Sentences with phrase «lives white knuckling»

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They have made me brave, and they have kept me humble, and they have made me white - knuckle cling to the cross because my very sanity and life flat out depended upon it, and the children we have made are always part of our own remaking.

Synopsis: Experience the white - knuckle thrill of big wave surfing through the eyes of Laird Hamilton, a living legend who conquers the world's mightiest tides.

Soon enough, what begun as a claustrophobic still drama has exploded into life as a white - knuckle thriller, which sees Jack presented with the biggest room of all: the world.

The way she holds a spoon as she eats cereal with such white - knuckled intensity you'd think it was her last meal; the angle of her jaw when she steps onto the ice, facing judges she knows loathe the transparency of her working - class background; and the tender hurt in her eyes when she confronts a judge in the parking lot about her score, and learns that no matter her skill, her inability to live up to the proper, soft standard for women in figure skating would bar her from the adoration she yearned for.

Argo's white - knuckle nail - biter of a climax takes liberties with how events played out in real life.

’71 offers the latest test case for that never - ending question of whether it's possible to wring white - knuckle entertainment out of a painful real - life atrocity without veering into crass exploitation.

Melded with the emotional and physical struggle depicted by a committed cast under the assured guidance of a fine filmmaker, Everest emerges as both a touching tribute to lost lives and an old fashion slice of white - knuckle adventure.

WWI comes to life in evocative letters from the Home Front of England and the trenches of the front line, leaving the reader breathless, white knuckled, and thoroughly engrossed.

With their personal needs mixing into their professional lives, and Alex and Frank's private moments only fueling the killer's aggression, Without Restraint is a steamy, white - knuckle - intense read.

I think taking the train down from the «burbs was most fun part of my trip since I used to live here and take own car all the time, fighting for parking, fighting for traffic... This time no fighting, and free wi - fi to boot — actually got work done in transit vs. white - knuckling it in and out of the city...

He and other industry professionals of the old publishing paradigm are still holding onto that gate with both hands (and white knuckles)-- but readers like mine (who, granted, aren't into LIT - tra - chure, but just want to escape into a good read that gets them to think and maybe even changes their outlook on life) aren't particularly flooding to read the books that were deemed acceptable reading material by the old - fashioned gatekeepers who tend to be looking for this year's bestseller to put out in multiple re-iterations in 2 - 3 years.

I've been on some white knuckle roads in my life; the ones you switchback up nothing much more than a concrete trail up sheer cliff face.

More importantly, the map editor takes United beyond its spiritual racing ancestors: Pole Position may have been white - knuckle fun, but United combines that with the sheer mad - scientist fun of building something and watching it come to life.

Therapy can help you learn how to actually live your life rather than just «white knuckling it.»

Maybe it'll inspire me to take off the life vest and stop white knuckling it!

High one minute and low the next, your life is a white - knuckle rollercoaster of emotions.