Sentence examples for dramatic standoff from inspiring English sources

But, he said, he understood the frustration that led to the dramatic standoff.

What we have of the score ends in a dramatic standoff quartet: the sultan vows to punish the two, who seem headed for execution.

It could be that the most dramatic standoff will not be between Dior and Saint Laurent, where both designers are graphic in spirit.

Hicks initially was expected to speak with the House panel last month, but her interview was canceled after the dramatic standoff with Bannon that resulted in his subpoena.

On Wednesday, Guaidó declared himself the interim president of Venezuela, publicly recited the oath of office and began a dramatic standoff with Maduro.

The dramatic standoff between the Obama administration and the Republican-controlled House has been provoked by demands that the department of justice hands over thousands of official documents.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y). announced on Twitter on Thursday evening that Whitaker "will appear tomorrow morning at 9 30 am," capping a dramatic daylong standoff over whether Whitaker would scrap his appearance entirely over the Democrats' threat to subpoena him.

WASHINGTON -- The town council of Latta, South Carolina, reinstated Crystal Moore as police chief on Friday, ending a dramatic two-month standoff with the town's mayor after he fired Moore for reasons many believe had to do with her being a lesbian.

Before the night was over, we expected a dramatic end to the standoff between Elian Gonzalez's Miami relatives and his Cuban father.

WASHINGTON -- Ending a dramatic, weeks-long political standoff, House Republican leaders agreed Thursday to pass a Senate-endorsed short-term extension of the payroll tax cut in return for House-Senate negotiations on a year-long package.

Before the dramatic end to the standoff, which was partly recorded by television news cameras, a police negotiator had been speaking with the driver via cellphone, trying to coax him to release the two children and the woman, who police said was his girlfriend.