Sentence examples for upon moment from inspiring English sources

Or: "The Poet's day will be moment upon moment of gladsomeness".

"Manon" does not portentously announce itself as a grand opera: it simply piles musical moment upon moment in grand gestures for a full five acts, creating a texture as rich and satisfying as a good Victorian novel.

There is no agreed upon moment, however, when the Holocaust began.

Two others escaped on their own before the agreed-upon moment for the assassination attempt, taking with them some of the group's provisions.

Issues of democracy and human rights rarely hinge upon moments of revolution, it is what comes afterwards that matters more.

And by seeming simply to watch the world move in its own jerky rhythm, he comes upon moments of jolting intensity.

Mr. Goldthwait's recent movies have hinged upon moments of ultimate humiliation: his feature "Sleeping Dogs Lie" (called "Stay" when it made its debut at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival) chronicles a woman whose life unravels when she confesses to having performed a sex act on a dog.

I could almost fix upon the moment when this truth dawned upon her mind, and spread its light to her countenance.

Yet nearly 11 years on, I reflect upon that moment as a defining one.

But every so often, it stumbles upon a moment of emotional truth.

Unless, of course, evil forces seize upon the moment of national guard-lowering and commit harmful acts.