Sentence examples for Tides of time from inspiring English sources

Every linguist and language maven knows that transliterations shift with the tides of time and opinion.

More recently, with the advent of the multidisciplinary SummerScape festival, Bard has become a haven for important operas, some of them popular hits in their day, which for whatever reason fell victim to the shifting tides of time and taste.

Thus the tides of time to turn backward and the heathen to humble, his hope urged him, that with harrying ships they should hunt no more on the shining shores and shallow waters of South Britain, booty seeking".

The age-defying facelift, which surgically removes excess tissue and lifts sagging skin in the lower part of the face, is one way to try to stem the tides of time.

When Arthur gets word from home that Mordred has betrayed him, seeking to seize both his kingdom and his queen, he sits silently and reflects: Now from hope's summit headlong falling his heart foreboded that his house was doomed, the ancient world to its end falling, and the tides of time turned against him.

Much of what they did has withstood the tides of time, because for the last 174 years, the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec has dedicated itself to preserving the memories and achievements of the early settlers of one of North America's oldest cities.

The tide of time rolls on, irreversible and unfair.

What is time but the passing of sensation...and what sensation can stem the tide of time?

The speaker referred to President Wilson as "the greatest Democrat in the tide of time". General Tyson, he said, was a first citizen in the time of peace, but was not afraid to respond to the summons for war.

I happened to be in Iceland, at the very top of Europe, when it happened, which was, by a variety of improbabilities, a good place to witness the tide of time suddenly reversed.

That's a nice turn of phrase, but one might also say that he represented the desire for — not the reality of — a free, expressive, creative style of playing, a collective wish to stem the tide of time and return to an era when classical music mattered more.