Sentence examples for minor confrontation from inspiring English sources

He said there had only been one minor confrontation, when a woman who said her car had run out of gas tried to jump the line.

An Israeli officer quoted by the Jerusalem Post said there had originally been a minor confrontation over where demonstrators would be allowed to plant.

He repeatedly gave evasive answers to a black woman who asked him to state clearly whether he believes white people are superior to other races, prompting a minor confrontation when she did not give up the microphone and someone tried to wrestle it from her. "That's why we want our own country!" one man yelled.

The minor confrontation between Bryant and Horry strengthened their relationship.

Witnesses interviewed by Human Rights Watch, however, said that there was an initial minor confrontation involving five or six gunmen.

The march wasn't officially sanctioned — it never is — but apart from a minor confrontation with the massed riot cops blocking access to iconic Taksim Square, it passed peacefully.

(He has had minor confrontations with Arabs, but Camus makes it plain that it hardly accounts for this act).

Outside the congress building in Brasília there were minor confrontations as police fired teargas and pepper spray at demonstrators who threw rocks and fireworks.

More significant than these talk-fests for China and the U.S. are the minor confrontations that have been occurring in the South China Sea.

It is estimated that between 1972 and 1979, more than 150 villages were involved with the Chipko movement, resulting in 12 major protests and many minor confrontations in Uttarakhand.

This led to numerous skirmishes and minor confrontations including the Battle of Millstone.