Sentences with word «prodigious»

[Adrian] is a writer of prodigious talent who holds your heart in his hands... And despite or because of his unlikely world view, he is irresistible.

If you're primarily interested in a cinema - like experience with prodigious amounts of bass valued above all else, you'll love the SB 250.

It wasn't just a case of prodigious power and retro - inspired styling that made the SLS a modern icon though as when we pitched it up against some pretty serious rivals it won us over with its blend of all round ability and everyday usability.

Regardless of settings the car does well on twisty roads, with prodigious amounts of grip provided by the Pirelli P Zeros at all four corners.

While the Museum of Modern Art's current retrospective is a rambling tour through Sigmar Polke's career and prodigious output in a dizzying array of mediums, this show at his longtime New York gallery, Michael Werner, is a sustained meditation on one period: Polke's formative years in 1960s West Germany.

Ms. Malliotakis won't necessarily be an easy target as she is one of the most prodigious fundraisers in the entire New York State Assembly and considered a rising star in some Republican circles.

And while the miracle material has paved the way for many innovations, we can't stop mindlessly churning it out at prodigious rates for stupid uses — and in doing so we're changing the surface of the planet in ways that will be hard to reverse.

Possible culprits include the lingering remains of supernovae, the explosions that occur when massive stars run out of fuel and die; and active galactic nuclei, superheated galaxies with supermassive black holes at their centers that spew out energy at prodigious rates.

All heil has broken loose The legacy of the Wolfenstein franchise is almost as prodigious as gaming itself, having been around for more than...

That also means replacement time for the Mercedes - AMG A45 4Matic — the car that set the hot hatch horsepower bar, with its heavily boosted 2.0 - litre motor producing prodigious power for a production four - pot.

A stacked fight card that included UFC welterweight champion Georges St - Pierre and nine other Canadians provided plenty of action, backed by prodigious amounts of energy drinks, beer and impressive production values.

Quite possibly the most prodigious talent in world football, Paul Pogba is not short of suitors.

The Maserati Quattroporte for Centurion special series is based on the latest evolution of Maserati's iconic flagship saloon, combining distinctive Italian styling with prodigious performance and peerless driving dynamics.

Whereas the previous generation with its six - speed automatic offered a rich, creamy on - road power curve, relying on prodigious torque to muster energy from low speeds and out of corners, the new transmission means the Kluger is often shuffling between ratios.

At restaurants, we made prodigious use of high chairs and a booster seat.

This year's Louis XIII Genius Award went to Ron Howard; the Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Kevin Costner and the very first MVP Award (for the most prodigious body of work over the last year) went to Jessica Chastain.

Because of the V12's prodigious torque output, the familiar five - speed Touch Shift automatic transmission went through a comprehensive fitness program to keep up.

Cuomo's prodigious fund - raising has netted nearly $ 45 million since he was elected in 2010, and has drawn scrutiny this electoral season from Republicans and Democrats alike.

Malawi is a gift economy and its conception of time is non-linear — time is conceived as an abundance to be «wasted» in creative play, which manifest in a performative culture, Nyau, and in prodigious gift giving within everyday life.

After years scraping out a bare - bones income through traditional publishing (despite prodigious output and effort), Joe eventually got fed up with the whole industry and, somewhere around 2008, struck out on the DIY path.

«I'm happy with the signings but we still need a physical presence with prodigious ability like Vieira or Petit.»

Our next step is to study these objects in greater detail and figure out exactly how and why they are forming stars at such prodigious rates.»

The Missile Defense Agency for its part is focused more on chemical lasers, which draw prodigious energy from chemical reactions.

Luckily, they befriend another kid, Haley (Lewis, Foxfire), who helps them to gain enough money to keep them on their way, using Jimmy's prodigious skills at playing video games to hustle the local yokels for quick and easy cash.

For The Magicians, he employed his fantasy background and prodigious imagination to create a entire fantasy series, Fillory and Further.

A scampering run and an intelligent, skilful player with a rocket shot in both feet, usually from prodigious distances as the youtube clip earlier showed well.

Welcome to Crichton World, which continues to flourish even after Michael Crichton's death from cancer, in 2008, at the age of 66, after a staggeringly prodigious career as a writer and director of science - based thrillers.

And, to be fair, it did deliver prodigious grip for an XL - sized Mini — aided and abetted by the sophisticated all - wheel - drive system.

Other evidence from the rocks supports that notion, the researchers note: Before and during those mass die - offs, atmospheric levels of oxygen — a gas produced in prodigious quantities by phytoplankton — also dropped substantially, recovering only long after the mass extinctions had occurred.

Soviet steel makers reported non-stop prodigious growth in steel production for decades when facing such incentives as well.

Retirees on fixed incomes or prodigious savers should rejoice with higher interest and dividend incomes.

The Young and Prodigious Spivet.

That self is capable of prodigious work and intense emotional ecstasies.

He had recently begun making art, and was producing with prodigious speed, using pencil, crayon and charcoal to create silhouettes of people and animals, often in disturbing, ambiguous, frenetic situations.

Legislators have been quick to point out that he and his political affiliates have made prodigious use of some of the same «loopholes» and porous laws that the report decries.

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Four days ago, the Sierra Club's broken moral compass was once again on prodigious display.

But the Imminent release of The Metronomicon is arguably the developer's most prodigious effort yet - with the game extending a rousing fusion of role - playing and rhythm game.

Fear of personal retrospection dooms many prodigious artists to repetition (and certainly Carpenter's an artist, and certainly he's repeated himself), though, since part of progress is looking back to see if you've made some.

Klein is considered one of the more prodigious fundraisers in the state Legislature and has an extensive network of donors.

Could the Clinton Foundation's prodigious fundraising ability suffer a similar fate as Hillary Clinton's dashed political ambitions?

He is almost cartoonishly great, with talent so prodigious that it reflects in the strained faces of his competitors, who, next to him, react cautiously, like they're toeing around some unknown beast.

After prodigious research, Foster chose a Sunlighten sauna for her practice.

These «hungry» babies may spit up a lot and have frequent stools despite prodigious weight gain.

Grossman's conclusion to his beloved series is full of memorable characters and prodigious feats of imagination.

He argues that «under any conception of our separation of powers, I would have thought powerful and centralized authorities like today's administrative agencies would have warranted less deference from other branches, not more,» and that judicial deference has «added prodigious new powers to an already titanic administrative state.»