Sentence examples for tentative approaches from inspiring English sources

But we suspect that subtle and tentative approaches are not going to change much in Tehran.

(Her stepmother and stepsisters walk off, too proud to accept her tentative approaches; her drunken father embraces her, then asks for money and leaves. It's all pretty grim).

Having failed to match Salmond's record haul of 69 seats in 2011, Sturgeon will spend the weekend considering who to appoint to her cabinet, and her first tentative approaches to opposition parties.

It was a masterfully written and acted scene — a rash of recriminations and unearthed disappointments — from Hannah's initial tentative approaches ("Are you mad at me?" she asks) in the doorway of Marnie's bedroom to her increasingly desperate and vicious confrontations in the apartment's hallway, bathroom (a toothbrush is thrown) and living room.

However, what happens when foreign powers start making tentative approaches to the regional leaders directly?

A tentative approach to Stuart Rose has been made that morning.

Haynes's nostalgically tentative approach to the story is itself a sign of what he's getting at.

Bureaucrats will take a more tentative approach toward implementing Kremlin initiatives, especially ones that might elicit public ire.

Their task might have been easier had they not adopted such a tentative approach here, after Darren Bent had headed them into the lead early in the second half.

Perhaps the unavoidably tentative approach will change when Cameron completes his limited negotiation and he will lead a confident "In" campaign.

It was not true to her style, but Serena Williams was coordinating the caution-light yellow of her outfit with a tentative approach to the unassuming Anca Barna last night.