Sentence examples similar to prodigal actions from inspiring English sources
By contrast, Balanchine — the most musically revealing of choreographers — offended Prokofiev with his stylized, nonrealistic stage action in "The Prodigal Son" and the music in "Square Dance" that Corelli and Vivaldi had not intended for dancing.
In these actions people exceed and fall short in contrary ways; the prodigal exceeds in spending and falls short in taking, while the mean man exceeds in taking and falls short in spending.
Henri Nouwen, the Dutch priest and spiritual master, wrote in his book "The Prodigal Son" that most of us are like the older brother, despising any forgiving actions.
In Christianity, the main action of the parable is the forgiveness of the father and the redemption of the prodigal son after his years of bad choices and — as put with King Jamesian decorum — "riotous living".
THE PRODIGAL, by Derek Walcott.
Most prodigal and plucky".
6 7 8 PRODIGAL SUMMER, by Barbara Kingsolver.
9 8 5 PRODIGAL SUMMER, by Barbara Kingsolver.
It all seems wildly prodigal.
