"They ran away, confronted with overwhelming force".
Confronted with overwhelming opposition, he made a brilliant tactical retreat through the Black Forest, arriving in Alsace in the autumn.
Since cheats rarely confess even when confronted with overwhelming evidence, it is better to identify the most egregious cases and ignore the borderline ones.
They said death penalty lawyers, often confronted with overwhelming evidence of guilt, focused on one goal: keeping their clients from being executed.
He believed that the Soviets were willing to risk nuclear war and would abandon the arms race only if confronted with overwhelming U.S. military strength.
He was also a steadfast opponent of open-ended cooperation the Soviet Union, believing that the Cold War would end only when the Soviets were confronted with overwhelming U.S. military might.
It was the same day she learned that Kelli White, the 2003 world champion in the 100 and 200 meters, had admitted taking steroids and a blood-boosting agent, EPO, after being confronted with overwhelming evidence.
Imagine if you were confronted with overwhelming plastic pollution every single day.
Conservatives, on the defensive when confronted with overwhelming scientific evidence of global warming, rebounded, somewhat, because of ethical mistakes committed by the climate lobby.
Thus, adolescents who maintained a negative view of the body were more likely to engage in NSSI when confronted with overwhelming emotional distress.
Sure, the No Doubt anthem from 1995 may have been aimed at women, but "Just A Girl" really pertains to anyone who's grappled with overwhelming expectations.
