Sentences with phrase «ragtag bands of»

In its midst, ragtag bands of militia and local defence groups became larger, interlinked military - commercial networks who had interests and a wider politics of their own.

Readers will smile with recognition at the tale of Lawrence of Arabia leading his ragtag band of Bedouins 600 miles through the desert to take the Turks by surprise.

The self - belief that led Castro to think in 1956 that a ragtag band of rebels under his command could overthrow Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship within a couple of years was not that different to the «reality - distortion field» sometimes attributed to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

We will find a ragtag band of prostitutes, alcoholics, drug - addicts, murderers, and thieves, dancing and singing and laughing with Jesus.

Having no official recognition of any kind, Stanley and his growing ragtag band of followers met in basements and vacant lots and deserted buildings, but God blessed them with incredible success — so much success that their message came to the ears of the king, and he commanded his guard to go and bring Stanley to him.

If he can beat the entire Imperial fleet with just a ragtag band of rebels, the financial crisis is...

If he can beat the entire Imperial fleet with just a ragtag band of rebels, the financial crisis is toast.

Or were they petty chieftains commanding a ragtag band of hundreds — their capital city, Jerusalem, an outpost so hardscrabble it lacked even a blacksmith to shoe a horse?

The character are a ragtag band of misfits who take steps to make the film not take it self seriously at some points.

Law and order is crumbling after Batman v Superman, and Waller intends to assemble a ragtag band of sicko «meta - humans» to fight evil.

On an alien planet, a mercenary and his ragtag band of fighters struggle to survive against an onslaught of fearsome warriors who hunt them for sport.

That's when he recruits a ragtag band of militiamen — a supposedly hearty, lovable bunch, the equivalent of the scruffy fun - loving techies found in sci - fi action films.

Pretty much the ragtag band of allies are all we need to care about.

The South Carolina militias, portrayed in the film as a ragtag band of good - hearted family men, could be exceedingly ruthless, not just against British troops but with neighbors who refused to join them or take sides — the lynching of perceived loyalists and destruction of their homes was not uncommon.

He gets help from a ragtag band of strangers including a bad - ass Goth chick who goes by the name Wyldstyle (an adorable Elizabeth Banks); Batman (Will Arnett, doing a Batman version of his pompous «Arrested Development» character, Gob); a makeshift pirate captain called Metal Beard (Nick Offerman); and the unflappably happy Unikitty (Alison Brie) which is — you guessed it — half unicorn and half kitty.

Blade and his human sidekick Whistler (Kris Kristofferson) are still working late - night clean - up jobs in the vampire district when Danica Talos (Parker Posey), the leader of the ragtag band of misfits, frames the notorious vampire hunter for killing a human and helps the FBI lock him away for questioning.

The most memorable action sequence finds crashing waves of oil (there's a metaphor for this dying empire) threatening Katniss and company, a ragtag band of damaged minds and damaged souls that harbors little hope of prevailing but refuses to sit back and watch the world burn.

It has been three years since Marvel first struck gold with Guardians of The Galaxy, its wise - cracking, soundtrack - selling story of a ragtag band of space pirates.

We stayed for all that, yeah, but also for the cast of little - known actresses (Betty Gilpin, Gayle Rankin, Sunita Mani and Sydelle Noel, among others) playing a ragtag band of preposterous, body - slamming misfits.

This time, plucky Tris (Shailene Woodley), her hunky boyfriend, Four (Theo James), and their ragtag band of buddies dare to climb the wall that surrounds Chicago in this dystopian near - future to see what's on the other side.

Though this ragtag band of brothers considered themselves more American than Jewish, they were nevertheless willing to risk their U.S. citizenship and their very lives by volunteering to come to the rescue.

McMillan is a gifted trainer with a commanding presence over the ragtag band of rescue dogs that reside at his Lucky Dog Ranch in Southern California.

The story follows B.J. «Terror - Billy» Blazkowicz and a ragtag band of rebels attempting to reignite the American Revolution against the Nazi occupiers.

A much more sinister Velvet escapes from prison and recruits a ragtag band of daemons, spirits, witches and outcasts, all of whom have their own vendettas against Artorius, who has since become one of the most powerful men in the land of Midgand.

During the skirmish, Welkin takes control of his father's tank, the Edelweiss, and is chosen to lead Squad 7, a ragtag band of militia fighters tasked with beating back the empire and liberating their homeland.

Shock Tactics casts you as the captain of a ragtag band of mercenaries, out to seek their fortune on the mysterious planet of Hephaestus.

On the other side, a few courageous scientists like Freeman Dyson, Richard Lindzen, yourself, Jim Steele, Susan Crockford, and Judith — plus a ragtag band of «civilian» guerrillas like Steve McIntyre, Anthony Watts, Jo Nova, and a few hundred others... All with no funding and precious little free time.

Now, only a ragtag band of bounty hunters can stand in their way.

I'm something of a student of human nature and the dynamics of Gunny Highway (Clint Eastwood) and his ragtag band of Marine misfits (Oxymoron isn't it) is remarkable.

Not exact matches

He also complained about the attire of the Yale band, a proudly ragtag troop.

A ragtag group of youngsters band together after the American Civil War to form the Texas Rangers, a group charged with the duty of cleaning up the West.

Worthless to get into it much, but find booming tenor Capt. Miller (Fishburne) the leader of this ragtag, Alien - stencilled band — the various other roughnecks interchangeable save the jive - turkey handyman Cooper (Richard T. Jones) and the perfunctory egghead outsider Dr. Weir (Sam Neill), on board to offer his expert advice on the demonic goings - on.

Hadson must unite a ragtag bunch of teachers who will have to band together in the fight of their lives in order to escape the school and the rampaging horde.

It's always a hoot to dig a little into the folks who make up these small bands of ragtag «advocates» to see who Bill Gates is using to spread his message.

This ragtag team of developers has banded together to create a space exploration game where players can touch down on 18 quintillion (that's an 18 followed by 18 zeros) planets in search of... something.