Sentence examples for defusing a situation from inspiring English sources

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

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.

Gallacher did bring many qualities to the job, including a fierce sportsmanship that served him so well in defusing a situation, created at Kiawah last time, when partisanship went very clearly over the top.

While her words might be soft, they hide a sharp wit, often defusing a situation or disarming a suspect with a gently stinging rebuke.

Should Syria take Russia up on its proposal a genuine possibility given the Assad government's reliance on Putin's support the Russian President will have succeeded in defusing a situation that the U.S. government will have botched for all to see while likely winning for himself a Nobel Peace Prize in the process.

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

But I know it's almost always possible to defuse a situation.

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

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.

A man who tried to defuse a situation involving his son was fatally shot by a deputy, eliciting the family's calls for accountability.