Sentences with phrase «startling events»

Then, startling events unfold.

Far more serious than any of the startling events of the decade was the massive erosion of the legitimacy of American institutions — business, government, education, the churches, the family — that set in, particularly among young people, and that continues, if public opinion polls are to be believed, in the 1970s even when overt protest has become less frequent.

Let us not concern ourselves about how this startling event has been smothered in decoration, blunted by overfamiliarity, or overlaid by merely secondary considerations.

Startling events, real and imagined, ensue.

If the subject matter is somehow not enough to grab your attention, the startling event that occurs 5 minutes in will surely leave you shaken.

Million Dollar Baby is about boxing, determination, regret, and much more that the characters experience as they make an unexpected journey through the ranks of female boxing to a startling event that changes their lives.

Sommers concludes with a fascinating discussion of a book, Between Mothers and Sons (Patricia Stevens, ed., Scribner, 1999), about «feminist mothers coping with an unforeseen and startling event — the birth of a son.»

Startling events, such as loud noises, unexpected movements, and being chased can be frightening and cause short - term anxieties.

Through cross examination and closing argument, I painted a picture of my client as a man who had received his just desserts — in the form of crash that totalled his car — as a result of driving too fast on a slick highway, but who had not been proven beyond a reasonable doubt of driving under the influence of alcohol, where his head was clear but his body was wobbly from the startling event of this serious collision.

Even real victims can end up misidentifying their assailants, particularly in the midst of and aftermath of the startling event, pain and medical attention over their injuries.