing weapons, are often more menacing and devilish than they are cute and innocent.

Young Hollywood types like Jessica Alba are regularly photographed brandishing Trader Joe's shopping bags — but Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor reportedly is a fan too.

Surprisingly, perhaps, the official brandished just five cards once the dust had finally settled.

«Exhibit A» at P.P.O.W. opens with Fresh Blood — A Dream Morphology (1982 — 86), an installation centred around a 1983 performance of the same name, in which the artist brandishes an umbrella while describing it as a symbol for a vulva with flexible energy, capable of bleeding, having an orgasm and furling into a «cock / cunt».

The league has produced iconic moments, now brandished into football folklore.

Bank robbers rarely gets 20 years on a single count anymore & they're usually brandishing a weapon, or pretending to be.