Sentence examples for was barely challenged from inspiring English sources

Backe was barely challenged by Jamey Wright and the Rockies.

Here in Australia, Malcolm Turnbull ran at the last Australian election on the slogan "jobs and growth" and was barely challenged to explain how he would achieve either.

Vijay Singh was barely challenged in the final round yesterday when he shot a three-under-par 68 to win the $850,000 Singapore Masters for his second-straight title in Asia.

It was an emphatic performance from the Russian who led the race from start to finish and the 26-year-old was barely challenged throughout.

On paper, the mountainous stage 19 was one of the hardest of the Tour, but Froome was barely challenged by his rivals as he maintained his lead of more than five minutes over second-placed Contador.

I realized that my running routine was barely challenging me any longer.

Still his supremacy is barely challenged.

In many countries, the idea that the state should control higher education is barely challenged.

Its restless urge to legislate, its faith in the bureaucracy's capacity to "manage" its way around complex problems and its erosion of civil liberties have been barely challenged in the House of Commons.

With one of the longest periods of sustained peace and security in the nation's history, Israelis were barely challenged by their leaders to consider the plight of the Palestinians and the corrosive effects of occupation.

For example, gastric acid suppressants [ 9, 10] and infection control procedures [ 11, 12] are likely to adversely affect patient outcomes, yet their routine use is barely challenged at present.