CHALLENGE in a Sentence

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211 example sentences for CHALLENGE, such as:

1. I want to challenge,is naked game.
2. We must meet the challenge squarely.
3. He gathered himself up at the challenge.
4. Selden met the challenge with directness.
5. Schools must meet the challenge of new technology.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHALLENGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
challenge
 v.  assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to
Classic Sentence: (64 in 5 pages)
1  Your challenge would soon be answered," replied the Palmer, "were your antagonist near you.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  I affirm he will meet fairly every honourable challenge.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  To this mortal quarrel he has himself defied me, and I shall not forget the challenge.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
4  Those who had concurred in the challenge adhered to his party of course, excepting only Ralph de Vipont, whom his fall had rendered unfit so soon to put on his armour.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  He complied with her request, and answered her challenge in a large wine-cup; she then proceeded with her story, as if appeased by his complaisance.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
6  I answer not the challenge of my prisoner," said Front-de-Boeuf; "nor shalt thou, Maurice de Bracy.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
7  The multitude, like a timid cur which waits to bark till the object of its challenge has turned his back, raised a feeble shout as the rear of the squadron left the ground.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
8  This speech concluded with a challenge to the infidel, at the end of which it was Eustacia's duty to enter as the Turkish Knight.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 5 Through the Moonlight
9  There was but one problem before the public which could challenge his powers of analysis, and that was the singular disappearance of the favourite for the Wessex Cup, and the tragic murder of its trainer.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
10  At the challenge Ethan turned back into the room and faced her.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
11  All that was Irish in her rose to the challenge of his black eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
12  Lily raised her head, brightening a little under the challenge.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 15
13  Dorset, of late, had grown more than usually morose and incalculable, and Ned Silverton went about with an air that seemed to challenge the universe.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 2
14  He gathered himself up at the challenge.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
15  Selden met the challenge with directness.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
Example Sentence: (147 in 10 pages)
16  The regional parliament threw down a new challenge to the central authorities by passing a law allowing private ownership of businesses.
17  We must meet the challenge squarely.
18  Our task is to challenge the UN to make a swift decision.
19  The college entrance examination is a real challenge.
20  I want to challenge,is naked game.
21  The planned general strike represents an important economic challenge to the government.
22  Standing firm is to challenge difficult courageously and to leave the smile after sccess to oneself.
23  Liszt's piano music presents an enormous technical challenge.
24  I was totally unprepared for the challenge which faced me.
25  I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.
26  Six journalists sought to challenge in court the legality of the ban on broadcasting.
27  Life is challenge, not to stand high mountains,but you see how far.
28  I like a big challenge and they don't come much bigger than this.
29  Our challenge is to motivate those voters and inspire them to join our cause.
30  Schools must meet the challenge of new technology.