Sentences with phrase «debauched by»

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It's also a font of conspiracy theories stoked by radical libertarians, who insist the Fed is debauching the currency and will ultimately bankrupt the country.

If he was debauched, he admitted it, and, in any case, the simple Siberian was corrupted against his will by the decadent elite of the capital.

I still kept a round of duties, and would not suffer myself to run into any open vices, and so got along very well in time of health and prosperity, but when I was distressed or threatened by sickness, death, or heavy storms of thunder, my religion would not do, and I found there was something wanting, and would begin to repent my going so much to frolics, but when the distress was over, the devil and my own wicked heart, with the solicitations of my associates, and my fondness for young company, were such strong allurements, I would again give way, and thus I got to be very wild and rude, at the same time kept up my rounds of secret prayer and reading; but God, not willing I should destroy myself, still followed me with his calls, and moved with such power upon my conscience, that I could not satisfy myself with my diversions, and in the midst of my mirth sometimes would have such a sense of my lost and undone condition, that I would wish myself from the company, and after it was over, when I went home, would make many promises that I would attend no more on these frolics, and would beg forgiveness for hours and hours; but when I came to have the temptation again, I would give way: no sooner would I hear the music and drink a glass of wine, but I would find my mind elevated and soon proceed to any sort of merriment or diversion, that I thought was not debauched or openly vicious; but when I returned from my carnal mirth I felt as guilty as ever, and could sometimes not close my eyes for some hours after I had gone to my bed.

Again and again Christian missionaries strove against the debauching of backward peoples by the sale of liquor and the introduction of firearms.

No Security could have been to our persons; no Certainty, no Enjoyment of our Possessions; no Justice between Man and Man; no Distinction between Good and Bad, between Friends and Foes, between Father and Child, Husband and Wife, Male or Female; but all would have been turned topsy - turvy, by being exposed to the Malice of the Envious and ill - Natured, to the Fraud and Violence of Knaves and Robbers, to the Forgeries of the crafty Cheat, to the Lusts of the Effeminate and Debauched, and what not!

Therefore if Trump or some person close to Trump engaged Cohen as a «fixer», tasked with persuading or coercing certain parties into concealing reports of some embarrassing debauch or unlawful deed, (via threats of litigation or by providing hush money then drafting possibly unactionable NDAs, or maybe via other even more unorthodox methods), such fixitious communications would not be protected.

Their memories wiped by a self - inflicted dose of Rohypnol, the hapless trio must piece together the events of their debauched night, in the course of which — ER, police custody, an encounter with Mike Tyson — some very funny, very non-PC dialogue is thrown about like a game of catch.

His debauched lifestyle and outrageous behavior at his friend's bachelor party gets a hedonistic young man uninvited to the wedding, a situation he tries to remedy by reforming his pleasure - driven, egocentric ways in this bawdy comedy starring Jesse Bradford, Matt Czuchry and Geoff Stults.

Their love story has endured several centuries but their debauched idyll is threatened by the uninvited arrival of Eve's carefree little sister Ava (Mia Wasikowska) who hasn't yet learned to tame her wilder instincts.

Adapted from the best - selling memoir by Jordan Belfort, the Bronx - born trader whose «pump - and - dump» schemes and penny - stock frauds made him millions - leaving duped investors with busted bank accounts - The Wolf of Wall Street tracks the rise and fall of its merrily debauched antihero, from his brief stint at an old - money brokerage house to his drug - fueled glory days as the CEO of an epic con.

We get a glimpse at a day in the life of Mannix, as he sorts out a pregnancy scandal with a single actress (Scarlett Johansson), manages a cowboy star's (Alden Ehrenreich) miscasting in an art film, and searches for a missing debauched Hollywood favorite (George Clooney); all while keeping twin journalists (both played by Tilda Swinton) off his back.

A debauched Mexican billionaire falls off his yacht, wakes with amnesia and is convinced by the woman who cleans his boat that he's her working - class husband in this reboot of the 1987 Goldie Hawn - Kurt Russell comedy.

Visually impressive, the film relates the grim tales of the women who live and work there servicing their debauched punters by night and bonding with each other sharing their secrets and painful experiences by day — ultimately the only thing these women have is each other.

Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister.

The series, which was telecast last year on BBC Two just before the London Summer Olympics, features four historical plays by the Bard — «Richard II,» starring Ben Whishaw in the title role; «Henry IV,» Parts I and II, which in addition to Hiddleston stars Jeremy Irons as Henry IV and Simon Russell Beale as Hal's debauched, vain and earthy companion Falstaff; and «Henry V.»

Sewn into the story is the debauched Grand Guignol behind - the - scenes world of rock star excess, compete with promiscuous groupies assailed by roadies and moguls, and somewhere in there is the wide - eyed, and well - intentioned ingenue Phoenix (Jessica Harper, magnificent), the beauty to Winslow's beast.

As indicated by the tearful remonstrance of the ex-wife character represented by Cate Blanchett, emotional attachments are doomed to become less concrete or clearly defined, the highs fewer and far between (take the screen time give to Poots vs. the late appearance of Lucas), calling for more extreme measures (Natalie Portman's adulterous character), but always prone to fail since the pursuit of happiness is merely a debauched, self - serving fantasy.

It's that kind of anxiety first felt by the leads in Patrick Brice's sophomore feature, The Overnight, a dizzying, debauched, excruciatingly funny film about knitting new connections through discomfort.

Bathed in lurid Technicolor, melodrama maestro Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind is the stylishly debauched tale of a Texas oil magnate brought down by the excesses of his spoiled offspring.

By turns «grizzly» («What It Feels Like to Be Attacked by a Bear»), devilish («What It Feels Like to Undergo an Exorcism»), and debauched («What It Feels Like to Participate in an Orgy»), this slim volume of the vicarious renders the heights and depths of human experience, bringing readers up close and personal with a plethora of precarious stateBy turns «grizzly» («What It Feels Like to Be Attacked by a Bear»), devilish («What It Feels Like to Undergo an Exorcism»), and debauched («What It Feels Like to Participate in an Orgy»), this slim volume of the vicarious renders the heights and depths of human experience, bringing readers up close and personal with a plethora of precarious stateby a Bear»), devilish («What It Feels Like to Undergo an Exorcism»), and debauched («What It Feels Like to Participate in an Orgy»), this slim volume of the vicarious renders the heights and depths of human experience, bringing readers up close and personal with a plethora of precarious states.

This body of work — a significant addition to the legacy of American subculture photography forged by the likes of Peter Hujar, David Wojnarwicz, Philip - Lorca diCorcia and Nan Goldin — is characterized by McGinley's idiosyncratic admixture of hopefulness and self - awareness, as well as his unembarrassed disclosure of the melodrama of youth, its inextricably intertwined joy and heartbreak: the artist shows us his debauched, frequently naked friends, laughing and weeping, taking drugs and having sex, tagging walls and pissing off roofs.

Colen and his fellow enfants terribles lived a debauched lifestyle of drugs, parties and prolific artistic output, brought to a close by Dash Snow's death from an overdose in 2009, aged 27.

In the Village Voice, Morgan Falconer reports: «This show celebrates its arrival, bringing together similarly debauched urban imagery by Kirchner's Berlin contemporaries.

Exhibition view (1 - 1) from left to right: works by Brock Davis, Agnieszka Polska (Medical Gymnastics, 2008), Carla Edwards (Debauched Zeitgeist, 2006), Paul Chan (Sade before Sade 2000 - 2009)

Exhibition view (13 - 1) from left to right: works by Ken Seeno (Storm), Agnieszka Polska (Medical Gymnastics, 2008), Carla Edwards (Debauched Zeitgeist, 2006), Paul Chan (Sade before Sade, 2000 - 2009)

From curator Connie Butler's collaboration with the ONE Archives to the phenomenal programming — superb films, live courtyard performances, debauched dance parties (co-hosted by KCRW), KCHUNG Radio's TV studio in the museum lobby, and Piero Golia's live - sculpting project of George Washington's nose from Mt. Rushmore — Made in L.A. was not to be missed.

By meeting with you, I would validate this wretched film, and endorse the talented, but debauched, performance that the script will force you to give.»