Sentences with phrase «crushed under the weight»

The were crushed under the weight of the debt and so it went for them.

Let's face it, if there is air in your lungs you will be bruised in life, maybe even crushed under the weight of disappointment.

The Israelites had been enslaved for more than two centuries; their backs broken by whips and their souls crushed under the weight of Pharaoh's mercilessness; their identity as the children of Abraham — God's chosen people — shadowed by their new title as slaves.

Jesus knew that his people were being crushed under the weight of a heavy yoke of social and political oppression.

No he will be crushed under the weight of what he did to NY gun owners.

Beauty writing is my one true passion and I intend to revel in it until my untimely death, crushed under the weight of my own jewelry.

The bloated closer to the trilogy has some nice moments, but gets crushed under the weight of its oppressive mediocrity.

The film is at its best pre-interval, when director Mohit Suri stages some creepy sequences free of the burden of exposition; when he and writer Shagutta Ratique have to deliver some explanations in the second half, the decent performances by Ranaut and Hashmi are crushed under the weight of overly contrived plotting and some distractingly lackluster (if still better than the first film's) effects work.

And while there are a few compelling sequences here and there - something that's particularly true of the scene in which several characters engage in a dramatic confrontation while carnival music plays in the background - the film is generally crushed under the weight of the overly familiar storyline and unreasonably slow pace.

That original spirit has been severely missing from the recent Transformers movies that seem to have lost the plot and been crushed under the weight of explosions and crazy budgets.

If the conservative voice of the «old South» and the «great plains» is crushed under the weight of the bi-coastal New York, Washington, California POV due to the weight of the population in this process, that is a big win for the nation.

We need to do something or we'll be crushed under the weight of our own growth.

How great it would be to watch the once powerful monopoly be crushed under the weight of their own dumbass ideas and crappy network.

Geek rage over which form factor fits best will never end, unless the entire debate is crushed under the weight of this 65 - inch Android behemoth.

Suddenly, you've graduated, and you're being crushed under the weight of student loan repayment.

So, for example, the more risk - free Assets you hold the lower the Total Assets figure in the equation... well, that is until the risk - free Assets are no longer risk - free... And this is exactly how banks could boast of, say, a perfectly acceptable 9 % Tier 1 Ratio, only to end up crushed under the weight of 30 - 40 times leverage and begging for a bail - out.

That will only come after arcade sticks have been crushed under the weight of desperate Zangief players cranking out last - second SPDs, after dramatic victories deciding tournament finals between a bouncy Rashid and defensive Dhalsim, after an army of frustrated players scream at Ryu bores for throwing yet another full - screen fireball.

Steam Backend Profile Database Servers Being Upgraded — The Player Profiles and Stat Servers that track player progression are being crushed under the weight of all the players logging on to play the game this Memorial Day weekend.

For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act.

Why aren't we crushed under the weight of these multi gigaton CO2 emissions that allegedly linger in our atmosphere indefinitely?

The Tulip style 78» oval marble dining table is a black / white marble top and its base is a heavy molded cast aluminum, while the shell is reinforced with molded fiberglass to prevent this table from tipping over and / or crushing under the weight of the marble top.

Not exact matches

Simplifying the tax code is a noble endeavor but we have all experienced the inability of Congress to crush the self - interests that without presidential leadership it attempts fail under the weight of lobbying dollars.

The season is hopeless if [THIS] happens The Jaguars are in a heap of trouble if the run game fails under the crushing weight of a poorly constructed offensive line and no running back depth behind Fournette.

In a statement, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said that middle - class taxpayers are «struggling under the crushing weight» of various taxes, as well as the «skyrocketing» costs of higher education.

In a statement, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said, that middle - class taxpayers are «struggling under the crushing weight» of various taxes, as well as «skyrocketing» costs of higher education.

A neutron star is the crushed core of a massive star that ran out of fuel, collapsed under its own weight, and exploded as a supernova.

For the crushing tests, the can is mounted vertically under Shiva Star's central column, which is stabilized with four tons of weights to prevent magnetic fields from pulling the structure apart.

Black holes are supposed to arise when a huge star's core collapses under its own weight - and keeps on going until it is crushed to a point.

The body adapts to heavy weights by increasing muscle mass, to stop reduce the likelihood of the weight crushing you next time you step under the bar.

I chuckle under my breath when I see some «meathead» try to do bench press by himself, obviously with too much weight, and he ends up wiggling like a snake to get from under the crushing bar.

When a concept for a game detracts from the enjoyability of the game itself, it can be crushed under its own weight.

It's just that way back in 2016, under the crushing weight of all those endless, self - serious superhero movies, the snarky, silly sendup of «Deadpool» was a refreshing tonic — essentially the «Scary Movie» of superhero movies.

On paper, this sounds like it could be pretty awesome — and to be fair, Sunset Overdrive does have some enjoyable moments sprinkled throughout its campaign — but the whole project ultimately struggles to get out from under the crushing weight of its inspirations.

Trautmann: We originally envisioned sending Frost out to publishers for standard 22 - page issues; we realized pretty quickly that we wanted to work with Monkeybrain, and for a variety of reasons (mostly involving not crushing our illustrator under the weight of deadlines every month) that a minimum of 16 pages of story (plus a varying amount of backmatter, essays, illustrations, behind - the - scenes material and so on) would allow us a lean, stripped - down «footprint» for our story and still provide a lot of bang for the buck for the consumer.

This shield feels like it is protecting us, when in reality, we are being crushed under it's weight.

And disappearing forever under the crushing weight of evidence and experience are the myths and misperceptions that formed its foundation: pet overpopulation, or the notion that there are simply too many animals and not enough homes; and that because of this imbalance, shelters can not adopt their way out of killing.

My point is simply that the indie market has crushed itself under its own weight.

Crush them, under the weight of evidence, and pound them into dust.

Another year is in the history books as the creaking structure of the Canadian justice system stumbled along under the weight of crushing new legislation and in the face of chronic underfunding.