Sentence examples for almost challenging from inspiring English sources

Her gaze as he passed her was defiant, almost challenging.

"Truly," said Mike Fasano, the majority leader of the House, "he's almost challenging the Legislature to intervene".

The duo were Colchester's most famous mendicants in the early 20th century, scrounging for all they had – yet, grandly dressed, they have the air of an aristocratic couple on their uppers, their eyes burrowing into the viewer, almost challenging us to give them the respect they feel they deserve.

"The Kenwood self-portrait has got to be the best self-portrait and maybe even the best portrait that has ever been painted," says Hall. "Rembrandt stands there almost challenging us.

The whole thing is so unchallenging it's almost challenging.

He's almost challenging me or you or whoever's looking at it: 'What are you gonna do about it, buster?

Ms. Prada almost challenged you to call them pretty — or ugly.

The story almost challenges us to find all this sentimental, carrying its feeling with an unembarrassed intensity and Romanian sufletul (soul).

A lot of times, they wait and almost challenge you to take a run at them so they can bounce off you and spin away and take it to the net".

The Southeastern drought almost challenges the longstanding Western drought, centered in California, as the largest in the nation.

A tear rolled down her cheek, but her tone turned almost fierce, challenging.