Sentence examples for encounter characters from inspiring English sources
On their way, they encounter characters that include dancing flowers, woodland animals and knights in shining armor who appear to be taking their cues from the Rockettes.
It is, rather, an unscrolling human panorama in which we encounter characters like Eddie Alfanta, who celebrates special occasions with his wife by buying lovers for her.
Voyaging through surreal, war-ravaged landscapes, they come across "dead birds draped over tree branches, their outstretched wings black and slick with oil," and encounter characters who paint an indicting portrait of petroleum politics.
AS surely as ravens speak English and perch indoors, the reader of an Edgar Allan Poe poem or story may expect to encounter characters in the grip of extreme experience.
In Smith's "Autograph Man," in Franzen's "Strong Motion," in the otherwise dazzling "Mister Squishy," and, alas, in "The Marriage Plot" itself, we encounter characters too neatly or thinly drawn, too recognizably literary, to confront us with the fact that there are other people besides ourselves in the world, whole mysterious inner universes.
Suffice to say that during his journey back to himself, Frederick will encounter characters with qualities dear to Mankell's heart: an outsider community of musicians, activists and artisan shoemakers squatting in abandoned forest dwellings; a woman who fosters runaway girls, traumatised refugees and asylum seekers.
She encountered characters who "heal quickly, who symbolize an abstract concept, or commit suicide.
Ever since, Nathan has been encountering characters on Roth's behalf.
When, as a child, he encountered characters six feet tall, fuzzy, offering hugs, or flyers, or hot dogs, he had been frightened.
Visitors are given masks and allowed to wander through the 93 obsessively detailed rooms, encountering characters and pivotal scenes along the way.
The narrative follows Mr. Epstein's search for the roots of elite sport performance as he encounters characters and stories so engrossing that readers may not realize they're receiving an advanced course in genetics, physiology and sports medicine.
