Sentence examples for reflection on the workings from inspiring English sources

But Schamus has abandoned the novel's central conceit that Marcus is telling his story from a morphine haze that he mistakes for the afterlife, and is offering his experience as a reflection on the workings of fate, "the terrible, the incomprehensible way one's most banal, incidental, even comical choices achieve the most disproportionate result".

Lerner has forgotten everything about that day of escape, but in one of her few reflections on the subterranean workings of memory she acknowledges a recurrent nightmare: a crucial journey endlessly impeded or prevented through the malice of strangers and circumstance.

Let's not spend more time than we have to on the internal workings.

The emphasis is on the workings of U.S. governmental agencies.

These scores shed new light on the workings of Congress.

Buscetta was the first to provide detailed information on the workings and plans of the Mafia.

In theory, the kansayaku keep an independent eye on the workings of a board.

But phones are letting sunlight shine brighter on the workings of public services in Lahore.

Yet it shone a light on the workings of South Africa's justice system.

Between them, they have all the official answers on the workings of the department.

Neither does actually useful information on the workings of the executive branch, or of Congress.