Sentence examples for stand off are from inspiring English sources

There's no big secret here: the cartel wants to keep prices high ans their archives shut to the Internet, and attempts to play ball with them to perpetuate that stand off are politically naive and counter productive.

Assembling them takes time and stand-offs are common.

While this may sound puerile, in the right hands these stand-offs are as exhilarating as any sporting spectacle or more established cinematic mode of confrontation.

If tensions in the U.S.-Iranian stand-off are lower in 2008, the current de-escalation may continue.

Sub-scale tile samples (100×100 mm2) representative of the whole system (dual ablator/ceramic layers, insulation, stand-offs) are specifically designed, assembled and tested (including the integration of thermocouples).

After 15 minutes, the stand off was over.

The tense stand-off is continuing overnight, with the activists standing guard on the Maidan barricades for possible new police attacks.

This stand-off is approaching crisis point.

A stand-off is always liable to tip into violence.

In Khartoum, the stand-off is seen as a critical political moment.

In Cuba itself, the stand-off is a Marx-send, an opium of the people.