Sentence examples for silent standoff from inspiring English sources
What is happening in this silent standoff?
Israel and Syria have been in a mostly silent standoff for decades, technically at war but maintaining an uneasy peace along their 43-mile border.
Orange plastic ribbons have been tied around utility poles in a silent appeal to put the standoff behind.
Becoming available to English readers at a time when the media are daily reporting Turkey's potentially ominous border standoff with Syria, Silent House usefully illuminates the recent historical pressures on one combatant.
Throughout the standoff, the teenager remained silent.
Throughout a day of violence and uncertainty, top military leaders remained silent, as they have throughout the standoff.
WASHINGTON -- Silent for days amid the Capitol Hill debt standoff, the Pentagon has finally thrown down a marker, vowing to fight against military budget cuts officials say would endanger national security and mean job losses for thousands of Defense Department employees.
Many labor relations experts also place blame for the standoff on Gov. George E. Pataki, who has been notably silent about the unions and their role in helping the city out of its fiscal crisis.
A political standoff erupted.
