Sentence examples for has faced down from inspiring English sources
Ms Villarán has faced down violent resistance.
Mrs Mathai too has faced down armed, ill-disciplined security forces.
He has chained himself to excavators; he has faced down bulldozers.
She has faced down censors with grace and logic without resorting to demonising them.
In its long history, Britain has faced down worse threats than the fringe cult of death that is Isis.
Tony Abbott's sister has faced down a heckler who said same-sex marriage would hurt "innocent children".
But Bath have faced down a few demons this season.
Some European countries have faced down their extremist elements with a strong commitment to democracy.
America, we have faced down dangers far greater than al Qaeda.
"He gave it his all," he said with a smile worn by those who have faced down much worse.
He had been quietly undergoing chemotherapy treatments for a renewal of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which he had faced down twice before in the past decade.
