Sentences with phrase «by brandishing»

Traill has stayed true to that promise, making an impact within weeks at council by brandishing a flip - flop to protest councillors who reneged on a decision to appoint one of her council allies, Joe Neal, to a particular board.

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).

If you're aiming a little higher than an easier completion though, then you'll certainly want to make use of the bullet reflection technique that Wryn can pull off by brandishing her Katana at just the right time, just as pink coloured bullets are about to hit you.

Another Microsoft executive, keen to build on the points his colleague had made, outlined the company's position on male nudity «in the strongest possible terms» by brandishing a broom and hitting the Funcom developers with it.

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.

The trailer ends by brandishing the gameplay footage as fake and fades away.

Basques protest in support of catalan independence as crisis in spain grows: tory whip chris pincher dressed in his bathrobe «tried to untuck the man details the time he got drunk and wrote to denmark to one woman gave a subtle hint to her dates that she's not to be messed with by brandishing an axe in her profile photo, while another will at least attract people with a keen interest in angling by lying alongside a giant fish.

I still remember the Christmas day my 8 - year - old niece greeted me by brandishing a candy - making chemistry kit.

Clegg feels he is «constantly being urged by commentators, by party activists» to «express identity by tearing strips off the Tories» and by brandishing «trophies of achievement to show the Liberal Democrats have secured this or that concession».

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.

Not only did the Liberal Democrats alienate left - leaning voters by entering the coalition, but its leaders did as much as David Cameron and George Osborne to brand Labour as spendthrift and irresponsible — Nick Clegg by playing up the comparison between the UK and Greece, David Laws by brandishing the now - notorious note from Liam Byrne.

The Bianconeri exploded, surrounding the Englishman, who responded by brandishing a straight red card at Buffon, likely ending his Champions League career in the worst way possible.

Father Callahan tries to protect a teenage boy with him by brandishing a cross.

(12) When Glass's bill, having made it through the House Banking Committee, was attacked by Bryanite Democrats at the party caucus, Glass stunned and silenced them by brandishing Bryan's letter calling for his supporters «to stand by the president and assist him in securing the passage of this bill at the earliest possible moment» (13).

Not exact matches

The facility where the investigators had assembled that morning, brandishing an Administrative Inspection Warrant, was a distribution center operated by one of America's largest public companies, the giant drug wholesaler McKesson (mck), which ranks No. 5 on this year's Fortune 500.

Parkland activists brandished orange tags with $ 1.05, the amount of money Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has accepted from the NRA divided by every student in Florida — the price of each student's life, activists said.

Brandishing the credibility that he has gained by venturing through the bush several times to meet with Kony in his hideout, Odama is a leading voice among Ugandans who oppose the ICC's indictments.

Brandishing a tickling stick and greeted by his Diddy Men, the star had vowed to carry on with his tattyfilarious comedy when he left hospital last month.

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).

While dogma, ideology and twisted rhetoric do battle in cyberspace and are brandished by those going into fields destroying crops, they are nowhere to be seen in the laboratories of the people developing the new technologies.

The Gunners boss has come under fire in recent seasons, and has been the subject of numerous protests by sections of fans, and we have even witnessed planes being flown over stadiums brandishing the #WengerOut banner.

Brandish your weapon and the next thing you know you're dead, killed by cops - or, why not, someone else with a gun - who think you're the one who is responsible.

Finally, national identity, the most symbolic aspect of sovereignty proudly brandished by right - wing populists, has largely been impacted by these supranational evolutions as well as by the cultural diversification of European societies.

After the Post story ran, the club tried to brandish its image by courting younger Trump supporters.

«The suspicion of the Police on this is that the suspected forged letter was obtained to perpetuate deceit in furtherance of DSP Mohammed Isa Hamman's fraudulent intentions and this is another reason why the suspected forged letter of retirement being brandished by DSP Mohammed Isa Hamman is being investigated.»

«But who, just this summer, sent government funded vans onto the streets of multiracial London brandishing a slogan last used by the National Front?

Making the call at a news conference in Osogbo, the state Chairman of APC, Prince Gboyega Famodun, said the video clip was fabricated by some unscrupulous individuals to discredit the election, adding that the video clip, which was brandished by the spokesperson of Jonathan Campaign Organization, Mr Femi Fani - Kayode, had nothing to do with the last August election in Osun State as the ballot papers shown in the video were different from the actual ballot papers used for Osun governorship election.

The part the Dems are particularly interested in comes at the tail end of the report, highlighting a lawsuit brought against Grimm back in the summer of 2000 by a former NYPD officer who claimed Grimm brandished a gun and misused his FBI authority after getting into an argument with another man over a woman (Grimm's date, the man's estanged wife).

And it will be brandished by the In camp as further proof of the good sense of continuing membership.

Flamboyant lawyer Richard Luthmann, who once famously sought to resolve a civil lawsuit through «trial by combat,» was arrested by the FBI on a slew of charges, including kidnapping, kidnapping conspiracy, money laundering, brandishing a firearm to commit a crime, aggravated identity theft and extortion conspiracy.

In a letter addressed to governor El - Rufai and jointly signed by Chairman, Security Sub-Committee Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressive Union, Muazu Idris and the President of the union, Murtala Abdullahi and copied to security agencies and relevant stakeholders, the group lamented that «Reports have it that in Doka village and kungi - gari (15 km away from Birnin Gear town) bandits attend markets brandishing AK47 riffles in the open without any challenge by security agents.

Brandishing placards and chanting solidarity songs, the group, led by its coordinator, Victor Ezenagu, marched to the Enugu office of the EFCC, where they submitted a petition to the South - East zonal head of the commission, Mr. Johnson Babalola.

Ologbondiyan added that the alleged cold response by the attendees and the refusal of the people to brandish brooms and the total absence of cheers for the APC leaders, including the National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun, constitute a loud act of rejection of the party.

Each of the Democrats said they hoped to focus on the coming budget, and some brandished yellow books prepared by chamber staffers that analyzed and summarized the spending plan.

She wondered if embodiment could help explain tragic misperceptions such as the 1999 shooting of Amadou Diallo, who was killed by New York police officers who perceived Diallo's motioning to open his wallet as the brandishing of a gun.

Each year, the doors to the UN climate negotiations, which kick off again in Durban, South Africa, on 28 November, are assailed by demonstrators brandishing pro-vegetarian placards.

The tour group was met by about 16 protesters on a party boat circling Enviva's Port of Chesapeake, brandishing a 16 - foot banner reading «SOS — Save our Southern Forests» and waving smaller signs that read «Stop Enviva.»

The writer seems only dimly aware how this half - hearted message will set off a bomb in the world where Jenny McCarthy lives — that she will turn on that wicked grin and brandish this study to launch another 40 years of vicious debate over whether autism is caused by environmental factors, namely vaccines, and thus can be cured by brave and dedicated parents like her, or whether it's just a condition people are born with.

While dogma, ideology and twisted rhetoric do battle in cyberspace and are brandished by those going into fields destroying crops, they are nowhere to be seen in the laboratories of the people developing the new technologies.

The well known yet downplayed brand Hunter Boots has been spotted all around this late spring, worn by VIPs at the best summer celebrations and brandishing occasions, including the sprinkled out Ryder Cup, they have demonstrated their solidness and configuration quality in the course of recent years.

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.

Again directed by Shekhar Kapur - brandishing a confidence lacking from the first film - Blanchett's sterling portrayal exploits the growing tensions between the queen's public duty to her beloved, besieged England and her private desires.

by Walter Chaw There is a moment in the middle of Bulletproof Monk: Chow Yun - Fat leaps to the top of a car, brandishing two pistols, his overcoat flaring in slow - motion as he rains down bullets on the bad guys.

Here's the first photo of Captain America antagonist Johann Schmidt / The Red Skull (Hugo Weaving) brandishing the Cosmic Cube, that famed Marvel Universe artifact that offers power that's only constrained by its user's imagination.

Bloodless stretches set at Michael's house overlooking the Pacific Ocean, where Laura is menaced obliquely by David, brandishing a screwdriver, play like a Hitchcock homage by way of De Palma, but without the virtuosity and / or perviness required to justify the exercise.

These include threats from animals, weapon - brandishing bad - guys and a nasty villain (Van Pelt played by Bobby Cannavale) who is crawling with large insects (they even slither into his ear and out of his mouth).

The credits and the music are accompanied by the familiar silhouettes of men in suits brandishing weapons.

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

What a microcosm for the good cinephile's experience in 2017 — amidst a struggle to keep away the viruses carried by powerful liars and to dodge the slings & arrows brandished by savages, occasionally we go to the theatre and encounter something sublime, something numinous that reminds us why life is maybe worth sharing with our fellow humans.

In theaters August 23, «When fifteen - year - old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder — much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons.