Sentence examples for confrontational stances from inspiring English sources

Eager not to help Chávez paint himself as a bulwark against American imperialism, Washington has studiously avoided taking any confrontational stances.

In 2010, after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton complained about Netanyahu's settlement policy, Schumer told a conservative radio host that he had persuaded three-quarters of the Senate to sign a letter "rebuking the Administration for these confrontational stances toward Israel".

The governor, a Democrat who won election in November with strong union support, has carved out a national niche as a politician seeking an approach to state governance different from the confrontational stances taken by Republican counterparts like Chris Christie in New Jersey and Scott Walker in Wisconsin.

Mr Assad, who had been ostracised by fellow Arab and Western leaders for his suspected role in the Hariri killing, for meddling in other Lebanese matters and for sponsoring radical groups such as Hizbullah and the Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas, has lately taken some less confrontational stances.

Miss Suu Kyi's more confrontational stance is not intended to provoke street battles.

There was an honesty to Margaret Thatcher's confrontational stance that politics now lacks.

He has also indicated that he will adopt a less confrontational stance over the Falkland Islands.

Mr. Lee's "confrontational stance" toward the North, Mr. Roh said, "will foster anxiety about war".

But America's allies Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia are loth to adopt the confrontational stance of the rejectionists.

That could, in turn, sour prospects for an accord on Medicare just as Republicans shift toward a less confrontational stance.

The Obama administration faces constant pressure from labor unions to take a more confrontational stance toward China on trade.