Sentence examples for overtly challenged from inspiring English sources

Eyadéma's power was overtly challenged on September 23 , 1986 when a group of armed dissidents entered the country from Ghana.

It's a push that should not be underestimated and its a push that must be overtly challenged".

In the name of security, and in a climate of fear, a majority of citizens have accepted that their civil rights be reconsidered, if not overtly challenged.

But they had a president who overtly challenged the "money changers" of Wall Street, and a Senate and House that did far more to address the economic crisis.

We did not observe any occasion on which an ED overtly challenged the NED's intervention or showed any outward sign of non-compliance.

"I do think that she is also interested in work that's more overtly challenging".

Directors who produce unauthorized films that overtly challenge the government can face temporary work bans or more serious harassment.

While she worked on the cutting edge of avant-garde style, she made no overtly challenging images.

In that image, a conception of Grecian aestheticism and innocence overtly challenges the surrounding bourgeois, mercantile culture.

One is conflict, in which newcomers continually and overtly challenge the powerful for a position at the top.

It is not a police state, and in general, only those who overtly challenge the government are hounded by the security services.