Sentence examples for encounter push from inspiring English sources

We encounter push programs in other parts of our lives, whether in the form of churches that anticipate what is required for salvation and define detailed programs for reaching this goal, gyms that promise a sculpted body for those who pursue tightly defined fitness programs, or diet gurus who promise we will lose weight if we eat a regimented diet.

In "The Judge's Will," a woman meets her husband's long-time mistress, and the encounter pushes her to see her husband and son in a new, and possibly more rewarding and realistic, way.

The artworks that came out of these encounters push all kinds of buttons.

The effort to desegregate schools and ensure that Roma and non-Roma mix in the classrooms has encountered push back.

Sometimes this meant that we encountered push-back from those who felt changes were not needed or that proposed changes would not be demonstrably better.

Harmon has urged Clarke to lose weight, and he hoped this encounter would push Clarke toward that goal.

However, in a fiercely-contested encounter he pushed too hard and finished the race in seventh, giving him a frustrating fourth-placed finish overall.

Respectful parenting means being able to see the frustrations teens encounter when pushing against imposed boundaries as opportunities for them to exercise self-control, self-respect and respect for others.

But though Agassi held only a 5-4 edge over Kafelnikov before this match, Kafelnikov's prediction proved overly optimistic, and by the end of this encounter, he was pushing forward whenever possible in an attempt to shorten the backcourt exchanges that had turned irrevocably Agassi's way.

In the next step (longer annealing), the holes grow until neighboring holes encounter each other, pushing out Co film finally to form Co islands (see the third panel of Figure 4).

But he acknowledged his legislative push would encounter stiff opposition in Congress.