Sentence examples for standoff a from inspiring English sources
69) The Standoff A curious set-up – two people have to stand next to each other for three days to win the car of their dreams – could go either way in this teen comedy from the writer of, ahem, A Cinderella Story.
Yemen is trapped in a standoff, a leaderless twilight of uncertainty.
During the standoff, a seemingly incongruous bond developed between captive and captor.
"Bandits," directed by Barry Levinson, starts with a standoff, a robbery that has gone wrong.
In a standoff, a suspect was killed by a police bomb.
The Urban Standoff A few hours later, back in camouflage, Abdul Hakim Yasin led his fighters to Aleppo.
Mr. McConnell called the standoff an "absolutely phony, manufactured crisis".
and "standoff" (an area around targets, particularly buildings, not accessible to vehicles).
So it's basically a standoff -- a very long and protracted example of "checks and balances" (which, incidentally, does not refer to political parties, the way some would have you believe).
#RidiculousExcusesToStayHome I'm in a standoff with a Bird of Prey pic.twitter.com/5IZUmnWLrv.
If the Tuesday shutdown materializes, it will be because of a similar standoff - a political struggle in a divided government over fiscal differences.
