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Sentence count:249+24Posted:2017-04-29Updated:2020-07-24
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151, They will come flying up against the wind and lay their eggs, which will soon turn into white grubs.
152, I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it. Walt Disney 
153, A ripple of crowd laughter came up against the breeze from the direction of the main grandstands.
154, He should have been put up against a wall and shot, if you ask me, for dereliction of duty.
155, Suddenly, blood sacrifice and small armed groups rising up against the state seemed worthy of three cheers.
156, If it wasn't up against such strong competition, it would have been an award winner.
157, Ludo and I turn our collars up against the chill April evening, and ram our hands in our coat pockets.
158, For the first time Gould came up against the devastating effects of unlimited commercial exploitation.
159, When insulating the loft floor, bring the ends of the blanket up against the sides of the cistern to give continuity.
160, She pressed up against me, her fingers tickling my codpiece though I knew she was after my purse.
161, But we do respect her bravery in standing up against a dreadful regime.
162, She was a good ham, bumping her hips up against the male dancers and rolling her eyes.
163, Inevitably they ran up against managers and custodians,(http://sentencedict.com) but Janir could usually charm them.
164, In every direction he came up against his own incompleteness.
165, Minuses: Too ephemeral, sentimental and romantic to hold up against the well-grounded competition.
166, He scanned her tense expression, his eyes crinkled up against the sun.
167, He lived in the top attic right, up against the east end gable of the building.
168, Just as they propped David up against the side of the display counter, the manager strode self-importantly along the aisle.
169, The lift was small and Rain was trying to distance herself from Oliver without pressing up against Wickham.
170, Even the defense attorneys who went up against him said as much.
171, As always, the Liberals try to have it both ways[sentencedict.com], but they are up against canny farmers.
172, And what do you do when to come up against a brick wall?
173, When scientists attempt to unravel the mysteries of the past they always run up against a brick wall.
174, Remember the scene below deck on a sailboat, up against a dresser?
175, You had to throw the malted barley up against the screen.
176, Supplies of natural gas are tight, with prices rising as growing demand bumped up against recent production declines.
177, Here, Wade realized, he had come up against a few firm truths.
178, The local army base, a corrugated fortress with a spindly camera tower, is pressed right up against a primary school.
179, I cuddled up against his chest and he kept kissing the top of my head.
180, The acts were not just reluctant to offend, but even to probe beyond the first middle-class convention they came up against.
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