Sentences with phrase «of the precipice of»

Gary stands on the edge of the precipice of Brigitte's mind and stares intently into the chasm... straining in vain to see anything resembling form or definition.

Niebuhr concluded that while «the Lutheran side of the Reformation always walks on the edge of the precipice of superamoralism, not to say antinomianism, the Calvinistic Reformation is imperiled by the opposite danger of a new moralism and legalism.

The last time I dreamt of unicorns I was teetering at the edge of the precipice of great change.

The gallery, with two sets of stairs running at longitude and latitude through the space, has an architecture that felt like a type of precipice of sorts, a division between spaces that one has to integrate into, step up and onto.

Not exact matches

Quite possibly, we are standing on the precipice of a virtual reality revolution that will further enhance our personal and work lives in ways we can't yet imagine.

With this in mind, if anyone you love is on the precipice of joining a professional sports league, do them a favor and find their bad tweets before someone else does.

«We believe PINK is on the precipice of collapse,» Jefferies analyst Randal Konik wrote in a note to investors on Sunday.

Black Panther is already the biggest movie of 2018, and now the latest superhero blockbuster from Marvel and Walt Disney is on the precipice of cracking $ 1 billion in worldwide box - office revenue.

In a statement, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said President Donald Trump «is on the precipice» of fulfilling a campaign promise and passing a plan that she said would boost wages and economic growth.

«We are on the precipice of the first time I've seen in my career when we have demand - pull and supply - push happening at the same time to support almost $ 200 billion in infrastructure investment that's needed in the U.S.,» said Meg Gentle, president and CEO of LNG company Tellurian.

«Maybe this is a sign that we have reached a moment, like 2000, where investors wake - up abruptly from their liquidity - induced slumber and realise they have inadvertently sleep - walked to the edge of an investment precipice.»

A more reasonable review of the evidence suggests that the scenario that conservatives revile — that the nation's economy was on the precipice and the Federal Reserve came to its rescue — is probably not too far from the truth.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 1,000 - its highest levels in nearly a decade - and it was on the precipice of saying sayonara to a 16 - year bear market.

The difference back then was the world was on the edge of a financial precipice.

Meanwhile, in the fall of 2008, the country was on the precipice of an economic crisis.

Nevertheless, Malthus» recognition that the «preventive checks of moral restraint» implied the possibility of stationing a society at some distance from the Malthusian precipice is relevant to any consideration of the circumstances in which escape from the constraints of an organic economy might occur.

Now he's created a precipice of his own.

In a blistering, unprecedented letter to Premier Ed Stelmach, a key Progressive Conservative riding association says the party is «nearing the precipice of moral insolvency to govern.»

Since Congress has, so far, not acted we are now on the precipice of a much more uncertain and chaotic situation in which Puerto Rico will attempt to selectively cancel debts and bondholders will seek to use the federal courts to block the Puerto Rican government from operating until it pays up.

We both feel that America because of the current political / social climate is on a precipice and likely to topple over at any time.

No where in her article did she say, «Do not study the Bible» she's simply saying that love is one of God's teachings and it's often the topic people want to discuss most of all when they're near the precipice.

«We would not be here today at this very precipice of such a dangerous move if the Obama policy in the Middle East wasn't naive and arrogant, misguided and dangerous,» Perry, the governor of Texas, said in a nationally televised speech during which he was surrounded by Jewish leaders.

He inherited a country on the precipice of economic hell and he is called a fascist?

«Mankind today is on the brink of a precipice, not because of the danger of complete annihilation which is hanging over its head... but because humanity is devoid of those vital values for its healthy development and real progress,» he wrote.

It's got to be for a purpose, and the purpose in 2010 was to rescue a British economy which was teetering on the edge of a precipice.

When you stop walking in the belief of the imminent return of Jesus Christ, you are walking on the edge of a precipice.

You place yourself in the hands of strangers who ask you to do foolhardy things, like walk backwards over a precipice with nothing but a rope around your waist or climb a sheer rock face with your fingers and toes.

Cornered on a precipice above the now - burning forest of thorns, the prince has his shield knocked from his hand by the dragon's fiery breath.

But one day I finally reached the precipice of my life thus far and found myself in the understanding that I was me with or without God... and I was good... and the I loved people... and that happiness and joy are not contingent on God.

Like many of the children, she's alert to times when other children are too fragile to sustain the give - and - take of repartee; and when, as often happens at the after - school, one of the younger children suddenly begins to cry, or seems to be right at the precipice of tears, she switches gears almost immediately.

At the outset of Jesus» ministry, the crowd at Nazareth wanted to push him off a precipice.

Every time I found myself at the precipice of a committed relationship with him, I would have a strong restraint in my heart, like a glaring sign that read, «Do not enter.»

We are all equal before G - d — we the blind vagabonds treading desperately on the narrow path besides the precipice of eternity.

Suddenly an instinct made me draw hastily back - I was on the very edge of a precipice, one step more and I must have fallen.

A story which revivalist preachers often tell is that of a man who found himself at night slipping down the side of a precipice.

Precipice Design worked closely with Mundipharma International and its network of independent associated companies in developing packaging aimed at helping to address some of the day - to - day challenges faced by patients using an inhaler and improve correct device usage.

(The latest example: FAU stole Hopson's defensive coordinator on the precipice of spring ball.)

Of course, it's like going from the summit to the precipice that is one foot below the summit, but whatevs, media...

Our boy Nerls is on the precipice of getting to 10 / 8/2 / 2, which would be far more cosmically satisfying (and ROY eyeball - grabbing) than 9.6 / 7.9 / 1.8 / 2.

One player came into the CIF North Coast Section Division II title game on the precipice of making Northern California high school football history, the other knew he had it in him.

A key part of Alan Pardew's comeback from the precipice.

Barry Bonds was 38 last Saturday when at last he stood on the precipice of the ne plus ultra for a ballplayer, the World Series.

Some bond of trust is either broken or on the precipice of snapping.

What he would not have believed was the amount of adversity the Crusaders would face to reach the historic precipice.

Time goes on, and here we are on the precipice of Christmas 2017.

The Bills are the NFL's version of Rolling Stone guitarist Keith Richards, a team constantly straddling the precipice of self - destruction but always letting down the poor blokes who picked first in the office death pool.

That leaves Spieth and McIlroy, who won his third major at 25 and seemed on the precipice of legendary greatness after hoisting the PGA trophy three years ago.

Ask him now, though, at the precipice of his NFL career, and he'll say he's only selectively listening to the voices on social media telling him he's too short, or that his offense at the University of Oklahoma won't translate, or that his best NFL comparison is a certain first - round burnout from his part of the country.

Penny Hardaway has been the Memphis basketball coach for all of 24 hours, but he's already on the precipice of picking up his first major recruit.

While you're exploring, don't miss the spectacular precipice of Nuuanu Pali — some 2000 feet of sheer rock over which King Kamehameha I drove his enemies in battle.