Sentences with phrase «under siege»

In ParaNorman, «a small town comes under siege by zombies.

Director Peter Berg licks the story along at an efficient pace, imparts a powerful sense of a city under siege in the overhead camerawork, and wrings tears in a final reveal involving the actual participants.

According to an ancient tale, there once was a prophet who lived in a city under siege by enemy armies.

At a time when many scientists feel under siege by proponents of intelligent design, the Dalai Lama's championing of science provoked polarized responses.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue, on Friday, said that people of the state live in fear and still under siege of Fulani herdsmen.

But this summer, Valeant came under siege for its aggressive drug - pricing policies, its voracious appetite for acquisitions, its high debt level and its ties to a dubious pharmacy partner.

Apple's lead is now under siege in smartphones from Google's free Android software, already the world's most - used mobile system with 550,000 devices activated every day.

Our constitutionally protected right to due process is again under siege as certain immigrants may not have the opportunity to have their bond case heard by a judge, despite having deeply rooted community ties.

Newark is a town under siege from outsiders ahead of Thursday's by - election for a seat in Parliament.

game review: Earth is under siege again in the second alien invasion game from Pandemic and THQ.

Their location comes under siege when a man known only as the Colonel (Harrelson) and a crew of his soldiers come swooping down hoping for ape genocide.

The movie cuts between these two facets of the same world to present a unified portrait of lives under siege, cutting between interviews with the two men, harrowing portraits of the violent forces in their lives (especially on the Mexican side of the border) and fly - on - the - wall representations of the main figures on the job.

A clever idea gets a healthy workout in this tight, well - acted armrest - gripper about a family under siege from aliens who hunt by sound

This classic RPG title takes place in the world of Moragon, a world currently under siege by demons which has led to war breaking out between the demonic forces...

But, of course, not enough conferencing yet: our beloved publishing industry is still under siege from within and without.

Beast's focus is less on a small, closed - minded community under siege by a murderous stalker than it is on one young woman besieged by her own closed - minded family.

Lawyers feel under siege on all sides, unable to rely on traditional defenses supplied by governing bodies (many of which no longer regulate the market) and bar associations (many of which lose critical masses of members and are too weak to carry out professional advocacy).

As one of the only global capitals not under siege by fascist powers, New York City became a beacon for avant - garde artists from around the world.

OVERVIEW BMW's M3 is under siege like never before in its existence.

L.A. Chicana / o Murals under Siege looks at how Chicana / o murals in the greater Los Angeles area have been contested, challenged, censored and even destroyed.

The game is designed so that players will not be constantly under siege from the enemies.

With war raging and the planet under siege by the armies of greedy Ork warlord Gorgutz, ambitious Eldar seer Macha, and mighty Space Marine commander Gabriel Angelos, supremacy must ultimately be suspended for survival.

«SOUTHAMPTON UNDER SIEGE: THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OF SOUTHAMPTON DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR» continues through December 31, 2016.

Filipe Pina, the producer of the upcoming PS3 game Under Siege at Seed Studios, feels a little bit differently.

He listed the local government areas already under the siege of the invading Fulani herdsmen to include Agatu, Guma, Buruku, Kwande, Logo, Gwer, Gwer - West, Tarka and Makurdi.

I will say this... Hodges» book, The Gospel Under Siege was at one time in my life hugely influential as was The Reign of the Servant Kings.

Dmitri Shostakovich defiantly wrote moving, galvanizing music while under siege in Leningrad, and Anderson grippingly traces not only the life of the daring composer but also the turbulent era of dizzying changes in the USSR.

Walter Baltzer's thriller Family Under Siege stars Mel Harris as Fay Baxter, a mother who must defend her family after they are taken hostage by three bad guys.

Hogwarts Castle is put under siege by Voldemort and his hordes of Death Eaters, and, by the end, it looks like a bombed - out cathedral in the Second World War.

The DLC will feature the new open area Gotham Under Siege, a four - player alert adventure and two new duos.

Restaurant owners who spoke to Fortune stood in solidarity with their immigrant employees who participated in the nationwide «Day Without Immigrants» strike, which organizers hoped would highlight their importance to the American economy and daily life at a time when they feel under siege following the election of President Donald Trump.

A union - driven protectionist bent against foreign carmakers made Detroit in the 1970s and 1980s feel like a keep under siege.

«In a world in which our attention is increasingly under siege, better focus makes it possible get more work done, in less time, at a higher level of quality,» the two write.

For the ancient Hebrew, so often under siege from foreign powers and alicted by apostasy from within, the promise of the Messiah was a hope and joy that sustained him throughout his difficult history.

The gospel is always under siege, particularly at a theological level.

The next time someone chooses to make another house under siege film, let's hope that the director chooses to do what so very few have done before — give us some character development before putting them in front of a loaded pistol.

Already under siege over loose privacy controls and Russian manipulation, Facebook is about to be challenged on another issue: facial recognition.

As the Arctic warms, retreating sea ice is revealing winners and losers in ecosystems under siege.

The molecule appears to be a potent signal broadcast by an immune system under siege.

Critics Consensus: Plunging viewers into the nightmarish hellscape of an apartment complex under siege, [Rec] proves that found footage can still be used as an effective delivery mechanism for sparse, economic horror.

The virus centralizes in the town's elementary school, and quickly the infected students have the teaching staff under siege, acting out deadly revenge fantasies with an eerie sense of childlike glee.

It's a lesson that is obviously universal, but one that can always be reinforced, especially at times when happiness is indeed under siege!

The Lords of Death have returned and with the green, fertile lands of the overworld under siege it's up to you to take the fight beneath the earth.

Falkreath Hold on the other hand, is a township being held under siege by the warlord Domihaus the Bloody - Horned.