Sentence examples for our overtures from inspiring English sources

And yet, if our overtures carried so little weight, just what was the nature of our imperial power?

"We are waiting for the North Koreans' response to our overtures," Secretary Powell said at a news conference here.

The film's producer, Andy Harries, said: "It's a shame Mrs Clough doesn't want to see the film and it's particular shame that the children haven't responded to our overtures".

Our overtures to MHP managers to engage their communities with a knowledge, attitudes, and practices questionnaire about sea level rise and hurricane preparedness during July 2016 evoked comments such as "we take care of our people," and "we don't have any issues to worry about".

Why is it that we value the artist who declines our offer because s/he is double booked, more than we value the sister that readily accepts our overture?

In addition, Sousa wrote a march based on themes from Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado, the elegant overture Our Flirtations, a number of musical suites, etc.

We were particularly drawn to those species that seemed responsive to our Dr. Dolittle overtures.

TechCrunch totally got mentioned in The Onion! It's been a pretty one-sided relationship until now, with the fabled satirical newspaper remaining aloof despite several overtures on our end.

Politico has cornered that market and Mr. Bradley, Fournier and Brownstein seem to agree because they made unsuccessful overtures to almost all of our top people".

"So they're saying, 'Hey, here's our data.' " Ms. Kapp said such overtures had been welcome, "since business in retail isn't so good over all, and you've got to get smarter now".

So yes, WSJ’s overtures have kept us on our toes.