Sentence examples for he contended with from inspiring English sources

"There's a false image of openness now," he contended with an openness that was striking but almost casual.

Mr. Brunn added to the effect by dancing a snappy flamenco, heel clicks and all, as he contended with what the audience could only perceive as aerial chaos.

Three years later he won another Emmy for "Gore Vidal's Lincoln," starring Sam Waterston, which examined the Civil War through Abraham Lincoln's eyes as he contended with generals who balked at going into battle and politicians who undermined him.

He contended with his old sins, acknowledging how much pain he had caused Ellen, his second wife, and their children ("these three who I have hurt deeply") by abandoning them.

There he contended with Soviet brutality; ached to feel at home in a place where Jews were constantly vulnerable; and fell for the politically daring woman who would give birth to the girl he later raises alone, in Israel.

First he contended with the blistering pace Cheruiyot set in Central Park that left many behind, including a sleep-deprived Hendrick Ramaala of South Africa, the 2004 New York City Marathon winner, who finished 12th.

Mr. Judy says he contends with the region's image wherever he goes.

Still, he contends, with a budget of only $2 million a year, "we're practically a mendicant order".

How big a stick is available as he contends with the economic catastrophe, domestic problems and Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan?

This time he contends with a computer-generated whirlpool and a pestiferous piscine cloud whose effects are more gruesome than genuinely scary.

Nor does he contend with the status of Jerusalem, which some analysts believe will be the most contentious of all the issues that divide the two sides.