Sentence examples for fearful challenged from inspiring English sources

Put briefly she is wary, anxious, bemused, fearful, challenged and still full of the alert intelligence that has fired her life.

And thank heavens for that, because the Maratona is a truly fearful challenge.

The parties will probably be too wary, fearful of challenging entrenched attitudes, powerful lobbies and vested interests.

Few UK politicians – fearful of challenging the verdict of an already angry electorate – will articulate such an argument in public.

Given the cautionary mood of the country, it is puzzling that most members of Congress seem fearful of challenging the hawkish approach to Iraq.

Before 1990, the panel found, the police were reluctant to investigate claims of sexual abuse by the clergy because they were fearful of challenging the privileged position of Roman Catholic Church authorities.

Congress is also fearful of challenging corporate practices in the awarding of stock options, intimidated by the possibility that wealthy corporate executives will withhold campaign contributions from lawmakers who dare to tinker with the current system.

When the people have no other voice, when the main media outlets are controlled by the state (or too fearful to challenge the state), satire flourishes.

The basic principle behind the formula is to appeal to the most fearful and intellectually challenged portions of a listening audience.

Liberals fear that the crackdown on dissent in China in recent months will continue even after the princelings have taken power because the new leaders will be fearful of challenges to their authority.The authors of the "The Chongqing Model" would like to steer the economy onto a different path.

Fearful that the work might be challenged as defamatory or not in the public domain, Houston Grand Opera obtained insurance to cover such an eventuality.