Sentence examples for attempts to defuse from inspiring English sources

Earlier this year, the film "Detroit" depicted his attempts to defuse the riots that struck that city in 1967.

It is easy to forget, at this late and weary point in the Clinton Administration, and after so many years of Al Gore-is-stiff Gore-is-stiff Gore-is-stiffpts to defuse them (one year he had himself wheeled in to the Gridiron dinner on a handcart), how exciting his nomination as Vice-President was.

Egypt's proximity to Gaza, its peace treaty with Israel and good relations with the western-backed Palestinian Authority in the West Bank have made it the focus of attempts to defuse the crisis, though its relations with Hamas – which it sees as an offshoot of the banned Muslim Brotherhood – are hostile.

(For one set of attempts to defuse this resistance, arguing that a higher-order account need have few if any implications for our moral practices or for comparative psychology, see Carruthers 2005, chs.9 11).9 11

These so-called "friends of Israel" either don't know or don't care that this sort of resolution only makes matters worse regarding American attempts to defuse the explosive anger building across the Middle East.

You only live once, so make the best and don't waste time doing what you don't need to.. Do not take the moral approach in your attempts to defuse the situation.

Mr. Gandhi's attempt to defuse the situation with a rare speech to Parliament fell flat.

Four people were injured in a botched attempt to defuse one of the bombs.

Bennett attempted to defuse the situation on Wednesday and put the spotlight back on his players.

The chairman then attempted to defuse the situation by insisting his observation had been a joke.

Yet her attempt to defuse Europe's other big existential crisis – Ukraine – has been useful.