Sentences with phrase «headstrong bathsheba»

She's young, incredibly gifted, incredibly cultured, and incredibly headstrong.

Bait is not crime fiction but a portrait sketch of headstrong young men whose plans are thrown into disarray, with surprising ramifications.

Unlike most main characters at Lady Agnue's School for Princesses & Other Female Protagonists, I was opinionated, bold, and headstrong.

Beautiful, headstrong Afton is taken from her parents at an early age and raised in the castle, a companion to the earl's daughter.

It's hard to go wrong with a team made up of a murderous raccoon, a blood - thirsty gladiator, a regenerative tree monster, the deadliest woman in the galaxy, and the headstrong prince of the Spartax Empire.

Emma is spoiled, headstrong, and self - satisfied; she greatly overestimates her own matchmaking abilities; she is blind to the dangers of meddling in other people's lives; and her imagination and perceptions often lead her astray.

Headstrong Mary Gates longs to once again make the family stables the finest in England — so she bids on the famous Spender stud.

In fact, Heins didn't shy away from RIM's old, headstrong attitude towards its chances of success in the US market.

Horrified by the threat to the Church - Fascist alliance, the Vatican's inner circle, including the future Pope Pius XII, struggled to restrain the headstrong pope from destroying a partnership that had served both the Church and the dictator for many years.

«And then the knight was held over the pit of writhing snakes, which hissed and spat as their twining lengths ensnared the whitening bones of their previous victims...» «And then the black - hearted villain, with a hideous oath, drew a secret dagger from his boot and advanced towards the defenceless...» «And then the maiden took a pin from her hair and the golden tresses fell from the window, down, down, caressing the castle walls until they almost reached the verdant grass on which he stood...» Arthur was an energetic, headstrong boy who did not easily sit still; but once the Mam raised her porridge stick he was held in a state of silent enchantment — as if a villain from one of her stories had slipped a secret herb into his food.

These descriptions, along with her spirited, headstrong heroine are reminiscent of Jane Eyre.

When headstrong, brilliant teenager Fiona Montgomery throws away a half - completed degree in astronomy to run away with a musician, her mother is heartbroken, her father furious.

She has created another engaging novel full of winsome characters, this time set during the summer before the outbreak of World War I. Follow the story of headstrong, independent Beatrice Nash and kind but stuffy surgeon - in - training Hugh Grange along with his formidable Aunt Agatha.

However, the headstrong and ambitious Valadon was so much more than a muse.

Mary Mallon was a courageous, headstrong Irish immigrant woman who bravely came to America alone, fought hard to climb up from the lowest rung of the domestic service ladder, and discovered in herself an uncanny, and coveted, talent for cooking.

Our June Romance Top Pick is Caroline Linden's Love in the Time of Scandal, a Regency romance about a headstrong woman and a suave Lord who end up making a shockingly scintillating pair.

Renoir's Dancer tells the remarkable tale of an ambitious, headstrong woman fighting to find a professional voice in a male - dominated world.

Here, Shahrzad is rash and headstrong, marrying the caliph, Khalid, with the intent to avenge the death of her best friend, one of his earlier wives.

Swaby (Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science — and the World, 2015) tackles a younger audience, bringing drama to these 33 tales geared to the female scientists of tomorrow.

Your mother and I had always been secretly pleased that you were so headstrong and passionate about your causes.

Beneath all the ruffles, she is independent, headstrong, and conniving to the point of figuratively cutting off her nose to spite her face.

Elinor Dashwood with her good sense and well - developed sense of justice forms a foil to her romantic, headstrong sister Marianne.

At its center is the «bastard» of the title, Asya, a nineteen - year - old woman who loves Johnny Cash and the French Existentialists, and the four sisters of the Kazanci family who all live together in an extended household in Istanbul: Zehila, the zestful, headstrong youngest sister who runs a tattoo parlor and is Asya's mother; Banu, who has newly discovered herself as a clairvoyant; Cevriye, a widowed high school teacher; and Feride, a hypochondriac obsessed with impending disaster.

Accompanying him are Nisha, a headstrong but resourceful child of the streets, and a mysterious man of indeterminate age and surprising resources named Abadhyatta.

Headstrong and capable, she's found happiness in her position as a clerk at a local bank.

James Reed was a headstrong and willful man who made some decisions he later regretted.

Intelligent, headstrong, and tender - hearted, Meg has been schooled in the healing arts.

Headstrong to the hilt and a nimble thief, Tal can move like a snake under the guards» noses and defies their orders at every opportunity.

A cynical English reporter and a beautiful, headstrong, American Olympic hopeful are caught in a lethal game of international espionage during the 1936 Berlin Olympics

I think in the beginning she is very willful and headstrong — like a typical teen.

Times sure have changed because the beleaguered Italian marque is making a headstrong push towards relevancy in the U.S., and at the heart of this push is the well - received Giulia sedan.

It was an unmitigated hoot to drive, noisy and headstrong.

But at Desert Trails, a group of headstrong moms might just be able to use the Trigger as a tool to rise out of those cliched trenches — and instead make the debate about the ideal learning environment for California's frighteningly undereducated kids.

Headstrong and over-eager students learn through practice that part of being a leader is allowing others to lead.

For example, if a teacher considers being highly verbal, curious, or headstrong as negative factors or behavioral problems, (while in another culture they might be viewed as strengths or spoken about in positive terms), that student will likely not get recommended for gifted testing.

But the headstrong heroine will have none of it.

West and Gordon are both headstrong, so of course, they have trouble getting along.

Her headstrong nature assuredly contrasts Hollywood's cookie - cutter approach to «likeability,» but the punk - rock hellfire in which her clay was baked will slay audiences.

Unfortunately, headstrong Emily proves unable to bite her tongue when visitors like the local pastor (Miles Richardson) or even a potential suitor (Stefan Menaul) come a callin».

Rather than let the slight go, the headstrong Belle resolves to confront Edward about his reaction the next time she sees him.

SYNOPSIS: In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and -LSB-...]

His work from «Phantom Thread,» about the complicated relationship between an exacting fashion designer and his headstrong muse, will compete against music by Hollywood veterans such as John Williams («Star Wars: The Last Jedi») and Hans Zimmer («Dunkirk») at the Oscars ceremony on March 4.

Miriam isn't a typical 1950s girl, she's headstrong and demands to be kept informed during every step of the procedure.

Some may cry foul, but the film's portrayals feel justified — the unspoken argument being that though they're being exposed to atrocious horrors most of us will never have to experience in life, these are still headstrong young twentysomethings who are as ill - equipped to process their trying encounters as anyone.

Based on the Philip Roth book, James Schamus's adaptation tells the story of a headstrong boy (Logan Lerman) coming of age and clashing with the establishment at college in 1951.

British actress Bel Powley (A Royal Night Out) plays headstrong 17 - year - old artist Minnie, living with her mother Charlotte (Kristen Wiig) in 1970s San Francisco and indulging in a sexual relationship with Charlotte's boyfriend Monroe (Alexander Skarsgård).

Chastain as the headstrong Julie and Farrell as the self - loathing servant John have a few pulse - raising scenes, but they only partly convey the tragic depth of the couple's entanglement.

Vera, lovely, headstrong and clever is battling with her parents (Dominic West and Emily Watson) to be allowed to attend Oxford.

For while Regan — a headstrong young teenager played here by Millicent Simmonds, who, by one of those strange film - world coincidences, is also the star of another of the week's big releases, Wonderstruck — is completely at home in this new silent world, she's also detached from its dangers.

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD: Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy (Tom Sturridge), a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood (Michael Sheen), a prosperous and mature bachelor.