Sentences with phrase «once bane»

Though graphic novels were once the bane of reading educators, a tentative investigation into their efficacy as tools for early literacy development has begun.

And loading — once the bane of DR's pacing — is virtually gone.

The coral reefs, once the bane of marauding enemy ships, now attract snorkelers and scuba divers from all over the world.

This is the time of the year when Arsenal, and every other club, seem to be caught in the footballing equivalent of the doldrums, once the bane of every sailing ship known to man, where a relatively calm period occurs out of nowhere, and during which time no wind has the temerity to stick its nose in, and indeed prefers to disappear like ice cream in a hot oven, trapping sailing ships for lengthy periods lasting days, weeks and sometimes months, where for what seemed an eternity to their crews — nothing happened.

Not exact matches

First - off numbnuts, being an atheist is not a religion, we do not claim to be all knowing (actually just the opposite), never once claimed to be all powerful but the reasoning part is the bane of our debates because the religious are not reasoning, they are being emotional and make baseless claims.

But when marauding, mask - wearing psycho Bane (Tom Hardy) muscles in with the intention of kickstarting a popular revolution, Bruce must don the cape and cowl once again.

We're forced to tangle with Bane once again on several occasions, and his moveset remains almost identical, leading to a frustrating battle as all of the problems present in past confrontations with the hulking man remain, namely that swamping the fight with minions makes it frustrating, not fun, especially given that evading his attacks is a bit haphazard.