Sentence examples for extraordinary past from inspiring English sources

Bloom's desire to bring Lillian's extraordinary past into the present (and, indeed, the present tense) can be too urgent and portentous.

The work is gently delirious in its mix of personal and political, factual and metaphorical, mundane and extraordinary, past and present.

Like Britain, this is a country mulling its extraordinary past, current place in the world, and what the future may bring.

For my companion's benefit, Mischa sketched his extraordinary past: his childhood in Ukraine; his family's flight during the Russian Revolution; his early years in New York, when Harold Ross and William Randolph Hearst vied for his work.

It has an extraordinary past – neolithic settlement, Roman fortress, medieval walled town; a Georgian spa period which saw it rival Bath and Brighton; the glamorous age of the liner which saw virtually every celebrity of the first half of the 20th century pass through its port; and a pivotal role in both world wars.

The first book, "Listen Up!," is about "life lessons learned during her incredibly varied and long career in Hollywood, with an emphasis on the extraordinary past 15 years of the star's life," according to a statement, and is scheduled for release in spring 2011.

DALY--Nora, 85, an extraordinary lady, past away peacefully on February 16, 2008 in Dublin, Ireland.

AT night, from atop the Reichstag, Berlin provides only fleeting glimpses of its extraordinary, divided past.

Actor and subject enjoyed an extraordinary symbiotic past, both men having found celebrity with The Naked Civil Servant.

Thus, for my purposes, it was instructive to learn that Crimea — still home to a small Jewish community — claims an extraordinary Jewish past.

We are the sleepers, somnambulating past extraordinary things, So, sleepers, awake.