Sentence examples for standoff i from inspiring English sources

Having survived the Mexican standoff, I look at my new, welcoming friends and decide that it is about winning – at least for me.

No one likes a war, least of all one waged across the peacefully undulating expanse of an idyllic country garden, but I find myself a reluctant participant in the ugliest standoff I have encountered since we moved here.

In addition, the author deals directly and cogently with the problem of writing a family memoir, where fact and fiction, reality and lies, coexist in an uneasy, messy standoff: "I believe that fiction is formed truth," she writes.

Since no one in Washington seems to be listening to anyone on the other side of the standoff, I spent much of the week on the phone with voters and business people in Iowa's Fourth Congressional District, a sprawling, mostly agricultural region that runs from Sioux City, on the Nebraska border, to Mason City, close to Minnesota in the northwest quadrant of the state.

"He can't get outside to see the sun," said his mother, Christine Assange, in a heartwarming interview that shows mothers will be mothers, whether it be in the face of a teenage breakup or an international political standoff, "I'm worried about his health, as I would be for anybody who is having to stay indoors and not get exercise and have sunlight".

She also pointed out that, since the APD video shows only a brief portion of what Eden claimed was a three-hour standoff, "I don't know if there's some sort of encounter, whether he threatened an officer or a member of the public.

"These are excellent conditions compared to other standoffs I've taken part in," said Wampler, whose wool cap bore the slogan "State of Jefferson", signifying a move for northern California and southern Oregon to secede and create a new state.

In a time when Washington is paralyzed by partisan standoffs, I know Sylvia will bring a much-needed measure of wisdom and clarity to the contentious budgetary process.

"Israel wants a permanent state of standoff and I don't believe that's in the interests of the region".

The Church of Ireland's primate, Robin Eames, archbishop of Armagh, condemned the standoff, saying, "I see nothing of Jesus Christ in the nightly actions on Drumcree Hill or in the roads and streets of Northern Ireland night by night".

If the fiscal standoff continues, more i.o.u.'s will be sent to vendors, contractors, municipalities and students expecting financial aid checks.