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Example sentences for: overture

How can you use “overture” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

I hesitate to use the word "offbeat," which has come to describe a metronomical quirkiness that's as predictable as anything on the beat, but here the surreal touches are sprung without overture, like frogs that just happen to be hopping across the screen.
Some women are subject to violence if they refuse a sexual overture, ask their husband to use a condom, or request an HIV test.
In calling in the CIA to help on Flight 800, the FBI was making a peace overture in a bitter, age-old rivalry.
After reviewing the overture, however, the U.S. called Iraq's conditional concessions "unacceptable" and remains poised to attack.
Iranian President Mohammed Khatami's televised overture to the United States earned Issue 2 honors, though this unfamiliar topic strained the pundits' omniscience.