Sentence examples for pitted himself from inspiring English sources

And the Smithsonian article said he pitted himself "against the mainstream of anthropological thought".

We can hardly call him a Little Englander now he's pitted himself directly against Little England's would-be champion.

Baker has now pitted himself against a foe more ferocious than the moral establishment or feminist pundits.

In a popular move, Mr Zardari pitted himself last year against the country's former army ruler, President Pervez Musharraf, forcing him to resign last August.

Bill Shorten has pitted himself against his most significant factional ally after the departure of Stephen Conroy – fellow Victorian right-winger and long time friend Richard Marles.

Inger personified the corrupt journalism, in thrall to the authorities against which Peter, that lone stereotype of a truth-telling fearless hack, pitted himself.

He's hoping to pit himself against you, obviously".

Nonetheless, pitting himself against Ross and d'Urville, he embarked on the first Antarctic race.

As a narrative painter Fischl was pitting himself against the modernist tradition, countering what he saw as its hopeless sterility.

The other tells of how Picasso pits himself in sexual competition with the giants of the past.

But it was what Gandhi set his sights on, pitting himself against every political and social trend of the past two hundred years.