Sentence examples for had encountered for from inspiring English sources

On Wednesday night, The Times asked some of those he had encountered for their views on President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress.

The government won in the end, but its censorship had encountered — for the first time in decades — head-on resistance from a press that has become far less docile.

The hourly fees, it said, were more than Apple has encountered for any task.

It is a problem that writers on China have encountered for years, and it can be difficult get firm evidence.

There, a Rasta woman who reminds me that there is a god gives me the best vegan stew I've encountered for decades.

One in particular stinks: The Murder Mark contains the flimsiest denouement to a story about killing I've encountered for a long while, as well as one that is foreshadowed with all the subtlety of these drunk elephants.

Welcome to the pressures that those of us in the straight world have encountered for decades, from gentle enquiries from friends ("do you think he/she is 'the one'?") to outright nagging from parents and grandparents, eager for a chance to celebrate an official union.

"But Mongo's technology…is one of the most potent tools I've encountered for the difficult task of matching the right user to the right music".

Most of the people I've encountered for the most part love where they live, because that's where their friends and family are.

Muhammad Ali's death Friday brought his longtime friend and promoter Bob Arum to recall the former heavyweight champion as "the most transforming figure that I have encountered – for America and the world".

Doctor Who Magazine reviewer Graham Kibble-White also reacted negatively, writing, "There wasn't a wet eye in the house, as pathos run nauseatingly amok," and claimed it "by some stretch the least awesome Doctor Who we've encountered for a long time".