Definition: 1. A new or difficult task that tests somebody's ability and skill. 2. A demanding or stimulating situation. 3. A call to engage in a contest or fight. 4. Take exception to. 5. Issue a challenge to.
Use 'challenge' in a sentence:
1. Perhaps the opposed parties will lay aside their sectional interests and rise to this challenge.
2. They plan to challenge the constitutionality of the law.
3. I called out a challenge, but there was no reply.
4. The chairwoman is up against the greatest challenge to her position.
5. A third presidential candidate emerged to mount a serious challenge and throw the campaign wide open.
6. I'm financially challenged at the moment.
7. The new Germany must rise to the challenge of its enhanced responsibilities.
8. The story was completely untrue and was successfully challenged in court.
9. I need a new challenge and a fresh start somewhere else.
10. They intended to challenge the legality of his claim in the courts.
11. I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.
12. Bush's Republican Party faces a tough challenge in midterm congressional elections in November.
13. The new government's first challenge is the economy.
14. I enjoy a mental challenge.
15. The job doesn't really challenge her.
16. You can rely on him to respond to a challenge.
17. I draw strength from the millions of women who have faced this challenge successfully.
18. I had a feeling that the challenge appealed to him. All he needed was a nudge.
19. The future is going to be one that presents many challenges.
20. It would have been political suicide for him to challenge the allegations in court.
21. It was a challenge, keeping ten boisterous seven-year-olds amused.
22. Sampras beat Carl-Uwe Steeb by 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 to underline the legitimacy of his challenge for the title.
23. Their legal challenge was unsuccessful.
24. The secret to happiness is to keep setting yourself new challenges.
25. The world community should not flinch in the face of this challenge.
26. I sometimes get worried in this job. Having said that, I enjoy doing it, it's a challenge.
27. Increasingly, more winemakers are taking up the challenge of growing Pinot Noir.
28. I like a big challenge and they don't come much bigger than this.
29. Taking her with me on official occasions has been a challenge.
30. My experience as player, coach and manager has prepared me for this ultimate challenge.
31. "Difficult" patients have the temerity to challenge their doctors' decisions.
32. The lungs are in fact constructed of thousands of tiny tubes.
33. The possibility of another stalking horse challenge this autumn cannot be ruled out.
34. Mike challenged me to a game of chess.
35. You only need a very small blob of glue, so one tube lasts for ages.
36. There was a clutter of bottles and tubes on the shelf.
37. This challenge will occupy Europe for a generation or more.
38. These movements can promote the eustachian tube merge, adjusts the internal ear pressure, reduces or prevents the earache.
39. The secondary current sets up a magnetic field inside the tube.
40. They inserted a tube in his mouth to help him breathe.
41. I intend to challenge the legitimacy of his claim.
42. I hope that he proves equal to the challenge.
43. The post will give him a powerful political base from which to challenge the Kremlin.
44. We need to challenge some of the basic assumptions of Western philosophy.
45. We came by tube.
46. Stop up the other end of the tube, will you?
47. It was a direct challenge to the president's authority.
48. The planned general strike represents an important economic challenge to the government.
49. He is fed by a tube that enters his nose.
50. The greatest challenge for the Americans is understanding the mindset of Eastern Europeans.
51. Western companies were readying themselves for the challenge from Eastern markets.
52. He had a tube with electrodes potted in it filled with atomic hydrogen. And by applying a voltage, he was able to get the gas to glow.
53. Bill was stimulated by the challenge.
54. The opposition leader challenged the prime minister to call an election.
55. He said he's game for a similar challenge next year.
56. Schools must meet the challenge of new technology.
57. It is very distressing to see your baby attached to tubes and monitors.
58. She beat off a challenge to her leadership.
59. A typical fluorescent lamp is a tube with metal electrodes at each end.
60. The company faces major challenges over the course of the next few years.
61. This discovery challenges traditional beliefs.
62. The role will be the biggest challenge of his acting career.
63. The only baseball he saw was on the tube.
64. Some of the best extensions are made from sections of rod tube or drainpipe.
