Sentences with phrase «by vast waves»

Public morality and general goodness were being corroded by vast waves of «pagan» immigrants, by crime, poverty, and industrial strife.

It is as though a colourful muddle of crude materials — cement, polystyrene, wood, cardboard, fabric — has just been washed up by a vast wave, leaving seven wonderfully wobbly looking monoliths, each as stonkingly absurd as the next.

Not exact matches

Taken with the orbiting Chandra Observatory, it shows the hottest, most violent objects in the galaxy: black holes gobbling down matter, gas heated to millions of degrees by dense, whirling neutron stars, and the high - energy radiation from stars that have exploded, sending out vast amounts of material that slam into surrounding gas, creating shock waves that heat the gas tremendously, generating X-rays.

A journey to a scientific frontier had led us to a different frontier altogether, a vast darkness punctuated by the occasional lapping wave.

Their vast symmetrical shapes outline hypersonic shock waves produced by colliding shells of stellar gas.

In the wake of #MeToo and the tidal wave of outrage over allegations of ongoing sexual misconduct by the likes of Harvey Weinstein, Brett Ratner, James Toback and many more, The New York Times reports that 300 prominent female actors, agents, writers, directors, producers and entertainment executives have formed a vast and ambitious initiative to fight systemic sexual harassment not only in Hollywood a but also in blue - collar workplaces nationwide.

Chosen by the ocean to be its champion, Moana is sent on a quest to wrangle the daring demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson, who is of Polynesian descent and surprisingly impressive singing voice) and ferry him across the vast waves so he can restore a vital talisman he stole long ago.

Unfortunately, for all of the noise Prof. Greene makes about proper academic standards, he simply stoops to waving the red flag of anti-communism when he concludes by suggesting that our assertion, «the only reason the superrich have these massive billions, and hence a major voice in policy, is because of unfair tax laws that allow them to keep the vast wealth their employees have created,» reveals us as, uh oh, Marxists!

There were vast and silent forces swirling around me: strong water currents created by distant winds and large waves, the gravitational pull of moon and sun, and the rapid spinning of the earth.

Similar to Malhão beach, Almograve is a vast, wild beach with gentle sand dunes and basalt rocks, pounded by the full might of the Atlantic waves.

Surf classes are held daily conducted by advanced surfers who have vast experience in instructing, ocean safety and wave riding.

Unlike long period waves that travel unopposed over vast distances deep within the ocean, wind swell travels within a few meters of the oceans surface and is affected by opposing winds and existing sea states.

Nearby, is Angel's Billabong, with its vast lagoon revealed by waves after a high tide.

Located on the eastern side of Mauritius, an island glimmering in the warm currents of the Indian Ocean, Blue Bay is protected by a vast coral reef that protects the beach from larger wave breaks, allowing for calm, safe swimming.

Ocean overturning is a diurnal event, and since the average wind speed over the oceans is little more than BF4, there must be vast swathes of the oceans where the conditions for long periods are BF2 or less when there would be very little ocean / top surface mixing by wind waves or swell.

VALID ITO Garners Rapid Response Encompassed in a digital wave, every individual of modern time manages to create vast treasure trove of data by spending time online.

The buyout was part of a vast wave of debt - enabled takeovers by private equity firms from 2005 to 2007 that saw deal prices soar to tens of billions of dollars.