Sentences with phrase «making withering»

But Loeb took the rhetoric to new levels of obstreperousness, and he refined the twist of making withering personal comments about a target company's executives.

Jonah was happy with the vine, but the next day God provided a worm that ate the vine, making it wither.

And not ALL chrsitians will make it wither, like you.

He noted that the NYPD had informed his office of an open Department of Investigation probe into the deal, and made a withering reference into the parallel criminal inquiries into the mayor's fundraising.

In their article «The truth about the disappearing honeybees» Marcelo Aizen and Lawrence Harder make withering mention of the film...

Both go ballistic â $» albeit in markedly different ways â $» when some «blasphemer» has the audacity to make withering fun of them and their orthodoxies.

Not exact matches

These dry, withered orbs are made with lentils, mushrooms, and other various vegetal items, and are dressed with a rich but simple stew.

Ironically, the very skills in execution that led to their promotions often make these executives ill - equipped for their new roles, since their strategy thinking muscles have withered from disuse....

' «Mankowski's final observations on the draft are withering: «The story has been told before, but the moral bears repeating: you can never really dialogue with a Goneril, you can only trade places; and Reganomics [sic] makes no provision for buying esteem on the cheap.

* James 3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: * Isaiah 27:11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

That is biological fact, but we make of it an act of love when we understand and accept that, in Kass's words, «If they are truly to flower, we must go to seed; we must wither and give ground» in which they can take root.

Although I agree with Michael Hanby's withering and eloquent critique of modernity, I think he is entirely mistaken in making the American founding complicit in it.

He made some paralyzed people walk and he restored a withered hand.

That the fall of a nation is on the same level as the withering of a fig tree — functioning merely as a sign of the divine intentions — makes arbitrary the social quality of human life.

If she is, indeed, like me then she has come to a crossroad, a place of decision: be true to who God made her to be (if indeed such a God exists) or continue to walk the walk and talk the talk outwardly, knowing the security of fellowship and belonging but withering and eventually dying inside.

If you ever feel dry and dusty and withered up in your Christian life, make fellowship with God, with Christ and with other Christians your top priority.

In his syndicated article, Fr Richard McBrien (Professor of Theology at Notre Dame) makes a similar point: «The lessening of interest in private devotions is more likely a sign that the Church is spiritually healthier now because its spiritual life is, as the Council hoped it would be, rooted more directly in the liturgy itself and especially inthe Eucharist» (The Tidings, Los Angeles 28 March A Matter of Health Many theologians in fact rather look forward to the withering of private devotions, as a vindication that maturity has arrived.

But as community began to wither under the impact of industrialism and urbanism, a new mode of therapy emerged (notably Freudian) whose aim was to make the individual strong, autonomous, less dependent on others.

functional answers — answers they can understand and use — can make the difference between a stagnant and a satisfying marriage, between a withering and a growing relationship.

It's been too hot to have the oven on lately, and one day when it poured rain and the temperature dropped below 20, I cranked on the oven and used a half bowl of withering cherries as an excuse to make one.

makes a new pumpkin that comes in a box that does something really good to this recipe (got it at whole foods), it's a little smoother than the typical canned pumpkin, but wither way they're amazing.

If we are on top of the league and have our best run, it is immediately assumed that we will wither at some point and end up in position 4, if we are having a bad run, it is the most talked about topic and they make up stupid statistics.

I do feel he should not just wither out of the situation by leaving, but give a real good review on the field of himself, before he can make statements about leaving.

When both in the couple desire this, when both realize that extradyadic sex makes their partner happy, and they therefore want their partner to have that sex, a couple will have moved a long ways to ward facilitating emotional honesty, while simultaneously withering at jealousy scripts, which can be very damaging to a relationship.

LEAF • • of chlorophyll • • • • of being one small part in that which makes the wind sing • • • • of the apex of life between budding and withering • • • • of the vivid extension that feeds the trunk, the branches, the roots • •

All - powerful though he is, Ashdown's going creates just the disturbance of a delicate plant that could make it now quietly wither in the wind.

A proposal to make it a crime to refuse security screening at Albany International Airport faced withering criticism from members of the public who said it would further open the door to racial profiling without making travelers safer.

Back in 1989, Commission president Jacques Delors envisaged the EU and Efta enjoying «common decision - making» procedures, but the idea withered away.

A few years ago, Lloyd Withers, a corporate executive from Syracuse, stopped by the nation cookhouse to make a proposal.

Once subsidies wither, we can figure out what scale of industry makes sense.

Tattersall makes it clear that he's arguing his interpretation of the fossil record, but even his opponents will find themselves chuckling at many of his wry, sometimes withering critiques, from the near - comical initial interpretation of the first Neanderthal skeleton to be unearthed (referenced in the book's title) to ongoing debate on whether our family tree is actually a bush.

Green tea is made from more mature tea leaves than white tea, and may be withered prior to steaming or firing.

Which would make certain glaciers, whether or not they wither, better long - term weather bellwethers.

Public breeding has been withering, however, as it has become increasingly dependent on less reliable, short - term funding sources that make it difficult to sustain a year - round breeding program.

When the tea leaf is harvested to make black tea, enzymes are activated, resulting in oxidation, leading to a withering of the leaves.

Green tea is made from leaves that are steamed and dried right after harvest, whereas black tea is made from leaves that are harvested, allowed to wither a bit, and then crushed, torn, rolled, or curled and allowed to age (or «oxidize») before being dried.

The genitals can wither up making sex hurtful if that muscle tissue is not kept fit by frequent sex - related intercourse.

Still, at a time when animated feature films are in danger of losing their magic because of an oversaturation of ho - hum vehicles, Flushed Away contains enough charm, fun, and adventurous spirit to make us hope this genre is far from withering away.

It's not until the second half of the film that the action and pacing start to gel, as Bilbo and company make their way through treacherous mountain passes populated with goblins, beasts, and the withered creature Gollum (Andy Serkis), original owner of the magical ring that will eventually set larger stories in motion.

Sally Field, as Abe's wife Mary Todd, makes the most of a couple of withering, wounded moments that may as well have «Oscar - nomination!»

And Jessica (Jessica Williams) would make an extremely compelling superhero, endowed as she is with mighty powers of snark, bravado, and withering disdain.

From the first bow - slide to the last beat, it feels so packed and suffused with emotion, sound - gimmickry (remember «Climbing up the Ladder» s extremely disconcerting strings which have been ingeniously arranged to make you feel like you wither away) and Yorke's other - worldly voice.

It's a role that seems tailor made for McDormand, who in this trailer alone drops a staggering number of expletives and withering insults, and to hilarious effect each time.

About Gilbert and Sullivan responding to withering criticism of «Princess Ida» by making a comeback with «The Mikado», it's the kind of film that perhaps shouldn't work but does — magnificently, thanks to a clutch of great performances and unshowy but precise direction, which ensures the movie succeeds on three levels: as an illuminating, partly self - reflexive meditation on the creative process; as an unusually vivid insight into just how different the world was as recently as the 1880s (all that wariness of the newfangled telephone!)

«There's no scenario where the cuts don't get made, the question is how many cuts get made,» Withers said.

But as we transitioned from the lakebed's smooth, almost pavement - like texture, the squishy cadence withered away in the desert heat as we made our way onto the OHV area's rocky and rolly terrain.

Watching them made her feel, in every restless inch of her seventeen - year - old body, so infinitely superior to these withered fools and their pathetic little rituals that she was pretty sure it showed; she was fairly certain her contempt was half - visible, rising from her skin in a skittish little shimmer.

«My missus makes me dye it,» he said, smoothing the hairs and nodding at a withered woman on one of the benches.

by Karen Russell * The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt * The Sly Company of People Who Care by Rahul Bhattacharya The Train of Small Mercies by David Rowell There But For The by Ali Smith Unless It Moves the Human Heart by Roger Rosenblatt Withering Tights by Louise Rennison You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon

I used to contribute for a national newspaper in the UK, and most journalists / bloggers I know are inundated with press releases that are wither irrelevant or fail to make the «interest» clear.