Sentence examples for the odds facing from inspiring English sources

By Edna O'Brien In 1929, Virginia Woolf delivered a passionate polemic about the odds facing a woman born with a great gift for writing.

In 1929, Virginia Woolf delivered a passionate polemic about the odds facing a woman born with a great gift for writing.

Five days of the CMJ Music Marathon is an annual reminder of how much music is being made with more creativity than budget, and of the odds facing even the most determined players.

The outcome of a kidnapping of four European tourists in Niger in 2009 is more representative of the odds faced by different prisoners.

They focus on the long odds facing the Americans, the luck and breathtaking courage, and the brilliance of American codebreakers that led to victory.

You've heard countless stories of the stiff odds facing the unemployed.

Despite the long odds facing actors today, the members of this cast have been able to survive and even thrive in a variety of media, from television to film.

The battle is highlighted by many historians specifically because Lucullus overcame the numerical odds facing his army.

He wondered if social networking, with its tremendous communication capabilities and aggressive database development, might help him beat the overwhelming odds facing him.

Mr. DioGuardi eked out a narrow victory in a sleepy race — a sign, campaign analysts said, of the formidable odds facing Republicans as they try to unseat Ms. Gillibrand, an upstate Democrat who has made inroads with centrist voters.

Those odds facing the England cricket team on the fourth day of the second Test could scarcely be described as fearful but they were mighty long for all that.