Sentence examples for question or challenge from inspiring English sources

I have heard evidence to the effect that there are real fears that their current experiences will make it harder for them to question or challenge radical influences.

But books too make up the world of the writer, and texts very often refer back, refer across, answer, question, or challenge other texts.

Lawyers and even judges are not allowed to see the documents in question or challenge their classification, said Nicholas Bequelin, a China specialist at Human Rights Watch.

"Ernst & Young took no steps to question or challenge the nondisclosure by Lehman of its use of $50 billion of temporary, off-balance sheet transactions," the report said.

The Amalgamated Bank of New York and the Central Laborers Pension Fund claimed the deal was a case of "nepotism" and that the board of News Corp failed to question or challenge Rupert Murdoch.

"In the past, whatever Father said was the way it was supposed to be, and we didn't question or challenge for an answer," said Mary Cohen, a parish council member who is director of the Holy Name of Mary Montessori School.

In perennially sensitive debates about topics like race, sex, feminism or sexual assault, one participant, usually of a certain privileged status, brings up an opinion that goes against the grain, qualifies the question or challenges the conventional wisdom.

In other situations, there can be substantial power battles, for example, when evidence calls policy into question or challenges vested economic interests.

As Mr. Breitbart began to unveil the photos one by one, from midmorning until early afternoon, Mr. Weiner's staff seemed paralyzed, failing to answer questions or challenge the authenticity of the images.

Eager to seem civic-minded, they often don't ask tough questions or challenge policy proposals couched in positive rhetoric.

You're surrounded by a critical mass of people who, when someone says something, are all nodding along and saying *uh huh.* It sends a powerful signal to the one or two people in the room who want to ask questions or challenge the assumptions.