On January 28, 1862, the same three vessels delivered supplies to the fort despite the spirited opposition of Federal ships.

He became known as "the lion of the peninsula" for his spirited opposition to this legislation.

At a tea stall the other morning, the prospect of war met spirited opposition.

But those forces have yet to prove themselves against sustained and spirited opposition.

Many of these proposals run up against politically powerful vested interests in Japan, and they are bound to encounter spirited opposition.

Perhaps because of this increasingly spirited opposition, that was the last bombing raid on Townsville.

Despite spirited opposition the nuclear programme in West Germany is moving ahead inexorably.

The papers ran a campaign of spirited opposition on the grounds that the death penalty was barbaric.

The second was a two days' expedition, which met with a spirited opposition, and demands a fuller notice.

Even rather small changes in the elaborate rules governing economic life inevitably provoke spirited opposition from some quarters.