Sentences with phrase «cruel twist of fate»

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.

Moreover, thoughts and prayers let the blame fall on misfortune, tragedy, a cruel twist of fate — and not on the elected officials, the NRA, or the Big Gun industry that should be held accountable for their roles in America's gun violence problem.

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.

Oh, this is a cruel twist of fate.

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 fate I ended up watching both of Newcastle's opening Premier League fixtures live on TV.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

Unfortunately, through some cruel twist of fate, life just doesn't seem to work that way.

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.

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.

In a cruel twist of fate, she died within a mile from her home in a car accident.

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, a second tanker in the area, the SS Pendleton, was split in half as well.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The soon - to - be king of the Nocturnae, an ancient breed of vampire, begins to stalk her, with an insatiable taste for her that spans a century before they even met in turn of the century London.Prince Darien, ruler of the House of Vahr, never intended to brand her as his, to make her a Halfling to him, bound by blood in a cruel twist of fate.

«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!»

IN some cruel twist of fate, did Calender Man kill Bruce Wayne?

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

What a cruel twist of fate that the developers behind the upcoming XBLA / PSN game Zombie Apocalypse should be attacked by the undead!

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.

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?

While those with paid positions certainly must feel sympathy for their unpaid colleagues, it seems a cruel twist of fate that those earning money be asked to pay up, when this is not a problem they created.

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

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.

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.

«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.»