Sentence examples for were afraid to buck from inspiring English sources

People were afraid to buck the social system".

Those with whom Warren was close, who wanted to respect his new identity, were afraid to buck the diocese, he said.

"Roscoe has never been afraid to buck his own party," a radio ad intones.

Even the industry's most successful artists are afraid to buck convention -- or the institutions that prop up their industry.

We can't be afraid to buck social conditioning or take risk.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who hasn't been afraid to buck the Obama administration in the past, also praised White's nomination.

Graham, a conservative who has never been afraid to buck his party and work with Democrats, is one of four Republicans in the "Gang of Eight" group of senators who are trying to craft a deal to revamp the nation's immigration system.

"They were afraid to smile".

…But were afraid to ask.

With conservative Republican House members demonstrating emphatically on Tuesday that they are not afraid to buck Mr. Boehner if he strays from their exacting standards, the new speaker and his leadership team face difficult choices as they seek to end the first major fiscal fight of the year.

An outspoken northerner from a working-class background, he has a reputation as a combative MP who is not afraid to buck the party line.