Sentences with phrase «field of battle»

«Figure ground relationships, the most taut relationship in the plastic arts, are the key field of battle for Mr. Bradley's figuration.
They could not or would not put down the knife; and when the patient, the Old Testament, was understandably a little slow in convalescing and taking the theological field of battle, they placed him again on the table and continued in exploratory surgery.
It's a battle royale, a case of using whatever comes to hand in order to be the last man standing amidst the slowly shrinking field of battle.
If you haven't yet wielded the all - powerful Infinity Gauntlet on the Fortnite field of battle, you might want to get a move on.
One trajectory for the term reconnaissance is its use in military functions: the scouting of new realms, potential fields of battle, or terrain of the enemy or others of unknown affiliation.
On a similar note, while most other manufacturers continue to war over whose smartphone looks and feels most premium, Nextbit's Robin competes on a different field of battle.
On the worst day of his life, this Marine lost four of his best friends on the field of battle.
Pick a field of battle.
«I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle, victorious.»
«I wanted to see him in the field of battle of politics and win.
Are you 100 % certain that you won't be judged unworthy of Valhalla becuase you died peacefully in bed and not on the field of battle?
You need to get those steel studded soldier cleats so that you can have firm footing and not slip around in fear and uncertainty while on the field of battle.
Whether field of work or field of battle, he accepts the place in which he is placed.
The peculiar nature of the materials it deals with, summons as foes into the field of battle the most violent, mean and malignant passions of the human breast, the Furies of private interest.
Maybe you'll miss out on Valhalla becuase you choose to die meekly in bed instead of gloriously on the field of battle.
very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.
It begins at a Pentecost tournament called by Charlemagne, for Christian and Muslim knights alike, which is interrupted by the arrival of Angelica, a woman of astonishing beauty who offers herself as the prize to any knight who can defeat her brother upon the field of battle.
They can not resist the conqueror on the field of battle.
I would agree that it is in ordinary secular use — e.g. of the soldier's death on the field of battle — but in the case of Christ it means something entirely different.
It makes the whole transaction a conflict between divine and demonic power, with man caught somewhere on the field of battle.
When a brother novice came to Saint Francis, saying: «Father, it would be a great consolation to me to own a psalter, but even supposing that our general should concede to me this indulgence, still I should like also to have your consent,» Francis put him off with the examples of Charlemagne, Roland, and Oliver, pursuing the infidels in sweat and labor, and finally dying on the field of battle.
And the same is true of the popular use of the word «sacrifice», as when a mother dies for her child or a soldier on the field of battle.
Teams pay refs after games, and the fields of battle, typically the roughest stretches of parks at the extremities of the boroughs, are free — 80 - by -40-yard gridirons with 5 - yard intervals marked by traffic cones.
The field of battle would be the hallowed ground of St Mary's School in Wiltshire, not far from Swindon.
Los Olivos, Calif. «'' For the 7th year running the NorCal and SoCal High School Cycling Leagues met each other on the field of battle known as a high school race course to decide who would come out victorious.
Both men then blew their whistles a number of times, signaling to the young warriors to belatedly retreat from the field of battle.
This time, however, you don't feel betrayal so much as sensing that an old enemy has returned and you are bitterly squaring off against them in the field of battle.
It is not going to give in to Blair politically and it is not going to vacate the field of battle over the policies of this government.
I don't write chronologically from A to B — to do so would be to leave one open to the dreaded writer's block / inertia / laziness that comes from the tedium of «one damn thing after another» — so I tend to mix around, darting from, say, Owen Tudor's illicit affair with Katherine of Valois to the moment when Richard III has his skull brained in on the fields of the battle of Bosworth.
Eventually, they will all go their separate ways and, hopefully, contend with a newly - branded and reinvigorated PDP in the field of battle in 2019.
But Africa's Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) go out of their way to save nest - mates injured on the field of battle.
Rise to the occasion or crumble on the field of battle.
It was also practiced by warriors, preparing themselves physically and mentally before entering the field of battle.
I am not the white knight in shining armor charging his gallant stallion across the field of battle with lance lowered.
As one character succinctly puts it on the field of battle: «You guys are so screwed now.»
In Dungeon Punks, you can choose to take control of one of six heroes on their quest to defeat RezCorp, a secretive insurance agency that charges a premium to resurrect anyone who falls on the field of battle.
Christopher Lee and Cate Blanchett return, briefly, for a psychedelic scene of mortal combat with the ring wraiths that doesn't seem to have much to do with anything (although it is clearly supposed to be important), and Gandalf (Ian McKellan) returns from imprisonment to the field of battle.
Granted things like Support Conversations haven't always been part of the Fire Emblem series, but they have been around for a long time and they tie in rather nicely, since they are the result of pairing two units when out in the field of battle.
Battle itself takes place on a grid, which is divided into the player's half and the enemy's half, with the area of effects of attacks stretching into the other side's field of battle.
It's common knowledge in the world of VR that the villainous Ruzi Empire has a Valkyrie on their side, and are therefore unstoppable on the field of battle.
So, whether you set the Kingdom against the Norse, or force the Royal Guard and Viking Elite to smash helmets on the field of battle, your choice of faction will dictate your tactics.
After King Richard dies on the field of battle Robin, along with a few of his compatriots, decide to desert the crusade and return to England.
Anthony Minghella's Oscar - winning epic is set during the American Civil War and stars Jude Law as a wounded Confederate soldier who decides to desert and leaves the field of battle to begin a long walk home to North Carolina.
For the Zombies, there are nine other Zombie types that can be found on the field of battle by spawning them from dirt mounds.
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