Sentence examples for surmount an obstacle from inspiring English sources

"While prayer can buck us up when we are down, keep us calm in a storm, while prayer can stiffen our spines to surmount an obstacle -- and I assure you, I'm praying a lot these days -- prayer can also do something else," Mr. Obama said.

The hardest part of surmounting an obstacle is seeing our own piece of the puzzle.

But we must not forget that we possess resilience, an inherent gift that helps us surmount any obstacle.

Indeed, Topic's survival is a staggering, inspirational tale of resourcefulness and of blind, fervent belief in music surmounting any obstacle.

But the new candidate, George S. Kariotis, 63 years old, was immediately confronted with questions about his background, and it remained unclear how he would surmount an unusual legal obstacle to his candidacy.

Eunice's faith in her brothers' capacity to surmount all obstacles emerged in November 1963 when she was lunching at a restaurant with her husband.

The complex plot that governs the game play is representative of the entire franchise: it focuses on good and evil, and the hero must surmount a range of obstacles to defeat the primary villain.

In Tess's childhood, her mother was, well, a mother, an obstacle to be surmounted.

Because even if you think that Trump could surmount that obstacle and supervise an investigation of himself, it cannot be that he can install the compromised Whitaker to the task.

To surmount that obstacle you need a bill presentment service, which will receive your bills electronically or by postal mail, post them for you to see, and pay them.

The Teamsters union is plotting an unusual strategy to surmount this obstacle.