Sentence examples for faced with fighting from inspiring English sources

One explanation is that, faced with fighting two wars, the military relaxed its recruitment criteria.

When civil war broke out in Selangor in 1870, Yap Ah Loy was faced with internecine fighting among dissident Chinese groups as well as attacks from Malay factions.

Faced with endless fighting, hundreds of Colombians -- 800 by official estimates -- have found refuge in Panama's dense jungle province of Darien, crossing over the sprawling border as they did in more peaceful times when Panamanians and Colombians alike went looking for commerce and companionship.

Faced with tough fighting between the blocking Chinese divisions and the withdrawing Marines, Smith remarked: "Retreat, hell!

Faced with the prospect of fighting in an undeclared and possibly illegal war, people vote with their feet.

"We, as a small association, are faced with the task of fighting the major lobbying groups," like the American Hospital Association, Mr. Lipomi said.

As long as Scotland and France were in an alliance, the English were faced with the prospect of fighting a war on two fronts.

"So when faced with people actually committed to fighting" — the former rebels who make up the Republican Forces — "it's not that surprising they stand down," Dr. McGovern said.

If a limb becomes ensnared, the trapper can be faced with a panicked, wild animal fighting for its life.

Faced with Starbucks, Maxwell House has been fighting back for several years by introducing high-end varieties and running new and different advertising.

We'll be in the town center on a Friday night, and there are only a few of us officers, and you can be faced with 30 or 40 people mass-fighting.