Sentence examples for existential troubles from inspiring English sources

The second disc turns inward, with longer, quieter songs that meditate over private and existential troubles, along with a few references to Christmas.

Unfortunately, the dinosaur's resurrection as a credible top-half-of-the-table contender run did nothing to affect the cautious general mood in the city in relation to the Olympics poll, as big, international dreams are expressly "not allowed at the new HSV" (Morgenpost) either: the existential troubles of yesteryear are still too present for anyone to take any flights of fancy.

An enjoyable early scene between Coulson and May alluded to their past adventures, dropped a hint about Coulson's existential troubles – "I just have a little extra energy to burn" – and provided the episode's obligatory shot of SHIELD's own-brand bottled water.

Oil consumption also presented an existential problem.

But when the criterion is applied to false existential sentences, trouble immediately arises.

Reviewing his collection "The Voice at 3 00 A.M". (Harcourt) for The New York Times Book Review in 2003, David Orr said Mr. Simic was "a surrealist with a purpose: the disconcerting shifts and sinister imagery that characterize his work are always intended to suggest — however obliquely — the existential questions that trouble our day-to-day lives".

"What's that?" Labour has endured crises, but this kind of profound estrangement is why its post-election troubles feel existential.

But Rosen sees the debate between Fukuyama and his onetime allies as more fundamental than a mere tactical skirmish over the best ways to fight terrorism and promote democracy: For Fukuyama, the challenge posed by Osama bin Laden's brand of radicalism is simply not that serious — not, in his carefully chosen word, the sort of "existential" threat that should trouble our sleep.

In Derry, the city where the Northern Ireland Troubles began, an existential battle is under way as the party born out of the civil rights movement struggles for survival.

She knows what she wants and is not unduly troubled by the existential crisis of immortality; neither is she the heroic underdog of Let the Right One In (2008).

"They are today troubled by a range of existential doubts.