Sentence examples for tense stand off from inspiring English sources

The investigators' final visit in Falkirk resulted in a tense stand off with Deans.

The tense stand-off is continuing overnight, with the activists standing guard on the Maidan barricades for possible new police attacks.

After a tense stand-off, he appeared to step forward and police opened fire.

While Richard Branson argued furiously with the captain, there was a tense stand-off.

A tense stand-off saw occasional police charges, rubber bullets and demonstrators hurling objects at police.

With Northumbria police force in a tense stand-off with murderer Raoul Moat, the fugitive was threatening suicide.

As midnight approached, a tense stand-off was in place, with hundreds of umbrellas – which are a protest symbol – all that separated frontline protesters from another police charge.

Since a general election in the summer, when some 36 people were shot dead, a tense stand-off with the opposition had prevailed.

Since his country was (and is) engaged in a tense stand-off with China over the Senkaku or Diaoyu islands, this was an alarming remark.

Later they blocked a convoy of three army trucks with relief supplies, leading to a tense stand-off with armed soldiers.

But Mr Malema seemed loth to back down, suggesting a struggle for authority within the ANC.Days of rageA tense stand-off gripped Thailand.