Sentence examples for stand off by from inspiring English sources
In early December, at another wake, Shea seemed to stand off by himself.
The SEALs stood off by themselves, eating standing up, in silence.
Carol Ann goes and stands off by herself to take it all in.
And now, while the others told jokes, Ryan stood off by himself, quietly inspecting the walls to make sure there were no cracks that might cause chunks to shear off.
He ended the stand-off by direct negotiation with Mr Sistani and not on the terms of a government he has in the past called illegitimate.
Interestingly, Ireland have pulled a similar stunt at stand-off by selecting the long-serving Ronan O'Gara, very much a kick-driven 10 in the Wilkinson mould, ahead of Sexton, whose stylistic similarities to Flood are obvious enough.
In September the two main disputants in June's contested presidential election, Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, ended a four-month stand-off by agreeing on a power-sharing deal.
It speaks to the energy levels of the film that when Balaban and Murray come across a frightened German youth with a gun, Murray resolves the stand-off by inviting all to sit on the grass and be quiet for a minute, and soon they are all puffing on a cigarette – a very Clooney-esque moment, you can't help but feel, all conflict resolved in a blur of geniality.
She ends by suggesting that we resolve this stand-off by adopting some kind of formalism about set theory.
Spurred on by hardline conservatives, congressional Republicans forced the stand-off by linking budget measures to healthcare reform.
