Challenge is an English word with synonyms like situation or invite. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Challenge in a sentence
Related words
Challenge meaning
- A confrontation; a dare.
- An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
Synonyms of Challenge
Using Challenge
- The main meaning on this page is: A confrontation; a dare. | An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not. | A confrontation; a dare.
- Useful related words include: situation, bid, invite, repugn.
- In the example corpus, challenge often appears in combinations such as: the challenge, challenge to, to challenge.
Example sentences (20)
Among these challenges are the Cinnamon Challenge, Salt and Ice Challenge, and the notorious Tide Pod Challenge.
Adewole said: “The challenge in Nigeria, just like the challenge in Africa and many developing countries, is that a lot of people are largely unaware of the situation with cervical cancer.
Art enables individuals to challenge this and gives them a new role, as well as allowing conversations that challenge mental health stigma.
But it is no good me loving a challenge, my players have to love the challenge.
For situations like a challenge leading to a video review, it can leave a lot of people in the dark on what is being challenged, or that a challenge is even happening at all.
However, I did not think it was a good situation to challenge for Los Angeles, as it was not the biggest play of the game and winning the challenge still allowed Denver to continue their drive.
In our meeting, you and others acknowledged familiarity with processes to challenge specific books, while expressing frustration with school boards and school districts who, you’ve said, continually “move the goal posts” by changing the challenge process.
It’s not only a generational fairness challenge, it’s a challenge to our economic productivity.
Maybe the challenge is Parliament is also an institution for politicians and it becomes a challenge to check such programmes that support their popularity.
On TikTok, the "choking challenge," a new challenge that consists in holding your breath as long as possible, is going viral.
So, it could be an acting challenge, it could be a musical challenge, it could be reacting to something.
Speaking to The Clare Champion ahead of her marathon challenge, she laughs as she considers the daunting challenge she has set herself.
There’s The Challenge: Argentina and The Challenge: UK.
The Water Challenge: The real challenge here is to conserve the amount of water we use.
Trump’s team may challenge this in court, this person said, but claimed in the past the Archives has handed over documents before the Trump team has had a chance to challenge the release in court.
When one of us is facing a challenge, we go back to that group and say: ‘Hey guys, I’m having this challenge, how can I go about this?
Every week is a new challenge and whether you go into the next game in form or not, you always go into the next game on your toes and alive to the challenge.
First time taking part in a fundraiser, Ashley said she came across the challenge on social media and wanted to also encourage others to get involved in the March challenge.
If we are to challenge sponsorship from fossil fuel companies, we should also challenge that from other industries that have a similar capacity to damage our health.
In recognition of their milestone 50 years, the Hope Centre has organized a classic London to Paris challenge event, and is on the hunt for 50 riders, one for each year of support, to take part in the epic challenge.
Common combinations with challenge
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the challenge 52×
- challenge to 23×
- to challenge 19×
- challenge and 14×
- challenge in 14×
- challenge is 14×
- challenge for 12×
- challenge that 11×
- challenge the 9×
- this challenge 9×