Sentence examples for overwhelming lie from inspiring English sources

But, in the way it presented the Holocaust, "Life Is Beautiful" was, in fact, an overwhelming lie.

Emmet, the aid worker, at Geneva airport, "after a tough 18 months in the Sudan", sickened "by the beautiful obscenity of stuff", but also feeling "an overwhelming urge to lie down on the clean, perfumed floor"; or more suburban but just as memorable, Constance, "comforted, lying on the trampoline under the stars, with her daughter in her arms".

The result, in those unused to pushing themselves to this point, is cramp, desperation and an overwhelming desire to lie down.

He is austerely charitable, committed to the rigorous politics of international aid and development: "He remembered Geneva airport, a place where he had, after a tough sixteen months in the Sudan, experienced an overwhelming urge to lie down on the clean, perfumed floor".

It was obvious at the outset that Ashley's overwhelming self-interest lay in ensuring the staff scheme operated as an effective motivational tool.

The verdict marks the low point for a once-glittering couple brought down by lies, overwhelming ambition, infidelity and a thirst for revenge that has torn their family apart and is likely to end with both being jailed.

A6 Two Sides to Baghdad's Wall The wall that circles Baghdad's Green Zone is 12 feet high, 10 miles in circumference and dominates the lives of those in its shadow; while some are repelled by its intrusive nature, others are drawn to the overwhelming might that lies just on the other side.

"When the pain is overwhelming, I no longer lie on the couch stewing in anger".

And suddenly you get an urge ― the overwhelming urge ― to lie down and... SLEEP.

If the ala was overwhelming him, Ilija would lie down and sleep, and if he was overpowering her, the clouds would start to dissipate.

Still, overwhelming is overwhelming.