If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life. From LearnThat.org. [Albert Camus (1913-1960), French philosopher and writer, Nobel Prize winner.]
An implacable enemy. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Allegra’s tone was neutral, her expression implacable. From Wordnik.com. [The Home for Broken Hearts] Reference
“Well, that’s as may be, Lady Nell, but it’s not right,” Linton declared, her arms folded, her expression implacable. From Wordnik.com. [A Wicked Gentleman] Reference
So implacable is his revenge that he sends a party of soldiers into Egypt, some hundreds of miles, and they bring him back by force of arms. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
The word implacable comes to mind. From Wordnik.com. [Confession] Reference
The doctrine is optimistic; and whoever has a generous faith in humanity will have no fault to find with the absence of the idea of implacable evil from its teaching. From Wordnik.com. [Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints] Reference
Murillo, or in the tent at Croisset; he has recalled the implacable didactics of his old master, his tender brutality, the paternal advice of his generous and candid heart. From Wordnik.com. [Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories] Reference
Rue Murillo, or in the tent at Croisset; he has recalled the implacable didactics of his old master, his tender brutality, the paternal advice of his generous and candid heart. From Wordnik.com. [Une Vie] Reference
When the full story of his life and that of his quietly 'implacable' wife is read, his conduct seems natural and excusable. From Wordnik.com. [Australian Writers] Reference
State President F W de Klerk and "leaders of interest groups in the community" to discuss its "implacable" demand for self-determination. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Gojira is a new kind of implacable atomic enemy: A mobile natural disaster, a typhoon in the form of a firestorm. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
Caroline herself ultimately must choose between continuing on as her "implacable" and proud self and her family's welfare. From Wordnik.com. [BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content] Reference
His expression was implacable, eyes guarded. From Wordnik.com. [My Devilish Scotsman] Reference
She stretched across the doorframe, steel-eyed and implacable. From Wordnik.com. [Unnecessary] Reference
Laskin also leaves us with a well-placed fear of severe cold's implacable danger. From Wordnik.com. [Five Best] Reference
During the war, ethnic Albanian children came to know Serbs as their implacable enemies. From Wordnik.com. [The Children Who Love To Hate] Reference
She is gentle, and full of firmness, immovable and implacable in her ideas and her repugnances. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
She answered him in a cutting, pitiless tone, harsher even than the implacable look in her dark eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He calls reporters by their first names, but needles them about what he sees as their implacable bias. From Wordnik.com. [Rolling Thunder] Reference
He counted always upon the future; it was impossible that fate would forever be implacable to a nation. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
When Walter Byers was executive director of the NCAA, he was an implacable foe of paying college athletes. From Wordnik.com. [The Hoops Are Made Of Gold] Reference
Even Americans will find it hard to convince themselves that their niceness will defeat an implacable foe. From Wordnik.com. [The Karate Kid betrays America's fear of China] Reference
First, the implacable Reno is considered tough duty because she resists anything that smacks of packaging. From Wordnik.com. [Capitol Letter: Sacrificing Gary Condit] Reference
For now, however, Rwanda is a nation half populated by ghosts -- and tormented by its own implacable demons. From Wordnik.com. [A Race With Death] Reference
Of course he will need to reserve the right to use force against the most vicious and implacable of our foes. From Wordnik.com. [We Should Talk to Our Enemies] Reference
He had been embarrassed before, and he knew he was being watched by implacable enemies bent on destroying him. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Mr. Clintons] Reference
Once implacable enemies, the two groups have been brought together by the common goal of all political parties: power. From Wordnik.com. [MARCHING TOWARD CIVILITY] Reference
"It's become a weapon on the battlefield against an implacable enemy," Allen said in his keynote address at the conference. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. military takes cloud computing to Afghanistan] Reference
A principal theme of his post-invasion speeches has been the implacable opposition of the West to the Arab and Muslim "masses.". From Wordnik.com. [More Than A Madman] Reference
"He thought that it could absolutely dry up his financial resources to be an implacable enemy of Wall Street," says a close friend. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping A Close Eye On Wall Street] Reference
"But will you give me up Cinq-Mars and De Thou?" again urged the implacable minister, bending forward to read in the dull eyes of the. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But the Treasury is implacable, fingers in ears, sceptical about future savings that have a habit of vanishing into their departments. From Wordnik.com. [Tax collection. Now there's a moral crusade for the Tories] Reference
If the dark and implacable theories which M. de Camors had made the law of his existence could triumph absolutely, this would be true. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
There was always some whiny, self-satisfaction in failure that was coupled, however improbably, with an implacable faith in the future. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Boston, Philly Fans Agree: Pats Win] Reference
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