Sentences with phrase «fighting for survival»

Moving between their worlds, Christian and Jewish, African - American and white, impoverished and well - to - do, Albom observes how these very different men employ faith similarly in fighting for survival: the older, suburban rabbi embracing it as death approaches; the younger, inner - city pastor relying on it to keep himself and his church afloat.

Maddy was fighting for survival.

Today, book selling is a different game, the pendulum having swung so much to the other side that it's the few chains left who are fighting for survival against Internet book sellers and e-books....

The futuristic tale, featuring aliens and humans fighting for survival, comes across as compelling and believable.

And while there are always «ifs» and «buts», in a tight fight like the ABDC judging it's likely the Trophy would have been closer to the peloton than the Cup, and not fighting for survival at the back of the pack.

Chrysler put the Viper brand up for sale in 2008, seeing little justification for a 600 - hp sports car when the company was fighting for survival.

Advocates for the voucher program said they were relieved after spending years fighting for its survival under President Barack Obama, who opposed vouchers.

«Our professionals don't believe teaching every year should be a scene out of The Hunger Games, fighting for survival against what could best be considered arbitrary standards.»

Fighting for survival Technical and creative subjects are fighting for curriculum survival.

The experimental technology aboard the station has an unexpected result, leaving the team isolated and fighting for their survival.

12 is Better Than 6 An escaped prisoner is making his way across Mexico and Texas, fighting for survival and freedom in the 1870's United States.

Caesar is back and fighting for the survival of his species in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes from 20th Century Fox starring Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, Kodi Smit - McPhee, Kirk Aceved... Read On

Bow selector: Alicia Vikander leads this gritty reboot of the video game franchise as a young Lara Croft improvising weapons and fighting for survival on a desert island.

The Shallows was a fierce shark attack flick with Blake Lively fighting for survival on a rock and when he works with Neeson, his films feel like throwbacks to 70's Clint Eastwood or Steve McQueen dramas, of tough guys playing cool cops.

Who: Taraji P. Henson, Idris Elba, Leslie Bibb and Kate del Castillo What: When a charming escaped convict shows up at her door claiming car trouble, a suburban mother finds herself fighting for survival when the man invades her home.

In San Francisco lies a small pocket of humanity fighting for survival in a post-plague world where foliage - covered city streets and concrete buildings are being reclaimed by nature.

Sure, there's a lot of funny lines in The Martian, but the harrowing tale of a man stranded on Mars fighting for survival against impossible odds doesn't exactly scream «Comedy,» and it sure isn't a musical (The Big Short, Adam McKay's financial crisis dramedy is similarly likely to be considered a comedy even if the shoe does not entirely fit).

Vampire death dealer Selene has been fighting for survival for years against the vampire faction...

Dr Grant reluctantly agrees, thinking that an aerial tour would be safe, and he really needs the money, but things don't turn out as expected, when Dr Grant, the mysterious benefactor, his wife, and an airplane crew of dubious reputation, end up stranded on the island fighting for survival...

All of a sudden, I was on the island, fighting for my survival and collecting quests like there was no tomorrow.

Cargo Martin Freeman stars in this Australian post-apocalyptic movie about a father and his child fighting for survival at all costs.

In her new film, gifted young actress Saoirse Ronan plays a teenager forced to fend for herself, fighting for survival in the wilderness.

Father and son screenplay writers Jonathan and Lawrence Kasdan, weave the back - story of a young Han Solo, fighting for his survival in the crime - ridden mean streets of the industrial shipbuilding planet Corellia.

Unlike the small group fighting for survival in A Quiet Place, these women are able to cry out for help, but there's no one there to hear them.

Koinuma thinks the popularity in Japan and other Asian territories is due to Japan's familiarity with swords and spears, its «history of preying on and fighting for survival against outside forces» and its «attraction or tendency for people to adore figures with absolute strength.»

The headstrong rebel fighting for survival in a dystopian world remains alive and well this year, with the final installment in the Divergent series set for a mid-March release.

As a result, the film feels smaller, which is understandable considering how much of it takes place in one location and is centered on a single family fighting for its survival.

Kodi Smit - McPhee is a caveman fighting for survival after a hunting expedition goes awry in this Ice Age thriller.

It wonders what the point of fighting for the survival of humanity is if the answer lies in the decimation of an entire species that has learned and accomplished more — even if through questionable means — than we could ever hope.

Han Sing (Jet Li, Black Mask), brother of the deceased, escapes from his Hong Kong prison and travels to America to find his killer, and finds himself fighting for survival between power - hungry high - rollers.

And like the kids fighting for their survival, it's not afraid to get genuinely down and dirty in order to get the job done.

The film takes place in Los Angeles as we spend our time with a platoon of Marines fighting for survival, but in the background the aliens are attacking locations all over the planet, hence the international title of the movie being World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles (franchise alert!).

Andy Serkis's performance as Caesar, the conflicted leader of an ape colony fighting for survival, is one of the year's best, and I'm still holding out hope that he receives some sort of official recognition for the astounding work he did here.

A group of Mutants still fighting for survival are led by Professor Charles Xavier.

The trailer show's an «unexpected hero fighting for survival on a ravished sci - fi world infected by a mysterious and deadly alien material known only as «Smart Matter».»

But as soon as they break into his home, the tables are turned and they find themselves trapped and fighting for survival against a psychopath with secrets of his own.

Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he's encountered.

In the movie however, race is used to define all of the transformers, their «race» being what defines them and what they are fighting for the survival of.

Women's pro softball has spent decades fighting for survival.

After revealing his origins in Rise of the Planet of the Apes and exploring his struggle to keep the peace in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the Apes franchise returns this summer with War for the Planet of the Apes, which finds Caesar fighting for the survival of his species against a group of humans led by Woody Harrelson's Colonel.

The problem with that is our physiological reactions to non-immediate stresses are largely the same as when we're actually fighting for survival (source).

Now, when I mentioned that our physiological reactions to non-immediate stresses are largely the same as when we are fighting for survival, it couldn't be truer.

And she was not yet 45 when she decided to give up fighting for survival.

But there were deep divides in the Democratic caucus over strategy, as red - state lawmakers fighting for their survival broke with progressives looking to satisfy liberals» and immigrants» demands.

The bad news for Labour is that none of those in the running to succeed her is anywhere near as impressive as Kezia Dugdale, a self - effacing, clever woman who has had enough of the grief that comes with leading a party still fighting for its survival in Scotland.

When the eurozone is fighting for its survival, it might be astute to defend the integrity of the wider EU, the single market, the collective membership of 27 member states.

Sunderland fighting for survival will sure give it a good go and I can see them getting someting out of this match.

The Green and Whites currently sit 10th on a 16 team league, and with the season getting to an end, any points deduction could leave the club with a hideous task of fighting for survival.

There's a certain romanticism in Steve Bruce's side fighting for their survival against the very team where their manager made his name.

Now, by no means I mean to say that Stoke City are a team fighting for survival but they picked up 11 points out of 15 against teams which were fancied above them.