Sentence examples for at a showdown from inspiring English sources

"Apocalypse, girl" wanders through the fallout of the twenty-first century without ever quite arriving at a showdown.

Hinting at a showdown at Thursday's summit, the German official said many of the governments inside and outside the eurozone failed to appreciate "the seriousness of the situation".

David Cameron is considering deploying a "nuclear option" in a last-ditch effort to block to the appointment of Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission at a showdown summit later this week.

Big turnout is expected at a showdown over the Coastal Commission chief's future.

Now Mr Zardari's meeting with Mr Cameron, scheduled for Friday, is being billed at as a showdown, where the Pakistan leader must stand in defence of the country's honour.

But Eric Mangini refuses to look at the game as a showdown between Favre and Pennington.

Other options being discussed were believed to range from something as mundane as a coin flip to something as complex as a showdown at a different track meet between now and the Olympics.

With Alex appearing at the festival, a showdown is inevitable - and it provides a grisly melodramatic ending which rather uncomfortably resembles the plot of Midsomer Murders.

In DmC we can't vicariously slay that which would destroy real society, but we can at least have a showdown with an entity whose contributions are dubious: a television talking head.

Quietly, the House Appropriations Committee is working hard to undo much of the president's first-term ambitions — or at least provoke a showdown with the White House ahead of the fall election.

The Hornets failed to really get going all afternoon in front of 82,025 spectators at Wembley in a showdown worth £120million for the victors - the biggest financial prize in world football.