Sentence examples for prove no pushover from inspiring English sources

Obama's short summary of his position on Russia – regarding Russia neither as an enemy, nor an ally – shows he will prove no pushover for the Kremlin.

The film was clearly a challenge: not only did he have to act in French, a language of which he had little knowledge, and spend most of his acting time wrangling a herd of horses, but des Pallières proved no pushover either.

"Al's no pushover for us," Jim Steets, an Entergy spokesman, said, referring to Buchanan's mayor.

Led by Roat (Alan Arkin), the thugs will stop at nothing to recover the narcotics, but Susy's no pushover.

NOT for the first time, Saddam Hussein thinks he has found at least one opponent that may prove a pushover: the United Nations Security Council.

Carl Schurz proved no exception.

For despite Kvitova's age and inexperience – only 20 years old and never previously having progressed further than the first round at Wimbledon – the Czech proved that she is no pushover, executing some classy tennis to worry Williams in the first set.

Pochettino would've liked to take a comfortable lead to Italy with the view of possibly resting key names ahead of this weekend's Capital One Cup final, but he got no such luck as the Italian proved they are no pushovers.

Ghana will face tough West African rivals Mali and Guinea who have proven to be no pushovers in their recent appearances in the continental tournament.

While Wigan proved they were no pushovers during a battling first-half performance, Chelsea appeared to be suffering a Champions League hangover following their quarter-final victory over Benfica.

The empire proved a pushover for Cortés, for several reasons.