in the face of's Usage Examples:

code of silence and code of honor that places importance on silence in the face of questioning by authorities or outsiders; non-cooperation with authorities.

bravery in the face of physical pain, hardship, even death or threat of death, while moral courage is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular.

may refuse to admit the possibility of their error or failure, even in the face of irrefutable evidence, intractable problems or difficult or impossible.

against or hostility toward outsiders or rival groups and persists even in the face of overwhelming opposition.

Muroidea, that includes the true mice, but that view was abandoned in the face of evidence that suggests that the pacarana is in the family Dinomyidae.

of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, awarded for gallantry "not in the face of the enemy" where the services were not so outstanding as to merit the.

helps that particular group to stand out and maintain its identity in the face of others and therefore creates a feeling of "belonging".

sent to the high command, in which their gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy is described.

members to maintain belief in an institution or goal, particularly in the face of opposition or hardship.

on in the face of hopelessness.

is any run that was fully enabled by the offensive team's production in the face of competent play from the defensive team.

industrialize West Bengal thwarted by the TATA's Tata Motors leaving Bengal in the face of the joint protests of the Trinamool congress, Socialist Unity Centre.

After failing to pass his New Frontier programs in the face of the powerful conservative coalition, Kennedy's victory in this election.

the sea, and occasionally the lower end of a moulin may be exposed in the face of a glacier or at the edge of a stagnant block of ice.

precautionary dissimulation or denial of religious belief and practice in the face of persecution.

become a popular and essential tool in conserving global address space in the face of IPv4 address exhaustion.

their followers, becoming symbols of exceptional leadership and heroism in the face of difficult circumstances.

The most prominent theme is humanity's fear of their insignificance in the face of an incomprehensibly large universe: a fear of the cosmic void.

Synonyms:

phiz; man; seventh cranial nerve; mentum; human face; supercilium; nose; forehead; facial vein; visage; cheek; jowl; lineament; eyebrow; whiskers; facial; countenance; smiler; external body part; human being; optic; mouth; chin; jaw; nervus facialis; kisser; homo; brow; facial muscle; human; eye; caput; facial nerve; vena facialis; feature; face fungus; olfactory organ; mug; physiognomy; head; beard; oculus;

Antonyms:

natural depression; follow; tail; reverse; foot;