Sentences with phrase «of gunfire as»

The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; all the members of the second expedition committed suicide; the third expedition died in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another; the members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within months of their return, all had died of aggressive cancer.

The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; all the members of the second expedition committed suicide; the third expedition died in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another; the members of the eleve

The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide, the third expedition in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another.

A police source, who did not want his name mentioned, described the exchange of gunfire as massive, noting that a G3 magazine with 17 live ammunition was recovered from the suspected pirates.

Not exact matches

Then people came running down Cherry Avenue, trampling over each other as they fled the scene of a shooting that left one dead and three people injured from gunfire on Tuesday.

But the morale of Bolivia's army of Indian conscripts was low, and Paraguayans were better fitted to fight in the lowland swamps and jungles, in which many Bolivians died of disease and snakebite as well as gunfire.

Her desperate plea came as the sound of gunfire overtook the 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Buchanan's 1996 campaign was no less crusade - like, and the war metaphors were even more prominent as partisans were advised to «lock and load» and «ride to the sound of the gunfire.»

Describing what it's been like to be a Christian in the past year in Egypt, Archbishop Angealos said: «It's in a very painful time, it's the first time in our contemporary history we've seen bombings of churches - we've had three churches bombed in this last year, we've had churches attacked, people killed by gunfire attacks on worshipers as they were leaving, Christians attacked just for being christian, in their homes, in their shops and on the street.

The shootings happened earlier this morning as the officers sat in separate patrol cars around 1 a.m. in the closely situated Iowa cities of Des Moines and Urbandale when Urbandale police were called to reports of gunfire that turned out to be one of their fellow officers.

As dawn breaks, the tranquil scene of birds swimming peacefully in their habitat is brutally destroyed by the sound of gunfire.

Congress, tawdry body though it may be, won't likely welcome to its halls another Sooner ex-coach, Barry Switzer, who in 1989 dismissed episodes of rape, cocaine dealing and gunfire in his football dorm as «isolated incidents.»

Eyewitnesses reported hearing exchanges of gunfire between the men and security forces, as well as sporadic gunfire from inside the hotel.

Whatever their merits as policy arguments, localism and empowerment do not offer a banner under which Labour could march towards the sound of electoral gunfire within the year.

After false reports of gunfire prompted stampedes at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday night, city and state officials described the unprecedented chaos as a learning experience, while New York police commissioner Bill Bratton said it resembled the «fog of war.»

While incidents of gunfire in the city have decreased over the years, as was detailed in recent Times Union reports, Anderson said the statistics don't tell the story.

As Jo Grimond said, «in times of war, in times of doubt Generals were advised to march their troops towards the sound of gunfire»

A Turkish restaurant came under attack late on Sunday as heavy gunfire erupted in the capital of Burkina Faso, which has seen a surge in violence by armed groups over the past few years.

As the unexpected sound of gunfire broke out, members of his crew initially mistook the sound for firecrackers.

«What one's bound to say and if I was sitting in Brussels and I was looking at you as the person I had to negotiate with, I'd think: she's a blowhard who collapses at the first sign of gunfire.»

It will contain a $ 20 million annual increase in funding for security in major parks across the five boroughs and the expansion of a crime - fighting tool known as ShotSpotter, which uses sensors to detect gunfire, to cover 60 square miles across the city.

The gunfire ignited chaos as dozens of people stampeded for safety, hurtling themselves over metal barricades and hiding behind cars and garbage cans.

In 2015, over 36,000 people died from gunfire, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with roughly two - thirds of those deaths being classified as suicide.

Noise induced hearing loss can be caused by sudden very loud noise, such as an explosion or gunfire, but it may also develop gradually as a result of repeated exposure to loud noise, suggest the study authors.

Viewing this as a launch year game, it is harsh to dwell on the games shortcomings (the audio for gunfire is just awful, character models lack the shine as do certain parts of the game, slow down occurs when things get too hectic and it can be difficult to get into a game online) when it is the first game of the series, the first game by the developer, and the first FPS game for the Vita.

After an intriguing prologue that sets up the real reason for the space race — something crashed on the dark side of the moon [but they couldn't use that as a title because of the Pink Floyd album]-- Transformers: Dark of the Moon quickly devolves into an action movie with giant robots, explosions, gunfire, and some rude language from Sam Witwicky's [Shia LaBeouf] parents [played by the ever delightful Julie White and Kevin Dunn].

It goes as follows: something blows up or attacks, lots of gunfire, then quiet, repeat until they get to the witch.

He approaches the scene hesitantly, nervously, as the American troops approach the beach; when their landing craft opens up, the front wave of soldiers are immediately dispatched in a wall of gunfire, and Spielberg, in that instant, explodes our war movie mythology.

The three main characters use boat as a means of shielding themselves from the gunfire and, despite the fact that it is basically blown to bits by the end of the scene, they make it out unscratched.

The attendant 5.1 DTS - HD MA track proves that Zemeckis is still capable of turning on the afterburners with regards to mixing set - pieces (there's an almost musical quality to the Blitz as bombs clobber the subwoofer and hails of gunfire flank the viewer), yet when I think of Allied, I think of its restrained use of score — much of the music is diegetic — and of how Zemeckis finds a remarkable number of variations in the sound of the air around Max and Marianne's loaded silences.

As enemies and their rides were taken down by gunfire, they're ragdoll bodies crumpled and tumbled dynamically, making the impact of killing oncoming bandits that much more realistic.

He's forced to rob a liquor store as a little favour for some gangsters, The Driver volunteers his getaway services out of concern for Irene, and it all goes horribly wrong in a welter of gunfire and double - crosses.

Aspects of the film weather Dimension's dubbing — for instance, I like Lam's lean approach to the cops»n' robbers» often - vicious shenanigans: the requisite wiretap is only as complex as Chow taping a cassette recorder to his belly, while the heists entail lots of commotion and gunfire and stuffing bags full with necklaces — none of the sterile, gadget - assisted ballet we see in Robert De Niro movies.

We face shadowy soldiers storming out the cover of jungle with the darkness split by the flare of gunfire and grenades, endure the bombs raining on American camps and the tropical rains that bring sickness and rot and watch the horrors of jungle warfare and the crushing pressure of constant combat that wears men down as sure as gunfire and shrapnel.

The sound design revs up to meet its frantic imagery as drops of blood falling upon the desert earth are turned into deafening gunfire.

In quieter moments, too, Spielberg's touch is evident, as in what can only be described as an aural dissolve, when the sound of water on leaves gives way to the distant sound of gunfire.

The contrasts are beautiful, the night scenes glow, you can see the flash of gunfire that illuminates one character's face as he dies.

As mass shootings invade American life on a terrifyingly routine basis nowadays, the November 17 launch of Marvel's The Punisher brings a conflicted cacophony of gunfire and blood - dripping militarism and nihilism that makes Charles Bronson's Death Wish movies look like a philosophical pillow fight.

Emmerich's attention to the ear - shattering gunfire of the CG crowds spilling over into her courtyard suggests he's already moved on to his next disaster movie, as bored with this uninvolving political intrigue as are Jacobi's captives.

Through this oblique sight gag, Wright evokes the image of Warren Beatty as notorious bank - robber Clyde Barrow, losing a lens in his glasses mere moments before he and Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) meet their fate under police gunfire.

In the end, the political confusions of Salles's movie, which seem all of a piece with the political confusions of that era, sit small beside its achievement as a document of an incendiary time when hope, along with the stench of tear gas and gunfire, was in the air.

But that peaceful drive is rudely and abruptly interrupted by gunfire, as Carrie and her hapless hitchhiker find themselves squarely in the middle of a battle.

The Dolby 5.1 soundtrack isn't as dynamic as on a real war action flick, but aurally it still resembles one of those, with apt period tunes, ample gunfire, and the occasional dramatic score cue.

Another pleasant surprise comes in the form of the disc's robust DTS - HD Master Audio 5.1 surround mix; this isn't a movie with gunfire and car chases, mind you, but the mix offers thoughtful separation for outdoor ambience as well as delivering Mamet's dialogue with excellent clarity.

The character we mainly accompany on the beach is a young soldier, the generically named Tommy (Fionn Whitehead), seen at the start as the sole member of his detachment to make it through a hail of bullets — and I can't remember the last time that the sound of gunfire on screen felt so thunderously, dangerously real.

Whether this is meant as a critical genre analysis (See, music sequences in a musical are expendable contrivances, so to demonstrate, here are some slow - motion sequences of gunfire and swordplay to serve as a substitute) or a terribly misfired homage is beside the point.

The ceaseless gunfire and explosions of action games gave me an adrenaline rush that left me with fists clenched once I let go of mouse and keyboard, while the creaking floorboards, howling winds, guttural moans, and other ambient noises in horror games put me on edge, becoming so painfully real as to raise the hair on my neck and make me shiver in absolute terror.

Despite extremely loud gunfire and the echoes that ensue in a such a large, abandoned warehouse, Vern can still be heard over all of it complaining about his bullet wounds, as if he's the only one shot, his stupid makeshift cardboard armor and just a mass amount of random grumbling in a hard - to - place accent making him all the more frustrating for the other characters and even funnier for the audience.

As such, we are left with no other choice but to confront the carnage head - on and determine not what sights of gunfire and bloodshed are on screen but how director Pete Travis presents them.

Luketic's response to the lack of laughter in the theater is to replace the silence with as much gunfire, windows breaking, and cars crashing as possible.