Sentence examples for minor detonations from inspiring English sources

Over 150 minutes, Desplechin gathers a sprawling family under one roof and watches as their rivalries and conflicts pop off in minor detonations, all while keeping an eye on a complex family dynamic.

Verdi's "Otello" begins with a rumbling six-note dissonance; Strauss's "Elektra" with a souped-up D-minor detonation; Alban Berg's "Lulu" with a sharply stabbing figure that foreshadows the heroine's fate.

Some are heavily armored trucks that ride roughshod over mines withstanding most of the anti-personnel detonations with only minor and largely reparable damage.

The blast would release minimal heat, and fallout would be minor, especially considering that lava flowing into the blast craters would bury any fission products remaining after detonation.

Nonetheless, there appears to be some minor decreasing trend with increasing tube diameter (i.e., D ⩾ 12.7 mm), or with increasing detonation instability of the explosive mixture.

However, the detonations continued.

We squinted against the radiant detonations.

It was followed by six rapid detonations.

Bollwage said to expect more detonations.

Detonations were heard in the distance.

Two detonations last year helped clarify the picture.