In-the-face-of Definition

In-the-face-of Sentence Examples

• I served my time, all twelve years, three months and sixteen days of it, but it pales in the face of suffering I poured on these young ladies.

• I've yet to meet someone as brave in the face of death as you are.

• Elected pope, on the 23rd of May 1555, in the face of the veto of the emperor, Paul regarded his elevation as the work of God.

• Successes were limited for the week with one found child, accidently trapped in a locked room of an empty house and one spousal abduction, in the face of a restraining order.

• While there was a feeling of last-guy-in-turn-off-the-elevator, the Deans reluctantly agreed that some form of management was necessary to maintain order in the face of the ever-increasing numbers who wallowed in nature's wonders.