Sentence examples for inviting a confrontation from inspiring English sources

One senior administration official, told of the report's main conclusions, said that he thought the actions described in the document "almost suggest the Iranian military is inviting a confrontation".

Having flopped in their debuts on the national stage, Jindal and Perry are hoping that inviting a confrontation with Obama will give them a second chance as states' rights stars.

Harwood, for example, initially told investigators Tomlinson had been defiantly obstructing a police line and "almost inviting a physical confrontation".

The president is inviting a full-scale confrontation over his warmaking powers in the expectation that the Democrats' narrow majorities will deprive them of the votes they need to win such a fight.

Should they stay at the site, inviting an attention-getting confrontation with the police?

President Trump showed no sign Wednesday of backing down from an escalating trade confrontation with China, even as financial markets wobbled and American farmers and manufacturers warned that he was inviting a damaging commercial clash.

That's inviting a potentially embarrassing comparison".

Imagine inviting a dinosaur to dinner!

Inviting a counselor/ psychologist to the workplace.

A police officer accused of fatally injuring an unemployed man during protests in central London claimed that the victim was "almost inviting physical confrontation" before he was struck with a baton and shoved to the ground, a court heard today.

It is not clear why Francis then felt compelled to call a synod to seek doctrinal clarity on these same issues, inviting the confrontation he had adeptly avoided.