Sentence examples for capable of confronting from inspiring English sources

Our security requires that we confront both, and the United States military is capable of confronting both.

Oltsen is one of the best hunters in the group, and is capable of confronting the bears that menace the reindeer herds.

Bashar Assad said on Sunday that his military was capable of confronting any "aggression" that targeted the country, in his first remarks since the Israeli strike.

A Rutgers spokeswoman said in a statement Sunday night, "President Barchi believes that Professor Jackson is an effective administrator capable of confronting challenging and complex problems".

Rather, the deeper understanding of the risks that is gained often makes the decision maker capable of confronting apparently greater risk.

Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday that his military was capable of confronting any "aggression" that targeted the country, in his first remarks since the Israeli strike.

We were not capable of adequately confronting the post-war period.

His capture was celebrated as an indication that Mexico's new President, Enrique Peña Nieto, who took office last year, might be capable of truly confronting the cartels.

Such a development is unlikely before we solve the larger and more intractable problem of how the citizenry of our country is to evolve into one capable of courageously confronting reality, supporting institutions under our constitutional system, rebuilding those institutions as necessary, and meeting the challenges of a rapidly changing world.

If this seems overdone, it's purposely so, since Mr. Eugenides's theme is obsessive longing, to the point, precisely, of this kind of lunacy, which teenage boys are capable of when confronted with the unfathomable reality of teenage girls.

In mice, the dental epithelium prior to embryonic day 12 (E12) possesses odontogenic potential (tooth-inducing capability) and is capable of inducing tooth formation when confronted with mesenchymal tissue of non-dental origin [ 16].