Sentence examples for up to the strong from inspiring English sources

"Standing up to the strong.

Would Abraham always line up to the strong side of Oakland's offensive sets?

Because he's strong at standing up to the weak, but always weak in standing up to the strong.

I wish only to suggest, to him and to your readers, that Great Granddaddy Clement Moore's familiar old mahogany whatnot casts some startling shadows when held up to the strong light of intelligence!

If you need dinner in 10 minutes flat, begin with Lepetitoeuf's sundried tomato and Roquefort creation; cooking it with the oil from the jar of tomatoes really boosts the flavour and helped the base stand up to the strong cheese.

He acknowledged Cameron's prime ministerial patina, his perceived "strength", but sought to turn it against him: "He may be strong at standing up to the weak, but he's always weak when it comes to standing up to the strong".

But other Republican officials said that the reasons Mr. Bush stepped back from Mr. Coats were more complicated, and that Mr. Bush also seemed concerned about the courtly Mr. Coats's ability to stand up to the strong-willed personalities in the Pentagon and the cabinet.

It is up to the stronger power to unclench its fist first, so that the leader of the weaker state can outstretch his hand.

The predictions agree with experiments up to the strongest fields mankind can muster about 1,000 tesla, generated in a thermonuclear detonator.

Series like "Shadows" (enigmatic images from an illegible photo), "Oxidation Paintings" (Apollonian beauty achieved with piss on copper emulsion), "Camouflage" pictures (marvels of color), dashing collaborations with Jean-Michel Basquiat, and sombre self-portraits stand up to the strongest art made by anyone else, anywhere, at the time.

Claiming Krebs as a client would be a powerful marketing moment for a DDoS protection provider, enabling the company to say they stood up to the strongest DDoS attack the internet had ever seen.