Sentence examples for trapped in a standoff from inspiring English sources

Yemen is trapped in a standoff, a leaderless twilight of uncertainty.

He feels trapped in a pestilent existence.

She is trapped in an old vocabulary.

It remains trapped in the Senate's partisan standoff.

In a way, Mr. Glaser said, Mr. Sarkozy was "trapped" in Ivory Coast, with French troops protecting thousands of French citizens in Abidjan and being asked by the United Nations to end the Gbagbo standoff, which troops loyal to Mr. Ouattara seemed unable to do.

The two sides are in a standoff.

"We are in a standoff.

The soldiers remain there in a standoff with Kurdish forces.

The shouting between the groups ended in a standoff.

One second, the two were frozen in a standoff, Thunder straining at the leash.

The tale ends in a standoff; Frank is gone and Joe has given up the chase.