in the face of's Usage Examples:

Fridolin's boundless optimism in the face of constant disappointment came to emblemize the Quebec spirit of survivance, and made him one of the first distinctly Canadian heroes of the stage.

Other observers, including many outside of the free software business community, interpreted the move as Netscape's surrender in the face of the ascendancy of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.

was required to hold the aircraft straight and level, unable to take evasive action in the face of fierce enemy air defences over the target, including.

The outbreak of the Second World War strengthened them again, but in the face of the Quit India movement the revenue collectors had to rely on military force, and by 1946–47 direct British control was rapidly disappearing in much of the countryside.

Despite his enmity, the colonel acquiesces in the face of the threat of overwhelming attack.

share the same rural hometown and try to find personal and professional fulfillments together in Beijing in the face of economic, social, familial, and romantic.

Those who have it are cortically blind, but affirm, often quite adamantly and in the face of clear evidence.

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.

The low latitude of the location also made it (and nearby areas that are as remote) attractive as a site for private rocket launches, but these plans were dropped in the face of high costs and local opposition.

The first two emergencies were in the face of external aggression and War.

Kajro, the resilient mother, in the face of adversity inculcates great values in her children.

While the government has the power to decide what measures to adopt, it cannot choose to do nothing in the face of the violation of Quebecers' right to security.

Ironically, this only made his popularity stronger in polling, something credited by pundits to popular sympathy in the face of the weight of the media scrutiny.

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,