Sentence examples for rather challenged from inspiring English sources

Gove rather challenged these binary opposites: at nearly 47 he was certainly an energetic innovator – just not in a good way.

But Veisi said he did not believe Isis posed any territorial threat to Iran, but rather challenged Tehran's concept of a "Shia crescent" stretching across the Middle East.

Landrieu's comments were not confined to the immediate controversy but, rather, challenged the flawed morality that had initially led people to memorialize three Confederate leaders — Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and P. G. T. Beauregard — and the Battle of Liberty Place, an act of racist mob violence that occurred in 1874.

For these reasons, the analyst said Micron's third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2006 could be "rather challenged".

"I rather challenge myself with obstacles like climbing walls or under barbed wire.

Initially he finds the escalators rather challenging to navigate but has recently purchased his first Oyster card.

Unfortunately, this was a great idea in theory but running an entrepreneurial business within the confines and culture of a bank proved to be rather challenging.

The Chilcot report singled out the intelligence agencies for falling into line with what Tony Blair's government wanted rather challenging it over WMD.

"Fiscal 2001 was rather challenging for Lucent, so the grants were made to ensure Henry had management stability through the turnaround," said Mary Lou Ambrus, a Lucent spokeswoman, in explanation.

If only we designed more buildings this way, so that they metamorphosed into their surroundings rather challenging them and, all too often, bludgeoning them into submission.

However, themeasurement techniques are rather challenging.