Sentence examples for encounters by a from inspiring English sources

He is able to survive the terrible dangers he encounters by a combination of resourcefulness and luck and returns home with a fortune.

The other is that animals on the edge are likely to be encountered by a predator first.

Often first encountered by a slipper-clad homeowner who has descended to the cellar to do the laundry on a Saturday morning.

To put these findings in the context of real life, here is a case encountered by a social worker from the South West.

But almost every time a ball carrier is encountered by a defensive player, that defender will feint a tackle, then merely tap or tag the offensive player.

Immigration inspectors at airports, for instance, are the first line of defense against potential terrorists, but they are also the first officials encountered by a foreigner seeking asylum.

The difficulties encountered by a couple who gave up their apartment in 1942 and sent their furniture to warehouses and to the homes of friends, are numerous.

And beside the occasional park or tree-lined street encountered by a tour group, sagging branches seem to appeal to riders' daredevil instincts.

Though they are clearly grounded in reality, darkroom manipulations give them an otherworldly quality, as though they were scenes encountered by a spellbound wanderer in a fairy tale (Johnson).

By Burton Bernstein The New Yorker, April 9 , 1966P. 35 Tells about an encounter by a desperate-looking man who asked "Do you speak Portuguese by any chance?" When told no, he raced toward a woman and repeated the question.

By James Thurber The New Yorker, February 6 , 1932P. 9 Talk story of the red tape and the expenses encountered by a young man who wanted to be married at the Little Church Around the Corner.