Sentence examples for serious friction from inspiring English sources

Their long, comfortable marriage seems to have unfolded without serious friction or disappointment.

Maddon is fortunate it did not cause serious friction in his personal life.

The unflagging U.S. effort to bring about a negotiated solution led at times to serious friction with Israel.

First, the counterterrorism effort that now provides the foundation for strategic cooperation could become a source of serious friction.

That is an unhappy division of labour which brought serious friction during the last Social Democratic-led government, when Helmut Schmidt was chancellor and Willy Brandt party chairman.

Pakistan has trousered the cash, put up a decent fight against its own Islamist militants and continued to oblige the Taliban.This is unsustainable, and in 2012 will cause serious friction between the two countries.

But serious frictions remain.

African Ambivalence Sometimes, the Chinese approach has created serious frictions with African workers.

"Now everything hinges on fulfilment of the agreement: serious frictions are very likely.

Mr. O'Neill's aggressiveness has led to serious frictions in the Cole bombing case, for example.

William, in the hope of averting a new war, entered into two Spanish Partition treaties (1698 99) with Louis measures that involved him in serious frictions with Parliament.