Sentences with phrase «of thunder for»

Thereby stealing some of the thunder for positive things to happen as a result of my giving.

Not exact matches

«When you are no longer what Thoreau called a corporation with a conscience,» Burnett admonished his firm, «when you begin to compromise your integrity... stoop to convenient expediency and rationalize yourself into acts of opportunism for the sake of a fast buck,» he thundered, «[I'll] demand you take my name off the door.»

SEOUL — North Korea is stealing the thunder, if not the show, from the Americans at the Pyeongchang Olympics, with word that the charming younger sister of ruler Kim Jong Un is arriving Friday for an Opening Ceremony that will also feature U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.

But if you are looking for that emotional high, it's time to talk about bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that has stolen the stock market's thunder, in terms of euphoria.

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There are too many Christian Sons of thunder, calling for «family values», and punishment.

A couple of thousand years ago (and really up until a few hundred years ago, or less than that even, in some fields) there was no explanation for lightning, thunder, volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes, etc..

Arise, ye prisoner of starvation, Arise, ye wretched of the earth, For justice thunders condemnation, A better world's In birth

As for rain, a man of prayer, like Samuel, powerful in his influence with Yahweh, was supposed to be able to dictate its coming — «I will call unto Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking you a king.

There are black clouds of God's wrath now hanging directly over your heads, full of the dreadful storm, and big with thunder; and were it not for the restraining hand of God, it would immediately burst forth upon you.

O Lord our God, help us tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with their little children to wander unfriended in the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames in summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it --

For some people, Memphis, Tennessee, conjures visions of southern religion: folks hootin» and hollerin» about God, eternal damnation and hell; sweating preachers thundering on about sex, drinking and Democrats.

The reference of a natural sign would seem instead to be to that spatial and temporal region at which the signified event is expected, for example, the region at which the thunder is expected after seeing the lightning.

In the first version of symbolic functioning a kind of «error» seems to arise when expectations are disappointed, for example, when the sound of thunder fails to follow the flash of lightning.

At the same time, he (1) carefully introduces sections which are to come in his book; Revelation 1:12 - 20 prepares the reader for the letters to the churches already mentioned in 1:11; chapters 4 and 5 lead up to chapter 6; and (2) on the other hand, introduces various matters without explaining them until later (the «morning star» of 2:28 is not explained until 22:16; the «seven thunders» of 10:3 are never explained).

As the sound of portentous thunder begins to diminish, we are being trained to perceive a shape to the One who comes, a shape that is different from the one that our fantasies and our fears have constructed for us.

When he gave to the wind its weight, and meted out the waters by measure; when he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of thunder; then he saw it and declared it; he established it and searched it out.

He referred to his lectures as «Lay Sermons,» in which he damned his «idolatrous age» for ignoring «the living God thundering from the Sinai of science... to worship the golden calf of tradition.»

I still kept a round of duties, and would not suffer myself to run into any open vices, and so got along very well in time of health and prosperity, but when I was distressed or threatened by sickness, death, or heavy storms of thunder, my religion would not do, and I found there was something wanting, and would begin to repent my going so much to frolics, but when the distress was over, the devil and my own wicked heart, with the solicitations of my associates, and my fondness for young company, were such strong allurements, I would again give way, and thus I got to be very wild and rude, at the same time kept up my rounds of secret prayer and reading; but God, not willing I should destroy myself, still followed me with his calls, and moved with such power upon my conscience, that I could not satisfy myself with my diversions, and in the midst of my mirth sometimes would have such a sense of my lost and undone condition, that I would wish myself from the company, and after it was over, when I went home, would make many promises that I would attend no more on these frolics, and would beg forgiveness for hours and hours; but when I came to have the temptation again, I would give way: no sooner would I hear the music and drink a glass of wine, but I would find my mind elevated and soon proceed to any sort of merriment or diversion, that I thought was not debauched or openly vicious; but when I returned from my carnal mirth I felt as guilty as ever, and could sometimes not close my eyes for some hours after I had gone to my bed.

The sons of thunder must submit to executioners for Jesus» sake before they gain paradise.

To be ignorant of the issues is rather akin to standing in that thunder storm without even a tiny umbrella for protection.

I often think of the words to Adele's song at this point: «Next time I'll be braver, I'll be my own saviour when the thunder calls for me...» Don't do that, Adele!

If I were your priest, I'd give you a thundering condemnation for your ignorance and foolishness and put the fear of «god» in you and the fear of «hellfire and damnation» in you as well.

The rumbles of thunder and down pouring of rain across the world symbolized my not only the sadness I feel for such insanity but also the fierce anger I have that people do not see the true value in humanity.

Partly it was simple lack of knowledge of how thunder and lightning work and a hundred other mechanisms of the natural world; partly it was response to the mystery of life itself, the human potential for malice and for love, a mystery which still calls for answers beyond those easily formulated by the human sciences.

15 «On the one hand, it is a good proof of our obedience when we listen to his ministers, just as if he were addressing us himself; and on the other hand, he has provided for our infirmity, by choosing to address us through the medium of human interpreters, that he may sweetly allure us to him, rather than to drive us away from him by his thunders.»

His family was dirt poor, and his mother was bitter because she'd married «down,» (her family included a governor of Texas), but there was no way in thunder she was going to let her standards slide so she paid more for white cornmeal.

Sometimes light thunder sounds can be heard and followed by a light drizzle of rain for about five minutes and then stopped.

Captain Ben «thunder» Lazarov went a perfect 3 for 3 from the plate but just didn't get enough help from his teammates on the offensive side of the ball.

Toss in the motivational fact that West Virginia ended its series with the Thundering Herd three years ago and has long insisted that it gets nothing out of playing its «little brother,» and all the pieces for yet another major upset seemed to be in place.

The outfielder / pitcher, Dylan Carlson, has been big for the Thundering Herd in taking sole possession of first place in the highly - competitive Delta League.

The outfielder / pitcher has been big for the Thundering Herd in taking sole possession of first place in the highly - competitive Delta League.

The outfielder / pitcher, Dylan Carlson, has been big for the Thundering Herd in taking sole possession of first...

Despite rushing for a school record and Sac - Joaquin Section - best 2,884 yards and 43 touchdowns — and adding seven more scores by way of reception, interception return, fumble recovery, and punt return — the Thundering Herd senior is not considering multiple D - I offers.

HORSE RACING — JET DECK ($ 2.80) thundered out of the gate and pulled steadily away from the nine - horse field to win the Far West's richest race, the 350 - yard $ 207,750 Los Alamitos (Calif.) Futurity for quarter horses.

He can eat thundering left and right hooks by the dozen, stagger around the ring like a Skid Road drunk, throw up between rounds from the force of the body blows, and then rise dutifully at the sound of the bell for another frightful three minutes of the same.

Stanton for years has dominated the Statcast tracking for longest and / or hardest - hit home runs, but Judge has taken some of that thunder this season with prodigious shots of his own.

The underclassmen who have picked up where past graduates left off provide a bright outlook for the continuation of the Thundering Herd's dominance, but Carlson and Elk Grove are not ready to rest on any accomplishments earned in 31 games thus far.

I.E. a lot of assists, running the pick and roll, scoring etc.... but I suppose I am either wrong or stealing our fearless ClippersNation writers thunder for the Evans post.

Thundering Herd football had been the emotional core of this corner of West Virginia for decades, drawing players from families who had been in the state for generations.

Depth is a strong point for both teams with Elk Grove having a distinct edge in pitching depth, The Thundering Herd struggled early in the year as its top two returning starters, senior Chris Martin and junior Austin Del Chiaro, missed much of the season.

That year, an average of 10,000 fans per day went to the Coliseum to see Elk Grove's Bill Cartwright (who later went on to play for 15 years in the NBA) lead the Thundering Herd to the title.

For all the talk of Jurgen's ambitious new shavers coming in to kick start the FA Cup campaign, it took the oldest head in red to beat his man at the near post and thunder in from close range.

A clap of thunder had rumbled over Cobham as Chelsea's players emerged into the drizzle for training.

Four minutes later, Gladbach equalized again as Granit Xhaka thundered in a free kick off the bar from 30 yards to lay an early claim for the club's goal of the season.

Use a designated weather watcher to be actively looking for signs of approaching or developing local thunderstorms, such as high winds, darkening clouds, or lightning and thunder.

For a younger child, you might say, «A hurricane is a tropical storm with very strong winds and lots of rain, lightning, and thunder.»

The plans aim to improve productivity and connectivity of towns and cities across the country — tackling bottlenecks and traffic jams for road users, and taking away the misery of lorries and through - traffic thundering through rural villages on main roads.

«The audience thundered its applause,» he writes in this morning's Guardian, «probably approving the machismo of the attack rather than sharing its concern for the badly off».

«Commissioner Bratton and Chief O'Neill, would you tell your officers that God's people gathered in St. Patrick's Cathedral this morning thundered with prayer with and for them, that we love them very much, we mourn with them, we need them, we respect them, and we're proud of them and we thank them?