Sentences with phrase «sheer joy as»

One moment we'd be experiencing sheer joy as we rocketed through turn after turn of a winding mountain road, and in the next moment we'd be raging against Mini's interior designers over the oddball placement of the cabin controls.

«It is a pleasure and sheer joy as a teacher and researcher for three decades in the Harvard University learning environment to hear one's peers locally and nationally say, «Well done, good and faithful scholar,»» Willie said.

One is of sheer joy as your Jurassic Park loving soul gets to watch another dino - packed movie that's clearly spared no expense, and the other is feeling that it might be the most ridiculous thing you've ever seen.

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To me that was a heartbreaking picture, of course, but it was also an image of something amazing and glorious: the sheer ecstasy of innocence, the happiness of a child who can dance amid despair and desolation because her joy came with her into the world and prompts her to dance as if she were in the midst of paradise.

In unclouded joy, and in sheer sorrow, there remains always, as an experience, the presence and support of Christ - communally in the Church, personally in the individual life: «my peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, do I give to you».

The peace, the joy, and the sheer delight of pastors who are faithful to their calling is not the product of a successful ministry as it is usually defined by denominational leaders anxious to perpetuate their own power and position.

But there was a reality behind all the pictures and images — and that reality was life in God, with all the saints, where suffering and pain would be no more and where all the anguish of this mortal life would be absent entirely, being replaced by sheer joy such as that of the angels themselves.

There is the sheer giving and ecstatic happiness in being possessed by everlasting love, and concomitantly with this and fusing with it is the joy of possessing God as He is by means of the beatific vision.36

The great thing about football is there are so many leagues and teams and quality available, if your team is in the crapper at the moment (as Arsenal seems to be) you can still take joy in watching the sheer artistry of say Real vs. Barca even as a neutral or supporting a team in another league or rooting for your league teams against the European giants.

The joy that comes along with having a newborn is indescribable — as is the sheer exhaustion!

I believe firmly that we don't have children for the sheer joy of having tiny babies and kids around, we have children for the honor of assisting them as they grow towards adulthood.

So you are just as likely to read a story of when mishap and mayhem won the day, as you are to read about the sheer joy of traveling as a family.

Whether describing a «riot» of grasshoppers as «a bristling carpet of wings and legs,» explaining why insects often show up in hallucinations or tracking creepy - crawly cultural attitudes, Lockwood weaves science, history and the sheer joy of sharing knowledge into a book that's hard to put down.

A sense of sheer joy is coupled with the ever - present danger posed by predators in a less - colourful, but no less spectacular, image of spirited gelada baboons as the sun sets on the Ethiopian Highlands [Additional file 3].

Much as my face bears testament to my years, my clothes will hopefully reflect the sense of sheer joy that can be derived from putting together a fab outfit.

For some reasons such as sheer joy, beauty or awe of the person you are couples dating.

Born out of the Great Depression, swing dancing elevates the human spirit beyond one's circumstances as dancers can move to the beat for the sheer joy of it and disappear into something bigger, something dazzling, a space without a critic or a judge or an analyst.

The game is much better suited being played stealthily, however the sheer variety of ways to kill people makes it a joy to play as an evil bastard.

But to be sniffy over minor issues is to miss the sheer joy of carrying a gargantuan head to its destination as all the while it tries to kill you.

Loosely based on the classic arcade game of the late 1980s where players control giant animal monsters levelling a city for the sheer joy of it, the film lacks the immersive thrill as it is no fun being a mere spectator.

It is sheer unadulterated joy to watch everything fall into place, as so occurs with The Nice Guys.

But it was the sheer thematic joy with which Margeson and Jackman wore their John Barry suits that made the first «Secret Service» into a joygasm of lush, 007 - tailored excitement as it breathlessly took down a magnate with dreams of apocalyptic grandeur.

«I would like to express my sheer excitement, joy and, yes, a little anxiety in taking over as President of MSA,» Wheeler said in her latest e-newsletter titled Maintaining the Momentum.

Also, there's no denying the gloriousness of a naturally aspirated V - 12 — the smoothness, the musical whine as it revs, the sheer joy that comes from lifting the hood and just looking at that magnificent piece of mechanical artistry.

If a writer is publishing for the sheer joy of it, Kindle is still a much better option that gives an author the opportunity to reach just as many readers.

It's rare that an author actually lets you know that they've added and changed material from the weekly magazine version, but Mashima is proud to point out that he was able to expand the celebration in Chapter 128, and rightly so — it really helps to show the sheer joy and happiness that the town is seeing, as well as the somewhat melancholy departure of Laxus.

But the sheer joy of stalking your enemies, sweeping between gargoyles, and snatching thugs into the darkness makes you feel as cool as the Dark Knight himself.

Yes, the flaws are still present and you might find the match dragging as people struggle to invade worlds, but the sheer joy of watching huge armies collide makes it worth while.

The sheer joy I had playing through this game means for me, it has to be up as a contender for game of the year.

Combine the sheer joy of Bayonetta's playability and pair it with the most outlandish action scenarios imaginable, and you have one of the best action games in recent memory, as well as one of 2014's best games.

Honestly, the sheer joy of making outshines the act of playing the pre-made or user created levels, which I can not say the same about other creation games such as littlebigplanet or modnation racers!

The beautiful music accompanied with the sheer joy on Kratos» face as he holds his daughter showed a side of him that has not been seen before.

All of these are ultimately small complaints, however, as the sheer fun and originality of Blast Corps elevate it to being one of those rare Nintendo 64 titles that's a pure joy to revisit.

What began as a natural integration of my sociopolitical beliefs with a sheer joy of art - making, has since developed into a full - fledged artistic praxis by which I integrate the human realm I come in contact with in the course of my travels - its individuals, cultures, and struggles - with its refuse, in order to comment on and participate in the issues I feel most passionate about.

As one last puzzle, one could call Johns's repetition a dogged determination in the face of death, Freud's «repetition compulsion,» the fate of art, or sheer joy.

She stands out among contemporary painters as one who created great loveliness on canvas with imagination and a fineness of sheer painting quality which is a joy to study.

Art and design begin as the same twinkle of light, the same blast of driven enthusiasm and the same sheer joy.

Mr. Kertess says it himself in the catalogue: «An acknowledgment of sensuousness is indispensable,» he writes, «whether as play or sheer joy or the kind of subversity that has us reaching for a rose and grabbing a thorn.

I vividly recall hearing stories, as a child, about the sheer joy and happiness when the controls were lifted and kitchens could be filled with prewar staples and goodies, many of which not seen for many years.