Sentence examples for during a standoff from inspiring English sources

Republicans were blamed for such a shutdown in 1995 during a standoff with the Clinton administration.

Just last week, the markets showed signs of nervousness about the government's creditworthiness during a standoff over Washington's debt limit.

A lawyer at the West Virginia Attorney General's office began firing at his own home before shooting himself during a standoff with Charleston police Monday.

The high-level April 30 meeting between the United States and the Philippines in Washington occurs during a standoff between Beijing and Manila over disputed territories.

Knight fled on foot into the surrounding neighborhood, where he holed up in a house with a 3-year-old during a standoff with police.

A hearing impaired man was shot five times and killed after he fired his rifle at police officers during a standoff in a parking lot on Friday.

After a standoff, during which snipers appeared on a nearby apartment building roof, the Vostok group began to clear the building of various rebel groups.

At a press conference early Friday, Dallas police chief David Brown read from Johnson's statements to police during failed negotiations amid a standoff in a parking garage at El Centro College.

Last year, in one of the most notable forms of campus activism in recent memory, student body president and initiate of the Zeta Alpha chapter at the University of Missouri Payton Head, along with other students, organized a series of demonstrations and protests, including a standoff during the homecoming parade in October.

At least 58 residents and eight South African soldiers died during a political standoff and subsequent fighting in 1998.

Within Wisconsin, where the recall efforts took root during a fierce standoff in the Legislature over the collective bargaining cuts, the signs of anger are everywhere.