Sentence examples for sharp encounter from inspiring English sources
BANGKOK — Antigovernment protesters clashed on Wednesday with security forces who fired their weapons in a short, sharp encounter on the edge of the city.
In ramping up the emotional pressure, Philae's slow descent to the surface over nearly seven hours, followed by a short, sharp encounter with a bouncy comet beats the slow and steady exploration of Mars - no matter how important and exciting that is.
The PVA 347th Regiment of the 115th Division first met the C Company on the task force's center, and after the sharp encounter most of the C Company's men were missing in action.
By combining the heavy armaments of the East Indiamen with a strong Royal Navy escort, the China Fleet became a formidable target for French raiding squadrons: at the Battle of Pulo Aura in February 1804, an unescorted China Fleet drove off a powerful French squadron under Contre-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Durand Linois after a sharp encounter.
During their first two days in Cambodia, ARVN units had several sharp encounters with PAVN forces.
Mr. Paulson had been expected to encounter sharp questioning from lawmakers about the scope of the program, although several members of the banking committee applauded the credentials of Mr. Paulson and Mr. Bernanke.
Even before it was made public, it had encountered sharp resistance from Republicans and powerful business interests in Washington.
Yet each of them, with the exception of Toscanini, encountered sharp resistance from critics and/or audiences.
Last month, for example, Mr. Grasso encountered sharp resistance to his proposal that Sanford I. Weill, the chairman of Citigroup, join the exchange's board to represent the investing public.
Burkhardt encountered sharp criticism from Quebec politicians and jeers from Lac-Mégantic residents while making his first visit to the town.
She encountered sharp criticism when she closed the sessions of the task force to the public, and doctors and other health care professionals objected that she was not a "government official" and had no right to bar them from the proceedings.
