Sentence examples for had surmounted from inspiring English sources

America, however, wanted a feminist hero who had surmounted adversities to achieve greatness.

Yu Jie had surmounted so many obstacles en route to attending business school in the United States.

When Mr. Colombo visited the United States in 1971, an editorial in The Times praised his political agility, saying he had "surmounted more perils than Pauline".

The two had surmounted several challenges, including a rival bid for NYSE Euronext by Nasdaq OMX and the IntercontinentalExchange, and secured shareholder approval for the deal.

After what she had surmounted, her 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 victoverover Lyndsay Shosho of Williamsville East in the Oct. 30 final seemed almost anticlimactic.

The Times announced last spring that its affiliate The New York Times Company Foundation would award scholarships of $12,000 a year for four years to each of six high school seniors from New York City who had surmounted daunting personal challenges to attain academic excellence.

But frogs have surmounted the challenges.

Other girls have surmounted physical challenges.

Quintiles insists that it has surmounted Indian hurdles without compromising quality or ethics.

"I've surmounted these challenges not because I'm strong, but because the alternative means dying.

Survivors describe the obstacles they have surmounted to become the healthy, happy people they are today.