I encountered hostility especially among those who knew me only at a distance without my knowing them myself.

"I have never encountered any sentiment among the farmers of this state."

The idea, of course, is already encountering resistance, particularly among younger residents.

The emotion we encountered, among citizens at every level, from villagers to government officials, was fear.

Undoubtedly, that idea would encounter resistance, both in Congress and among developing nations.

The mixed family encountered discrimination among the ethnic white immigrants in Chicago of the time.

They encounter, among other characters, an actual prostitute with a heart of gold.

With 20th-century opera, he added, "you encounter extreme resistance among the public."

This was the single most prevalent opinion he'd ever encountered among his diverse crew.

But both proposals are encountering stiff opposition among the Japanese people.