Sentence examples for awkward standoff from inspiring English sources

It would conclude an awkward standoff that has lasted for several years, ever since the end of an understanding that for decades gave both of the state's senators a voice in the selection of federal judicial candidates.

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The Interview has given Kim a reason to show he is still very much alive, and, to put an optimistic gloss on an awkward diplomatic standoff, may even have helped to clear the air.

At the other end of the dais was Mr. Huckabee, who took office in 1996 only after threatening to have Mr. Tucker impeached, after Mr. Tucker balked at resigning in an awkward four-hour standoff that nearly caused a constitutional crisis.

And an embarrassing debt-ceiling standoff?

Many thought Robinson was a natural number two, but he proved an effective first minister, bedding down the awkward, unwieldy system of power-sharing government, resolving perpetual crises, standoffs and cliff edges.

Standoff ends.

With a standoff.

A standoff begins.

A political standoff erupted.

No standoff.