Sentence examples for growing tensions that from inspiring English sources
But Russian leverage can make an important difference in defusing the growing tensions that threaten the entire Middle East.
In August 1929 riots across Palestine, following growing tensions that had begun in September of the previous year, led much of the small Jewish community in Gaza to flee.
The British government ordered work to stop in late July 1914, as a result of the growing tensions that culminated in the outbreak of World War I on the 28th; what material that had been assembled was dismantled on the slipway in August.
The underrepresentation of youth in the economy created conditions in which tensions could grow — tensions that were fanned by a lack of political reform.
The shootings occurred on the third night of growing tension that began with student protests against the refusal of Orangeburg's only bowling alley to accept black patrons.
However, in a sign of growing tensions, a meeting that brought together the political opposition and others descended into chaos.
Amid growing tensions over claims that Chinese hackers are carrying out cyberattacks to steal American corporate and government secrets, the two governments recently agreed to hold regular talks on setting cybersecurity standards.
In a similarly grim comparison, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose country has been locked in a dispute with Beijing over islands, compared the growing tension to that of England and Germany on the eve of First World War, a century ago this summer.
The step appeared to be an unusual rebuke to a wartime ally, illustrating the growing tensions with a country that is seen as a pivotal partner, and sometimes impediment, in a campaign to root out Al Qaeda and other militant groups.
Analysts say border incursions and disruptions in NATO supplies underline growing tensions in a relationship that the United States relies on heavily to stabilize Afghanistan.
And there is concern that growing tensions between left and right could intensify.
