Sentences with phrase «reciting litanies»

Now the people lived in the land of the dreaded enemy, reciting litanies of lamentation while ghouls goaded them on with «Sing us some of those songs of Zion, miserable losers!

Even Steve, with an amazing back story, needs to explain how his vacuums enhance the lives of his customers, not just recite a litany of product features.

After reciting a litany of what are by now well - known shortcomings of America's economy, the second part of Colson and Eckerd's book contains a brief but enlightening discussion of what might be called a theology of work.

But where with the advent of 31st December 1981, a sizeable section of the people recite a litany of ills and perpetual relive them, it can not, with the best will in the world, be classified as an ideal scenario for a public celebration, nor can its baleful antecedents escape judicial notice.

Seventh Ward Alderman Patrick O'Reilly, who was elected after the zoning issue had been resolved and lobbied unsuccessfully for a revote, recited a litany of underfunded city departments and argued that bringing more low - income housing into the city, rather than building up the tax base, would further drain resources.

He recited a litany of statistics comparing crime rates in minority neighborhoods like Brownsville, Brooklyn, to wealthier, whiter areas, like Murray Hill, Manhattan.

In the video, Astorino recites a litany of complaints against Cuomo, from economic and tax issues to gun control and a spate of harassment cases in the state Legislature.

«Then there were fat stem cells,» Daley continued, reciting a litany of alternative ways to tap into the therapeutic potential of embryonic stem cells.

As Senator Jay Billington Bulworth, Beatty sits at his desk weeping in despair at his TV image reciting the litany, «We stand at the doorstep of a new millennium.»

Set in the upstate New York village of Liberty, HITS charts the ripple effect of Kaitlyn Steuben's dreams of stardom without talent, and what happens when a video of her father, disgruntled citizen Dave Steuben of 16 Boylston Street, reciting a litany of complaints to the city council goes viral.

While every teacher had no trouble reciting a litany of these students» disruptive behaviors, I was amazed that, three months into the school year, not one was able to tell me any of the students» favorite out - of - school interest, hobby, or activity.

I won't recite the litany of problems; you'll see plenty if you spend a few minutes playing the game.

I have lost count of the number of on and off - line discussions I have had, in which it became clear that my opponent's intentions were not to respond to anything I said, but to merely recite the litany at me.

Not exact matches

One of Jarvis's favorite defenses of Mother's Day was a playful litany that she recited on the patriarchy of the American calendar: «Washington's Birthday is for the «Father of our Country»; Memorial Day for our «Heroic Fathers»; 4th of July for «Patriot Fathers»; Labor Day for «Laboring Fathers»; Thanksgiving Day for «Pilgrim Fathers»; and even New Year's Day is for «Old Father Time.»»

The litany of the injustices that oppress those living south of the border has been recited many times — hunger, disease, lack of education, repression.

One could recite a lengthy litany of foul - ups, safety violations and instance of mismanagement, stupidity and cost - cutting.

They were, the same people, except for the old ones who had died and the babies who had been born since my day, and they sang the same songs and recited the same litany of prayers.

I'm grateful for my Coptic heritage, especially for the beautiful litanies - ancient Coptic prayers - that I often recite on my own.

While the Christmas Pageant was fun, the description was a little tedious as the litany of family names was recited.

This litany is recited by visitors from Los Angeles and Europe, by dealers with galleries in other parts of Manhattan or in Brooklyn and often by Chelsea dealers themselves.

Kingsnorth, who curiously shares his name with the site of the site of recent Climate Camp protests, recites a familiar litany — we are going to hell in a fossil - fuel - and - capitalism - powered handcart, and the human race is just to stupid to notice or care, and it will be a good thing when billions of us are dead, because those who remain will have learned a lesson.

The rest of the litany of bad acts recited in the indictment are standard cosa nostra fare, according to CNN, ranging from «murder to OxyContin trafficking to defrauding high - end restaurants with inflated invoices for meat orders.»