Sentences with phrase «giant of a man»

I'm an intuitive person by nature, I come from a long line of healers... Im calling back my heritage and finding my roots, not to complete myself but to give back from the many talents and gifts I have gain in my life.I want a talented and gentle giant of a man who would be proud to call me his and...

Professor Paul Torzillo told Domain of Pholeros this week «He was a truly humble, giant of man in every sense of that phrase.

Perhaps the fact that the German is a huge giant of a man helps him to keep the peace but our BFG reckons it requires a much more subtle approach than that.

He was a 6 foot something giant of a man and a welcomed sight:) He began deep tissue massage around the hips, back and spine and although Laurentine was mid-labor and fully dilated she was in total ecstasy for 2 hours as he worked on her and baby.

Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle - eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Joined now by his project manager, Marc Taplin, a giant of a man with tattoos up and down his arms, Chaulk rushed into his home office, tossing two open hockey bags onto the floor.

At 6» 2» and weighing more than 200 pounds, he was literally and figuratively a giant of a man.

«Gerald Priestland was a giant of a man and a highly gifted broadcaster who had the knack of presenting complicated thoughts in an easy - to - understand way.

At least until Billy Durney, a giant of a man and former bodyguard for the rich and famous, opened Hometown Bar - B - Que in the warehouse - filled Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn.

This giant of a man, one of the best basketball players ever, who'd scored 44,149 points, spoke in a voice that was barely audible.

A giant of a man, he appeared to fill the goal when at full stretch and his gigantic frame and enormous physical presence belied a subtle agility which enabled him to produce some remarkable saves, not least against Rapid Vienna in 1996 when he somehow clawed Rene Wagner's header away from the goal - line during a Champions League tie.

A giant of a man, he never looked much of an athlete but his 6ft 4ins, 15 stone frame belied a remarkable agility and amazingly quick reflexes.

Current NAACP Buffalo Chapter President Rev. Mark Blue called Mesiah «a giant of a man who stood up for a lot of people who couldn't stand up for themselves, who couldn't speak for themselves.»

In a Facebook post announcing Nolan's passing, current party chair Carl Zeilman called him «a giant of a man.»

Hundreds of mourners, both young and old, some in police uniform, filed slowly into a cavernous room of a Rockville Centre parish Wednesday afternoon, a show of respect for a giant of a man in blue.

Pataki called Rappleyea «a giant of a man» who «was there the whole way» when he found himself down in the polls by 11 percent with two weeks to go in his»84 Assembly race.

This includes wandering into an encounter with a giant of a man, who stands multiple shocks from a late - 19th - century Taser before engaging in a kinetic fight with Holmes amidst the crumbling scaffolding surrounding a ship in dry dock.

Dave Bautista is a giant of a man.

He brings a vulnerability and insecurity to this giant of a man, which makes his performance all the more real.

There, they meet a giant of a man, an escaped convict on his own tragic quest.

The town of Williston forms part of the three sister towns of the Karoo Highlands; here you can follow the trail of Cornelius de Waal, a giant of a man who earned a small wage carving gravestones years ago.

This giant of a man uses a Turkish fighting style that involves dousing himself in oil, meaning many of his attacks revolve around slides and grabbing opponents before gripping them tightly to make them rocket out of his arms (or in some cases, legs) and into a wall.

Hearthstone has lost a giant of a man, quite literally, as Ben Brode is one big fellow, albeit he's more like a gentle giant.

For one boss fight I came up against a giant of a man wielding a chainsaw but I only had a few shotgun shells and some pistol ammo — nowhere near enough to take him down.

The initial opening hours don't help things when you're quickly being chased around by Jack Baker — a giant of a man who hunts you down within seconds of getting acquainted in your new surroundings in the Baker house.

First up is Shun Akiyama, who has super-fast feet; part two has the player controlling Taiga Saejima, a giant of a man, built like a tree and capable of landing super-powerful attacks; and part three has players control Masayoshi Tanimura, a jujitsu expert whose fighting style is based around parries and counters.

On behalf of my partners, management and staff at RHTLaw Taylor Wessing LLP, we are sad to have lost one of our own but are honoured to have served with this giant of a man who had a heart of gold.

David is a shepherd while Goliath is a giant of a man, a mighty warrior.

A giant of a man and a true leader Glenn Salkeld, health economist, head of the Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney