in face of

Preposition

Meaning

Face to face.

Despite.

Examples

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. Ralph Ellison

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny. Albert Camus

Stand together in face of the brutal, cowardly enemies of your race! Charles Stewart Parnell

Righteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering. Aleksander Kwasniewski

A curious paradox: people have only the narrowest private interest in mind when they act, yet they are at the same time more than ever determined in their behavior by the instincts of the mass. ... The diversity of individual goals is immaterial in face of the identity of the determining forces. Walter Benjamin

While there are many causes for which a state goes to war, its fundamental object can be epitomized as that of ensuring the continuance of its policy - in face of the determination of the opposing state to pursue a contrary policy. In the human will lies the source and mainspring of conflict. B. H. Liddell Hart

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