Sentence examples for which defuses from inspiring English sources

There was a neediness about the show and the presentation - especially dyed urine stains on Alice's long johns, clumsy musicianship, spitting on girls in the audience - which defuses most of its threats.

The rest of the glee club presses Rachel to break off with Jesse, but he transfers to William McKinley and joins New Directions, which defuses their concerns.

Mr. Clinton named a special envoy to Northern Ireland, then-Senator George J. Mitchell, who helped negotiate the so-called Good Friday agreement in 1998, which defused the violence in Northern Ireland.

Once again, it is the United States which is supporting the Serbian opposition and which defused the minor missile crisis on Cyprus.

The scene in which he defuses armed conflict at a bar — with a cup of coffee and a cigarette — sets the tone for an entire generation.

Tells about more hostility on Fri. which Baker defused.

Griffin did what any team leader would do: he challenged Garcon to a footrace, which comically defused the situation.

Or are they tools for improving market access and the elimination of trade barriers, which will defuse hostility to globalisation by bringing jobs, growth and lower prices?

It's part of our inherent baggage, which can defuse a short-term, difficult situation but can also perpetuate a long-term one.

Mr. Boroujerdi was quoted in Iran's state-run news media as saying the explosives, which were defused, had been intended to detonate after installation and derail Iran's enrichment of uranium.

By starting Game 2, Clemens will fall in line to pitch Game 6, meaning that he will probably not pitch or bat at Shea in this series, which should defuse at least some of the lingering rancor over Clemens's July 8 beaning of Piazza.