Sentence examples for managed to confront from inspiring English sources

But he managed to confront one glitch after another without losing his cool.

When the HEU crisis broke, Cretz finally managed to confront Gaddafi's influential son, Saif al-Islam.

But since the birth of the talkies the best American movie comedies have managed to confront grave matters and to defy their own gravity.

It was obvious from the start the strange man's appearances and disappearances were aimed at the Tiger, even before he managed to confront him about it.

Jimmy Carter micromanaged the White House tennis courts but could not manage to confront a national malaise and the failure to rescue American hostages in Iran.

I could not manage to confront the mother over what this child had been taught; I could not make the girls realize what they had done.

Once upon a time, Washington managed to fully confront a corruption scandal and invent a government solution that actually worked for 30 years.

SOCHI, Russia — For all the intrigue that had surrounded the mayoral elections in Sochi, Acting Mayor Anatoly N. Pakhomov managed to avoid confronting his critics — or even acknowledging their existence — until Friday, when he was outfoxed by a grandmaster.

Together they painted a complex picture in a piece that managed to calm and confront by turns.

That she has thus far managed not to confront these giant uncertainties head-on is a function of her undeniable political skill.

This may be an old story for most people, but the Potters have managed not to confront it until now, and their individual resolutions of how to proceed as Tremont is yanked along at the tail end of progress make effective kitchen drama.