Sentence examples for makes overtures from inspiring English sources

Now, the Chinese are warily watching as the United States makes overtures toward Myanmar's leaders.

When Steed makes overtures to the sailors' home governments, he is often politely ignored.

When Sportin' Life makes overtures to Bess, Porgy orders him off.

The government makes overtures towards them while it smears them and arrests them on ridiculously false charges.

Russia offers a $15bn loan to be doled out over the course of several years, and makes overtures that Ukraine join a "Eurasian Union" – Vladimir Putin's alternative to the EU, which along with Russia will include human rights luminaries Kazakhstan and Belarus.

By the time you're up to coffee, if she is still grating on your nerves and makes overtures to get together for dinner again, be sure to let her know how busy and overextended you are with existing work obligations, family and friends.

And both sides are making overtures.

"We made overtures," Mr. Eisenberg said.

China has also made overtures to Washington in recent days.

By the late '70s, Castro started making overtures to the Church.

But Cano had also made overtures on possible peace talks.