Sentence examples for confrontations such as from inspiring English sources
In light of widened regional and political cleavages, confrontations such as occurred in the holy mosque of the prophet could increase in frequency, size, and violence.
Yet Newsnight fumbled it, staging sterile, phoney confrontations (such as Michael Gove versus Harriet Harman) and trotting out the usual cast of opinionated fools (such as David Starkey and Kelvin McKenzie).
On the Republican side, primary voters appear to believe otherwise, opting in large numbers for Trump, the bombastic frontrunner who has eschewed a conventional, policy-based campaign for one based around emotions and public confrontations, such as his encounter this week with Pope Francis.
John Campbell, a former US ambassador to Nigeria, said Washington also wanted to avoid being drawn in too close to confrontations such as Abuja's battle with Boko Haram because it risks becoming associated with widespread abuses by government forces, including the killing of civilians and destruction of property.
Rivalries often spilled over from the courtroom into armed confrontations, such as the Percy Neville feud.
Susie also regularly bests Calvin in confrontations such as their water balloon and snowball fights, employing guile or force.
In theory soldiers at unmarked parts of the border will get clearer rules to avoid or limit confrontation, such as during the three-week stand-off after China's incursion into Ladakh in April.
Let's say this is a female victim of torture: a visual confrontation such as this, in its stark reality, may provoke an empathetic and perhaps even charitable response.
It also argues that in developing the doctrine, the focus should be upon constructions that both encourage and ensuring confrontation rather than being preoccupied with either excluding evidence because of the denial of confrontation or ways to avoid confrontation, such as through an expansive interpretation of the forfeiture doctrine.
To achieve ahimsa requires enormous activity, including confrontation, such as he used while challenging the mighty British Empire that caused himsa on a large scale.
Most sobering was the acknowledgement that an aggressive reaction could trigger a Chinese response in kind and a confrontation such as a ship collision or plane shoot-down.
