Sentences with phrase «such earnestness»

It is difficult to critique this book as it was written in such earnestness and from such a source of pain.

Madison Wolfe is great as the young girl at the center of the haunting, but the film wouldn't work without Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, who play the real - life ghost hunters with such earnestness that it lends credibility to the material.

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Buttressed by such a phalanx of support Leo XIII ended his encyclical with a ringing exhortation, «We exhort you, Venerable Brethren, in all earnestness to restore the golden wisdom of St. Thomas, and to spread it far and wide for the defence and beauty of the Catholic faith, for the good of society, and for the advantage of all the sciences» [6] It was an exhortation that was welcomed and followed by many in the Church so that it has been written «We are accustomed to consider Saint Thomas, Thomism, and Aristotelianism as the predominant points of orientation and the most favourable to the Church.»

I am happy to add that such blatant tendentiousness is relatively rare in the ICEL translation, perhaps because the translators, whatever the earnestness of their political ideals, respect the poetry of Psalms too much, lavishing imaginative energy, despite the lapses, on conveying its vividness in English verse.

But if it is moved any closer to him, so close that it is presented in dead earnestness as a demand upon him, then the self - preservation instinct of the natural life is aroused to such an extent that it becomes a regular fury, as happens through drinking, or as they say, a furor uterinus.

It is indeed earnestness to desire it, but should it not also be earnestness to understand in oneself and in life precisely what is meant by saying that one man accomplishes such an exceptional amount, or that another man seems to accomplish nothing at all.

One man observing Moody in action at this time remarked, «I never saw such high pressure; he made me think of those breathing steamboats on the Mississippi that must go fast or bust: a keen, dark - eyed man with a shrill voice, and a thorough earnestness.»

With an entirely straight face, indeed with moral earnestness, Frank Rich continues in that idealistic vein for which Anna Quindlen was so admired by herself: «Perhaps these drawbacks are still troublesome today, but they are nothing next to such alternatives as unwanted babies or disease.

One who has earnestness and inner spiritual resources can let his soul be lifted by such beauty as is present, get along without what is absent, and avoid confusing aesthetic pleasure with the beauty of holiness.

one may be sure that this will create a tremendous sensation, and give occasion for the writing of folios; for this counterfeit earnestness, which asks whether so - and - so is trustworthy instead of whether the inquirer himself has faith, is an excellent mask for spiritual indolence, and for town gossip on a European scale — if the credibility of such a witness is to have any significance it must be with respect to the historical fact.

Nigeria nipped France for third, causing Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara - Thompson and Mary Onyali to shriek and grab each other in such hysterical earnestness that they almost tore the stretchy green Lycra from their bodies.

For all their earnestness, however, such character - based concerns are given somewhat undue attention by director Feig, who, embracing a less - desirable Apatow - ism, distends his story to the point that its funniness eventually begins to fade.

Those expecting something along the lines of Husson's debut feature «Bang Gang» will be surprised by its old - fashioned earnestness, and to be fair, it's hard not to be intimidated by the burden of representing the extraordinary Kurdish female forces who've been such a crucial element in the fight against ISIS in Iraqi Kurdistan.

The talents of Kelly Macdonald are too great to be held back by such things as she echoes a woman of fortitude and earnestness that livens up the tale.

In fact, arguably a key part of the texture of such movies is the erudite earnestness that peppers the general mayhem.