Sentence examples for standoff was broken from inspiring English sources
The standoff was broken by Kurt Laqueur (de), the West German consul in Zagreb, who signed the refueling order without having been authorized to do so, thus allowing the Lufthansa jet to depart at 18 50, this time heading for Tripoli.
In Lee's account, the standoff was finally broken when he approached the wagons at the head of a squad of Mormon militia under a flag of truce and laid out what he said were the Indians' terms for surrender.
Annan returns the favor, giving Holbrooke major credit for the fact that "the standoff and the taboo have been broken".
The N.B.A.'s system is broken, Falk says, and fixing it will require radical measures that almost guarantee a standoff in 2011, when the collective bargaining agreement expires.
By John Cassidy December 5, 2012 With the fiscal-cliff standoff between President Obama and Speaker Boehner continuing — the pair haven't spoken in a week — two questions arise: How will the stalemate be broken?
This same detection efficiency is met at 15s for a 40m standoff, and 1.2s for a 20m standoff.
"This was the Miami bench during this last timeout," ESPN announcer Mike Breen explained as a replay of the sideline standoff was shown following a commercial break.
The outcome provided him his first chance to assert that the Democratic race, which had seemed to be heading into a protracted standoff, is beginning to break in his direction.
Reader, the year of this Alamo-like standoff was 1971.
The need for standoff was ignored in this case.
