Sentence examples for Flicker of humanity from inspiring English sources
Addled by booze, disappointment and heavens knows what else, his character has barely a flicker of humanity: his sole purpose seems to be terrorising his family.
She manages to capture a tiny flicker of humanity (although it truly is tiny) in Helene's icicle-infested heart: she's gorgeous and venal and utterly ruthless.
It's not a shock to me," he said, adding, "And, you know, in my time with Koehler, in my office, I did see a flicker of humanity.
Alana – with a slight shake in her voice and a flicker of humanity in her eyes – will be this year's "it is with regret" candidate.
The playwright's great accomplishment is to make us care about them nonetheless; it's that last flickering spark of humanity that makes them so funny and so sad.
By G. Lieberson and Burton Bernstein The New Yorker, May 9 , 1959P. 36 A world-weary father we know reports he's seen a flicker of hope for humanity in a conversation he had with his son, a model student at the Dalton School, about the art of war.
The New Yorker, May 9 , 1959P. 36 A world-weary father we know reports he's seen a flicker of hope for humanity in a conversation he had with his son, a model student at the Dalton School, about the art of war.
This derived from a sense not of proportion but of profound chaos, a welter in which his own lucky little order appeared miraculous but inconsequential; and from a revelation, nearly religious, that the colossal scale of evil could only be matched or countered by some solitary flicker of intense and private humanity.
That some measure of humanity still flickers in this cruel landscape makes the film that much more devastating.
Grim, but a vague flicker of hope in such a sunless area of humanity.
But though he radiates the requisite menacing efficiency during the action scenes, he lacks that flicker of life, heart, humor and basic humanity that not only separates a hero-warrior from a soulless gun-for-hire but also makes him worth watching for the rest of the season.
