Sentence examples for by making overtures to from inspiring English sources
In the east, by making overtures to Russia, he was able to put pressure on Poland, Bohemia, and Hungary to acquiesce in his expansionist plans.
When money from the West looked as if it may dry up because of concerns over human rights abuses towards the end of the civil war, the president tried to offset this by making overtures to China.
In Colorado's 6th Congressional District, an historically safe Republican enclave that has recently turned more favorable for Democrats due to an influx of Latino voters, Rep. Mike Coffman won a fourth term by making overtures to the Hispanic community.
Ross Perot Jr. made a speech here last week, and the Southwest Realty Group, controlled by Thomas O. Hicks, is making overtures to other developers, including Cousins Properties, to join in more office and hotel development here.
By the late '70s, Castro started making overtures to the Church.
By 1987 he was busy making overtures to Washington.
He was one for the first councillors to distance himself from Tremblay and his party (after he was passed over for the party's leadership), and was duly elected by city council as interim mayor after making overtures to the two opposition parties.
A3 Overtures by North Korea Seeking to make friends and influence countries before six-party talks over its nuclear bomb program, North Korea is easing tensions with the South, making overtures to Japan and even trying to temper its trademark anti-American vitriol.
He said that in making overtures to Israel, Mr. Assad was reacting to American pressure that was strengthened by the Iraq war.
