But you are always aware of the toll exacted by this posture, and every so often a crippled smile breaks through, chilling in its pain and hostility.

For some years photographers have been issuing warnings about the toll being exacted on Earth.

Caught out in the open, the German guns had a heavy toll exacted by the long-range French 155s, now arriving in ever-increasing quantities.

Ms. Bergen transforms the number from the usual defiant anthem into something darker, suggesting the toll exacted by survival.

One reason is the sheer physical toll exacted by the job.

The toll exacted by these conditions has not been fully calculated, but some things are known.

The harder, because he could read in them the toll exacted by their new responsibilities.

They say the public has little sense of the true human toll exacted by the heat, which is probably much greater than the official count.

The police say that the death was just one more in a growing toll exacted by the widespread presence of drivers with revoked or suspended licenses.

The financial toll exacted by identity theft can be crippling, and the emotional trauma can be as devastating as many of the most violent offenses.