What emerges is a portrait of a musician succeeding against fearful odds.

And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers.

Florismart, meanwhile, overlaid by fearful odds, was compelled to yield to necessity, and comply with the usage of the fairy.

Always, The Shadow had rescued them, despite the fearful odds that had confronted him.

Hope sprung afresh in our heroes' bosoms, strong throbbing too, no doubt, with great alarms, for "it was a fearful odds."

The heroine's image faced fearful odds in the cube but she'd make it and the girl would think she'd just fallen asleep.

The book appears also in the film Oblivion (2013) with the quote "And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds".

It is a battle against fearful odds.

He stood tall and proud, spoke the truth, and fought for the right as he saw it, against fearful odds.

Throwing myself bravely into the fray against fearful odds, by sheer audacity I overcameIt wasn't that way at all.