Sentences with phrase «looming presence»

«In Shadow of the Colossus, the sense that you're facing down impossible odds is even stronger due to the ever - looming presence of the colossi.

Teppo Numminen, 35, acquired from the Coyotes as part of a three - team deal for defenseman Darryl Sydor, and free - agent signee Don Sweeney, 37, are capable veterans, but they will be hard - pressed to replace Hatcher's looming presence on what had been one of the league's elite blue lines.

His strange home life indelibly affects him; death's looming presence leads to a fascination with the afterlife, and the possibility of communicating with the deceased.

The Renaissance church at the top of the steps has been replaced with the abstracted, looming presence of a «black beast».

Facebook and Twitter's looming presence on the internet is srta freaky..

But how much has the looming presence of Osama bin Laden, who until last weekend managed to evade U.S. forces, fueled that threat?

Smotkin's involvement in two of Pruitt's foreign trips spotlights the former Comcast lobbyist's close relationship with Pruitt and what several administration officials described as his looming presence at the EPA.

If there is a problem for the new league, it is the looming presence of the WNBA, another women's pro league, which will begin play next summer.

Ferguson took up his seat in the United directors» box after retirement and for a while it seemed that his immediate successor, David Moyes, could have done without that looming presence.

You and your family will get a sense of how workers at the Dole Plantation lived way back in the early 20th century amidst the looming presence of the tall, lush Cook Island pine trees that populate Lanai.

It is the looming presence of this election that may explain the SNP's desire for a hasty settlement.

Baroness Thatcher may be old and physically frail, but her looming presence in British politics remains unsurpassed for both allies and enemies.

De Blasio remained a looming presence on Saturday as party members got down to the business of voting in a new chairman in the first contested DNC race since 1988.

He's a looming presence.

Arkansas and Pennsylvania's 12th district, where Democrats won a special House election last month, epitomize the kind of areas where Obama's looming presence could impact House and Senate candidates.

Others reveal gossipy strategizing by the pair about using Cuomo's girlfriend to put him on the defensive and get provisions to help AbTech in the state budget, as well as suspicious references to the looming presence of Bharara and «dangerous» times and «coded» language that prosecutors say show the Skeloses knew they were up to no good.

But instead of being afraid, I've used yoga to see its looming presence as a reminder to be grateful for each blessed day that I am alive.

Emily Blunts character asks her on screen (and in reality) husband John Krasinski, a question and worry every parent has it also deals with a relationship between a father and daughter and the looming presence of a new born in this silent world this family are forced to live in, surely an impossible thing to do but her pregnancy reflects the family's determination and unity.

Megan's conundrum is something everyone can relate to at some point in their lives as the shackles of our ideal younger world are threatened by the looming presence of adulthood.

Above all, it ends up doing a disservice to the core gameplay, which can still provide solid moments of enjoyment despite the looming presence of its progression systems.

It seems to me that we spend so much of our mental bandwidth focusing on the obvious hits, the looming presence of upcoming blockbusters that permeate our cinematic consciousness, that we often find ourselves turning a blind eye to the underdog, the films with budgets and name recognition that can't quite compete with their titanic competitors.

Probably the key to their political firepower, however, is that they have literally millions of members, and these members are a looming presence in every electoral district in the country.

Sitting between the quick shot of luxury C - Class and the looming presence of the S - Class, the E-Class looks handsome and composed through its camouflage, especially when sitting on sharp 15 - spoke alloy wheels.

With no reason to stay in Virginia, she sets off on a cross-country journey complicated by skirmishes and the looming presence of a massive Union train known as the Dreadnought.

You can have it paid off soon and it will not be a looming presence over your new year.

Whether it's the pressure of a wedding, the chaos of a home remodel, or the looming presence of student debt — there are times when a little extra financial help could go a long way.

Awakened adds a very frightening, looming presence that follows you through most of the second chapter and reminded me somewhat of the presence of Pyramid Head in Silent Hill.

The looming presence of zombie hordes lends a sense of urgency and impending doom I've only felt before in traditional survival games.

While the BioShock team may have suffered from a comparative lack of resources, they did benefit from the looming presence of a clear and common goal.

Mortal Kombat is represented by the looming presence of both Sub-Zero and Raiden, with the bonus roster rounded off nicely by a pair of external licences in the shape of Hellboy and the pizza - loving Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

My big question for the game now is how the story will be, ever since Destiny's lack thereof in it's first year it's now a looming presence for all of these open world loot grinding games.

The looming presence of micro-transactions and the constant need to «download data» were hard to ignore.

The Bakers are a looming presence, with each member stalking you through their own part of the house.

Updated Indie games get the spotlight, but this year it will be hard to ignore the looming presence of Sony's PS4 and Microsoft's Xbox 720.

Kentridge is a looming presence who precipitates a fall of black snow, which takes the form of torn tissue paper that flutters towards the floor.

While the maggot - clad skeletons that hang limp from the severed bough of a bronze tree challenge our human impulse to ignore the looming presence of death, the bronze - cast, joke shop paraphernalia from which the sculpture is formed interrogate whether materials that are essentially un-artistic and frivolous can elicit an emotional reaction from a viewer.

Indeed, there was no shortage of directors and curators despite the looming presence of FIAC.

In Doorway (2017), the looming presence of an individual is referenced by a doorframe — though the shape is barely perceptible among the explosion of forms that burst through it.

Set against a light ground, the dark image of of John Joseph Henehan Jr. that Warhol screened onto the canvas has a looming presence.

But their greatest power is in their looming presence.

Artists could be intimidated by the looming presence of Picasso on the wall, or Rodin on a pedestal in the corner.

And most viewers were likely oblivious to the looming presence on the same wall of a third artist: Gaylen Gerber, under whose auspices the entire arrangement quietly took place.

Set against their looming presence, Clark's images from his time spent embedded with the U.S. military, expose the dystopian relationship between the man - made landscape of Bagram and the country beyond its walls.

As exquisite as the statues are, even down to the inflatable snowman's cloth scarf, the white plaster is completely overpowered by the looming presence of mirrored blue; you look into them for a higher power, but all you can see it yourself.

From South by Southwest Interactive, Alex comments on the battle for supremacy between location - aware apps... and the looming presence of Facebook

Without the looming presence of arbitration or adjudication, why would businesses take part in the process?

But dampening that optimism was the looming presence of protectionism, she thought.

Email is ubiquitous and essential in the modern academy and I do not think the looming presence of a potential Big Brother either encourages or nurtures that type of thought.

As Bernstein cautions, «Whether it's due to consolidation of supermarket chains, consolidation of discount chains, or the looming presence of the Internet, investors have to be comfortable that their locations can withstand the potential drops associated with those consolidations.»