Sentences with phrase «under the spell of»

During the sentencing phase of Tsarnaev's trial in federal court in Boston, his lawyers have been trying to paint him as a mostly normal American kid who fell under the spell of his now - deceased older brother, ultimately joining him in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon.

Among the victims of this spreading secularism were the mainline Protestant churches, which fell far too easily under the spell of spreading secularism.

Wolfe was criticized before for falling under the spell of his subject in the Muggeridge biography, overinflating Muggeridge's stature as a Christian apologist.

He figured out some important concepts, but he was still under the spell of primitive superst «itions.

Some of us, in a not so dim and distant past fell under the spell of such psuedo - magisterial systems and supposed them to be true and accurate in all things.

Coming back to Harvard in the fall of 1925, he fell under the spell of Pierce and Whitehead and «Husserl almost dropped out of my mind for years (PCC 90).

Solovyev was under the spell of Plato, neoplatonic philosophy, the Christian platonism of St. Augustine, and German classical philosophy.

Orpheus sang... [and] no one under the spell of his voice could refuse him anything.

Though the Catholic church itself eventually failed to realize the truth of its own teaching it had done its job so well that for three centuries after the Reformation Catholic, Protestant and freethinker alike continued to live under the spell of Christendom.

Under the spell of Jesus» friendship, Zacchaeus volunteered to give away much of his wealth.

Under the spell of the religious impulse (and I distinguish religion from faith), holiness is turned into affected unworldliness, exceptional piety, and the assumption of unusual moral rectitude.

Theology is under the spell of psychology, history, and sociology.

To come under the spell of eros is one of the most significant things that can happen to a human being, and we should neither disdain it nor deny its importance.

But the pessimists argue that we are so under the spell of efficiency that we go on creating more of these clockwork systems that force us to comply with their demands.

The human sciences, in spite of some notable exceptions, are still under the spell of this dualistic - materialist way of thinking.

For a time he came under the spell of the enigmatic poet Stefan George, whose writings spoke of a heightened sense of «experience,» through which one perceives the multiple threads of the tapestry of life as a transparent whole.

Maybe they're still under the spell of their parents superstitions and haven't yet learned to think for themselves.

Hostility creates hatred and contempt; the necessity of either killing or being killed obliterates humaneness; and even those who in times of peace have been cosmopolitans, with international interest and goodwill, become under the spell of war intense group - loyalists with no sense of moral obligation to the enemy.

In the early days in Palestine, before outstanding individuals appeared in the prophetic succession, bands of prophets represented the most fanatic patriotism of the Hebrew tribes, and Saul's espousal of his people's cause against their enemies followed his falling under the spell of the prophets» frenzy.

I give thanks today for the ability to think for myself and not be under the spell of religious control!!

They fall under the spell of one or another charismatic rabbi (or «Rebbe»), a phenomenon for which a precedent already existed in the century - old Hasidic communities of Lubavitch, Satmar, Belz and other less well known East - European centers.

Let us imagine Jessie fell under the spell of the coercive eugenicist my wife resisted and agreed to abort her three OI - affected offspring — Lloyd, Mabel, and Cyril — while retaining her firstborn Laura as her sole «genetically pure» child.

So too were the half - hour of meditation and the time of silence which he made the discipline of the entire seminary community: «A unifying arch swung from music and play to quietude and prayer...» Schönherr concludes his brief reflection by admitting to being «under the spell of that man who gave himself so entirely, heart and soul, whether in play or in theological discussion.

«We are under the spell of La Tyre, which combines superb quality fruit, and an expanded frame and a dynamic character: it is a great wine...»

«We are under the spell of La Tyre, which combines superb quality fruit, and an expanded frame and a dynamic character: it is a great wine...» 18.5 points, La Revue du Vin de France, The Best Wines of France 2012.

Once again, I fall under the spell of the savory side.

While stationed in Germany he'd often visit Belgium and France, where he fell under the spell of the country's indigenous beers.

Metropolitan Brewing Krankshaft After a stint studying brewing in Munich, Chicago's DougHurst fell under the spell of lagers, later founding the German - focusedMetropolitan Brewing.

In place of the delirium and ecstasy that he had expected upon returning from Argentina, MacLeod was instead received by just a handful of angered Scots who had fallen heavily under his spell of disillusion.

Wenger's under a spell of ignorance no doubt..

Likewise Balotelli is also under the spell of Raiola, and Raiola loves money.

A piece on how the picturesque town of Dinard has fallen under the spell of Gareth Bale and his Wales team - mates during Euro 2016.

Not a busy night for him yesterday, but I am looking forward to seeing if he falls under the spell of inconsistency that has plagued his predecessors.

Lots of other mamas have fallen under the spell of the short and sweet name in recent decades.

Every nation with nuclear capabilities, even with nuclear capability only to create electrical energy, as Iran claims its desire is, must be under the spell of the International Atomic Energy inspection program.

It's unfortunate that we remain largely under the spell of «nuclear riding to the rescue» in the UK.

Trust nobody really trusted Miliband, none of the working poor were falling under the spell of Reeves a Progress right wing Drone who would be home in the third Reich, never mind the third way.

Cuomo and his administration fell under the spell of Elon Musk, one of Silicon Valley's flashiest showmen, when the state, which had dedicated $ 225 million from Buffalo Billion to build a solar panel factory in Riverbend for Silveo, increased that commitment to a whopping $ 750 million after Musk's SolarCity bought Silveo.

Even the most unruly hair can fall under the spell of a proper boar - bristled brush.

When these granular particles are left on a vibrating solid surface, they are not only subject to random vibrations, they are also under the spell of solid friction forces, like the force a dry floor would exert on a brick in contact with that floor.

Normally, these atoms would repel each other when they collide, but under the spell of the laser (aka magic wand), they instead begin to be attracted to each other.

Psychotherapist Dr Roberta Temes says you will not get stuck in a trance or embarrass yourself while under the spell of a cruel master.

Under the spell of this intuitive sign, we'd all do well to hand the metaphorical reins to the universe — which perhaps has a better plan than whatever our mortal minds can concoct.

I've fallen under the spell of the idea that because something is more expensive and has a brand name, it automatically makes it better, this product just proved me wrong.

What's perhaps most amazing about E.T., what distinguishes it from many of the other fantasy films of its era, is its ability to put an audience under a spell of childlike wonderment without infantilizing it.

Hank collaborates on a musical with a rock star while taking up with his beautiful muse; Charlie and Stu compete for Marcy; Marcy falls under the spell of a radical feminist; Becca drops out of college to become a writer.

Vanessa Ives and her allies find themselves locked in epic battle against an unholy evil; Sir Malcolm falls under the spell of a bewitching temptress; Ethan's big secret becomes known as his past comes back to haunt him.

Hank's first day as Lew Ashby's biographer is complicated when a hooker acquainted with both men claims that Hank is better in bed; Karen comes under the spell of a self - help guru; Charlie pitches himself as agent to a porn actress.

Keitel's key role in the secret rearmament of the Reichswehr to theapocalyptic plans for massive use of nerve gas during the last weeks of the war arepresented as stages in a military career caught under the spell of the dictator.

It's the 3 - D animation, under the spell of director Jennifer Yuh Nelson, that's such a surprise.