Sentence examples for against a scene from inspiring English sources

In one, she held up a large white number against a scene of waves breaking on the Pacific coast.

And once again, much as he was by Helen Mirren in "The Queen," the likable, watchable Mr. Sheen has been pitted against a scene-stealer who, if not carefully tethered, will devour the screen by the greedy mouthful.

Mr. Horn, who was 13 when the movie was made, is an attractively real-looking boy with an impish smile and a natural-feeling directness, and he holds his own just fine, even against a scene-stealer like Mr. von Sydow.

"Mr. Horn, who was 13 when the movie was made, is an attractively real-looking boy, with an impish smile and a natural-feeling directness, and he holds his own just fine, even against a scene-stealer like Mr. von Sydow," Manohla Dargis wrote in The Times.

English pikemen gird for battle, at left, in the 17th-century civil war that pitted Parliament against the Crown, a scene from the eight-part series "War and Civilization," which begins Sunday night at 9 on the Learning Channel.

Frank and Vinci police detective Ray Velcoro Colin Farrelll) went on a rampage against villains -- a scene reminiscent of a mediocre action film. .

On Feb. 28, 1863, Vance wrote to Confederate Secretary of War James Seddon, urging him to take action against Keith for perpetrating "a scene of horror disgraceful to civilization".

One of the virtues of Kirkery is the brio, oddly unjealous, with which he squares off against other actors; stealing a scene, perhaps, but always content to share the loot.

Unarmed Christian monks bear the brunt of the first contact, and they don't fare so well against the warlike Vikings, a scene that, by the way, serves as a metaphor for the difference between this mini-series and another, "The Bible," that History also rolls out on Sunday.

I also like Michael Bay's technique of shooting a scene against the background light.

Our main defense against terror is literally a scene from Team America: World Police.