Sentence examples for marked by friction from inspiring English sources

But before Mr. Obama left, he did hold his first meeting with the new leader of Egypt, a relationship that has been marked by friction.

Powell's tenure as secretary of state was often marked by friction with the White House on a range of foreign policy issues, disagreements that both sides worked to keep from surfacing.

Mr. Edelman stood by silently as Judge Jackson's questioning capped a day marked by increasing friction between the lawyer and the court.

Church‐state relations in Bulgaria have been marked by probably less friction than in any other part of Eastern Europe.

In primates the foot, like the hand, has flat nails protecting the tips of the digits, and the undersurface is marked by creases and friction-ridge patterns.

American state visits to India have been marked frequently by friction between the U.S. press corps and Indian officials and press.

Years of political turmoil followed, marked by attempted coups, constant friction between the government and the opposition, and tension with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh.

For the best party of two decades Conservative conferences were marked by some sort of friction over Europe, normally on the fringe, but sometimes in the conference hall itself.

Figure 5c shows the cross sections of the deflection and friction force signals marked by the lines in Figure 5a,b.

Both will be closely watched for signs of friction in relationships that have been marked by tension during Mr. Obama's tenure.

HONG KONG — Top Chinese officials called Tuesday for quiet discussions instead of open friction with the United States, after a summer marked by bilateral disagreements over the value of China's currency, American military exercises off the Korean Peninsula and American efforts to resolve territorial disputes in the South China Sea.