Sentences with phrase «cruel twist of»

«As it happens, we actually met on the 11th February, 1969, and by a cruel twist of fate the plebiscite is due to happen on the same date in 2017 — our 48th anniversary.»

It might be considered a cruel twist of fate that the Android phone to finally supplant Apple's iPhone as the world's fastest phone is a handset that copied the iPhone 7 Plus so blatantly, both inside and out.

It's selective, and often you don't realize that you suffer from infertility until you are trying to start a family, which makes for a cruel twist of fate.

(In a cruel twist of fate, I'm writing this as my daughter refuses to nap.

In a cruel twist of irony, today, the atonement that Minidoka Monument represents is threatened by a so - called «farm.»

If hundreds of the 1,300 Oregon schools estimated to be inadequately reinforced fall, will that be seen as a cruel twist of fate or somebody's fault?

In a cruel twist of fate, the first Metal Gear game (released for the MSX in 1987) saw Solid Snake, at the behest of the US government, tasked with taking down his «father», who had created an independent nation of soldiers in the «80s called Outer Heaven and built a walking nuclear - equipped tank to protect it.

In a cruel twist of fate, though, Serious Sam's iconic gameplay is both its single greatest asset and its downfall.

«Though a cruel twist of fate makes life hard for aspiring hero Izuki, he is positive he's destined for something greater, and fans will cheer for Izuki on his journey as his life changes forever when All Might bestows his superpower upon him!»

Even her aunt, in a cruel twist of fate, is not just her mom's sister, but her identical twin.

Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel.

But in a cruel twist of fate, Toyota's lead car crawled to a halt with only minutes to go, allowing Porsche to flash past and take the overall win for the 18th time.

But unlike the Dude who abides, or Larry Gopnik, who endures one cruel twist of fate after another or perhaps Barton Fink, who's in over his head, Llewyn is fighting against his own talent.

But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother is lured into one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northeast - a mistake that will almost cost him everything.

A cruel twist of fate lands the elder brother in prison (Christian Bale) and the younger (Casey Affleck) becomes involved with a violent Northeastern crime syndicate.

In a cruel twist of fate, Alberta King was shot and killed six years after her son's death, as she worshipped in church.

In a cruel twist of fate, as soon as Smash + Grab went on sale for the weekend, the developer behind the multiplayer crime simulator reportedly closed its doors at the start of the week.

Their fervent desire to kill Nazis and the cruel twist of being imprisoned by communists.

Which, in a cruel twist of fate, it will be, due to Paramount scrapping the film's international release out of concern that it's «too intellectual» for audiences.

It's a cruel twist of fate, but if you end up with a bad back, achy knees, and a sore shoulder from lifting, you have only yourself to blame.

This personally seems to cause less bad breath afterwards, and several scientific studies actually confirm the strategy.72 Specifically eating foods high in water and fat after garlic seems to have the largest deodorizing effect.73 Unfortunately, in a cruel twist of fate, the strong and offensive smell of garlic often parallels the level of beneficial sulfur.74 Finally, if all else fails, a little swish and swallow of baking soda seems to adequately lessen the intensity of garlic and onion breath.

In some cruel twist of fate, we must ironically pay for the benefits of garlic with an offensive breath, a garlicy body odor, and annoyed coworkers and loved ones, as much of the benefit of chopped garlic is maximized when the pungency is present.

But in a cruel twist of metabolic trickery, carrying excess fat can actually make you hungrier thanks to a phenomenon called leptin resistance.

Now, in a cruel twist of fate, it turns out that saturated fats aren't that bad for us anyway and trans fats are killing us.

In a cruel twist of fate it will be matches against the two Manchester clubs that will shape Liverpool's season.

With Arsenal fighting for the league title, Cazorla's injury — at precisely the same time as Francis Coquelin's in a cruel twist of fate — left them wondering if they could keep up the fight at the top, but they've managed it and could do with his return to the side.

It was a cruel twist of fate that saw Pennington get injured after only 60 minutes in Leeds United's opening match at Bolton Wanderers.

In a cruel twist of the NHL's divisional playoff format, say goodbye to one of the three best teams in the league in the first round.

Oh, this is a cruel twist of fate.

Being about as far away from an ocean as is geographically possible in the United States by living in St. Louis, I have to say, it's a cruel twist of fate, or God has a wicked sense of humor, or whatever, for me to be a seafood junkie.

Even so, in some cruel twist of irony, most «productivity enhancers,» like going to the gym every morning, seem to add more effort to our already busy lives.

The plot holds some of its cruelest twists of fate in store for her.

In what turned out to be the cruelest twist of all, the film fails to deliver on the «new beginning» promised by the title, as it ends with a not - so - shocking final scene that never found its way into any of the following installments, suggesting that this is the one entry in the series that even its most ardent supporters would just like to forget ever existed.

Warning: contains spoilers In Inside Llewyn Davis, the titular protagonist (Oscar Isaac) is yet another one of Coens» unlucky characters, bewildered by the cruel twists of fate.

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Rather it is the most cruel and twisted teaching ever to grace our literature in all of humankind!

Images that twist the meaning of love to paint God as a cruel and hateful abuser do not do God justice.

However, while highlighting the poor quality of life of children in stories such as Oliver Twist and Little Dorrit, authors at that time did not follow today's pro-abortion attitude — namely that it is cruel to let children be born into squalor.

ERIN, Wis. — In a cruel twist, Johnny Miller was on - site at Erin Hills on Saturday afternoon as one of the most talked - about rounds in golf history was replaced in the record books.

Was a horrific time for me as a 20 yr old first time mum, was even worse for the baby in pain.So good to hear it discussed.If blogs had been a thing then would have been a huge comfort #BlogCrush daydreams of a mum recently posted... This parenting lark has a cruel twist...

Says Finkel: «The cruel twist is that, just as we've built the form of marriage that requires all of this really targeted, specific focus on your spouse's psychological needs — the sorts of things that are going to take time together, focused attention, energy and motivation — we are investing not more time for the relationship but less.»

In a cruel twist, Apple's relentless pursuit of even more happiness has made me unhappy with my iPhone.

There is even the subtle suggestion that - if he was the man - he was not as cruel to her as he might have been, might even have shown her some twisted kindness, during those dark days when an evil society forced captors and their prisoners to enact the rites of torture.

But their relationship is damaged by a cruel and incredibly shocking twist of fate.

Irish writer / director Martin McDonagh has made a name as a playwright and filmmaker through comedies of crime and consequence that dare audiences to consider heavy themes amidst dark tones and cruel twists.

Hall, Sam Shepard, and Don Johnson ride the twists and turns of this cool, cruel thriller from Jim Mickle («We Are What We Are»)

As Jacob and Joshua return to the twisted roles they adopted at the hands of cruel, demanding parents, they wage a war of pride, wealth, and passion.

Author Morris Fenris has done it again with a captivating series that is packed full of romance, suspense, and twists and turns that will keep you gripped to the last page.This box set contains all three books in the series.Katherine Waring is a woman with a tragic and cruel past.

Aside from a couple of cruel twists and turns, Odyssey IV's core combat plays out much like you'd expect from a traditional JRPG release.

Now, with Zero Time Dilemma (and the Zero Escape series as a whole) being all about the shocks and twists that get thrown your way during the tense and thrilling ride that is the game's plot, I think it will be best to say here that you can be assured that this review will contain no spoilers — it would be cruel for me to ruin any of the game, it really is an experience that you need to go into without any idea of what to expect.

This continues to impact upon the ability or success of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples claiming native title, with the cruel twist that the more an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander has been hurt by government policy, the less likely they are to have their native title recognised.