Sentences with phrase «brief season»

Many who, for a brief season, had emerged from the humbler walks of life, were cast back into their original obscurity.

For a brief season we sing, «Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled,» but then the carols fall silent, we stuff the hopeful cards into a drawer and turn again to the wearying march of days.

All recognize in each human some element that is not subject to the otherwise universal flux; it is stable, enduring, and important, at least during the brief season of our rationality.

There was a time when, for just a brief season, a glorious buddleia bush flourished.

Five minutes into extra time Liverpool striker Ian Rush, on as a replacement having returned from a brief season - long sojourn to Italy with Juventus, swivelled to volley Kenny Dalglish's men back in front.

Two years in Spain were followed by two years in France with Marseille, and then a brief season with Roma in Italy.

The truth that childhood is such a brief season of life and if we blink too long we'll miss this precious time with our children just adds to the weight we carry, making playing with them seem like just another burden, another demand on our already stretched - too - thin time, attention, and patience.

It was a brave, crazy idea but we couldn't resist: good weather and the brief season for picking the most coveted of sweet apples, the Honey Crisp.

On paper, it was Terriers with a twang, but the opening story — a sunken treasure hunt involving Hap's ex-wife and a group of aging»60s radicals — was so slow and glum that I never finished the brief season, even with only two episodes to go.