Sentences with phrase «by moments of»

Overall, the experience of using the ASUS Zenfone 3 Laser was marred by moments of hesitation here and there when browsing the Internet with Chrome and app switching rabidly, but they are far and few in between.

The joy on the young players» faces was balanced by moments of poignant reflection.

Lives lost, families forever marred by moments of distraction.

The description of flying as «years of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror» applies also to grid operations.

Inspired by moments of everyday life, the city, and signage, he is interested in expressing mundane situations and places in a satirical way.

My paintings are utter hybrids; man - sized fields punctuated by moments of absurdity, poetry, mutation, growth and decay that I find both suffocating and fabulous.

His most frequent subject is American troops in downtime or waiting... There's a saying that war is long stretches of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.

«Mr. Pesce's palette was dark, rich and implicitly naturalistic but sparked by moments of yellow - green, hot pink or a resonant blue.

Colin Alexander's calculated balance of meticulous and naive paint handling seems loaded with anxiety, punctuated by moments of abandon.

This game certainly isn't for the faint of heart, but any despair you feel at its unforgiving combat is frequently balanced out by moments of genuine elation.

I like to imagine this future Monster Hunter set in an open world with a robust ecosystem ripe for unexpected interactions and emergent situations, full of beasts with even more diverse and unpredictable AI, punctuated by moments of quiet among sweeping vistas, and given to an even fuller embodiment through which we might inhabit its space and encounter its creatures.

Unfortunately some curious design decisions dampen the whole affair and the game suffers as a result, relegating the most entertaining elements to making intermittent appearances bookended by moments of sheer frustration or, even worse, boredom.

The weapons, maps and fragility of players dictate a more considered pace broken up by moments of frantic madness as you decide to charge down a trench as fast as possible in order to catch the enemy unaware, racking up kills before somebody faster and more accurate puts an end to you.

Travel is inherently marked by moments of beauty, mundanity, exhaustion, and connection; comics artist Craig Thompson shows it all.

Instead of a passive learning experience punctuated by moments of action, you create an active learning experience with short bursts of more passive learning as and when it's needed.

Such resistance has dogged the school choice movement for years, producing a fog of politics cleared all too rarely by moments of forthrightness.

Fanny and Alexander was Bergman's Amarcord, a melancholy epic punctuated by moments of unexpected joy.

But «Candelabra» isn't a hagiography either, it's a nuanced and surprisingly touching look at late - life Liberace, his moments of monstrousness (having Thorson undergo plastic surgery to look more like a younger version of himself is possibly the oogiest) balanced by moments of great tenderness and love, the rawer and realer for coming from beneath layers of lurex and sequins.

Your Highness hits high points of silliness (e.g. Thadeous» chronic masturbation tendencies, and a mechanical old - school Clash of the Titans - type bird named Simon) and then is punctuated by moments of extreme violence (an arrow fired through the jugular, anyone?).

And yet, in another twist of the tricky plot, her remark might stand as the moral of a story flecked by moments of hope whose ending has no conclusion.

Punctuated by moments of youthful exuberance and mature ruminations, this coming of age drama, set amongst summery hues, is an extraordinarily moving snapshot of being a child in an adult world, anchored by flawless performances by its two young stars.

The Black Hole is a mixed bag, with some surprisingly interesting philosophical themes that get stripped away shortly after they appear by moments of cloying robot banter and extended laser gun shootouts.

If there is any kind of sensation to Nicolas Winding Refn's directorial atmosphere, then it's a feeling of ambition, whose degree of charm, broken up by moments of genuine inspiration, really does do a lot to almost save this mess, but alas, the final product crumbles short under the overwhelming weight of questionable storytelling, emphasized by both the ambition that could very well have molded it, as well as pacing problems.

The themes in Galveston are undoubtedly heavy, but the darkness is punctuated by moments of hilarious levity that take the edge off of Ray and Raquel's bleak circumstances.

The event was punctuated by moments of levity but mostly dominated by anger from residents who feel their elected representatives have sold out their interests to the real estate industry, with a focus on the proposed redevelopment of the vacant Bedford Union Armory.

Simon Mignolet has moments of magic in goal that are quickly followed by moments of madness.

Since his arrival in 2011, the pacey Ivorian has certainly had his moments of glory, yet they have been overshadowed by his moments of shame and awkwardness.

Neymar, Suárez and Andrés Iniesta are trying to get the ball to him in promising positions, but are being stymied by moments of sloppiness and stout defending.

But this is neautrilzed by his moments of absolute madness and blinder which has its roots in his attitude and ignorance.

The gut - wrenching realization about this Alabama team is that, yes they are a delight to watch, even if their games are like foreclosure proceedings punctuated by moments of breathtaking athleticism.

But what is perceived by these moments of perception?

The author covered the sex abuse crisis for Newsweek and has produced a big book, mainly about people and events in Boston, that will hold the attention of readers interested in a journalistic account that tries to be fair - minded, although it is not untouched by moments of legitimate, indeed necessary, outrage.

After pouring cups of coffee, the group began a two - hour discussion marked by moments of intense debate as well as laughter.

«Radiohead brings intense realism, touches of paranoia, sometimes dread, punctuated by moments of amazing beauty,» he says.

A speech is prose, but a great speech is marked by moments of poetry.

The end of this play is marked by a moment of silence.

Can pull off a brilliant save, that's followed by a moment of complete madness.

Having the strongest squad in Europe does put Real Madrid at 7/2 favourites to retain the title, but the high volume of transfer activity should produce yet another high quality tournament that could be decided by a moment of brilliance or controversy.

More likely, it is moment by moment of me trying not to yell at the children or panic that I've actually broken my eldest child (ever heard of the first pancake theory of parenting?

Yet, while reading Mr. Gordon's post I was struck by a moment of sympathy.

Her angular momentum is her rate of spin multiplied by her moment of inertia, which depends on how her mass is distributed around her spin axis.

We re-encounter Renton hit with physical health problems, but, like all his mates, he is haunted by his moment of betrayal which in turn left his friends in the gutter.

I was riveted by every moment of this movie.

Your editor is unsurprised by this moment of movement conservative and Republican Party fratricide.

I was tempted to recommend them during Valentines week but thought it best not to lest some unsuspecting soul rushed out to buy Valentines for their loved one without taking a closer look; the title is ironic, these stories are not of warm and nurturing relationships but of angst - ridden emotionally damaged people brought down by a moment of poor judgment in the past or present.

Material for a Film functions best as a single installation, broken only by a moment of silence.

Some artists might have felt a little irritated by their moment of glory being so noisily hijacked, but Philipsz is a veteran of the barricades.

Peri has always been fascinated by the moment of intersection between the lines of a cross form, and their ability to become a paradoxical point where unity and division coexist; where a position is marked and also somehow concealed.

Dennis Masback, now in his late forties, has been exhibiting his work in New York for nearly two decades, a period punctuated by a moment of near - celebrity in the late»70s during which his work was compared to that of Jasper Johns and Brice Marden.

Everything else I learned about the business from that point forward was shaped by that moment of realization and I want to share it with you so you can be more successful in your career search.