Sentence examples for started a confrontation from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Romney's attempt to use the event to draw a contrast with Mr. Obama on foreign policy started a confrontation that landed him on the defensive and drew attention away from questions about Mr. Obama's handling of uprisings in the Arab world.

Putin said Russia would never seek to start a confrontation with the west but would defend its own interests.

I didn't want to start a confrontation, and also I didn't want to be the focus of any confrontation," says Mr Pan.

Earlier on Friday, Karen McArthur admitted that she had initially agreed to an order for the cake because she did not want to embarrass the customer who asked for it or start a confrontation in the shop.

Don't start a confrontation!

If someone tries to start a confrontation with you, walk away calmly — this illustrates that you won't sink to the other person's level.

The interviews Mr. Sheen has been giving started a bitter confrontation on Monday between NBC's "Today" show and ABC's "Good Morning America".

In Game 2, Gomez started an angry confrontation among a knot of players by purposely landing on Joseph.

But it's hardly the sort of thing to start a heated confrontation over.

Does President Obama have the guts to start a modest confrontation, like Nixon over gold convertibility in 1971, while he can control events?

The purpose of the meeting was to start a military confrontation...between the United States and Iraq...in order for President Clinton to look tough... "Primarily Dollars," by Anonymous: the fourteenth "Anonymous" novel about Campaign '96.