Sentence examples for terrible momentum from inspiring English sources

The march had started with Mussolini and had gained terrible momentum with Hitler and was being carried forward by Franco.

Satrapi's narrative glides along with the terrible momentum of a myth, and her artwork becomes subtly less realistic and more iconic as Nasser Ali drifts into delirium.

When the tapes move on to chronicle Johnson's struggles with Great Society legislation and the intractable question of Vietnam, however, the volume takes on a terrible momentum.

From this democratic line-up – no conductor, no need – came a reading that was both studied and spontaneous, born of a unity of purpose, an urgent narrative, and the terrible momentum of an unjust act that spirals to its terrible conclusion.

I saw it in the theatre, with Clive Owen in the part of Dan (small wonder that his Larry is so triumphant: he knows Dan's soft spots all too well), and the impression was one of terrible momentum — four characters in search of a pileup.

But the more cohesive first half captures the terrible and exciting momentum of ambitious youth, and the awful feeling that everything is possible and it's all slipping away.

Firing Jackie Walker would be a terrible tactical error for Momentum, letting its opponents know that they can get rid of anyone they like – even the group's second-in-command – just by making frivolous accusations.

Being forced to the sidelines to convalesce might seem a terrible bit of timing, coming after the momentum of the Clinton show, but Rob Burnett, executive producer of "Late Show With David Letterman," said he did not see it that way.

That’s not so terrible, and I would expect Nissan to recover momentum, but not at the dazzling speed of the past few years.

There is great momentum in Kenya to end the terrible tragedy of women, infants and children dying needlessly.

Even though they didn't make it, it seems they were able to brush off those early, terrible losses and bounce back, hopefully getting some good momentum going for the 2014 season.