Sentence examples for defuse a situation from inspiring English sources

Names can "defuse a situation that could be tense," Ms. Wellford said.

Asked if he ever needed to deploy his martial arts to defuse a situation, he said: "A few times, but that got dealt with quite swiftly.

Now the secretary has returned to try to defuse a situation that has threatened Washington's larger strategic interests and set off protests throughout the Arab world.

Tesco's new chief executive, Dave Lewis, moved quickly to defuse a situation likely to anger investors who have seen the value of their shareholdings halve this year.

Having taken these unusually public steps to demonstrate its commitment to defend itself and protect South Korea and Japan, the Obama administration appeared to be trying to defuse a situation that many analysts say has gone beyond previous cycles of provocation by North Korea, and raised genuine fears of war.

This unlikely acrobatic skill, perfected when he was a St. Albans schoolboy, tends to find expression when the vice president is bored or keen to defuse a situation, but it is also an apt motif for a life spent juggling rival forces, internal, familial and political.

Murphy was routinely uncooperative once police had attended her call and defused a situation, the coroner found.

The proposal, Mr. Cohen said, could be a face-saving solution for China, defusing a situation that threatens relations between the two countries.

"That it's healthy?" He added: "I defy anyone to give me one example when an athlete having a gun averted trouble, defused a situation, protected someone from harm.

Such is the level of hatred and distrust of the white cops at the time that Rawlins is the police's only hope of finding out what happened and defusing a situation that could lead to fresh outbreaks of violence.

Schäuble made plain that he had given up listening to the confusing signals from the Greek government, suggesting it will be very difficult for the two key parties, Athens and Berlin, to move quickly towards defusing a situation losing control.