Sentence examples for scenes of power from inspiring English sources

"It is a remarkable look at Arab fears behind the scenes of power".

Behind the scenes: Washington is a place where everyone wants special access and a look behind the scenes of power.

And the video, with its carefully staged scenes of power-play decorum, is accompanied by an undignified soundtrack of porn-film cries and moans.

The three stewards aren't themselves rich or mighty, but they're the crucial and constant supporting cast of the scene of power.

His supposedly poor imagination — his power of attunement to the world — allows Waldrop to present scenes of quiet power most authors would overwrite or ignore.

What he has done is turn the desolation of Afghanistan into scenes of iconic power.

But the amusingly bitchy surface of the novel is torn open by two scenes of real power and exceptional nastiness, in which David abuses his son.

Korda delivered a few scenes of great power, like the one in which Jack Durrance, blinded by the sun, shouts out in the wilderness against his plight and mildly disturbs the huge, languid vultures that have gathered.

If there are no scenes of comparable power in Mr. Bergman's less assured "Maria Stuart," it is nonetheless fascinating to see him apply the same sensibility to Schiller's acutely drawn study in passionate politics.

Both are satisfying on their own terms, with wonderful performances and individual scenes of great power (the pursuit and death of Sikes, the Christmas-morning awakening of Scrooge), but they are also in some respects stock, one-dimensional Dickens that emphasise his weaknesses as much as his strengths.

The acting is peerless throughout (Maggie Smith has several lovely grace notes), and there are indeed scenes of genuine power and tearjerking emotion (prepare to weep when Harry pulls out the 'ressurection stone' in a key moment).