Sentences with phrase «sobering moment»

And there are sobering moments of significant contemplation, such as the dire consequences of reporting regarding the fate of a man Kim specifically references in her first segment (a detail which seems horribly illogical in the first place) but these are followed by bits of absurdity, such as Kim becoming the conduit for a group of Afghan women who keep blowing up a well the marines keep digging for their benefit (shades of Fernando Leon de Aranoa's A Perfect Day here).

It's an iconic and sobering moment for comic book fans, who saw a villain actually capable of winning.

Peter, however, in one of the more sobering moments in Acts, dispels the notion of a giddy high tide of spiritual excess by quoting the prophet Joel, who proclaims that God will pour out his Spirit upon all flesh, yielding prophecy, visions and dreams — and then proclaims that all this is God's own word:

Yet another reaction took place in more sober moments as people of faith watched the giddy celebrations with a tangled mix of emotions.

One of the most sobering moments during my 2007 assignment was when Mr. Snow opened the lid to a freezer in his laboratory that contained plastic bags full of the stomach contents from the small fraction of pythons they had been able to catch.

For me, as a historical filmmaker, as it is for many of us, this is a real sobering moment.

«That was an extremely sobering moment,» he recalls of those crucial minutes.

Every Brilliant Thing recounts a life lived in the shadow of suicide, balancing sobering moments with laughter.

Still, what'll probably stick with you longer than any witty one - liners are sobering moments like a weeping private's heartfelt reflections on his service and a comic's visit to an infirmary to chat with wounded warriors.

After arriving, all four share the film's most sobering moment, represented by a wordless 360 - degree pan that cuts to what film critic Matt Zoller Seitz calls the «Dream Train» sequence, Anderson's vintage doll - house tracking shot that shows every other character from the film in their own, interconnected faux passenger car.

In one of Messiah Complex's more sober moments, Brand points out that while it would cost # 50bn to eradicate global poverty, the super-rich have # 21 trillion sitting in offshore accounts (a culture like that, he argues, needs another Malcolm X).

«This is a real sobering moment.

It was a sobering moment in the career of a woman who during 12 years in power became a symbol of stability, leading the euro zone during the debt crisis and seeking compromise within the European Union on a deal with Turkey to stem migrant arrivals.

It was a sobering moment.

Which brings us back to the locker room, where DeLuca's secret has brought a sobering moment to the postgame party.

Some people can't help but tell it like it is, and in a sobering moment of honesty, their words just gush right out.

«During this sober moment of tragedy and horror, Nigeria wishes to re-affirm its continued solidarity with the government and good people of the U.S.» (NAN)

It was therefore a sobering moment for the solar industry worldwide when the election of a conservative government in 2011 brought an abrupt halt to subsidies for renewables across the board.

But when I go in, it is a sobering moment when youre waiting for the results.

Stop to consider this fact for a sobering moment or two.

Catharsis for these girls comes not from the sweet release of death, but from those sobering moments when they finally allow themselves to cry.

To get them all done, she enlists her drug - and alcohol - addicted father, Henry (Malcolm McDowell), who devotes most of his sober moments to spouting verse that rhymes with «ring - dang - do,» and her mother, Minerva (Cathy Moriarty), an addicted gambler who's trying to earn enough money to pay off her bookie («Gong Show» emcee Chuck Barris) without having to sleep with him.

Funnyman Steve Carell had a sobering moment on the set of new film Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World - his real wife left him.The 40 Year Old...

It was a sobering moment, especially for a teacher like myself whose students are classified as emotionally and learning - disabled, and whose behaviors have been determined to be so severe — fueled by anger, depression, violence, anxiety, and / or impulse control — they must be isolated in self - contained classrooms.

It was a sobering moment for me because that's when I knew that our son would most definitely join the military one day.

Away from the regular posting schedule I found the time to write some Jerry McGuire The Things We Think and Do Not Say treatises, quickly consigning most of them to trash so that they couldn't come back to haunt me at a later, more lucid and, perhaps, sober moment (I did say the holiday was good to me).

In one sobering moment, a man in the midst of the crush turns his eyes directly at the viewer, and in that instant, everything changes.

It was a sobering moment, and one I'll never forget.»

In a sober moment of reflection, after more than two hours of mostly hysterical laughter, she suggested we answer two questions: «When you go to work every day, is that where you want to be?»

A sobering moment came when Mobile Man said Husband would have to sign the form for me to get a phone.