Sentence examples for strong overtures from inspiring English sources

The timing seems especially odd and counterproductive considering Mr. Obama's strong overtures to the region and to Cuba.

Afghan officials knowledgeable about Saturday's discussions say they are not sure why Pakistan chose this moment to make such strong overtures.

The United States, a close partner of South Sudan, had made strong overtures to the government in Sudan, saying that if it cooperated peacefully with South Sudan's transition to independence, economic sanctions on the country could be lifted.

Ghani's strongest overture to young voters came on Sunday night when he fielded questions at a standing room town hall at Kabul's French-language Esteqlal high school, which he had attended.

He fared well after the strong diplomatic overtures and arguments that the foreign minister, Javad Zarif, put forward on Iran's behalf.

For the sake of them both as God's cherished, the strong witness of the two overtures is the only peaceful route left in the cause of justice and ultimate reconciliation.

For its part, Brazil, in addition to paving the road to the border, is making overtures toward forming a stronger commercial relationship with Guyana.

Just as America then felt strong enough to spurn Iran's overture, the Iranians now seem to have rejected incentives that the Americans and others proffered in order to tempt them to give up their ambition to become industrial producers of nuclear fuel.

At the strong urging of his father, he resisted overtures from major conference teams like the University of Washington and Purdue University to attend Princeton.

Even so, Merrill Lynch downgraded the stock of Overture yesterday to buy from strong buy, citing competition from Google.

Certainly its most significant overture was agreeing to a strong American role in mediating negotiations to end the southern civil war, a move that would have been unthinkable just a short time earlier.