Sentence examples for valiant challenge from inspiring English sources

Only twice did they relinquish it as Rotherham's valiant challenge fell short.

The valiant challenge from the Pacers should not have obscured the looming threat from within a Miami foundation showing small but unmistakable signs of fracture.

Lee Briers, Warrington's old master, will have another crack at winning the Super League ring that has eluded him in a 17-season career at Old Trafford next Saturday after steering the Wolves past a valiant Huddersfield challenge to reach their second consecutive Grand Final.

Moore was involved in a controversial finish to the feature event here on Friday, as his mount Irish Rookie ran out of room against the far rail when arriving with what seemed to be a winning challenge in the Valiant Stakes.

The chief executive of Capital One, Richard D. Fairbank, said that GreenPoint had made a valiant effort to "weather the challenges currently facing the mortgage industry.

Amid the gloom, the threatened closure of Maugein – France's last accordion maker – emerged as a metaphor for the country's economic challenges and its valiant attempts to preserve industries that are part of what is seen as the country's tradition and cultural identity.

Richmond were valiant, riding waves of momentum to challenge the Eagles throughout the evening.

What to make of it now remains a challenge even as the valiant Galway-based Druid Theatre Company brings the rarely seen piece to the John Jay College's Gerald W. Lynch Theater as part of Lincoln Center Festival 2011.

Hull's under-strength side produced a valiant effort six days on from winning the Challenge Cup final but it was not enough to prevent St Helens securing a 31-10 win.

Enter "Authentic Wine: Toward Natural and Sustainable Winemaking" by Jamie Goode and Sam Harrop, (University of California Press, $29.95), which makes a valiant effort to address the questions raised by the natural challenge in a scientific, dispassionate manner.

"However, the valiant effort to raise the needed funds was confounded by the unforeseen challenge of the current economic situation".