Sentence examples for breathtaking event from inspiring English sources

When you abate your breath, you hold it in anticipation of some breathtaking event.

STILL THE MOST breathtaking event at the Winter Games, ski jumping has been dominated by the Nordic nations since a Norwegian daredevil by the name of Sondre Nordheim became the first measured ski jumper in 1860.

The previous weekend's Indianapolis 500 had, according to an agency report, been "a breathtaking event, the kind that's certain to be talked about through the years", and provided a boost to the series, with the race receiving its highest Nielsen rating since 2008.

It's in the spirit of that thought that I want to describe one fleeting moment from the memorial; one of the most subtle but breathtaking events I've ever witnessed.

People interviewed across four states said that at a time when the world seems to stagger from one breathtaking news event to another — rolling turmoil across the Middle East, economic troubles at home, disaster upon disaster in Japan — the airstrikes on military targets in Libya can feel like one crisis too many.

Christiaan van Heijst and Daan Krans run the photography firm Amazing-Aviation, and have captured some amazing photos from the cockpit of planes of some of the most breathtaking weather events on earth.

In 2013, Studio Mr. White and minus5architects created a breathtaking 3D mapping event during which they projected the history of Byblos onto the harbor's old tower walls.

I have tried to go beyond the breathtaking rush of events, the terror and the cruelty and the heroism, to get to the doubts and flashes of understanding which some of them had now and then, none more so than John Low, the family patriarch, who was famous for his love of native rule; yet who helped to depose three rajas and was ultimately blamed for the outbreak of the Great Mutiny.

Breathtaking as these events are, they're caused by very different dynamics than your standard earthquakes, which occur suddenly after stresses building in the ground finally release.

Although I missed the first 10 minutes of the film, the buzz of the whole event was breathtaking.

Having to choose from a breathtaking array of cultural events in the world's biggest arts festival can hardly be considered a circle of hell, but if you're prone to option paralysis, the Fringe brochure is 300 pages of at least mild torture.