Sentence examples for clashing factions from inspiring English sources
The association's clashing factions will meet at the crossroads less than a week after savoring the splendors of the Breeders' Cup.
But the level of antagonism and distrust between the clashing factions of Turkey's rapidly changing society is such that artists are not easily reassured, especially given how the overhaul initiative began.
1963 Powers Seek Laos Truce LONDON — Britain and the Soviet Union asked the clashing factions in Laos today [May 29] to stop fighting and work out an agreed peace.
State Attorney Eduardo Montoya Liebano said one police officer and one civilian had been hurt in El Bosque, the site of longstanding tensions between clashing factions, including supporters of the Zapatista guerrillas.
1963 Freedom for Guiana Deferred LONDON — Britain today postponed independence for British Guiana until its clashing racial factions revise that colony's electoral system, form new political parties and hold new elections.
And by summoning clashing Palestinian factions to Mecca for make-or-break talks to form a unity government last month, the Saudis wielded their Muslim prestige and financial clout to reassert Arab ownership of the Palestinian issue.The fact that not all this manoeuvring meets America's approval is another sign of Saudi confidence.
Indeed, by the summer of 1967, disorder was widespread; large armed clashes between factions of Red Guards were occurring throughout urban China.
Many commanders regarded the selection last summer of Mansoor – a heavy-handed and divisive figure – as a coup, leading to violent clashes between factions.
In Lebanon, six out of nine UNRWA schools in the Ein El Hilweh refugee camp in the south of the country sustained major damage during widespread armed clashes between factions last August.
During lulls in the clashes, rival factions squared off on street corners in downtown Caracas, throwing rocks or bottles, while a water cannon prowled the area to disperse the throng.
My sons have grown up with several cultures, sometimes in harmonious joy, sometimes clashing like warring factions.
