Sentence examples similar to its stand off from inspiring English sources

First, a ship that could hit at ranges beyond the capabilities of its enemies could stand off and destroy them at leisure.

Position: Stand off.

You can't stand off him.

Suspect stand off in car.

Activists stand off with the police.

Stand off center.

Stand off to the side somewhere.

Cameron was criticised for allowing it to happen, although it would have been foolish, as the Spanish government has discovered in its stand-off with Catalonia, to resist it.

The army recently staged a "reconstruction" of its stand-off with the cultists.

Mr Grillo sympathises with Iran in its stand-off with America and has proposed the abolition of trade unions and a 20-hour working week.

This week China has been playing the panda card again in an attempt to resolve another problem left over from the cold-war era: its stand-off with Taiwan.