Sentence examples for suddenly challenged from inspiring English sources
Two big, nonviolent demonstrations against election fraud and for democracy have suddenly challenged the authoritarian rule of the career K.G.B. man Vladimir V. Putin.
Throughout Latin America, Vatican II sparked a severe crisis, as a reactionary Church hierarchy, aligned with oligarchs and dictators, was suddenly challenged by priests, nuns, and grassroots "base communities" that took the council as a mandate for social change.
A further change began in the 5th century bce, when the states of Wu and Yue far to the south suddenly challenged Chu for hegemony over the southern part of China, at a time when the strong state of Jin was much weakened by an internecine struggle among powerful magnates.
Shortly afterward, at a reception in Washington for Shimon Peres, the Israeli foreign minister, he suddenly challenged Mr. Peres as well as the Egyptian and Palestinian representatives to send 15 of their teen-agers to a summer camp he would organize later that year.
In the 1990's, with Germany unified and the cold war over, the big issues became less obvious and Mr. Augstein's dominance in German journalism was suddenly challenged by an upstart news weekly called Focus that began publishing in 1993 and competed with Der Spiegel for readers and advertisers.
After a pleasant exchange she suddenly challenged me with a passion.
The look he saw in her pale eyes was suddenly challenging and flirtatious.
Meanwhile "The Claim" suddenly challenges all prior assumptions about the modesty of this man's vision -- as well as our closeness to the emotional crises of the Western.
Imagine a pop-up party like this suddenly challenging the Ukip-obsessed Tories from the centre or Labour from the left.
Followers of MLS will know by now that the league is in the throes of a convulsive revolution in which the erstwhile washouts are suddenly challenging for the playoff spots at the expense of a few top-of-the-table slumpers.
However, after practicing medicine for more than three decades, I've learned there are recommended steps patients can take to best navigate their suddenly challenging situation.
