Sentences with phrase «most harrowing»

The three of us have law - enforcement careers spanning decades, and, for each of us, some of our most harrowing, disturbing, and heartbreaking moments have been the minutes we spent trying to do whatever we could to piece together the shattered lives of children who have been abused or neglected.

This was by far the most harrowing time and tested my ability to handle an adverse situation successfully.

One of the most harrowing parts of the job search process is that so much of it is done online these days, without any room for human interaction.

Possibly one of the most harrowing experiences in the world is to write a cover letter when you have no clue how one is written!

Semi-truck accidents are easily the most harrowing collisions on the highways, as no typical passenger vehicle or pick - up truck is a physical match against a big rig or a commercial container vehicle.

Now, after 853 days traveling along the world's second largest river, Stafford has finally made it through the jungle and the most harrowing portion of his trek.

Women on the frontlines who toil in our agricultural and food systems are one of the most harrowing examples of the way the framework of our existence is rigged to disfavor them.

And it can be most harrowing on a personal level: What do you do if you get laid off?

Battlefield 1's final DLC, Apocalypse, shows some of World War One's most harrowing battles and experimental weapons.

Possibly the best — and the most harrowing — quality of the game is that it runs on a system of consequence.

This is truly one of the world's most harrowing rides.

Aside from kidnapping or murder, losing a passport can be one of the most harrowing, stressful ordeals a traveller can face.

Reed Ferguson returns in his most harrowing adventure yet!

Opal - mining is one of the world's most harrowing pursuits, but potentially one of the most rewarding as well.

But having barely survived the most harrowing case of their careers and discovering government corruption of the highest level, Walker and Pilgrim are now faced with the most difficult decision they've ever had to make.

«One of the most harrowing, powerful, and imaginative books of the year» (Anthony Doerr) about twin sisters fighting to survive the evils of World War II.

And in Lullaby, his latest foray into the fetid back alleys of Americana, Palahniuk offers readers his most harrowing tale yet: an apocalyptic thriller for the new millennium.

Alex Cross returns in the most harrowing case of his career — one that risks the life of his closest friend and partner, John Sampson.

With inspiring fearlessness, McClelland tackles perhaps her most harrowing assignment to date: investigating the damage in her own mind and repairing her broken psyche.

«This is no bland anodyne treatment of an academic subject but a realistic no holds journey through one of the most harrowing and challenging subjects available for study».

I have the weighty privilege of seeing not just my students but entire school communities respond with care, integrity and kindness in some of the most harrowing circumstances.»

Instead of the character - based recreation of one of World War II's most harrowing incidents that might have been — the movie might have finally landed Nolan his Oscar — he's delivered the year's premier experiential drama, boldly putting a premium on audio - visual immersion over traditional storytelling.

It is one of the most harrowing, graphic and utterly terrible images I have ever seen.

And some of the most harrowing depictions of war ever set to screen.

And that was kind of the most harrowing idea to me.

Exquisitely paced, its performances and mood are so perfectly gauged that it is one of the most harrowing scenes so far this year.

The latter's meltdown on the steps as one of his friends is being killed is among the film's most harrowing moments.

Overall, SUSPIRIA ranks as my favorite 4K restoration from Kino Lorber, bringing back to the screen (this week at the Landmark Inwood in Dallas) in pristine form one of the most harrowing horror films ever produced.

Matthew Heineman has made a name for himself over the past few years hawking visceral documentaries in some of the world's most harrowing war zones.

What follows is the film's most harrowing scene, as Don and Alice run through the house, the Infected chasing them and killing off everyone else.

It helps, however, that Fisher confronted even the most harrowing episodes of her lifelong addiction with a sly, battle - ready smirk and a tart tongue, which always ensured that she — and she alone — would get the last word.

It's one of the most harrowing moments in a harrowing decade of film, and nothing much happens in it except for the look Hackman gives as a damned soul caught on the horns of an unknowable mystery.

In 2015 director Matthew Heineman debuted one of the most harrowing and impactful documentaries in many years, delving deep into the drug war with Cartel Land.

But the film that burrowed the deepest path into my memory was, perhaps unsurprisingly, the most harrowing.

But the true story of Vinny Pazienza, better known as «The Pazmanian Devil,» is one of the most harrowing you'll ever hear.

«Son of Saul» It was inevitable that László Nemes» Auschwitz drama would be one of the most harrowing films of the year.

The most harrowing extended take is devoted to Patsey's lashing.

War films, when done right, can be some of the most harrowing cinema ever witnessed.

One of the most harrowing films ever made.

The tsunami sequence in The Impossible is likely to get most of the attention — and rightfully so, since it's ten of the most harrowing minutes most moviegoers are likely to see this year — but the movie is actually filled with smaller but no less gripping scenes of these family members scrambling to find each other amid of landscape of wreckage and strangers.

Variety praises Bayona's direction as «nothing short of masterly» and the film as «the most harrowing disaster movie in many a moon.»

But given that it's easy to predict what comes next once you realize how the film's timelines work, Killing Ground is virtually suspenseless for the duration of its most harrowing scenes, as the people you suspected were going to die in terrible ways die in terrible ways, with some subtle, gut - churning intimations of sexual assault for extra impact.

In one of the most harrowing true stories of World War II, three US Navy airmen crash land their torpedo bomber in the South Pacific and find themselves on a tiny life raft, surrounded by open ocean.

In War of the Worlds, two of the most harrowing scenes involve no aliens.

This is one of the most harrowing accounts by a cancer sufferer I have ever read; I have a collection of cancer books possibly numbered in the hundreds.

These images document one of the most harrowing moments of photographer Johan Kloppers's career.

In one of the most harrowing stories of shipwreck and survival in recent memory, a young Deborah Kiley (she's now 49) escaped dehydration, hypothermia, and sharks for five days on a small rubber dinghy in the Atlantic Ocean.

Standing in front of five professors for an hour and a half, chalk in hand, blackboard blank, bowels clenched, preparing to field science questions, has to be one of the most harrowing experiences of a grad student's life.

Changing a baby's diaper is quite straightforward, but may also create some of the most harrowing events of parenthood.

But remember, whether you had a Cesarean or a vaginal birth, you're recovering from what may be the most harrowing event that your body has ever been through.