Sentence examples for challenging downward from inspiring English sources

Data from the small, business-tracking National Federation of Independent Businesses is more in line with the results from the Adaptive Planning poll, finding that owners remain skeptical of the recovery amid a weak labor market, challenging downward pressure on pricing and continued difficulties in obtaining credit.

China's economy faces challenges and downward pressures but there is no risk of a hard landing as the government is fully capable of supporting growth, premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday.

His argument uses variants on two much discussed arguments he has developed in the course of challenging the tenability of contemporary nonreductive physicalism — the downward causation and causal exclusion arguments.

When the euro was set up, it was seen as a potential reserve currency to challenge the dollar; its downward slide against the greenback is followed neurotically.

In superior plating, however, the downward force of the arm challenges the holding power of the screws in the often osteopenic lateral fragment, occasionally resulting in screw pullout.

Her eyes bored downward, only a few times rising to challenge her watchers' gaze.

It points out that while old age does bring with it challenges, it does not necessarily need to spell a downward spiral to infirmity.

Abby's skin repulsion leads her to a sort of underworld exploration of her past and of the world around her. Paul, challenged by an angry former patient who accuses him of fraud, also spirals downward.

The downward facing dog is a fairly straightforward stretch, so if you want to challenge yourself you should take a look at the whole sun salutations series.

We should reflect, question and challenge the motives of government, but we should not allow this to drag us into a downward spiral of moaning about everything.

His views were challenged by Walther Penck, who argued that the lateral erosion of valleys and land surfaces was as important as downward erosion.