Sentence examples for bent nature from inspiring English sources

Finally, to artists of a mystical bent, nature was a living thing, sensient and responsive.

Having bent nature to our will in the past, we are confident that we can do so again in the future.

The bent nature of the repetitive region may form a solenoid structure that intertwines the maxicircles within this central core.

What is "the good life" toward which man has, sup posedly, been bending nature to fit his desires?

It was a heady vision, and it gave rise to the notion that, through science and technology, humankind could bend nature to its wishes.

This is the principle of agroecology: to make agriculture work like nature, rather than trying to bend nature to the demands of agriculture.

Tours also offer an opportunity to see how other people bend nature to their will, especially when money is no object.

"Ahab tries to bend nature to his will," said Mr. Simmons, eating a soy burger at the Island Cafe, facing the boatyard.

To those who would bend nature, there are many cautionary tales, including the Soviet-orchestrated drying up of the Aral Sea, an environmental catastrophe.

Nature does not sing in C major; but composers of the 18th and 19th centuries tended to bend nature's sounds into shapes that fit their sonatas and symphonies.

This is because the Americans had on their side awesome superhero Dr Manhattan (Billy Crudup), a flaming-blue colossus with Blakean musculature and godlike powers to bend nature to his will.