Sentence examples for in facing down from inspiring English sources

Malala Yousafzai has shown more courage in facing down the Taliban than Pakistan's government and its military leaders.

Malala has shown more courage in facing down the Taliban than Pakistan's government and its military leaders.

The government should now feel more confident in facing down bullying bishops who demand input into legislation.

He hopes to repeat the deftness that President Bill Clinton displayed in facing down the speaker then, Newt Gingrich, and securing a second term in 1996.

Credit Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, for making the first move toward compromise in facing down these budget-slashing ideologues.

For all his trade team's contributions to the Doha round, George Bush has shown little interest in facing down powerful domestic interest groups.

His reemergence in Istanbul surrounded by crowds brought to mind Boris Yeltsin in 1991 facing down tanks in the old Soviet Union.

She appears topless in a park, or face down in bed, her feet crossed and bottom exposed, the sheets unmade.

This time, I was in my dorm bed, face down in my pillow, yelling out a muffled "fu*****ck".

Riot police are also being deployed on Independence Square in Kiev, to face down the continuing protests.

AGNEW STONE is found dead, face down in the hollyhocks.