Sentence examples for down for a protracted from inspiring English sources

Although Mr. Chen's election did not provoke military action from China -- as Beijing repeatedly threatened -- Taiwan and China seem to be hunkering down for a protracted stalemate.

Some prepared bomb shelters and others hunkered down for a protracted siege.

The two sides, however, may not be hunkering down for a protracted court fight.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says, we should "hunker down for a protracted period of instability and violence..."...

Gingrich instead set out a strategy for a protracted campaign.

If so, his family wealth would provide resources for a protracted fight.

Later that day, the Israeli army declared the south of Nablus a military area and blocked all routes to the city, as Palestinians hunkered down for a potentially protracted period of violence. .

The award offered a brief respite for a people, and a nation, that are bogged down in a protracted standoff that Ms. Karman helped to start.

Or will their own party bring them down with a protracted debate on climate change policies?

After nearly eight years, the Bush Administration is still bogged down in a protracted war in Iraq.

Somerset's recruitment of overseas players for this season has been a protracted process.