Sentence examples for initial clash from inspiring English sources

The initial clash was brief, owing to approaching nightfall.

Each side accused the other of provoking the initial clash.

Frequently, the girls are able to coexist in class and in school after their initial clash.

It shows police officers walking and shooting far from the initial clash, and the television cameras there, near the rocks of the koppie.

Early today Russian fighter jets and helicopters, as well as artillery batteries, struck at what commanders said were pockets of 50 to 70 fighters who had escaped from the initial clash here, not far from the Chechen border.

As street protests spread across Turkey following an initial clash between police and demonstrators over the imperiled sycamore trees of Gezi Park (a rare green patch in the sprawl of central Istanbul), I was reminded of "If a Tree Falls," the fine Oscar-nominated documentary on the roots of the Earth Liberation Front Dot Earthh coverage).

In the initial clashes there were reports that columns of Iraqi tanks were headed toward the Americans, but none appeared.

Three other people were killed in initial clashes with the police, and most likely with other forces, in Iguala that night; many more were injured.

Netanyahu distrusts Obama not only because of their initial clashes over settlements and the Palestinian question but also for reasons of personality.

In the initial clashes, allied officials said, French airstrikes inflicted heavy losses on Islamist columns that could be easily identified and attacked as they advanced on roads.

The initial clashes between the French and German armies along the Franco-German and Franco-Belgian frontiers are collectively known as the Battle of the Frontiers.