Example Sentences

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Yet he could have breasted all these things in some way, if the central tenet of his heart had not been ravaged.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

We have breasted a considerable part of that climb and shall presently—it may be in a generation or two—come out upon those great heights where there shines unobstructed the light of the justice of God.

From President Wilson's Addresses by Harper, George McLean

Even as it was, she 'd have breasted her horse at the bank if the bridle had not given way.

From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

Only the man whose strength had borne the giant Spartan down could have breasted the billows that came leaping to destroy him.

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns

No other man in all that host could have breasted those great waves without being dashed to pieces on the rocks.

From The Thirsty Sword by Leighton, Robert