Sentence examples for confrontation of course from inspiring English sources

There was never any sort of armed confrontation, of course, nor was any home ever burglarized, no door ever locked.

Violence and confrontation, of course, recognize no formal frontiers — witness the tally of nine dead last week among pro-Palestinian activists aboard a Turkish ship, the Mavi Marmara, boarded by Israeli commandos in international waters as it sailed across the Mediterranean to defy Israel's blockade of Gaza.

Avoiding such confrontation, "is of course much more likely to happen in poorer countries, where tobacco smoking is on the rise and hence the risk for public health," Friel says.

Covert confrontation itself is, of course, nothing new.

Matsuzaka's confrontations with Suzuki, of course, are just a small part of his increasingly impressive body of work in the major leagues.

The game promises to feature a mix of stealth, direct confrontation when necessary and of course a little bit of assassinations for good measure.

By Calvin Trillin These days, of course, a confrontation has ramifications that it might not have had in the old Dodge City.

Funny thing: that semester I had taken a class at the University of Missouri called "Acting for Non Majors" and a scene that I had performed was (of course) the confrontation between Han Solo and Greedo in Star Wars.

Kissinger argued in response that early 20th century Europeans did not have the advantage of hindsight knowledge about the consequences of confrontation... in this case, of course, the horrors of the First World War -- and the greater potential it generated for still more conflict later on.

Of course, avoidance of confrontation, by not buying shares in the first place, can sometimes be just the ticket.

These days, of course, a deadly confrontation has ramifications that it might not have had in the old Dodge.