Sentence examples for atmosphere of confrontation from inspiring English sources

There is no singular identity at its core, more an atmosphere of confrontation and questioning.

Unions supporting the Air France workers on trial say the company had fostered an atmosphere of confrontation.

"We are not planning for a war with Iran," Robert Gates, the new Defense Secretary, announced on February 2nd, and yet the atmosphere of confrontation has deepened.

He believes that the major problem with North Korea is that it is an insecure regime, and that he must change the atmosphere of confrontation.

And while the bishop is advised to seek reconciliation, accusations that begin with lawsuits establish an atmosphere of confrontation, he said.

An atmosphere of confrontation has been simmering for months, and has peaked in several rounds of clashes between militant groups firing rockets from Gaza into southern Israel and Israeli forces carrying out airstrikes against the militant groups.

He said opposition was likely in the Parliament on other elements of the program, but he added, with calm understatement, "I don't think there will be an atmosphere of sharp confrontation".

American and European economic sanctions on Iran over the dispute, and Iran's defiance, have fed an atmosphere of increasingly tense confrontation and mistrust.

What started as a subversion of the party atmosphere, a confrontation to those in attendance you can't escape the real world, etc felt selfish when the election was in its deepest throes, when the names to say took too many breaths to say.

The meeting, held in a charged atmosphere of election-year politics and a deepening confrontation with Tehran, was nevertheless "friendly, straightforward, and serious," a White House official said.

Every so often, a nasty confrontation shatters the genteel atmosphere of tennis, when a player angrily challenges the call of a line judge.