Sentence examples for persevering against from inspiring English sources

The show, based on the Roald Dahl children's novel about a young girl persevering against cruel parents and a sadistic headmistress, sold nearly $2 million in tickets the day after opening and now has advance sales totaling nearly $20 million.

He said, "I still believe in the possibility of the United States, with all its will and all its strength, and I don't just mean military, persevering against any challenge.

"A lot of my life has been persevering against the odds," Bachmann said in an interview.

Nor that the Existentialists in turn inform Harold Rosenberg's view that action painting is existentialist by virtue of its markings on canvas and paper embodying a defiant human will persevering against all adversity.

You've heard the story before, or seen it on Lifetime: An American from the heartland, a proud wife and mother full of dreams and free of cynicism, is unhappy with the way the world is going and works to change it, all by herself if necessary, enduring the scorn of the godless haters but ultimately persevering against all odds.

The true scholar athletes are those who persevere against the many barriers to be the best that they can be.

We are confident that the government and the people of Turkey will persevere against these challenges in an orderly and peaceful manner".

Journalists in Myanmar "persevere against odds unheard of in almost any other country, running a gantlet of strict government regulation, capricious censors and corrupt bureaucrats," the report said.

Nonetheless, Vladimir Barinov and his wife and son persevered against the weather, along with about 1,000 other people, and lined up to see the preserved body of Lenin.

There are two sayings in Japan for when bad things happen: shikata ga nai, an idiom that means "it can't be helped"; and gambaru, a verb translated as "to persevere against adversity".

She offered herself as a steady and patriotic American who would stand up for citizens of all races and creeds and unite the country to persevere against Islamic terrorists, economic troubles, and the chaos of gun violence.