Sentences with phrase «one under the spell»

During the sentencing phase of Tsarnaev's trial in federal court in Boston, his lawyers have been trying to paint him as a mostly normal American kid who fell under the spell of his now - deceased older brother, ultimately joining him in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon.

His view is that if he gives the entrepreneurs more time to get around to meet all the angel stars in Silicon Valley (Ron Conway, Mike Maples, Jeff Clavier or any of the other host of angel investors who have sterling reputations and once under their spell it may be harder for my friend to close the deal.

Now Twitter and even Instagram are falling under its spell.

Among the victims of this spreading secularism were the mainline Protestant churches, which fell far too easily under the spell of spreading secularism.

Wolfe was criticized before for falling under the spell of his subject in the Muggeridge biography, overinflating Muggeridge's stature as a Christian apologist.

He figured out some important concepts, but he was still under the spell of primitive superst «itions.

Some of us, in a not so dim and distant past fell under the spell of such psuedo - magisterial systems and supposed them to be true and accurate in all things.

But Protestant and Orthodox thinkers have also been brought under his spell, as witness The Beauty of the Infinite by Orthodox theologian David B. Hart, a tour de force justly acclaimed as one of the most suggestive theological contributions of recent years (see the FT review, March 2004).

Don't fall under spells.

Coming back to Harvard in the fall of 1925, he fell under the spell of Pierce and Whitehead and «Husserl almost dropped out of my mind for years (PCC 90).

Solovyev was under the spell of Plato, neoplatonic philosophy, the Christian platonism of St. Augustine, and German classical philosophy.

Snow White is the heroine, and at one point, winds up pregnant against her wishes (she was under a spell when she conceived).

Orpheus sang... [and] no one under the spell of his voice could refuse him anything.

He is under a spell, blinded, misused, and abused in his very being.

Though the Catholic church itself eventually failed to realize the truth of its own teaching it had done its job so well that for three centuries after the Reformation Catholic, Protestant and freethinker alike continued to live under the spell of Christendom.

When he was a college student, the author drove Muggeridge to lecture engagements in the Midwest and fell permanently under his spell.

Under the spell of Jesus» friendship, Zacchaeus volunteered to give away much of his wealth.

Under the spell of the religious impulse (and I distinguish religion from faith), holiness is turned into affected unworldliness, exceptional piety, and the assumption of unusual moral rectitude.

Theology is under the spell of psychology, history, and sociology.

To come under the spell of eros is one of the most significant things that can happen to a human being, and we should neither disdain it nor deny its importance.

But the pessimists argue that we are so under the spell of efficiency that we go on creating more of these clockwork systems that force us to comply with their demands.

The human sciences, in spite of some notable exceptions, are still under the spell of this dualistic - materialist way of thinking.

For a time he came under the spell of the enigmatic poet Stefan George, whose writings spoke of a heightened sense of «experience,» through which one perceives the multiple threads of the tapestry of life as a transparent whole.

Maybe they're still under the spell of their parents superstitions and haven't yet learned to think for themselves.

Hostility creates hatred and contempt; the necessity of either killing or being killed obliterates humaneness; and even those who in times of peace have been cosmopolitans, with international interest and goodwill, become under the spell of war intense group - loyalists with no sense of moral obligation to the enemy.

In the early days in Palestine, before outstanding individuals appeared in the prophetic succession, bands of prophets represented the most fanatic patriotism of the Hebrew tribes, and Saul's espousal of his people's cause against their enemies followed his falling under the spell of the prophets» frenzy.

I give thanks today for the ability to think for myself and not be under the spell of religious control!!

They fall under the spell of one or another charismatic rabbi (or «Rebbe»), a phenomenon for which a precedent already existed in the century - old Hasidic communities of Lubavitch, Satmar, Belz and other less well known East - European centers.

Let us imagine Jessie fell under the spell of the coercive eugenicist my wife resisted and agreed to abort her three OI - affected offspring — Lloyd, Mabel, and Cyril — while retaining her firstborn Laura as her sole «genetically pure» child.

Boethius... as for myself, I have never, even as a young Catholic (altar boy), fallen under that spell where I believed that I had to toe the party line.

So too were the half - hour of meditation and the time of silence which he made the discipline of the entire seminary community: «A unifying arch swung from music and play to quietude and prayer...» Schönherr concludes his brief reflection by admitting to being «under the spell of that man who gave himself so entirely, heart and soul, whether in play or in theological discussion.

«We are under the spell of La Tyre, which combines superb quality fruit, and an expanded frame and a dynamic character: it is a great wine...»

«We are under the spell of La Tyre, which combines superb quality fruit, and an expanded frame and a dynamic character: it is a great wine...» 18.5 points, La Revue du Vin de France, The Best Wines of France 2012.

Once again, I fall under the spell of the savory side.

While stationed in Germany he'd often visit Belgium and France, where he fell under the spell of the country's indigenous beers.

Metropolitan Brewing Krankshaft After a stint studying brewing in Munich, Chicago's DougHurst fell under the spell of lagers, later founding the German - focusedMetropolitan Brewing.

In place of the delirium and ecstasy that he had expected upon returning from Argentina, MacLeod was instead received by just a handful of angered Scots who had fallen heavily under his spell of disillusion.

fact; if wenger was a manager in any other country hed have been replaced for his own safety.maybe the fans are part of the problem too, the journalsts seem to be under his spell too comparinf the level of hostility jose and lvg have endured.well thats the curious story of wenger and the brits who couldnt do s **** about him.i bet after a loss he reminds himself «i am arsenal nobody can do s **** about me, its never that serious!!»

Giroud may think he be under a spell....

Wenger's under a spell of ignorance no doubt..

Likewise Balotelli is also under the spell of Raiola, and Raiola loves money.

Yet he sticks out his left leg and, at a stretch, manages to bring it under his spell.

A piece on how the picturesque town of Dinard has fallen under the spell of Gareth Bale and his Wales team - mates during Euro 2016.

Not a busy night for him yesterday, but I am looking forward to seeing if he falls under the spell of inconsistency that has plagued his predecessors.

The 32 - year - old is great at getting out of tight spots and always looks like he has the ball under his spell, as he showed on Friday, playing a neat overhead flick over an oncoming defender, to keep possession.

Lauren is a gifted and lyrical writer whose coming - of - age tale has the reader firmly under its spell by the end of the first paragraph.

- Rachel Resnick, author of Love Junkie «Lauren is a gifted and lyrical writer whose coming - of - age tale has the reader firmly under its spell by the end of the first paragraph.

The actress is putting everyone under a spell with her red curls.

Lots of other mamas have fallen under the spell of the short and sweet name in recent decades.

However when the baby came I, as if under spell, I become one.