Sentence examples for standoff given from inspiring English sources

Despite the heady atmosphere on Friday, protesters and activists in Tahrir Square's choked approaches, bus shelters and plazas predicted an increasingly bitter standoff, given the slim likelihood that the president planned to accede to their demands.

But even the standoff gave people the time and the mental space to think with cooler heads about their situation, and I felt as if I was tapping into a vibrant communal conversation that revealed both deep disagreements within Palestinian society and a startling, defiant optimism about the future -- if not the near future.

Republicans say it is part of their effort to dismantle Democrats' health care overhaul, while Democrats defending the law recall that similar standoffs gave them political gains.

For those who questioned the owner Pat Bowlen's decision to hire the 32-year-old McDaniels, the standoff has given fuel to the idea that McDaniels is in over his head.

Envoys from six major powers met in Germany on Wednesday to discuss the Iranian nuclear standoff and gave Tehran until the end of the month to respond to an invitation for talks, or face further sanctions.

The meeting helps avoid a rare UK-US standoff and gives Hunt a chance to hear about the chances of salvaging a UN-sponsored ceasefire agreed in Stockholm last month.

Set between 1949 and 1964, at the height of the East-West political standoff that gives it its name, "Cold War" stars top Polish actors Tomasz Kot and the knockout Joanna Kulig as a tempestuous duo whose emotions are so large and so contradictory they could be characters in an opera.

Through the use of linear acoustic source arrays, it is possible to generate sound fields with a specified pressure distribution at a given standoff distance.

The optimal designs for both models are compared and it is observed that the composite torpedo model is stronger and lighter than the metallic design when subjected to an UNDEX at a given standoff distance.

The flow of judicial and executive confirmations will slow, the budget will run on autopilot absent another shutdown threat, and a series of standoffs will give way to the 2016 elections.

The study reveals that the solid particle erosive weight loss of the chill cast composite materials decreases with the increase in the standoff distance for a given impingement angle and testing period.