Sentence examples for rising friction from inspiring English sources

Rising friction with Saudi Arabia set the stage for the proceedings.

At a meeting on Thursday between vice-marshal Choe Ryong Hae and Liu Yunshan, a senior figure in the Chinese Communist party, North Korea heeded China's wishes after months of rising friction between the allies, according to reports.

All speak of rising friction between nationalistic fighters and foreign-led Islamists over goals and tactics, with some Iraqi insurgents indicating a revulsion over the car bombs and suicide attacks in cities that have caused hundreds of civilian deaths.

Undermining the stability of the last few months is rising friction between the Awakening Councils and the Iraqi Army and the police, much of it with a sectarian edge.

After a short honeymoon, expect rising friction between Congress and incoming Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

A decreasing friction factor with increasing Sommerfeld number indicates a mixed lubrication regime, a rising friction factor with increasing Sommerfeld number indicates full-fluid film lubrication, and boundary lubrication is shown as a flat trendline with no dependence of friction factor on Sommerfeld number (Unsworth 1978, Dowson 2001).

But rising frictions between China and its neighbors in recent weeks over security issues have handed the United States an opportunity to reassert itself — one the Obama administration has been keen to take advantage of.

Still, at a time of rising trade friction between China and the United States, the newfound prosperity of ship lines illustrates how a big global industry can become dependent on the Chinese economy in just a few years.

It also discusses surface roughness and contact models and their implications to tribology, the issue of surface temperature rise, friction of non-metallic materials, and lubrication.

This prospect has raised fears of retaliation and rising trade frictions between the United States and Europe.

Season 3 of "HawthoRNe" continues at 10 as Christina (Jada Pinkett Smith) finds her relationship with Tom Michael Vartann) tested and friction rising at work with Bobbie (Suleka Mathew).