Sentence examples for challenged authorities from inspiring English sources

Fife openly challenged authorities, draping the church in a banner addressing the government: "Immigration: Do not profane the sanctuary of God".

MEXICO CITY — In the two decades that Carlos Slim Helú has turned a crumbling Mexican phone monopoly into a continental telecom giant, he has successfully fought off competitors and challenged authorities who wanted to limit his companies' control.

Speaking in Nairobi at the Unctad conference, Pascal Lamy, former head of the World Trade Organisation, challenged authorities in the region to make it easier for businesses to trade across borders and do business more generally.

The fire's spectacular growth, combined with volatile winds and a heavy layer of smoke hanging over the area have challenged authorities as they seek to move evacuees south of Fort McMurray, far from the path of the fire, and into the province's major cities where more extensive support services are available.

But Owens also openly challenged authority.

"We challenged authority, so we were thought to be bolshie.

Quarrelsome, erratic and libidinous, Pushkin had affairs, fought duels and challenged authority wherever he went.

"In the 1960's, when they challenged authority, it was the church they were challenging.

Most were farmers or small traders; they were poor, largely uneducated people, who had never challenged authority.

A college friend describes her as "the wild girl from Houston who climbed out of dorm windows after hours and challenged authority".

We challenged authority and as adults would enter the workforce, and work to effect change.