Sentence examples for off tension from inspiring English sources

The reunions have been held sporadically since then but get taken off the table whenever tensions rise between the two nations.

But even as the protesters seem to feel that the end can't be far off, tension remains.

The plight of migrants has caused a round of diplomatic meetings between Mexico and Central American neighbors in recent months to head off tension.

He played a few quick phrases, then stretched his lips as if they were appendages, like a runner shaking off tension after a sprint.

If the Arsenal forward was ill at ease, he is not alone in finding it as hard to fend off tension as it is to elude centre-backs.

The group of diplomats and one journalist were killed by fighters who seized the Iranian consulate in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Aug. 8, setting off tension between the two neighboring countries.

The assault and robbery of the Jewish teenager this morning appear to have touched off tensions anew.

Mr Abe seems privately to be in favour.Whether or not Japan's neighbours let him brush off tensions with them over territories and history may depend on their new leaders.

Previous efforts by Mr. Bloomberg to push gun control have touched off tensions with national Democratic leaders, because he has run negative ads against incumbent Democrats whom he views as insufficiently supportive of gun control.

The heavy traffic causes tie-ups that have added to the cost of shipping goods all along the border and that periodically set off tensions between the two nations.

While North Korean rhetoric appears to be finally tapering off, tensions on the Korean Peninsula persist.