Sentence examples for by passages of from inspiring English sources

Bursts of activity are followed by passages of bleak indecision.

Leavened as it is by passages of great sympathy, the orchestra part as a whole seems almost hostile.

It is a disquieting, demanding play in which long monologues are interrupted by passages of highly sexual action.

In "Confessions," the many passages of boasting are more than matched by passages of the most savage self-contempt.

He's considering doing a book in which poems, like pages of the Talmud, are surrounded by passages of interpretation.

Sylvan's rendition of "Winterreise" was very austere, with the velvety smoothness of his baritone supplemented by passages of conversational roughness.

Was that a reflection of investor confidence being renewed by passage of Sarbanes-Oxley?

It does not become righteous or right by passage of time or even acquiescence".

Mrs. Obama said she was thrilled by passage of what she described as a groundbreaking piece of legislation.

As the year ended, environmentalists were encouraged by passage of the 35-mile-a-gallon fuel-economy standard by Congress, the first CAFE increases in three decades.

The flying public should be heartened by passage of this legislation on the eve of the busy holiday season, although it will take time to fully carry out.