Sentences with phrase «to reach for the sky»

Virtually the only requirement for an 18 - footer is that it be no longer than 18 feet, so designers have reached for the sky with masts as tall as 40 feet.

Yet «The Wind Rises» bests even that seminal work by reaching for the skies in more ways than one: It's simultaneously a celebration of creativity and a cautionary tale about the dangers of a world with the ability to take advantage of it.

Like each Prime Minister since, she failed to connect with those below, and so reached for the skies for help.

Jesus Christ is the Master who can comfort and strengthen a man, a laborer and working man whose life is hard — because he is the great man of sorrows who knows our ills... and God wills that in imitation of Christ, man should live humbly and go through life not reaching for the sky, but adapting himself to the earth below, learning from the Gospel to be meek and simple of heart.

All that is left are some rusted tomato cages in a tangled heap and the remants of last summer's okra plants sticking out of the ground like a shriveled hand reaching for the sky.

Beckoning us to come outdoors, breathe the fresh clean air, see the spring bulbs poking their brave heads up, reaching for the sky only to tempestuously change her mind in a fit of rain - shower rage and send us back indoors scrambling to keep dry.

Without the support of his teacher, Miss Riley, Homer Hickam would not have continued his literal and figurative reach for the sky.

It delayed downchanges until the road speed had dropped sufficiently to avoid the revs reaching for the sky, but always provided that lower gear eventually, without prompting from the driver.

Rather than the back of an airline seat or endless, identical rest stops on the interstate, I saw farmhouses in the middle of protective stands of trees, silos reaching for the sky, barns faded to the soft red of tomato soup.

, Economics 101 will tell you that the marginal buyer sets the price; and, if you introduce a wave of new buyers on an already tight market, prices will soon reach for the sky as the demand curve shifts even slightly to the right.»

Lizards warm themselves on gigantic granite boulders, Jackrabbits and deer make their homes amid the desert landscape, towering saguaro cacti reach for the sky, and the sun's rays encourage wildflowers to bloom in vivid shades of magenta, gold and lavender.

This huge stone pyramid reaching for sky was built as a symbol of power and where the gruesome gifts to the Gods were given.

Before long you've got an elaborate structure reaching for the sky, with several displays of physics - defying placement.

di Suvero, whose own timbers so often reach for the sky, also played a part in the original tower, erected in Los Angeles as a protest against the Vietnam War.

I tend to remember the buildings as hulking and windowless, but they also reach for the sky and bend to the ground, and so do the trees.

Herbs such as rosemary and fennel reach for the sky, while salad crops stay low and neat.

And, remember when our basic instinct was to stretch - reaching for the sky with extended arms, along with a big yawn before getting out of bed?

Push the clouds aside, let the golden sunshine in, reach for the sky and keep your eye on the prize.

a frantic air traffic controller ordered the commuter pilot while instructing the DC - 9 to reach for the sky.

Make your lower body — from your pelvis to your feet — very heavy and grounded, and from that grounding, let the upper body — from the waist up to the fingertips — rise up and reach for the sky.

About Blog Together we can reach for the sky to achieve our dreams.

Our admittedly clumsy name for the campaign was «A Puppy Store Free L.A.» With a national rollout name of «A Puppy Store Free America,» we were reaching for the sky.

So does Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. — which for the purposes of saving our fingers will be simply called HAWX from now on — reach for the sky?

And then I can always cross the street or return to the East River to reach for the sky.

A retrospective has her reaching for the sky.

To illuminate that perspective, Birmingham cites the contrast in the presentation of tree bark between Linda Brooks Hirschman's wool felt «bark» in Tree Skins: Chopped, Strangled, Burnt, the textured close - up abstract tree bark patterns of Jane Soodalter's photographs, and Jennifer Weigel's worm's - eye view photograph, gazing up the tree in Reaching for the Sky.

While investment in infrastructure in America disappears, in China they are reaching for the sky with Zeppelins and building hangars to house them.

There are at least 60 different species of trees; green things thrive and reach for the sky, the air is thick with the raspy harmonics of cicada, and creatures from elephants to leopards and tigers roam freely in this newfound expanse of Eden.

Bitcoin's price has broken through the $ 10k price barrier and is reaching for the skies.

Recognition is about separating the talented from the run of the mill and inspiring professionals to reach for the sky.

About Blog Together we can reach for the sky to achieve our dreams.

About Blog Together we can reach for the sky to achieve our dreams.

I bought a little jug of some kind of generic Wal - Mart grass seed and watered it until it had no choice other than to sprout and reach for the sky.

When I look at it I see new blossoms growing and spreading and reaching for the sky.