Sentence examples for faced hours from inspiring English sources

Both men have faced hours of gruelling cross-examination, and accusations that they have lied about – or conveniently forgotten – what happened when they made their fortunes in the murky Russia of the mid-1990s.

One of the first challenges Mr. Morano faced hours after his appointment was news that proposed state budget cuts would reduce his budget by more than $2.4 million and cut staff by some 56 unionized employees plus temporary workers.

Residents have faced hours of traffic jams in recent days as new express bus lanes ferrying athletes and visitors to sport venues take up highway space, leading Mayor Eduardo Paes to declare Thursday the fourth city holiday of the Games.

The besieged Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs, which is fighting a $1bn£650m0m) fraud prosecution, faced hours of attacks by angry lawmakers for putting its own profits before clients' interests as it dispensed complex mortgage-backed securities branded as "shitty" and as "crap pools" by its own traders.

The trio faced hours of delays at army and rebel checkpoints — between patches of no man's land and buffer zones under threat of fire — as they returned to their homes in Duma, a heavily contested town barely five miles away.

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced hours of questioning Tuesday before Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees about Cambridge Analytica, which used personal data for its political strategies, and other security concerns on the social network.

According to travel information provider Inrix, drivers faced hour-long delays on the M4-A4 corridor where traffic tailing back 12 miles moved at 10mph, and congestion doubled between Waterloo and London Bridge, persisting long after normal rush hour.

But customers sold dodgy products can face hours of tedious form-filling to make a claim.

This continues through high school and leads to their being too tired by 8 30 at night to face hours of homework.

Thousands of British tourists were left stranded with Eurostar passenger services suspended, while truckers and drivers using the Eurotunnel vehicle shuttle service were facing hours of delays in getting home after trains finally began running again at around 6.30pm.

Today, if the cows do not come home for milking, farmers face hours of extra labour in locating them and bringing them back.