Sentence examples similar to word confrontations from inspiring English sources

I had used the word confrontation thinking of a possible exchange of words, not blows.

Mr. Hadley and other officials said that in using the word "confrontation" the administration did not intend to signal a greater willingness to use military force against Iran's nuclear production sites.

After that, Mr. Patel said, word of the confrontation spread through various neighborhoods.

A year after that midnight confrontation, word of Ensign's affair had not leaked, and Ensign and his wife, Darlene, had reconciled.

So too with the use of the words "clashes" and "confrontations" in describing what happened.

In his interview with the FA, the commission found, Cole did not say Anton Ferdinand had used the word "black" in his confrontation with Terry.

War is probably the wrong word to describe the confrontation between Israel and Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement that rules the Gaza Strip, given the huge asymmetry of power between them.

MacDonald, whose men lacked the morale for an immediate confrontation, received word that Caswell's militia had been ordered to join with Moore.

They exchanged words afterward, a confrontation Vickers said Sunday night was "ridiculous" and "unnecessary".

Sorel's attorney, Angela L. Cohn, told TMZ that James called him a "f***ing n-word" as the confrontation became physical.

The heavy punches that Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury expect to throw Saturday night were preceded Wednesday with loaded words and a confrontation that nearly became physical.