Sentence examples for confronting skeptical from inspiring English sources

DES MOINES — President Obama returned Wednesday to Iowa, the state that put him on the presidential map, this time fighting to keep his Democratic Party in power and confronting skeptical voters who challenged him on policies from tax cuts to health care.

Lenders examine restaurant loan applications closely, and first-time owners usually confront skeptical lenders when presenting their business plans.

But Mr. Kerry and Mr. Fabius, who each confront a skeptical public at home, need each other politically as well.

Knowing he had to confront his skeptical constituents and his fellow Republicans, Butler said that Watergate "is our shame," a scandal for the party that had so often campaigned against corruption and government misconduct.

This passage occurs in a work that offers advice for framing dialectical arguments when confronting a somewhat skeptical interlocutor.

Appearing once again on Fox News, he was confronted by a skeptical Greta Van Susteren, who said to him, "I don't think you're a first-time offender making a personal crack at a woman... the remark was about her face, and not about her persona".

When confronted by the skeptical director that all of this transformation was easy for him, Wayne spoke poignantly about his own struggles with ego and alcoholism, as well as his drive for worldly success that lead him to confront his beliefs and experience what I call his 'holy shift moment'.

They confront the skeptic.

Many analysts remain skeptical that European leaders have grasped the problems confronting them.

One cannot blame Muslims for feeling a little skeptical when confronted with the eight-year reality of the Bush administration's unilateral invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, belligerent rhetoric towards Muslim countries, and the continued scapegoating and profiling of many Muslim Americans as Manchurian candidates and potential undercover jihadists.

Immediately, skeptical eyes confronted me.