Sentence examples for extraordinary standoff from inspiring English sources
It has been three years since Amadou Diallo was killed by the police in an extraordinary standoff in an ordinary doorway in the Soundview section of the Bronx.
The voluntary surrender of the city schools' charter, since backed by the City Council and most of the school board, has led to an extraordinary standoff between Tennessee's largest county and its largest city, a showdown charged with issues of money, politics, class and race.
One of the most extraordinary aspects of the dissident's dramatic standoff with his government is how he has managed to evade concerted attempts to isolate him by posting video messages online.
Across the Atlantic, a standoff between the Democrats, the Tea party, and old-school Republicans has produced extraordinary uncertainty about how the United States will close its 8%-of-GDP government deficit over the long term.
From here, we enter into an extraordinary spiritual joust between the widow and the combative priest (Belmondo), which feels as fraught as any gun-toting standoff in one of the director's later thrillers.
A political standoff erupted.
