Sentence examples for becomes against from inspiring English sources

Lily's daughter is Emily, who becomes, against the odds, a journalist — you'll realize you've met her before, when she was a local reporter in Newfoundland covering Alcock and Brown's flight.

Together, the four books tell of how a poor Irish lawyer becomes, against all odds, first a member of Parliament — this in the day when Irish members were the odd, rogue piece in British politics — then a London man of the world, and, finally, after many travails, including being put on trial for murder, a respected member of the British Cabinet.

Yet, as the novel sequence progresses, Widmerpool emerges as far less of a buffoon and becomes, against all expectations, powerful, indeed, power-obsessed.

It has become, against all expectation, pleasurable.

Rock's antihero had become, against all expectations, a rock hero.

First, she was famous for being famous; then, she became – against all expectations – famous for actually being good at something.

With the passing of Karajan and Bernstein, he also seems to have become, against all odds, the last true maestro.

But now a hulking and ostracized adult, he has become, against his will, like the bullies who tormented him.

But there are moments in life when our individuality seems to drop away like a flimsy film, and we become, against our will, Everyone.

Concerned and caring parents become, against their best intentions, angry and critical.

I understand that protests and resisting have become against many of our cultural norms.