“in the teeth of”造句，怎麼用in the teeth of造句

On one occasion, our ship's insurance was embedded in the teeth of whale.

He showed me tattoo marks, baring his breast in the teeth of the wind and in spite of my remonstrances.

The persistence of telephone-number bonuses Banker in the teeth of the sharpest contraction for decades has dragged their reputation even deeper into the mud.

That, however, raised hackles about shifting the burden to poorer people just as the state was cutting back on benefits in the teeth of a recession.

Here Mr Zapatero threw caution to the winds in his first term, drawing up a new statute for the Catalans and negotiating with ETA, the violent Basque separatist group, in the teeth of pp opposition.

Michael Dukakis, a former governor, tried to fix health care 20 years ago, but the law he pushed through the legislature eventually came undone in the teeth of business opposition.

Walking in the teeth of the wind, they made slow progress.

Conclusion teeth extraction will not cause postoperative infection if they can not be retained in the teeth of normal blood downlink, and the analgesic effect is significant.

The euro crisis is forcing Greece, Portugal and Spain to push through huge reforms in the teeth of popular protest.

The steam-launch forged angrily ahead in the teeth of the wind, and battled against the noisy onslaught of the waves. Presently, the gay, twinkling lights of Shanghai could be seen coming nearer and nearer through the thin mist.

The scientists found the enzyme in the teeth of immature pigs and unborn rats.

We'd be quicker trying a zig - zag course than rowing in the teeth of this wind.

If the capture vessels had to leave in the teeth of a hurricane, there would be a system for injecting dispersants into any oil that spilled out of the risers. That should lessen its impact.

March 25, 2003. Caught in the teeth of a sandstorm, troops from the 1st Marine Division rest, as their truck stops on the road north to Baghdad.

The new policy was adopted in the teeth of fierce criticism.