Sentence examples for anxious standoff from inspiring English sources
More likely, in the near term (and, one devoutly hopes, more likely than either of the unacceptables), is a continuation of the present anxious standoff, a miniature Cold War that alternates between periods of greater and lesser tension — a diplomatic version of Zeno's Paradox, with Iran edging ever closer to a bomb but never quite building and testing one.
On Monday, most global markets were lower, and the price of oil dropped as traders became increasingly anxious about the standoff in Washington, particularly over the debt ceiling.
Congressional Democrats seemed content to sit back and allow Republicans to argue among themselves, betting that, with the GOP increasingly anxious to end the standoff, Democrats' leverage will only increase as the debt-limit deadline draws closer.
Congressional Democrats seemed content to sit back and allow the Republicans to argue among themselves, knowing that with the GOP increasingly anxious to end the standoff, their leverage increases as the Oct. 17 deadline draws closer. . . .
After deadly crackdowns and demonstrations over the past week, an anxious calm prevailed, with a standoff continuing between an absolute monarchy determined to preserve its full range of powers and a peaceful opposition demanding a transition to democracy with an elected government and representative Parliament.
The standoff, within several blocks of the White House, was the latest source of unease in a city already anxious about the potential for a terrorist attack as the country moves toward war.
A political standoff erupted.
