Sentence examples for like a reckoning from inspiring English sources

"That 1967 thing was like a reckoning.

"Nothing but the Truth" has nothing much at all to do with the historical record, which wouldn't be bad if it offered something persuasive and worthwhile in return, like a reckoning of journalism and its abuses.

Though he has been self-effacing before (he quietly released two albums during his retreat from the spotlight, "Born and Raised" and "Paradise Valley," both of which contained mea culpas of a sort), his new songs feel like a reckoning.

It had all the makings of an electric sequel to the stark Nebraska, but the songs rarely sounded like a reckoning.

The Daily Telegraph comment is: "Why does the BBC need to have such an all-encompassing digital news operation in competition with newspapers?" It adds the Mr Whittingdale announcement "was billed in some quarters as David Cameron 'declaring war on the BBC'; and there are certainly many Conservatives who would like to see a reckoning for what they regard as a pro-Labour slant".

The country was in the middle of the Me Too moment, when powerful men like Harvey Weinstein and Matt Lauer were facing a reckoning for their years of abuse, and more women were feeling emboldened to speak up.

This instalment feels like a final reckoning or conscience-clearing in the face of Miss R's stern idealism.

Our movie culture, at times, seems like a perpetual reckoning with the excesses of men — not to mention the underutilization of women, especially behind the camera.

"I feel like the 2016 election was a reckoning for journalism," Hepola wrote to me.

So in an eerie echo of the mortgage crisis, tens of thousands of people like Ms. Munna are facing a reckoning.

Those blueprints are also a kind of map, almost a palm-reading sort of fate that ultimately draws Charlie away from his city life and toward what feels like an inescapable reckoning.