Sentences with phrase «era of wrenching»

In an era of wrenching human struggle under the heels of military might and the horrors of World War I, the experimental proof of the correctness of Einstein's notion of gravity and curved space showed the world that there were fundamental truths to be learned about nature and that the human mind and spirit could rise above all.

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The unfortunate monkey wrench in the Genesis recounting is the use of the word «day» as a term meaning «era».

Few «teen» movies were so haunting, or emotionally impactful during the era, and Thomas Newman's gorgeously wrenching, soothingly anguished score for «Less Than Zero» is a thing of haunted beauty.

Originally released in 1997, the classic role - playing game focused on a band of misfits led by a stereotypical young hero named Cloud and made its mark by providing compelling gameplay and heart - wrenching plot twists during an era when videogame stories were largely ignored.