Sentence examples for assortment of opponents from inspiring English sources

"We really need this one," one Nets official said before the game, pulling a pocket schedule from his wallet and pursuing the remaining games against an assortment of opponents, none which are a sure thing because there is no such thing for a team in the Nets' position.

To some Democrats, the effort to impede Mr. Olson's nomination carries with it the exquisite pleasure of payback to Mr. Olson and his wife, Barbara, who were major figures in the campaign of relentless criticism of the Clintons waged by an assortment of opponents.

The conflict pits President Bashar Assad, a secular dictator with innocent blood on his hands, against an assortment of opponents whose division into moderate and extremist factions isn't nearly so neat or stable as some advocates of U.S. intervention suppose.

In Career mode, match your skills against an assortment of computer controlled opponents of varying skill levels.

With the eruption of the protests in various Arab countries in 2011, Qaradawi was instrumental in persuading Qatar to use its political and financial muscle to support the Brotherhood in Egypt; the revolt in Libya against Col. Moammar Qaddafi; the post-Ben Ali Ennahdha-led government in Tunisia; an assortment of Islamist groups in Yemen and Morocco, and opponents of Syrian president Assad.

He demeans anyone who displeases him -- opponents, reporters, women, a wide assortment of ethnic groups, even the disabled -- the hallmark of a thin-skinned bully wholly focused on himself.

This year, there is a muscular 6-foot-8 player named Marcus White, who likes to stagger his opponents with monster dunks, and an assortment of other wide-eyed youngsters with hoop dreams.

His support was drawn from an unusually broad assortment of political bands, including Whigs and Democrats, Northerners and Southerners, allies and opponents of national leaders such as Henry Clay and James K. Polk.

A motley assortment of enterprises reopened.

(Jay Russell plays an assortment of other roles).

And he played an assortment of positions.