Sentence examples for for a fistful of from inspiring English sources
I barter for a fistful of twisted red corni: good-luck charms to ward off the evil eye.
For generations, Mexico regarded people who left for the United States as turncoats who would sell their patrimony for a fistful of dollars.
The Daily Mail headline is not atypical: "Greedy and needy, the Duchess has blown any chance of future happiness for a fistful of dollars".
An Afghan literature professor, he added, said Paramount was "willing to burn an already scorched nation for a fistful of dollars".
At an open-air market in Pristina, the concrete jungle from which the UN struggles to administer Kosovo, a load of sand changes hands for a fistful of crisp euro notes.
Of course, Yojimbo was the source for Leone's A Fistful of Dollars and countless other spaghetti westerns.
For the 1969 rerelease of "A Fistful of Dollars," Michelangelo Papuzza (known later for his "Star Wars" posters) captured in dramatic high contrast the ponchoed superhero every fan recognizes.
This year, they have featured an evening of musical comedy and a concert by an Australian group, the Spaghetti Western Orchestra, playing Ennio Morricone's scores for films like "A Fistful of Dollars" with instruments including asthma inhalers and cereal packets.
"IL DUCE, WO IST MEIN KAISER?" -- In 1946, a young German screenwriter named Heinz Beitchman leaves Heidelberg for Hollywood with a fistful of pfennigs and a head full of dreams.
Given such realities, Steve Schober, an industrial designer at Maytag for 25 years, with a fistful of patents to his credit, applied to Whirlpool's research department in Benton Harbor, Mich., and was turned down, partly because he acknowledged in a job interview that he was unhappy about moving his family from Newton.
