Sentence examples for intellect challenging from inspiring English sources

And Eva Green's character in Casino Royale, Vesper Lynd, matched Bond's wit and intellect, challenging him with saucy banter and performing some double-crossing and manipulative feats of her own.

Their depth of passion and breadth of intellect challenged all I had been taught of the so-called Third World.

January 26 , 1902Eibergen, Netherlands May 14, 1940 The Hague, Netherlands Menno ter Braak, (born Jan . 26 , 1902Eibergen, Neth. died May 14 , 1940 The Hague) Dutch critic whose cutting intellect and challenging of preciousness in art earned him the title of the "conscience of Dutch literature".

A few weeks into her first university year, I watch my daughter find a new circle of bright and caring friends, stretch her mind and challenge her intellect.

Many of the state's museums are discovering that the people who walk through their doors are more sophisticated than ever and exhibition-driven musical events sell out repeatedly, indicating a hunger for knowledge and a challenged intellect.

In any event, I think that it might be the first test for OS's new chair, Sir Rob Margetts, who as you'll recall is required - according to the job advert - to be an experienced Chair who understands how to build commercial opportunities in the public sector and who has the intellect to take forward a challenging debate about Ordnance Survey's future strategy.

From instinct to intellect: the challenge of maintaining healthy weight in the modern world.

When she feels that Phoenix's character isn't challenging her exponentially growing intellect, she leaves him.

I used to make heads swivel and challenge intellects.

While Nietzsche mounted a formidable intellectual challenge to established beliefs, these two religious teachers emphasised that freedom from suffering involved something beyond the intellect.

Of Koolhaas's intellect, Gehry says: "He's capable of challenging everything.