Sentence examples similar to perilous obstacles from inspiring English sources
Boarding a ship in that state was a perilous obstacle course.Boarding a modern container ship, by contrast, is a simple and subdued process.
Our heroine, starting with a family disadvantage, faces hypocrisies, cruelties and obstacles on a perilous journey to a thrilling new world, and uses her wits and integrity to triumph.
"Maybe people who were sitting tight are thinking now, 'It's time to get moving.'" Thousands of business travelers remain stranded in hotels or were running into daunting obstacles as they tried to negotiate a perilous maze as the civil unrest turned routine business trips into dangerous ordeals.
A man of his word, offending breath is one of the petty problems on the menu tonight with McIntyre incredulously remarking: "There's no such thing as afternoon breath?" before moving on to the equally perilous overnight sensation, that of dead arms and the obstacle they present in chasing off burglars.
But the heart of the drama is raw survival in the face of natural obstacles, as seen in the colossal, terrifying reconstruction of the perilous trek, with horses and cattle, through rough rivers and down sheer rock faces by means of tenuous ropes.
One problem with this notion is that even though many nightmares involve perilous scenarios, the threats are often not at all realistic but, rather, oblique, metaphorical representations of disquiet, or inexplicable obstacles that keep us from getting somewhere we urgently need to go.
These are perilous times.
The perilous speed remains.
