The moon was low upon the right, and the jagged pinnacle of a granite tor stood up against the lower curve of its silver disc. There, outlined as black as an ebony statue on that shining background, I saw the figure of a man upon the tor.

What are Tom and I up against?

Sami felt that knife right up against his neck.

To be absolutely sure the Solar Probe Cup would withstand the harsh environment, the Odeillo Solar Furnace—which concentrates the heat of the Sun through 10,000 adjustable mirrors—was used to test the cup against the intense solar emission.

I wonder whether they realize what they're up against.

We're coming up against a wall here.

Sami felt the needle press up against his skin.

Sami pulled Layla by the hair, put her up against the wall and smacked her in the face.

He knows what he's up against.

She knows what she's up against.

You don't know who you're up against.

They know what they're up against.

Tom leaned up against me.

And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him.

Mennad felt the needle press up against his skin.

Tom was up against the ropes.

The boxer was up against the ropes.

In 1954, Algerians rose up against the French colonization.

Females use their dense network of alliances to gang up against males.

I know what you're up against.

We'll be going up against tanks, but an airstrike should make quick work of them.

Conspiracy theories are a CIA conspiracy to keep the world proletariat from rising up against capitalism.

None of those three will line up against the Spanish national team.

Passages from the Gospels were frequently used to whip up the villagers into an antisemitic frenzy, thus keeping them from ever rising up against the nobility.

Now you see what we're up against.

Yanni was propped up against the nightstand, unable to get up.

Walking home with the collar of her trench coat turned up against the evening chill, Sam paused outside the pub on the corner of the park and listened with some amusement to the uproarious hen night taking place inside.

Don't gang up against your sister.

Ziri leaned up against the wall.

The bunion on my left foot is rubbing up against the inside of my shoe.

Let's see how they stack up against him.

Place it up against the wall.

A state that entrusts its protection to mercenaries will sooner or later perish, as did ancient Rome, whose inhabitants only wanted to eat and entertain themselves, and left the protection of their native land to the Germanic tribes. The latter betrayed their employers as soon as it became profitable. A real, strong enemy retreats only when all the inhabitants of the country are ready to stand up against it.

I saw her rubbing up against you.

Tom snuggled up against Mary as he fell asleep.

Three sets of towels were stacked up against a wall.

Ziri grabbed Rima by her neck and put her up against a tree.

Ziri came up against a few booby traps.

We cannot put them up against the wall.

Growing up as a queer kid, I had no support whatsoever from school, from teachers, or from most other kids, and I felt isolated and fundamentally bad. I'm glad things have changed, but disgusted by the reactionary movement that has risen up against the practice of supporting and affirming queer kids.

Every day you may run up against a lot of distractions when studying foreign languages.

"People are fascinated with Harriet Tubman because they see her as an ordinary person who rose up against all odds to escape the savagery of slavery," said Donald Pinder, president of a group that runs the Harriet Tubman Museum in Cambridge, Maryland.

He had a superb debut, appearing in the starting lineup against Qatar with one goal and two assists.

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