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slow and painful
The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world.
Crucifixion was usually intended to provide a death that was particularly slow, painful ( hence the term excruciating, literally " out of crucifying "), gruesome, humiliating, and public, using whatever means were most expedient for that goal.
This method would lead to slow, painful, death.
Unlike previous superheroes who acquire their powers suddenly and accidentally, Paul's are the result of " painful and slow personal progress.
A mysterious interrogator who introduces himself as " Inspector Goole ", claiming that he has seen the dead body of Eva / Daisy earlier that day after her slow and painful suicide by swallowing disinfectant, and that he hasa duty ” to investigate the Birlings ’ responsibility for her death.
Bowling remembers the slow and painful decline of his father's seed business — resulting from the nearby establishment of corporate competition.
Bisbee was featured in the September 10, 2001 edition of Newsweek, discussing the slow, painful decline of the town since ( at that time ) even the mayor, Bob Weltin, was preparing to forsake what was left of the town and seek a better life elsewhere.
The Spanish soon learned that the Mayan arrows, while not attaining any distinct force behind them, tended to shatter on impact leading to a slow and painful death.
Nursed by his wife and mother, he made a slow and painful recovery against medical expectation.
Because the locals expect him to do the job, he does so against his better judgment, his anguish increased by the elephant's slow and painful death.
While many aerospace designs have successfully been modified far beyond the original designers intentions ( Boeing's 747 is perhaps the best example ) the slow and painful birth of the F-35 family demonstrates that it is not always a guarantee of such flexibility.
On occasion, the villain may employ a slow deathtrap because they enjoy their victim's suffering prior to death, either due to sadistic tendencies or a desire for painful vengeance.
When he returns with the food and drink, the other two kill him and drink the poisoned wine, dying slow and painful deaths.
When Pelé arrived at the Cosmos in 1975, American soccer was, in Newsham's phrase, " dying a slow, painful and largely unnoticed death ".
It was night in some unknown place, and I was making slow and painful headway against a mighty wind.
She begged him to keep her from a slow and painful death.
*: Smoking can cause a slow and painful death
* Pušenje može izazvati polaganu i bolnu smrt ( Smoking can cause a slow and painful death )
** Rauchen kann zu einem langsamen und schmerzhaften Tod führen – Smoking can lead to a slow and painful death.
* ( Smoking can cause a slow and painful death.
( Smoking can cause a slow and painful death )
* ( Smoking can cause a slow and painful death )
* Tupakointi voi aiheuttaa hitaan ja tuskallisen kuoleman / Rökning kan leda till en långsam och smärtsam död ( Smoking can cause a slow and painful death )
* ( Smoking can result in a slow and painful death.

slow and trend
As such, the population is on a slow downward trend.
As such, the population is on a slow downward trend.
A second trend was a slow shift away from the Bastille's 17th-century role of detaining primarily upper-class prisoners, towards a situation in which the Bastille was essentially a location for imprisoning socially undesirable individuals of all backgrounds – including aristocrats breaking social conventions, criminals, pornographers, thugs – and was used to support police operations, particularly those involving censorship, across Paris.
All were slow, cumbersome, and had problems with the limited computer horsepower of the time, but the mid-to-late-1980s saw a trend towards non-linear editing, moving away from film editing on Movieolas and the linear videotape method ( usually employing 3 / 4 " VCRs ).
" Mulvany notes that the 90's releases by Bathory were the beginnings of a Viking-themed trend that initially was slow in forming, and even confusing.
The result was that the trend of slow population growth was reversed and Trenton has slowly declined in population since that time.
Simultaneously, subdivisions and businesses started locating along the freeway, on the same side as the CJC campus, showing a slow but progressive trend for Abilene growth on the Loop.
Recent increases in the rates of lifestyle diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, may drastically slow or reverse this trend toward increasing life expectancy in the developed world.
* Separation into components representing trend, seasonality, slow and fast variation, cyclical irregular: see decomposition of time series
The slow pace of technological development that ensued was in accordance with a more general trend in the country during the Communist period, which lasted until 1989.
Just 33, 619 fans at Legion Field saw the 42 – 14 win for Birmingham, the beginning of a slow, downward trend in attendance figures that coincided with the start of college football season.
Therefore although the long term trend may be for greater population decline, short term trends may slow the decline or even reverse it, creating seemingly conflicting statistical data.
Subsequently the hurricane began a slow weakening trend.
Continuing a slow weakening trend, it passed just south of Isla de la Juventud before turning northwestward and paralleling the island's west coast.
On October 16, Jig began a slow weakening trend, weakening below hurricane force.
The seasonal trend of typical infections exhibits low levels during summer, a small peak in autumn, and a slow rise of infection during winter.
While it is theoretically possible for a trend to increase indefinitely, under normal circumstances, even stocks moving drastically will eventually slow down, lest they go up to infinity or down to nothing.
Although slow to catch on there, the trend has grown in North America.
It was the first Israeli series to have, among it major characters, someone who was gay and was part of a slow trend that had been unfolding in the 1990s with shows such as " Straight and to the Point " and " Siton ".
A slow weakening trend materialized as it entered the early stages of extratropical transition.

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